New York: Viking, 1988. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, Mel Torme, to actress Anna Lee: “For Anna, With love, admiration, and great gratitude. Always, Mel.” Illustrated. About fine with a faint spot on the foreedge in a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of fading to the spine. The jazz singer’s autobiography. Anna Lee was a British born actress who appeared in many films, including Seven Sinners with Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne, My Life with Caroline opposite Ronald Colman, John Ford’s How Green Was My Valley and Fort Apache, etc., as well as playing Lila Quartermain on two popular television soap operas General Hospital (1978 to 2004) and Port Charles (1997 to 2003).

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Bookseller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 14695E
Title: It Wasn’t All Velvet
Author: TORME, MEL
Book Condition: Used
Publisher: Viking
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1988

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