Enter Talking

Delacorte Press, New York, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Black coloured cloth covered boards with silver facsimile author's signature to the lower front panel. Silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with red, silver and blue coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. The autobiography of Joan Rivers, to the time of the publication of the book, of her childhood, obsession with becoming a stage star, and, of her apprentice years as a stand-up comedian (despite doubting parents and hostile audiences), then, to be invited on the Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson, and in one night, became an overnight sensation.... A previous owner has inserted loosely a ticket for a Joan Rivers performance that she saw at the Victorian Arts Centre, 11 February 2003 – Joan Rivers Broke & Alone. Also inserted loosely is a newspaper clipping from the same period of time. Softening of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Foxing to the textblock edges with purple remainder splatter to the lower textblock edge. A little creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the dustwrapper panels. Sunning of the panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [11], 2 - 398 pages,. Deckled Front Edge (rough cut). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; United States; Humour. ISBN: 0385294409. ISBN/EAN: 9780385294409. Inventory No: 0119907. . 9780385294409