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A Laughter in the Lonely Night
by Viscardi, Henry Jr
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Paul Eriksson, Inc, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket, SIGNED by the author, with CREDO of Abilities, Inc. laid in. Blue cloth boards with crisp white lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by the author: "To my friend Ann Del Bens - May you always keep a green dream growing in your heart. - Hank Viscardi - Dec. 19, 1961. Preface by the author. Illustrated with drawings by Charles Rowe. 338 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clilpped, unchipped, slight edge wear with a couple of very short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Stories of personal an professional victory for workers in the million-dollar-a-year industry called Abilities, Inc. - the world-famous company founded by the author, where only the severely disabled can get jobs, from the president (Henry Viscardi was born with stumps for legs) on down..
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- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31952
- Title
- A Laughter in the Lonely Night
- Author
- Viscardi, Henry Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Paul Eriksson, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- ABILITIES, INC., DISABLED WORKERS, DISABILITIES, HENRY VISCARDI, JR., FIRST EDITION, EMPLOYERS EMPLOYEES, INSPIRATIONAL
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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