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The Hiltons; The True Story of an American Dynasty
by J. Randy Taraborrelli
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1455516694
- ISBN 13
- 9781455516698
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2014 Grand Central Publishing, New York. 2014. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($30.00); light bumping to head, tail, and tips. Cream boards with green overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 541 pp 8vo. Centered around Conrad Hilton, the saga of the Hilton family unfolds. He was a demanding patriarch who sent the model for the modern luxury hotel industry. This book covers Barron, Nicky, Eric, Paris, Elizabeth Taylor, and Zsa Zsa Gabor and cast of hundreds of other Hollywood types and businessmen who crossed paths and swords with the Hiltons over the years. 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 #
- 010364
- Title
- The Hiltons; The True Story of an American Dynasty
- Author
- J. Randy Taraborrelli
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1455516694
- ISBN 13
- 9781455516698
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2014
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- The Hilton Family, Conrad Hilton, Barron Hilton, Paris Hilton, Liz Taylor, Nicky Hilton, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hilton Hotels, business, entertainment, Hollywood stars, Hilton dynasty, luxury hotel industry, Catholicism, Francesca, San Antonio New Mexico, Socorro
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
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.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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