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The Pump House Gang
by Wolfe, Tom
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/G+/Poor
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1968. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/G+/Poor. True FIRST EDITION, First Printing hardcover in original DJ of this quintessential Wolfe title, in which he detailed the lives of a group of surfers who made their home at Wind-n-Sea Beach in La Jolla, California. In 309 pages, with illustrations by the author throughout, the book has olive-tan paper over boards with a 1/8th-red-cloth wrapped spine & silver lettering to spine. Condition is VG-/Good+: generally very clean, save for a couple of smudges to fore edge. Binding tight & square, pages creamy white. Former owner's name in pen on ffep. Modestly bumped corners, heavier rubbing to extremities, 2 small scrapes on front board. The unclipped DJ is bright & colorful, Near Fine on front, but downgraded to Poor due to large chip out of back cover & 2" tear at top edge of same. Nicely protected in new archival mylar cover Free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015619
- Title
- The Pump House Gang
- Author
- Wolfe, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/G+
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- SURFING SURFER LA JOLLA CA BEACH OCEAN GANG TEENAGER ADOLESCENT SEVENTIES 1970 KIDS HIPPIES HANGOUT SOCIAL CRITICISM CULTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Californiana;
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- Poor
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- Fore Edge
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