New York: ARCO Publishing, 1943. Softcover. Illustrated card wrappers. 41 pp. plus 6 pp. of blank score sheets at rear. Illustrated with sample card hands and with comic drawings. A tight, very good example, embrowning to the outer covers. The much later (1966) edition names "M. Stone" as author. While.....
Harry N. Abrams, 2017. proof. Softcover. Uncorrected proof in color illustrated self-wrappers. Fine. 284 pp. Illustrated with drawings. AMC's "Breaking Bad" was among the most popular and critically acclaimed american television series of its time. The series, created by Vince Gilligan, charted the transformation of a high school science teacher.....
New York: Jewish Book Guild, 1947. Hardcover. Very good, tightly bound with age-toned pages. In good dust jacket with chipping and small tears at the edges and spine. Presumed first edition (unstated). Hardcover. 284 pp (w/ bibliography & index). A biography of a rebellious, cigar-smoking, Civil War-era actress who married.....
New York: Viking Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AND DATED THE DAY BEFOR OFFICIAL AMERICAN PUBLICATION DATE ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE, "Greetings to ____/ from/ Anita Loos/ July 6th 1974". Fine, fresh copy in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 213 pp with index and black.....
Indiana University Press, 1991. Softcover. Illustrated softcovers. Fine. 287 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated with photographs. Biography of one of the most famous and popular entertainers of the first half of the 20th century, Fania Borach, known professionally as Fanny Brice (1891-1951). With a craeer that spanned four decades, Fanny.....
New York: Crown Publishers, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine and bright in very good dust jacket, with some tearing to spine tips. First edition. Oversized hardcover. 192 pp. A chronicle of the iconic doll by a Barbie collector extraordinaire - an expert on the glamorous doll with 11,000 in his.....
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.....
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.....
bosalsburg, PA: Bearmanor Media, 2003. Softcover. Glossy illustrated softcovers. Signed by author Charles Stumpf on the half-title page. Fine, with a tiny bump upper corner. 199 pp. + index. Chronology of radio appearances 1930-38 and other radio appearances. Illustrated with vintage photos and reproductions. Walter Tetley (1915-1975) was the quintessential.....
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.....
New York: Twelve, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Fine, fresh copy in fine dust jacket with minor wear. Hardcover. 251 pp. This is the chronicle of how the hit show Jeopardy! became a cross-generational touchstone and where it's going next. Answer in the Form of Questions dives deep behind.....
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.....
(Montreal): The Midgets Palace/ Le Palais Des Nains, (1940). Wraps. Staple bound booklet 4 1/4" x 6" in illustrated wrappers. Dos a dos in English and in French, 32 pp. Illustrated throughout with photographic images, staged and domestic images of the couple as well as of their son . Very.....
London: Simon & Schuster, 2019. First UK edition. Hardcover. First UK edition, issued simultaneously with the American. A fully fine, fresh, unused example in equally fine dust jacket.Definitive biography of the beloved--but often controversial---co-creator of Spiderman, Iron Man, and many other legendary superheroes and inventor of Marvel Comics. Quite difficult.....
New York: Random House, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 318 pp. National Book Critics Circle Award winning author Darin Strauss offers this true-history-based novel of Lucille Ball.
Blood Moon Productions, 2012. Softcover. First printing. Color illustrated sofdtcovers featuring a full-length photo of Marilyn from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" . 518 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Tight, clean, near fine copy (jusg a bit of evidence of use to the covers). "After 50 Years, The Final Verdict to.....
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.....
Dallas, TX: Douglas Magicland, 1950. Softcover. Staple bound in illustrated wrappers. 120 pp. Profusely illustrated with drawings for each of the magic tricks and aprox. 20 pp. of illustrated ads for magic supplies and books. All manner of stage illusion tricks are explained--- tricks with playing cards, silks, wands, coins.....
Albany , GA: BearManor Media, 2017. Softcover. Illustrated softcovers. Fine. 499 pp. with bibliography, index. Listings of Keeler's film, stage and television appearances. Profusely illustrated with photographs, many published here for the first time.. Biography of one of the most beloved stars of early entertainment, Ruby Keeler (1909-1993; Keeler always.....
