Melvin Davidson (8 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. Tan and black soft cover, white lettering, in good shape. Computers.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Memoirs of the Austrian-born actor, best-remembered as General Burkhalter from Hogan's Heroes. Askin was a successful actor & director in Austria before fleeing the Nazis in 1933, coming to the USA in 1940; after service in the US Army Air Corps in World War Two, he found work in theatre and as a character actor in Hollywood films and TV. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor rubbing & small chips to jacket; gift sticker from the Austrian Republic on the half-title. Text clean; xix, blank, 368 pages; index, notes, stage & film appearance lists. Size: Octavo.

First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover autobio of the noted character actor, near fine in vg jacket, in mylar cover; minor soiling to jacket, slanted spine else a tight unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket.

Leinen. Condition: Gut. 368 Seiten. Die Kanten des Buches sind etwas berieben und leicht eingerissen. Ansonsten befindet sich das Buch im guten Zustand. SB3200 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 762.

8° , OLwd. mit Schutzumschlag, 1.Auflage,. 368 Seiten mit einigen Abbildungen, Schutzumschlag etwas berieben, ansonst guter und sauberer Zustand 9780929497075 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 830.

First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover SIGNED and inscribed by Leon Askin on half-title page, his autobiography; fine in fine dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; gentle spine lean else a tight unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; clean and bright, nearly as new; first printing; though a very talented and versatile actor, Askin is best known to American audiences as General Burkhalter in Hogan's Heroes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp. xix, [i], 368. 18pp. illustrations. Original publisher's red cloth lettered black on spine. White illustrated dust jacket lettered black on spine and covers. Presentation copy: 'To a great artist Derek Jacobi in admiration Leon Askin December 1989.' Printed astrological birth chart with details of the planets positions filled in for 'Derek Jacobi 22 October 1938 4am London' loosely inserted. Leon Askin (1907-2005) was a character actor who went to Hollywood after the Second World War where he began a career in films. He had roles in numerous films from 1952 until 2001 and became well known for his part in the sitcom 'Hogan's Heroes'. Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (born 1938), English actor and stage director. Dust jacket spine discoloured and small nick to upper edge, otherwise very good. Light wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. Octavo, 248 pages, red cloth; dj nicked. NOTE: this is an early, rare example of a wrap-around pictorial dj. The dj art is by Morris Davidson, who had 80 one-man shows in NYC, and was a founder of the American Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors. This dust jacket art is one of the earliest in his career. "The Mahoning River is one of the beauty spots of the old Keystone State. When Autumn comes the . foliage . with the sunshine upon the silvery waters of the river all combine to attract the thought, mind and eye of the traveler. . Such is the scene in the valley in which my story opens, where the hero learned to use the revolver and wrestle with men." - Introduction. This novel was made into a 6-reel silent movie, "Glory of Youth", later re-named " The Prince in Pledge ". One of the exciting highlights of the film was a head-on train wreck. NOTE: contrary to someone else's description, the Waif is a boy, not a girl, and the wreck is a train wreck in western Pennsylvania, and not a shipwreck on the Atlantic coast. FYI.