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FORREST GUMP
by GROOM, WINSTON
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2002. All edges gilt. Covers and spine with elaborated designs and lettering. Sewn-in silk bookmark. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front limitatiuon page. Certificate of authenticity and Easton Note about the author and the book laid-in. First published in 1986, the book was adapted into a very popular and successful film starring Tom Hanks in 1994. 228pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Red-porple Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.
Synopsis
Winston Groom is the author of sixteen books, including Forrest Gump, Gump and Co., Patriotic Fire, Shrouds of Glory, and Conversations with the Enemy (with Duncan Spencer), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives with his wife and daughter in Point Clear, Alabama.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014875
- Title
- FORREST GUMP
- Author
- GROOM, WINSTON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Literature, Signed Edition, Autograph
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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