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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings ("From the Library of..." Embossed Seal on Half Title Page); Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Moderately Creased; Moderately Scuffed; Moderately Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. A Memoir by William S. Paley, Founder and Chairman, CBS. SUB-TITLE: A Memoir. BOOK NUMBER: 2568. BOOK DESIGN BY: Bente Hamann. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Preface; Chicago; Going East; A Young Man's Fancy; On My Own; A Different Kind of Business; After Hours; Trial and Error; Press-Radio War; Live News; Overseas; Transition; Triumph; Interlude; Creative Chaos; From Radio to Television; Questions and Answers; Entertaining You; A Special Niche; The Newsroom; Headlines and Headaches; CBS Inc.; ...And Beyond; Appendix; Highlights of CBS News; Highlights of CBS Television; Photo Credits; Index. SYNOPSIS: This is a landmark memoir, the… Read More

New York: Hyperion, 1997. BOOK: Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: My Life Story. BOOK NUMBER: 10/97. DESIGNED BY: Gloria Adelson/Lulu Graphics. JACKET PHOTOGRAPH BY: Randee St. Nicholas. JACKET DESIGN BY: Karen Katz. SYNOPSIS: Superstar Gladys Knight has spent virtually her entire life singing her heart out for her fans who now rank in the millions. As the soulful voice behind such memorable songs as "Midnight Train to Georgia," "If I Were Your Woman," and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"--to name just a few of the many hits she recorded with her beloved back-up singers, The Pips--Knight remains one of the world's most enduring and endearing performers working on the music scene today. Yet, despite Knight's four decades-long career in the public spotlight, never has this legendary performer shared the private secrets of her life and the… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Name and Date Neatly Inked to Front Free Endpaper); Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 8005. DESIGNED BY: Bernard Schleifer. FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPHS: top center by Leonard McCombe; top right by John Engsted; bottom by Harry Langdon. BACK COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jill Krementz. JACKET DESIGN BY: Paul Gamarello. ISBN: 0-399-12447-0 /399-12447-0 (Dust Jacket). SYNOPSIS: If ever anyone was born to be a star, it was Susan Strasberg. Her father is Lee Strasberg, world-famous director of The Actors Studio, and her mother, Paula, was a celebrated "Method" acting coach. Susan had beauty, brains, and talent. At the age of 17, she gave a dazzling performance in The Diary of Anne Frank--the youngest actress ever to star on Broadway. Everybody predicted that Susan would have… Read More

New York: Random House, Inc., 1999. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Soiled; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends. BOOK DESIGN BY: Caroline Cunningham. JACKET PHOTOGRAPHY: Simon Lee. JACKET DESIGN: Kapo Ng. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. In the Beginning; 2. The Waiting Room; I Knew You When (1961 to 1970); 3. Overcoming Adversity; I Knew You When (1970 to 1974); 4. Kids; I Knew You When (1974 to 1979); 5. Thoughts and Prayers; 6. Cures and Recommendations; I Knew You When (1979 to 1985); 7. The Playing Fields; I Knew You When (1986 to 1993); 8. Backstage; 9. Political Life; I Knew You When (1994 to 1995); Some Final Words: From Dana to Chris. SYNOPSIS: "This book is a thank-you letter. A long overdue reply to all of the people who, during one of the most difficult and painful periods my family has had to endure, took time and wrote to us; faxed… Read More

New York: Random House, Inc., 1999. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends. BOOK DESIGN BY: Caroline Cunningham. JACKET PHOTOGRAPHY: Simon Lee. JACKET DESIGN: Kapo Ng. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. In the Beginning; 2. The Waiting Room; I Knew You When (1961 to 1970); 3. Overcoming Adversity; I Knew You When (1970 to 1974); 4. Kids; I Knew You When (1974 to 1979); 5. Thoughts and Prayers; 6. Cures and Recommendations; I Knew You When (1979 to 1985); 7. The Playing Fields; I Knew You When (1986 to 1993); 8. Backstage; 9. Political Life; I Knew You When (1994 to 1995); Some Final Words: From Dana to Chris. SYNOPSIS: "This book is a thank-you letter. A long overdue reply to all of the people who, during one of the most difficult and painful periods my family has had to endure, took time and wrote to us;… Read More

