MARX, Groucho with Hector Arce.
The Secret Word Is Groucho.
"I intend to live forever, or die trying": First Edition of The Secret Word Is Groucho; Inscribed by Legendary Comedian Groucho Marx and Hector Arce to Fashion Designer LaVetta Forbes
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976.
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First edition of this work which contains the best humor of Groucho Marx. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "To LaVetta from Groucho - and love to a very good friend Hector July 1976." The recipient, LaVetta Forbes was a well-known fashion designer in Beverly Hills, where Marx lived for the last twenty years of his life. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Al Hirschfeld. Jacket design by Cheryl Asherman. Uncommon signed and inscribed as Marx was in ill health when this title was published and passed away a year later August 1977.
Groucho Marx was a comedian, actor, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. He is generally considered to have been a master of quick wit and one of America's greatest comedians. He made 13 feature films as a team with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, primarily on radio and television, most notably as the host of the game show You Bet Your Life.
The Secret Word Is Groucho.
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