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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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Orange Park, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. First UK edition, first printing, with "First published in Great Britain 1969" stated on copyright page with no additional printings stated. First-issue dust jacket with publisher's "42s" price on front flap. Pink cloth hardcover with gold lettering on spine. Blue dust jacket with multi-colored lettering on front cover and spine. 416 pages. VERY GOOD + book in VERY GOOD dust jacket. Book is bright, clean and unworn, tightly bound and square. Slight touch of creasing at top spine end. Sun-toning to top and bottom spine edges and top edges of boards. Foxing to outer edges of the text block. Excellent interior with flawless pages. Previous owner signature on front pastedown. Dust jacket is very bright and clean with no sun-toning. Light wear to the top and bottom edges of the spine and front panel. Rear panel has a one-inch open tear and long crease at top edge and a one-inch closed tear and small crease at bottom edge. Excellent inner flaps. Jacket is protected in a mylar cover..
Synopsis
Are you on the bus? Tom Wolfe took a tour with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters as they departed California and made their way across the country in a day-glo painted bus full of LSD and enthusiasm in the summer of 1964.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Odysseus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3921
- Title
- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
- Author
- Tom Wolfe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- collectible, 1st edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Society, Politics, Economics; First Printings;
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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