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Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1936 Hard Cover Very Good Good to Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Mach Tey ?
Nice copy of the photoplay edition. Double-page endpaper still, same front and rear. Photoplay reference on dustjacket spine. Dust jacket cover art looks like Mach Tey, but don't see any signature. The movie won two Oscars, including Best Actress for Luise Ranier (pictured on the dj). Tight binding with sound hinges. Clean pages. Cover and dustjacket have some wear and soiling. Dust jacket is not missing any large pieces. Protected by an archival cover. See accompanying scanned image.
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70.00 USD
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Bush, Katherine When She Was Bad
New York Avon 1948 First Thus Paperback Good No Jacket 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
#154. An early Avon reprint "You Go Your Way." Cover illustration features photo of Heddy Lamar who was starring in a 1948 film, "Let's Live a Little," based on the novel. Tight binding. Clean pages; supple with toning. Cover shows some wear. See accompanying scanned image.
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5.00 USD
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Chaplin, Charles The Charlie Chaplin Book
New York Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company 1916 Printed Wrapper Good No Jacket Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
12 pages plus cover. Sepia cameo of Chaplin on title page. 21 other sepia photos of him as the Tramp. Side-saddle stapled binding. Spine worn but neatly mended and holding well. Pages generally clean with faint dampstain at edges of several leaves. Some soiling cover. Owner's name on front cover. Original hanging string missing. Very presentable copy, but with some minor problems, so priced accordingly.
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150.00 USD
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Cohn, Nik Arfur: Teenage Pinball Queen
New York Simon and Schuster 1970 First American Edition Hard Cover Fine Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Not an ex-library book. The inspiration for Peter Townshend and The Who's "Pinball Wizard" and rock opera "Tommy." Early novel from the first rock historian, Nik Cohn. A Cohn article in Rolling Stone on Disco is also said to have been the inspiration for "Saturday Night Fever." Book is in very nice shape. Very light wear and soiling. Solid and tight. Unfortunately, the cover is missing almost the top two inches from its front panel. Protected by an archival cover. See accompanying scanned image.
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50.00 USD
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Crawford, Marion The White Sister (photoplay edition)
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1917 Hard Cover Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Illustrated with scenes from the Inspiriation Pictures photoplay starring Lillian Gish. Nice close-up dust jacket illustration of Gish as a nun. Tight binding. Clean pages with no writing or scribbles. B/w photoplay stills in good shape. Cover has some minor wear, heaviest at spine, gutters, and edges. Gift inscription inside front cover. Dustjacket shows wear, heaviest at edges. Protected by an archival cover. See accompanying scanned image.
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36.00 USD
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Dail, Hubert The Singin Fool and the Story of Sonny Boy
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1929 Hard Cover Near Fine Good to Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Photoplay issued in conjuction with the relase of Warner Brothers second talking picture. 8 b/w movie stills. Dustjacket illustration shows Al Jolson and David Lee. Tight binding with sound hinges. Clean pages; owner's name inside front cover. Light cover wear. Dust jacket as a couple of chips and closed tears.
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40.00 USD
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Disney, Walt Walt Disney's Dopey; He Don't Talk None
Racine, Wisconsin Whitman 1938 Printed Wrapper Near Fine No Jacket Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
One of the 22 large Disney-Whitman books (#955) published between 1935 and 1942. 12 pages. Terrific full-color illustrations of Dopey. One double-page illustration of Dopey dancing while Doc, Happy, and Sleepy make music. Clean and tight. Very light edgewear; 1/2" split at base of cover fold. See accompanying scanned image.
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175.00 USD
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Doyle, A. Conan Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Movie Edition)
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1940 Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
No publishing date, but circa 1940. Movie edition features dust jacket with prominent cover photo showing Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Anthology includes A Study in Scarlet, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-headed League, and The Sign of the Four. Tight binding with sound hinges. Clean and supple pages with toning. Bright cover with crisp lettering and very little wear. Dust jacket has some edgewear and soiling. Protected by an archival cover. See accompanying scanned image.
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125.00 USD
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Gale, Arthur C. (Executive Editor) TV Show (Pre-National TV Guide) - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Cover, September 1952
New York Counterpoint, Inc. 1952 Soft Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very early cover illustration of the stars of I Love Lucy. 130 page monthly pre-national TV guide. Includes feature stories (with photos) about Jimmy Durante, Tallulah Bankhead, Ralph Edwards, the construction of CBS's Television City in Hollywood, and a two-page photo-story, "When Will Marilyn Monroe Come to TV?" Tight binding. Clean pages with some very light even toning. Cover has some minor wear, the worst being a little wrinkling at the lower right front corner. Quite scarce.
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150.00 USD
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Goldsmith, Rick (with Forward By Burl Ives) The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass: A Portfolio
Oak Lawn, Illinois Miser Brothers Press 2008 Limited Pictorial Cover As New No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Signed by Author
Very scarce, signed, limited edtion of Goldsmith's classic Rankin-Bass reference. (Goldsmith is the official Rankin-Bass historian-biographer.) Perfect-bound, pictorial hardcover. 176 pages with illustrations throughout. Stated First edition, but actually a third printing that updates the original 1997 paperback original. Rankin/Bass produced animated classics including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, The Hobbit, Frosty the Snowman, Mad Monster Party, Thundercats, The Year Without a Santa Claus, The Jackson Five, The Osmonds, and many, many more. Everything you could want to know about all 35 of their tv specials, 13 tv series, and 6 theatrical movies, with a summary of their 7 live-action films. A Frosty the Snowman birthday card created and signed by Paul Coker Jr., one of the principal Rankin/Bass (and Mad Magazine) illustrators is laid in. As new; purchased directly from Rick Goldsmith. Perfect binding feels a little fragile.
