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Honkytonk Gelato: Travels Through Texas
by Brook, Stephen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 068911639X
- ISBN 13
- 9780689116391
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Atheneum, 1985. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First US Printing. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Clean and bright red half-cloth silver-blue metallic titling with blue paper-wrapped boards; clean and unmarked. Slight rubbing of bottom edges, tiny spot on the fore edge of text block. Red and blue jacket is clean and bright, rubbed, not price-clipped. A "hilariously funny" travel book with stereotyping confirmed in Dallas and Houston and some remote communities, BUT much more, with a conspicuous culture of its own--chili cook-offs in the desert, Willie Nelson concerts on New Years Eve, The Texas Prison Rodeo, honky-tonks as large as airports, ranches the size of English counties--take a fun trip with Stephen Brook. 283 pages with index. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Atheneum, New York, 1985.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015458
- Title
- Honkytonk Gelato: Travels Through Texas
- Author
- Brook, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 068911639X
- ISBN 13
- 9780689116391
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- TEXAS; TRAVEL; TEXAS PRISON RODEO; TYLER ROSE FESTIVAL; SAN ANTONIO; OIL; HOUSTON, DALLAS; AUSTIN; CANYONS;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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