The Prince and the Showgirl: The Script For The Film
by Rattigan, Terence
- Used
- poor
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: New American Library, 1957. 127pp. Original pictorial wraps (Marilyn Monroe and Lawrence Olivier on cover). Signet paperback original, (Signet Books s1409). Stated First Printing, June 1957. Includes 8 pages of scenes from hte movie staring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowed with age. Front hinge is cracked, rear hinge broken (last page held on by publisher glue). Inner pages are still secure. Spine slightly cocked, archival tape to heel of spine. Covers are scuffed/ink-rubbed. Heavy wear to edges (chip/tear to heel of spine, fraying to head of spine, nicking to edges, heavy rubbing to extremities). This is NOT a remainder or ex-library. Reading copy of this increasingly scrace title. . First Edition, Collectible. Mass Market Paperback. Poor/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81565
- Title
- The Prince and the Showgirl: The Script For The Film
- Author
- Rattigan, Terence
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition, Collectible
- Publisher
- New American Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Film Script Screenplays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film - General; Screenplays;
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
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- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Pictorial Wraps
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