Minutes of the last meeting de Fowler, Gene - 1954

NY: Viking Press , 1954. 3rd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket. The misadventures of the author, W. C. Fields, John Barrymore and John Decker in attempting to write the biography of the colorful Hollywood character, Sadakichi Hartmann. Clean copy. Record # 384819

Viking Press, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Press. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1954. Ex-library. Hardcover. Only library marking is small bookplate to front free-endpaper. Binding professionally tape-repaired. Boards show cellophane tape remants to upper, lower edges. Binding quite sound, inner pages show foxing, soiling to first few pages, text not affected. Red topstain. Dust jacket is price-intact, small tear to inner flap, now protected within mylar cover. .

New York: Viking Press, 1954. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Very good in modestly creased wrappers. An entertaining account of Fowler's misadventures (and those of his friends) suffered while trying to compose a biography of the influential art critic Sadakichi Hartmann, the man referred to by George Knox as the court jester of John Barrymore's Hollywood circle.

Viking Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Half red cloth cover over tan boards has light wear to caps and along bottom edge with faint, modest soiling but overall in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Lacking dust jacket but front flap with publisher's price of $3.75 laid in. .

NY: Viking. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition hardcover inscribed to the title page by Fowler. Slight cornerwear. The DJ in mylar is nicked to spine ends, with a 1" closed tear (with creasing) to rear panel. Flap price $3.75.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 277 pages.TV SHOWMAN / N.Y. COLUMNIST ED SULLIVAN'S COPY.. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Gene Fowler on the title page, "To my friend of a long time, Ed Sullivan / With the best / Gene Fowler 1954". Endpapers illustrated from photographs and drawings. Illustrated dust jacket. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards. #36 of the100 Best Books of Hollywood. From the jacket, "...some misadventures, both comic and melancholy, of John Barrymore, W. C. Fields, and John Decker while helping the Author attempt to write the biography of Sadakichi Hartmann, poet, self-proclaimed genius, artful rogue and moocher sans pariel." A wonderfully written memoir of the Bundy Drive Boys, this classic has developed a cultlike following. A nice association copy. A Very Good copy (Soiling; edgewear) in a Very Good (Edgewear; slightly chipped spine-end; spine sunned) now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books via media… Leer más

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 277 pages. A presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Gene Fowler in ink on the title page: "To my long-time friend Lucius Beebe, the arbiter. With the best / Gene / 1954". First Edition. Endpapers illustrated from photographs and drawings. Illustrated dustjacket. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards. From the jacket, "...some misadventures, both comic and melancholy, of John Barrymore, W. C. Fields, and John Decker while helping the Author attempt to write the biography of Sadakichi Hartmann, poet, self-proclaimed genius, artful rogue and moocher sans pariel." A wonderfully written memoir of the Bundy Drive Boys, this classic has developed a cultlike following. Author Gene Fowler was a longtime friend of Lucius Beebe, who was quoted in Herb Caen's column as saying, "We like Gene Fowler's aphorism, 'Money is something to be thrown off the back of trains.'". A nice association copy. #36 of the 100 Best Books of Hollywood.… Leer más

New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, Gene Fowler, to film director, John Ford. Inscribed: “To my friend John Ford, With the best always, Gene Fowler.” Very good lightly used bright copy with some minor edge wear in a lightly used dust jacket with a long tear to the flap folds, some small chips and tears, and a minor bit of spotting to the spine. A warm and engaging work from screenwriter and journalist Gene Fowler who, along with his enormously comic, talented, and delightful circle of Hollywood friends, including John Barrymore, W.C. Fields, and John Decker, attempt to write a biography of their fellow friend, poet Sadakichi Hartman.