Berkman Edward (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Moderate Edge & Shelfwear. Dust Jacket Condition: Shelfworn Dustjacket. First Edition. Interior clean and bright. Spine bumped. Dj missing small bits at spine, store sticker residue on front. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Book.

hardcover. Condition: very good(-). Some b/w illustrations. 403 pages. 8vo, black boards, slightly edgeworn and page edges foxed. Boston: Little Brown, (1976). A very good(-) copy, lacking the dust wrapper.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Some b/w illustrations. 403 pages. 8vo, black boards, d.w. (a little sunned). Boston: Little Brown, (1976). A very good(+) copy in very good dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. First edition, stated. Signed by the book's subject on the front endpaper: "Fanny Holtzmann / May 26, 1977." The same page has a blind stamp imprint that says "Property of Edward O. Berkman" and the address of a person he presumably sent the book to (name/address is also on the inside back board). Holtzmann (1902-1980) was a prominent motion picture and human rights lawyer. The book is square; corners sharp, spine ends lightly bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $12.50); edgewear; age-darkening to the spine; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. In Mylar cover. Out of print. Binding is cloth boards.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st edition. The Lady And The Law: The Remarkable Story of Fanny Holtzmann by Edward O Berkman. Published by Little, Brown & Co, Boston, MA, 1973. 1st Stated Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped & Taped DJ. 403 Pgs. ISBN 0316091758. LCCN 75-33891. Fanny Holtmann was a pioneering female lawyer in the motion picture and theatre industry. Spanning half a centrury of activity, this book is the biography of a spirited, truly unforgettable woman, told affectionately yet objectively. There is abundant drama and humor but above all, there are people: he clients Gertrude Lawrence, Noel Coward, and Fred Astaire; Jacob Epstein; Dwight Eisenhower, who traded secrets about painting with her; w Somerset Maugham; JFK as a young man in prewar Britain; Louis Bromfield; John Gilbert; Darryl F Zannuck; and admirers ranging from Edmund Goulding, director of Grand Hotel, to publisher Max Schuster to King George IV of Greece. Illustrated with black & white photos. Description text copyright 2013 BooksForComfort. Item ID 29069. book.