Wunnerful, Wunnerful! The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk 1971 Prentice-Hall,Inc

This is Wunnerful, Wunnerful! The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk, written with Bernice McGeehan and published by Prentice-Hall in 1971, with a signature on the front endpaper that has not been verified.

The dust jacket has a sticker stain, staining on the back panel, and wear at the edges and corners, as the photos show.

Welk tells his story from a North Dakota farmhouse and his first accordion, in a chapter called My Four-Hundred-Dollar Accordion, to bandleader and Saturday night television host. A black and white photo insert draws on Welk's own collection, and the copyright page reads Sixth printing, December 1971. Please scroll in and judge the signature for yourself.

Details

  • Item: Hardcover book
  • Title: Wunnerful, Wunnerful! The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk
  • Author: Lawrence Welk with Bernice McGeehan
  • Illustrator: None credited. Photos from the personal collection of Lawrence Welk
  • Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
  • Publication Year: 1971
  • Edition and Printing: Sixth printing, December 1971, per the copyright page. The jacket flap reads Seventh Printing
  • Format and Binding: Hardcover, red boards
  • Dust Jacket: Yes, with a sticker stain and wear
  • Pages: 294
  • Genre: Entertainer autobiography
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-13-971515-0
  • Dimensions: Standard hardcover size, per the listing

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

  • Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
  • The signature on the front endpaper is easy to see.
  • The dust jacket is present.
  • The text pages and photo insert are clean.
  • The copyright page is crisp.

Issues / Wear

  • Sticker stain and wear on the dust jacket.
  • Staining on the back panel of the jacket.
  • Chips at the jacket corners.
  • The signature has not been verified.
  • The jacket flap reads Seventh Printing while the book reads Sixth printing.

Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual item you will be receiving.

This 1971 Prentice-Hall hardcover of Lawrence Welk's autobiography carries a signature you can judge for yourself, and it suits a shelf of big band and television history. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

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  • Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
  • Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
  • Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.

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