Giant by Ferber: Signed (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Later printing. Inscribed by the author on the title page, dated New York August 1967 (eight months before her death). Light shelf wear. Tiny tear on the front board. Previous owner's name and a brief notation are written on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has a 2" chip and a 2" tear on the front panel. Frayed at the spine ends. Scuffed along the folds. The price, $4.50, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Chipping along bottom of rear flap fold.; Personalized by author on most of 2nd FEP.; Signed by Author. Signed.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Both hinges cracked.; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book club edition. Octavo. 447pp. Publisher's black cloth boards, spine lettered in silver. Toning on the pastedown from the binder's glue, thin strip of loss at the crown, and a couple spots of wear at the edges, else near fine in very good dust jacket with the spine a bit toned and moderate wear at the edges, including small tears and nicks, particularly at the crown. With a long Inscription to actress Mercedes McCambridge on the front free endpaper: "In Texas, dear Mercedes McCambridge, when they want someone to move they say, 'come alive!' No one had to say that to you. You came alive as Luz the moment I saw you, Ma'am. Edna Ferber, August 1955." This was signed just after Ferber's visit to the set of *Giant* in late July 1955. Mercedes played Luz Benedict, the sister to Rock Hudson's character Brick, and was nominated for an Oscar for her performance upon the film's release the following year. A wonderful association.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in black cloth, dull orange topstain (slightly faded), in a Near Fine green orange and yellow dustwrapper, not price-clipped, unfaded, with a few tiny tears to crown. Boldly SIGNED by Ferber on a tipped-in leaf after the free front endpaper. 447pp. This novel, which appeared towards the end of Ferber's long successful career, was famously adapted by Hollywood in a feature [Warner Brothers, 1956] which starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Carroll Baker, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Earl Holliman, Dennis Hopper, and (notably) James Dean, in his last film before perishing in an automobile accident just after filming. Never an uncommon book, it's become difficult to locate in nice condition, especially signed. Q10207.…

First edition of this "powerful story.truly as big as its subject" (Los Angeles Times). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edna Ferber. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Fred McCarroll. Giant tells the sweeping tale which captures the essence of Texas on a staggering scale as it chronicles the life and times of cattleman Jordan "Bick" Benedict, his naive young society wife, Leslie, and three generations of land-rich sons. It was the basis of the classic film starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson.…