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Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc, 1986. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped (17.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. From the Dust Jacket: "Carroll Baker, the well-known actress and author of the bestselling autobiography, BABY DOLL, as well as the. memoir, TO AFRICA WITH LOVE, debuts as a novelist of wit and storytelling verve in this deliciously, wickedly ironic and erotic tale set in, around and beyond Rome's modern-day la dolce vita. Cross an international HOLLYWOOD WIVES with the fun and perceptive observor's (sic) eye of a contemporary Boccaccio as in BOCCACCIO'S TALES, and one begins to suggest the saga of Madeline Mandell, an American actress, known as the 'Venus,' and hating it, who after too many years a slave in the Hollywood Dream Factory, as well as the victim of a despotic director-husband, decided it's time for arrivederci hubby and Hollywood, buon giorno Roma. Thrust into the klieglight of the Italian film world, as well as its remarkably freewheeling lifestyle, she competes with three other famed international actresses for the central role in 'Boccaccio Volgare,' the major film of the moment, as well as the affections of one Umberta Cassini, a leading man whose amusing secret is that he is even better in person than on the screen." First printing with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Bacon, Paul (jacket design). 8vo. 316pp.…
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- Title
- A Roman Tale
- Author
- Baker, Carroll
- Publisher
- Donald I. Fine, Inc, New York
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Near Fine condition
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0917657535
- ISBN 13
- 9780917657535
- Illustrator
- Bacon, Paul (jacket design)
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Modern First Editions
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Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
This tale of film stars and the jet set of Rome focuses on one American actress, Madeline Mandell, a.k.a. "Venus," who dumps slavish Hollywood for Rome, and becomes involved in the lives and loves of three other international film stars as well as the go-for-the-throat competition for the affections of a cinematic Romeo. It is the first novel of film actress Baker, author of the autobiography Baby Doll. The plot is tired, the characters are shallow, and the dialogue and descriptions are embarrassingly awful: "Her glossed lips protruded, succulent pink sausages, and her breasts appeared, literally, overblown." One yearns for the likes of Forever Amber. Not a necessary purchase for any library. Virginia A. Doser, Saddleback Coll., Mission Viejo, Cal.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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About Books [Genny and Michael Winne, proprietors, formerly of Parsippany, New Jersey) has been selling rare and out of print books since 1985. Besides book fairs and mail order catalogue, long-time collectors and dealers will remember our lengthy For Sale ads in the Antiquarian Bookman and similar magazines. Our inventory of more than 40,000 volumes is especially strong in the specialities listed, but contains fine books in a variety of other fields as well. Because most of our books are stored in protective boxes, rather than on shelves, they cannot be viewed as a whole. If you want to examine specific titles, please provide 24 hours notice and we will make them available for your inspection. Phone calls to (702) 750-2722 are welcome, but please only between the hours of 8am and 10pm, west coast time. Our phone is a landline that cannot receive texts.…
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