{"id":4733,"date":"2009-01-06T06:34:03","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T13:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/?p=4733"},"modified":"2021-10-01T09:22:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T16:22:38","slug":"featured-jypsy-lee-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/archives\/featured-jypsy-lee-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURED: GYPSY ROSE LEE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"first3words\">Gypsy Rose Lee <\/span>was one of the most famous strippers of all time. It was her burlesque act which earned her legendary status. She brought a sharp sense of humor into her act. She became as famous for her onstage wit, as for her striping style. She was spotted by H.K. Minsky, who featured her in his infamous New York club, from there to theatre, 12 films, and eventually her own television show. She wrote two mystery novels, and an autobiography, which was a bestseller. The walls of her Los Angeles home were adorned with pictures by Joan Mir\u00f3, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning, all of which were reportedly gifts to her by the artists themselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Description:<\/strong> Hard bound with dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Gypsy Rose Lee. Some edge wear. Dust jacket shows some wear, with chipping to spine edges and corners, otherwise good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bookseller Inventory #<\/strong> 17036<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/gypstrose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4755\" title=\"gypstrose\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/gypstrose-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/gypstrose-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/gypstrose.jpg 469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/gypsyrose3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4756\" title=\"gypsyrose3\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/gypsyrose3-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/gypsyrose3-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/gypsyrose3.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"sold\">SOLD<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Mother Finds a Body<\/strong><\/em><span id=\"book-author\"><br \/>\nLee, Gypsy Rose<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-publisher\">Simon and Schuster<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-pubdate\">1942<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Binding:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-binding\">Hard Cover<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Book Condition:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-bookcondition\">Good<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dust Jacket Condition:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-dustjacketcondition\">Good<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Signed:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-signed\">Inscribed by Author<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Edition:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-edition\">First Edition<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gypsy Rose Lee was one of the most famous strippers of all time. It was her burlesque act which earned her legendary status. She brought a sharp sense of humor into her act. She became as famous for her onstage wit, as for her striping style. She was spotted by H.K. Minsky, who featured her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[108,15,109],"class_list":["post-4733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recently-sold","tag-literary-first-editions","tag-rare","tag-signed-inscribed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4733"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15234,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733\/revisions\/15234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}