Astaire: The Man, The Dancer
by Bob Thomas (1922- )
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312057830
- ISBN 13
- 9780312057831
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
xi+340 pages with figures, illustrations, photographs, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over white boards in original pictorial jacket. Foreword by Peter Bart. First edition. In January, 1933, a young Broadway star named Fred Astaire entered the RKO studios for a screen test. "Can't act. Slightly bald. Also dances," was the reaction of one official. Thus began the amazing film career of one of the world's most celebrated dancers. Astaire: The Man, The Dancer captures the elegance and mystique of the most recognized and loved figures ever to dance across the silver screen. During nearly eighty years in every major entertainment medium, he has persevered and excelled. He never quit, never passed up an opportunity to push himself and to dance to new levels of achievement. The first complete, up-to-date biography - is a fitting tribute to the man and his art. Condition: Light extremity wear. Jacket edge wear with some closed tears, spine ends chipped else a very good copy in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS006125
- Title
- Astaire: The Man, The Dancer
- Author
- Bob Thomas (1922- )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0312057830
- ISBN 13
- 9780312057831
- Publisher
- St Martin Press
- Place of Publication
- n
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- DANCE MOVING PICTURES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Movies;
- Size
- Royal octavo
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