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A Doubleday first edition, first printing Canadian hardcover in very good condition. Quarter-bound black cloth over red boards with gilt facsimile signature to the front board as issued. Dust jacket is bright, crisp, and undamaged. Pages are fresh and clean throughout, completely free of any marks, stamps, or annotations. Binding is firm and tight. This copy is offered to Canadian buyers only. Published by Doubleday, New York, 1988, five months after the release of the Bad album, Moonwalk is the only autobiography Michael Jackson ever wrote. The sole book-length account of his own life written entirely in his own words, and one of the most eagerly anticipated publishing events of the 1980s. This is the Canadian first edition, first printing, as confirmed by the Canadian edition ISBN (0-385-24763-X) on the copyright page. All first edition first printing copies feature the facsimile self-portrait drawing by Jackson on the pre-title page, the facsimile signature on the title page, and the gilt facsimile signature stamped to the front board, all as issued. The book was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Shaye Areheart, in what remains one of the most celebrated editorial partnerships in American publishing history. The book is dedicated to Fred Astaire. Illustrated throughout with rare photographs from the Jackson family albums and Michael's personal photographic archives, including sections of colour photographs on glossy pages, as well as a drawing created by Michael exclusively for this book. The facsimile drawing by Jackson on the pre-title page bears the date 1998 — a year Jackson is reported to have believed, from early in his career, would be the year of his death, and which appears consistently on his signed works and drawings from this period. A fine copy of a landmark in popular culture publishing. Ships within Canada.