Viking Books, November 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. A biography equal to the outsized personality of one of Broadway's best-loved stars From her breakout rendition of George Gershwin's ?I Got Rhythm? in 1930 to her triumphant performance as "Gypsy"'s Mama Rose in 1959, Ethel Merman defined Broadway stardom for two generations..... More
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, January 1973. First Thus. Paper Back. Quarto. {8 & 1/2' x 11'} Cover is darkened/tanned with mild edgewear. Previous owner's name inked half title page. Top textblock edge dust stained. Foxing/dark stains interior pages especially heavily at begining & end of book. [128 pp.]. More
Da Capo Press, March 1990. Paper Back. And we can't forget the others: Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Katherine Dunham, Hazel Scott, Marian Anderson, Dinah Washington, Pearl Bailey, Dorothy Dandridge, Leontyne Price, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Tina Tuner... Brown Sugar narrates the triumphant struggle of these women to make..... More
Prentice-Hall, January 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. 2nd edition in tattered, torn & darkened dustjacket. Flap is not clipped. Foxing/darkening to jacket verso. White paper covered boards with tanning. Boards worn & darkened at edges. Dust stained textblock edges. Non-authorial gift inscription. [354 pp.]. More
Dodd, Mead & Co., January 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. {6 & 1/2' x 9 & 1/2'} In edgeworn DJ with dust stains and soiling. Verso heavily tanned. Quarter bound: Black cloth covered spine with light grey paper covered boards. Heavy foxing/dust staining to textblcok top Foxing fored-edge. [728 pp.]. More
Scholars Press, June 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Richard Rodgers was one of America's most prolific and best-loved composers. A world without My Funny Valentine, The Lady is a Tramp, Blue Moon, and Bewitched, to name just a few of the songs he wrote with Lorenz Hart, is scarcely imaginable, and..... More
Grove Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Since its opening night, March 31, 1943, Oklahoma! has never lost pride of place in the American musical theatre. OK! celebrates this watershed work, recounting in fascinating detail the uncompromising demand by all the artists not just for succees--but for excellence. It is the..... More
Applause Books, April 2000. Cloth. David Merrick is the most astonishing showman of our time, and perhaps of all time. No other producer, not even Florenz Ziegfeld nor the combined lights of the Shubert brothers, has equalled his percentage of hits or his demonic flair for publicity. In this first-ever..... More
Sarah Crichton Books, March 2016. Reprint. Hardcover. A New York Times Bestseller For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an insatiable love affair with the American musical. It often begins in childhood in a darkened theater, grows into something more serious for..... More
Amadeus Press, 1994. Hardcover. The New York Times music and drama critic recalls friends and associates over a 57-year career. HARDCOVER. [9' x 6']. In very good DJ with sunned spine and heavily foxed verso. Navy blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Foxing. [342 pp.]... More
William Morrow & Company, December 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. This tender, personal story reveals the public and private lives of show-business genius Alan Jay Lerner and his personal assistant, Doris Shapiro--the outsider he took along with him for the ride. Photographs. Octavo. In DJ with mild edgewear. Quarter bound: blue..... More
Union Square Press, July 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Just about everyone who can hum knows and loves Charles Strouse s music. He composed some of the most successful shows in Broadway history ("Annie," "Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause," and "Golden Boy"); wrote the film score for "Bonnie and Clyde" as well..... More
Overlook Books, September 1987. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. In dustjacket with mild edgewear and darkening at margins. Dust stains to textblock top edge & fore-edge. Foxing.[389 pp]. More
St. Martin's Press, January 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Foxing inside first and last couple of pages. Heavily dust stained top edge. Foxing fore-edge. Sound, clean, without internal markings. 350 pages. More
Hodder & Stoughton General Division, February 1991. First Edition. Cloth. First UK edition in edgeworn DJ. Front flap is not clipped. Heavy darkening/dust stained top textblock edge.Clean & unmarked internal pages. [336 pp.]. More
Umi Research Pr, May 1989. Paper Back. Dust stains/foxing: very heavy top edge and fore-edge. Interior text without markings. [443 pp.]. More
Schirmer Trade Books, November 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. This study recounts the dramatic stories of three cabaret artistes, Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Cook and Julie Wilson. Following these artistes through the 1993-94 performing season, the author brings to life the cabaret scene, the intimacy of smoke-filled clubs, but also the realism..... More
Random House, January 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Textured tan boards with a black cloth spine lettered in gold and metallic red. Light shelf wear on the jacket. Light foxing on the edges of the print block. More
Stein & Day Pub, February 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Cream boards with embossed gold lettering. Blue cloth spine lettered in gold. Light shelf wear on the jacket with a few tiny edge cuts. Mylar wrapped to preserve. Light foxing on the edges of the print block. More
Holt, 1980, January 1980. First American. Hardcover. First edition in dustjacket with one small (1/4') tear top edge front panel. Front flap is not clipped. Heavy tanning/darkening to DJ verso. Burgundy cloth covered spine with silver stamped ettering. Lght brown paper covered boards. Cover has moderate marginal fadng. Tanned end..... More
Putnam, October 1976. First Edition. Cloth. Edgeworn/chipped dustjacket. Front flap not clipped. Raspberry colored cloth with gold letterin on spine.. Dust stained top textblock edge. 287 pages. More
Easton Press, 1992. First Edition. Leather. Navy blue leather bound with gold lettering on spine. Likewise gold decorative panels front and back cover. Gold textblock edges. Silk ribbon marker. Easton Press unused Ex-Libris laid in. Moire end pages. Signed by SCHONBERG on special page after FFEP. (427 pp.). More
Knopf Publishing Group, October 2001. Oversized Hardcover. Gathered together in one volume for the first time: all of the incomparable song lyrics of Irving Berlin, whose career and work are the most important and all-encompassing in the history of American popular music. Berlin came from a poor immigrant family and..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, November 1993. Oversized Hardcover. The most literate and word-loving of song writers, Ira Gershwin wrote irresistibly witty and enticing lyrics. Here are his collaborations with his brother George, with Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, and Kurt Weill, just to name a few--over 700 songs, 400 of which have..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, November 2003. Oversized Hardcover. "Frank Loesser could write authoritatively in virtually any style and, frankly, did," observed composer-lyricist Maury Yeston. "A genius melodist and a supergenius lyricist, only he would ever rhyme 'pelts' with 'else' ["Take Back Your Mink"] or 'India' with 'been to ya' ["They're Either..... More
