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A Stone for Danny Fisher (Signed A.R.C.)
by Robbins, Harold
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. White wraps with illustrated wrap around dust jacket glued to spine, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. vii, (viii), 403, (404), stated first edition. Volume with a very slight roll to spine, occasional spotting and age toning. Price-intact DJ with light wear, tiny chips to spine ends and an 1-1/2 inch closed crack to bottom edge near heel of spine. Inscribed by the author on the ffep "To Francis Vater / with best wishes --- / Harold Robbins.". Apart from the minor condition issues noted, a bright, clean copy. DJ artwork by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. The Advance Reading Copy, preceeding the first edition, and basis for the 1958 Elvis Presley film, King Creole.
Synopsis
A Stone For Danny Fisher is a very serious, early novel by Harold Robbins that looks at the effect of the Great Depression on a lower-middle class Jewish family. Written in 1952 it is actually set in the period up to 1944.
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Details
- Seller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1727
- Title
- A Stone for Danny Fisher (Signed A.R.C.)
- Author
- Robbins, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance Reading Copy
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books into Film; Signed Books;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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