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Rose, Billy. Wine, Women And Words. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1948.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 295 pages. 21 x 15 cm. A special numbered and autographed edition copy 491 signed by Billy Rose in blue ink, illustrated with full page tinted plates by Salvador Dali, Clean, very crisp copy. Orig. publisher gold cloth spine, and illustrated boards. Fine in original clear mylar slipcase lettered in gold
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. Inscribed by Billy Rose. No jacket. Book has shelf wear. Pages are tanning.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Rose, Billy and Dali, Salvador. Wine, Women and Words. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1948.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, hardcover with original dust jacket, 295 pp. First edition. Illustrated by Salvador Dali. This copy inscribed by Rose to a friend of his wife: "10/12/48 To Dick Watts one of Eleanor's favorite gentleman friends affectionate regards, Billy Rose." A very good copy with bit of toning to pages, mild wear to edges, soiling and slight chipping to dust jacket.
Seller: Caroliniana, Aiken, SC, U.S.A.
Rose, Billy. Wine, Women and Words. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1948.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 295pgs.frontispiece. Pictorial boards (Salvador Dali drawing of Female sculpture, Rose head, butterfly and horsehoe vignette) Black spine label over gilt fabric spine. Limitation page states "This Is A Special Numbered And Autographed Edition, Of Which This Is Number 392.". On the ower portion of the page it is signed by Billy Rose. Red silk ribbon bookmark. Duotone illustrations by Dali throughout. William Billy Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. For decades preceding and immediately after the Second World War Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with shows, such as JUMBO (1935), BILLY ROSE'S AQUACADE, and CARMEN JONES (1943), his Diamond Horseshoe nightclub, and the Ziegfeld Theatre influencing the careers of many stars. Billy Rose was inducted as a member of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame. In 1943, he produced CARMEN JONES with an all-black cast. An adaptation of Bizet's opera CARMEN, the story was transplanted to World War II America by lyricist and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. It was an instant hit. Very scarce in this signed, limited edition. Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
ROSE, Billy (SIGNED). Wine, Women And Words. Simon and Schuster, 1948.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ROSE, Billy [295] pp. Simon and Schuster 1948 This is a special numbered and autographed edition, of which this is number 1056 Illustrated by Salvador Dali 8 1/2" x 6" Red silk ribbon bookmark. Duotone illustrations by Dali throughout. William Billy Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. For decades preceding and immediately after the Second World War Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with shows, such as JUMBO (1935), BILLY ROSE'S AQUACADE, and CARMEN JONES (1943), his Diamond Horseshoe nightclub, and the Ziegfeld Theatre influencing the careers of many stars. Billy Rose was inducted as a member of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame. In 1943, he produced CARMEN JONES with an all-black cast. An adaptation of Bizet's opera CARMEN, the story was transplanted to World War II America by lyricist and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. It was an instant hit. Very scarce in this signed, limited edition.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.