Richly detailed with family anecdotes, feminist insight, history, sociology, and Southern mythology, this memoir chronicles Abbott's volatile relationship with her father, a bookie at an illegal gambling house. "A moving attempt to understand . . . how a bitter failure of a man was also the father of a real maker of books".--Valerie Sayers, New York Times Book Review.
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Richly detailed with family anecdotes, feminist insight, history, sociology, and Southern mythology, this memoir chronicles Abbott's volatile relationship with her father, a bookie at an illegal gambling house. "A moving attempt to understand . . . how a bitter failure of a man was also the father of a real maker of books".--Valerie Sayers, New York Times Book Review.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 290. 290 pp. First printing. The lightest of rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket is lightly rubbed along the upper and lower edges.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Bit of shelfwear, some foxing to closed upper page edges. Contents clean in tight bindking. Dedicated and signed by author on fly. Trade paperback, French flaps (US). Glued binding. 290 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; Softbound book in very good condition. Uncreased spine, sharp cornered wraps and text block, very firmly bound. Very clean and fresh in appearance, practically as new.