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MODERN MANNERS. An Etiquette Book for Rude People
by O'Rourke, P. J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- cloth spine, paper-covered boards. A fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: A Morgan Entrekin Book/ The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. First edition. pp. xviii, 281. 8vo. cloth spine, paper-covered boards. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. First edition. pp. xviii, 281. 8vo. Inscribed by P. J. O'Rourke on the half-title page: "To Sean, Have a rude life! P. J. O'Rourke."
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 327119
- Title
- MODERN MANNERS. An Etiquette Book for Rude People
- Author
- O'Rourke, P. J
- Format/Binding
- Pp. xviii, 281. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - cloth spine, paper-covered boards. A fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A Morgan Entrekin Book/ The Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- American
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About The Old Mill Bookshop
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue. The Madison avenue store is an oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art.
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