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Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box
by Albright, Madeleine, with Elaine Shocas, Vivienne Becker, and Bill Woodward. Photography by John Bigelow Taylor. Photography Composition by Dianne Dubler
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0060899182
- ISBN 13
- 9780060899189
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Melcher Media, 2009. 1st Edition . Boards. Good/Fair. 4to. Inscribed and signed by Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State, to previous owner. 176 pp., illustrated in color throughout (photos). Introduction by David Revere McFadden. Binding just barely beginning to separate at center of text block, otherwise a Very Good copy with spine slightly cocked, a little wear at heel of spine and lower corners of boards, corners of rear board lightly bumped. Jacket shelfworn, bumped and creased at edges, with chipping at upper edge, short tear at heel of spine, and 2" closed tear at lower edge of back panel. First edition.
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- Bookseller
- Crane's Bill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012359
- Title
- Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box
- Author
- Albright, Madeleine, with Elaine Shocas, Vivienne Becker, and Bill Woodward. Photography by John Bigelow Taylor. Photography Composition by Dianne Dubler
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060899182
- ISBN 13
- 9780060899189
- Publisher
- Melcher Media
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 4to
- Keywords
- Jewelry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Decorative Arts;
Terms of Sale
Crane's Bill Books
Returnable if not as described.
About the Seller
Crane's Bill Books
Biblio member since 2005
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Crane's Bill Books
An online source for out-of-print, unusual and hard-to-find books on a wide range of subjects. Owned and operated by Jeffrey Lee, a longtime bookseller in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
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