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Tom Wolfe – The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby – First Edition 1966 – SIGNED and inscribed by Wolfe
£1,500.00
A first edition, first printing of the author’s first novel, published by Cape in 1966. A very good book without inscriptions, SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the title page, ‘All the GOLD-PLATED/best wishes/in the World/Tom Wolfe!’. A superb, elaborate inscription. In a very good lightly spine faded dust wrapper with wear to the corners. Scarce signed
A groundbreaking collection of essays that launched the “New Journalism” movement. Blending vivid description, slang, and satire, Wolfe explores 1960s American pop culture—custom car culture, fashion, music, and celebrity obsession. The title essay focuses on flamboyant car customisers like George Barris, celebrating their creativity while critiquing consumerism and media hype. Wolfe’s energetic, ironic prose captures the era’s colourful, chaotic spirit and the rise of style as substance.
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A first edition, first printing of the author’s first novel, published by Cape in 1966. A very good book without inscriptions, SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the title page, ‘All the GOLD-PLATED/best wishes/in the World/Tom Wolfe!’. A superb, elaborate inscription. In a very good lightly spine faded dust wrapper with wear to the corners. Scarce signed
A groundbreaking collection of essays that launched the “New Journalism” movement. Blending vivid description, slang, and satire, Wolfe explores 1960s American pop culture—custom car culture, fashion, music, and celebrity obsession. The title essay focuses on flamboyant car customisers like George Barris, celebrating their creativity while critiquing consumerism and media hype. Wolfe’s energetic, ironic prose captures the era’s colourful, chaotic spirit and the rise of style as substance.
