Memoir from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Original manuscript for an unpublished memoir. Also included with the manuscript are a plot summary and an extended chapter outline. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on page 157, and several xerographically duplicated annotations on the final leaves. A tell-all about the exploits of David "The Duke" Monteverde, a burglar who stole thousands… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1975. Early Draft manuscript for the 1978 memoir, seen here under the working title "The Change." Title in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, and a single manuscript annotation in pencil on the title page, noting "Pg. 65 is missing." The ruminations and experiences of noted actress Liv Ullmann. Brown titled wrappers. Title… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper: "To Charles Fish / Elia Kazan." Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket lightly worn on the corners and flaps.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First American Edition. SIGNED in the year of publication by the author on the title page. Michael Powell directed many of the twentieth century's most enduring British film classics, including "The Red Shoes," "Peeping Tom," "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp," "Black Narcissus," and "I Know Where I'm Going." … Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper: "It makes me so happy to think of my book in your house, dear Norman / Thank you for all your kindness / Love / Marian / December 28, 1978." A memoir by Tony Award-winning actress Marian… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Small bump on the top left corner of the front board, else Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket.

New York: M. Evans / J.B. Lippincott, 1968. Limited Edition, one of 1000 numbered copies (this being No. 880) SIGNED by the author. A memoir by actress Helen Hayes, the "First Lady of American Theatre." Fine and unread in an about Fine example of the publisher's red slipcase, with no dust jacket as issued. Publisher's "Autographed… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1940. First Edition. First Editions. Two classic books of essays on New York nightlife, published in 1938 and 1940 respectively. "Tales of a Wayward Inn" is INSCRIBED by the book's dedicatee, Robert Davis, on the front endpaper: "This first edition of Tales of a Wayward Inn is forced upon Mrs. John Charles… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1988. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The first of Roth's two memoirs. Front board lightly bowed, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed.

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1988. First Edition. First Edition. The first of Roth's two memoirs. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1955. First Edition. First Edition, two volumes bound in red cloth housed in a black cloth covered slipcase. Issued for Carl Van Vechten's 75th birthday. Warmly INSCRIBED by Van Vechten on the front endpaper of the first volume to noted screenwriter Anita Loos: "For Anita with admiration and love from Carl / Christmas, 1955… Read more about this item

Boston: Beacon Books, 1997. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Hannah Nyala on the verso of the half-title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris- With great admiration and best wishes that your road ahead is always marked by the best qualities of the human spirit-lots of joy, hope, and healing. Warm regards, Hannah June 1997." A… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. The supposed memoir of a showgirl, who begins who career simply as a beautiful woman who think she is untalented in all other areas, and ends up embarrassing herself rather often at the start of her career. She eventually develops a camaraderie with her fellow… Read more about this item

New York: Harmony Books, 1993. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First American Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Light fading to the spine, else Fine and unread in wrappers.

Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002. First Edition. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.

New Orleans, LA: Self published, 2013. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Laid in is an INSCRIBED bookmark from the author to Tony Bill and his wife: "For Tony & Helen / With admiration for all that you are and all that you do / With great affection / C. Robert." A travel… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt, 2012. First Edition. First Edition. Copy belonging to Oscar-wining director-producer, Tony Bill, with an inscription to him for his birthday on the half-title page, from a friend named "Augusto." From the collection of Tony Bill, whose credits include "The Sting" (1973, producer), "Soldier in the Rain" (1963, actor), "Shampoo" (1975, actor), and "Five Corners"… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. First Edition. First Edition. Born in England, David Betts drifted around the American West before coming to New York and finding work driving cabs. He was dubbed "The Taxi Philosopher" after publishing several letters featuring his views on life and in the "New York Evening Post" during the 1920s. Proletarian through and through, "I'm… Read more about this item