First Edition Signed
HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. First Edition, Inscribed by Albert. 192pp, octavo. boards clean, tight binding, interior clean throughout, Fine. dj covers clean, no tears, not price-clipped, Fine. inscribed by author.
Seller: Herbst-Auktionen, Detmold, Germany
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
Großfoto (Porträt,4°), eigenhändig signiert BEILAGE : Kurzbiografie.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1982
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
unbound. Rare handwritten thank you letter from David Letterman to Washington Post columnist Tom Shales. Written in 1982, the first season of Late Night with David Letterman. David Michael Letterman is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer, and auto racing team owner. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,080 episodes of Late Night and Late Show, surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late-night talk show host in American television history. This is a new item from the collection of Television critic Tom Shales (1944 - 2024). Shales was an incisively funny Washington Post columnist, he earned the nickname Terrible Tom and had the clout to make or break shows. Shales won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1988. During his three-decade career those in the industry considered him both a kingmaker and a high executioner in an era when network television's hold on American culture was at it's peak. Time magazine called him "brilliant, thoughtful, incisive and screamingly funny.also, vicious, infuriating, cruel and unfair". His thrice-weekly Washington Post TV column, 'On the Air,' syndicated in 59 other newspapers. The Tom Shales collection includes letters, cards and correspondence from celebrated television and entertainment legends, newscasters and politicians, including letters from Norman Lear, David Letterman, Johnny Carson, Conan O'Brien, Garry Shandling, Fred Rogers, Carol Burnett, David Brinkley, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Edward Kennedy, Nancy Reagan and many more. Please inquire for more information. Signed.