table stakes von tidyman ernest (15 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. ABOUT THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL GAMBLING.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Printing. Blue boards with black spinecover have only slight wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. "Table Stakes was Ernest Tidyman's last novel (the factual Big Bucks being his last published work in 1982) and his most personal creative work in print, if not necessarily his best. Tidyman himself was an avid gambler and had also worked in film production since the early 1970s. Much of his knowledge of both is evident in the way he pieces together this moral drama. Tidyman gives all the main characters their own voice and allows them to breathe and as a result they feel real. Most of his characters are deeply flawed and selfish and the central father and son characters demonstrate this vividly despite their individual ideals. The novel is split into two books. the first, titled Desperado, deals with father, David Burnham, and his inability to break away from the gambling table to take a respectable job as well as devote time to his wife and son. He is successful at what he does and sees no reason to change his lifestyle. His loyalty to his gambling partners outweighs that to his family. Whilst he plays an honest and honourable game he finally loses his wife and son when he is drawn into one final Big Game. Later tragedy strikes and we move on a generation to the second book entitled Scenario. Scenario represents the final two-thirds of the novel and concentrates on son Paul who has returned injured from Vietnam. Paul looks to establish a new life for himself. An old friend of his father's Junior Gordon, owner of Gordon Film Studios gives him a job as production coordinator in a bid to provide his friend's son with an income, if little responsibility. When Paul teams up with Gordon's own son Bernard, who has self-destructive tendencies mirroring those of Keith Moon and the pair produce a screenplay resulting in a successful movie, Paul's star is on the rise. He at first seems loyal to his new girlfriend, but succumbs to the temptations offered to the rich and powerful and ultimately weds Junior Gordon's daughter the beautiful but vacuous Melody. All this begins to play like a soap opera on the scale that would later be served up on TV by Dallas or Dynasty and there is plenty of sexual activity to add spice to the story. But there is also depth to the moral messages Tidyman gets across on the themes of power, ambition, family and trust. The latter plays very heavily in the novel's final act in which Paul is torn between making the right decision for the business and his loyalty to his father-in-law. In the end it is evident that there can be no long-term winners and this is ultimately Tidyman's comment on gambling and the film industry in general. First edition, so stated. Front hinge cracked, else very good in lighty soiled and rubbed dust jacket. Ultimately his message is either your luck will run out or you will alienate those closest to you in your pursuit of success. He sees success as a self-feeding beast driven by ambition and greed that can only ultimately leave you feeling manipulated and totally alone. A depressing message, but one seeming to come from first-hand experience." -- Author Steven Aldous. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Boards resist opening past 80 degrees: unread. "First Edition" stated. Not price-clipped; original $8.95 price showing. Stamped "MD" to bottom page edges; meaning not known. Tidyman authored the "Shaft" series and wrote the screenplays for "The French Connection" (for which he won an Academy Award) and (from his own novel) "High Plains Drifter." Hollywood show-business fiction. 348 pp. Reduced from $27.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. First edition. 348pp. 22 cm.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in Very good creased nicked dust jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Corners bumped, hinge starting, blind stamp else Vg/Vg. Review copy. 1st edition. Book.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback 1st ed 1st printing. Both book and dustwrapper are in very good condition. The d/w is slightly edgeworn and a little faded on the spine.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good +. Second Printing. DJ NOT CLIPPED.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. library marks endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear, remains library sticker spine. Due to weight extra may apply to any quoted international postage Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. A novel. Stated first edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First. Written by the creator of 'Shaft'. First Edition, first printing. No inscriptions. Price still on dustjacket. IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DISPATCH.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO60007435: Non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur bon état. 322 pages. 1er plat illustré en couleur. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.