Humorous book about life and social customs of New York
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Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 177 pages, 8vo. 5th Printing. Jacket price is unclipped. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers, spine fade. DJ in mylar. Heavy foxing along page edges. Tight binding. Volume is in Very Good condition. Seller Inventory # 066979
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1864963921
Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First edition, third printing. Dust jacket is sharp and bright, with a couple tiny spots to red background of titling. Spine sunned with a couple light stains. Flaps age-toned but intact. Orange paper-covered boards have light sunning/toning to edges with very light shelfwear. Black cloth backstrip is clean with faintest trace of shelfwear to head and tail of spine. Gilt spine titling sharp and bright. Interior subtly age-toned with a bit of glue discoloration at endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. Seller Inventory # 26030026
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # FORT933829
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition (Fourth Printing). As-new copy of the Fourth Printing of the First American edition is in an unclipped dust jacket. Virtually mint. Seller Inventory # 143673
Seller: Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. First Edition, Sixth Printing. pp. xi, 177. Small 8vo. Publisher's quarter black cloth over terracotta boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Two very faint spots to the front boards, else, near fine. Contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked leaves and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in original, unclipped, dustjacket (bearing original price of $8.50), now housed in protective mylar cover. A near fine later printing of Lebowtiz's first printed work. Seller Inventory # 6086
Seller: MyLibraryMarket, Waynesville, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ***Please Read*** one small tear on the dj - some light foxing on the edges - No marks on text - My shelf location 40-e-9. Seller Inventory # 220404002
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by Fran Lebowitz on the front free end page. 3rd printing. Hardbound in dust jacket. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 95050
Seller: A Good Read, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sixth Printing. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Sixth impression. Clipped d/j. Inscribed by author to previous owner on ffep. Inscription dated in 1978.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 177 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 205861
Seller: leaves, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
first edition thus, 1978. lebowitz's debut book tackles topics like social mores, fashion, and personal annoyances, offering satirical advice in essays like"vocational guidance for the truly ambitious." her humor is curmudgeonly and irreverent, with memorable takes on everything from children ("sticky even when freshly washed") to scientists ("terrible dinner companions"). new york: dutton. isbn: 0-525-15562-7. 8.5x5.45". 177 pages. hardcover. bound in partial-cloth covered boards. book condition: ownership markings, sunning to head of front panel. very good++. jacket condition: sunning to flaps, bumping and closed-tear to head of spine, ($8.50). near fine-. Seller Inventory # 1135