B S Burt Levy Author Signed (3 results)
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Seller: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, U.S.A.Books by White/Walnut Valley Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy. Think Fast Ink, Oak Park, IL. 1999. Hardcover. Advanced Reading Copy/Preview Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; light b…umping to head and upper tips. Black leatherette boards and spine with bright red lettering on the spine. Clean internals. 395 pp 8vo. In this book mechanic Buddy Palumbo takes off from Old Man Finzio's gas station in NJ heading to the jungles of southern Mexico for a 1952 Carrera Panamericana. He also survives a New Year's Eve bash in Greenwich Village, survives th famous 12 hour endurance grind across Sebring, and all while struggling through those terrifying months between popping the question and his wedding day. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Montezuma's Ferrari windshield sticker is laid in. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Seller: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, U.S.A.Books by White/Walnut Valley Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Think Fast Ink, Oak Park, IL. 2002. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; light soiling to textblock fore edge fro t…humbing; small fabric tear to bottom of front board. DJ: Very Good +; light bumping to head, tail, and tips; light rubbing to panels. Brown leatherette boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. Clean internals. 533 pp 8vo. This book is the long-awaited third novel in author/racer Burt Levy's celebrated, accurate and hilarious "Buddy Palumbo" series about a young New Jersey gas station mechanic coming of age against the the backdrop of the wild, glamorous, innocent and dangerous era of the open-road sports car racing in the early 1950s. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Seller: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, U.S.A.Books by White/Walnut Valley Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Think Fast Ink, Oak Park, IL. 1994. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed on the FFFP by the author. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: light bumping to head. DJ: Very Good +; closed tears to head and front panel; wear to hea…d, tail, and tips. Red buckram boards and spine with copper lettering on the spine. Clean internals. 540 pp 8vo. This book is a novel that is at once fast-pace, funny, and moreover utterly faithful to its subject matter and time period, complete with historically accurate descriptions of the cars, races, and venues of the era. In other words, a true car enthusiast can read and enjoy this book without having to wince at inaccuracies, mistakes, flights of fancy, or superhuman, feats of derring-do. A clean very presentable copy. A "The Last Open Road" window sticker is laid-in in the front of the book. Inscribed by Author(s).
