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The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race: The Satirical Writings of Paul Krassner
by Krassner, Paul
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1888363045
- ISBN 13
- 9781888363043
- Seller
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carson city, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Seven Stories Pr, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A First edition, First printing. Book is in Near Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have the tiniest bit of shelf wear. Interior is clean and legible. NOT remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks..
Synopsis
PAUL KRASSNER cut his teeth as a journalist at Mad magazine, worked with Lenny Bruce, and with Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin founded the Yippies. In 1958 he founded the satirical magazine The Realist and has published it discontinuously ever since. His autobiography, Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counter-Culture, was published by Simon & Schuster in 1994. More recently, The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race, a collection of his best satire, was published by Seven Stories Press in 1996. His album We Have Ways of Making You Laugh is available from Mercury Records. He lives in Venice, California with his wife Nancy.
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- Bookseller
- All-Ways Fiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035595
- Title
- The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race: The Satirical Writings of Paul Krassner
- Author
- Krassner, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1888363045
- ISBN 13
- 9781888363043
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Pr
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- PH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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