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Roland BARTHES
Lettre autographe signée de Roland Barthes à René Wintzen
s. l. 1956. Fine. s. l. 2 juin 1956 21 x 27.10 cm 2 pages sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Roland Barthes written in blue ink. Date at the top of the letter and signature at the bottom of the letter. Folds caused by mailing.Roland Barthes sends this letter to his correspondent to warn him that he has decided to give ""three pages of his intervention"" to Hollerer founder of the German magazine Akzente and that following his refusal of an article addressed to the addressee he afraid that it will upset him. He explains in the letter saying that these pages are not really developed but also that it ""dreads the German audience less"". 1956 is the year of the writing of the Mythologies of Barthes which appear at Seuil in 1957. unknown
Bookseller reference : 62720
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Melba, Nellie / Helen Porter Mitchell
Melodies And Memories Of Nellie Melba
New York: George H Doran 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Photographs. 339 Pp. Red Cloth Spine Gilt. First Printing With Doran Logo On Copyright Page. Very Clean Worn And Frayed A Little At Corners Rear Hinge Partly Cracked 5/8" Tear At Bottom Edge Of A Few Pages Near Center. Signed As "Nellie Melba" On The Half-Title. Also Signed By Lewis Addison Armistead A Descendant Of The Civil War General On Front Pastedown And With His Initials On Title Page Dated 1926. <br/> <br/> George H Doran hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037024
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Steinbeck, John , Signed By Marjorie Lord
The Grapes Of Wrath . Seventh Printing With Ownership Signature Of Actress Marjorie Lord
New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 619 Pp. Oatmeal Burlap Stamped In Maroon Light Orange Topstain As Issued. Seventh Printing Stated. Steinbeck's Classic Novel Of Small Farmers Migrating To California In The Depression Using The Formal Structure Of Greek Tragedy With Man's Expectations Of Society As The Tragic Protagonist. Book Is Near Fine Slight Usage Lettering Strong Cloth Clean And Evenly Colored. Ownership Signatures Of Actress Marjorie Lord On Front And Rear Pastedowns. <br/> <br/> The Viking Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035419
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El Rodeo 1937 Yearbook Of The University Of Southern California
University of Southern California: University of Southern California 1937. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. 12 1/4" Tall. Profusely Illustrated. A Bright Clean Lightly Worn Copy No Marks Or Writing. <br/> <br/> University of Southern California hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032894
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El Rodeo 1939 Yearbook Of The University Of Southern California
University of Southern California: University of Southern California 1939. First Edition . Spiralbound Boards. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12 1/4" Tall. Profusely Illustrated. A Bright Clean Unworn Copy No Marks Or Writing. <br/> <br/> University of Southern California hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032896
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Miller, Patsy Ruth; Introduction By Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Inscribed By Miller To Forrest Ackerman
My Hollywood: When Both Of Us Were Young. The Memories Of Patsy Ruth Miller And The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Reconstructed And Edited By Philip J. Riley Inscribed By Author To Forrest Ackerman
Hollywood / Atlantic City: O'Raghailligh Ltd. / Ackerman Archives 1988. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine DJ. Photographs and Reproductions Throughout. 233 208 Pp. Two Volumes In One. Purple Cloth Gilt. First Edition Stated Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Two Books In One: The Memories Of Patsy Ruth Miller Who Starred As Esmeralda In The Classic Silent Film The Hunchback Of Notre Dame And A Reconstruction Of The Screenplay With Extensive Notes And Illustrations. Inscribed By Ms. Miller To Forrest Ackerman Sf Fantasy And Film Fan Archivist Publisher Agent Etc. Who Is Credited As Publisher Of The Second Volume Here Included And Is Pictured On P. 207 Of The Second Volume. <br/> <br/> O'Raghailligh Ltd. / Ackerman Archives hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032998 ISBN : 0929127013 9780929127019
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Cobey, Herbert T. , Illus. By Fritz Kredel, Signed By Iona Massey, Introduction By Louis Bromfield
The Blonde Corinthian
NY Farrar Straus and Young 1951 1951. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. First Printing With Farrar Initials On Copyright Page. Near Fine With Touch Of Rubbing At Corners. In Clean Slightly Worn Dj With Some Small Edge Chips And Tears Not Price Clipped. Inscribed To " The Bennetts" By Cobey And Also Signed Boldly By Actress Iona Massey <br/> <br/> NY Farrar, Straus, and Young 1951 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032451
