The Ultimate Good Luck
by FORD, RICHARD
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1981. 1st. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. Black cloth silver lettered on spine and front panel. Wrapped in decorative dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Spine slightly bumped at the head and heel. Dust jacket with slight edgewear and and some minor scuffs o/w near fine.
Synopsis
The author of five novels and two collections of stories, Richard Ford was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day , the first book to win both prizes. In 2001 he received the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30727
- Title
- The Ultimate Good Luck
- Author
- FORD, RICHARD
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1981
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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