Boston: Little, Brown, 1969. First edition, with inserted leaf before the half title, "one of a special edition reserved for friends of the author. Illustrated with black and white photos. 280 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine copy in slightly worn and faded dust jacket. First edition, with inserted leaf before the half title, "one of a special edition reserved for friends of the author" Illustrated with black and white photos. 280 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation to Johnny Carson, Borrowed by Capote. With a note laid in from the author to Johnny Carson: "That was the nicest time I ever had on television. You are, as I said, a graceful man. And I thank you for it. "Lillian Hellman" And with an additional note tipped in, in the hand of Carson's wife, Joanne: "TC [Truman Capote] borrowed these 2 books from Johnny '69. Took them to Palm Springs & sent them here when he sold P.S. house

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Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 232651
Title: An Unfinished Woman. A Memoir
Author: Hellman, Lillian
Format/Binding: Illustrated with black and white photos. 280 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Book Condition: Used - Cloth. Fine copy in slightly worn and faded dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition, with inserted leaf before the half title, "one of
Publisher: Little, Brown
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1969
Keywords: American
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Tipped In: Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...