About this title: Here is the first biography of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the most famous tap dancer who ever lived. Written with the cooperation of many of Bill Robinson's friends and colleagues, it is also a fascinating account of the heyday of American musical entertainment. 16 pages of black-and-white photos.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Date Published: 1990-11
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Very Good. Hardcover with dustjacket. APPEARS UNREAD. Bright, unmarked pages and firm binding. Jacket shows minor shelf rubbing and minor edge wear only (no tears). This is NOT an ex-library book. This remains a very good, sturdy, very useful copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York
Date Published: (c.1988)
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Illustrated by (dj design) Vittoria Semproni. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 0-688-07203-8. [good solid clean copy, light browning to top edge; jacket shows only light handling wear, light browning along top edge (visible only on inside flaps)]. (B&W photographs) This first full-length biography of "the most famous tap dancer who ever lived, " discusses his career as a vaudeville headliner, three-time on-screen dance partner of Shirley Temple, and "charmer, gambler, brawler, athlete, and consummate ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: 1988 William Morrow, NY; ISBN 0-688-07203-8
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: 1st printing, hardcover, dust jacket has a bit of edge yellowing on the inside flaps & a little edge wear at the corners & a small closed edge tear, otherwise the jacket is very good. The book itself also has a little yellowing on the cover edges, some light soiling on the text edges, otherwise the book is very good/near fine, with clean, unmarked text pages. The biography of film dancing star Bill Robinson. Photos. A review copy with publisher memo and flyer laid in. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co Inc, US, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co., New York, NY
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: 18 B/W Photos. Fine/Near Fine. W/Dust Jacket 336pgs(Index) DJ rubbed, o.w. clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. ISBN 0688072038 Price unclipped. Names, bookplates, etc. Price unclipped. Also in clear protective wrapper. ISBN 0 688 07203 8. read more
Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Morrow/Avon, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. DJ in protective mylar cover. 1 on the number line. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: William Morrow
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Description: 336 p. : ports.; 22 cm. Subjects: Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949. Dancers--United States--Biography. Tap dancing. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. 1. pp. 336. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: William Morrow
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Description: 336 p. : ports.; 22 cm. Subjects: Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949. Dancers--United States--Biography. Tap dancing. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co, New York
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Good. Good Good, DJ good 22 cm. Condition good in grey boards with dark grey spine, shelf wear on bottom edge, Dj good in protective mylar cover, ex-library, clean tight 1st edition. From Publishers Weekly: An elegantly dressed man who could neither read nor write until he was in his 40s, honorary mayor of Harlem and one of the best-known black entertainers of his time, Bill Robinson (1878-1949) grew up an orphan in Richmond, Va., where he earned a living by shining shoes and shelling peas. ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co., Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Some B/W Photos. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. From Publishers Weekly An elegantly dressed man who could neither read nor write until he was in his 40s, honorary mayor of Harlem and one of the best-known black entertainers of his time, Bill Robinson (1878-1949) grew up an orphan in Richmond, Va., where he earned a living by shining shoes and shelling peas. Based on Robinson's papers and on interviews with his wives and friends, this dutiful biography tries to explain the character and ... read more
Edition: Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co., Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Near Fine in Fine jacket. 8 3/4" NOT an ex library book. Red lines from old price top corner of front endpaper. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow and Co., Inc, New York
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Very Good in Very Good DJ. The Biography of Bill Robinson. 336 pp. 8vo. Quarter cloth over boards in dustjacket. Scuffing to jacket, bumping to spine ends and corners, yellowing to flap edges. Light scuffing to book spine, edges lightly yellowed, spine ends slightly bumped. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Near Fine/Near Fine/price-clipped. 0688072038 Book 336pgs. photos. Grey boards. Light toning to boards, otherwise fine, unmarked copy. Jacket is lightly rubbed, otherwise fine. in fresh mylar sleeve. read more
Edition: 1st Edition / 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Inscribed & Signed By Author. 0688072038 Inscribed & Signed By Author on the half-title to Dorothy Dandridge's sister-in-law: "For: Lev & Geri [Branton] / and the good old / days / Jim 1988". 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Very good in very good dust jacket. 15 x 22cm. hard cover. 336pp. B1418. read more
Binding: HARD BACK
Publisher: WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY, NEW YORK
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780688072032ISBN:0688072038
Description: GOOD VERY GOOD DJ. VERY GOOD DJ. 8 1/2 X 6" 3/4 lavendar cloth boards, spine area grey-blue; shows slight wear around the edges. Bright green end paper. Text is clean and intact, binding is tight. Beautiful mylar dust jacket, in very good condition. Shows Bill Robinson on the front. The spine imprinted with silver lettering. 15 black and white photographs included. Bill Robinson is still the most famous tap dancer that ever lived. Fondly remembered as Shirley Temple's dance partner in three of ... read more
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