Doubleday, January 1955. First Edition. Cloth. In tattered, torn, chipped, darkened dustjacket. Heavily darkened DJ verso. Flap is clipped. Black cloth covered boards with grease stains & fingerprint marks highly visible in bright light. Gold lettering on spine. Board edges worn, especially at bottom. Sound binding. Excellent black & white..... More
Crown, October 2020. Hardcover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Discover the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award(R)-winning actor's unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY..... More
Ballantine Books, January 2022. Paper Back. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this thoughtful and revealing memoir, readers will accompany one of the world's most recognizable women on her journey of self-discovery. "I have always felt that life is a solitary journey, that we are each on a train, riding..... More
Media Lab Books, November 2021. Hardcover. Throughout her life, Betty White was a beacon of good humor, straight-talk, kindness, compassion and grit. With a television career spanning more than 80 years (the longest on record), she was one of America's most beloved entertainers, best known for her award-winning roles on..... More
Henry Holt and Co., September 2021. Hardcover. From the brilliant mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum, comes a passionate and inspired declaration against fitting in. When invited to deliver the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Michaela Coel touched..... More
Crown, October 2020. Hardcover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Discover the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award(R)-winning actor's unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY..... More
Knopf, October 1977. Hardcover. Presentation copy inscribed by Harmetz on the title page. Significant foxing affecting all edges and endpapers; closed tear on front panel of jacket. More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, November 2021. Hardcover. The irreverent, brilliant memoirs of the legendary filmmaker James Ivory In Solid Ivory, a carefully crafted mosaic of memories, portraits, and reflections, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Ivory, a partner in the legendary Merchant Ivory Productions and the director of A Room with..... More
Simon & Schuster, October 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Harris has drawn on interviews with friends and colleagues of Lucy and Desi for this revealing dual biography, full of fascinating new details about one of Hollywood's most popular and powerful couples--and the true story of their tempestuous relationship. 16 pages of..... More
Wynwood, November 1989. Hardcover. In dustjacket with heavy foxing on verso. Red cloth covered spine with gold lettering and grey paper covered boards. Faded at margins top and bottom. Grey end pages. Heavy dust stains/foxing top textblock edge. Heavy foxing to fore-edge. [296 pp.]. More
St Martins Press, March 1988. First American. Cloth. {7' x 10'} Small quarto. In dustjacket with edgewear and half-inch rough hewn tear at top of rear panel at spine. Occasional soiling to DJ recto. Black cloth covered boards with silver lettering. First edition. [192 pp.]. More
Warner Books, March 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Now available as an ebook for the first time! No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you..... More
Penguin Press, November 2021. Hardcover. The instant #1 New York Times bestseller! "It's the best memoir I've ever read." --Oprah Winfrey "Will Smith isn't holding back in his bravely inspiring new memoir . . . An ultimately heartwarming read, Will provides a humane glimpse of the man behind the actor..... More
Arlington House Publishers, January 1981. Hardcover. Quarto in dustjacket with sunned spine with curled/worn edge and soiling. Flap not clipped. Yellow cloth covered boards with bumped corners & black lettering on spine. Top edge of boards darkened. Dust stained textblock top edge. [259 pp.]. More
Knopf, September 2021. Hardcover. A fascinating, complex dual biography of Hollywood's most dazzling--and famous--brothers, and a dark, riveting portrait of competition, love, and enmity that ultimately undid them both. One most famous for having written Citizen Kane (with Orson Welles, as most recently portrayed in David Fincher's acclaimed Netflix film..... More
Anchor Books, August 1989. Trade Paperback. Winner of the "Los Angeles Times" Book Award for history, this "wonderful history of the golden age of the movie moguls" ( "Chicago Tribune" ) is a provocative, original, and richly entertaining group biography of the Jewish immigrants who were the moving forces behind..... More
Arcade Publishing, September 1990. First Edition. Cloth. Here is a lavishly illustrated book detailing the long history of Les Miserables, from the time Victor Hugo began writing it in 1836 to its present-day worldwide theatrical success. Full-color photos. Quarto in dustjacket. Mild edgewear along top of DJ. Blue cloth covered..... More
Warner Books, August 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. In dustjacket. Flap not clipped. Complete number line. Black cloth covered spine with gold lettering & turquoise paper covered boards. Turquoise end page. Foxint of textblock top edge. [246 pp.]. More
Praeager Publishers, January 1973. Cloth. Octavo. In edgeworn dustjacket with stains & tanning to jacket cover. Front flap is clipped. Tape repairs bottom edge with heavy tanning of verso. Brick red cloth covered boards with silver lettering on spine. Dust stains textblock edges. [217 pp.]. More
Alfred A. Knopf, February 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Stanley Donen forever changed the Hollywood musical by moving it away from the Busby Berkeley extravaganza toward a fluent integration of song, dance, and story. Silverman gives readers a close up portrait of this great director, as seen through the eyes of..... More
St Martins, January 1983. Hardcover. Octavo. In edgeworn dustjacket with foxing & tanning to verso. Quarter bound: black cloth covered spine with silver lettering & pale blue paper covered boards with faded edges and dust stains. Tanning of end pages. [296 pp.]. More
Random House Value Publishing, September 1988. Trade Paperback. More
Grove/Atlantic, November 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. From its humble origins as a dusty California village to the height of movie studio glamor, this entertaining compendium brings Hollywood to life in the words of the people who worked there. A superb anthology . . . A feast for those who love..... More
Columbia University Press, October 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. The first major analyses of Busby Berkeley's career on stage and screen. Showstoppers emphasizes his relationship to a colorful, somewhat disreputable tradition of American popular entertainment: that of P.T Barnum, minstrel shows, vaudeville, Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, burlesque, and the..... More
Simon & Schuster, November 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. A detailed portrait of a paradoxical entertainer explores his rise from the streets of Brooklyn, his turbulent marriage, and the claims about his homosexuality. Genius or fool? Saint or sinner? This multilayered portrait of entertainer Danny Kaye pierces the secrecy that hid..... More
