The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
by Tom Wolfe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5". Not Stated. A fascinating collection of essays that comment on American Life in the 1960s. First UK Edition. This book was a first collection of Tom Wolfe's writings, of which most are about the new American culture and explore the bizarre aspects of modern American life. Many of his wildly unconventional pieces appeared in Esquire and the New York Herald Tribunal. This work considers The New Culture Makers, Heroes and Celebrities and Love and Hate New York style. Tom Wolfe was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is smart with some chipping to the head of the spine and the extremities. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 831B9
- Title
- The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
- Author
- Tom Wolfe
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- Tom Wolfe The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby esquire collection The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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