Marilyn: The Tragic Venus
by Edwin P. Hoyt
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition stated. Hardcover in half black cloth over yellow paper half covered boards. 279 pp. with index, Very good, some soiling to the yellow portions of the boards but the black cloth portion and yellow lettering is fine. In original pictorial dust jacket, near fine. The first serious, full scale biography of Marilyn Monroe to appear after her 1962 death. Striking photography of a pensive Monroe from Paris Match graces the front panel of the jacket. One of the scarcer and more sought after of the plethora of Marilyn books.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E29580
- Title
- Marilyn: The Tragic Venus
- Author
- Edwin P. Hoyt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan, & Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- movies, sex symbols, marilyn monroe, movie stars, norma jean, entertainment, biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Entertainment;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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