THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER : Intriguing Facts About the 484 Books That Have Been #1 New York Times Bestsellers Since the First List, 50 Years Ago
Language: English
Published by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA, 1992
- First Edition
- Softcover
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EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED Copy. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated cover/NF; leading edges library tape reinforced. 262 pge historical review & record of the New York Times' best sellers (first published Sunday, August 9th, 1942) during the First 50 years. Criteria changed from time to time, and ratings were challenged more than once. Of of books receiving top rating & exhibited the #1 phenomenon, the outstanding work for 1942 was: "The Robe" by Lloyd Douglas, which held #1 position for 46 weeks; it still holds the fiction record of for the longest time on the list, and returned to the list after the 1953, 20th Century Fox wide-screen film adaptation starring Richard Burton & Jean Simmons --- it being the story of Roman military tribune's role in the Crucifixion of Christ.
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- Title
- THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER : Intriguing Facts About the 484 Books That Have Been #1 New York Times Bestsellers Since the First List, 50 Years Ago
- Author
- Bear, John
- Publisher
- Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- None as Issued
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0898154847
- ISBN 13
- 9780898154849
- Illustrator
- Archival Illustrations
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Seller catalogs
- History, Journalism, Documentary
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- Denise Sticha, Carnegie Lib. of Pittsburgh
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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