Giant
by Ferber, Edna
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, 1952. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A bright, Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Book with a previous owner's penciled gift inscription at the front and original price sticker on the rear end paper. Dust jacket is extremely bright and fresh, with just a bit of wear to the edges of the flaps.
A first edition of the novel that inspired George Stevens's 1956 film starring Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Rock Hudson. Edna Farber, a Pulitzer Prize winning author "with a deep sympathy for minorities that often found its way into her books" offers readers a satirical and subversive look at Texas society in a moment of transition from cattle to oil economy (Washington Post). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
A first edition of the novel that inspired George Stevens's 1956 film starring Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Rock Hudson. Edna Farber, a Pulitzer Prize winning author "with a deep sympathy for minorities that often found its way into her books" offers readers a satirical and subversive look at Texas society in a moment of transition from cattle to oil economy (Washington Post). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5850
- Title
- Giant
- Author
- Ferber, Edna
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Bigger. Biggest ranch. Biggest steer. Biggest houses. Biggest hat. Biggest state. A mania for bigness.
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About the Seller
Whitmore Rare Books
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Pasadena, California
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