Somebody Up There Likes Me by Graziano Rocky (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. With b/w photos, no inscr., dw has a few chunks out of the edges, brown spotting tn early & last pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. b-447 Pages yellowed. Pages clean and tight. Wraps are creased. Not abridged.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Tom Dunn Painted Cover! Hermon Leonard Photo Cover. (illustrator). Second Edition. 356 pages. >> [June/1956 Printing] " Art and photo illustrated front cover. RARE Boxer's autobiography subtitled: "The violent story of a hoodlum who punched his way to a decent life. Full of Sock! " New York kid Rocky Graziano followed his fists into reform school and 4 prisons before becoming Middleweight Champion of the World in the boxing ring, and later a comedian in the early years of television" >>Creasing to bottom edge of front cover;Minor edge wear to covers; minor creasing to backcover. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

HARD COVER GRAY. Condition: GOOD. FIRST ED. General shelf wear, section of black and white photos, faded front and back endpages DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: FIRST ED 375.

375 Seiten, Mit ausführlichem Index. In englischer Sprache. Obere Rückenkante gestaucht, Schnitt stockfleckig, sonst sehr ordentliches und sauberes Exemplar Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 690 Original-Halbleinen, 15x21cm, Zustand: 3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.95 price intact). Published by Simon and Schuster, 1955. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with edgewear and small tears. An excellent copy of this prolific biography detailing the life and career of Rocky Graziano. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 375pgs. Dark Gray boards with white spine, red and black lettering on the spine. 16 pages of illustrations. Book is like new, with just a dot stain on the front endpaper. Stated First Edition. The Unclipped jacket has liftoff, creasing on lower left corner of the front panel. There is a closed tear, light staining on the rear panel. in mylar sleeve. The autobiography of the World Middleweight champion, from which a film starring Paul Newman, was made. Graziano often knocked out his opponents with one punch. Size: Octavo.

HARDBACK GREY. Condition: Good. FIRST PRINTING. black and white plates, pages clean, mild shelf wear DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING 375.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. First edition (stated) Hardcover. 375 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Fine, touch of offsetting to the endpapers. In very good dust jacket with rubbing to the edges and a coprner stain upper rear panel. One of the cornerstone sports related books of the 20th century, the autobiography of boxing great Rocky Graziano (1919-1990). Born Thomas Rocco Barbella in Brooklyn, his father was a boxer with a brief fighting record under the name Fighting Nick Bob. The family moved to Manhattan's East Village neighborhood where Rocky was a tough and tumble street fighter who spent years in reform school, jail , and Catholic protectories. Graziano won some Manhattan amateur boxing competitions. He continued to find trouble with the law; in 1940 he was sent to an upstate New York correctional facility (his friend Jake LaMotta was there as well). Joining the Army after his release, he would up in trouble again after punching a captain and going AWOL. It was at this time that he adopted the name Rocky Graziano and resumed boxing but the Army caught up with him and sent hin to Leavenworth. After his release he resumed his career, becoming a formidable middleweight prizefighter and by 1945 "Ring" magazine was calling him "the next Joe Louis". In 1947-48 he won, then lost, the middleweight crown to Tony Zale; Rocky fought Sugar Ral Robinson in 1948, narrowly losing the championship bout. After his retiremen, he became a televison regular, co-starring on The Martha Raye Show, Miami Undercover, appearances on I've got A Secret, The Pat Boone Show, Car 54 Where Are You?, Naked City and in the 1967 film Tony Rome. "Somebody Up There Likes Me" was the basis for the 1956 movie of the same name starring Paul Newman (James Dean was originally cast to play Graziano but died before filming began).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. About fine in lightly worn very good plus dustwrapper. Autobiography of the great Middleweight Champion boxer. Basis for the 1956 Robert Wise film featuring Paul Newman. Though not Newman's first film, it was his convincing portrayal of Graziano that helped to make him a star. The film also boasted a script by Ernest Lehman, and the screen debuts of both Robert Loggia and Steve McQueen.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very good+ copy in a Vg.+ dj. (Mild scratch at base of rear board, with slender half-inch chip on dj. A few other small chips & short edge tears in dj. Traces of shelf soiling on rear panel of dj.) Basis for the film starring Paul Newman.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1955 S & S Stated First Printing and RARE as such. Graziano's story made into the wonderful paul Newman film. In VG+/VG-- condition. The HB is very clean and tight with minor wear. The DJ is price clipped and has moderate nicks and wear a t the spine ends, edges and corners. Now protected in mylar! A CLASSIC! Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Light gray cloth spine with red and black lettering. Dark gray paper over boards, with red facsimile of Graziano's signature on the cover. Dark red DJ with white lettering, protected in mylar sleeve, with some bumps at the edges. Title page dated 1955. 375 pages. Signed on the front endpaper 'To Jerry, one swell fellow. Champ, Rocky Graziano.' Graziano was Middleweight champion; his book was turned into a movie starring Paul Newman as Graziano. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it's an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. Signed by Author(s).

1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in almost fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition; 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations, portraits, includes index. Signed by Graziano, gift presentation to Omar Ranney, drama critic of former Cleveland Press. Very good copy. Spine somewhat faded and spotted. Edges bumped, otherwise very good. Signed by Author(s).

Stated First Edition. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth-backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 375 pages; Description: 375 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subjects: Graziano, Rocky (1921-) . And printing. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine copy in a near fine price clipped jacket. Stated First Edition. Lightest edgewear to the extremities. Excellent Copy.Rare Book.

Stated First Edition. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth-backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 375 pages; Description: 375 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subjects: Graziano, Rocky (1921-) . And printing. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. First edition. 375 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Signed presentation copy by Graziano "To Frank Mastro the swell fellow" in blue ink. Frank Mastro boxed before he became a boxing reporter for the Chicago Tribune from 1930 to 1969, known for his straw skimmer and big cigar. Laid-in Mastro's membership card "Chicago Press Veterans Association" dated 1969. illustrated with photographs. Orig. white spine lettered in red and dark gray boards. Near fine in worn and chipped dust wrapper.

HARDBACK GREY. Condition: Fair. JACKET: WORN DJ. FIRST PRINTING. inscription to Levin's (Norma's step father)by Rocky Graziano plus signed by Charlie Norkus (friend and heavyweight fighter known as the Boyonne Bomber) on front end paper, 3rd unknown signature on inside of front cover, black and white plates, unclipped dj, $3.95 dj price, edges of dj torn and creased, edge wear to boards, corners bumped, pages tanning but clean DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING 375.