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).....
Secaucus, NJ: Birch Lane Press, 1996. First edition. First edition/printing. A fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine color pictorial dust jacket. Hardcover. 248 pp. with index. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. A touching biography of entertainment superstar Liza Minnelli. The daughter of Judy Garland and Vincent.....
New York: Pantheon, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 659 pp. with index. The author presents the stories of the groundbreaking comedy stars of the 1950s and 60s---the totally different breed of relevant, irreverent, revolutionary performers. Such comedians as Mort Sahl, Dick.....
New York: Dell, 1959. First edition thus. Softcover. First paperback ediiton, first printing stated. Illustrated softcovers. 319 pp. Very good. Memoirs of striptaese artist Gypsy Rose Lee who said of herself that she was "the greatest no-talent act in the business" but parlayed her assets into fame and wealth. Her.....
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.....
London: Saxon House, 1973. Book. Hardcover. 214 pp. with index. Recording inserted in pocket at rear. Illustrated. 215 pp. Illustrated history of vaudeville in England, better known there a s music hall entertainment. Near fine, previous owner signature covered by jacket flap. In very good dust jacket.
New York: George Sully, 1926. Hardcover. Quite scarce, especially in dust jacket. Presumed first edition (no statements). Hardcover in red cloth lettered and lined in black. xix+ 201 pp. Illustrated with drawings. A tight, fine example in near fine dust jacket, minor wear at the spine extremities, some fade to.....
New York: Warner Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. x+ 302 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Foreword by George Burns. Written with the assitance of his daughter Joan, the story of one of the top entertainers of the 20th century, Jack Benny (1894-1974). The.....
Garden City: Doubleday, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated. Hardcover. 360 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Very good, bookplate front pastedown and ownership signature top edge of front flyleaf. In very good dust jacket, some modest soiling to the spine and toning about the edges. Autobiograhical accounts and anecdotes from.....
New York: Grand Central, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. First printing (stated). Signed by Jamie Foxx on the second front blank. A fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 221 pp. Foxx, Best Actor winner of the Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG offers this hilarious and.....
Mansfield, O. Mansfield Union Publishing Co., 1883. Revised. Leather_bound. Thick octavo in publisher's dark brown three-quarter leather over brown cloth; spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered and decorated in gilt. marbled endpapers. 608 pp. Illustrated with engravings and vignettes throughout and with seven of eight color plates (lacking the.....
Excelsior Books, 1984. Softcover. Softcovers. Very good. 234 pp. with filmography. Illustrated with photos. Joe Besser , the "sissy-talking" member of the later years Three Stooges, recalls his heyday as a top vaudeville and Broadway comedian, motion picture, radio and television personality an of course as a member of the.....
Crown Publishers, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/ printing (no statement as is correct). Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket. Hardcover. 186 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Joey Adams provides an anecdotal, personality-oriented history of the Friar's Club, a private club founded in New York in 1904 whose members.....
New York: Grand Central, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/printing. A fine, fresh apparently unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xiv+ 269 pp. In September, 1969, ABC premiered a new sitcom about a widow with three children and a widower, also with three children, who marry and set.....
East Point, Ga. Will Delavoye, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover, ornately decorated in red, white and blue with circus scene. 318 pp. Illustarted with drawings and vintage photographs. Scarce book of American circus history, filled with stories and anecdotes of shows, performers, travel, etc. A tight, fine example.....
New York: Harper Collins, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First printing. 343 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with photos. Fine in generally fine dust jacket. Biography as vibrant and colorful as its subject, Lee Hill explores the high and low times of Terry Southern. A small-town Texan, Southern was part.....
Whitman, 1971. Charles Hamrick. Hardcover. Very good, illustrated hard cover. 212 pages. Steve McGarrett, Dan-O, Chin Ho Kelly and the rest of the 5-0 gang chase down a cop killer. Published during the 12 year run of the original CBS TV series (1968-1980) that starred Jack Lord.
New York: Hyperion, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. First ediiton (stated), first printing (with number line with "1". Fine, small bump one corner, in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 342 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. Autobiography of one of the 20th century's most recognizable actors, Leonard Nimoy. When Lucille Ball's Desilu.....
New York: Willima T. Henderson, 1904. Limited ed. Hardcover. Autograph edition, limited to 500 numbered copies (of which this is No. 261, signed by the author on the limitation bookplate on the front pastedown. Red cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in white with tipped on photograph of actor Ralph.....
Self Published, 1981. Hardcover. (NO EXPEDITED AMAZON, ALIBRIS OR B&N SHIPPING) . Oversized hardcover. 472 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and diagrams. 1981 edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Roger/ Happy Magic/ Mark Wilson/ 9-2-84" and with an additional inscribed color 8x10 promotional photo laid.....
New York: Knopf, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/printing. Fine (tiny red dot top edge) in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xiii+ 804 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Full scale biography of Paul Robeson (1898-1976), a major American figure, the great black singer and actor who was perhaps the most.....
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.....
San Francisco: Last Gasp, 2000. Softcover. Softcovers. Fine. 220 pp. Illustrated with photos and with drawings by Drew Friedman; appendix essay by Jack Kerouac. Morris (Moe) Feinberg, Larry Fine's younger brother (Philadelphia native Larry's actual given name was Louis Feinberg), sifts through 80 years of rich memories and tells true.....
New York: Knopf, 2006. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xx+ 851 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrations at the chapter headings. The definitve portrait of one of the most important figures in 20th century American entainment and cultural history. This is the full story of Walt Disney, who broke.....
