FUN WHILE IT LASTED (SIGNED)
by CONRAD, Barnaby
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 392 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY Author Conrad in ink on the front free endpaper: "For 'Beverly' Fellow writer, Astronaut, Brain Surgeon, Tennis Expert, y amiga! Bernabe Dec 28 1972 - and 'Hi' to John!". On the front pastedown, Conrad has drawn, in ink, the head and shoulders of a matador, signed "'Torero' for B. H." Illustrated from art by Author Conrad. Illustrated dust jacket. Octavo. Black cloth. A memoir of a most complex life to age 46. The late Barnaby Conrad was an artist, bullfighter, restaurateur and author of 27 fiction and non-fiction books. "Matador" was his best-selling novel. He was once secretary to Sinclair Lewis. El Matador, Conrad's elegant saloon on Broadway in San Franisco's North Beach, was a very popular meeting place in the 1950's for locals and visiting celebrities. This book is a must for veteran San Franciscans, wherever they may be now. A Near Fine copy (slightly cocked) in a Near Fine dust jacket (front flap crimp lines), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any Untied States address.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hardy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2444
- Title
- FUN WHILE IT LASTED (SIGNED)
- Author
- CONRAD, Barnaby
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; San Francisco;
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Nevada City, California
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