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COCKFIGHTER JOURNAL: Proof and Limited Edition
by Willeford, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Santa Barbara, California: Neville, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A proof copy and the limited edition, which is copy 49 of 300 signed by James Lee Burke, who wrote the foreword. The proof is also signed by James Lee Burke on the colophon. Journal of Willeford's experiences on the set of the 1974 Monte Hellman film Cockfighter, which was based on Willeford's novel, and for which the author wrote the screenplay. Willeford played a cockfighting referee in the film, and chronicles the highs and lows of the experience. Octavo, two volumes. The proof is bound in white paper wrappers. The limited edition is bound in full red cloth with pictorial black stamping and is accompanied by the original acetate dust wrappers. Both are fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71762
- Title
- COCKFIGHTER JOURNAL: Proof and Limited Edition
- Author
- Willeford, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Neville
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara, California
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Literature, Mystery, Cinema, Film Studies, Books into Film, Cockfighting, Charles Willeford
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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