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Beals, Carleton; Color Frontispiece And Many B/W Illustrations By Carlos Merida
Banana Gold With An Original Photographic Bookplate " "From The Bookroom Of Nada And Carl"
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company 1932. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 7 7/8" Tall. 367 Pp. Original Blue Cloth Gilt Endpapers With Illustration By Carlos Merida. First Printing 1932 Date On Title Page Seal On Coyright Page. Light Wear No Fraying Spine Gilt Partly Rubbed Away Hinges Cracked Small Bookstore Symbol Stamped On Front Endpaper. With A Loose Photograph With Text In White "From The Bookroom Of Nada And Carl" With Photo Of Home Library Shelving Wood Office Chair And Desk Probably Circa 1932. Per Wikipedia Carleton Beals 1893 - 1979 Was An American Journalist Writer Historian And Political Activist With A Special Interest In Latin America. He Was A Grandson Of Carrie Nation. A Major Journalistic Coup For Him Was His Interview With The Nicaraguan Rebel Augusto Sandino In February 1928. In The 1920S He Was Part Of The Cosmopolitan Group Of Intellectuals Artists And Journalists In Mexico City. He Remained An Active Prolific And Politically Engaged Leftist Journalist And Is The Subject Of A Scholarly Biography. In 1918 He Spent A Brief Period Of Time In Jail As A World War I Draft Evader. Upon Release He Decided To Go See The World And With What Little Money He Had Beals And His Wife Lillian Drove To Mexico. There He Founded The English Preparatory Institute In 1919 Taught At The American High School During 1919 To 1920 And Was On The Personal Staff Of President Carranza 1920. They Left Mexico In 1921 For Europe Where Beals Studied At The University Of Madrid And Then The University Of Rome. Back In Mexico He Became A Correspondent For The Nation Separated From His Wife And Became Romantically Involved With Photographer Tina Modotti's Sister Mercedes. In February 1928 Oswald Garrison Villard Editor Of The Nation Sent Beals To Nicaragua To Write A Series Of Articles. He Became Notable As The Only Foreign Journalist Who Interviewed General Augusto Sandino During Nicaragua's 1927-33 War Against Us Military Occupation. In All Beals Wrote Over 200 Magazine Articles For Publications Such As The New Republic And Harper's Magazine. Beals Also Wrote More Than 45 Books Including On History Geography And Travel. Some Of His Books Are Written For A Juvenile Audience. His Autobiography Glass Houses Was Published By J.B. Lippincott Company In 1938. In 1931 Beals Was Awarded The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship For Biographies. His Biography Subjects Included Porfirio DÃaz Huey P. Long Roberto De La Selva Stephen F. Austin John Eliot Carrie Nation His Father Was Her Step-Son And Leon Trotsky. During His Career Beals Witnessed Mexican Revolutions Lectured On Shakespeare And Was Held Incommunicado By A Mexican General.10 His Travels Took Him To French Morocco Tunisia Algiers Greece Turkey The Soviet Union Germany And The Caribbean. He Was A Ford Hall Forum Speaker In 1936 And A Member Of The American Committee For The Defense Of Leon Trotsky In 1937. The Following Year Time Magazine Called Beals "The Best Informed And The Most Awkward Living Writer On Latin America." During The 1960S He Supported The Fair Play For Cuba Committee. Beals Was A Hero To The Young People Of Cuba. Carlos Mérida 1891 - 1985 Was A Guatemalan Artist And Naturalized Mexican Who Was One Of The First To Fuse European Modern Painting To Latin American Themes Especially Those Related To Guatemala And Mexico. He Was Part Of The Mexican Muralism Movement In Subject Matter But Less So In Style Favoring A Non-Figurative And Later Geometric Style Rather Than A Figurative Narrative Style. Mérida Is Best Known For Canvas And Mural Work The Latter Including Elements Such As Glass And Ceramic Mosaic On Major Constructions In The 1950S And 1960S. <br/> <br/> J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031804
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Callahan, Robert E. . Ownership Signatures Of Lou Brandt
The Lone Indian. A Thrilling Story Of The Poole Caravan And Their Daring Guide. Volume I
Hollywood California: Robert E. Callahan 1933. First Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8 1/8" Tall. Photographic Plates Throughout. 344 Pages. Red Cloth. First Edition 1933. A Clean Tight Copy. Inscribed To Winefred Wilson By Robert Callahan On Ffep. Light Wear No Fraying Large Damp Spot At Lower Left Corner Of Front Cover And Bottom Of Spine A Few Other Small Areas Of Color Lightening At Edges A Few Traces Of Water Staining At Very Edges Of A Few Pages. Two Ownership Signatures Of Blacklisted Hollywood Producer Lou Brandt. No Indication Of Printer Or Publisher. <br/> <br/> Robert E. Callahan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031462
