Stackpole Books, 1975. Hardcover. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To ___/ In friendship/ Rudy Vallee/ 11/24/75" . 320 pp. with index. Illustrated. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket with a few very short closed tears. mAutobiography of one of the first superstar entertainers of the 20th century, Rudy.....
Paris: Grund, 1947. First edition. Softcover. First edition. Text in French. Color illustrated stiff wrappers. 243 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated with photographic plates and reproductions and with black and white drawings in the text.. A history of the circus from medieval times to the 20th century. Includes a chapter.....
New York: A.A. Wyn, 1956. television, humor, TV, jack parr, jack benny, berle, danny thomas. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. 318 pp. Exerpts and skits from famous comedy shows of the mid-1950s. Included: Jack Benny, Steve Allen from the Tonight Show, Life of Riley, Garry Moore, The Goldbergs.....
New York: Macmillan, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Light tan cloth lettered in red and decorated in black. INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "For____/ in the fond hope he may enjoyreading this second partial record of my happy past/ Uncle Bob Sherwood/ Last of Barnum's Clowns/ New York.....
Touchstone, 2002. First edition. Paperback. First edition/printing softcover. Color illustrated softcovers. 246 pp. Illustrated. Autobiographical work by the most legendary name in the history of comic books, Stan Lee. He was the leading force behind the rise of Marvel Comics, bringing to life some of the world's best-known heroes and.....
Amistad, 2009. Hardcover. Hardcover. AS NEW IN DUST JACKET. Signed by Steve Harvey on the title page. Special edition enclosed in the publisher's pink boards and black silk inlaid ribbon presenation box with book inset in velvet and title and facsimile signature on box front. With certificate of authenticity from.....
Doubleday, 2000. later printing. Hardcover. As new in dust jacket.Hardcover. Illustrated endpapers. 370 pp. Illustrated with photographs. One of America's most acclaimed novelists turns here to non-fiction with this powerful recreation of the great Hartford circus fire of 1944, an event that took the lives of 167 people. On July.....
Donald I. Fine, Inc, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Iinscribed by the author. Fine in fine, price clipped dust jacket. Hardcover. 304 pgs, with index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The daughter of one of America's most prolific and enduring composers pens a revealing, engaging portrait of her.....
Garden City: Doubleday, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. First edition (stated). Hardcovers in bright yellow cloth; 250 pp. A bright, tight, fresh, apparently unread example in bright, crisp dust jacket, preliminary price clipped and pubklisher's secondary price of $3.50 intact. The author presents the people behind "The Greatest Show On Earth".....
Puffin, 2013. First edition. Hardback. As new in dust jacket. First edition/first printing of this edition, with a new introduction by the author. Hardcover. 258 pp. The playwright of the original Tony Award winning smash Broadway hit has expanded the story of the spunky little orphan on this novelization of.....
New York: Dutton, 1930. Later printing. Hardcover. Black cloth hardcovers stamped in gilt. SIGNED ON THE FIRST BLANK BY RUDY VALLEE IN TURQUOISE INK. 262 pp. Illustrated endpapers.Illustrated with photographic plates. "The Love, Romance and Adventure of America's Vagabond Lover" (so says the jacket blurb). Autobiography of one of the.....
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Firts edition (stated) Fine in bright, near fine dust jacket, minor wear at the extremities, original price of $4.95 crossed out and replaced with a slightly lower price. Hardcover. 191 pp. With 200 illustrations. A mainly pictorial look at one.....
New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. First editon. Octavo in darl brown cloth hardcoverslettred and decorated with the figure of an orator in gilt; spine lettering gilt. 192 pp. with appendix explaining each of the 15 figure engravings in the text. Lessons in elocution and presentation.....
