The Noblest Roman
by Halberstam, David
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition of The Noblest Roman by David Halberstam.. Octavo, 304pp. Red cloth, title stamped in white on spine. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, lightly worn corners, top edge dyed black, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $3.95 retail price on front flap, faint sunning to spine. A beautiful, near fine example of an incredibly scarce book. David Halberstam (1934-2007) was a famous writer and journalist. He received a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1964 after a stay in Vietnam. The Noblest Roman is his first book.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12355
- Title
- The Noblest Roman
- Author
- Halberstam, David
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Noblest Roman by David Halberstam.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
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- Fine
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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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...