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Lucky Bastard
by S. G. Browne
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Rockaway Beach, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
`: Gallery Books, 2012. 358 pages. Red mark bottom of text block. There are no other marks or writing in the book. Corners are square. Gilt lettering n spine is bright. Spine is tight and there are no loose pages. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Cover colors are bright.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.
Synopsis
Meet Nick Monday, aSan Francisco P.I. who was born with a unique talent: the ability to stealother peoples luck. All it takes is a handshake and Nick walks away with theirgood fortune, which he then sells on the black market. But wheeling and dealingin destinies involves more than just eating Lucky Charms, and lately, Nicksown fortunes have taken a turn for the worse. That is until Tuesday Knight, acurvy brunette with an irresistible offer, walks into his office. Tuesday iswilling to pay Nick $100,000 to retrieve her fathers stolen luck. Thats a lotof corporate cappuccinos, even for a caffeine addict like Nick. Problem is,Tuesdays dad is also the city mayor, the feds are turning up the heat, and a Chinatowncrime lord is holding all the fortune cookiesmost of them bad. Throw in acouple of femmes fatales, a douche bag vegan, and a mysterious albino luckpoacher, and it all adds up to one inescapable truth: you cant take somethingfrom someone for nothing without eventually paying like hell for it. . . .
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Details
- Bookseller
- First Class Used Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012944
- Title
- Lucky Bastard
- Author
- S. G. Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Place of Publication
- `
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
First Class Used Books
Biblio member since 2004
Rockaway Beach, Missouri
About First Class Used Books
Out of print book. Fiction, history, childrens Ozark history and lore. Cookbooks, political and some religious.
Glossary
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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