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ROAD KILL
by Friedman, Kinky
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 068480378X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684803784
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Near Fine/Fine. SIGNED Presentation by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, blue quarter cloth with gilt spine lettering over butterscotch boards with blind-stamped triangular roadsign with exclamation point on the front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with black silhouette of the Kinkster wearing Stetson & cigar with an arrow piercing his heart on an orange-black bordered roadsign designed by Marvin Mattelson, 252 pages + [1] About the Author. SIGNED in '98 with the unusual inscription "See you in hell with Oscar Wilde." Superior Condition! Clean, tight, bright with No remainder marks. Only "defect" is previous owners' inscriptions and stamp on free front endpaper. "Richard S. 'Kinky' Friedman is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas. Receiving 12.6% of the vote, Friedman placed fourth in the six-person race."--Goodreads' blurb. A charming Texan who takes humor seriously--like Mark Twain--Kinky's also an environmentalist who's deeply into recycling fuel oil, and passionately involved with animal rights, for which he has sheltered hundreds of dogs and other critters that he has rescued. The wonderfully eccentric and brilliant author"s tenth book. An aging country singer turns detective and works New York City. Who would slap an Indian curse on a good-ol'-boy like country singer Willie Nelson? Maybe the same hombre who's been firing shots into Willie's hotel room and sending nasty notes promising the cowboy crooner a one-way ticket to that big rodeo-in-the-sky. Or possibly, it has to do with the medicine man who got scrunched by Willie's tour bus one night? If anyone can find out, it's arch troubleshooter and troublemaker Kinky Friedman--on the road in his tenth wickedly funny, mystery caper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1856
- Title
- ROAD KILL
- Author
- Friedman, Kinky
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 068480378X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684803784
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Humor, Texas, murder, satire, politics, old folks, environmentalism, animal rights,
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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