Beautiful Bad Girl
The Vicky Morgan Story
by Gordon Basichis
ISBN: 0915643146
ISBN-13: 9780915643141
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Santa Barbara Pr
Published date: 1985
Publisher's Notes
A comprehensive biography of Vicki Morgan, written by a man who accompanied her, and even testified at Marvin Pancoast's trial for her murder, recounts her life as a runaway kid who became the mistress of Alfred Bloomingdale, suddenly moving in prominentcircles.
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Beautiful Bad Girl : The Vicky Morgan Story
Basichis, Gordon
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.: Santa Barbara Press, 1985 #4096.1. 1st edition / 1st printing. Good, no dust jacket, both lower corners bumped, slight wear at top & bottom of spine, cup circle in middle of rear cover. 15.5 x 23.5cm. hard cover. 303pp.. 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 15.5 x 23.5cm. ( more information) Offered by CROMWELLBOOKS.COM (United States)
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Beautiful Bad Girl: The Vicky Morgan Story
Gordon Basichis
Santa Barbara Pr, 1985-11. Hardcover. VERY GOOD/NO DJ. Hardcover 1985, very light cover/edge wear, solid book with clean reading pages Please email me if you would like a scan of the book. ( more information) Offered by MY MOMS BOOKS (United States)
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Beautiful Bad Girl: The Vicki Morgan Story
Basichis, Gordon
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Press. Good/Acceptable. 1985. Hard Cover. 0915643146 Clean pages, b/w plates. soil to top edge. general wear to dj; edgewear & fading to edges. still a good copy. So begins Gordon Basichis's recounting of the life of Vicki Morgan, a runaway kid from small town America who became the longtime mistress of Alfred Bloomingdale . . ( more information) Offered by Jeanne Bookseller (United States)
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Beautiful Bad Girl: The Vicki Morgan Story
Basichis, Gordon
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Pres, 1985. (1st edition). Hardbound. NEAR FINE/Good. As new except for slight softening of spine ends. DJ is intact but edgeworn with large rip on back. "Vickie Morgan, a runaway kid from small-town America who became the longtime mistress of Alfred Bloomingdale - department store heir, Diner's Club founder, and 'kitchen cabinet' confidant of President Reagan." ISBN: 0915643146. ( more information) Offered by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (United States)
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Beautiful Bad Girl: The Vicki Morgan Story
Basichis, Gordon Allen
very good Santa Barbara Press Santa Barbara, CA 1985 First? First? 24 cm, 303, illus., slight wear and soiling to boards Vicki Morgan was a runaway kid from small-town America who became the longtime mistress of Alfred Bloomingdale. ( more information) Offered by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. (United States)
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BEAUTIFUL BAD GIRL the Vicki Morgan Story
BASICHIS, GORDON
SANTA BARBARA, CA: SANTA BARBARA PRESS, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG. ( more information) Offered by Gian Luigi Fine Books Inc. (United States)
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