James Dean, a Biography

Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine in black. With the photographic dust jacket (reproducing two photographs by Roy Schatt). Corners nicked and slight loss at the head of the spine and creasing on the very top of the jacket cover, but still a nice copy in the clipped spine-faded (nearly all extant copies have this) cover bright jacket with… Read more about this item

NY: BALLANTINE BOOKS.. Near Fine. 1956. First Edition. The paperback issue. Close to near fine copy in pictorial printed wrappers. (Traces of shelf wear at edges & spine. Small nick at base of front cover. Couple page tips lightly creased) Nice copy overall. The most sought after of all the early books on the actor. (LR) .… Read more about this item

JAMES DEAN A BIOGRAPHY, Ballantine, 1956, first edition, some old tannish tape stains to the end-papers & paste-downs, else a vg+/near fine copy in a vg+ photographic dust-wrapper with some rubbing to the spine and the rear dust-wrapper panel. The first book-length biography of Dean to appear after his death by one who knew him quite well. Among those… Read more about this item

Ballantine Books., January 1956. Mass Market PaperBack . Very Good. Mass market paperback. Previous reader's name in ink verso of front panel. Shelf wear. Slight bow to spine. First page loose. [149 pages]