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Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything
by Cook, Kevin
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393071154
- ISBN 13
- 9780393071153
- Seller
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Dearborn, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
W. W. Norton & Company, 2010-11-22. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover, Stated First Edition 2011, W.W. Norton & Company, 248 pages. Very Good+, in a Near Fine DJ. Black cloth spine with gilt titles over gray paper boards. Bottom corners lightly bumped. Text block is tight and pages are clean. DJ is unclipped with just a whisper of shelf/edge wear...now in mylar. An illuminating biography of one of the toughest and craftiest gamblers of all times - Titanic journeyed from backwoods Arkansas to New York, Chicago, and Hollywood - with his golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash. The author reveals how he succeeded - and cheated- in competitions with the likes of Al Capone, Houdini, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, and Minnesota Fats. If this was fiction, you would not believe it. ISBN-9780393071153. LOC SSE-03
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- Bookseller
- Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 190803005
- Title
- Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything
- Author
- Cook, Kevin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393071154
- ISBN 13
- 9780393071153
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010-11-22
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
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Dearborn, Michigan
About Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
We are an online, phone and snail mail bookseller.Our books don't need batteries or a license to read. Selling books on-line since 2004. CABS graduate in 2009. Member MWABA since 2013. Excellent customer service, quick shipping, and an assortment of great books. The majority of our inventory is non-fiction general stock with an emphasis on transportation (air, rail, auto), exploration, and military history. We also have hundreds of Vintage Paperbacks that are for the most part not listed online. Eyebrowse Books is always looking for and buying good quality books. We may be reached via e-mail, phone and snail mail. I sincerely appreciate all our customers, new as well as returning ones, and strive every day to present them the most interesting books I can find.
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
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- LOC
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