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Heston, Charlton
The Actor's Life : Journals 1956-1976 / Charlton Heston ; Edited by Hollis Alpert
New York : E. P. Dutton 1978. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Xvi 482 Pp. Stated Second Edition Revised 1978 First Printing Indicated. Fine In Near Fine Dj Slight Signs Of Use 1/2" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Flap Fold. Signed By Author On Front Free Endpaper. <br/> <br/> New York : E. P. Dutton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031012 ISBN : 0525050302 9780525050308
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Prindle, David F.[With Bookplate And Notes By Actress Marie Windsor Hupp]
The Politics Of Glamour: Ideology And Democracy In The Screen Actors Guild With Bookplate And Notes By Marie Windsor Hupp
U.S.A.: University of Wisconsin Press 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 274 Pp. As New Except For A Few Pencil Notes By Actress Marie Windsor Who Is Discussed At Many Places In The Book For Her Many Years Of Activism In The Screen Actors Guild; Her Photo Is On P. 140. The Book Is Not Signed But Bookplate Is Original And This Was Purchased Directly From Windsor's Estate. <br/> <br/> University of Wisconsin Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031068 ISBN : 029911810X 9780299118105
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Mehta, Chandralekha, And Nayantara Sahgal And Riita Dar (Editors), Tributes By Lester Pearson, Carlos P. Romulo, Alva Myrdal, J.
Sunlight Surround You: A Birthday Bouquet For Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
New Delhi: Orient Longmans 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good /Good. Viii 176 Pp. Book With Slight Wear Inscribed By Two Of The Editors Daughters Of The Subject To American Film Actress Marie Windsor And Her Husband Jack Hupp "With Our Love Because You Both Love Mummy". Dust Jacket With Light Wear Small Losses At Corners. <br/> <br/> Orient Longmans hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031079
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Linkletter, Art; Introduction By Walt Disney; Drawings By Charles M. Schulz
Kids Say The Darndest Things!
Englewood Cloffs: Prentice-Hall Inc 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good DJ. Xvii 198 Pp. First Printing. Yellow Boards. Book Very Near Fine Just Shallow Bumping At Ends Of Spine. Dj Not Price-Clipped $2.95 Would Be Near Fine But Has 1/8" To 5/8" Chip Across Bottom Of Spine. Clean And Bright. <br/> <br/> Prentice-Hall Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030480
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Fowler, Gene [Inscribed To Gilbert Emery]
Timber Line: A Story Of Bonfils And Tammen
New York: Covici Friede 1933. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 480 Pp.Yellow Cloth Printed In Green.First Printing 1923 Date On Title Page. Light Wear Tiny Split/Fry At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge Spine Browned Endpapers Browning Mostly In 1" Strip Along Gutter Edges Hinge Cracking Before Title Page Binding Solid. Inscribed At Length By Fowler "To My Friend Gil Gilbert Emery With The Polite Proviso That He Read It In Silence And A Hundred Miles Away From Champagne Breakfasts. I Pound With The Forehead Gene Fowler Nov-1933". Emery Was A Minor Hollywood Actor For Decades Usually As A Tall Aristocratic Character. <br/> <br/> Covici Friede hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030514
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Nathan, George Jean (Editor), Maxwell Anderson, John Steinbeck, William Saroyan, Lillian Hellman, Sidney Kingsley (Ownership Sig
The Critics' Prize Plays: Winterset High Tor Of Mice And Men The Time Of Your Life Watch On The Rhine The Patriots
New York: World Publishing 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 377 Pp. Black Cloth Gilt. First Printing Stated. Ownership Signature Of Actress Marie Windsor With Her Then-Address In Hollywood Also With Notes In ":The Time Of Your Life" With Part Of "Kitty" Underlined Throughout. <br/> <br/> World Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030412
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Hergesheimer, Joseph , Inscribed To Bessie Lasky. Photographs By Philip B. Wallace
From An Old House
New York: Alfred A Knopf 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 211 Pp. Beige Cloth With Paper Spine And Cover Labels. #18 Of 1050 Copies Of The Signed Limited First Edition One Of The Author's Copies Additionally Inscribed To Bessie Lasky "With My Love" And With Hergesheimer's Initials On The Inscription. Hergesheimer Wrote The Screenplay For The Lost Film "Flowers Of Night" 1925 Produced By Famous Players-Lasky. Hergesheimer Retired From The World And Devoted His Attention To A House He Filled With Old Things The Reverse Of Normal Human Development. Wear At Corners With Some Fraying Hinges Cracked Spine Browned Faint 1 1/.2" Diameter Damp Stain On Front Cover Paper Labels Intact. <br/> <br/> Alfred A Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030429
