The Pump House Gang
by Wolfe, Tom
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Farrar Straus Giroux, 1968 Stated Second Printing. DJ has chipping mostly to spine tips and has soiling to back panel. Price intact. Book is a bit cocked. Top stained. Interior is clean and tight. Signature tipped in on a bookmark card.
Synopsis
The Pump House Gang is a 1968 collection of essays and journalism by Tom Wolfe. The stories in the book explored various aspects of the counterculture of the 1960s. The most famous story in the collection, from which the book takes its name, is about Jack Macpherson and his gang of surfers that frequented a sewage pump house at Windansea Beach in La Jolla, California.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindas Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001956
- Title
- The Pump House Gang
- Author
- Wolfe, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lindas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2008
New York, New York
About Lindas Rare Books
I specialize in rare children's books, plays, poetry books, modern first editions, out of print and unusual books and signed books. If you cannot find what you are looking for, I will try and find it for you.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.