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THE HANDICAPPER; A Novel
by Kalich, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 051754024X
- ISBN 13
- 9780517540244
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers Inc, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Very Good. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: $12.95) depicting a basketball & bag of money, 311 pages. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark. Robert Kalich is an American novelist, journalist, and producer. He is the author of non-fiction books--his first being The Baseball Rating Handbook--and novels, best known for his national best-seller, "The Handicapper" (1988) a novel about an obsessive gambler and basketball betting.<br /> <br /> VERY SCARCE SIGNED & in such FINE/VG Condition! Tight, bright, clean copy in comparable dust jacket (unclipped) with some edgewear. No previous owner or remainder marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8658
- Title
- THE HANDICAPPER; A Novel
- Author
- Kalich, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 051754024X
- ISBN 13
- 9780517540244
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- obsession, compulsion, betting, gambling, marriage, odds, debt, sickness, disease, divorce, conman, basketball
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
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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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Remainder
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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