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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: $16.50 -
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: $12.50 -
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 -
AL FRANKEN, GIANT OF THE SENATE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Twelve, 2017
(2017). First edition - The personal account of "an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. . . about our deeply polarized, frequently depressing, occasionally inspiring political culture, written from inside the belly of the beast" (that is while Franken was still the Senator from Minnesota) "Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." (Louise Erdrich, NY Times) 395 pp.Condition: Fine in printed gold and black covers, with full color cover bound inside. .
Book ID: 90457More details Price: $17.50 -
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
