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BORN STANDING UP: A Comic's Life
by Martin, Steve
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Mint/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1416553649
- ISBN 13
- 9781416553649
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2007. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Mint/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The riveting, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly. In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away." Emmy and Grammy Award-winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers HOPGIRLtor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. The memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written. Mint, unread, first edition, first printing, in as new mylar-protected dust jacket.[Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] NFBS1/A54/A79
Synopsis
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life is a memoir, released November 20, 2007, by Steve Martin, an American author, actor, comedian, executive producer, playwright and screenwriter. It chronicles his early life, his days working for Disneyland, working at low tier coffee shops and clubs as a comedic act, his later days of the Bird Cage, his relationships, his eventual fame, and the reason why he quit standup in 1981 all together.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18901
- Title
- BORN STANDING UP: A Comic's Life
- Author
- Martin, Steve
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Mint
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1416553649
- ISBN 13
- 9781416553649
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Movies/Performance Arts;
- Product_type
- 2
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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