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  • RABBI ON FORTY-SEVENTH STREET: The Story of Her Father. by Birstein, Ann.
    Birstein, Ann.
    RABBI ON FORTY-SEVENTH STREET: The Story of Her Father.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of Bernard Birstein (1892-1959) by his youngest daughter - an account of his emigrant travels, his struggles and his growing family, and finally his years as a rabbi whose synagogue, close to Broadway in New York City, attracted many actors and performers from the nearby theaters xv, 202 pp. ISBN: 0-385274297.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (light remainder speckle to bottom edge, short tear to dj)

    Book ID: 83318
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  • DAMON RUNYON: A Life by Breslin, Jimmy.
    Breslin, Jimmy.
    DAMON RUNYON: A Life

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "The life of the mythic, wealthy journalist/short-story writer of the Broadway classic 'Guys and Dolls', told by the legendary, wealthy journalist/novel writer of 'Table Money', etc. . .This Runyon with all his invented dialogue must be a fiction - but so what when the page is drugged with such high humor? Runyon at eight cut his teeth as his father's printer's devil in the western states, at 15 was on his own as a wandering reporter. He was a shy, quiet poet with a withering view of mankind - and also a man of warm fellowship with murderers, gamblers, and criminals who fed him the life in…

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    New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "The life of the mythic, wealthy journalist/short-story writer of the Broadway classic 'Guys and Dolls', told by the legendary, wealthy journalist/novel writer of 'Table Money', etc. . .This Runyon with all his invented dialogue must be a fiction - but so what when the page is drugged with such high humor? Runyon at eight cut his teeth as his father's printer's devil in the western states, at 15 was on his own as a wandering reporter. He was a shy, quiet poet with a withering view of mankind - and also a man of warm fellowship with murderers, gamblers, and criminals who fed him the life in his copy and later became his fictional characters. Breslin excels at creating the mirror-reversed moral world of criminals - people who later become Runyonesques by choice. Breslin's best - and more impressive in its sustained cynicism than Runyon's own writing. Could live forever." (Kirkus Reviews) INSCRIBED on the title page. 410 pp. ISBN: 0-899199844.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 91465
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  • Cohn, Nik.
    THE HEART OF THE WORLD.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Chatto & Windus, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Described by the author as the 'partial record of a walk I made up Broadway, starting at the Battery and aiming for the Bronx...it is the world within itself.'. ISBN: 0-7011-37673.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 26926
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  • Lasky, Jesse Jr.
    SINGING IN THUNDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ives Washburn Publishers, 1934. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of poetry by the son of early movie mogul, Jesse Lasky (among other things, co-founder of Paramount Pictures), who was himself a very sucessful screenwriter. Presentation copy INSCRIBED "To Julius and 'Hattie' Evans - in memory of the merry mornings at 'Mother Lubin's' - Best of luck." 59 pp.

    Condition: Very good in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (some staining to the spine and the edges of the boards), lacking the dj.

    Book ID: 39734
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  • WEST SIDE STORY: A Musical (Based on a Conception of Jerome Robbins) by Laurents, Arthur; Leonard Bernstein; Stephen Sondheim; Jerome Robbins
    Laurents, Arthur; Leonard Bernstein; Stephen Sondheim; Jerome Robbins
    WEST SIDE STORY: A Musical (Based on a Conception of Jerome Robbins)

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Random House, (1958) dj. Hardcover - Uncommon early printing of this musical play, written by Arthur Laurents, with music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Includes the complete cast of the original New York production in 1957. Illustrated with photographs. Bound in gray cloth with black panel with gilt lettering on the spine, a scene from the play pasted on the front cover with gilt lettering. Dust jacket has the original $2.95 price and 3/58 code on front flap. 143 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning to the pages, very minor wear to dj)

    Book ID: 84280
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