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RAISING A RIOT
by TOOMBS, Alfred
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1949. TOOMBS, Alfred. RAISING A RIOT. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1949]. 8vo., brown cloth in dust jacket. First Edition, third printing. Toombs, who worked under Ernie Pyle at the Washington Sun newspaper, recounts his hilarious adventures raising his motherless family for 18 months. Signed presenation from Toombs to his cousin on the front endpaper: "For my cousin Martha with cousinly love- Alfred Toombs." Very Good (minor wear or bumping edges; contents clean & tight except for a newspaper clipping by Toombs leaving some browning on two front blank pages); number of small chips & short tears d/j. $85.00.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antic Hay Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1204
- Title
- RAISING A RIOT
- Author
- TOOMBS, Alfred
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1949
Terms of Sale
Antic Hay Books
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About the Seller
Antic Hay Books
Biblio member since 2007
Asbury Park, New Jersey
About Antic Hay Books
On-line dealer of rare & out-of-print books, specializing in autographs, signed copies & association copies.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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