Signed book: Pictorial History of Television. First edition, first printing. Philadelphia: Chilton Company, 1959. Hardcover, 9 x 12, 288 pages. The interior has been signed by more than 600 stars; many have signed multiple times, some adding inscriptions. The inside front cover is inscribed “To Warren”; the front free end page is signed by Bob Wright, Andy Devine, Charles Lane, Peter Hobb, Bob Rippy Tarryton, Ray Walston, Curly-Joe DeRita, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Richard Chamberlain, Bob Paigle, Hildegarde, Horace McMahon, Don DeFore, Norman Fell, Bryan Palmer, Fred Gwynne, Paul Harvey, Alan King, Stanley Holloway, Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Lorne Greene, Troy Donahue, Bob Wright, Alan Mowbray and several others; a complete list of all of the signers is available as a PDF (with the number of times they have signed noted in parentheses). The covers are separated, the spine is missing, and the pages are loose from the binding; the individual pages are very good to fine, with light brushing or blotting to a handful of signatures, light soiling to the front and rear blanks, mild scattered toning with a few faint marginal stains, scattered light handling wear, and original collector’s ink notations to index indicating which autographs had been obtained. A unique boob-tube treasure! R&R COA.
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