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Richard Armour
Original Typed Poem By Richard Armour "Changing Of The Guard / Norm Williamson To Alan Heslop As Chairman Of The James Madison Society Board Of Governors
Richard Armour Unpublished 1976. Original Typescript . No Binding. Near Fine. Typed Poem Double Spaced Both Sides Of A Single Sheet Signed By The Author Richard Armour At End. Dated October 16 1976. <br/> <br/> Richard Armour (Unpublished) unknown
Bookseller reference : 030178
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El Rodeo 1939 Yearbook Of The University Of Southern California
University of Southern California: University of Southern California 1939. First Edition . Spiralbound Boards. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12 1/4" Tall. Profusely Illustrated. A Bright Clean Unworn Copy Former Owner's Signature. <br/> <br/> University of Southern California hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030249
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Dodds, John W.
The Several Lives Of Paul Fejos
The Wenner-Gren Foundation / Anderson Ritchie & Simon 1973. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Photographs; Design By Ward Ritchie. Ix 113 Pp. Fine. Inscribed By The Author At Christmas 1973. Nice Book Design By Ward Ritchie. <br/> <br/> The Wenner-Gren Foundation / Anderson, Ritchie & Simon hardcover
Bookseller reference : 029512
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Cunningham, Eugene [Foreword By Eugene Manlove Rhodes]
Triggernometry: A Gallery of Gunfighters
Caldwell Idaho: The Caxton Printers 1956. Reprint . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Xvii 441 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Red. A Clean Tight Example Without No Wear In A Lightly Used Dj With Wear At Corners And Some Fading To Background Color On Spine Previous Owner's Name Under Front Flap. <br/> <br/> The Caxton Printers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 029282
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Sinclair, May ( Mary Amelia St. Clair), Signed By Joseph Cotten And His Wife Lenore Kipp
Mary Olivier: A Life
New York: The Macmillan Company 1919. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 380 Pp 4 Pp Catalog Of Other Sinclair Books At End. First American Edition First Printing.Red Cloth Covers Not Faded Or Stained Or Marked Gilt Lettering On Spine Bright Light Wear At Corners With A Few Points Of Fraying At Corners. Inscribed To "Lenore Kipp Lamonte Sic From H. W. P." With Her Signature Below Twice With "Cotten" Added Later In Joseph Cotten's Hand And His Signature Three Times Below. Lenore Kipp La Mont Was Cotten's First Wife; She Had Been A Fashion Editor At Vogue Under Diana Vreeland. Also With Two Pencil Female Heads On Rear Blank Endpapers Probably By Lenore Kipp Or Her Daughter Cotten's Step-Daughter. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028960
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Corle, Edwin (Editor); Merle Armitage; Foreword By Catharine Bamman [Inscribed By Beata / Mrs. Adolph Bolm]
Dance Memoranda Second Edition Inscribed By Beata Bolm
New York 1946 Or 1947: Duell Sloan And Pearce 1946. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Design By Merle Armitage. Blue Cloth Spine Gilt Blue Boards Printed In Red And Dark Blue. Copyright Statement "Copyright 1946 By Merle Armitage/Printed In The United States Of America/ Second Edition" Although The Otherwise Identical First Edition Has Copyright Date Of 1947 Confusingly. Dj With Red Scalloped Border Along Top And Bottom Of Front Panel A Border Not Present In The Unstated First Edition. Inscribed By Beata Bolm Dancer Secretary To Igor Stravinsky And Wife Of The Great Dancer Choreographer And Dance Teacher Adolph Bolm 1881-1951 "Dear ------ May This Book Be A Source Of Inspiration To You- I Know Mr. Bolm Would Be Proud Of You Today. With My Heartiest Wishes For All The Best In Your Life. Affectionately Beata June 18 1953 Hollywood". Bolm Is Discussed And Shown In The Book. The Book Is Near Fine; In A Near Fine Dj With Slight Fading To Spine And Edges A 3/16" Closed Tear At Top Of Spine Not Price Clipped No Chipping. <br/> <br/> Duell, Sloan And Pearce hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028661
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Kepler, James H.; Foreword And Inscribed By Charlton Heston
The Jordan Beachhead: A Novel Of Biblical Times
