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Man on the Flying Trapeze: The Life and Times of W. C. Fields
by [FIELDS,WC] Louvish, Simon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393041271
- ISBN 13
- 9780393041279
- Seller
-
Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First American edition 1997. In addition, contains complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with rose-red boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings; no markings noted. Contains black & white illustrations & photographs throughout. Dust jacket likewise very good; light edge wear to corners; dog-eared crease line at bottom of back flap; not price clipped. * From a review by David Thomson, ""A rapturous, giddy, and irrepressible book . . . Let us be clear: This is a delight, a marvel of research . . .and a superb argument for the case that William Claude Dukinfield (1880-1946) was, and is, the greatest comic the movies have given us.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001416
- Title
- Man on the Flying Trapeze: The Life and Times of W. C. Fields
- Author
- [FIELDS,WC] Louvish, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393041271
- ISBN 13
- 9780393041279
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Film & TV- History & Actors, W. C. Fields (William Claude) - 1880-1946, Comedians - United States - Biography, Motion picture actors and actresses - United States - Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film & Entertainers;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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