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The Ferrari in the Bedroom
by Shepherd, Jean
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0396066607
- ISBN 13
- 9780396066606
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1972. A gorgeous copy of the first printing that appears unread. Fine condition in a bright, shiny Fine dust jacket. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($6.95). NO chips. NO tears. NO rubbing. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are creamy white, crisp and unmarked. Green-tinted top edge is just a little faded, otherwise both book and jacket are AS NEW. 1972. First Printing of the First Edition. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in black and shiny silver on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Jean Shepherd is America's favorite humorist. In THE FERRARI IN THE BEDROOM, a wry and affectionate look at America today, Jean Shepherd turns his powers of observation on the hangups and delusions of Americans in the 1970s. From his sardonic assessment of fads such as the current nostalgia craze ('Thinking that the old days were good is a terrible sickness. Everything was just as bad then as it is now.') to a modest proposal for the foundation of S.P.L.A.T. (The Society for the Prevention of the Leaving of Animal Turds), Jean Shepherd provides a generous measure of his special brand of wise and warm humor as an antidote for some of America's more ridiculous obsessions.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xviii, 270pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Synopsis
For many years a cult radio and cabaret personality in New York City, JEAN SHEPHERD was the creator of the popular film A Christmas Story , which is based on his books In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and has become a holiday tradition on the Turner Network. He passed away in 1999.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020879
- Title
- The Ferrari in the Bedroom
- Author
- Shepherd, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0396066607
- ISBN 13
- 9780396066606
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
- Size
- 8vo. xviii, 270pp
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About the Seller
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Henderson, Nevada
About About Books
About Books (Genny and Michael Winne, proprietors, formerly of Parsippany, New Jersey) has been selling rare and OP books since 1985. Besides book fairs and mail-order catalogues, long-time collectors and dealers will remember our lengthy For Sale ads in the Antiquarian Bookman and similar magazines. Our inventory of over 40,000 volumes is especially strong in the specialties listed, but contains fine books in a variety of other fields as well. Because most of our books are stored in protective boxes, rather than on shelves, they cannot be viewed as a whole. If you wish to visit us to examine specific titles, please provide 24 hours notice and we will make them available for your inspection. Phone calls to (702) 750-2722 are welcome, but please, only between the hours of 8am and 10pm (west coast time).
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