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GIANT
Description
Giant by Edna Ferber, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. This vintage hardcover fiction novel is identifiable from the title page as Giant by Edna Ferber, published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, in 1952.
Quick Details
Title: Giant
Author: Edna Ferber
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Publication year shown: 1952
Location shown: Garden City, New York
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Category: Books / Fiction
Condition Notes
This copy shows age-appropriate wear from handling, storage, and use. The dust jacket has visible edge wear, rubbing, corner wear, creasing, and some chipping/tears, especially around the spine ends and edges. The boards and pages appear intact from the photos, with typical vintage page toning and general signs of age.
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Why It Stands Out
Giant is a recognizable mid-century American novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber, known for broad social themes and memorable regional storytelling. This copy is a good option for readers, vintage book collectors, decorators, or resale buyers seeking the original book presence rather than a modern reprint.
Buyer Note
No claim is made here regarding first edition status, rarity, or special provenance. This listing is based on the visible book details shown in the photos, including the 1952 Doubleday title page and matching dust jacket.
A solid vintage hardcover copy of Edna Ferber’s Giant with visible wear and strong shelf appeal.
A Story Inspired by the Era*
Imagine Giant arriving in a 1952 living room, its dust jacket promising a broad American story at the very moment postwar life is expanding in every direction. Oil, cattle, highways, suburbs, movie stars, and regional pride are all part of the country's conversation, and Ferber's Texas-sized novel fits the mood.
A book like this has the presence of mid-century popular fiction: big themes, readable drama, and a dust jacket made to stop someone browsing a shelf or bookshop table.
Little Historical Details
- The title page identifies Edna Ferber, Doubleday & Company, and 1952.
- Ferber was known for large-canvas American novels centered on place, ambition, and social change.
- The early 1950s were a period of postwar growth, oil wealth, expanding highways, and shifting regional identities.
Possible Real-World Journey
This copy may have been bought by a reader swept up in the novel's scale, kept for the jacket, or later collected for its connection to a major mid-century American story. Its wear gives it the feel of a book that spent real time in real rooms.
* Story scene is historical fiction inspired by verified item facts and period context, not documented provenance for this exact item.