Bridesmaids: Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco and Six Intimate Friends
by Quine, Judith Balaban
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0297796615
- ISBN 13
- 9780297796619
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, ?BIOGRAPHY,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.* Binding and cover condition: Mid grey cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. A few very slight marks. VG++* Jacket condition: Monochrome photo-illustrated dust wrapper, blue, yellow and white titles to face with blue & black titles to spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing no shelf price of £16.95. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Jacket slightly scratches and somewhat grubby. Now in clear protective wrapper. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Prize book-plate from ?Ashdown House? to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, some slight marks to top & fore-edge. VG+.* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos within text.* Pages: 497 pp. text. ii pp., illustration acknowledgements & blank pages at rear.* Description: In 1956, Grace Kelly, Hollywood star, became her serene Highness, the Princess of Monaco. The six bridesmaids at her wedding were amongst the most glamorous women of their generation. Here, bridesmaid Judith Balaban Quinne gives her own intimate account of the Grace Kelly story. She also tells her own story, recreating the glittering world of Hollywood and New York in the fifties.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st edition with some minor faults in a VG+ protected dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 428
- Title
- Bridesmaids: Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco and Six Intimate Friends
- Author
- Quine, Judith Balaban
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG+/VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0297796615
- ISBN 13
- 9780297796619
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London UK 544
- Date Published
- 1989-09-21
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