Daphne Laureola
London: Constable & Co, (1949). Softcover. First edition. Fine in wrappers. Basis for three TV movies, including a 1978 version with Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier. More
London: Constable & Co, (1949). Softcover. First edition. Fine in wrappers. Basis for three TV movies, including a 1978 version with Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier. More
London: Constable & Co., (1936). Softcover. First edition. Small octavo. 94pp. Card wrappers with printed applied orange dustwrapper. Theatre-themed bookplate of Theodore Johnson, some sunning on the wrappers, else near fine. Play by a Scottish writer and frequent film collaborator with Alfred Hitchcock. Adapted from Bruno Frank's *Sturm im Wasserglas.*..... More
London and New York: Sameul French, [1931?]. Softcover. First edition (acting edition). Small octavo. 110, [2]pp. Illustrated buff wrappers. Light age-toning on the wrappers and a modest stain at the crown, very good or better. Very warmly Inscribed by the playwright to Barrett H. Clark, an exceptionally important figure in..... More
London and New York: Sameul French, [1929]. Softcover. First edition. Small octavo. 98pp. Printed gray wrappers. Theatre-themed bookplate of Theodore Johnson inside front cover, a little wear to the yapped edges, near fine. Very warmly Inscribed by the author to an actress and dated in 1929. Very uncommon. More
New York: Bantam, 1985. Softcover. Advance Reading Copy. Near fine in slightly rubbed wrappers. More
New York: Pocket Books, (2003). Softcover. First edition. Paperback original. Rubbing else near fine. Based on the 2000-2005 Showtime series starring Gale Harold, Hal Sparks and Randy Harrison. More
New York: Pocket Books, (2003). Softcover. First edition. Paperback original. Light rubbing and publisher's sticker on front cover, near fine. Based on the 2000-2005 Showtime series starring Gale Harold, Hal Sparks and Randy Harrison. More
New York: Atheneum, 1970. Hardcover. First edition. Slightly toned board edges, else fine in very good dust jacket with modest edgewear, and a sunned spine. Basis for the 1980 action comedy film of the same name directed by Richard Rush, and starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback and Barbara Hershey. More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, (1929). Hardcover. First edition, trade issue. Spine a little foxed, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with a modest chip on the rear panel. The author's first collection of short stories, one of which, *The Life of Vergie Winters* was the basis for the..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937. Hardcover. Third edition. Cloth soiled and dampstained, good only lacking the dust jacket. More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated endpapers faded, corners and spine ends bumped and fraying, spine tanned, good only, lacking the dust jacket. Adapted into a stage play, and then into the engaging Marion Gering film in which Clive Brook and Kay Francis play a...... More
[no place]: Continental Distributing, Inc., 1963. Unbound. Promotional movie poster. Measuring 27" x 41". Old folds, light general wear, a small fold tear at the bottom edge, corners with small holes, very good. Published to promote Peter Brook's 1963 film *Lord of the Flies* starring child actors James Aubrey, Tom..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, (1945). Hardcover. First edition. Gift inscription, else fine in a price-clipped, near fine dustwrapper with a slightly faded spine, but fresher than usually found. Jacket art by Hoffman. First novel by Brooks, who went on to become one of Hollywood's best screenwriters and directors. Basis..... More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1932. Hardcover. Second edition. 309pp., 22pp. ads, heavily illustrated from photographs. Bump and slight tear to the cloth at the top of the front board, else fine in a lightly rubbed, fine dustwrapper. Highly technical account of how to produce talkies. Scarce in jacket..... More
New York: Doubleday, (2003). Hardcover. Book club edition. Near fine with some edgewear, lacking the dustwrapper. This blockbuster bestseller is something of a cultural phenomenon and the basis for the 2006 Ron Howard film with Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou. More
New York: Doubleday, (2003). Hardcover. Book club edition. About very good with spine ends bumped, slightly bowed boards in a very good dustwrapper with rubbing, a few small chips and tears along the edges. This blockbuster bestseller is something of a cultural phenomenon and the basis for the 2006 Ron..... More
New York: Doubleday, (2003). Hardcover. First edition, first issue. Slightest sunning at the edges of the boards, still fine in fine dustwrapper. Bestselling novel and pop-culture phenomenon, basis for the Ron Howard film with Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou. More
New York: Doubleday, (2003). Softcover. Advance Reading Copy. Glossy wrappers. Slight toning to the paper and a slight curl on front wrap, near fine copy of this pre-publication state. Bestselling novel and pop-culture phenomenon, basis for the Ron Howard film with Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou. More
[Bellflower, California]: Living Waters, [circa 2006?]. Unbound. Christian tract. One sheet, measuring 9" x 3¾". Printed in color on both sides. Fine. A tract almost certainly published in conjunction with the public craze for Dan Brown's book (and ensuing films) *The Da Vinci Code*. The front is an unusual U.S.-European..... More
New Yorkq: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper with several small chips and tears. The original 1945 New York production of this play featured a young Burt Lancaster. Basis for the 1952 Edward Dmytryk film, *Eight Iron Men* featuring an excellent ensemble cast including..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1971). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Basis for the film *Paper Moon*. A much nicer than usual copy. More
Primos PA: Franklin Printing Company, (1955). Hardcover. First edition. Designed and illustrated by Norman Guthrie Rudolph. Cloth and illustrated papercovered boards, issued without dustwrapper. A trifle soiled, still fine. An attractively designed and printed excerpt from Brown's first book, *Stars in My Crown*, about a miracle and issued by the..... More
New York: Morrow, 1956. Hardcover. First edition. Jacket by Bill Meek. Ex-library with the usual markings, gutter cracked and spine cocked tape offsetting on dustwrapper flaps, a good only copy in a good only dustwrapper. Author's third book, basis for the World War II film featuring Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis..... More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1991. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and faint toning. Author's fourth book and basis for the 2013 film starring Nicholas Cage. More