Bogart: In Search Of My Father By Stephen Bogart With Gary Provost
Bogart: In Search of My Father
The Intimate, High-Stakes Journey of Reconciling the Shadow and True Soul of Hollywood's Ultimate Noir Legend
The Intimate, High-Stakes Journey of Reconciling the Shadow and True Soul of Hollywood's Ultimate Noir Legend
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Bogart: In Search of My Father
- Author: Stephen Humphrey Bogart (with Gary Provost)
- Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson, London
- Publication Date: 10 November 1995
- ISBN-10: 028306255X
- ISBN-13: 9780283062551
- Edition Details: First UK Hardcover Edition, First Printing. Scarce.
- Binding: Original publisher’s premium dark-weave cloth-bound hardcover casing with crisp gilt-stamped spine lettering.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 288 pages. Generously enhanced with an exclusive central repository of high-contrast black-and-white family archival photographs mapping private household moments, Hollywood sets, and iconic personal encounters.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Used – Near Fine (NF)
- Exterior / Boards: The original cloth hardcover casing is in pristine, mint condition. The front and back panels are beautifully flat, structurally robust, and flawlessly square at all corner tips. The cloth binding remains unyielding and shows zero vertical spine-lean, crushing, or core degradation.
- Interior: The internal text block is exceptionally clean, bright, and tight. All 288 internal leaves are perfectly intact and remain entirely free of user highlighting, ink signatures, ex-libris library stamps, dog-eared foldouts, or standard dealer pencil markings. A well-sheltered, showroom-grade copy.
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The Dust Jacket: Used – Near Fine (NF)
- Condition Detail: The original illustrated paper dust jacket is present, whole, and completely intact under a protective Cellophane cover. The jacket faces show only very limited, superficial signs of standard shelf wear, keeping its striking design features and primary colors bright and striking. Completely free of sun-fading, chips, or heavy edge tears.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1995 and long recognized as a scarce, highly coveted title within Hollywood historiography, Bogart: In Search of My Father is a deeply moving, raw, and profoundly honest memoir that strips away the cinematic armor of a global cultural icon. For Stephen Bogart, growing up under the colossal shadow of his father—the ultimate hard-boiled anti-hero of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon—meant making sense of and peace with a man he lost at a tragically early age.
Bypassing sanitized studio public relations spin, the text documents a son's intimate path toward historical understanding. Along the journey, the narrative reveals surprising, unfiltered anecdotes involving monumental Hollywood forces like Frank Sinatra, Bette Davis, John Huston, and Audrey Hepburn, alongside Stephen’s legendary stepfather, Jason Robards. These insider memories bring the real, complex Humphrey Bogart vividly to life—exposing the sensitive family man, the fierce intellectual, and the fragile human being behind the snarling cinematic mask. This near-fine hardcover collectible copy is a vital used collectible book that serves as an essential primary historical archive for film historians and biography purists alike.
Author Profile: Stephen Bogart & Gary Provost
Stephen Humphrey Bogart is an accomplished American author, television producer, and the only son of Hollywood legends Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Operating as the direct custodian of his family’s monumental cinematic legacy, Stephen has spent decades managing international archival properties and media distributions. His direct, evocative writing style combines deep personal vulnerability with a sharp investigative curiosity to look past the myth of stardom.
Gary Provost (1944–1995) was an exceptionally distinguished American author, investigative journalist, and writing mentor. Renowned globally for his razor-sharp narrative pacing, structural clarity, and profound biographical depth, Provost authored numerous critically acclaimed true-crime chronicles, instructional writing guides, and best-selling celebrity profiles. His expert literary partnership transforms raw family recollections into an authoritative, beautifully polished historical masterpiece.
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