MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING (LUCIUS BEEBE'S COPY)
by FOWLER, Gene
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 277 pages. A presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Gene Fowler in ink on the title page: "To my long-time friend Lucius Beebe, the arbiter. With the best / Gene / 1954". First Edition. Endpapers illustrated from photographs and drawings. Illustrated dustjacket. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards. From the jacket, "...some misadventures, both comic and melancholy, of John Barrymore, W. C. Fields, and John Decker while helping the Author attempt to write the biography of Sadakichi Hartmann, poet, self-proclaimed genius, artful rogue and moocher sans pariel." A wonderfully written memoir of the Bundy Drive Boys, this classic has developed a cultlike following. Author Gene Fowler was a longtime friend of Lucius Beebe, who was quoted in Herb Caen's column as saying, "We like Gene Fowler's aphorism, 'Money is something to be thrown off the back of trains.'". A nice association copy. #36 of the 100 Best Books of Hollywood. A Near Fine copy (slightly rubbed) in a Very Good jacket (Edgewear; mostly at head of spine ) now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.
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- Hardy Books (US)
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- 2755
- Title
- MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING (LUCIUS BEEBE'S COPY)
- Author
- FOWLER, Gene
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Hollywood, California, Western Americana, Films, Art, Alcohol, Drinking
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