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Jack's Life; A Biography of Jack Nicholson
by Patrick McGilligan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393034828
- ISBN 13
- 9780393034820
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 1994 W.W. Norton, New York. 1994. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumping to head. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($25.00); light rubbing to panels. Tan boards with maroon cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; copper title on front board. 478 pp 8vo. The author captures Nicholson's private, public, and cinematic life in all its complexity and contradictions- a portrait of the film icon as man and artist and hedonist and closet intellectual. An informative and searching book about Nicholson's fascinating and Rabelaisian private life. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001110
- Title
- Jack's Life; A Biography of Jack Nicholson
- Author
- Patrick McGilligan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393034828
- ISBN 13
- 9780393034820
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- JACK NICHOLSON, CHINATOWN, EASY RIDER, ONE FLEW OVER THE COCKOO'S NEST, SHINING, BATMAN, A FEW GOOD MEN, HOFFA, movie star, male movie star, movies, motion pictures,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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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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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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