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Signal Thirty-Two
by Kantor, MacKinlay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1950. 370 pp. First printing. Octavo. Original grey cloth. Black and red lettering on the spine. Edges are trimmed and faintly dust soiled. Red top edge. Wrapped in a dust jacket that has small chips and wear along the head and tail of the spine, but is overall in good condition. The author has inscribed the book to a friend on the front free end paper and on the dust jacket. Inside, a clean copy, with strong hinges. In good shape. MacKinlay Kantor was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. In 1956, Kantor was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his 1955 novel Andersonville. His novels were typically set during important events in American history, such as the American Civil War. Kantor also had some of his novels adapted as films. To readers in the 1940s and 1950s, he would have been highly recognizable and respected. But by the 1970s, Kantor's work was becoming passé. "Your grandfather and grandmother would take him to their respective bosoms. Your present-day college son and daughter would find him strictly from 'Squaresville,"' wrote one critic. Another described one of Kantor's novels as "embarrassingly jingoistic." Today, Kantor, and his writing has become obscure. However, one of the joys of a rare book is to examine what was once considered important and popular to see if it still speaks to us. This signed first printing would appeal to a collector. 1950
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143796
- Title
- Signal Thirty-Two
- Author
- Kantor, MacKinlay
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Prize|American history|Crime|Police drama|
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...