Distant Laughter, The by FORBES, Bryan - 1972

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

New York: Harper & Row, 1972 First Printing. VGood+/VGood+. Book is lightly bumped on lower corners. Jacket shows edge wear with 3/4" tear on top edge. Not remainder marked or price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. Non-price clipped dj is scuffed with edgewear and light foxing. Dark rust colored boards and light rust cloth spine have shelfwear and scuffing. Foxing to top page edges. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is secure.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY Harper & Row, 1972. Hardcover First Edition USA [1972], so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition USA [1972], so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Very Good+ DJ: Both book and DJ shows indications of careful use. The Book shows just a hint of shelving wear along the bottom edge of the quarter cloth boards; two small, faint stains at the fore-edge; barely discernible foxing at the top edge of the text block; the binding leans somewhat, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. The DJ shows mild rubbing to the head and heel of the backstrip; two creases at the inside front flap; the price is intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a handsome copy, with a few minor flaws, but showing little wear, in a like DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.6 x 6 x 1.25 inches). 287… Read More

New York: Harper & Row. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1972). 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover. 0060113081 . INSCRIBED "To Gordon / with much affection always / & happy memories of / the prison compound at / Gower Street!" and SIGNED by the author on the ffep, additional dated "Sept. 1973." Novel by the noted actor-turned-film director/producer/writer, about "a marriage and a love affair carried on in the midst of the glamour, cynicism, and sordidness of the international movie world" (a scene the author knew all too well). According to Hollywood fiction bibliographer Anthony Slide, Forbes had begun writing the novel twenty years before its publication. He goes to some pains, in a prefatory note, to disavow any autobiographical content, writing: "It is no secret that I am a film director married, and happily so, to an actress [Nanette Newman], but I am not the Warren of this story nor is my wife the Susan. The fiction of the film industry has always been… Read More

Harper & Row, 1972. Hardcover. Good.

Harper & Row, 1972-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good condition. Dust jacket shelf wear. Clean inside.

Harper & Row, 1972-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very good in Very good small stain to verso dust jacket at top edge. First American Edition. Review copy with review slip laid in.

New York: Harper & Row. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060113081 . Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Crease to bottom corner of front flap. Minor indentations to jacket at front. ; Inscribed & signed twice by Bryan Forbes; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .