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UsedGood. 1952 hardcover ed. Torn/scuffed dj & worn bind w/ sun fading/flyleaf bookplate. Text is mostly clean & readable.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Spine has minor fading. Paper is a bit yellowed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .

Chicago: Sears Readers Club. Good+. 1952. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing / wear to cover edges. Jacket shows considerable wear including rubbing to folds, small edge tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages .

University Press of Mississippi, 2004. Softcover. VG/na. some rubbing & edgewear; a couple small corner creases; lig ht scuff on foredge; otherwise overall clean & tight. 341 pages

Her father and her uncle were U.S. congressmen. Her grandfather was a U. S. senator. Although born to privilege in Alabama and groomed in a convent school, Tallulah Bankhead resolved not to be just another Southern belle. Quickly she rose to the top and became an acclaimed actress of London's West End and on the Broadway stage. Her performances in many plays of the 1920s brought her to the notice of Hollywood. She starred in such Paramount films as My Sin, Faithless, The Devil and the Deep, and Thunder Below. Even though she won a New York Film Critics Circle Award for her leading role in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944), she never achieved the prominence in movies that she enjoyed in the theater and on radio. On the New York stage she originated the starring roles of Regina Giddens in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes and of Sabina in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth. Tallulah, like Eudora, Flannery, and Coretta, was a southern woman identifiable by her first name. Her flamboyant public… Read More

Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Sears Readers Club edition. Wear on the boards. Text and pictures are clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harper & Brothers. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Literature, Autobiography, Broadway) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hardcover. Good. . Some shelf/age wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean.

Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. 7x5x1. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Owner's name on verso, else unmarked.

University Press of Mississippi, 2004-07-07. Paperback. Used: Good.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1952. 8vo, pp. xi, 335. Index. Illustrated with photographs and a color frontis. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover worn at edges, but a VG tight copy.

Victor Gollancz, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. 3rd Impression. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to page edges throughout, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to front board. Wear marks overall.

University Press of Mississippi, 2004-07-07. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. A recent printing (2022, likely on-demand). Binding tight and sturdy, text very good+, light shelfwear. NOT ex-lib. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Later printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Victor Gollancz, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions and stamp to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Marking to front board.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. Autobiography of the actress whose life and provocative views were as entertaining as any role she played. Frontispiece portrait by Augustus John, with 24 pages of photographs. First edition stated, H-B. Bumepd with wear at the corners and spine ends, front hinge cracked but still solid. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, price sticker on the front, price clipped, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Victor Gollancz, 1952. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. boards are rubbed, edge worn and knocked. thorough foxing and marks. some staining. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

University Press of Mississippi, 2004-07-07. Paperback. Used:Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 335p. A 1/4 black cloth hardcover book, lacking the dustjacket. Good+ condition overall. Corners lightly rubbed and spine mildly crinkled. Endpapers foxed; front free endpaper is torn. Text clean and binding tight. The actress's memoirs, illustrated with three sections of black and white photographs.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 22 cm. xi, [5], 335, [1] pages. Illustrations. Index. DJ worn, soiled, edge tears/chips. In her own words the life of the inimitable actress known for her daring ways and distinctive foghorn voice. Her flamboyant public personality may be the most fully realized and memorable character Bankhead ever played. She became famous for her snappy repartee, candid quotes, and scandalous lifestyle.