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The Hornes: An American Family [Signed by the Author and by Lena Horne]
by Gail Lumet Buckley
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394513061
- ISBN 13
- 9780394513065
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Fourth Printing. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "To Edna -- Best wishes -- Gail Lumet Buckley," and by Lena Horne underneath with addition "& her mother, Lena Horne."
Octavo; xii, 262pp. Photo-vignette dust jacket with $18.95 price intact; book in white paper-covered boards with white-gray cloth spine and copper lettering. Significant outward bow to front board. Jacket rubbed along edges, with a few small, closed tears, tugging and chipping to spine ends, some scuffs and smudges to surface, fading to spine, and a faint dampstain to tail of spine. Spine ends nudged. Faint remainder asterisk in red pen to textblock on deckled fore-edge with a red X to top and bottom edges, but interior is unmarked. Binding is sound.
Octavo; xii, 262pp. Photo-vignette dust jacket with $18.95 price intact; book in white paper-covered boards with white-gray cloth spine and copper lettering. Significant outward bow to front board. Jacket rubbed along edges, with a few small, closed tears, tugging and chipping to spine ends, some scuffs and smudges to surface, fading to spine, and a faint dampstain to tail of spine. Spine ends nudged. Faint remainder asterisk in red pen to textblock on deckled fore-edge with a red X to top and bottom edges, but interior is unmarked. Binding is sound.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10119
- Title
- The Hornes: An American Family [Signed by the Author and by Lena Horne]
- Author
- Gail Lumet Buckley
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394513061
- ISBN 13
- 9780394513065
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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