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Cloth, VG. viii+105pp, b/w frontis, 4 b/w plates, 31 author autograph facsimiles, bookplate, a nice near fine copy.

Condition: Very Good. :: Further Information: Alex Li-Tandem is one of this generation who watch themselves, a Chinese-Jewish north Londoner who is first introduced as a child accompanying his father to a wrestling match between those two larger-than-life scions of 1970s Saturday afternoon television--Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks. When Alex's father dies in the pandemonium surrounding the pursuit of Big Daddy's autograph, the twin themes of the novel are launched--one is the bereaved Alex's search for a replacement to fill the gulf, the other his obsession with tracking down, buying and selling autographs. Size: A Format (111 x 175mm). 432pp. ::

10.5 (26 cm) Tall" Wraps soiled with edgewear, creasing and small chips, repaired with clear tape at top of spine. Interior clean with age-darkened pages. Binding sound. 253 pp. Catalog of auction held November 13 and 14, 1935. Includes the Charles Lamb collection of Dean Sage, as well as an autographed manuscript of Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner correspondence of Napoleon, presidential autographs, manuscripts of Robert Fulton, a Walt Whitman letter describing Abraham Lincoln, a manuscript portion of Dickens' s Martin Chuzzlewit, and many other items.

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Very-nice copy of this vintage (1930) Champaign High School Yearbook. The boards show some wear - Inner pages show NO writing, marks or tears - There is an autograph section in the back and there are several classmate autographs. - Tight spine - Many vintage photos and ads - PLUS many full-page drawings - Previous owner's name is embossed in gold lettering on the front cover: Mary Plummer.

Chelsea Manor, Michigan, U.S.A. A clean, unmarked copy.

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