Final Gig by Eells George (28 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardback. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardback. Condition: Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good to Near Fine/Very Go. First Edition `A'. 0151309868 DJ is in a clear, protective cover. Remainder mark on top page edges. The dust jacket's original price is still present. Pages are clean, tight and bright. Illustrated B&W Photographs (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine-/Near Fine. First Printing. A biography as mysterious and charming as its subject. An alarming, fascinating book. Faint remiander mark on top page edges near spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 6.75 X 1.5 X 9.25 inches; 284 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The book has the remainder line mark in black sharpie on the bottom side edges. The first page has some creases along the left side edge.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good.

hardcover. First Edition. vg,g dj (sl edgewear)rem mark; B043923; 284, illus w/photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Printing. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by 16 pages b/w illustrations. (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: New. May have light shelf wear due to storage and handling.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edtion. Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 284 pages; Index. Slightest hint of shelf wear to the DJ. Clean and tight. Protective mylar cover.

Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder mark on lower edges. 284 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 284 pp. Index. B/w photographs.

Condition: Near Fine. Other than a mark on the lower text block, this is a tight and unmarked first edition.-" Chronicles the life of Gig Young, from his early years as a shy boy growing up in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to his Hollywood success in films such as "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", to his murder of his wife and his suicide. The story of Gig Young, a suave player of burned-out cases and a severely burned-out case himself; is told smoothly by the author of bios of Ginger Rogers, Robert Mitchum, Mae West, and others. Drawing on private tapes Young left behind, Eells works up an analysis that shows believably how, as a child, Young came to play a victim's role, and, as an adult, that of a well-mannered boob. When he could not find love from his repressed, neurasthenic mother or dour Scottish father back in St. Cloud, Minn., shy Byron Ellsworth Barr turned to his older sister Genevieve--a pattern of turning to women for help that followed him all his life. More than once, he heard that he'd resulted from a ``leak in the safe'' (faulty condom), and his father always introduced him as a ``little dumbbell.'' In the late 30s, Young had one of their first vasectomies, and later in life found himself married but unmanned by alcohol or drugs. He was nominated for an Oscar three times, and won at last for brilliantly playing a whiskey-throated dance-hall emcee in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? When things got tough he tried an LSD cure, or he'd go on the road with Harvey. But mental blanks bugged him; his attempt to play alcoholic Jamie Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night failed disastrously; Mel Brooks fired him from Blazing Saddles before he'd played his first scene. Physically and emotionally spent at 64, he married for the fourth time, to Kim Schmidt, an Australian script girl of 30, and then, apparently still impotent, shot her to death, then himself, three weeks after their marriage. Young's charm, alcoholism, and the double-whammy ending should help this uninspired but competent book find readers.".…