Published by Horace Liveright, 1928
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. BROWN, Beth [305] pp. Horace Liveright 1928 Second Printing 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" Jacket design by Jack Smith Story of backstage life in a sleazy vaudeville house, memorable as the basis for the technically innovative early talkie directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Signed by Author. Signed by Author(s).
G&D: NY (1928). Frontis, 7.5x5", cloth, 312pp, corners slightly bumped else v.g. in badly hipped and slightly torn dw. Frontis and cover with Paramont All-Talking Picture illustration.
Condition: Good. Good condition. Poor dust jacket. Pages foxed. Pencil park on rear endpage. (burlesque, fiction).
Published by New York Grosset & Dunlap 1929, 1929
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the one of the first great talking films starring Helen Morgan directed by Rouben Mamoulian in his first film. The tale of Kitty, a burlesque queen who rises to fame at the expense of her child. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few tiny chips and tears and light dust soiling. The front panel of the dust jacket is a color portrait of Morgan, who manages to look haughty and sexy in one cool glance.