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New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1973. Small tears to DW; foxing to edges; illustrated with black & white photos; 256pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++. Illus. by Photo-Illustrated.

hardcover. Illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Randon House, 1955. Very good.<br/><br/>

Boston: Little Brown, 1984. hardcover. very good/very good(-). B/w photo illustrations. 277pp, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper; d.w. small tears & worn. Boston: Little Brown, (1984).<br/><br/>

hardcover. Color & b/w illus., 215pp., small 4to, cloth, d.w.; d.w. very edgeworn & chipped. (England); Saxon House, (1973). Good.<br/><br/>

New York: Paddington, 1978. hardcover. near fine/good. With a few b/w illustrations throughout. 256pp. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. a bit edgeworn with tear on front cover's bottom edge. New York: Paddington Press, (1978). A near fine copy in a good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Introduction by Pearl Bailey<br/><br/>

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ in good dustjacket; Poems about the old Vaudeville performers. + .

New York: Knopf, 1984. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated in black and white. 392 pages (gently dust-soiled on the edges), 8vo, red boards with a blue cloth spine, dust wrapper with a mylar sleeve. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First edition. Very good.<br/><br/>

London: Hutchinson, 1956. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 268. Illustrated. VG. A book about the "lighter side of the British theater.

Brookline Village, MA: Branden Press, 1983. Paperback. 150p., wraps, 5.25x8.25 inches, very good condition. Biography of blind vaudeville performer Sylvester Meinert by his son-in-law.

n.p.: privately printed, 1925. Hardcover. 236p., hardbound in red boards with a brown cloth backstrip, very worn with card showing raggedly at most extremities, cloth very faded with spine lettering nearly obliterated, front free endsheet bears some dealer penciling (dealer notes mention of opium & cocaine on p.91), a well-laid-out textblock with large-point type on pulpy paper that is not too acidic, a reading copy of a self-published item. Some mildly controversial material here & there (handicapped child a hit on the theatre stage; adultery; suicidal subplots).

Ypsilanti, MI: Eastern University Press, 1971. hardcover. near fine/very good. Illustrated in black and white. 155 pages (bookplate on front free end-paper), very slim large 8vo, blue cloth, dust wrapper (price clipped, and with a blue "d" written in marker on the top right front corner). Yipsilanti: Eastern University Press, (1971). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

NY: Atheneum, 1969. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 267. Illustrated. With an introduction by Brooks Atkinson. VG in somewhat chipped and soiled dj. A chronicle of the famous vaudeville theater.

New York: Henry Holt, 1951.. First edition. 8vo. 613 pp. The definitive book on show business, from the turn of the century to today's TV, jam-packed with facts, figures, names, and anecdotes on Vaudeville, songs, movies, radio, television, opera and burlesque. Near fine in silver cloth in very good lightly soiled and rubbed dust jacket with some chipping to spine.

Van Nuys, CA: Toastmaster Publishing Co, 1963. hardcover. very good/good. Illustrated in black and white. 176 pages, 8vo, tan cloth, dust wrapper (worn and chipped). Van Nuys: Toastmaster Publishing Co., (1963). A very good copy in a good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Boldly inscribed in pencil on the front free endpaper: "To my pal Monte Jessel / 63."<br/><br/>

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1975. First U.S. printing. 4to, pp. 192. Profusely illustrated.A nice copy in dj.

New York: Wehman Bros., c1891. Pamphlet. Very good condition, paper brittle. 109p. + ads.

Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1989. Hardcover First Edition (1989), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, in accordance with Louisiana State University Press's customary practice at the time of publication. First Edition (1989), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, in accordance with Louisiana State University Press's customary practice at the time of publication. Very Good in Near Fine DJ: The Book shows only a bit of bowing to the front panel and the binding is ever so slightly cocked; a hint of smudging to the top edge of the text block and a former owner's blind stamp at the front free endpaper; else flawless; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing unobtrusive imperfections. Close to 'As New'. The… Leer más

Chicago, 1940. unbound. 2 pages. 9.5 x 6 inches, Chicago, dated "Monday," no year, circa 1940 -- a passive-aggressive business letter from singer to songwriter, in part: "Your letter and music received...and with a very clever piano player we fixed it up to be real good...will forward same to you and you can see the improvement in it." Accompanied by a card from her correspondent, songwriter Marie Theresa Laing. Two horizontal folds; near fine condition.<br/> <br/>

n.p., 1941. Handbill. 8x10 inch sheet of glossy photographic paper, with five images of the duo, inscribed in blue pen at left: "Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 5th 1941. With best wishes to Jack and Marie. Kee and Tuck." Staple holes at corners. We have not been able to find much information about the traveling performers. A 1940 ad in the Dawson County Advertiser from Georgia refers to them as "sensational Korean barrel jugglers;" their act was noted in the Vaudeville section of Billboard Magazine as performing in Detroit as well. Tuck appears to be of at least partial European ancestry; she delivered patter while Kee performed barrel tricks.

1931. unbound. 13.75 x 10.5 inches, sepia tone, no place, September 11, 1931. Boldly inscribed: "To Nelson - With a sincere wish for your future happiness, Joe E. Brown 9/11/31." Upper right corner chipped; tiny spots in the background. Very good(-) condition.<br/><br/> American actor, most famous for his role as millionaire Osgood Fielding III in Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot."<br/><br/>