Katharine Hepburn-Kate Remembered By A. Scott Berg
Katharine Hepburn-Kate Remembered (First Edition Collectible Copy)
The Intimate, Deeply Personal Posthumous Memoir of a Hollywood Icon’s Private Life and Legacy
The Intimate, Deeply Personal Posthumous Memoir of a Hollywood Icon’s Private Life and Legacy
Bibliographic Specifications
• Title: Katharine Hepburn-Kate Remembered
• Author: A. Scott Berg
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2003
• ISBN-10: 0743206762
• ISBN-13: 9780743206761
• Edition Details: First British Edition, First Printing. Hardcover Release.
• Binding: Original publisher's premium cloth boards featuring brilliant metallic foil-stamped lettering across the spine, structurally balanced by clean contemporary endpapers.
• Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 370 pages. Enriched with central monochrome photographic sections containing intimate, candid portraits and rare, private snapshots from the author’s personal archive.
• Language: English
• Title: Katharine Hepburn-Kate Remembered
• Author: A. Scott Berg
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2003
• ISBN-10: 0743206762
• ISBN-13: 9780743206761
• Edition Details: First British Edition, First Printing. Hardcover Release.
• Binding: Original publisher's premium cloth boards featuring brilliant metallic foil-stamped lettering across the spine, structurally balanced by clean contemporary endpapers.
• Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 370 pages. Enriched with central monochrome photographic sections containing intimate, candid portraits and rare, private snapshots from the author’s personal archive.
• Language: English
Official Condition Report
• The Book: Used – Very Good Plus (VG+)
o Exterior / Boards: The cloth-covered boards are exceptionally clean, flat, and structurally sound. The linear edges and sharp geometric corners remain pristine. The spine is completely straight, sturdy, uncreased, and undamaged, keeping its tight original retail structural integrity.
o Interior: The inner text block is tight, crisp, and robustly bound. All 370 interior pages and personal photo inserts are clean, white, and completely free of handwritten gift inscriptions, private owner names, text highlighting, or dog-ears.
o Protection: Professionally housed and safeguarded inside an archival-grade clear Cellophane sleeve to insulate the cloth finish from future handling friction or environmental dust.
• The Dust Jacket: Used – Very Good Plus (VG+)
o Condition: Fully present and enclosed within the protective Cellophane wrap. The jacket exhibits only very limited, minimal signs of minor shelf-wear at the extreme peripheral edges. The graphic cover remains bright, complete, unclipped, and highly presentable.
• The Book: Used – Very Good Plus (VG+)
o Exterior / Boards: The cloth-covered boards are exceptionally clean, flat, and structurally sound. The linear edges and sharp geometric corners remain pristine. The spine is completely straight, sturdy, uncreased, and undamaged, keeping its tight original retail structural integrity.
o Interior: The inner text block is tight, crisp, and robustly bound. All 370 interior pages and personal photo inserts are clean, white, and completely free of handwritten gift inscriptions, private owner names, text highlighting, or dog-ears.
o Protection: Professionally housed and safeguarded inside an archival-grade clear Cellophane sleeve to insulate the cloth finish from future handling friction or environmental dust.
• The Dust Jacket: Used – Very Good Plus (VG+)
o Condition: Fully present and enclosed within the protective Cellophane wrap. The jacket exhibits only very limited, minimal signs of minor shelf-wear at the extreme peripheral edges. The graphic cover remains bright, complete, unclipped, and highly presentable.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in July 2003 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, Kate Remembered stands as a unique, deeply personal biographical memoir tracking the final twenty years of screen legend Katharine Hepburn. Released a mere twelve days after Hepburn’s passing at the age of ninety-six, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. Scott Berg reveals a friendship that began in 1983 under the strict condition that his notes remain entirely private until her death. Berg captures the raw, unfiltered voice of "Kate," documenting her candid opinions on her legendary career—including her four Academy Award-winning performances—and her deeply private, monumental romance with Spencer Tracy. While the book's rapid posthumous publication received mixed reviews from contemporary critics, this true first British edition serves as an irreplaceable, unvarnished historical record of Hollywood's ultimate leading lady in her twilight years.
Published in July 2003 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, Kate Remembered stands as a unique, deeply personal biographical memoir tracking the final twenty years of screen legend Katharine Hepburn. Released a mere twelve days after Hepburn’s passing at the age of ninety-six, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. Scott Berg reveals a friendship that began in 1983 under the strict condition that his notes remain entirely private until her death. Berg captures the raw, unfiltered voice of "Kate," documenting her candid opinions on her legendary career—including her four Academy Award-winning performances—and her deeply private, monumental romance with Spencer Tracy. While the book's rapid posthumous publication received mixed reviews from contemporary critics, this true first British edition serves as an irreplaceable, unvarnished historical record of Hollywood's ultimate leading lady in her twilight years.
Author Profile: A. Scott Berg
A. Scott Berg (born 1949) is a highly distinguished and celebrated American biographer. Educated at Princeton University, Berg achieved massive literary acclaim for his debut work, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, which won the National Book Award. He later received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his definitive, best-selling study of aviator Charles Lindbergh (Lindbergh). Renowned for securing unprecedented access to private archives and maintaining decades-long relationships with his subjects, Berg's biographical works are prized by collectors for their narrative intimacy, meticulous historical research, and polished, novelistic pacing.
A. Scott Berg (born 1949) is a highly distinguished and celebrated American biographer. Educated at Princeton University, Berg achieved massive literary acclaim for his debut work, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, which won the National Book Award. He later received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his definitive, best-selling study of aviator Charles Lindbergh (Lindbergh). Renowned for securing unprecedented access to private archives and maintaining decades-long relationships with his subjects, Berg's biographical works are prized by collectors for their narrative intimacy, meticulous historical research, and polished, novelistic pacing.
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