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Am I Getting Paid for This? A Romance About Work
by Betty Rollin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316754544
- ISBN 13
- 9780316754545
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1982 Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1982. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($14.95); light edge wear; small scratch area on front panel. Tan boards with maroon cloth overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 311 pp 8vo. This is the part funny, part not-so-funny story of the author's three careers- first acting, then writing, then television new broadcasting at NBC- and what work itself became to mean to her. The realization finally hit that work had become the central focus of her life. This is her story of finding balance in her life. 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 #
- 006039
- Title
- Am I Getting Paid for This? A Romance About Work
- Author
- Betty Rollin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316754544
- ISBN 13
- 9780316754545
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Betty Rollin, women in the workplace, NBC, news broadcaster, Vogue, Look, NBC News, ABC News, Nightline, Women Like Us, theater critic, women's jobs, journalism, television, television news, television broadcasters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television;
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.
About the Seller
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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