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So Help Me: The Autobiography of George Jessel
by George Jessel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York : The World Publishing Company / Tower Books, 1944 The World Publishing Company / Tower Books, Cleveland and New York. 1944. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: wear at head, tail, tips and board bottom edges; toning to pages / high acid wartime paper. DJ: Poor; NOT Price Clipped (49¢); missing small pieces a tips; missing large section of top of rear panel and center of spine. Red paper over boards and spine with light blue lettering on the spine. 240 pp 8vo. Jessel was an American comedian, actor, writer, composer, and producer, whose skill as a dinner speaker earned him the honorary title of Toastmaster General of the United States in his later years. His plays and movie scripts were never major successes but his marriages, divorces, and affairs were the thinks that kept him in the news and the talk of the town. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015983
- Title
- So Help Me: The Autobiography of George Jessel
- Author
- George Jessel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company / Tower Books
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- comedian, George Jessel, George Schwarz, movie producer, actor, play writer, vaudeville, marriages, divorces, affairs, Toastmaster of the United States, Hollywood,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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