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THE LAST DETAIL
by Ponicsan, Darryl
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Dial Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and press release laid in. Inscribed by Darryl Ponicsan on the half-title. The author's first novel, which follows two career sailors assigned to escort a young emotionally withdrawn recruit from their Virginia base to Portsmouth Naval Prison in Maine. It served as the basis for the 1973 Hal Ashby film starring Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, and Carol Kane. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with yellow titles. Some minor shelfwear to the dust jacket, with a bit of fading along the extremities; otherwise very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75077
- Title
- THE LAST DETAIL
- Author
- Ponicsan, Darryl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Literature, U.S. Navy, Books into Film
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...
- Publisher's Slip
- A piece of paper from the publisher included in an advance review copy or an uncorrected proof copy of a book. A publisher's...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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