The Ultimate Good Luck

by Ford, Richard

The author of five novels and two collections of stories, Richard Ford was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day, the first book to win both prizes. In 2001 he received the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction.

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by FORD, Richard.

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1989.
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London: Collins Harvill, 1989. Signed on the title page by the author. First British edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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1989
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Collins Harvill , 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near fine. Signed. SIGNED, without inscription, by Richard Ford on the title page. The volume has an area of soiling on the front endpaper and there is a remainder mark on the bottom edge. The unclipped dust jacket, sleeved in mylar, is wrinkled on the spine crown.
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1989
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London: Collins Harvill, 1989. First UK edition, first prnt. Signed by Ford on the title page. Unread copy with minor bump to spine top end. Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Ford's second novel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. The images are of the book described and not stock photos.
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First Edition
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1981
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Hardcover
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9780395303733
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Ford's second novel and first hardcover book. 201 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Glue discoloration in the gutters, a common production flaw with this book; jacket spine tanned and there is light chipping along the bottom… Read more about this item
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1st UK Edition; First Printing
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1989
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Cloth
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London: Collins Harville. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0002718537 . An attractive first British edition/first printing, published after the 1981 US edition in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Richard Ford on the title page; Harry Quinn travels to Oaxaca, Mexico, to break his girlfriend Rae's brother Sonny… Read more about this item
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1981
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Publisher's slip pasted to inside front cover; staple on half-title page. Close to Fine. Uncorrected proof in light orange wraps of Ford's second and scarcest book.
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1989
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London: Collins Harvill, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Book has small red remainder dot at bottom of page block and a bump to the lower edge at the corner on the back board. Dust jacket is protected by removable Brodart cover..
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1989
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The Ultimate Good Luck

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1989
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Hardcover
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London: Collins Harvill, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in dust jacket with some scratches on the rear panel. Signed by Ford on the title-page.
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THE ULTIMATE GOOD LUCK

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1989
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London: Collins Harvill, 1989. First UK edition, first prnt. Dustjacket with price-clip; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo. Ford's second novel.. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.
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The Ultimate Good Luck

by FORD, Richard

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1986
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New York: Vintage Books, 1986. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Signed by Richard Ford on title page. Near fine in wrappers with a little wear to the spine ends and a little browning on the page edges.
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1989
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London: Collins Harvill, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First UK edition. Signed and inscribed by Richard Ford on the title page. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a mylar protector. Note: First published in the US in 1981.
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The Ultimate Good Luck

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1981-04-23
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Houghton Mifflin, 1981-04-23. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed. SIGNED, without inscription, by Richard Ford on the title page. The volume, with pushed spine ends, is in a lightly soiled, unclipped dust jacket which is gently toned on the spine and has a 1/4" closed tear (with associated creasing) on the base of the rear panel… Read more about this item
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London: Collins Harvill, 1989. "Ford's sense of place is extraordinary. His Oaxaca, perpetually strung with Christmas lights and wire-mesh bells, is a tourist town under military law. This is the work of a formidably talented novelist" (Newsweek). "So hardboiled and tough that it might have been written on the back of a trenchcoat. A grant Maltese Falcon of a… Read more about this item
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The Ultimate Good Luck

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1989
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1989
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London: Collins Harvill, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. [7], 2-201, [1] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £11.95 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A sharp copy of Ford's romantic thriller.
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THE ULTIMATE GOOD LUCK

by Ford, Richard

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1987
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New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1987. Later printing . Soft cover. Fine. This book ".can be read as a dramatic adventure, a revelation of character, or as a love story. At each level it is a brillant work."--Howard Mosher
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The Harvill Press. Collectible - Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. Signed by author on laid bookplate. In protective mylar cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Shelf worn. Shelf cocked. Small gap between pages and spine. Rubbing on cover. (fiction, drug traffic, veterans, mexico)
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1981
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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. A tight and clean lightly read first printing copy in a bright DJ with a small closed tear at the top of the spine.. 1st Edition.Near Fine/Very Good +. Book.
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