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Vivien Leigh; A Biography
by Anne Edwards
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671224964
- ISBN 13
- 9780671224967
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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NZ$12.39NZ$8.67
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About This Item
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1977 Simon & Schuster, New York. 1977. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O address label on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Good +; light circular stain on front board; bumped head, tail, and lower tips; light shelfwear to boards. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($9.95); scotch tape repairs to head, tail, and front upper tip; slight sun bleaching to spine; wear at tips; light rubbing to panels. Brown cloth boards and spine with silver lettering on the spine. 319 pp 8vo. Known mostly as Scarlett in Gone with the Wind, there are other lives that Vivien Leigh had from the charming hostess and that of ambitious manic-depressive. Know for being a movie star, she is also remembered for the affair and later marriage to Laurence Olivier, and her tragic death from tuberculosis at age 53. Written with full access to her letters and friends. A clean presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011473
- Title
- Vivien Leigh; A Biography
- Author
- Anne Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671224964
- ISBN 13
- 9780671224967
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, actress, movie star, stage actress, British actress, Scarlett O'Hara, Cleopatra, tuberculosis, mental illness, manic depressive, bipolar disorder,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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