Biography / Actors and Entertainers
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Piano Lessons: Music, Love & True Adventures
Adams, Noah
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Delta 1997 ISBN: 9780385318211 Near Fine Trade Paperback. Mild wear of wraps - else Fine. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. "Why does a fifty-one year old man suddenly decide he has to have a piano?" The host of NPR's All Things Considered tells why. NPR,MUSIC,AGING Book #3393 |
US$7.00 |
My Life in High Heels
Anderson, Loni with Larkin Warren
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William Morrow First Edition
1995 ISBN: 0688142728 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Loni Anderson is a mother, a grandmother, and a beloved superstar. Here are life lessons - from her days as a Minnesota Sunday school teacher through single motherhood to stardom - from one of America's most respected women. Well illustrated. MINNESOTA,HOLLYWOOD,BURT REYNOLDS,FILMS,MOVIES,MOTION PICTURES,ACTING,ACTRESSES,ACTORS Book #3074 |
US$12.00 |
Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child
Anderson, Louis
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Viking First Edition
1989 ISBN: 0670829390 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. MEMOIRS,FAMILY,FATHERS,FATHERHOOD Book #6067 |
US$9.00 |
Now
Bacall, Lauren
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Alfred A. Knopf First Edition
1994 ISBN: 0394574125 Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with some creasing and a small, closed tear; in a clear protective cover. Lauren Bacall - role model and romantic heroine, movie star of five decades, two-time Tony Award-winning actress, a woman whose celebrity and glamour only increase with time..In this, her spirited, straightforward, exhilarating new book she shares her experience of life. Illustrated. ACTRESSES,HOLLYWOOD,MOVIES Book #4241 |
US$11.50 |
Between You and Me: A Heartfelt Memoir on Learning, Loving, and Living
Bailey, Pearl
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Doubleday First Edition
1989 ISBN: 0385262027 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Like letters to a wise and beloved friend, Between You and Me is full of intimacy, fun and homespun common sense. MEMOIRS,SINGERS,VOCALISTS Book #6283 |
US$10.00 |
Naked At The Feast: A Biography of Josephine Baker
Haney, Lynn
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Dodd, Mead First Edition
1981 ISBN: 0396079008 Near Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Cloth binding with gilt lettering. Top edge stained violet. Small date and price stamps on front free endpaper. Small corner creasing of a few leaves. Book is tight and bright. DJ with mild edge wear; in a clear protective cover. In the 1920s, Paris was a Feast, a banquet of the senses, and Josephine was the dream girl. Swinging from a trapeze at the Folies-Bergere, tossing violets to her audience, Josephine embodied the spirit, the pain and the poignancy of the Jazz Age. Illustrated. JAZZ AGE,PARIS,FRANCE,1920S,WORLD WAR II,CIVIL RIGHTS,AFRICAN-AMERICAN,BLACK HISTORY Book #5474 |
US$14.50 |
Tony Bennett
Jasper, Tony
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W. H. Allen 1984
ISBN: New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. Book has slight edge spotting. DJ in a clear protective cover. Tells the story of Bennett's career, from his first public appearance at the age of six. Photos. Illustrated. SINGERS,VOCALISTS,MUSIC Book #2509 |
US$15.00 |
Sarah Bernhardt: Artist and Icon
Emboden, William A.
