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Wouldn't It Be Nice; My Own Story
by Brian Wilson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060183136
- ISBN 13
- 9780060183134
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
CA$12.43CA$8.70
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About This Item
New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991 HarperCollins Publishers, New York. 1991. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light tail bump; trace foxing to textblock top. DJ: Very Good -; NOT Price Clipped ($20.00); light edge bumping; light rubbing to panels. Blue boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 398 pp 8vo. This is the autobiography of the founder and the creative genius of the Beach Boys who turned a suburban California garage band into the Beach Boys. This book covers his complex, fascinating life, and his 20-year battle with drug addiction, alcoholism obesity, mental illness, and child abuse from his father. Back on the road to recovery with a therapist who saved him and two performing daughters of Wilson Phillips. 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 #
- 009673
- Title
- Wouldn't It Be Nice; My Own Story
- Author
- Brian Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060183136
- ISBN 13
- 9780060183134
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- rock stars, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Wilson Phillips, TV star, Rock and Roll, Beach Music, California Music, drug addiction, alcoholism, child abuse, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, music, southern-California life-style
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Autobiography;
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.
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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