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Giant
by Ferber, Edna
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday Doran and Co, 1952. First Edition. Octavo. 447pp. A novel set in Texas. Edna states "This is not a story of Texas today (1952) but, I hope Texas tomorrow". A movie source with stars such as Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Dennis Hopper and of course James Dean and others. A very good copy bound in black cloth spine lettering silver, in a very good unclipped dust jacket with light wear to spine ends, one corner bumped, edges and corners, rubbing and two tiny closed edge tears to rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031462
- Title
- Giant
- Author
- Ferber, Edna
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Texas in Fiction; Movie with Rock Hudson, James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Texas;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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