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450.00 USD
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Hill, Edwin C. The Iron Horse (photoplay)
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1924 Hard Cover Near Fine Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Nice copy of the photoplay edition illustrated with 7 b/w still from John Ford's epic movie about the linking of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads. Tight binding, sound hinges, clan pages. Cover has bright fresh color and some edgewear. Owner's name and bookplate on front endpapers. Bright, colorful dustjacket show Indian in headdress on bluff watching railroad engine with inset of the stars (George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy) in a clinch. Has some wear and chipping.
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84.00 USD
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Hough, Emerson The Covered Wagon (photoplay)
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1922 Hard Cover Very Good Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Photoplay edition illustrated with scenes from the Paramount film. Story of the Oregon Trail. Map endpapers. Tight binding; hinges starting. Generally clean pages with no writing or scribbles; endpapers ghosts from dust jacket flaps. Relatively light cover wear and soiling. Wear to dust jacket, but no large pieces missing.
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10.00 USD
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Hugo, Victor The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1928 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Nice, solid copy of a very scarce photoplay. Very nice facsimile dust jacket included; (if you don't want it let me know and I wont send it.) Historical romance about a man who had a "smile" permanently carved into his face as punishment for the traitorous acts of his father. "The movie that Lon Chaney should have made." Directed by Paul Leni with Conrad Veidt and Mary Philbin. Tight binding. Clean pages with some toning. All 8 movie stills are present. Cover has some light wear with color loss. Protected by an archival cover. See accompanying scanned image.
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135.00 USD
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London, Jack The Sea Wolf (photoplay edition)
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1904 Hard Cover Good Good
Photoplay edition issued in conjunction with the 1941 movie starring Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, and John Garfield. Movie still dustjacket shows Robinson on the ship's deck; no other stills. Tight binding. Clean pages with no writing or scribbles; toning. Owner's stamp inside front/rear cover. No front free endpaper, but hinge looks okay; possibly reglued? Dustjacket shows some wear including pricetag removal scuff. Number "49" is written on spine. Priced accordingly.
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25.00 USD
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Lovelace, Delos W. Conceived By Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper King Kong
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1932 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Good to Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
The first edition of the most coveted photoplay with the exceptionally scarce first generally available dust jacket showing the double 'by' error. (An earlier jacket was printed without crediting the screenplay authors, but immediately pulled when the screenwriters threatened a law suit. A much more common-though still very scarce-jacket was issued that corrected the double "by" error.) Issued in conjunction with (and shortly prior to) the release of the classic RKO movie. Tight binding with sound hinges. Clean pages. Some minor loss of color to the violet topstain of text block. Bright fresh cover with some very light wear. The dust jacket has bright, fresh color with only some light edge wear with no significant chips. However, there is a short, narrow piece missing from the front panel and half of the inside front flap has been removed. Still, this is one of the nicest first-state examples of this famous photoplays that you will find.
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6750.00 USD
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Pagnol, Marcel La Glorie De Mon Pere & Le Chaeau De Ma Mere (My Father's Glory & My Mother's Castle) Souvenirs D'Enfance Tome 1 & 2 (Childhoos Memories Vol 1 & 2)
Monte Carlo, Monaco Editions Parstorelly 1973 Leatherette Near Fine No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Dubout
Very nice two-volume set of Marcel Pagnol's autobiography with terrific color illustrations by Dubout. Pagnol, was one of the leading film-makers from the 1930s through the 1950s and the first elected to L'Académie française. Three of his films won New York Film Critics Circle Awards as the Best Foreign Films of 1939, 1940, and 1950. "But he never forgot the magic of his Provencal childhood, and when he set his memories to paper late in life the result was a great new success. My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle appeared on the scene like a fresh breeze, captivating readers with its sweet enchantments. Pagnol recalls his days hunting and fishing in the hill country, his jaunts about Marseilles, his schoolboy diversions, and above all his family: his anticlerical father and sanctimonious uncle, his mild and beautiful mother, and many others." Almost no wear. The front endpapers of My Father are mottled, apparently the result using a little too much moisture to affix them to the cover. Both books have old French price tags inside the rear cover. Both books are in French.
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30.00 USD
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Parsons, Louella O. Jean Harlowe's Life Story
New York Modern Screen Magazine (Dell) 1936 Soft Cover Near Fine No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terrific copy of the Modern Screen memorial tribute to Jean Harlow that was published shortly after her unexpected death at 26 from uremic poisoning. Written by the "First Lady of Hollywood." 34 pages. Loaded with sepia photographs throughout, including funeral shots. Tight stapled binding. Clean pages; light even toning. Very light wear. Bright and vibrant color cover illustration.
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100.00 USD
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Sardou, Victor and Edmond Lepelletier Madam Sans-Gene (Madam Without-Care)
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1925 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Photoplay edition of Napoleonic romance starring Gloria Swanson. 8 b/w stills. Laundress is welcomed to Napoleon's court for an act of bravery in hiding a royal officer durning the French Revolution many years before. Tight binding with sound hinges. Clean pages. Cover and dust jacket have some light wear and soiling. Protected by an archival cover.
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60.00 USD
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