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THE WINSTON AFFAIR
by Fast, Howard (Robert Mitchum)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, 1959. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Hardcover. Octavo. 221pp. INSCRIBED," To Robert Mitchum, With admiration and good Memories of 'Rachel and the Stranger', Warmly Howard Fast, Sept 2, 1959"
Stamp- "From the Estate of Robert Mitchum" on front paste-down. Blue cloth, title stamped in gold. Pencil mark and small stain on fore-edge. Lightly worn dust jacket has rubbing to edges and a couple 1" tears.
Robert Mitchum starred with Trevor Howard in the film version of "The Winston Affair", also known as "The Man in the Middle". "Rachel and the Stranger," also starred Mitchum and is based on a short story by Howard Fast.
Stamp- "From the Estate of Robert Mitchum" on front paste-down. Blue cloth, title stamped in gold. Pencil mark and small stain on fore-edge. Lightly worn dust jacket has rubbing to edges and a couple 1" tears.
Robert Mitchum starred with Trevor Howard in the film version of "The Winston Affair", also known as "The Man in the Middle". "Rachel and the Stranger," also starred Mitchum and is based on a short story by Howard Fast.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53158
- Title
- THE WINSTON AFFAIR
- Author
- Fast, Howard (Robert Mitchum)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Robert Mitchum
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About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
Biblio member since 2010
Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
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- Inscribed
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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