Giant Killer

New York: The John Day Company, 1928 373pp. The story of David and Goliath, retold by Elmer Holmes Davis (1890 - 1958), an American news reporter, and radio broadcaster. He edited the pulp magazine "Adventure" and was one of four journalists who portrayed themselves in the 1951 sci-fi film, "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Signed to front free endpaper:… Read more about this item

John Day, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair DJ. First edition, very good red cloth hardcovers with black letter to cover and spine show rubbing to edges including rub through spots to boards at bottom corner of cover and at cover near top edge, along with some soiling at page edges, but is otherwise tight and… Read more about this item

New York, NY: John Day Company. G/G. (1928). Cloth(Hrdcvr). First Edition . 12mo., viii, 375 pp., DJ rubbed and frayed, chipped, pages yellowed, inside strained .

The Press of the Readers Club, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Very good + gray cloth hardcover with red illustration to cover and red and blue letter to spine shows a name at top of front endpaper and some other light trace wear including bit of soil at page edges and touch of bumping to… Read more about this item

New York: John Day, 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Offsetting to the fly leaves from the jacket flaps, else fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with tiny nicks and tears, mostly near the crown. Novel of biblical times. Scarce in jacket.

The John Day Co., 1928. First Edition . Cloth. Fair. Sturdy book, shiny red cloth, black embossed title and author on front, spine very slightly darkened, pencil numbers on reverse of final end paper, 373 pages plus bibliography and Middle East map. Slight wear at tips, bottom front tip very slightly bumped, tiny round stain at top front… Read more about this item

The John Day Company, 1928. Very Good. Davis, Elmer. Giant Killer. New York: The John Day Company, 1928. 1st edition. 373pp. 12mo. Red cloth. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with one inch loss from head of spine and small losses from chipped and bumped edges. Light rubbing, barely affecting… Read more about this item