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The Raw Pearl

The Raw Pearl

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The Raw Pearl

by Bailey, Pearl

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
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Near Fine /Very Good
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About This Item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. 1968. 8vo. First Edition, signed by the author. [xiii], 206 pp. Orange hardback in black & white illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Slight wear to jacket edge, including minor loss to the tail of the spine. Boards have a few minimal marks, otherwise clean inside and out. Black & white photographic illustrations. Autobiography of actress and singer Pearl Bailey, the first African-American to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Signed and inscribed by Bailey on the dedication page. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1968.

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Bookseller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
70389
Title
The Raw Pearl
Author
Bailey, Pearl
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. 1968
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1968
Size
8vo.
Keywords
Showbusiness,Musicals,Vaudeville,Broadway,Black actors,Race in the , USA
Bookseller catalogs
Biography; Modern First Editions;

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Price Clipped
When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tail
The heel of the spine.
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....
Fine
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First Edition
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