robert klane (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. See photos for more information. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition, second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Stain on the back board. Minor foxing on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Very good with fading along the edges of the boards in a near fine dustwrapper with some age-toning. A novel by author of *Where's Poppa,* basis for the Alan Arkin/ Rob Reiner film.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 150 p. : ill.; 18 cm. Includes Illustrations. 0.0.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 television special. With mimeo snipe affixed to the verso advertising the special's broadcast on Tuesday, July 17, 1979. Based on the 1970 film by director Carl Reiner. A continuation of the story from the 1970 film, where a man tries to get rid of his overbearing mother. 9 x 7 inches. Fine.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. first edition 1969 Soft cover in good condition. No reading creases, Light edge wear, no writing or stamps, only some slight water damage, paper 'waves' a bit on top, red dye on edges is lightly mottled. Cover has a spot of a removed sticker. looking book. 143 pages. Summary - From back of book: Mr. Robert Klane regrets to annouce THE HORSE IS DEAD. It is not difficult to understand why he regrets it, since The Horse Is Dead is by all odds the bluntest, nastiest, most vulgar, most vicious, most sado-masochistic work of fiction to come along in some time. "Robert Klane is one of the funniest writers to appear on the scene since Max Shulman penned Barefoot Boy with Cheek.He is also probably one of the most hilariously bawdy authors since Joseph Heller mad ribald fund of the Army in Catch-22, in fact, if one were to characterize Klane, one would have to say that he is a Max Shulman spiked heavily with the Marquis de Sade"-Jim Bishop, Winston-Salem Journal- Sentinel. Jack Benny says: "undoubtedly the funniest book I've ever read".

Unknown. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Internally clean, with a tight binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Michael K. Frith (illustrator). 1st Edition. 150pp.Charming illustrations on cover and title page. Robert Klane's novel: Where's Poppa? (1970) is a black comedy about a harried New York lawyer, Gordon Hocheiser, who is driven to desperate measures by his senile mother, whom he is bound by a deathbed promise to care for. The book was adapted into a cult classic film in 1970 directed by Carl Reiner. Size: Octavo 5"x7". Book.

Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good +. New York: Random House, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket; [8],150pp.; frontispiece. Light shelf wear, a hint of dust-soil to rear jacket panel, cloth spine lettering rather dulled, foxing along front hinge, else a Very Good, still quite bright and attractive copy. The author's second novel "in the great tradition" of his first, The Horse Is Dead. A film adaptation appeared in the same year as the novel, starring George Segal and directed by Carl Reiner. However, Klane was still eighteen years away from producing his chef d'oeuvre, the screenplay for Weekend at Bernie's.

Vintage promotional portrait photographs, of Sid Caesar and Rob Reiner, from the 1977 film. Based on Robert Klane's 1975 novel, about a store owner and his two sons, one of whom he has essentially disowned. Ezra (Alan Arkin) is the lesser son who coaches a worthless high school basketball team, and has a wife much too eager to have children. A well regarded comedy about a dysfunctional Jewish family, with a cast of veteran comedic actors. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Three vintage studio still photographs and two advertising mockups from the 1979 film. Both the photographs and the advertising mockups have been hand-retouched, adhered to a backing board, and prepared for use in advertising. A stark black comedy in which a man who is caretaker for his intellectually disabled mother becomes increasingly frustrated with his inability to have a love life due to her interference. The first of Carl Reiner's later directorial efforts intended to push the envelope, the film includes a naked male bottom (heavily represented in the advertising materials), an ending that hints on the incestuous, and graphic descriptions of a US general's genocidal acts against the Vietnamese. Set in New York. Photos 8 x 10 inches on mat board sized variously between 10 x 12 inches and 10 x 15 inches. Good to Near Fine condition, with one photo loose from its backing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Slight foxing on the endpapers else fine in fine dustwrapper with just a trace of toning. A very nice copy of this darkly comic novel. Klane also wrote the screenplay for Carl Reiner's cult film version with George Segal and Ruth Gordon. Scarce.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 150pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, First Printing with number sequence to "2" as called for by Random House. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of softness to the spine ends and barely noticeable bumps to the top tips. A hint of off-setting to front gutter. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.95), has a vertical crease to the front flap and mildly toned flap edges. A bit of rubbing to rear panel. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, tears or creases. Made into the delightful 1970 film starring George Segal and Ruth Gordon. A very pretty collectable copy.

Unknown. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Inscribed by author on fly leaf. Dust jacket placed in mylar for preservation. Moderate loosening to binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed and inscribed by author.

First Draft script for the 1977 film. Benny Fikus owns a failing clothing store and wishes to cash in on it by burning down his store and collecting the money from the fire insurance policy. He goes on vacation with his wife and puts his son in charge, and suffers a heart attack while away. His other son Ezra attempts to adopt an African American teenager to have him play on his basketball team so that he may keep his job as the unsuccessful high school basketball coach. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated September 19, 1975, noted as First Draft, with credit for screenwriter Klane. 124 leaves, mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.