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The Foxes' Union And Other Stretchers, Tall Tales and Discursive Reminiscences of Happy Years in Scrabble, Virginia
by James Jackson Kilpatrick (1920 -2010)
- Used
- Condition
- Better than very good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0914440187
- ISBN 13
- 9780914440185
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
174 pages with illustrations. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by the author on front end paper. First edition. Nationally acclaimed for his political commentary, James Jackson Kilpatrick wrote this work from the perspective of his home in Scrabble, Virginia. With humor that ranges from gentle to outrageous, and with moving insights into nature and the human condition. He has capture in masterful prose the simple things that matter most. Condition: Author's gift inscription to front endpaper and former owner's gift inscription to her mother. Jacket spine sunned else a better than very good copy in a near fine jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L0764
- Title
- The Foxes' Union And Other Stretchers, Tall Tales and Discursive Reminiscences of Happy Years in Scrabble, Virginia
- Author
- James Jackson Kilpatrick (1920 -2010)
- Book Condition
- Used - Better than very good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0914440187
- ISBN 13
- 9780914440185
- Publisher
- EPM Publications, Inc
- Place of Publication
- McLean, VA
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- Royal octavo
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