The Making of the African Queen: Or How I Went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind
by Hepburn, Katharine
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394562720
- ISBN 13
- 9780394562728
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in NEAR FINE Condition. Mylar jacket cover. 45 photographs. A must-have for film buffs. Katharine Hepburn tells what it was like for her to meet John Hudson, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in London and Africa for the first time--and to work with them nonstop for about three months making this fantastic movie. Binding of very clean white linen half cloth with sharp and bright gilt lettering, with cream boards with facsimile author name in gilt on front; bottom edge of boards near corners are lightly rubbed, otherwise this book is in fine condition. Endpapers with photos of the African Queen on the river. Frontis: a map of the Congo River territory and a portrait of Katharine Hepburn. 129 pages. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Alfred A Knopf, NY 1987.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014806
- Title
- The Making of the African Queen: Or How I Went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind
- Author
- Hepburn, Katharine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394562720
- ISBN 13
- 9780394562728
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- AFRICA-DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL, 1951-1976; MOVING-PICTURE ACTORS ACTRESSES; FILMS; MOVIES; BOGART, HUMPHREY; BACALL, LAUREN; HUSTON, JOHN;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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