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Ballad of the Whiskey Robber : A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
by Rubinstein, Julian (signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0316071676
- ISBN 13
- 9780316071673
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York & Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2004. SIGNED in full on the title page by the AUTHOR with his signature only. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($23.95). NO chips. NO tears. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. "First Edition" is so stated with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Illustrated with 8 pages of photographs. Bibliography. Appendix (listing Ambrus's robberies). The dust jacket has an "Autographed Copy" sticker on its front panel (neatly removed upon request). Bound in the original two tone boards (maroon with peach spine), lettered in shiny red on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "Meet Attila Ambrus, the Robin Hood of Eastern Europe. He's a one-time pelt smuggler, professional hockey goalie (possibly the worst in the sport's history), pen salesman, Zamboni driver, gravedigger, church painter, roulette addict, building superintendent, whiskey drinker, and native of Transylvania who's decided that the best thing to do with his time is to rob as many banks as possible.". Signed by Author (on title page - signature only). First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 321pp.
Synopsis
Part Pink Panther, part Unbearable Lightness of Being, part Slap Shot, this uproariously funny, exuberantly praised book tells the story of Attila Ambrus, a professional hockey goalkeeper (possibly the worst in the sports history), gravedigger, roulette addict, whiskey drinker (with a fondness for women in leopard-skin hot pants), and native of Transylvania who became Hungarys celebrated gentlemen thief, the most charming outlaw-hero since the Sundance Kid.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014190
- Title
- Ballad of the Whiskey Robber : A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
- Author
- Rubinstein, Julian (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316071676
- ISBN 13
- 9780316071673
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York & Boston
- Date Published
- 2004
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime / Law Enforcement;
- Size
- 8vo. xii, 321pp
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