"The Ragman's Son" Memoirs by Kirk Douglas, published by Simon & Schuster, NY, 1988, First Edition, First printing with '1' present in the line on the copyright page.

Dust jacket with original price on the front flap; red hard boards, black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine, 6.1/4" x 9.3/4"; red endpapers, pencil inscription on the front endpaper [can be easily erased]; 510 pages including Index + page with photo credits, the block with 72 photographs on the glossy paper is in the middle of the book, stained outer Vertical edge of the pages [see photos]; good / very good condition.

"Born Issur Danielovitch Demsky, the son of an illiterate immigrant Russian-Jewish ragpicker and junkman, Kirk Douglas makes clear in this powerful, angry, and passionate book the ways in which his difficult childhood dominated his life as an actor, father, and man. 16 pages of photographs.

The Ragman's Son is one of the most interesting autobiographies that I have ever had the pleasure of reading, as a book so enthralling that the closer you get to the end the more you find yourself wishing it would never end simply because it reveals Kirk Douglas as a very real life and normal person just like you and I ... A most memorable and unforgettable reading experience that I would highly recommend to any avid reader ..." [text on the front flap of the dj]

US: Priority (c 2-4 days) --------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) - $34.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) --- $50.50