Exact Strange Truth by Ben Piazza (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Proof copy with provisional publication date of April/June 1965. Dust jacket is lightly shelf-marked, upper panel torn and curled, spine sunned, unclipped; card covers are age-toned, spine creased, corners bumped; binding is tight; pages are unmarked, fore edges age-toned. ; 5.1 x 1 x 7.5 inches; 326 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Paperback. Clean & tight. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref C509.

VHS. Condition: Good. Mass market paperback; 221 pages. Book is good: light edge wear; faint creasing on spine; text is clean, tight and square, appears unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Corner clipped from front flap. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing. 1st edition, 1st printing, 1964. A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 326 pp., bound in publishers black cloth with illustrated white dust jacket, $4.95. Minor soiling to jackets edges. Previous owners inscription inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Piazza wrote plays and a novel, The Exact and Very Strange Truth (1964), a coming-of-age story about an Italian-American boy in Little Rock, Arkansas, which was Piazza's hometown. However, Ben wrote in the book's introduction that any resemblance between the characters and real people was "irrelevant", although the parallels to his own life were unmistakable.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. First printing stated. Binding sturdy, text very good, boards clean and square, with white/gold/purple titling bright. Top edge inked. DJ clipped, with soiling along edges. The only novel by American actor Ben Piazza, hard to find in any edition. NOT ex-lib. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with dustjacket, Inscribed by author, Dustjacket has stain on top of cover.

1 vols. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First edition. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The Author's first book. Black cloth and boards. Fine in fine white unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Free 1-3 day Priority Mail shipping & insurance in USA 48. Book Condition: Near Fine, First Edition & First Printing, Hardcover, Signed and inscribed by the author to Sue Carvell, his agent, on the date it was published: "For Sue Carvell-My very best wishes. Ben Piazza 9/14/64" (see listing photograph of front free end paper); Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, in archival mylar cover. This is the first and only novel by Broadway & Hollywood star Ben Piazza. This outstanding book comes with a fascinating history. Ben Piazza was a personal friend of the bookseller in Los Angeles. He was also a protegé and clandestine lover of world-famous gay playwright Edward Albee (see listing photograph), to whom this book is dedicated (and who presumably convinced him to exit the closet). Ben Piazza played Nick in the original 1962 Broadway production of Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" replacing George Grizzard and winning out over George Segal (see listing photograph). Ben published this first (and only) novel in 1964 after that Broadway success. From Wikipedia: Ben Piazza (July 30, 1933 September 7, 1991) was an American actor. LIFE AND CAREER: Piazza made his film debut in Sidney J. Furie's Canadian film "A Dangerous Age" (1959) followed by his Hollywood debut in "The Hanging Tree" (1959). Though he signed contracts with Warner Bros. and Gary Cooper's production companies for five years, he did not make another film until "No Exit" (1962). A prolific television and film character actor, Piazza is perhaps most widely recognized as the wealthy restaurant patron "father" in John Landis' 1980 comedy hit "The Blues Brothers" from whom Jake (John Belushi) offers to purchase his wife and daughter. Prior to that, he also played the violent boyfriend who scars Liza Minnelli's character's face in Otto Preminger's "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon" (1970). Piazza's other film appearances include "The Candy Snatchers" (1973); Piazza played a dramatic role in an episode of Barnaby Jones, titled Bond of Fear (04/15/1975), "The Bad News Bears" (1976), "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" (1977), "Nightwing" (1979), Peter Bogdanovich's "Mask" (1985), "Clean and Sober" (1988), and "Guilty by Suspicion" (1991), in which he portrayed Hollywood film director/mogul Darryl F. Zanuck. In 1986, Piazza had a three-month stint on the daytime soap opera "Santa Barbara" as Dr. A.L. Rawlings. Piazza also wrote plays and a novel, "The Exact and Very Strange Truth" (1964), a coming-of-age story about an Italian-American boy in Little Rock, Arkansas, which was Piazza s hometown. However, Ben wrote in the book s introduction that any resemblance between the characters and real people was irrelevant , although the parallels to his own life were unmistakable. Piazza dedicated the book to openly gay playwright Edward Albee, who was a close friend. Personal life and death Piazza was married to actress Dolores Dorn from 1967 until 1979.[6] Piazza was in a committed relationship with Wayne Tripp, from 1973 until Piazza died of AIDS-related cancer in 1991 and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Black cloth spine with black paper over boards. Silver, gold and purple lettering on the spine. Top half inch of spine cloth is sunned a half-tone off black. Binding good and clean, text block tight, page edges square. White DJ toned from age, with a chip at the crown of the spine, which is why the spine is sunned beneath. Closed tear at bottom of rear panel, about 1.5 inches. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1964, stated First Printing. 326 pages. Nice and clean. Inscribed and signed on the front endpaper, 'Mr and Mrs J-- H-- warmest regards, Ben Piazza 12/14/64' The recipient was an appeals court Judge in VA (many decades after the date on the inscription). Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. Signed by Author(s).

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, Hardback/Hardcover, usual stamps and marking. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.