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The Gag Man: Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy
by Matthew Dessem
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1941629199
- ISBN 13
- 9781941629192
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
Item Price
£80.95£60.71
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About This Item
The Critical Press, 2015. First edition (2015.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 338 pages. Signed on the half title page, "For Brian, The first person who liked something I'd written. Thanks for everything. Matthew Dessem 10/8/2015." Signed in the year of publication. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Interior is clean and tight. Illustrated with some Black & White photos. Pictures available upon request. "A key figure of early cinema, Clyde Bruckman collaborated with film comedy icons like Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon, Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields, Abbott and Costello, and The Three Stooges, but his story has been relegated to a footnote. This book shines light on his life and an important corner of Hollywood history." Blue spine/Red text. #033844. Signed. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Director Biographies / Comedy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jero Books and Templet Co. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033844
- Title
- The Gag Man: Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy
- Author
- Matthew Dessem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1941629199
- ISBN 13
- 9781941629192
- Publisher
- The Critical Press
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- The Gag Man: Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy Matthew Dessem Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon, Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields, Abbott and Costello, and The Three Stooges. Hollywood History Directors
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