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New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1986. Copyright by Rock Hudson Aids Research Foundation. Rock Hudson has written "I've always been a private person. I've never wanted to write a book, I've never let my house be photographed and I've never let the public know what I really think. Now that's changed - there's a lot I want to say and not too much time left. I want the truth to be told, because it sure as hell hasn't been told before. So Iv'e asked those who know me best - my real friends - to work with Sara Davidson in telling my story". Illustrated with b/w photos. Photographic dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Doubleday, 1989. America's funniest man and favorite father is delighted to bring you "Love and Marriage" together again for the first time. Join Cosby as he tiptoes into childhood romance, stumbles upon adolescent infatuation, and falls in love, and out, and in again, all as part of the application process to the institution of marriage. As tender as it is racy, as embracing as it is skeptical, this is a book for anyone who is, was, or ever will be in love. White boards with gilt rose embossed to front board. Red cloth spine with gilt print. No ownership markings. Price-intact photo dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1986. Bill Adler who has written more extensively on American wit and humor than anybody has turned his attention to the most popular humorist today. Bill Cosby's life story and his wit and wisdom are full of love and hope and these are the true expressions of the inner man. A book for all seasons and for anyone who loves laughter.....Light blue-grey boards with red spine. Gift inscription to ffep. Photo section provided as is a bibliography for "The Cosby Wit". A bright, clean copy in a photo dust jacket.. First Edition,First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974. Mary's almost 200 roles spanned the formative years of film art, from D.W. Griffith's early short silents to the sophisticated sound films of the early thirties. "Sweetheart" is not only the first full-scale biography of this fascinating Canadian-born actress but also a history of the silent-movie era. The life of Mary Pickford is full of romance, accomplishment, and glamour..... but also a great measure of tragedy. The preface by the author is followed with an introduction. Four sections of photographs are present. An appendix provides the films of Mary Pickford with the release dates and other pertinent information. This book closes with a bibliography and index. Red cloth boards. Gilt title print to spine. No ownership markings or inscription. A bright book in it's glossy, price-intact, illustrated dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Gill Speirs.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Hodder & Stoughton,, 1989. The absorbing, thrilling, often hilarious - but secret - wartime journals of Joyce Grenfell as she travelled around the Mediterranean and Asia in 1944-45 entertaining the troops. Attractively bound book - brown cloth with gilt title print and drawing on spine. Map endpapers. No ownership markings. Photograph illustrations provided. Photo dust jacket - price still intact. A "new" - feel and look, clean and bright.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1972. Nevill Coghill, Merton Professor of English Literature Oxford writes: "I have had many students of very great gift and many of very little. But I have had only two men of genius to teach - W.H. Auden and Richard Burton. When they happen one cannot mistake them." Grey cloth boards, no ownership markings. Very mild edgewear to book bottom. B/w photographs present. Photo dust jacket.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Boston,: Houghton,Mifflin Company, 1966. BOMC Edition. Here is a magnificent biography of Sarah Bernhardt, the tempestuous Frenchwoman many consider to be the greatest actress who ever lived. Illustrated with photographs. Blind stamped olive-brown boards with black author and title blocks Gilt print to spine. Bookplate to fep, previous owner signature to ffep and verso of frontispiece. Illustrated dust jacket with photo of author on rear panel.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Bamtam Books , 1991. A warm and wonderfully humorous memoir completed shortly before his death. Here is the inside story of how the incredable show " My Fair Lady" was made - and how close Harrison came to turning down the role. Here,too, are Harrison's heart wrenching memories of the tragedy that was playing out at home while he was wowing them on stage. Illustrated with b/w photographs. . 1st. American Ed.. Hard Cover. As New/As New.