Fields W C Ronald J Fields Commentary (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ivory 1/4 cloth, tan paper-covered boards, lettered/illus. in black, lacking dust jacket. Covers mildly soiled, corners rubbed with minor exposure. Firm binding, unmarked interior. 3rd ptg. xiv,510 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A clean and unmarked softcover with an "opened-but-never-read" look & feel.No noteworthy up-turns to the paper-boards' corners. Black-&-white illustrations. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship (tracking included) promptly from Roswell, Ga. Proudly serving satisfied book customers since 1999.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good -. First Paperback Printing. Mass market paperback, 591 pages including "---over 100 [black-and-white] photographs---"; gently used, not abused, spine creased and concaved but still tight in binding, very clean and unmarked throughout. See also our listings fo W. C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes, The Life Story of This Century's Funniest Man, and for Fields for President (buy two and save on postage! buy all three and I will reduce S & H to US$10.00 for all 3!).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 3rd Printing. Tight and square. Moderate foxing to top page edges, else clean and fresh. Price clipped jacket has some creasing on back panel. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club. Textblock tight and square. No markings. One lightly bumped tip. Jacket has small chip at base of spine and minor edgewear. Commentary is by his Grandson who spent two years cataloguing and annotating his grandfather's personal papers. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th printing. 510p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a worn dustjacket. Top edge foxed, but only traces of foxing on the spine. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket is edgeworn, including a large tear at the base of the spine that is held together with clear tape. The price has been torn off the front flap, and there is a thin line of dampstaining at the top of the back panel. Majority of jacket is still present. The posthumously published memoirs of the legendary vaudeville and movie star, made up primarily of his letters and scripts. Illustrated with black and white photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Printing. Solid copy in beige boards with black lettering and drawing on front board. Inscribed on half-title by author, the grandson of W.C. Unmarked, tight and square. Only signed copy listed online. Spine pushed slightly. Price clipped jacket shows moderate wear but little paper loss. Faint dampstain and fairly short crease on rear panel. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition Thus. Second Printing. Quarter bound in white cloth over cream boards, embossed drawing on W. C. Fields and facsimile signature in black on front cover, black lettering on spine, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with B&W photographs. . Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed and head of spine is very slightly tanned, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is rubbed at the spine ends, rear cover has age toning to the top edge, bottom edges of both covers have light creasing. VERY GOOD+/ VERY GOOD-. . B&W Photographs. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xiv, 510 pp.

First UK edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling and decorated endpapers; 510pp., with a full-colour frontispiece and 84 monochrome plates. Previous owner's ink inscription on half-title page; mild offset to the endpapers; text block edges heavily spotted; boards discoloured at edges. Dustwrapper scuffed, creased/frayed at edges, with tape repair to upper spine panel; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. A commendably modest portrayal of W.C.Fields created by his grandson from his grandfather's letters, writings, and thoughts, with a short introduction and commentary. Without the sensationalist padding of dubious anecdotes, this is the autobiography that Fields might have written.