New York: Exposition Press 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 204 Pp. Stated First Edition. Inscribed By Author And Also Inscribed Generically By Charlton Heston. A Near Fine Book Slight Wear At Ends Of Spine Dj With Wear And Also Light Chipping At Corners No Loss Of Lettering Except Final "N" In Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine Has Been Chipped Away. <br/> <br/> Exposition Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028669
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Design By E. Sacherer, Lettered By David Vernon
Ye Gueste Booke Manuscript Guest Book Of William And Aurelia Mclean Bishop California Circa 1931-1939
Chicago / Bishop Ca: Laird And Lee 1926. Original Manuscript . Hardcover. Very Good. Manuscript Guest Book Full Of Autographs And Greetings From Guests At The Home Of William And Aurelia Mclean Of Bishop California 1931-1939. The Mcleans Had An Outstanding Collection Of Early Native American Baskets Which Their Guests Frequently Refer To In Their Messages. <br/> <br/> Laird And Lee hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028728
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Blum, Daniel (Editor), Inscribed To Dorothy Gish
Theatre World 1960-1961
New York: Chilton Company 1961. First Edition 1st Printing. Grey Cloth. Very Good /No Jacket. Photographs Throughout. Grey Cloth. No Jacket. Light Wear No Fraying. Inscribed "For Dorothy With Love Danny Christmas 1961". Inscribed To Dorothy Gish From A Collection Of Books Originally From Her Library. Dorothy's Sister Lillian Appears Three Times In The Book. <br/> <br/> Chilton Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028244
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Atkins, Rick , With Carla Laemmle
Among The Rugged Peaks: An Intimate Biography Of Carla Laemmle
Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Photographs. 220 Pp. Softcover First Printing. As New. Inscribed By Carla Laemmle To "Roy" On Half-Title And Dated 10/10/09. <br/> <br/> Midnight Marquee Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 028416 ISBN : 1887664912 9781887664912
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Laemmle, Carla; Bradbury, Ray; Kinske, Daniel; Foreword By Ray Bradbury; Illustrated By Jack Davis And Hermann Mejia
Growing Up With Monsters
Albany Georgia U.S.A.: Bearmanor Media 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Photographs And Drawings. 37 Pp. Poetry And Reminiscences By Carla Laemmle. Inscribed By Laemmle And Kinske On Title Page. Condition Is As New. <br/> <br/> Bearmanor Media paperback
Bookseller reference : 028417 ISBN : 159393341x 9781593933418
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Allen, Ralph G.; Harry Rigby; Terry Allen Kramer
Sugar Babies: The Burlesque Musical Large Format Souvenir Program Inscribed By Ann Miller
1983. 5th or later Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Color Cover By Hilary Knight. Large Format Souvenir Program For The Touring Company Undated But Circa 1983 Of The Production With Its Original Cast Of Ann Miller And Mickey Rooney. Inscribed By Miller In The Center Of The Color Cover. <br/> <br/> paperback
Bookseller reference : 028086
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Barrow David, And Glen Chang, Introduction By Irene Lagorio. Inscribed To Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano And His Wife Emmie
The Life and Sculpture of Wah Ming Chang
Carmel California: Wah Ming Chang 1989. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Color Plates Throughout. 87 Pp. Nearly New. Inscribed By Chang To His Friend California Artist Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano And His Wife Emmie And Also Signed By Glen Chang. With A Two Page Card From The Changs To Napolitano And His Wife Discussing Health Their Recent Meeting Etc. Chang Protege Of His Guardian Blanding Sloan Had A Successful Career As An Artist And Motion Picture Designer Most Remembered For His Work On Star Trek But Active Over A Long Career With Sloan And Individually. <br/> <br/> Wah Ming Chang paperback
Bookseller reference : 027036 ISBN : 0962529311 9780962529313
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Sterling, George, Introduction By Upton Sinclair; Probably Inscribed From Aileen Pringle To Frances Marion)
Sonnets to Craig
New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1928. First Edition . Grey Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. 120 Pages. Beige Cloth Stamped In Red. First Printing. A Bright Copy Top Of Page Block Quite Dusty And With A Few Tiny Spots Foredge Of Page Block Aged. Violet Dust Jacket Is Aged At Edges And Heavily Browned At Spine So That Lettering Is Just Barely Readable; It Has Tiny Chips Along Some Of Top Edge Particularly The Top Edge Of The Rear Panel And At Bottom Edge Of Spine As Dust Jacket Is About 1/8" Taller Than The Book. Small Inscription "Frances From Aileen July 1928" On Endpaper Probably An Inscription To Intellectual Screenwriter Frances Marion As This Is From A Collection Books From Her Library And Inscribed To Her; And Probably From Actress Aileen Pringle Who Starred In Films In The 1920'S With Screenplays By Marion. H. L. Mencken Visited Hollywood Which He Loathed Ostensibly To See Sterling Etc. But Motivated Primarily By His Desire To Pursue His Relationship With Pringle Who Then Became Acquainted With Sterling. <br/> <br/> Albert & Charles Boni hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007214
