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An out of town tryout of a Broadway play is the foundation of this novel.
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Tryout
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Playboy Press : trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1979
ISBN 10: 0872235270
ISBN 13: 9780872235274
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Hardcover
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # U09A-05466
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Tryout
Published by
Playboy Press, Chicago, 1979
ISBN 10: 0872235270
ISBN 13: 9780872235274
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Copyright is 1979. 312 pages. Volume shows very light rubbing at corners. Dust jacket shows a little very light wear/creasing along upper edges and spine ends. Light wear is seen at corners. Jacket remains bright and clean, and is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve. Seller Inventory # 042973
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Tryout
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Playboy Press : Trade Distribution By Simon and Schuster, E-101, 1979
ISBN 10: 0872235270
ISBN 13: 9780872235274
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Playboy Press/Simon and Schuster, New York. 1979. 312 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. It's 1944, and neophyte actor Chuck Cornell (a man with a secret) lucks into a role in an out-of-town tour, a role he loses when he rejects the advances of the star's wife--a vengeful woman scorned. All this is conventionally plotted, but the telling is genial, and the rehearsal/performance milieu is gritty enough to carry us along. Then, however, Chuck's secret is revealed: he's really Brooks Blakeley, the despised runaway son of a loathsome millionaire. And so the action shifts to the Blakeley compound in Palm Beach, where the novel bogs down in an all-too-familiar stew of Rich-People intrigues: Chuck's father is ruthlessly trying to gain control of the family business; Chuck's stepmother is having her first affair; Chuck has conflicting flings with two gorgeous gals; and Chuck's eccentric, much-divorced aunt is married off by her cruel brother to a homosexual--who breaks her heart by running off after the wedding with an actor chum of Chuck's. (These secret lovers have gooey love scenes that Mr. Abbott would surely never be willing to direct: "Ned, Ned--Oh, my love, why did you have to come here! Why did we have to meet?" etc. ) And meanwhile the theater milieu--and, for that matter, the 1940s setting--is all but forgotten, though Chuck (whose character is ludicrously inconsistent) does finally break free of his family and gets a big Broadway show off the ground. E-101; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages. Seller Inventory # 67305
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Tryout (SIGNED)
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Playboy Press, Chicago, 1979
ISBN 10: 0872235270
ISBN 13: 9780872235274
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First Edition
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Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by author on front end page: "To Dan M. Best Wishes, George Abbott". Owners small label on front pastedown. $9.95 price on DJ flap. Hint of foxing to page edges. DJ rubbed with small pieces of tape reinforcement at corners. Also includes laid-in the original 1995 New York Times obituary for Abbott. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 005289
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Tryout
Published by
Playboy Press : trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1979
ISBN 10: 0872235270
ISBN 13: 9780872235274
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Hardcover
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0872235270