Tubie's Monument by Keveson, Peter - 1958 first edition

E.P. Dutton, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . Ex-library with typical marks, light shelf wear; pages toned; a good sound binding. The jacket has some wear; fading and creasing; price intact; wrapped; glued inside the covers. "If you like to watch the behind the scenes power struggles of the kinds and princes of the TV world, you'll have a field day with this outrageous and entertaining novel. it's a deadpan, diabolically funny drama about the scramble for that TV gold and about that TV phenomena Joe Lavingo the man whose personality brings out the mother in every housewife and who therefore can sell anything. Tubie is a 41 year old copywriter in a third rate agency with an itch for success and a talent for spotting diamonds in the rough. His rough diamond is Joe-a sincere Italian American son of a butcher who looks like George Raft and has a sad smile and a melting voice, just right for selling soup to millions of love starved TV fans."… Read More

NY: BANTAM GIANT. VG. PAPERBACK. 1ST. 1958.

Bantam Books. Fair. 1958. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Clean text, but covers have average wear and creasing. Bit of rear cover corner missing. ; Funny novel of early tv fame and advertising. ; 12mo; 216 pages .

Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , 1958 first edition . A-1836 good paperback,

Bantam Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Paperback.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1956. This book has some DJ soil and edgewear, mostly on the spine. Book has mild edgewear, but inner pages are clean, binding is tight. From the jacket flap, "Tubie's Monument" is "a deadpan, diabolically funny drama about the scramble for that TV gold -- and about that TV phenomena, Joe Lavingo the man whose personality brings out the mother in every housewife, and who therefore can sell anything." 311 pages; approx. 6"x8".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good/Good.

New York: Bantam Books, 1956. The story of a Bronx butcher-boy who rose to become the TV idol of twenty million screaming women. mild spine wear. 216 pages, 7 x 4.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by None.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1956. First Edition. Bright salmon pink boards with black cover lettering, 311 pages, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good to near fine condition with delicately rubbed at extreme spine ends, otherwise looks and feels new and unread, with sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition with very slightly surface soiled joints, and mildly rubbed spine ends. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.