Pin-Up / The Tragedy of Betty Grable (INSCRIBED TO LORA SHANER)

Pastos, Spero

ISBN 10: 0399131892 / ISBN 13: 9780399131899

Editore: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1986

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Number line complete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -- the first printing. Dated 10-12-88, inscribed "For Lor, / A 'Pin-Up' for your collection," and signed "Spero Pastos" to the half-title page. (The word "inscribed," for post-literate residents of Westminster, Calif. or Derry, N.H. who don't seem to be able to figure this out, means the author has written extra words to the recipient in addition to his name -- please see scans of the inscribed page which we attach here, as we attach them to all of our listings for inscribed books.) Lora Shaner was the madam of Sheri's Ranch, Pahrump, Nevada, later herself the author of the 1999 book "Madam: Chronicles of a Nevada Cathouse." This is her copy, from the Shaner estate. Betty Grable's love life did not turn out well, Mr. Pastos concludes. Hollywood show biz biography. 175 pp. Reduced from $82. Codice articolo 003647

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Titolo: Pin-Up / The Tragedy of Betty Grable (...

Casa editrice: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York

Data di pubblicazione: 1986

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Very Good

Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine

autografato: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edizione: 1st Edition

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Riassunto:

Recounts the life of one of the greatest movie stars of the 1940s, revealing the dreams and heartbreaks of Betty Grable's career and personal life, from the little girl ruthlessly torn from her family to her years as a cancer patient

Product Description:

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 175 pages; Description: 175 p. , [24] p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Grable, Betty, 1916-1973. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.