New York: Random House, Inc., 1999. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends. BOOK DESIGN BY: Caroline Cunningham. JACKET PHOTOGRAPHY: Simon Lee. JACKET DESIGN: Kapo Ng. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. In the Beginning; 2. The Waiting Room; I Knew You When (1961 to 1970); 3. Overcoming Adversity; I Knew You When (1970 to 1974); 4. Kids; I Knew You When (1974 to 1979); 5. Thoughts and Prayers; 6. Cures and Recommendations; I Knew You When (1979 to 1985); 7. The Playing Fields; I Knew You When (1986 to 1993); 8. Backstage; 9. Political Life; I Knew You When (1994 to 1995); Some Final Words: From Dana to Chris. SYNOPSIS: "This book is a thank-you letter. A long overdue reply to all of the people who, during one of the most difficult and painful periods my family has had to endure, took time and wrote to us; faxed us;… Read More

New York: Random House, Inc., 1999. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends. BOOK DESIGN BY: Caroline Cunningham. JACKET PHOTOGRAPHY: Simon Lee. JACKET DESIGN: Kapo Ng. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. In the Beginning; 2. The Waiting Room; I Knew You When (1961 to 1970); 3. Overcoming Adversity; I Knew You When (1970 to 1974); 4. Kids; I Knew You When (1974 to 1979); 5. Thoughts and Prayers; 6. Cures and Recommendations; I Knew You When (1979 to 1985); 7. The Playing Fields; I Knew You When (1986 to 1993); 8. Backstage; 9. Political Life; I Knew You When (1994 to 1995); Some Final Words: From Dana to Chris. SYNOPSIS: "This book is a thank-you letter. A long overdue reply to all of the people who, during one of the most difficult and painful periods my family has had to endure,… Read More

New York: A Borzoi Book Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1977. BOOK: Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Originally published in Norway as Forandringen by Helge Ericsen Forlag. TRANSLATED BY: The author, in collaboration with Gerry Bothmer and Erik Friis. PHOTO BY: Victor Skrebneski, Courtesy of Warner Bros. Inc. ISBN: 0-394-41148-X (Copyright Page)/394-41148-X (Dust Jacket). SYNOPSIS: In this profoundly personal book, a world-famous, internationally admired actress writes with a total and moving honesty about herself--about being an actress, a woman, a mother. The Liv Ullmann who emerges here is the complex, questing woman to whom we have been drawn in all the brilliant films she has made with Ingmar Berman, from Persona through The Passion of Anna, Scenes from a Marriage and Face to Face. Now she allows us to enter… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press/Marek Light Creasing on Front Cover; Spine Slightly Faded Due to Sun Exposure. SUB-TITLE: 1900 Through 1942. DESIGNED BY: Cynthia Krupat. COVER PHOTO BY: Victor Kraft. FRONTISPIECE PHOTOGRAPH BY: Victor Kraft. CONTENTS: A Note to the Reader; Acknowledgments; Introduction/The Mittenthals and the Coplands - Brooklyn/1900-1921; Fontainbebleau/Summer 1921; Paris/1921-1924; Interlude I - New York/1924-1926; Interlude II - Music for Musicians/1928-1930; Yaddo and Mexico/1930-1932; Interlude III - Music for the People/1934-1937; Music for Use/1937-1939; Hollywood/1939-1940; Interlude IV - The Early War Years/1941-1942; Notes; Index. SYNOPSIS: America knows Aaron Copland as our greatest composer, famous for Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Lincoln Portrait, Rodeo; the movie scores for "Our Town" and "Of Mice and Men"; and numerous orchestral and chamber works. This book takes us from Copland's Brooklyn childhood through his years in… Read More

Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book - Little, Brown and Company BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. CONTENTS: Foreword 1 New York 2 Early Hollywood 3 The Industry 4 "Do Something!" 5 The Brothers 6 Pavlova 7 The Kosloff School 8 Ballet and Sex 9 The Swan 10 Adolescence 11 Decision 12 Tryouts 13 The Profession 14 Local Girl 15 Martha Graham 16 Flying Colors 17 Paris - Brussels - London 18 Marie Rambert 19 Antony Tudor and Hugh Laing 20 American Dancer in London 21 American Dancer Comes Home 22 Hooray for What 23 Second Start 24 Russian Ballet 25 Rodeo 26 The Contribution 27 Beautiful Morning. SYNOPSIS: The name of Agnes de Mille, creator of the ballet Rodeo and choreographer of Oklahoma!, Carousel, and other smash hits, is known to millions of Americans. How she won success, not because of, but… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster BOOK: Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Previous Dealer Markings (11.00 Neatly Inked to Front Cover Portion); Repaired; Moderately Creased; Moderately Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. by Kitty Kelley, Author of Jackie Oh! BOOK NUMBER: 2817. PHOTO EDITOR: Vincent Virga. JACKET PHOTOGRAPH: Ray Fisher. JACKET DESIGN BY: Barry Littmann. SYNOPSIS: From her first starring role as the violet-eyed innocent in National Velvet to her sultry portrayal of Maggie the Cat and her Academy Award-winning performances in Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Elizabeth Taylor's undeniable screen presence has been marveled over while her talent has been alternately disparaged and defended. And from her first wedding, in an MGM dream gown, to her current real-life role as a Senate wife, her private affairs have been the subject of… Read More

New York: A Dell Book Published by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER! NOW IN PAPERBACK! COVER PHOTO BY: Harry Langdon. SYNOPSIS: She's America's top female comedian...brash and unsparing with a scathing truth. Now she tells it all from the inside out--the deep pain and anger, the struggle from gags to riches, the hard way to the top, and the act that changed stand-up comedy forever.. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1986. BOOK: Remainder Mark; Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 0586. DESIGNED BY: Laurence Alexander. JACKET DESIGN BY: Andrew M. Newman. SYNOPSIS: Can she talk! Here is the bitter and bizarre struggle, the desperate hilarity, the deep pain and anger, that created one of the world's foremost comedians. It is the story of Joan Rivers's obsessed childhood and apprentice years, her battle against doubting parents, sleazy agents, hostile audiences in tawdry clubs--as she says, "Dying on more stages than Hamlet"--until, literally in one night, she burst through into the bright light of her show-business dream. Certain since earliest memory that she belonged onstage, Joan Rivers survived taunts in a fat-girl youth, silence in Catskills' showrooms, and jeers in grimy strip joints. On her own in… Read More

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Moderately Creased; Moderately Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; Spine Portion Heavily Faded Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe. BOOK NUMBER: 02870. JACKET PHOTOGRAPH SUPPLIED BY: James Robert Haspiel. JACKET DESIGN BY: Anthony Russo, The Artworks. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Part I Into the Land of the Scorpions; Part II The DiMaggio Disaster; Part III Broken Marriage--Broken Mind; Part IV Marilyn and the Kennedy Brothers; Part V The Candle Burns Down; Part VI Aftermath; Bibliography; Notes; Index; Photo Credits. SYNOPSIS: During her brief, incandescent life, almost everybody lied about Marilyn Monroe, and she did some of the fabricating. Now in Goddess, Anthony Summers goes behind the lies, the gossip, and the myths to write the ultimate book on Marilyn… Read More

