Anything for Billy - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by McMurtry, Larry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671642685
- ISBN 13
- 9780671642686
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney And Tokyo: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0671642685 . A Nearly Fine first edition/first printing with a cocked spine and little page edge soiling in an unblemished dust-jacket; In this darkly comic novel, McMurtry tells the story of Billy, a down-on-his-luck drifter who is taken in by a tough old farmer named Lonesome and his brood of mischievous kids. Billy quickly learns that the only way to survive in this hardscrabble world is to hustle, lie, and steal. McMurtry's razor-sharp writing and poignant story make Anything for Billy a compelling read.; 8vo; 382 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53584
- Title
- Anything for Billy - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671642685
- ISBN 13
- 9780671642686
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, London, Toronto, Sydney And Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- Author Collections / McMurtry, Larry;
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