My Afternoon with Louise Brooks

Last week, I was pleased to receive my copy of My Afternoon with Louise Brooks, Tom Graves' limited edition book recounting his encounter with the silent film actress. The book was issued in a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered hardback books. I received #44.

The other day, the author posted a message that noting a few copies are still for sale: "There are a very few copies left of My Afternoon with Louise Brooks out of this 100-copy limited edition. Get one before they are all gone forever. Each copy is signed by the author and numbered. Cost is $30.00 plus $4.00 postage in the U.S.. Foreign inquiries are welcome. Payment can be made through Paypal at: pullers2004@yahoo.com."

"The book contains two segments by author Tom Graves, the award-winning biographer of bluesman Robert Johnson and several other acclaimed books.  He was the last journalist admitted into the reclusive Louise Brooks' apartment in 1982 for an audience and an interview.  Although wary at first, Louise warmed up to the young writer and Graves writes a penetrating and incisive look at Louise Brooks in her final years.  Graves had begun a biography of Miss Brooks but she pulled her authorization leaving Graves with only one chapter -- about her childhood up to the point she left Kansas for New York. These two segments comprise this small jewel of a book that comes to 80 pages.  The book, at once a collectible, is certain to go up greatly in value."