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The Dream Merchants
by Harold Robbins
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Item Price
£11.33£9.63
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About This Item
Hardcover with dust jacket, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. This is a 'First and Second Printing Before Publication' copy. The dust jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover, so there is very little wear beside a dot of rubbing to the left of the word 'The' of the title, and a small chip at the back left corner about 1/4 inch across. Jacket cover had been taped to the boards with narrow strips of masking tape, leaving discoloration residue marks of adhesive on the front board, the tape is still present on the back boards. 496 pages, rough edged text block pages. Edges of the text block are clean. Reddish-orange colored boards with the title and author name in black on the spine within a black rectangle. All lettering on the spine is crisp and not rubbed or worn. Corners of the boards are not bumped or creased. Minor dots of edge wear to the boards at the head and heel of the spine and at the tips of the corners. This is the epic story of the founding of a film studio, a classic 'rags-to-riches' story, somewhat based on Robbins own experiences working at Universal Studios. Nice vintage dust jacket, with illustration by George Salter. This copy is not a library discard, not a remainder. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory, not a stock photo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21-166
- Title
- The Dream Merchants
- Author
- Harold Robbins
- Illustrator
- George Salter
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Books into film New York
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
Biblio member since 2015
Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Stock Photo
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- Edges
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