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Severin Wunderman Museum
Publications 1992 ISBN: New Tall (quarto) Softcover in stiff paper wraps. A tiny scrape on front wrap from sticker removal. A unique catalogue of The Severin Wunderman Museum exhibition relating to the imagery and life of Sarah Bernhardt - 171 pages of text and profuse illustrations. ACTRESSES,MOTION PICTURES,FILMS,MOVIES,HOLLYWOOD Book #6058 |
US$9.00 |
Sunday Nights at Seven: The Jack Benny Story
Benny, Jack and His Daughter Joan
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Warner First Printing
1990 ISBN: 0446515469 Very Good Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Dampstaining of bottom edge of back board - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. DJ with dampstaining of bottom edge of back; in a clear protective cover. "This sparkling memoir is the story of Jack's life, told both in his own inimitable words and in the nostalgic reminiscences of his daughter Joan." MEMOIRS,COMEDIANS,COMICS Book #6040 |
US$9.00 |
Ingrid Bergman, My Story
Bergman, Ingrid and Alan Burgess
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Delacorte Book Club Edition
1980 ISBN: Near Fine Hardcover in Good Dustjacket. Slight wear of binding. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with several small, closed tears; in a clear protective cover. More than just an account of her illustrious career, here is a totally candid self-portrait of a remarkable woman: her personal failures as well as her public successes. Illustrated. AUTOBIOGRAPHY,ACTRESSES,MOTION PICTURES,MOVIES,FILMS,HOLLYWOOD,SWEDEN Book #5977 |
US$7.00 |
Brando for Breakfast
Brando, Anna Kashfi & E.P.Stein
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Crown Third Printing
1979 ISBN: Near Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book has very slight edge spotting. It is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with slight edge wear and a small, closed tear of one corner; in a clear protective cover. "In this highly intelligent and gracefully written book you will be able to see how the roles Brando created intertwined with the man he was..." MARLON BRANDO,HOLLYWOOD,MOVIES,FILMMAKING,ACTING Book #2555 |
US$13.00 |
Fanny Brice: The Original Funny Girl
Goldman, Herbert G.
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Oxford University Press First
Edition 1992 ISBN: 0195057252 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. In a work that is both glorious biography and captivating theatre history, Goldman illuminates Fanny's remarkable career on stage and radio - ranging from her first triumph as "Sadie Salome" to her long run as radio's "Baby Snooks" - and her less-than-triumphant personal life. Illustrated. BABY SNOOKS,THEATRE,RADIO,ACTRESSES,COMEDIENNES,ZIEGFELD FOLLIES Book #6847 |
US$18.00 |
All My Best Friends
Burns, George with David Fisher
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G.P. Putnam's Sons First Edition
1989 ISBN: 0399134832 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. All My Best Friends is the history of modern show business, as George Burns has lived it. More than that, it is the backstage story of the people who made that history. Illustrated. ENTERTAINERS,ENTERTAINING,VAUDEVILLE,SINGERS,VOCALISTS,ACTORS,ACTRESSES Book #5238 |
US$12.95 |
George Burns: In His Own Words
Fagen, Herb
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Carroll & Graf First
Edition 1996 ISBN: 9780786703524 Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with very slight creasing - else Fine; in a clear protective cover. Illustrated. COMEDY,HUMOR,COMEDIANS Book #1689 |
US$10.50 |
Gracie: A Love Story
Burns, George
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G.P. Putnam's Sons First Edition
1988 ISBN: Near Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Book has slight corner bumping of upper board edges and a small ink mark on front endpaper. It is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. DJ with very slight wear; in a clear protective cover. There was only one Gracie and this is the story of her life, as told by the only person that could, George Burns. Well illustrated. COMEDY,COMEDIENNES,GRACIE ALLEN,BURNS AND ALLEN Book #3301 |
US$12.00 |
Knee Deep in Paradise
Butler, Brett
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Hyperion First Edition
1996 ISBN: 0786861363 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Much more than an autobiography from a celebrated personality, Knee Deep in Paradise is a portrait of the South, a moving document of one woman's hardship and renewal, and a testament from one of our most intelligent comic minds. Photos. AMERICAN SOUTH,TELEVISION,GRACE UNDER FIRE,COMING OF AGE Book #5405 |
US$12.50 |
My Wife Maria Callas
Meneghini, Giovanni Battista
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Farrar,Straus,Giroux First
American Edition 1982 ISBN: Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ has a small, faint price written on front; in a clear protective cover. After having refused for many years to discuss his wife publicly, Giovanni Battista Meneghini decided, at the age of eighty-five, to offer this extraordinarily candid portrait of the most famous soprano of the century. MUSIC,OPERA,DIVAS,OPERA SINGERS,ONASSIS Book #3178 |
US$14.95 |
Charlie Chaplin: The Art of Comedy
Robinson, David
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Thames and Hudson 1996.
