Pin-Up / The Tragedy of Betty Grable (INSCRIBED TO LORA SHANER)

Pastos, Spero

ISBN 10: 0399131892 / ISBN 13: 9780399131899

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1986

About this Item

Number line complete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -- the first printing. Dated 10-12-88, inscribed "For Lor, / A 'Pin-Up' for your collection," and signed "Spero Pastos" to the half-title page. (The word "inscribed," for post-literate residents of Westminster, Calif. or Derry, N.H. who don't seem to be able to figure this out, means the author has written extra words to the recipient in addition to his name -- please see scans of the inscribed page which we attach here, as we attach them to all of our listings for inscribed books.) Lora Shaner was the madam of Sheri's Ranch, Pahrump, Nevada, later herself the author of the 1999 book "Madam: Chronicles of a Nevada Cathouse." This is her copy, from the Shaner estate. Betty Grable's love life did not turn out well, Mr. Pastos concludes. Hollywood show biz biography. 175 pp. Reduced from $82.

Seller Inventory # 003647

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pin-Up / The Tragedy of Betty Grable (INSCRIBED TO LORA SHANER)
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399131892
• ISBN 13: 9780399131899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Show Biz
  • Whores & whorehouses, including the Lora Shaner...
  • Nevada

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Synopsis

Recounts the life of one of the greatest movie stars of the 1940s, revealing the dreams and heartbreaks of Betty Grable's career and personal life, from the little girl ruthlessly torn from her family to her years as a cancer patient