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Oddballs: The Remarkable True Stories of Forty Unique, Strange, Peculiar, Extraordinary & Generally Odd People, Told in Prose and Wood Engravings…With an Introduction by Barry Moser
by Westergard, Jim
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[Vancouver, British Columbia:] Heavenly Monkey, 2011 First edition. One of thirty copies, signed by Westergard. Out of print upon publication. Bound by Claudia Cohen in dark blue Japanese cloth with gilt black morocco spine onlay. . Small folio. Forty mounted engravings. A fine copy. A delightful book, featuring darkly humorous illustrations of notable oddballs, including Salvador Dali, Aimee Semple McPherson, Howard Hughes, Gelett Burgess, Rasputin, Timothy Leary, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lizzie Borden, and others. Afterword by Rollin Milroy.
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15584
- Title
- Oddballs: The Remarkable True Stories of Forty Unique, Strange, Peculiar, Extraordinary & Generally Odd People, Told in Prose and Wood Engravings…With an Introduction by Barry Moser
- Author
- Westergard, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Bound by Claudia Cohen in dark blue Japanese cloth with gilt black morocco spine onlay.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. One of thirty copies, signed by Westergard. Out o
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heavenly Monkey,
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver, British Columbia:]
- Date Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 98 pp,
- Size
- Small folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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