Diamond Lil

New York: Macaulay, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Macaulay, 1932, New York. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. First printing confirmed by McBride. Inscribed and signed by Mae West on the front free endpaper. The book is unmarked throughout but has a bit of tanning/staining on endpapers. Tips are just slightly rubbed. Edges show some shelfwear but… Read more about this item

New York: Sheridan House, 1949. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. NICELY INSCRIBED BY MAE WEST on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1949 reprint. Tight and VG (very light, subtle staining along the rear panel's fore-edge) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine ends and along the tips, and very… Read more about this item

New York: Caxton House, Inc., 1939. Exceptional copy of this 1939 reprint of a book first published in 1932, by the notorious femme fatale Mae West. The heroine of the story is described as the queen of the underworld, a gang leader's mistress with a past in Chicago, and "a beautiful short course to hell". The book is… Read more about this item

WEST, Mae. Diamond Lil. New York: Sheridan House, 1949. Mae West (1893-1980), legendary film star and sex symbol of the Golden age of Hollywood, was also a very successful playwright and screenwriter. She wrote and produced her own plays and scripts, and she starred in her scenarios on stage and screen. Such is the case with Diamond Lil, which was… Read more about this item

USA.: Dell Books., 1951. Book. Illus. by James Meese - GGA {Good-Girl Art} Painted Cover. Fair. This is a Reading Copy.. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 192 pages."The Come-up-and-see-me-sometime queen of the New York's Underworld." >>This is a reading copy. Heavy cover creasing; spine slant;tape residue to front cover; pen to… Read more about this item

USA.: Dell Books., 1951. Book. Illus. by James Meese - GGA {Good-Girl Art} Painted Cover. Good / Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 192 pages."The Come-up-and-see-me-sometime queen of the New York's Underworld." >> cover creasing; spine slant;.

New York: Sheridan House, 1949. First printing of the Sheridan House Edition. Near fine copy with a touch of spotting to the cloth at the top edge of the rear board without dust jacket. The indomitable Mae West at her literary finest, the basis of the Paramount Film, which contained the famous line from West to Cary Grant: “Why… Read more about this item

Nashville, TN: Caxton House. Good Plus/No Jacket. 1939. Reprint. Cloth. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" HARD COVER Reprint of a 1932 edition. Diamon Lil - a scarlet woman for whom love was only a passtime but diamonds were a career! Black boards with red and black lettering have wear at edges, some soiling, rubbed.… Read more about this item

Dell, 1949. Softcover. Near Fine. Mapback

Hardcover. Fair. Published by Sheridan House, 1949. Pages have age tanning and staining throughout that does not affect legibility. Old price sticker on top right corner of the first fly page. Cover is grey cloth boards stamped in burgundy. Inside front cover has previous owners name in ink. Cover has staining, tanning, chipping and rubbing. Spine intact with… Read more about this item

Caxton , 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/very good . very nice book and dust jacket blond woman sitting on bench in low cut evening gown

New York: Sheridan House, 1949. First edition thus (updated from 1932 version). Hardcover. Good. 256 pages. Some soiling inside the boards. Cover has some wear. Mae West wrote, produced and starred as Diamond Lil and toured from coast to coast. In 1949 she came back to Broadway. The play was based upon this book.… Read more about this item