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The Blackboard Jungle [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
by HUNTER, Evan (aka Ed McBain)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. First Edition. First Printing. Signed bookplate. Octavo (22cm.)red and gray boards stamped in black on cover ans spine; black topstain; dustjacket; 309pp.; Some rubbing along bottom board; a Near Fine copy. The dustjacket is price-clipped and shows rubbing; the spine ends and flaps have been neatly reinforced by tape on the verso. The jacket is Very Good+.
Basis for the film Blackboard Jungle, a 1955 social drama film about teachers in an interracial inner-city school, adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks. It is remembered for its innovative use of rock and roll in its soundtrack, for casting grown adults as school children, and for the unusual breakout role of a black cast member, future Oscar winner and star Sidney Poitier as a rebellious, yet musically talented student.
Basis for the film Blackboard Jungle, a 1955 social drama film about teachers in an interracial inner-city school, adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks. It is remembered for its innovative use of rock and roll in its soundtrack, for casting grown adults as school children, and for the unusual breakout role of a black cast member, future Oscar winner and star Sidney Poitier as a rebellious, yet musically talented student.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52629
- Title
- The Blackboard Jungle [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
- Author
- HUNTER, Evan (aka Ed McBain)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Flap(s)
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- First Edition
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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