Boston: Atlantic/Little Brown, 1954. Later printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 240 pp. With illustrations by Al Hirschfeld. INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER "FOR FRANK HOGAN/ FRED ALLEN". Frank Hogan was the famed District Attorney of New York City for 30 years beginning in 1941, known for his honesty and integrity; he.....
New York: Random House, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, firts printing stated. Hardcover. ix+ 368 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. Very good or some what bett, some offseting to the endpapers and a previous owner signature front free endpaper. In the original pictorial dust jacket with some wear.....
New York: Trident Press, 1970. Second printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 315 pp. Fine in edgeworn dust jacket. Non-fiction. The author followed the carnival trail for six months in thirty different cities, some as large as Rochester, New York others as tiny as Bellhaven, North Carolina. He spoke to all sorts of.....
New York: Random House, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. First trade edition. INSCRIBED BY HELEN HAYES ON THE TITLE PAGE in fountain pen, "Best wishes/ to/ Helen Day Stevenson/ from/ Helen Hayes". Blue cloth hardcovers. 343 pp. with index. Foreword by Charles MacArthur. Illustrated with photographs. Memoirs of one of America's.....
Newport Beach, CA: Donovan, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. As new in dust jacket. First edition/printing stated. Hardcover. 285 pp. Introduction by Bob Hope. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Autobiography of movie and television star Buddy Ebsen (1908-2003). Originally a dancer, Ebsen began his career in 1936 in "Broadway Melody of 1936".....
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in orange cloth lettered in black. Illustrated endpapers. 126 pp. Illustrated with full page photographs of Correll and Gosden in and out of character. Fine in the rare dust jacket, bright, very good, slight scuff to the front panel, small.....
New York: A.J. Balaban Foundation, 1964. Limited ed. Hardcover. Limited to five thousand numbered copies signed by Carrie Balaban. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. 144 pp. with index and supplemental section of reproductions of newspaper headlines and articles. Illustrated with photogaphs. Fine in near fine dust jacket, a bit toned at.....
New York: Franklin Watts, 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in very good, lightly worn dust jacket. Hardcover. 319 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions. The Folies Bergere, the most famous music hall in the world, opened in Paris in May, 1869. The sumptious.....
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1930. Second edition. Hardcover. Secone edition with "edition of 1930" on the copyright page. . Hardcover in orange cloth lettered in black. Illustrated endpapers. 126 pp. Illustrated with full page photographs of Correll and Gosden in and out of character. Fine. With the front panel and flaps.....
Knopf, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/printing. Fine in fine lighty toned dust jacket. Hardcover. xviii+ 392 pp. with index. Illustrated with historic photos and reproductions. Fascinating and valuable collection of first hand accounts of American vaudeville theatre from performers, managers, entrepeneurs, etc, who were major figures in the field.....
New York: American Broadcasting Company, 1951. First edition. Softcover. First edition. Quarto sized volume in spiral bound illustrated softcovers. (64)pp. Illustrated throughout with vintage photographs and red and black drawings. Promotional book issued by the ABC television network to promote "Super Circus", which aired from 1949 through 1956 on Sunday.....
Columbus Books, 1986. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "Dear Debbie/ Long time since no see! Hope you and mother are in the best of health/ Joe". Hardcover. 240 pp. with index. Illustrated. The reminiscences of the father of actress.....
Philadelphia: McKay, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Navy blue cloth lettered in gilt. A tight, generally fine example, gilt lettering bright. Ownership signature first blank and some minor spotting to the fore edge. 828 pp. with index. "A manual of original game and guessing contests for entertainments of every.....
New York: St Martins Pr, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover in black cloth lettered in gilt. 166 pp. Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A personal portait of the American star that refused to play the glamorous role of the public figure or to sacrifice her moral.....
New York: Rosho Corporation, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine with a very good dust jacket. 157 pages.
New York: Citadel Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto size volume in black cloth with gilt portrait of Hepburn on front cover. SHORT TYPED LETTER ON HER PERSONAL LETTERHEAD SIGNED BY HEPBURN affixed at its edges to the front frree endpaper. Letterhead has "Katherine Houghton Hepburn" in red.....
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1940. Hardcover. Hardcover in pebbled midnight green cloth with spine lettered in gilt. First edition, fourth impression (stated). A fine, tight example, spine gilt brighty, bit of light foxing to the fore edge; some light occasional foxing mainly to the first and last few pages; previous owner's.....
Chicago: Cowles Book Company,Inc, 1971. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club edition. Hardcover. Fine condition with fine dustjaket. Black and white photographs in the center of the novel. 415 pages. Index.
Holloway House Publishing Company, 1999. Paperback. Softcover illustrated with lovely cover portrait of Dandridge (not issued in hardcover). Very good, internally clean. 237 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. Scarce. An intimate portrait of Hollywood's first major black film star, Dorothy Dandridge. This reissue of the 1970 original book was.....
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. First edition (no statement as is correct). Signed abd dated 1959 by Cantor on the front free endpaper. Hardcover in light cream colored cloth lettered in red. 204 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket. Autobiography of one of America's best loved.....
Univ Of Wisconsin Pr, 1981. First edition thus. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. In as new condition with an as new dust jacket. 187 pages.
New York: Sterling Publishing, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. in red cloth with spine lettered in black. 253 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Presumed first printing (no statement or additional printings). Fine in very good, price clipped example of the colorful circus-design dust jacket. Autobiographical account (as told to his son).....
Upland, CA: Euclid Books, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Glossy hardcovers. INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "_____!/ Hope you enjoy reading about your 'surrogate family'/ All our love to all of you/ Van Harris". 425 pp. Illustrated. Fine. Issued without dust jacket. Memoirs of Borscht Belt comedian Van Harris, a......
Chicago: T.S. Denison & Company, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover in blue cloth, decorated in navy blue lettered in black. 148 pp. Illustrated with a small sketch at the beginning of each chapter. Witty monologues inspired by traditional stories of minstrels dating back to to the 16th century.....
Oxford University Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/ printing. As new in price clipped dust jacket. Hardcover. 308 pp. with index, stageography, radiology, discography, filmography. Illustrated. Biography of one of great, most versite 20th century merican entaininers, Fanny Brice (1891-1951). Born Fania Borach in Manhattan in 1891, she dropped.....
