[New York]: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1974. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 296pp. Printed photographic dust jacket with original $7.95 price intact; book in black cloth-covered boards with silver and fuchsia lettering. Jacket split in two parts with much of the spine section missing, large tears and chips..... More
Advance Reading Copy. Softcover. New York: Bloomsbury, 2013. Advance Reading Copy. Signed by author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 390pp. Pictorial paper wraps with publisher's info on back. Cover has only minor edgewear and rubbing, no tears or chips. Back lower left corner has been slightly bumped and there..... More
First Edition. New York: The Noonday Press, 1992. Stated First Edition. SIGNED by author John Kisch, Introduction author Donald Bogle (both with inscription), and without inscription by Preface author Spike Lee. Quarto (11" x 8.5"); xxxiii, 168p. Illustrated paper covers with full-color illustrations throughout. Covers very lightly bumped at bottom..... More
London / New York: Crosby Lockwood & Son / The Industrial Book Co., 1931. Later Printing of the 1930 First Edition. Octavo; 194pp +1 ads. 36 photo plates including frontis, all present. Black patterned cloth with white lettering. Missing dust jacket. Covers a bit scuffed and smudged, with shallow chips..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1945. Later Printing. Signed by Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America head Will H. Hays on front free endpaper with inscription "To Bill Saffire [sic], with best wishes always. Sincerely yours, Bill Hays. 1/25/50." Octavo; 266pp. Photo frontis + 8 photo illustrations, all present..... More