CADILLAC JACK.
by McMurtry, Larry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
-
Kinzers, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Simon and Schuster, New York: (1982)., 1982 395p. Fore edge slightly foxed. 8vo. Original red cloth spine over paper boards. Spine lettered in gold. Original priced dust jacket designed by George Corsillo. Hardbound. Very good. Dust jacket very slightly worn. A wonderful comic tale with many touches of truth. "By his own account, Cadillac Jack McGriff, 6 feet 5 inches of Texas manhood without his boots or Stetson, 35 years old and twice divorced, is a natural scout and a natural womanizer. Having done a stint as a bulldogger on the rodeo circuit, he retired to roam the country in his big pearl-colored Caddy with peach velour interior. He now spends his days scouting - exploring back roads for antiques and collectibles, buying and selling what strikes his fancy, 'too curious, too restless, too much in love with the treasure hunt to specialize." - From a 1982 review. LITERATURE BOX 5/Ron stack Library . Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.
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Details
- Bookseller
- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029R50
- Title
- CADILLAC JACK.
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster, New York: (1982).
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; LARRY MCMURTRY; CADILLAC JACK
- Bookseller catalogs
- HUMOR; LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
THE FAMILY ALBUM
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About the Seller
THE FAMILY ALBUM
Biblio member since 2007
Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Foxed
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