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Joe & Marilyn; A Memory of Love
by Roger Kahn
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 068802517X
- ISBN 13
- 9780688025175
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY : William Morrow and Company, 1986 William Morrow and Company, New York. 1986. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; trace dust soiling to text block top. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95); light edge bumps to head and tail; light rubbing to panels. Gray boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 269 pp 8vo. It was a storybook affair- Joe, the great baseball star, and Marilyn, the great movie star. They were in love but solitude and nature could not compete with the dazzle and Hollywood life required of Marilyn so they divorced only to become stalwart friends. He tried to save her from Hollywood but could not but had his revenge by planning her funeral without any of the Hollywood types he felt had killed her. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010926
- Title
- Joe & Marilyn; A Memory of Love
- Author
- Roger Kahn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 068802517X
- ISBN 13
- 9780688025175
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Joe Dimaggio, New York Yankees, Marilyn Monroe, Movie Star, Hollywood, actress, marriage, starlet, singer, Hall of Fame, murder, suicide, movies, mental illness,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball; Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Price Clipped
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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