The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test [First Edition, Fourth (1968) Printing]
by Wolfe, Tom
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -/Very Good -
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1968. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, Fourth (1968) printing of the First Edition, 416 pages; only tiny traces of light shelf wear other than gentle bumps to spine ends but corners crisp and square, otherwise very gently used, tight in binding, some slight pale faded discolouration to white/pale grey covers, particularly along bottom edges, probably due to waterstaining but no staining visible inside, top edge in navy blue, bright red endpapers, and white fore and bottom edges all clean and unmarked, all pages slightly age toned as usual but all very clean and unmarked; DJ gently rubbed and bumped along top and bottom edges, several very tiny chips/tears, front panel and spine wraparound illustration very bright, bold, clean and brilliant, same discolouration inside but not visible outside.. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -.
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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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044629
- Title
- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test [First Edition, Fourth (1968) Printing]
- Author
- Wolfe, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Fiction Literature AMERICAN 0374147043
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
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