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Make-Believe Town brings together David Mamet's acute insights into everyday life, the arts, and politics. These pieces evidence Mamet's love of ...Show synopsisMake-Believe Town brings together David Mamet's acute insights into everyday life, the arts, and politics. These pieces evidence Mamet's love of language, particularly the introductory essay, "Eight Kings," which celebrates the private languages of carpenters, carnival workers, and all crafts and trades, and "The Northern Novel," which propounds Mamet's affection for the line of American fiction exemplified by Willa Cather and Theodore Dreiser. Some of the essays are prose portraits from Mamet's life: "Deer Hunting" and "The Diner" delineate worlds far from the public eye. Make-Believe Town also contains beautifully written recollections of Mamet's early days as a writer ("Girl Copy"), his start in the theater ("Memories of Off Broadway"), his education as a gambler ("Gems From a Gambler's Bookshelf"), and bygone days on Broadway ("Delsomma's"). Mamet's incisive thoughts about public issues - support for the arts, nudity in films, the roles given Jewish characters, even the posthumous rehabilitation of Richard Nixon - round out a far-reaching collection.Hide synopsis
Description:Very Good in Fine jacket. Collectible. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. x,...Very Good in Fine jacket. Collectible. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. x, 207 pp.; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. CONTENTS: Eight Kings; Gems from a Gambler's Bookshelf; Sex Camp; Memories of Off Broadway; Homespun Fop; Girl Copy; Greg Mosher; Delsomma's; The Diner; The Northern Novel; Deer Hunting; Between Men and Women; The Screenplay; "It's Necessary for the Scene"; The Jew for Expert; Art as a Helping Profession; Demagoguery; Self-Help; The Recrudescence of the Swimming-Pool Joke; Cleansed by Death; Make-Believe Town; Memory; Minority Rights; In Every Generation.
Description:First edition. Some bumping on the edges else about near fine in...First edition. Some bumping on the edges else about near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with toning and edgewear. Signed by the author.
Description:First edition. Very slightly bowed else about near fine in a...First edition. Very slightly bowed else about near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with rubbing and edgewear. Signed by the author.
Description:Good + in Good + jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author...Good + in Good + jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author Green and black paper-covered-boards with copper metalic titles on spine, minimal wear, book interior clean and tight, signed on title page by author. there is a separate inscription on front fep that has nothing to do with author, just a gift inscription for previous owner from a friend. black and whtie pictorial dj with white green and yellow tiltes, sticker on bottom edge says "signed at book soup, " dj protected by archival brodart, price intact.
Description:Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author...Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Mamet on the title page. Spine ends ligntly pushed; otherwise, a tight copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Image of actual book; not a stock photo.
Description:Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall (small) Slight rubbing to...Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall (small) Slight rubbing to wrappers; slight bumping to lower right corners; else a near fine copy as issued. x, 207 pages. Contains 24 essays in all by the noted American playwright (including film and theater criticisms). Signed by Mamet in black ink on title page (beneath printed name). Signed: I Signed by Author.
Description:Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0316543403. Signed by Mamet. Fifteen...Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0316543403. Signed by Mamet. Fifteen essays by a renowned playwright and author feature such titles as "Girl Copy" and "Lessons to Be Learned from Cards" and consider such topics as gambling, acting, gender, and how poker reflects everyday life.; Signed by Author.
Description:Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0316543403. SIGNED by the author; 8vo...Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0316543403. SIGNED by the author; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
Description:Boston MA, Little Brown, 1996, hardcover, 207 pp, first edition...Boston MA, Little Brown, 1996, hardcover, 207 pp, first edition stated, first printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the half-title page, Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, in new Brodart sleeve. A fourth collection of essays in the spirit of 'Writing in Restaurants', Mamet tackles topics relating to art, poker, deer hunting, Judaism and more.
Description:Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Mamet on...Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Mamet on the title page. Additionally, Mamet has stamped the page with his blue "Chicago" stamp. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Actual image of the book; not a stock photo.
