About this title: Walter Winchell ws the forefather of today's gossip columnist. He was the first to find that the public curiosity about the authentically great and famous is exceeded by a vast itch to know all about the truly ilnsignificant.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books
Date Published: 1953
Description: Good. No folded pages or writing. Synopsis from dustcover glues to last page & inside of back cover has a sticker & quote glued on it. First (blank) page has been removed. Some cover wear, including rubbing & edgewear, plus corner bumps & scrapes. No dustcover. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books., NY
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good +. in Good. jacket. Book A hostile biography of Winchell, to Stuart "The violator of a generation's privacy. " Book: wear at spine & corners. Light foxing inside. DJ: price-clipped, fold on front DJ flap. Edge and spine DJ wear all around; 3 or 4 small tears, one larger (1"), a couple of chips. I always wanted to know what Lyle Stuart looked like, and this book has a nice '50's portrait of him on DJ flap. read more
Edition: No Edition Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Previous owner's address label. Light shelf wear to boards. Solid copy with clean pages. read more
Edition: Not Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books, United States
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good/Very Good. The book has some surface wear along the top and bottom edges. The jacket has the price clipped from the front upper right corner flap, and some minor surface wear along the top edge of the spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BOAR'S HEAD BOOKS
Date Published: 1953
Description: Good in Good jacket. Minor bumping\wear to corners and spine ends; Mild cover edge wear; Loose binding-pages intact; Tanning and mild soiling\foxing to page edges; DJ has minor wear to corners and spine ends; DJ has small piece missing from back and front cover's bottom spine end; DJ has minor edge wear; DJ has minor to light soiling to back cover; DJ has a couple of mild creases to covers and spine; DJ has minor rubbing\wear to covers and spine; DJ covered in brand new Brodart Mylar; ** Free ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books
Date Published: 1953
Description: Good+ in Good jacket. Black hardcover with red spine lettering, in dust jacket. Only slight edgewear. Clean and bright. with previous owner's name/address inside. Lightly edgeworn dust jacket is protected by a fresh brodart cover. read more
Edition: No Edition Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books, New York
Date Published: 1953
Description: Good in Fair jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Considerable shelf and edge wear to jacket, with small tears and chips, creasing, and some tape repair. Edge wear to boards most noticeable at spine. Solid reading copy with clean pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BOAR'S BOOKS, NEW YORK
Date Published: 1953
Description: N/A. Hardbound First Edition published by BOAR'S BOOKS (New York) in 1953. 253 pages of clean, bright, text. The interior is unblemished and appears to be unread. The covers and the spine are dark blue in color. The Title is embossed into the spine in bright red. There is minor scuffing to the covers noted, otherwise unblemished. The binding is tight with no latent flaws. The publication is rated Good. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books, New York
Date Published: 1953
Description: very good in lightly-worn, price-clipped dj, black boards. 253 pgs, written by the outrageous soon-to-be-publisher. "To all those who have ever been hurt by irresponsible gossip-columnists" read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books, New York, NY
Date Published: 1953
Description: NearFine/VG+ W/Dust Jacket 253pgs A 3/8" faint spot on DJ rear cover, o.w. clean & tight. NO ink names, bookplates etc. Price unclipped. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books, New York, NY
Date Published: 1953
Description: Fine/VG+ W/Dust Jacket 253pgs Price clipped, a 3/8" & 1/4" DJ tear & a 1/8" DJ chip on top edges, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names etc. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books, New York
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. 253 pages. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author. The inscription reads: '8/8/94 Old friendship / is the best / friendship-/ Lyle Stuart. ' read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00256 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback) read more
Description: BRAND NEW HARDCOVER. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00258 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardcover ) read more
Description: 1953, 1st edition, very good condition, minor wear to edges of binding, with a very good dust jacket, minor wear to edges of dust jacket, minor closed tear to edge of dust jacket, published by Boars Head Books, New York, 253 pages. An uncomplementary and critical biography of New York's critical columnist Walter Winchell. read more
Description: Good. 1953 Hardcover. Page ends browning. No DJ. Chips to spine end and corners. Text clean and uncreased. Excellent customer service is our first priority. read more
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