Author: WISE, James E. Jr., and REHILL, Anne Collier
Title: Stars in the Corps: Movie Actors in the United States Marines
Description: Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 246pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of these profiles of actors who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from World War I through Vietnam -- sequel to their 1997 "Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services." This copy bears three choice autograph additions: Tipped to front flyleaf are bold signatures and a small signed magazine article of a trio of thespians profiled in this volume. At top is a fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed boldly in black fineline by MacDONALD CAREY (1913-94), "King of the Bs" actor who served in the USMC at the tail end of World War Two. Below this is a near fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed boldly in purple fineline by HARVEY KEITEL which he dates 6/15/75 at upper right (born 1939), Oscar-nominated film actor who served in the USMC in the late 1950s. And at the bottom is a 3½" X 1½" age toned magazine clipping with tiny image signed in blue ballpoint at top by JONATHAN WINTERS (1925-2013), beloved comedian and actor who quit high school to join the USMC and served 2½ years in the Pacific during WW2. Laid in is the ideal bookmark: Keitel's original transmittal envelope. Quite an interesting copy. .
Keywords: Film & Theater Military History
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Title: Stars in the Corps: Movie Actors in the United States Marines
Description: Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 246pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of these profiles of actors who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from World War I through Vietnam -- sequel to their 1997 "Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services." This copy bears three choice autograph additions: Tipped to front flyleaf are bold signatures and a small signed magazine article of a trio of thespians profiled in this volume. At top is a fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed boldly in black fineline by MacDONALD CAREY (1913-94), "King of the Bs" actor who served in the USMC at the tail end of World War Two. Below this is a near fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed boldly in purple fineline by HARVEY KEITEL which he dates 6/15/75 at upper right (born 1939), Oscar-nominated film actor who served in the USMC in the late 1950s. And at the bottom is a 3½" X 1½" age toned magazine clipping with tiny image signed in blue ballpoint at top by JONATHAN WINTERS (1925-2013), beloved comedian and actor who quit high school to join the USMC and served 2½ years in the Pacific during WW2. Laid in is the ideal bookmark: Keitel's original transmittal envelope. Quite an interesting copy. .
Keywords: Film & Theater Military History
Price: US$ 95.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 50831
- Book number: 50831
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