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James Dean
American Icon
by David Dalton ; Ron Cayen
ISBN: 0312439628
ISBN-13: 9780312439620
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Dalton's biography of film icon James Dean not only explores the actor's tragically short life, but also pays special attention to the "cult of celebrity" that surrounded him and how, to a large degree, this was engineered by Dean himself.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: St Martins Pr Published date: 1986 Size: 9 x 12 inches Weight: 2.7 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A photographic tribute to the legendary young actor features a selection of childhood photographs, love letters, backstage and on-screen stills, and other memorabilia.
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James Dean: American Icon
David Dalton
St Martins Pr. Used - Good. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1986. Softcover. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS SOFTCOVER; Some rubbing on cover.Cover/spine has minor creases and/or small tears. Some rubbing on cover. ( more information)
Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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James Dean: American Icon
David Dalton; Ron Cayen
St Martins Pr, 1986-04. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good condition. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. ( more information)
Offered by Page Master Used Books (United States)
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James Dean: American Icon
Dalton, David; Cayen, Ron
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 1986. A 285 pg. 9"x 12" softcover. From the rear cover, 'exhaustive research by photo editor Ron Cayen yielded over 300 color and black and white photos many recently discovered to make this lavishly illustrated book the ultimate tribute to a twentieth century American icon whose face has become as familiar as that of Mickey Mouse, Mao or Mick Jagger. Assembled here for the first time is an eye popping collection of Technicolor posters, lurid movie magazine spreads, Dean on bongos album covers, comic book biographies, never before printed love letters and a wealth of exotic Deanabilia.' Condition - Very good: some wear to bottom right corner of front cover.. ( more information)
Offered by Harrison's Books (United States)
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James Dean: American Icon
Dalton, David; Cayen, Ron; Loehr, David
New York: St Martins Press, 1986. 285 pgs. Large, heavy softcover. US Orders only.. Third Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. ( more information)
Offered by Wellfleet Books (United States)
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James Dean American Icon
Dalton, David
NY: St. Martin's, 1984. (4th printing). Oversize Glossy Paperback. NEAR FINE. Bright, tight, clean & square. Faint edgewear to bottom. Faint curl to top corner front cover. 1 folded pg corner. 285 photo-packed pages w/stories and chronology. ISBN: 10312439628. ( more information)
Offered by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (United States)
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James Dean: American Icon
Dalton, David; Cayen, Ron
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1984. This is a very good copy with light wear. Clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Photos throughout.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information)
Offered by Mardi's Book Mart (United States)
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JAMES DEAN : AMERICAN ICON
Dalton, David
St Martins Press. c1984. Later Printing. Softcover. Very good+. Tight binding, bright cover, clean pages, no creases. Oversize. ; Photographs.; 285 pages . ( more information)
Offered by Vagabond Books (United States)
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James Dean: American Icon
Dalton, David; Cayen, Ron
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1986. Looks brand new, faint spine crease.. ISBN: 0312439628. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine++. First Printing. DEAN JAMES 1931 1955 BIOGRAPHY. ( more information)
Offered by firstfloorfront (United States)
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James Dean: American Icon
Dalton, David
New York, New York: St Martins Press, 1984. Very good oversized trade paperback. Nice clean tight copy.. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good. ( more information)
Offered by Snowball Bookshop (United States)
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James Dean: American Icon
David Dalton; Ron Cayen
St Martins Pr, 1986-04. Paperback. Good. No marks. Minor shelf wear with light rubbing to cover. Small ding on top spine end with closed tear. ( more information)
Offered by Ronda McBride, Bookseller (United States)
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James Dean: American Icon
David Dalton; Ron Cayen
St Martins Pr, 1986-04. Paperback. Very Good. No names, no marks, no stickers. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean and bright. Minor corner bump and chip. Careful packaging and fast shipping. ( more information)
Offered by Icapsa Used Books (United States)
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James Dean: American Icon
Dalton, David
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1984. Bumped edge, Slight creasing, Rubbings. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ( more information)
Offered by Lofthouse Books (United States)
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James Dean: American Icon
Dalton, David; Cayen, Ron
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1986 Wrapper is creased at spine and lightly bumped at tips.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information)
Offered by A Good Read (United States)
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JAMES DEAN AMERICAN ICON
David Dalton & Ron Cayen
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1984 Book contents fine, some creasing at spine of soft cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information)
Offered by Stanza Books and Art (Canada)
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James Dean: American Icon
Dalton, David; Cayen, Ron
New York: St Martins Pr, 1984. VG, pb, spine creased, 285pp. B&W photos.. Paper Binding. Very Good. 4to. ( more information)
Offered by The Book House - St. Louis (United States)
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James Dean American icon
Dalton, David
PB 1st ed. 3rd ptg. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984 285p. Biography. VG. Oversize trade paperback. Includes loose sepia postcard of James Dean. Edges of book are scuffed.. F. Soft cover. ( more information)
Offered by Baba's Books (Canada)
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James Dean: American Icon
Dalton, David, and Cayen, Ron, and Sheen, Martin (introduction)
St. Martin's Press, 1984. First edition. 6th printing. Trade paperback. Fine/No DJ Issued. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Book is absolutely Pristine. Cover_lite shelf wear, 1 crease to spine. Binding_excellent...intact. 285 pages. 0.77" x 12.00" x 9.08". ( more information)
Offered by bobsbooks (United States)
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