JAYNE MANSFIELD AND THE AMERICAN FIFTIES by Saxton, martha - 1976, illustrated, 16 pages of p

Houghton Mifflin, 1975-01-01. hardcover. Good. 8x5x0.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

bantam book, 1976, illustrated, 16 pages of photos. , very good, creases, , paperback,

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. This First Printing, with the requisite "number line" ending with a "1", is in close to Fine condition, with a Very Good unclipped dust jacket (click on photo). The book is bound in a brick cloth with metallic blue lettering on front panel and spine. The binding is tight and the pages are clean and sparkling throughout. The book does have a former owner's name on the front pink endpaper. (Perhaps, the pink endpapers were a homage to the subject, since Jayne Mansfield's favorite color was pink.) This fascinating biography not only traces the life of a woman desperate to be a movie star sex goddess, but explores as well the attitudes toward women and sex in the 1950s and 1960s. Jayne Mansfield was extremely intelligent, but promoted herself as the ultimate dumb blonde. The book helps answer why. the dest jacket has chipping in the spine area, several small tears, and light soiling. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective… Read More

New York, NY: Bantam Books. Very Good Minus. 1976. No Edition Stated. Soft Cover. 4 1/4" x 7" PAPERBACK 16 pages of B&W photos. Jayne caught 1950s sex like a fever-and inflamed America's imagination. She married Mr. Universe and from a pink palace with eleven bathrooms and a heart-shaped pool, she sang the virtues of domesticity. Wear at edges, reading creases, some creases on book, rubbed, light interior browning. .

bantam book, 1976, illustrated, 16 pages of photos. , near fine, , paperback,

United States of America: Bantam, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Good to Very good condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean but slightly age toned. Pictures available upon request.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. xix, 223pp, bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket including several tiny tears and chips. Biography of Jayne Mansfield and a not always fond backward look at America of the 1950s.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Bantam, 1975. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text.