Why Duck Visual Verbal Gems by Marx Groucho Richard Anobile (20 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1751722952. 7/5/2025 1:42:32 PM.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good large book in photographic light card covers; very tiny upturns at front corner tips small bumps/rub at spine ends. Internally fine and free of inscriptions; lavishly illustrated. No dust jacket. A very attractive copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Here it is - a book of visual and verbal gems from the Marx Brothers movies with over 600 illustrations. Remember the stateroom scene from A Night at the Opera The tutsie-fruitsie scene from Day at the Races The auction scene from the Cocoanuts Here they are. Not publicity stills but frame-by-frame blow-ups of the scenes in their hilarious entirety, with the actual dialogue from the soundtrack. WHY A DUCK (Chico's wacky Italinate mispronunciation of "Viaduct") shows all the great comic sequences from the nine films the brothers Marx made during the 1930s and 40s. MONKEY BUSINESS, HORSE FEATHERS, DUCK SOUP, BIG STORE, AT THE CIRCUS and GO WEST, presented in a unique form which faithfully translates the filmed original to the book page. Richard Shepard (1923-1998), culture critic for the New York Times from 1962-1969, known for his amiably down-to-earth manner, has added a one-of-a kind personal note - telling of his own experience in seeing the Marx Bros. films when they first hit the unsuspecting world. Dust jacet has a small chip to top edge. 288 pages. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Front blank endpaper has been removed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Humour; United States; Film, Radio & Television; film. ISBN: 0821203738. ISBN/EAN: 9780821203736. Inventory No: 271555. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

PAPERBACK. Condition: VG. SECOND PRINTING. LARGE PAPERBACK FORMAT, CLEAN COPY.

Quarto softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Trade PAPERBACK. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). First Thus. New York, NY: Avon Books. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1972). First Thus. Trade PAPERBACK. 4th Printing . Sm 4to., 288 pp., rubbed, bumped, spine faded, page margins toning .

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Good softcover, some wear introduction by Grocho Marx.

vg+/vg, dj edge chips/small tears, o/w bright & tight book. size approx 8x11" with 288 pages. Illustrated by over 600 frame blow-ups. 1st Avon edition. Binding is yellow cloth.

VG in VG DJ. Owner's name stamp last page. As direct a transition from film to book page as is humanly possible, Marx Brothers come to life. Illustrated by Hundreds of photos. 1st ptg ss edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. 288p, illustrated quarto. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Bound in full yellow cloth, cloth is foxed. Jacket has creasing, chips, and closed tears along edges, spine sunned, foxed.

Paperback. 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!