Charles Samuels: Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good dj. First Edition. [bottom corners bumped and a bit worn, very slight bumping to top corner, light age-toning to edges of text block; jacket shows a little edgewear, tiny tears at a couple of corners of the front panel]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. The first biography of Gable to appear after his death in 1960 at the age of 59. Signed by Author. Illustrated by (dj design) Ben Feder, Inc. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Grey cloth boards in good or better condition. Some soil and smudge marks. Inscribed by Ethel Waters, also a newspaper clipping with Ethel Waters in it. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy octavo 278pp., Nice copy of this autobiography by one of the prominent musical voices in the Harlem Renaissance, Ethel Waters. From playing the nightclubs such as Edmond's Cellar and the Plantation Club on Broadway, she went on to perform at the Cotton Club in the 1930s with Duke Ellington, where she debuted one of her most well known songs,"Stormy Weather." Signed and inscribed 'Sincerely in his name' Ethel Waters. Also inscription by Joan Shepard (mentioned in book).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book of the Month Club Edition. Inscribed by Waters on the half-title page. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, faded at the edges, generally chipped and with some small creases and closed tears. Grey buckram, toned at the edges, bumped, with blue ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A nice signed copy of the acclaimed jazz singer's memoir. Signed. …

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 278. Bound in light grey cloth covered boards, titles stamped in blue on spine, photo illustrated endpapers, top edges dyed gray: leaf margins toned, spine ends rubbed. In the photo illustrated dust jacket with slight wear at corners and spine. Inscribed by author in ink on title page, "Sincerely wishing you Marian Andreas -- pleasant reading, Ethel Waters." A fine memoir by the groundbreaking American singer and actress, the second African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award. In her inspiring story, Waters details her difficult childhood and rise through the Vaudeville circuit to her major successes on Broadway and in Hollywood, and how her deep faith gave her the strength, courage, and determination; the title of her book from the famous gospel hymn which became her signature song.Dust jacket is now housed in a clear removable archival sleeve. Alfredo Valenti, Anton Bruehl photographs (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Gray cloth titled in teal, photographic endpages, grayish topstain. Early edition inscribed by Waters to the half title page. Pages slightly toned, mild ridge to spine. The DJ in mylar is chipped and rubbed, flap price intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Signed by Morros, "To Pat Hoy" [at the bottom of the page], "With compliments from Oscar Getz and with my own best wishes am sending you my book/Sincerely/Boris Morros/X-mas 1958." Blue cloth with red topstain, lacking the dust jacket. Sunning to the spine. The story of the Hollywood producer and musical director turned Soviet spy, and later counterspy. The basis for the movie Man on a String with Ernest Borgnine.; 248 pages; Signed by Author.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The inscription signed by Waters reads: "Hi. Son (?) hope you will enjoy this - Fondly Ethel Waters". 8vo. 22 by 14 cm. [6], 278 pp. An especially well written (co-written) theatrical autobiography by the trailblazing pioneer black entertainer who first made her mark as a singer but proved a gifted actress as well, both on the stage and in film and remains a widely revered figure to this day. The book has no issues to speak of. The dust jacket has moderate wear, including as few smallish chips along its edge. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated first edition. Card SIGNED by Buster Keaton affixed to front free endpaper. The card's original mailing envelope, dated 1961, is laid in. Very good in a very good dust jacket.; 282 pages; Signed by Author.