The NBC Book of Stars

New York: Pocket Books (1184). Very Good. 1957. 1st Edition (pbo). Mass Market Paperback. [moderate wear along spine and a bit at lower right corner of front cover, but generally a clean, tight copy]. (caricature drawings) "Vital Statistics" and short biographies of a dozen big names in the NBC-TV lineup at the time: Steve Allen, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Groucho Marx, Dave Garroway, George Gobel, Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Dinah Shore, Gisele MacKenzie, and Arlene Francis. Each section is accompanied by a full-page caricature sketch of the subject; all are also featured on the beautiful color cover. This copy includes two bound-in insert ads: in the front, an ad for Time/Life/Sports Illustrations suscriptions; in the rear, an ad for the "Giants of Literature" book series. .