Cagney on Cagney

by James Cagney 

Signed.  Garden City, NY:  Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition, with a VERY GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Speckled covers with one-quarter russet cloth. 
• Boards show some toning at periphery, wear to cloth at shoulders, edgewear.  Upper corners are bumped.  See photos. 
• Spine has traces of gilt text and is abraded with chipped, frayed ends.  See photos. 
• Binding is secure. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some light foxing. 
• Signed and inscribed on the front fep.  See photos. 
• Illustrations, black and white photographs, are bright and clear. 
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits a little bumping to upper corner of some pages.  See photos.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have untrimmed fore edges, some foxing.  
• DJ looks great behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper.
• Close examination of DJ reveals light edgewear, bumping along foot, small closed tears and chipped corners.  See photos. 
• PS2025.1210

202 pages. 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches

ISBN: 0-385-04587-5

Hardcover.  Publisher's speckled boards with russet cloth at spine and gold title, with unclipped dust jacket behind protective cover.  Signed and inscribed in blue ink on front end paper.  Interior is gently toned, with no marks.  Cloth spine panel shows damage, with fabric worn through at spine ends, so that condition is overall Very Good Minus.

In this candid autobiography, James Cagney shares his life story with wit and charm.  Cagney (1899-1986) was an American actor remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as The Public Enemy (1931), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), and White Heat (1949).  While often typecast, Cagney was in fact a multi-talented performer and dancer known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing.  He won the Academy Award for his role of George M. Cohan in the musical Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). 

Signed and inscribed by author on free end paper.

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