Search Results: the mgm girls behind the velvet by brown peter harry

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. xvi, 288 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Book One: Daddy's little girls. Father knows best: Louis B. Mayer; Jazz babies: Mae Murray and Joan Crawford; The twenties; But not on the first date: Love and the MGM girls; Book Two: Crowned heads. Fool's gold: The great Garbo hoax; Her most exalted majesty: The story of Norma Shearer; Imperial concubine: Marion Davies at MGM; Book Three: Damsels in distress. Tragic muses: Judy, Jean, and the others; Friday's child: Lana Turner's story; Three's company: Debbie-Eddie, Eddie-Liz, Debbie; No sorrow now: The return of Connie Francis; Book Four: The survivors. They built 'em right: Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Cyd Charisse, and Jane Powell.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Harrap, 1984. 288pp, complete dustjacket in a removeable protective plastic sleeve. 50 new b + w photographs from the MGM archives. Ex library - label removed from flyleaf, stamp to back of title page, the paper wrinkled but clean at the top edge - a good 'reading copy'. The real story of the lives of the glamorous but bullied female stars at Louis B Meyer's MGM studios - Harlow, Turner, Garbo, MacLaine, Reynolds, Garland, Taylor etc.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Ex-Library.

London: Harrap Limited , 1985. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clean and firmly bound with light handling wear including a slight crease on the top corner of the front cover also very slightly affecting the first few pages.

London: Harrap, 1984. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper is a little loose, with a mis-crease to the front flap. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Text complete, clean and tight. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (grey boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (0.8 kg); (xvi) 288pp; Index; Bibliography; Contains: Black & white photographs; ISBN: 0-245-54220-5 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #189263|| Condition: