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By: Abbott, George
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: (c.1963)
Edition: 2nd printing
Seller ID: 23022
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dj
(price-clipped) [nice clean book, spine very slightly turned, miniscule bump to top front corner; jacket shows just a bit of edgewear, tiny puncture-tear in rear panel, a few tiny nicks and tears (rendered unobtrusive by new jacket protector)]. The "uninhibited autobiography of the celebrated Broadway showman," published when he was a mere child of 76, marking the 50th anniversary of his first appearance on Broadway. According to the jacket blurb he was then about to direct his 104th Broadway show -- and little did the world know that he would just keep on going, living -- and working ... View more info
By: Abbott, George, and Douglass Wallop (book); Richard Adler & Jerry Ross (music and lyrics)
Price: $60.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: (c.1956)
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 23942
Condition: Very Good+
(no dust jacket; photographic front-cover label) [nice clean book, slight bumping/rounding to top right corner of front cover, no other significant wear]. (B&W photographs) "Faust" re-worked as a baseball musical (derived from Wallop's novel "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant"), which has become a Hardy perennial thanks to the sheer fun inherent in re-staging the Bob Fosse dance numbers (not to mention hating the Yankees). Ray Walston and Gwen Verdon reprised their stage roles as Applegate (Satan) and Lola in the 1958 film version, which upon each re-viewing seems to fall ... View more info
