Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie: A True Tale of Love and the Vig by Peter Alson - 1996-02-27

Crown Publishing Group, The. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Crown Publishing Group, The. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Crown Publishing Group (NY), 1996. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crown Publishing Group (NY), 1996. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crown Publishing Group (NY), 1996. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Crown, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine..

Crown, 1996-02-27. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. First printing. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 228 pp.

Crown, 1996-02-27. Hardcover. Very Good. 0.9000 in x 8.3000 in x 5.8000 in. First edition, first printing (full numberline). Jacket present, with no significant shelfwear. Price on jacket flap is not clipped. Text clean and unmarked.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1996. Near Fine condition in Near Fine dust jacket. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped ($22.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Author's first book. Humorous story of a Harvard educated 33-year-old and his abortive career as a sports gambling bookmaker in New York. From the Dust Jacket blurb by Anthony Holden: "With the style and gusto of a 1990s Damon Runyon, Peter Alson paints a vivid picture of a New York demi-monde which it is much wiser - and more enriching - to enjoy via his Confessions." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 228pp.

Place_Pub: New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1996. Second Printing. very good, very good. 228, red dot on bottom edge, slight wear and soiling to DJ. Juxtaposing the thuggish worlds of bookies and privileged Ivy Leaguers, this hilarious study of unfettered machismo takes a perceptive look into a young, down-on-his-luck Harvard graducate who joins a bookmaking operation while he tries to pull his life together. Norman Mailer is the author's uncle.