Vendeur : Downtown Atlantis Books, EVANSTON, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Very good condition. Directly from the collection of the publisher. Book is flat, tight and (otherwise) clean. N° de réf. du vendeur 061913010
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Vendeur : Aah Rare Chicago, Carlsbad, CA, Etats-Unis
STIFF PAPER ILLUSTRATED WRAPPS. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. THE BOOK IS UNOPENED AND UNREAD.THE BOOK IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. THERE IS AN INK PRESENTATION TO A FELLOW BOOKSELLER (MINE) WHOSE BOOK LABEL IS ATTACHED TO THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT COVER.THE BOOK IS UNOPENED AND UNREAD IN AN "AS NEW" CONDITION. IN ADDITION, ENCLOSED IS A PROMOTIONAL FLYER BROADSIDE FOR A STAGE PRESENTATION OF THE ONE MAN PLAY AT THE CHICAGO HISTORICAK BOOKWORKS IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS. THE FLYER IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR KENAN HEISE AND THE ACTOR, MIKE AZZARITTI. THE AUTHOR, A CHICAGO NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST AND BOOK SELLER IN HIS LATER LIFE, PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY " IN THIS PLAY, I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RECREATE AL CAPONE BY UTILIZING HIS OWN WORDS, THE FACTS OF HIS LIFE AND THE DIMENSIONS OF HIS LAST ILLNESS. THE CHARACTER IS NEITHER THE MYTHICAL AL CAPONE NOR THE GLORIFIED GANGSTER. RATHER, HE IS A SICK HUMAN BEING, TRYING VAINLY TO RESURRECT HIS ONCE FORMIDIBLE POWERS." IN ADDITION TO THE PLAY, THE AUTHOR PROVIDES AN EIGHT PAGE CRONOLOGY OF THE MAJOR EVENTS IN HIS LIFE IN A SECTION THAT IS TITLED "A CRONOLOGY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF AL CAPONE." THERE IS A DAVID MAMET PRINTED ENDORSEMENT OF THE BOOK " I LIKE IT" ON THE REAR COVER. N° de réf. du vendeur 2223267
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