New York: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1996-09. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 138 pages; slight edge wear to jacket and boards; Herb Fagen spiritedly recounts George Burn's century of entertaining America, with Gracie Allen on stage, radio, and television, and on his own in movies and nightclubs. Plus, just as Burns did, Fagen peppers the years with the comedian's funniest and most touching quotes and quips. Includes eight-page photo insert. ... more information

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New York: Bantam, 1986. Hardcover. Good/good. 575 pages; light soiling to page ends, some edge wear to boards, corners bumped; jacket has edge wear and some wrinkling; Documented in every detail and based on three years of research and interviews with more than 800 people important in various stages of his life, this is the controversial, long-awaited biography of superstar Frank Sinatra, from the bestselling biographer of Jackie Oh! 32 pages of photographs. ... more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. Fine/Very Good. ISBN: 0-399-15164-8. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. xii, 370 pp. First printing. The jacket is price-clipped. Keywords: Biography. ... more information

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Free Domestic Shipping, dust jacket bright, light soiling, no chips or tears, not price clipped ($24.00 listed on jacket flap), no remand marks, white boards, red lettering along spine, boards clean, light bumping on edges, straight, tight binding, 382 pages, crisp, clean, no writing or marks, two sections of nice photographs, 8vo (9.5" tall), contact dakotaliterature@msn.com for questions. ... more information

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Free Domestic Shipping, dust jacket shows very light soiling, edge wear and rubbing, not price clipped ($3.95 listed on jacket flap along with I.O.R. $1200), no remand marks, red boards, black spine with silver lettering and red $1200 notation, boards clean, light bumping along spine and fore-edges, straight, tight binding, 272 pages, clean, no writing or marks, many historic b/w photos throughout book, 8vo (8.5" tall), contact dakotaliterature@gmail.com for questions. ... more information

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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 401 pages; corners bumped, some edge wear to boards, spine lettering faded, rubbing to extremities; Biography of Edwin Booth, 19th century American stage actor who toured the world as a Shakespearean actor and who built Booth's theatre in New York. While many theatrical historians consider him one of the best actors of the age, he is generally known today as the brother of John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Lincoln. ... more information

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New York: Atheneum, 1991. Very Good/Fine. ISBN: 0-689-12108-3. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. 218 pp. First printing. The lower fore-corner of the front cover is very slightly bumped. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Keywords: Biography; Film Tie-in. ... more information

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1970. Second printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Light use/markings. ... more information

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Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1979). 2nd printing. Hardcover. 0-13-648493-X . [minor shelfwear; slight rubbing to jacket, one tiny closed tear at lower left front panel, another at base of spine]. (B&W photographs) Biography of the great American film director and miserable son-of-a-b*tch, by his grandson -- "an objective, warts-and- all portrait of his grandfather that shows his human frailties as well as his unsurpassed professionalism." Subsequ... more information

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London/Boston: Faber and Faber. Very Good. 1990 (c.1989). 3rd printing. Softcover. 0-571-15243-0 . [mild wear at corners/edges, faint crease in spine, sticker-peel damage to upper spine; binding solid, inside clean]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) . ... more information

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New York: Museum of Modern Art. Very Good. 1965. 2nd printing. Softcover. NOISBN . [moderate edgewear, covers rubbed; includes errata sheet, loose inside front cover]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) Reprint of Barry's pioneering discussion of Griffith, first published in 1940. . ... more information

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Berkeley CA: University of California Press. Very Good-. 1968. First American Edition. Softcover. NOISBN . [moderate edgewear, diagonal creasing at corners of front cover, tiny surface-paper tear near base of spine, small bookstore stamp on ffep]. (Movie Paperbacks series) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs) Like most books in this generally excellent series, this provides a good basic introduction to Erich von Stroheim's life and work (as both director and actor). Includes filmography and biblio... more information

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San Francisco: Chandler & Sharp Publishers. Very Good. (c.1975). Unstated ed. Softcover. 0-88316-516-3 . [moderately worn copy, light fading along left edge of front cover]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) The author's account of returning to Spain to collaborate on a Spanish film about an American who fought Franco in 1938 (as Bessie himself had done). "What it was like to make the film (Espana Otra Vez), but more importantly to return after many years to his first tragic love -- Spain an... more information

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New York: Random House, 2000. Very Good/Fine. ISBN: 0-375-50378-1. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. 510 pp. Second printing. The cover is very slightly soiled. Keywords: Biography; Film Tie-in. ... more information

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New York: Hyperion, 2002. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 0-7868-6644-6. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. viii, 305 pp. First printing. Keywords: Biography. ... more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 0-684-82672-0. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. First Edition. 397 pp. First printing. Keywords: Biography; Memoirs. ... more information

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New York: Viking, 1989. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 0-670-82939-0. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. x, 209 pp. First printing. Keywords: Family Relationships. ... more information

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. Very Good/Near Very Good. ISBN: 0-385-18812-9. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Remainder. xii, 392 pp. Remainder spray on lower page edges. The jacket is slightly scuffed at the head and foot of the spine. A biography written shortly after Princess Grace's death. Keywords: Biography. ... more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Near Very Good/Good. ISBN: 0-671-24328-4. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Remainder. 512 pp. Remainder stamp on lower page edges; price written on front free endpaper. The jacket has a 2" closed tear at the head of the rear panel. The second volume of Houseman's memoirs. Keywords: Biography; Theater. ... more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1997. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 0-385-47187-4. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. 370 pp. Previous owner name stamped on half-title page. The jacket is rubbed at the base of the front flap fold. Keywords: Biography Film. ... more information

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