Danny Kaye: A Showman's Life

Lot #38:

Eddie Cantor Advance Galleys for His Book The Way I See It.

Danny Kaye, 1959, Prentice-Hall. Vintage loose-leaf 204-page typeset galleys bound with orange lace string on three hole-punch perforations along the left side of cover. Constructed of high-quality paper, with a textured salmon front and back cover embossed in black ink lettering reading, “Advance Uncorrected Proofs Of / The Way I See It by Eddie Cantor / Edited by Phillis Rosenteur / Prentice-Hall, Inc. / Edgewood Cliffs, N.J." In The Way I See It, Cantor tells his wise, witty, heartwarming philosophy behind his years of full, successful living. In the book world, galley proofs are the preliminary versions of a manuscript used to check for errors in formatting, content, and layout before final publication. They're also often sent out as ARCs (advance readers copies) for review. Measuring approx. 7 x 7.5 x 1 in. Exhibiting expected age, handling, with minor curling along the corners. In vintage very good condition. From the personal collection of Danny and Sylvia Fine Kaye.