ISBN: 0500300631 Near Fine Trade Paperback. Lower edge remainder mark. Book is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. Here is the story of Charlie Chaplin: his brilliant career as actor, writer, producer and director, as well as his often troubled private life. Very well illustrated. ACTORS,COMEDIANS,HOLLYWOOD,FILMMAKING,MOVIES,FILMS,MOTION PICTURES,FBI,LITTLE TRAMP Book #5799 |
US$7.00 |
Fresh from the Laundry
Chase, Ilka
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Doubleday 1967
ISBN: Fine Hardcover in no Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. An account of her travels throughout Europe. Illustrated. MEMOIRS,TRAVEL,EUROPE Book #5253 |
US$4.95 |
Julie Christie
Callan, Michael Feeney
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St. Martin's First U.S.Edition
1985 ISBN: New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. A well-researched and absorbing biography of an outstanding actress and a fascinating woman. Well illustrated. ACTING,ACTRESSES,MOVIES,FILMS,HOLLYWOOD,MEMOIRS Book #3838 |
US$25.00 |
Joan Crawford
Thomas, Bob
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Simon and Schuster Third Printing 1978 ISBN: 0671240331 Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with very slight edge wear and several tiny stains of back; in a clear protective cover. Few Hollywood careers have been more fabulous, more scandalous, more dizzingly from-rages-to-riches and from-triumph-to-tragedy, more glaringly limelit than that of Joan Crawford, born Lucille Fay LeSueur, in 1906 (or 1908, according to her press releases) in Texas. Illustrated. ACTRESSES,HOLLYWOOD,TEXAS,MOVIES,FILMS,MOTION PICTURES Book #5683 |
US$10.95 |
Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning
Douglas, Kirk
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Simon & Schuster First
Edition 1997 ISBN: New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. "..shares his quest for spirituality and Jewish identity - and his heroic fight to overcome crippling injuries and a devastating stroke." Frontispiece photograph of Douglas. Illustrated. HOLLYWOOD,FILMS,ISRAEL,JUDAISM,STROKE,MEMOIRS Book #1758 |
US$14.50 |
On Camera: My 10,000 Hours on Television
Downs, Hugh
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G.P.Putnam's Sons First Edition
1986 ISBN: New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. Book has slight edge spotting. DJ with a small, closed tear of back; in a clear protective cover. "On Camera is the autobiography of one of America's most beloved television personalities, who has seen the medium develop from a novelty in its infancy in the 1950s to its present role as a major cultural and social force..." Illustrated. TELEVISION,BROADCASTING,MEMOIRS Book #2498 |
US$10.00 |
Memories: The Autobiography of Ralph Emery
Emery, Ralph with Tom Carter
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Macmillan Fifth Printing
1992 ISBN: 0025354817 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. For four decades, Ralph has introduced the American listening public to performers such as Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Barbara Mandrell, Tom T. Hall, Jimmy Dean, and hundreds more. Now, in Memories, he documents these years. Illustrated. COUNTRY MUSIC,NASHVILLE,GRAND OL' OPRY Book #4258 |
US$14.50 |
The Fondas: A Hollywood Dynasty
Collier, Peter
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G.P. Putnam's Sons First Edition
1991 ISBN: Near Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Book with gilt spine lettering and colored endpapers. Very slight corner bumping - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with very slight edge wear; in clear protective cover. Well illustrated. HOLLYWOOD,MOVIES,FILMS,HENRY FONDA,JANE FONDA,PETER FONDA Book #1886 |
US$14.50 |
I Can't Believe I Said That!: An Autobiography
Gifford, Kathie Lee with Jim Jerome
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Pocket Books Fifth Printing
1992 ISBN: 0671742418 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The autobiography of the popular television personality. TELEVISION,TALK SHOWS,FRANK GIFFORD,REGIS PHILBIN Book #4244,6277 |
US$12.00 |
So Far...
Grammer, Kelsey
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Dutton First Edition
1995 ISBN: Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. "In this uncensored, uninhibited, and totally irreverent memoir, Kelsey Grammer puts the two sides of his personality together for the first time and explains the horrific origins of his compelling but erratic life." Illustrated. ACTORS,ACTING,TELEVISION,TELEVISION SERIES,CHEERS,FRASIER,SITUATION COMEDY Book #3488 |
US$14.00 |
Merv: An Autobiography
Griffin, Merv with Peter Barsocchini
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Simon and Schuster Book Club
Edition 1980 ISBN: 0671227645 Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with slight edge wear; in a clear protective cover. One of television's most successful and popular personalities takes us behind the scenes of a remarkable career. Many photos. TV,TELEVISION PERSONALITIES,GAME SHOWS,TALK SHOWS Book #5941 |
US$7.00 |
