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JEAN HOWARD'S HOLLYWOOD: A PHOTO MEMOIR
by Howard, Jean, and James Watters
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc, 1989. 248 pages, including 346 duotone photographs by Howard and text by James Watters. Folio. First edition. Signed on the title page by famed Hollywood actress and photographer Jean Howard and inscribed by her to her close friend Dorothy Shoemaker. There is also a a separate note to Dorothy from Jean stapled to the blank verso of the front free endpaper. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight in a clean bright dust jacket that is slightly faded along the spine.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jean Howard. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2153
- Title
- JEAN HOWARD'S HOLLYWOOD: A PHOTO MEMOIR
- Author
- Howard, Jean, and James Watters
- Illustrator
- Jean Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photographs; Biography;
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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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