The hardcover has some wear to the corners/edges and library tape on the covers. This is an ex-library copy with all the usual markings (stamps, writing, card pocket, etc.). The binding is okay, weak in a few places, and pages are clean, no underlining, highlighting, or writing. Synopsis | Duke: A Love Story is a stunning, deeply moving book: the warm, funny, tender, and finally, tragic story of the last years of one of America's most beloved men - by the woman he loved. This is "Duke" the man, tender, loving, stubborn, generous, cantankerous, impulsive, humorous, and, finally, full of rage at the cancer he had to battle for the second time in his life; the cancer that, as Stacy cared for him day after day and shared his agont, cut away at the man who had been so vital and strong - but to which he refused to succumb. Duke: A Love Story is a revelation, a book full of joy and sorrow and courage - the real John Wayne brought to vivid, loving life. b-099