Before he became a best-selling novelist ( The Bonfire of the Vanities ), Tom Wolfe was an essayist and keen observer of 1960s and 1970s culture for Esquire and Rolling Stone . (This is the man who coined the phrase "Me Decade", after all.) This ear-candy collection of 20 essays and articles narrated by Edoardo Ballerini was handpicked by Wolfe and includes some of his best-known nonfiction work. These must-listens include profiles of astronaut Chuck Yeager (who also appears in Wolfe's The Right Stuff) and model-turned ...
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Before he became a best-selling novelist ( The Bonfire of the Vanities ), Tom Wolfe was an essayist and keen observer of 1960s and 1970s culture for Esquire and Rolling Stone . (This is the man who coined the phrase "Me Decade", after all.) This ear-candy collection of 20 essays and articles narrated by Edoardo Ballerini was handpicked by Wolfe and includes some of his best-known nonfiction work. These must-listens include profiles of astronaut Chuck Yeager (who also appears in Wolfe's The Right Stuff) and model-turned-Warhol-superstar Baby Jane Holzer. Part cultural anthropologist and part social observer, Wolfe conquers the worlds of modern art, high fashion, surfing, and stock-car racing with equal aplomb.
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Add this copy of The Purple Decades: a Reader to cart. $8.00, very good condition, Sold by Sessions Book Sales rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Birmingham, AL, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
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Bellamy, Joe David. Very good in very good dust jacket. The photo shown is of the book I'm selling. VG/VG. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade. The Book is in Very Good condition with some yellowing. The DJ is in VG condition with edge wear / corner wear and is price clipped. This is a difficult book to find, but it'll be priced fairly. The photo provided is the book you're considering.
Add this copy of The Purple Decades: a Reader to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by Best and Fastest Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wantage, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
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Good. Stated 1st printing, with jacket, tight and unmarked, mild jacket edge wear, exowner gift inscription. Fast Shipping-Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!
Add this copy of Purple Decades: a Reader to cart. $10.34, fair condition, Sold by Magers and Quinn Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
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Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item.
Add this copy of The Purple Decades: a Reader to cart. $10.53, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
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Bellamy, Joe David. Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. jacket worn and faded at edges, tears at corners, flaps creased and faded; cover of copy faded at edges, upper end of text block faded, corners bumped, Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade.
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Very good + in very good + jacket. A Reader. Introduction by Joe David Bellamy. Sm 4to. Purple cloth, with gilt spine lettering and author's initials blind stamped on cover. Frontis b/w drawing. 396 pages. Illustrated with b/w drawings. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket, with price intact, has slight edge wear.
Add this copy of The Purple Decades: a Reader to cart. $17.99, fair condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA, published 1982 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
