Dick Tracy: The Making of the Movie
New York: Bantam Books, (1990). Softcover. First edition. Quarto. 112pp. Fully illustrated in both color and black-and-white photographs and drawings. Corners creased, near fine in pictorial wrappers. More
New York: Bantam Books, (1990). Softcover. First edition. Quarto. 112pp. Fully illustrated in both color and black-and-white photographs and drawings. Corners creased, near fine in pictorial wrappers. More
London: Macdonald, (1961). Hardcover. First English edition. Translated by John Coomb. Jacket illustrated with stills from the Norwegian film. Lengthy gift inscription from a member of the author's family on front fly (see below). Front fly with light evidence of pricing with grease pencil (barely affecting a small portion of..... More
(New York): Penguin Books, (2000). Softcover. Later printing. Trade paperback. 391pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Spine ends with small nick, near fine. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1925]. Hardcover. First edition. Headpieces by Charles Robinson. Small conteporary owner's name front fly, a bit of foxing to the foredge, a near fine copy without dustwrapper. Basis for the 1926 film *Nell Gwynne* directed by Herbert Wilcox and featuring Dorothy Gish in the title role..... More
(New York): New Directions, (1949). Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a very short tear on the front panel. Housed in a custom quarter morocco gilt and cloth clamshell case. The author's first and best-known book, in which a disaffected American couple meet the..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, (2000). Softcover. First English edition. Fine in wrappers. Signed by Boyd, as F.X. Toole, on the title page. A collection of short stories that were adapted into the Oscar-Winning film *Million Dollar Baby*. Boyd died in 2002, two years before the film was made. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, (1985). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Yellow wrappers. Slight waviness and some fading else near fine. Basis for the 1988 film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Daniel Day-Lewis. More
(New York): Viking, (1993). Softcover. Advance Reading Copy. Fine in glossy wrappers. Basis for the 1994 Alan Parker film starring Anthony Hopkins, John Cusack and Matthew Broderick. More
(New York): Viking, (1993). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Basis for an amusing film. More
(New York): Viking, (1993). Softcover. Advance reading copy. Fine in glossy wrappers with some lightly rubbing. Basis for the 1994 Alan Parker film starring Anthony Hopkins, John Cusack and Matthew Broderick. More
(New York): Viking, (1993). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Slight curling on the wrappers thus near fine. Basis for the 1994 directed by Alan Parker and starring Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Michael Lerner, and Dana Carvey, among others. More
(New York): Viking, (1993). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Bottom corners slightly curled, near fine. Basis for the 1994 directed by Alan Parker and starring Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Michael Lerner, and Dana Carvey, among others. More
New York: Plume / New American Library, (1985). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Price label on front cover and a tiny nick near the crown, near fine in printed wrappers with publisher's letter laid in. (N.B. Illustrations aren't present in this proof format.). More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny creased tears and internal tape repair. Non-fiction biography of the last Emperor of China, P'u Yi, who gained the throne at age two, and was later duped into collaborating with Manchuria's..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. Hardcover. First American edition. Contemporary owner name else fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with very slight toning to the white portions of the spine. A nice copy of the author's first novel, about a young, ambitious, and socially conscious working class lad. Basis for..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in a just about fine dustwrapper with very slight overall age-toning. A nice copy of the author's first novel, about a young, ambitious and socially conscious working class lad. Basis for the film featuring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, who..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Hardcover. First American edition. A bit of rubbing at the spine ends, else near fine in price-clipped good or better dustwrapper with age-toning, modest stains, and a chip at the crown. The author's first novel, about a young, ambitious and socially conscious working class lad..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. Hardcover. Second printing. Octavo. 256pp. Binding a bit cocked, a bit of light offsetting on the endpapers, and one pair of conjugate leaves neatly tipped back in, about near fine in a near fine "2nd impression" dust jacket with a bit of soiling on the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Hardcover. First American edition. Faint small tape shadows on fly leaves, probably from an old jacket protector, thus very good in very good dust jacket with small internal tape mends, and a bit of wear at the crown. The author's first novel, about a young..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1941. Hardcover. First edition. Top edge a little soiled, about fine in a slightly spine-faded, very good or better dustwrapper with some old tape removal marks on the inside of the jacket. Dr. Kildare fights to save two lovers who have attempted to complete..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. Hardcover. First edition. Some light tanning to the endpapers and very slight sunning on the spine, near fine in very good dustwrapper with the pink portion of the spine faded, and some skinning to the inside of the jacket from an old jacket-protector..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. Hardcover. First edition. Ink owner's name with a small bookstore stamp, and one corner bumped, else near fine in a lightly edgeworn, near fine dustwrapper. Hospital romance and mystery tale featuring the handsome young intern Dr. Kildare. Basis for the 1939 Harold S...... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1936. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in an attractive, very good plus dustwrapper with some rubbing, and modest nicks and tears at the extremities. A much nicer than usual copy of an uncommon title. Basis for the 1951 film *My Outlaw Brother*, directed by Elliott..... More
New York: Hillman-Curl, 1938. Hardcover. First American edition. Translated by Desmond I. Vesey. Verse translation by Christopher Isherwood. Tiny stamped initials on half-title and copyright page, else fine in handsome near fine dust jacket with a light toning on the spine. A novel (later re-issued as *Threepenny Novel*) loosely based..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a worn but presentable, about good dustwrapper with chipping at the spinal extremities and several other chips and tears. A good year for short stories with contributions by William Faulkner ("A Name for the City"), Eudora Welty ("The Burning"), Truman Capote..... More