The Von Hoffmann Bros.' Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness
by Todd Von Hoffmann, Colby Allerton, Brant Von Hoffmann
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1575440504
- ISBN 13
- 9781575440507
- Seller
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About This Item
Hardcover Cloth 224 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1997 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Price clipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes and wrinkles Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. This lavishly illustrated paean to all things testicular is a perfect gift for the he-man in your life. Sports, tools, gals, cars, movies, clothes--this book leaves no stone unturned, no pants "unpantsed" in its pursuit of the eternal masculine. The Von Hoffmann brothers' culinary interests, for example, range all the way from "Colon Cleaner Chili" to a greasy Philly cheese steak; the rule of thumb seems to be, if it makes you wince, it's good eating. The primary virtue of The Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness is its willingness to go over the top, and far beyond: there's an extended exegesis of Kubrick's Spartacus, "the manliest movie ever made"; photos of not only the B-17 bomber, but also "the three-tailed devil" (the P-38 Lightning); Zippo lighters; John Ford Westerns; pocket knives; and WD-40. Some might say that the Von Hoffmanns are stuck in adolescence, and they may be right--but where else can you find out who painted that picture of dogs playing poker? (Cassius Marcellus Coolidge).
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- Seller
- River House Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 656517
- Title
- The Von Hoffmann Bros.' Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness
- Author
- Todd Von Hoffmann, Colby Allerton, Brant Von Hoffmann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1575440504
- ISBN 13
- 9781575440507
- Publisher
- General Pub Group
- Place of Publication
- Santa Monica, CA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 224
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Americana;
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