The Pump House Gang
by Wolfe, Tom
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Red cloth and marbled gray boards, dust jacket. Some light soiling to price-clipped jacket, a very good plus copy
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
The Pump House Gang is a 1968 collection of essays and journalism by Tom Wolfe. The stories in the book explored various aspects of the counterculture of the 1960s. The most famous story in the collection, from which the book takes its name, is about Jack Macpherson and his gang of surfers that frequented a sewage pump house at Windansea Beach in La Jolla, California.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312095
- Title
- The Pump House Gang
- Author
- Wolfe, Tom
- Format/Binding
- 309 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Red cloth and marbled gray boards, dust jacket. Some light soiling to price-clipped jacket, a very good plus copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- German
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
James Cummins Bookseller
All items, as usual, are guaranteed as described and are returnable within 30 days if not as described. Within the United States, all books are shipped UPS unless otherwise requested (please provide a street address). Overseas orders should specify shipping preference. All postage is extra. New clients are requested to send remittance with your orders. Libraries may apply for deferred billing. All New York and New Jersey residents must add the appropriate sales tax. We accept American Express, Master Card, and Visa. All items are subject to prior sale; prices are subject to change.
About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
About James Cummins Bookseller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...