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
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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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- First Edition
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- Heel
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- Jacket
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- Reading Copy
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- FFEP
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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