Screwball: The life of Carole Lombard by Larry Swindell

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Morrow, 1975. `. Very Good/very good. Hardcover. Very good or abit better in very good, price clipped dust jacket with some sunning to the spine strip and minor waer at the tips. Hardcover. Pictorial endpapers. 324 pp. with filmography, index. Illustrated with photos. Scarce and highly sought after biography of iconic and ultimately tragic Hollywood star Carole Lombard. Both her career and her extraordinary personal life are vividly re-created. Born Jean Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, she was a tomboy as a young girl. She and most of her family moved to Southern California where her enchanting beauty led to mostly small movie roles, She hit her stride (eventually becoming the highest paid female movie star) in the mid-1930s with the the advent of the "screwball" comedies in which she became the supreme comedienne.

New York: Morrow, 1975. 324pp. Illustrated endpapers. 20pg. of black and white photographs. A hint of edgewear, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has light creasing on the extremities. otherwise fine. in fresh mylar sleeve. "Swindell traces the life of Jane Alice Peters from her time as a tomboy in Fort Wayne Indiana, to her sudden and tragic end. Those unfamiliar with Lombard will discover a wealth of information both surprising and sometimes poignant." . First Edition Third Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo.

Morrow, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. A very nice copy indeed of this first printing with a full page inscription from the author thanking the recipient for his help with this book and his 2 previous books..

Morrow, 1975-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: William Morrow, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Tiny stain on the foredge, just about fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. Uncommon.