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The Hustler
by Tevis, Walter
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First Edition. Very Good+/Good+. First edition. 214 , (1) pp. Original red cloth and gray paper covered boards, spine stamped in gilt. Very Good+ with bumped corners in edge-chipped and lightly soiled dust jacket, two mends on verso, and yet unsunned and unclipped, Good+. The inspiration for the 1961 Robert Rossen film starring Paul Newman as "Fast Eddie" and Jackie Gleason as "Minnesota Fats.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140937140
- Title
- The Hustler
- Author
- Tevis, Walter
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- pool, billiards, hustling, film, Paul Newman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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