Why a Duck? Visual and Verbal Gems from the Marx Brothers Movies.

EDITED BY RICHARD J. ANOBILE; INTRODUCTION BY GROUCHO MARX,.

Item Number: 124789

New York: Darien House, 1971.

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on the Marx Brothers movies. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Groucho Marx on the front free endpaper, “To Marion from Groucho.” The recipient was a caretaker from Marx in his later years. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Al Hirschfeld. Introduction by Groucho Marx.

Why a Duck? presents photographs made from actual movie-frame blow-ups and printed dialogue from segments of eight Marx Brothers movies.