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GIANTS, PIGMIES AND OTHER ADVERTISING PEOPLE
by Daniels, Draper
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a near fine jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Crain Communications, Inc, 1974. First printing. Fine in a near fine jacket.. Scarce first edition of the memoir of advertising legend Draper Daniels, real-life inspiration for MAD MEN's Donald Draper. Daniels was responsible for numerous iconic 20th campaigns including the Marlboro Man and Elsie the Bordon Cow. An uncommon book since the popularity of the AMC TV series, scarce when signed. 9'' x 6''. Original yellow cloth in original unclipped ($7.95) dust jacket. 257, [1] pages. Inscribed by Daniels to front free endpaper: "For Anne Richardson, / who made a flight / from Boise to Chicago / a pleasant interlude / instead of a bore, / Draper Daniels." Jacket spine lightly sunned. Mild edgewear. Else clean, sharp, and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41457
- Title
- GIANTS, PIGMIES AND OTHER ADVERTISING PEOPLE
- Author
- Daniels, Draper
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Crain Communications, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- 20th century,US American,Advertising,Books to Film,Gift Idea
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- A.N.
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