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New York: Bantam Books, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and briefly inscribed by the author on the front free-endpaper in black marker. Minor wear to the board edges. Binding is solid but lacking in tightness. Pages are all clean and unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is bright with minor bending at the top of the panel edges. 303pp., two photo inserts. MacLaine's writings about her family, history and relationships and how they tie into and motivate her spirituality.

New York: Brightlights Publications, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Red stapled softcover. Signed on the title page by Marine historian and author, Dennis Carpenter. A very good copy with a bend to the top of the front cover and minor edgewear. Text is clean and binding is solid. Laid in at front is a copy of a Daily News article about Clinton honoring Iwo Jima hero Jack Lummus. Unpaginated (about 30 pages), black and white photos throughout - a who's who of famous marines used as a recruitment tool in the late 90s.

New York: Brightlights Publications, 1995. Paperback. Fair. Red stapled softcover. Minor wear at the edges, binding solid. Previous owner's markings throughout make this a fair to good copy. Notes and marginalia, highlighting in 3 colors. All of the notations seem like they are related to people who should have been included, along with reminders to ask certain people about various exclusions. Unpaginated (about 30 pages), black and white photos throughout - a who's who of famous marines used as a recruitment tool in the late 90s.

Illinois: David Meyer Magic Books, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Brown cloth hardcover in dustjacket. A very good copy with bumps to the edges of the rear board. Garage sale price erasures to the top of the front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked. Corners straight and binding solid - tight as if unread. Unclipped jacket with matching bumps to the rear panel, but still very good - clean and attractive. 183 pp., limitation page at rear, but not numbered so this is most likely a reprint. Rapp made his life as a wandering entertainer, a magician and conjurer.

London: Titan Books, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Good. Trade paperback, 1st edition. Signed in black sharpie by the author on the half-title page. Wear and ruffling at the cover edges and some soiling and staining to the covers and the bottom of the text-block edge. Text clean and unmarked, spine with no creasing. Binding solid. 470 pp., a somewhat worn copy, but solid and intact.

London: Titan Books, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Good. Trade paperback, 1st edition. Signed in black sharpie by the author on the half-title page. Wear at the cover edges and bending to the corners. Scuff to the rear cover with some paper loss, and scar to the bottom of the spine column from a sticker removal. Text clean and unmarked, spine with no creasing. Binding solid. 470 pp., a worn copy, but solid and intact.

New York: Hyperion, 2006. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardcover 3rd printing in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed across the entire 1/2 title page, "To Trish, All my best! Brian Copeland." A very good copy with light bending at the spine tips and a minor down-ward slant. Clean, tight and unmarked - seemingly unread. Unclipped jacket is also very good with light soiling to the panels and matching bending at the spine tips - bright! 250 pp., stand up comedian Brian Copeland tells his story of living in suburbia as "not a genuine" black man.

New Jersey: Maestro Dobel Tequila, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Black hardcover, lacking dustjacket as issued. No statement of edition, but this book was limited to one pressing for a promotion by the publisher and should be called a first edition. A good plus copy with minor edgewear, some bending at the tips of the spine column and bottom corners. Short tear to the top of the first 2 pages, jointward. About 80 pages of Danny Clinch's excellent concert photography, interspersed with quotes by Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction.

New York: Vanguard Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Good/very good. Blue hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by the author on a bookplate attached to the half-title page. Wear at the spine heel. Yellow highlighter and marginalia to some of the recipes - otherwise this would be a very good copy. Binding is tight and corners straight. Unclipped dustjacket bright and attractive with some crinkling to the top edge spineward. 263 pp., full color photos throughout. A combination memoir and recipe book from this star of television's Dynasty.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Second printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Signed book plate affixed to the front endpaper - no inscription. Red hardcover with black cloth spine, 2nd printing in dustjacket. A good copy with bending at the spine ends and some bumping to the corners of the boards. A cup ring barely visible on the front cover. Binding is solid and the text is unmarked. Unclipped jacket with matching bending at the spine tips and folds, bright and clean. 239 pp., indexed, some photos. A great memoir from the comic genius we grew to love on the Carol Burnett Show and Mama's Family.