Cool Hand Luke: A Novel
by Donn Pearce
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Blue boards with yellow-green writing on spine; book is in Fine condition. Chipping, creasing, and a very small tear on top edge of front dust jacket; chipping and creasing on edges of dust jacket where dust jacket flaps fold. Lower corner of back dust jacket flap where it folds missing a small piece; both lower and upper edges of back dust jacket have similar chipping and creasing. Chipping and creasing at top of dust jacket spine, but very minimal at bottom of dust jacket spine. Front dust jacket flap price-clipped; author's picture on back dust jacket flap. Tight binding and pages, though slightly yellow with age, still look in excellent condition
Charles Scribner's Sons First Edition; First Printing as indicated by no other editions or printings listed on copyright page.
Pearce's first novel about his experiences on a prison chain gang in Florida, the novel was made into a movie starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy that was nominated for an Academy Award in 1967. Hardcover and original price-clipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
Synopsis
Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American drama film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was adapted by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson from the novel by Pearce. The film features George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon and Morgan Woodward. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system.
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- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PEARCE001
- Title
- Cool Hand Luke: A Novel
- Author
- Donn Pearce
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 304
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- donn pearce; cool hand luke
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- Fiction;
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