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S. J. Perlman: A Life
by Herrmann, Dorothy
- Used
- first
- Condition
- good, good
- ISBN 10
- 039913154X
- ISBN 13
- 9780399131547
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. good, good. 337, illus., notes on sources, selected bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped, minor wear and soiling to DJ. Reveals much about a famous humorist and comedy writer's private life, including previously unpublished anecdotes which illuminate a personality at once elusive, sad, tormented, and uproariously funny. The stormy life and extravagant times of one of the funniest men ever. Perlman was a wildly popular New Yorker humorist, and was also a contributing screenwriter of such Hollywood classics as Animal Crackers, Horse Feathers, and Around the World in 80 Days (for which he won an Oscar).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47043
- Title
- S. J. Perlman: A Life
- Author
- Herrmann, Dorothy
- Book Condition
- Used - good, good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039913154X
- ISBN 13
- 9780399131547
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Screenwriters, Playwrights, Heywood Hale Broun, Bennett Cerf, Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, S. J. Perlman
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- First Edition
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