The Vulnerable Americans: A lively look at the modern fraud and swindler who has parlayed the old con man's trade into a billion dollar business
by Gentry, Curt
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: toning/offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight/DJ G: mild age toning/rubbing. clipped.
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1966. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: toning/offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight/DJ G: mild age toning/rubbing. clipped.. 8vo from front flap: "A delightful, utterly fascinating expose of the entire spectrum of modern swindles--huge and small-time--from fake TV advertising and "discount" bargains to bogus door-to-door salesmen and the latest wrinkle in the phony credit card racket. Writing with engaging enthusiasm for the chase, Curt Gentry picks up the trail at a point just beyond the sale of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Eiffel Tower. But the emphasis is on modern swindles." #01897.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1835
- Title
- The Vulnerable Americans
- Author
- Gentry, Curt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: toning/offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight
- Jacket Condition
- DJ G: mild age toning/rubbing. clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- con, swindle, advertising, tv, salesmen, nonfiction, first edition
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Matthew's Books LLC
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About Matthew's Books LLC
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