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CONFESSIONS OF A PRETTY LADY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Comedian's first book - "sophisticated, sardonic, and witty" - part memoir, part witty commentary on modern life. Photographs. 133 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0159294.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (sunning to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 57353More details Price: $15.00 -
HOW TO LIVE TO BE 100 - OR MORE: The Ultimate Diet, Sex and Exercise Book*
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Putnam, (1983.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - *At My Age, Sex Gets Second Billing. The comedian shares his secrets for a long life and a good martini with readers everywhere. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. Illustrated with photographs. 187 pp plus a final double spread photograph. ISBN: 0-399-129391.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 56975More details Price: $25.00 -
KNEE DEEP IN PARADISE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the comedian and televison star - but also quite a bit more - a portrait of the South, the story of a woman who survived a 'gothic childhood,' teenage years of exploring sex, drugs and alcohol and an abusive first marriage. It begins "I spent the first twenty years of my life waiting for two men I was reasonably certain would never come back - my daddy and Jesus Christ.". Photographs, 295 pp. ISBN: 0-786861363.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 34634More details Price: $10.00 -
FATHERHOOD
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Cosby's first book - both funny and wise. Introduction and afterword by Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 4920More details Price: $17.50 -
FATHERHOOD
Edition: First paperback printing - deluxe edition in stiff, reinforced wrappers.
New York: Berkley, 1987. Cosby's first book - both funny and wise. Introduction and afterword by Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.
Condition: Very good (some creasing to front cover.)
Book ID: 4921More details Price: $10.00 -
LOVE AND MARRIAGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Cosby's third book, one which seems ironical in view of his conviction for sexual assault. Introduction by Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-312246641.
Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84215More details Price: $16.50 -
I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS! And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Comedian's first book, a very funny take on his life and career. 239 pp. ISBN: 1401302467.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 40761More details Price: $15.00 -
STAND-UP.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Miles Jacoby mystery, set in New York City. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-31961.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (upper corner of front endpaper clipped)
Book ID: 58395More details Price: $27.50