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DEAD HORSE; A Novel
by Satterthwait, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0939767554
- ISBN 13
- 9780939767557
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2006. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, deep red cloth with gold script lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a leather-helmeted pilot by his biplane, illustrated with a horse-shoe on the title page, pictorial endpapers with blue tree on free endpapers,182 pages. Walter Satterthwait (1946 - 2020) was an author of mysteries and historical fiction. His first novel, Cocaine Blues, appeared when he was thirty-three. He wrote several historical mysteries with intriguing situations, including a surprising visit to the American West by Oscar Wilde in Wilde West. This historical fiction mystery "is a look back at the life of a real flapper-era socialite [Emily Vanderbilt] and her ladie's-man- hard-boiled-pulp-writer husband, burning the candle at both ends and in the middle, spending a fortune during what the rest of the country was experiencing as the Great Depression and paying the ultimate price for their follies."--from the dust jacket. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! What looks like wear around the top edges of the dj (unclipped) is caused by its reproduction of an early 30's pictorial dj. No remainder marks. SIGNED and in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! No remainder marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5798
- Title
- DEAD HORSE; A Novel
- Author
- Satterthwait, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0939767554
- ISBN 13
- 9780939767557
- Publisher
- Dennis McMillan Publications
- Place of Publication
- Tucson, AZ
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- $20 LIST; New Mexico, jazz age, flapper, tragedy, sex, violence, Great Depression,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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