Bob Hope, a Life in Comedy by FAITH, William Robert - 1982

NY: G.P. Putnam's Press. Fine with no markings and lightest of wear. Looks about new. Illustrated section. . Fine. Soft cover. 2003.

NY: G.P. Putnam's Press. Fine with no markings and lightest of wear. Looks about new. Illustrated section. . Fine. Soft cover. 2003.

Penguin Adult HC/TR, 1982-05-01. Hardcover. New. Dust Jacket in protective cover.

NY: G.P. Putnam's Press. Near fine with light wear and no markings in a very good minus jacket protected in new plastic archival sleeve. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1982.

Putnam Pub Group (T), 1982-05. Hardcover. Good.

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: G.P. Putnam and Co., 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Large, heavy book, black spine, blue boards, bright silver lettering on spine, 416 browned but supple pages, two photo sections. DJ glossy black background, color photo of Hope on front. DJ has light crease at bottom front edge, nick at spine bottom right, remainder mark at pages' bottom edge, microtear and tiny tear at top back edge, tiny tear with creases at bottom back edge, small surface wear spot near middle back. Near Very Good DJ/Very Good book.

New York: Putnam. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0399126279 . Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED and inscribed on front free endpage by author William Faith ("To Arthur, who knows firsthand about Hope's comic genius") . From the private collection of Arthur Abelson, American actor and book collector. Book and unclipped dust jacket are crisp and clean. Binding is tight, two corners are lightly bumped, and there is a tiny closed tear to front of jacket. Photo illustrations. 8vo. 416 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. SHARP CORNERS. Pages a bit age-tanned. Dustjacket very good plus. A tiny pin-dot of a hole to front flap edge. Edges tanned. Very light shelfwear to surfaces. Silver metallic lettering debossed to black cloth spine of sky-blue boards. With 16 pages of black and white photographs. Clean, tight, bright. 416 pp with filmography, notes, and index. This book presents a full-blooded, authentic appraisal of Bob Hope's humor and life and is a comprehensive biography of a comic institution who is also a politically influential figure. Filled with anecdotes, photographs, and plenty of jokes, William Faith probes deeper into the life of this remarkable personality.

Usual library distinctions, Pocket intact, else contents appear as unread & unblemished with fine light blue/black board in Poly Protected cover displaying no significant surface/edge/wear, as shown.
KIRKUS REVIEW: By a longtime Hope PR man who was given access to the files: a massively detailed, highly nonilluminating chronicle of the long Hope career. After a numbing, moment-by-moment reconstruction of a big London appearance in '70 ("Bob woke up, got out of his seat and went to the toilet"), Faith goes back to the beginning: English birth, Cleveland youth, vaudeville wanderings--with sometime support from girlfriend Louise and key advice from old-pro Bob O'Donnell in Fort Worth ("Slow down"). Then: an Orpheum Circuit contract, arrival at The Palace at last (somewhat disappointing), Broadway shows, radio (the only Sunday night comic doing monologues). And Hollywood--where ""easygoing"" Hope managed to make movies and create a new radio show simultaneously (the topical… Read More