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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
by Bill Bryson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385608268
- ISBN 13
- 9780385608268
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
2 Copies Available from This Seller
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About This Item
Doubleday, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel & Places; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0385608268. ISBN/EAN: 9780385608268. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 26447. . 9780385608268
Synopsis
The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared in A Walk in the Woods and Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe. Bryson also describes and comments on American life in the 1950s. The title of the book comes from an imaginary alter-ego Bryson invented for himself in his childhood, who has the ability to vaporize people.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26447
- Title
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
- Author
- Bill Bryson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385608268
- ISBN 13
- 9780385608268
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Travel & Places; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0385608268 EAN: 9780385608268 Bill Bryson The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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