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Boston: Charles E. Tuttle, 1992. Over 70 actors/artists represented; color and black & white photos (mostly color); biographical sketches; actors photos; foreword by Norman Lear; 164pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine / Price-clipped. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1981. "An Authorized Pictorial History"; bound in pictorial wraps with color cover; photo-illustrated in black & white; introduction by Hermes Pan; 224pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Photo-Illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Secaucus: The Citadel Press, 1975. Thrid paperback printing; profusely illustrated with black & white photos; A tight, clean copy in bright, pink stiff wraps. 256pp.. Third Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Scribners, 1920. Bound in black buckram, sans DW; previous owner's name and date penned on ffep.; black & white plates; 271pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket.

NY: Oxford, 1977. Bound in brown and orange illustrated boards. This is the first paperback edition of this controversial book on Minstrel shows in the U.S. in the 19th Century. Some soiling to page edges, but book is tight and interior pages show no flaws, writing, etc. One diagonal crease to bottom front panel. 310 pp., Illustrated.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Cresskill, N.J.: Sharon Publiocations, Inc., 1984. A "Starbook"; outsize paperback; color front cover; black & white photos; 96pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. Black & white plates; 250pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Crown, 1939. Bound in blue buckram, sans DW; introduction by Leonide Massine; 31 colored , and 200 halftone illustrations; 246pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket.

New York: Smithmark, 1993. Over 80 color plates, many full page; black & white stills from the plays; 112pp. Tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 395pp. Broadway gossip through the ages . . .. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Ketchum, Id.: Randt & Company, 1987. Black & white plates; 239pp. A tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

CA: Del Rey Enterprises, 1977. Approximately 30 pages, with six photos on most pages. Staples replaced and some wrinkling to back panel, but no noticeable chips or tears. Scarce in this condition -- it is fragile. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - As Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. Bound in black and blue cloth, stamped in red and white. A biography of Charlie MacArthur who was a good friend of Hechts and worked with him on numerous endeavors - The Front Page, Wuthering Heights, Gunga Din, etc. 242 pp. Photo Illustrated. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.

New York: Trite Expectations, Inc., 1980. Summer, 1980 issue; Vol.1, No. 1; Sid Caesar interview; articles on Buster Keaton, "The Gong Show", Jim Backus, Howard the Duck, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, and much more.; black & white photos and illustrations; 64pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Bound in yellow cloth over red boards, stamped in red. In illustrated dust jacket that shows early pictures of the actress on the front panel. 313 pp. Some fading to spine of dust jacket and a bit of scuffing to spine ends - but a most acceptable copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.

New York: Richard R. Smith, 1943. Bound in blue cloth, sans DW; Signed by the author's wife (Mrs. Proctor) and "Walter" (?). Black and White Illustrations. 191 page. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press, 1997. Bound in black and red glossy stiff illustrated wraps. This is a 256 pp. on the films of Mr. Lee -- with hundreds of black and white photos from Bruce Lee's movies. A bit scarce in the first edition . . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket.

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1963. In price-clipped DW, with wear to extremities and spine ends; book has sticker residue to ffep., two hundred black & white photos and illustrations; 191pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG+ / Price-clipped.

Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead Book Co., 1976. Pictorial wraps; illustrated in black & white through-out; 116pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Koln: Taschen, 2014. Bound in gold cloth, with large picture of Marlene Dietrich on the front panel. A handsome Taschen production with all the stars and their movies listed with interesting illustrations. Unpaginated. Light bumping to bottom corners of book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dustjacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.