NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Second printing before publication; Pale yellow end papers, textblock is very clean and tight, b&w photographs. Faint stamped remainder marked, top and bottom edge. Cloth spine bumped at the head and foot, bumped corners. Unclipped dust jacket, chipping to the corners of the spine, couple edge tears. 262p.. Second Printing Before Publication. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/Good+ (in mylar). Illus. by B&W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

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Bookseller: Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SB16839
Title: The Hornes: An American Family
Author: Buckley, Gail Lumet
Illustrator: B&W Photographs
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good+ (in mylar)
Edition: Second Printing Before Publication
ISBN 10: 0394513061
ISBN 13: 9780394513065
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1986
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Horn Family, Brooklyn New York Biography, Afro-Americans New York Biography, Lena Horne Biography, Afro-American Entertainers Biography, New York Afro-American Entertainers Biography, Women Singers Biography, United States Women Singers Biography
Bookseller catalogs: Music; African-American; Biography & Autobiography;

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Remainder: Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...