Liar's Poker; Two Cities, True Greed
by Lewis, Michael
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0340496029
- ISBN 13
- 9780340496022
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. About Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (£12.95), a few small bumps at the edges. Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A rare UK first of Lewis's modern classic about his time as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7176
- Title
- Liar's Poker; Two Cities, True Greed
- Author
- Lewis, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340496029
- ISBN 13
- 9780340496022
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Wall Street, Wolf of Wall Street, Gambling, Stocks, Bonds, Big Banks, 1980s, Greed, Banking
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Buckram
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- Gilt
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...