King of Comedy.
As told to Cameron Shipp.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954 Stock Code: 81753
Inscribed by the king of slapstick comedy
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy signed by Sennett and inscribed by Shipp on the front free endpaper, "For Wally and Joan Meier, keep laughing! Mack Sennett, Cameron Shipp". Mack Sennett (1880-1960) was a Canadian-American actor and director, an Academy Award winner and the innovator of slapstick comedy in Hollywood.Description
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine in red. With dust jacket.
Illustrations
8 pages of plates from photographs and film stills.
Condition
Lower corner bumped, cloth fresh. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed jacket.
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