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Weyman, Stanley J., Ownership Signature Of Screenwriter Margaret Turnbull
The King's Stratagem And Other Stories
New York: Platt Bruce & Company 1895. First Edition . Olive Buckram. Very Good. Frontispiece and Plates. Olive Buckram Lettered In Black. First Edition 1895 Dates On Title And Copyright Pages. A Solid Copy One Upper Tip Just Starting To Fray No Other Fraying. Light 1" X 1/4" Stain At Edge Of First Three Endpapers Only. Pencil Signature Of Prolific Screenwriter Margaret Turnbull -1942 Active 1914-1939 Annotated "Hollywood 1919" Below Her Signature. <br/> <br/> Platt, Bruce & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009478
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Family Of Alden Wylie Beal [Personal Notes And Photographs And Ephemera]
Mother Stork's Baby Book
New York: The Dodge Publishing Company 1904. Reprint . Pink Cloth. Near Fine. 10 7/8" Tall. Albertine Randall Wheelan. Pink Cloth With Illustration Of Stork Baby And Candle. Color Lettering And Charming Color Illustrations Throughout. An Exceptionally Designed And Well-Completed Book For A Baby Alden Wylie Beal Born 1925. Many Good Photographs Mounted And Loose. Personal Ephemera. A Near Fine Copy With Personal Information Written Neatly Throughout. International Postage About $60 By Usps Priority Mail Box Less To Canada. <br/> <br/> The Dodge Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015869
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Rogers, James H.
Songs By James H. Rogers / "April Weather
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company 1899. Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12 1/4" Tall x 9 1/4. Original sheet music. 7 pages with James H. Rodgers' inscription on the front cover. <br/> <br/> Oliver Ditson Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 007899
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Baumgarten, Paul A. And Donald C. Farber
Producing Financing And Distributing Film
New York: Drama Book Specialists/Publishers 1973. First Edition stated . Maroon Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 9 1/4" High. 198 Clean Unmarked Pages. Hardcover First Edition Stated. Inscribed By Paul Baumgarten. Dj Priced $12.50 Would Be Near Fine But 5/8" Tear At Lower Rerar Spine Edge. <br/> <br/> Drama Book Specialists/Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004527 ISBN : 0910482314 9780910482318
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Walloth, Wilhelm [Harrison Gray Otis copy]
Empress Octavia: A Romance Of The Reign Of Nero Autograph Signature Of Harrison Gray Otis
Boston: Little Brown 1900. First American Edition . Green Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 378 Pp 2 Pages Ads At Rear. Gilt Brilliant Hinges Tight Tiny Areas Of Faint Wear Small Area With Very Light Red Stain On Front Cover. Signed In Pencil By Harrison Gray Otis As "H G Otis" On Front Endpaper; An Interesting Association With The Most Imperial Of Angelenos. <br/> <br/> Little, Brown hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019304
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Hanley, James
Captain Bottell
London: Boriswood 1933. First Edition First Printing . Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 423 6 Pp Catalog At End. Hardcover. First Printing. Ownership Signature "Capra" From Library Of Family Of Frank Capra. <br/> <br/> Boriswood hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023728
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Chevalier, Stuart [Inscribed To Dr. Archibald Church ]
A Window on Broadway
Boston: The Sherrill Press 1936. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 304 pp. #179 of 300 copies of the limited edition signed by the author on the limitation page. Additionally inscribed by the author "To My friends Dr. and Mrs. Archibald Church Stuart Chevalier" and with the loose publisher's card noting that the limited edition was not offerred for sale and advertising the availability of the regular edition from the publisher. Dr. Archibald Church was a prominent physician in Chicago and Los Angeles and founded a library at Northwestern Univ. <br/> <br/> The Sherrill Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019838
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Durant, Will and Ariel (Douglas Fairbanks, Charles "Charlie" Chaplin, Clair Booth Luce, Noel Coward interest)
Four Page Holograph Letter From Will and Ariel Durant to Their Daughter with Extended Discussion of a Dinner Party Held By Douglas Fairbanks with Charlie Chaplin Clair Booth Luce Noel Coward Margaret Case George Cukor Etc.
