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Univ of Arkansas Pr, 1991-02-01. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Very good paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Prentice-Hall, 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Prentice-Hall, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

-: Grove Press, 1970. Trade Paperback. Good+. mass market paperback. inscribed by the author. light scuffing to edges of wraps. mild discoloration. binding tight, no marks to the text. inscribed by author on front endpaper.

New York, NY: Grove Press/Black Cat. Good. 1970. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. 4 1/4" x 7" PAPERBACK Book #B-255. A book about people locked into the rituals of their lives. Wear at edges, reading creases, some creases on book, writing on last page, soiling, rubbed, interior browning. .

University of Arkansas Press. Very Good+ with no dustjacket. 1991. Softcover. Missing the ffep. Tiny ink mark on front cover. ; 8vo; 121 pages .

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

CollectibleGood. SIGNED AND DEDICATED BY AUTHOR. 1970 first edition. Grove Press. Moderate tanned. Good solid paperback with moderate reading/age wear, may have some light markings, pages may have some mild tanning. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

prentice hall , 1968. near fine book very good jacket

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. DJ rear has a slice/scrape which has been taped on the inside and a small tear which has been taped on the outside. DJ has slight general wear. New York Times Book Review label (rubbed) on the DJ front. ; Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, signed with first name only. .

Grove Press, 1970. First Evergreen Black Cat edition. Very Good condition.

Prentice-Hall. Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 1516292758 . Clean text, back boards have age spots. The story of a 15 aspects of a Coney Island boyhood, among them are he is afraid for his father because he does not believe in God; a sailor and a girl give him a quarter for keeping watch near the boardwalk, etc; .

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1968. Third printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 6 x 8 1/2 in. Green cloth spine with striped paper boards. Condition of book is NEAR FINE ; no wear, extremely clean, fresh and tight. Text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not price-clipped ($4.95) slight wear and chipping, had red sticker with NY Times book review. Fiction. RGR.

Prentice Hall Press. Very Good. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket in mylar

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. (1968). Very Good in Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. Wrappers flared, very good. The coming of age on the Coney Island boardwalk.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

2 small Temple stamps on front and/or back. on boards, and/or LEP's, Private Temple Name Plate FLEP, glue residue from pocket on Back Board, else contents appear as unread & unblemished with fine yellow stripped boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear. DJ displays moderate surface/edge wear as shown, with repaired chipping, both bottom & top, Lib. ID tape at heel of spine with some scuffing.
Official poet laureate of Brooklyn, Norman Rosten also wrote a few novels of which Under the Boardwalk was the first. Since the book describes a Coney Island childhood in a series of vignettes, I had assumed that it was more or less a boyhood memoir (which is what it reads like), but in fact the author grew up elsewhere and had a father who was a farmer, not a slightly crazed handyman running a seaside boarding-house. Odd. Maybe childhood holidays made a big impression...
Ronald Sukenick described Under the Boardwalk as "gentle, humane, funny, and beautifully written" and that… Read More

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Wear to edges of jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .