In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash
by Shepherd, Jean
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Belfast, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Classic collection of stories by the humorist, Jean Shepherd (1922-1999) about his childhood growing up in Indiana in the 1930s. Two stories from the collection, "Duel in the Snow" and "My Old Man and the Lascivious Special Award" became the pivotal plot threads in the beloved 1983 holiday classic, "A Christmas Story." Inscribed boldly by Shepherd in blue ink on the half-title page. Scarce. First Printing. 264 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to dust jacket, small small chips at corners, 1-1/2" closed tear at the head of the spine and running a little diagonally on the front cover of the dust jacket, some staining on verso, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with black cloth spine; blue printed endpapers and deckled foredge. Clean within.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30581
- Title
- In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash
- Author
- Shepherd, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
Payment by check or money order (made out to Craig Olson Books), Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, PayPal. All books subject to prior sale. Libraries, institutions, established customers, and dealers may be invoiced. Reciprocal trade discounts extended. Books may be returned for any reason within ten days of receipt, through prior arrangement, and in original condition. Unless books are not as described, however, postage will be paid by buyer.
About the Seller
Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
Belfast, Maine
About Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
Used and Rare Books in the heart of downtown Belfast, Maine.
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- First Edition
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