Los Angeles 1948. Original Manuscript and Photograph . No Binding. Very Good. Signed Christmas Card with Family Photograph from the Fairbanks Family and Christmas Card from Charlie Chaplin. Four page holograph letter with about 22 lines describing personalities including Charles Chaplin Fairbanks Sr. Clair Booth Luce Noel Coward MArgaret Case and George Cukor and the Durants themselves. Written by Ariel Durant for both herself and Will Durant to their daughter and dated in 1948. With a simple Christmas Card from Charles Chaplin Printed and Embossed. With A later 1961 Christmas Card dated 1961 with an attached photograph of 14 members of his family the card inscribed "To you both- our affection age The Fairbanks Family" by Douglas Fairbanks Sr. <br/> <br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 009156
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de Forest, Lee
Father Of Radio / The Autobiography Of Lee De Forest
Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co. 1950. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good DJ. Photographs. First Edition First Printing Blue Cloth. Personally Inscribed " To ---------- Fine Son Of A Gifted Father Whose Brilliant Work On One Of My Problems Promises An Early Solution. With All Best Wishes For A Successful Life. Sincerely / Lee De Forest / First Edition". A Very Bright Attractive Example Dj With No Rubbing To Front Panel Slight Rubbing Along Edges And Slight Dampstaning Along Lower Two Inches Of Spine. <br/> <br/> Wilcox & Follett Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001757
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Lauritzen, Marryat
Mo'r: 4 Sange for Klaver Glem Ikke Mor; Moders Mor; Min Egen Mor; l Ved Moders Grav
Eget Forlag 1902. No Binding. Very Good. Sheet Music Portfolio Nicely Inscribed By Lauritzen Whose Picture Is On The Cover And Dated 1931. <br/> <br/> Eget Forlag unknown
Bookseller reference : 007823
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O'Neill, Eugene ( From Library of Hans Conried)
Strange Interlude
New York: Boni & Liveright Inc. 1928. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8 3/8 " High. 352 clean pages. Illustrated endpapers. 1 3/4" closed vertical tear upper fore edge of "Characters" page. Covers slightly mottled front and back. Gilt lettering bright. <br/> <br/> Boni & Liveright, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016419
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Ripperger, Helmut; Inscribed To Robert L. Balzer From Elisabeth Talbot-Martin
Coffee Cookery
New York: Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Educatin Movement of the United States and Canada 1940. First Edition stated . Brown Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 94 Pp. Brown Cloth First Edition Stated. Clean Book Pages Lightly And Evenly Aged As Usual. Dj Price Clipped Lightly Used Tiny Losses At Corners 1/4" Long Abrasion Along Rear Flap Fold. Inscribed From Actress Elisabeth Talbot-Martin With A Small Drawing At End "A Very Belated But Nonetheless Joyous Christmas New Year To My Two Favorite Cooks Love Talbot" And From The Library Of Robert L. Balzer P;Robably Inscribed To Him. <br/> <br/> Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Educatin Movement of the United States and Canada hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023529
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Guest, Edgar A.
