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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.
Published by The Madison Press, Los Angeles, 1950
Seller: Counterpane Books, Frazier Park, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hardcover, bound in brown cloth, is in FAIR condition, having many issues: corners bumped and worn; rubbing/scuffing and slight staining to covers and spine; top and bottom spine worn; what looks like accidental lead pencil swipe on front cover; evidence of old bookplate removed from first fixed endpaper; faint evidence of former bookseller's pricing at top area of first free endpaper; top right corner of FFE is clipped; small stain at top gutter of first endpaper section, that continues diminishing into the book, finally disappearing after p. 25; normal age-toning to pages. The world of Hollywood as seen by the assistant to Hedda Hopper, newspaper celebrity gossip columnist, not glamorous, but gritty and down-beat. History. United States. State and local. California. Hollywood. Performing arts. Film. DB.
Published by The Madison Press (c.1950), Los Angeles, 1950
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [light shelfwear, spine very slightly turned, a touch of fading to spine cloth]. Anecdotal sort-of memoir by a genuine old-Hollywood character. Rosenstein learned his trade, if you can call it that, digging up dirt on movie people for renowned Hollywood gossip-monger Hedda Hopper -- and even though he'd left her employ by the time he penned this book, he dedicated it to her "because she's Miss Hollywood / unpredictable and perverse / but never, never a bore." (You could say the same thing about Jaik himself.) A fair amount of the book, in fact, is about H.H. herself, and near the end he reports that "before she ever read a line of the copy, she made all kinds of hysterical threats, and bared her fangs." Jaik (or "Joe," as he styles himself for purposes of his scattershot narrative) is a vigorous if not especially elegant writer, and he dishes big-time on the personalities of his day, from movie stars to moguls; he also spills a lot of ink on "Joe's" relationship with "Gwen," a wannabe actress. The thing about Rosenstein was that regardless of the veracity of any of his tales, he is endlessly entertaining. Eight years after this book appeared, he founded the publication "Hollywood Close-up," which for the next twenty years or so he used to tout his friends and attack his enemies in The Biz (he had a particular thing about Frank Sinatra), bringing approbation and libel suits galore down on his head, and in the process earning himself a kind of low-life Tinseltown immortality. Somebody (seriously) should write a real book about this guy, or at least a decent Wikipedia page.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Due to a fold in the page, printing error on p. 109 obliterates nearly 1/2 of the page's text, which appears partially on the other side. Two previous owners' names on top corners: one on title page, the other on ffep. Firm binding, great condition.
Published by The Madison Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1950
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Published by The Madison Press, Los Angeles Ca, 1950
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 212 Pp. Red Cloth, Spine And Front Cover Lettered In Gilt. Apparent First Printing, 1950, And First Binding. Inscribed At Length By Author To Jack Voglin (See Imdb). Slight Usage, Gilt Brilliant, Traces Of A Former Label On Front Pastedown.
Published by The Madison Press, Los Angeles, 1950
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very nice copy in a d/j that has fading to the spine. Interesting inscription reads - For JIm Warner - my future friend and my future boss- a softie underneath it all Go! Jaik 12/17/65. Author was a movietown press agent and newspaperman for 22 years. By Author.
Published by The Madison Press, Los Angeles, 1950
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Bookplate of a film and television producer on front pastedown, with later owner's note on the plate,near fine in spine-faded, near very good dust jacket with some modest chipping. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "This book is for Red Duff because he'll understand what I'm trying to talk about. Good luck, Red! Sincerely, Jack. 8-17-50." Inside Hollywood dirt from a press agent, journalist, and leg man for Hedda Hopper.