Bing Crosby
by Giddins, Gary
From Bing Crosby's early days in college minstrel shows and vaudeville, to his first hit recordings, from his 11 year triumph as star of America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Hollywood, Gary Giddins provides a detailed study of the rise of this American star.
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Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams, The Early Years 1903-1940 & Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star, The War Years 1940-1946 (2 Volumes)
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2000/2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first two volumes of Gary Giddins in-depth biography of Bing Crosby. Be ready to have the complete set when Volume 3 finally releases! Firsst Printings. viii, 728, 724 pp. 8vo. Dust jackets tight and sharp, now in mylar cover. Clean and crisp within. Item Price
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Bing Crosby
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Bing Crosby; A Pocketful of Dreams; The Early Years 1903-1940
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New York: Little, Brown, 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Bound in the publisher's original black quarter paper with spine stamped in gilt. Sizable gouge at the bottom of the front cover. 6 x 9 1/4 inches. 728 pages.
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Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams--The Early Years 1903-1940
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Bing Crosby : Swinging on a Star - The War Years, 1940-1946
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Bing Crosby
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Little, Brown and Company; (2001), 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second printing , (number line ends in "2"), fine in a fine dust jacket. The first of two volumes of this detailed biography. Includes some photos, discography (early years), filmography, notes and sources, interviews and bibliography, acknowledgments, and an index; 728 pages. $30.00 price on jacket flap;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. Boston: Little, Brown, 2001. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 728 pp. Illustrated end papers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Chronicle of the first 37 years of Crosby's life. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo. Item Price
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Bing Crosby : A Pocketful of Dreams : The Early Years 1903-1940
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Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams - The Early Years 1903 - 1940
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Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946
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Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams--The Early Years 1903-1940
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Bing Crosby : A Pocketful of Dreams - the Early Years 1903 - 1940
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Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams : The Early Years 1903-1940
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