Broadway Portraits
New York: Donald Flamm, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Slim hardcover in black blue cloth spine over patterned black paper covered boards (rear) and a tipped on paper orange, black and white illustration on the front cover. 63 pp. Illustrated with caracatures Alex Gard and others. Collection of humorous biographical sketches of Jazz Age Broadway celebrities, each graced by a small caracature portrait. Included are such personalities as George M. Cohan, Floremz Ziegfeld, Earl Carroll, Eugene O'Neill, the Shubert Brothers, Alice Brady, Texas Guinan, Mark Hellinger, Mae West, Al Jolson, Helen Hayes, Eddie Cantor, Helen Chandler, W.C. Fields, and a number of others. Quite scarce. A tight example, moderate rubbing to the cover illustration and a previous owner's signature front free endpaper. Very Good. Item #E13934
Price: $50.00