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The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
by Bombeck, Erma
- Used
- Condition
- Book VG+: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, mild dust to fore edge text block, else clean, square, tight, unmarked./DJ G: age toning, edge wear, clipped.
- ISBN 10
- 0070064504
- ISBN 13
- 9780070064508
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. hardcover. Book VG+: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, mild dust to fore edge text block, else clean, square, tight, unmarked./DJ G: age toning, edge wear, clipped.. 8vo 175pp. from front flap: "It is only a matter of time before Erma Bombeck will be officially designated a national treasure, nominated for President, and coined by the Franklin Mint. She is our reigning humorist of foible and frustration in everyday life. In The Grass is Always Greener over the Septic Tank, she has written the expose of all exposes--the truth about the suburbs: where they planted trees and crabgrass came up, they planted schools and taxes came up, where they died of old age trying to merge onto the freeway, and where they finally got sex out of the schools and back into the gutter." #02068.
Synopsis
A suburban satire of the Bombeck family with the stereotypical cast of caricatures; bored dad, fussy teenager, goofy kid, and stressed-out mom! Bombeck is always good for a grin, even if this mid-seventies book is becoming a bit out of date.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2006
- Title
- The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
- Author
- Bombeck, Erma
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG+: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, mild dust to fore edge text block, else clean, square, tight, unmarked.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ G: age toning, edge wear, clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0070064504
- ISBN 13
- 9780070064508
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- humor, essays, nonfiction
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fore Edge
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
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