Smithfield, NC: Ava Gardner Museum, n.d. 1 sheet, wraps, illus., maps. This item is a flyer (single sheet), printed on both sides. More

London [?]: c1960. Presumed First Edition, one of several impressions, perhaps uniquely inscribed. Photograph with autographs. The format is approximately 3.375 inches by 5.5 inches. Photograph of the two British Comedians with Jewel standing behind a seated Warriss. The Inscriptions read To Don Sincerely Jimmy Jewel (signed in the upper left corner) and Best Wishes to Don Ben Warriss on the lower right side. James Arthur Thomas Jewel Marsh (4 December 1909 – 3 December 1995), known professionally as Jimmy Jewel, was an English comedian and actor whose long career in stage, radio, television and film productions, included a 32-year partnership with his cousin Ben Warriss. Jewel and Ben Warriss were first cousins and were brought up in the same household, even being born in the same bed (a few months apart). Jewel worked as a solo act until 1934, then formed an enduring double act with Warriss, initially at the Palace Theatre, Newcastle. They toured Australia and America, as well as appearing in the 1946 Royal Variety Performance and five pantomimes for Howard & Wyndham Ltd at the Opera House, Blackpool, Lancashire. They had a major success with the BBC radio series Up the Pole, which began in October 1947 and cast them as proprietors of an Arctic trading post. Each episode included a musical interlude, sometimes provided by Julie Andrews, then a child performer. Only one episode is known to survive. The two men were also top of the bill in two London Palladium shows, Gangway (1942) and High Time (1946), and made regular television appearances in the 1950s and 1960s. The duo had the lead roles in the short-lived 1962 comedy series It's a Living. More

London, England: Phaidon Press, 2002. Reprint of 1999 initial printing. Trade paperback. Glued binding. 520 p. Illustrations (some in color). Index. More

Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2001. First Da Capo Press Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xiii. [3], 335, [1] pages. Minor cover wear. Inscribed on title page. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Acknowledgments, Prologue, Epilogue, and Index. Topics covered include Early Training; The Audition; The Rehearsal; Curtain Up; The Production; The Scene; The Players; On the Road; Intermission; Act II; The Critics; Hollywood; Backstage; and Curtain Down. The witty, no-holds-barred memoir of the acclaimed actress who became head of the National Endowment for the Arts. Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American author, actress, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a Tony Award winner and two-time Emmy Award winner. Alexander made her Broadway debut in 1968 in The Great White Hope and won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Other Broadway credits include, 6 Rms Riv Vu (1972), The Night of the Iguana (1988), The Sisters Rosensweig (1993) and Honour (1998). She has received a total of seven Tony Award nominations and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994. She went on to star in the film version of The Great White Hope in 1970 and received the first of four Academy Award nominations for her performance. Her subsequent Oscar nominations were for All the President's Men (1976), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Testament (1983). An eight-time Emmy nominee, she received her first nomination for playing Eleanor Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin (1976). She has won two Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Playing for Time (1980) and Warm Springs (2005). More

American Film Institute, 2006. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 88 pages. Includes illustrations. Many illustrations in color. Back cover folds out. This publication documents the 34th AFI life achievement award, and was presented as a memento to AFI members. The American Film Institute (AFI) is an organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. The American Film Institute was founded by a 1965 mandate announced in the White House by Lyndon B. Johnson—to establish a national arts organization to preserve the legacy of American film heritage, educate filmmakers, and honor the artists and their work. In 1967, AFI was established, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Ford Foundation. The original Board of Trustees included Gregory Peck as chairman and Sidney Poitier as vice-chairman, as well as Francis Ford Coppola, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Jack Valenti. More

New York: American Heritage Pub. Co., 1960. 28.5 cm, 112, profusely illus. (some color), color maps, boards and spine foxed, slight discoloration to flyleaves. More

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2014. First edition/first printing. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 208 p. Halftones, color. More

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, USA, 2007. First edition. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. xi, [1], 158, [6] p. Illustrations, black & white. Further Reading and Viewing. Index. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. Third Printing. Hardcover. 377 pages. Illus., some wear and creasing to DJ edges. Signed by the author. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition [stated]. Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm. viii, 214 pages. Illustrations. Signed by the author on the title page. Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress and singer known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th greatest female star of Classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute, and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009, "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures." Bacall began her career as a model, before making her debut as a leading lady with Humphrey Bogart in the film To Have and Have Not in 1944. She continued in the film noir genre with appearances with Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), and starred in the romantic comedies How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe and Designing Woman (1957) with Gregory Peck. She co-starred with John Wayne in his final film, The Shootist (1976). Bacall also worked on Broadway in musicals, earning Tony Awards for Applause (1970) and Woman of the Year (1981). Her performance in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. A month before her 90th birthday, Bacall died in New York City after a stroke. More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 332, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, DJ worn, soiled, and small edge tears, front DJ flap price clipped. More

Edgar Bergen. Presumed one of multiple originals, but uniquely inscribed. Photograph (Inscribed, in frame with no glass). The frame is approximately 5.125 inches by 7.125 inches and the black and white photograph is approximately 5 inches by 7 inches. At the top, is the handwritten inscription All the best to you, Joel Edgar Bergen. There is some fading of the inscription but all words are legable. There is some staining and discoloration at the bottom of the photograph. Edgar Bergen, (born Feb. 16, 1903—died Sept. 30, 1978, Las Vegas, Nev.), American ventriloquist and radio comedian whose career in vaudeville, radio, and motion pictures spanned almost 60 years. Bergen was best known as the foil of his ventriloquist’s dummy Charlie McCarthy. The Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show was a permanent fixture on American network radio from 1937 until 1957. Other characters created by Bergen, such as Mortimer Snerd, were woven into the perennially popular program, which was rated as radio’s most popular in 1937–40 and 1942–43 and among the top seven from 1937 to 1952. When he was 11, he discovered a facility for vocal tricks and an interest in ventriloquism. He had the head of the dummy Charlie McCarthy carved (he made the body himself) while in high school. By the time he attended Northwestern University, he was proficient enough to earn his expenses with ventriloquism and magic tricks. He went into vaudeville and performed in nightclubs in the United States and Europe. During World War II Bergen took Charlie with him to entertain American service personnel and appearing on many special radio shows. After their radio show terminated, Bergen and McCarthy appeared often as guests on variety television shows. More

New York: Dutton, c1995. First Printing. 24 cm, 325, acid-free paper, illus. with 32 pages of plates, filmography, index. More