KING OF COMEDY by Sennett, Mack as told to Cameron Shipp - 1954

G/G- Doubleday Garden City 1954 1st hardcover 8vo, 284 pages, b+w photos. Hollywood in the 1910s and 1920s. Old dampstain bottom 1 1/2" of spine and 3" dustjacket spine and bottom left front. Solid copy. DJ in protective cover.

New York, NY: Pinnacle. Good Plus. 1975. First Printing of This Edition. Soft Cover. 4 1/8" x 6 7/8" 0523006527 PAPERBACK 16 pages of B&W photos. Here is the man who created motion picture comedy, Mabel Normand, the custard pie fling, Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Kops, Fatty Arbuckle, the original Bathing Beauties, Gloria Swanson, the slapstick chase, Buster Keaton, and just about everything and everyone that ever made you laugh at the movies. Wear at edges, reading creases, some soiling, rubbed, interior browning. .

Garden City: Doubleday, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Doubleday. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in a Fair dust jacket. A worn copy. First Edition stated.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Inscribed by Mack Sennett on the front flyleaf. The father of American slapstick comedy in motion pictures, Canadian-American director and producer Mack Sennett (1880-1960) was an influential figure in the silent era of Hollywood film production who helped launch the careers of Fatty Arbuckle and Charlie Chaplin, among others. Octavo: 284 p. with 38 photographs and illustrations. Original black cloth binding, with red stamping. Ink stamp (Culver-Palms VFW) to the top edge of the front flyleaf. The dust jacket is a bit rubbed, with some mild sun fading along the spine; otherwise very good.