Ethel Merman George Eells (10 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good.

Hardback. Condition: Fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Used Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust Jacket has some edge and corner wear, some scuffing, but still intact. Front and back covers have wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with edge or corner wear. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good hardcover with good dust jacket, slight wear.

Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ price clipped. Bookplate. ; B&W Photographs; 320 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. "Ethel Merman, a living legend who was long Broadway's undisputed queen of musical comedy, tells about her fascinating life in this fast-moving autobiography packed with surprising anecdotes and brimming with humor. 'If you are interested in hearing about me, my career, my ups, my downs and some of my mistakes, ' she says early on in the book, 'I think you'll get it straight from the shoulder because that's the kind of woman I am.' Born Ethel Zimmermann in Astoria, Queens, and once a secretary for a vacuum booster brake firm, she rose to fame in such unforgettable musicals as Girl Crazy, Panama Hattie, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Madam and Gypsy. She became the favorite singer of the Gershwins and of Irving Berlin and Cole Porter; they wrote for her such songs as 'I Got Rhythm, ' 'You're the Top' and 'There's No Business like Show Business.' 'You'd better not write a bad lyric for Merman, ' said Irving Berlin, 'because people will hear it in the second balcony.' Her unique personality brought her such glamorous friends as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Mary Martin, Judy Garland, Joshua Logan, Tallulah Bankhead, Jimmy Durante, Mike Todd, Stephen Sondheim and Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower. But Merman tells not only of her triumphs on and off the stage, but also of the touching devotion that existed between her and her parents and of the lifelong religious underpinning that helped her through the tragedy of losing the daughter she cherished. She also discusses her four tempestuous marriages. Her first one, to agent Bill Smith, was short-lived, but her second one, to newspaperman Bob Levitt, was made in heaven, while it lasted. The following one, to airline executive Robert Six, turned into a costly mistake; and the last one, to Ernest Borgnine, was a headlined fiasco, about which she talks uniquely and freely here for the first time. Here is her personal view of a great glittering world, where today she still reigns supreme, doing television shows and concerts throughout the world. A very special, very honest lady."--Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Mylar protector included. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. 320p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Contains the signature of Chicago-based musician Donald Knight. Binding is tight enough for normal handling, but the gutter is a bit weak in the middle of the section of photographs. Text unmarked. Jacket is lightly worn, but otherwise intact.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. 320pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Bound upside-down. Page edges soiled and lightly stained, tape and glue offsetting on pastedowns, small pen mark on front pastedown, spine cocked, good only in a good only price-clipped dust jacket with tape on flaps, light water wrinkle.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Minus. First Edition. 320pp., bound in dark brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt,ink mark to bottom fore edge, a near fine copy in edge worn and chipped pictorial dust jacket. An Autobiography with George Eells (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A true first printing, identified by the complete number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 on the copyright page, this is Ethel Merman's (1908-1984) candid autobiography written with noted entertainment biographer George Eells. Published near the end of Merman's legendary career, the memoir chronicles the rise of Broadway's greatest musical-comedy star from Astoria, Queens, to international fame through productions including Girl Crazy, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Madam, Happy Hunting, and Gypsy. Richly illustrated with photographs, Playbill reproductions, and personal memorabilia, the book includes anecdotes involving Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Judy Garland, Stephen Sondheim, Jack Klugman, Jerry Orbach, and many other major figures of twentieth-century American theater. It remains one of the definitive first-person accounts of Broadway's Golden Age. The book is in Near Fine condition. Black cloth boards remain clean and attractive with bright gilt spine lettering, sharp corners, a tight square binding, and clean yellow endpapers. The interior appears clean and unmarked with no writing, highlighting, or loose pages observed. The original dust jacket is present and grades Good+. It shows several closed tears and chips along the spine ends and corners, moderate edge wear, age toning, and a larger chip with associated tearing at the lower rear panel. Despite the wear, the jacket remains complete and presents well. The dust jacket was designed by Irving Perkins, a distinguished American book designer who spent decades at Simon & Schuster creating memorable trade jackets and typographic designs. While not as publicly recognized as some contemporary designers, Perkins helped define the visual identity of many major Simon & Schuster publications during the 1960s and 1970s. …