The Dick GIbson Show
by Stanley Elkin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House , 1971. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5.5". None . A lovely first impression of this humorous novel by Stanley Elkin, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Narrating of radio personality Dick Gibson and the story of his apprenticeship, using radio as its central metaphor. Written by Stanley Elkin, American novelist and author of short stories. His writing usually concerned the American consumer, popular culture, and relationships between male and female. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression with line number starting with 2 and 'First edition' to copyright page in accordance with Random House first edition convention. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, minor bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Dust wrapper lovely with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 841A18
- Title
- The Dick GIbson Show
- Author
- Stanley Elkin
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Stanley Elkin Dick Gibson Show first editions humour Dick Gibson Show
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.