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Life on the Line
by Wattleton, Faye
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0345392655
- ISBN 13
- 9780345392657
- Seller
-
Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. 0345392655 . Signed and inscribed by author on half-title. Quarter bound in maroon cloth over grey boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with 16 pages of B&W photographs. . Tops and bottoms of boards very lightly sunned, page 471 loose, else fine. The unclipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf-wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xiii, 489, (2) pp. Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Faye Wattleton consults with American business and political leaders and with heads of state, ambassadors, and cabinet ministers around the world on family planning issues. She holds fifteen honorary degrees, is a member of the National Women's Hall of Fame (1993), and has won numerous awards, including the Jefferson Award for the Greatest Public Service Performed by a Private Citizen (1992) and the Margaret Sanger Woman of Valor Award (1996). She makes her home in Manhattan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13371
- Title
- Life on the Line
- Author
- Wattleton, Faye
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0345392655
- ISBN 13
- 9780345392657
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 0345392655, Biography;, Autobiography, Planned Parenthood
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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