New York: Pocket Books - Simon & Schuster Inc., 1998. BOOK: Remainder Mark; Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: "Tony Bennett is the Best Singer in the Business." - Frank Sinatra. He's that regular guy from Astoria, Queens, who left his heart in San Francisco. He's the postwar heartthrob who inspired hundreds of young girls to wear black outside St. Patrick's Cathedral on his wedding day. He's the darling of the MTV generation who made music history when, at the age of 68, he won the coveted Grammy Award for Album of the Year. He's the consummate artist known worldwide for his paintings. He's Tony Bennett, whose star shines brighter than ever as he enters his fifth decade of performing. Now, for the first time, this legend shares his amazing life story - in a voice that's pure Tony… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, Inc. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Boards Heavily Faded Due to Sun Exposure. DUST JACKET: Missing. Includes photographs and a complete listing of albums and movies. SUB-TITLE: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra. BOOK DESIGN BY: Barbara N. Cohen. SYNOPSIS: This is the book that Frank Sinatra tried to stop with a two-million-dollar lawsuit: the unauthorized biography of one of the most controversial yet elusive public figures of our time--a fully documented, highly detailed, and penetrating portrait of the man behind the voice. Kitty Kelley, celebrated investigative journalist and author of Jackie Oh! and Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star, spent three years researching her subject. She has had access to never-before-published government documents, including Mafia-related material obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, wiretaps and secret testimony before crime… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, Inc. BOOK: Front Free Endpaper Missing; Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Includes photographs and a complete listing of albums and movies. SUB-TITLE: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra. BOOK DESIGN BY: Barbara N. Cohen. COVER PHOTO: Stanley Tretick. SYNOPSIS: This is the book that Frank Sinatra tried to stop with a two-million-dollar lawsuit: the unauthorized biography of one of the most controversial yet elusive public figures of our time--a fully documented, highly detailed, and penetrating portrait of the man behind the voice. Kitty Kelley, celebrated investigative journalist and author of Jackie Oh! and Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star, spent three years researching her subject. She has had access to never-before-published government documents, including Mafia-related material obtained under the… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1997. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. Accident, Suicide, or Cold-Blooded Murder--The Truth About The Death of TV's Superman. WITH 8 PAGES OF STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHS. This book is a work of nonfiction, not a "Superman" story. It has not been authorized or endorsed in any way by DC Comics or any other owner of rights in the "Superman" character. COVER PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF: Neal Peters Collection. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Mad About the Boy 2. Helen and George 3. The Woman Who Owned Superman 4. Superman Agonistes 5. Whom the Angels Call Leonore 6. The Phantom Zone 7. Cold Chicken and Warm Champagne 8. The Perils of Superman 9. Alone in the World in Benedict Canyon 10. Beauty Secrets of the Dead 11. The Woman in the Wheelchair 12. A Story, a House, and a Broken Heart 13. You Just Don't Want to Know 14.… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster A Division of Gulf & Western Corporation BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front, Rear Fixed Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover; Front Free Endpaper Pulled From Removal of Pocket, Sticker; Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Heavy Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: His Story With His Step-by-Step Training Program and Special Techniques for Building a Superb Body. BOOK NUMBER: 0582-1450. JACKET DESIGN BY: Martin Moskof and Associates, Inc. SYNOPSIS: Superstar Lou Ferrigno, hero of television's The Incredible Hulk and winner of both the Mr. America and the Mr. Universe bodybuilding titles, now recounts for the first time his own life story and shares the mental and physical techniques that helped him build his fantastic physique and attain his stature as one of the most… Read More

London: John Murray, 1975. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front Free Endpaper Missing; Front, Rear Fixed Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Moderate Moisture Damage; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Moderate Moisture Damage; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. illustrated. WITH ADDITIONAL POEMS BY: Jill Furse. FRONT COVER: "The Touch of Day" glass engraved by Laurence Whistler. SYNOPSIS: Laurence Whistler's story of his five-year marriage to Jill Furse before her sudden early death has achieved a classic quality. Despite the tragedy of its ending the lasting impression is of two lives lived to the full in supreme happiness. Jill Furse was remarkable for many gifts; beauty, acting, poetry and above all gaiety and courage. This new edition includes for the… Read More