Original NBC Radio Script for "It Can Be Done" July 6 1937
Chicago: NBC / National Broadcasting Company Blue 1937. Original Radio Script . Stapled Sheets. Very Good . 18 pp Mimeo script; this was the personal copy of Arthur H Perterson Jr. who played the character "Dr. Routledge" for many years and appeared on many radio programs as an actor circa 1937-1947. <br/> <br/> NBC / National Broadcasting Company Blue unknown
Bookseller reference : 021641
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Watson, Delmar, Editor; Text By Helen R. Weiner
Quick Watson The Camera": Seventy-Five Years Of News Photography Inscribed By Seven Members Of Roberts Family To Actress Jane Withers
Hollywood / Los Angeles: Delmar Watson 1975. First Edition . Red Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 11 1/4" Tall. Photographs Throughout. 120 Pp. Red Cloth. First Edition. Lightly Used Book With Touch Of Wear At Corners 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Spine Edge. Specially Inscribed By Seven Members Of The Roberts Family The Photographers To Actress Jane Withers One Signature Dated In 1998. <br/> <br/> Delmar Watson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024620
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(Teresa Berganza)
Photograph of Teresa Berganza Signed
Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 6" x 4" portrait of Berganza in costume as Rosina in the Barber of Seville nicely signed. <br/> <br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 008592
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Cavanna (Armitage Welton), Elise, And James Welton; Drawings By Elise Cavanna
Gourmet Cookery For A Low-Fat Diet Inscribed By Both Authors To Robert Balzer
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1956. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 153 Pp. Dark Green Boards Printed In Light Green. First Edition. Very Scarce. Book Is Clean Light Wear At Corners. Dj Clean Not Price-Clipped $2.95 Very Light Wear. Amusingly Inscribed Separately By Both Authors To Wine Expert Robert Balzer. Elise Cavanna Starred In Many Movies With W C Fields Was Married To Merle Armitage And Illustrated Several Books For Him And Also Was The Subject Of A Also Now Scarce Book By Armitage About Her Art. <br/> <br/> Prentice-Hall Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023287
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El Rodeo 1937 Yearbook Of The University Of Southern California
University of Southern California: University of Southern California 1937. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12 1/4" Tall. Profusely Illustrated. A Bright Clean Unworn Copy No Marks Or Writing. Small Area 1" X 1/2" Of Torn Cloth On Rear Cover Else Fine. Tv Announcer Jack Slattery's Copy With His Signature On Front Endpaper No Other Marks. <br/> <br/> University of Southern California hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017578
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Barton, Bruce (Text) Dean Cornwell (illustrations)
The Man of Galilee / Twelve Scenes from the Life of Christ
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Company 1928. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12 1/2" Tall. Dean Cornwell. 137 Pages Immaculate. Green Paper Boards With Green Cloth Spine. First Printing. Signature In Full By Artist Dean Cornwell Dated 1929 New York. Wear Spine Frayed At Top And Bottom Edges. 4 1/2 X 3 1/4 Paste Down Chipped 1/4" On Left Side With An Adjacent 3/4" Partial Removal Of Top Layer Of Paper; 4 Small Scratches With No Paper Removal And Not Affecting Lettering. Front Endpaper Is Loose At Hinge But Not Detached. Back And Front Covers Are Clean And Unmarked. Very Slight Rubbing At Tips. <br/> <br/> Cosmopolitan Book Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001879
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Durant, Will
Caesar and Christ The Death of Caesar
New York: Simon & Schuster 1944. Original Typescript . Loose Sheets. Very Good . 6 pp. Typescript carbon marked in pencil "2d copy uncorrected" in Durant's hand but with many handwritten corrections and changes. A Chapter in his "Caesar and Christ" Volume 2 of "The History of Civilization" series. <br/> <br/> (Simon & Schuster) unknown
Bookseller reference : 007131
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Madame Qui Vive (Helen Follett Stevans Jameson); Illustrations By Penrhyn Stanlaws; Cover Scheme, Borders, Decorations And Make-
Pippins & Peaches
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co. 1909. First Edition Thus . Peach Cloth. Very Good. 126 Pp. First Edition Thus. Cover Pastedown Illustration; Frontispiece; Drawings. Front Pastedown With Genealogical Info Connecting The Author To A Previous Owner Who Notes That This Copy Was A Gift From The Author. Also With A 10 Line Quite Personal Typed Letter From The Author On Her Pseudonymous Stationary Signed In Full With Her Name At The Time And The 1910 Mailing Envelope. When Requested For A Line Of Hers To Use She Suggests "Half A Loaf Is Better Than No Rest At All. <br/> <br/> The Reilly & Britton Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007717
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