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A bewildered little fat man with sad, winning eyes and a tall, slick sharpie with a brass heart and a rapid-fire tongue have entertained three generations of Americans. Bud & Lou is the hilarious, moving, and finally tragic story of one of the greatest movie comedy teams of all time: Abott and Costello.
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- PublisherLondon, W. H. Allen
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0491022123
- ISBN 13 9780491022125
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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Bud and Lou: the Abbott and Costello story
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W.H. Allen / Virgin Books, 1977
ISBN 10: 0491022123
ISBN 13: 9780491022125
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Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First British Edition. 1st UK edition, 1977. Shallow scrape in page fore-edge. Light foxing on endpapers and page edges. Otherwise a bright, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped; foxed on flaps and back side. Used - Good. Good hardback in dust jacket. Seller Inventory # BOOKS298751I
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Bud & Lou : the Abbott & Costello Story / by Bob Thomas
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First British Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 224 pages; Description: 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Abbott, Bud, 1895-1974. Costello, Lou. Comedians--United States--Biography. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 66000
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Bud & Lou : The Abbott & Costello Story
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 15950469-20
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Bud & Lou : the Abbott & Costello Story / by Bob Thomas
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First British Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 224 pages; Description: 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Abbott, Bud, 1895-1974. Costello, Lou. Comedians--United States--Biography. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 66000
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Bud & Lou: The Abbott & Costello Story, by Bob Thomas
Seller: Gadzooks! Books!, Lompoc, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. 1977 hardcover with dust jacket. FIRST BRITISH EDITION stated. UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked, firmly bound pages. Jacket shows minor shelf-rubbing and minor edge wear only. This is NOT an ex-library book and not a remainder. Jacket remains unclipped, showing the 1977 British price. This remains a very good, sturdy copy! 224 pages, photo-illustrated, includes index. "A bewildered little fat man with sad, winning eyes and a tall, slick sharpie with a brass heart and a rapid-fire tongue have entertained three generations of Americans. BUD & LOU is the hilarious, moving, and finally tragic story of one of the greatest movie teams of all time: Abbott and Costello. In the lively, anecdotal style that has become his hallmark, Bob Thomas tells the very American story of Bud and Lou's long climb to stardom, from burlesque to Broadway, then radio and, finally, the movies. He describes the heady success of their first film, BUCK PRIVATES; their struggles to establish their place in a Hollywood which still considered the comic an outsider; and the antics on and off the set that made them infamous among directors. He also takes us behind the scenes to the intriguing drama of the private personalities. the tragedy that nearly destroyed Lou, Bud's alcoholism and epilepsy, the compulsive gambling, and, above all, the overriding sense of competition that would eventually destroy their partnership and their careers. Although they had earned an income of as much as two million dollars annually and rescued Universal Pictures from bankruptcy during lean times, the died penniless. Yet they bequeathed the American public a rich inheritance -- remembrance of the splendidly vulgar, innocently raucous, sensible nonsense of burlesque. Profusely illustrated with photographs, BUD & LOU is written with the close cooperation of Eddie Sherman, their manager and lifelong friend, and with the help of colleagues and members of the Abbott and Costello families. It provides both an intimate glimpse of two complex and enduring personalities and an inside look at Hollywood during its heyday.". Seller Inventory # 7357ff
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