Ballantine Books 1987 Rev. ed. Hard cover Very good. No dust jacket. spine worn, cover worn and faded, pages faded 869 p. Includes: illustrations, index.

ISBN10: 0345344537, ISBN13: 9780345344533, [publisher: Ballantine Books, New York] Hardcover First Edition Second Printing. Black Cloth and Black Board Covers with Gilt Lettering to spine; Black Endpapers; Book Interior is clean and tight though page edges have darkened slightly from age; large 8vo; 866 pages; indexed; illustrated; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is clean and bright though gold areas of title have some bleed-through typical of this type of printing and lower right corner has light rubbing; dustjacket has no other noted defects
[Canton, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1987]
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New York, NY Ballantine Books 1987 Updated Edition. Second printing Hardcover Good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling. ix, [1], 869, [1] p. Illustrated. Index. From Wikipedia: The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, (rebranded as The Oscars in 2013) is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. Winners are awarded the statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is much better known by its nickname Oscar. The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The awards ceremony was first televised in 1953 and is now seen live in more than 200 countries. The Oscars is also the oldest entertainment awards ceremony; its equivalents, the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theatre, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording, are modeled after the Academy Awards. The 86th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, later than usual as to not clash with the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. " From the dj: Inside Oscar gives the whole story of Oscar's rise to fame. Every Oscar year is here, complete with the stories about the sensational newcomers, the Hollywood veterans, and the has-beens making comebacks, all vying for the golden statuette. Who were the favorites, who were the upset winners, and who knew they didn't stand a chance. Who bad-mouthed the ...