The Fabulous Showman The Life and Times of P. T. Barnum

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Includes a Postcard Signed by the Author - The book itself is not signed. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes a postcard signed, and with an inscription, by the author, Irving Wallace. The dust jacket is in mostly clean, bright condition, but does have some light edge wear, rubbing and a couple of small edge nicks and tears along with some light toning, mostly to the spine and edges of the book covers. "Wallace began selling stories to magazines when he was a teenager. In the Second World War Wallace served in the Frank Capra unit in Fort Fox along with Theodor Seuss Geisel – better known as Dr. Seuss – and continued to write for magazines. He also served in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force. Soon, however, Wallace turned to a more lucrative job as a Hollywood screenwriter. He collaborated on such films as The West Point Story (1950) , Split Second (1953) , Meet Me at the Fair (1953) , and The Big Circus (1959). He also contributed three scripts to the western television program Have Gun – Will Travel. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author .