BIG TROUBLE
by Barry, Dave
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399145672
- ISBN 13
- 9780399145674
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a front endpaper, tall 8vo, dark green quarter cloth with broad gold lettering on spine over matching green boards with golden toad on front cover, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with picture of crocodile's jaws, dark green endpapers, 255 pages. EXCEPTIONAL SIGNED COPY: Tight, bright, very clean in comparable dj. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> David Barry (born 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize winning author and former Miami Herald award-winning columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column.<br /> <br /> Big Trouble was Barry's debut novel. Set in Florida, it's a complex, humorous caper involving the FBI, a bomb, shooting, bufoterin-loaded toad with many character and family complications.
Synopsis
Big Trouble is a novel written by Dave Barry. It was made into a film version in 2001. However, the film was not released until 2002 because of the September 11 attacks. Barry, who used to write for the Miami Herald, set the novel's events in and around Miami, Florida.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8461
- Title
- BIG TROUBLE
- Author
- Barry, Dave
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399145672
- ISBN 13
- 9780399145674
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- humor, coconut grove, florida, hit men, advertising, family, FBI
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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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