Titles starting with V from James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.

New York: Macmillan, 1942. First Edition - American. Very good copy with a hint of use without dust jacket. ... more information

London: London Book Company, 1929. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the early talkie starring Rudy Vallee, Sally Blaine, and Marie Dressler. An orchestra leader-crooner Vallee impersonates a music impresario and is hired by rich Dressler and Vallee falls for her niece Blane. Very good lightly used copy with some slight cracking to the front hinge in a very good bright dust jacket with some small chips and tears. The front and rear panels of the dust jacket depict Vallee and ... more information

London: Readers Library, 1930. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the early talking film starring Jeanette MacDonald, Dennis King, and Lillian Roth in this operetta about the thief poet Francois Villon and the Paris of King Louis XI. Good copy with some edge wear and rubbing to the cloth and slightly loose binding in a very good very slightly dust soiled dust jacket with some tiny tears and chips. The dust jacket is a wraparound color painting showing Dennis King as the romantic Vi... more information

New York: Dutton, 1930. First Edition. Of 299 deluxe copies signed by the author, Rudy Vallee, this is copy number 13 and is inscribed on the colophon page: “To Elliott who helped me realize my dream of this book”. Fine in a very good original publisher’s box. Memoirs of the singer and film actor. ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown, 1967. First Edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Macy-Masius, 1926. First Edition. Very slight erasure mark to the front free endpaper, else near fine in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with a few small and edge nicks and with some very slight darkening to the spine. Illustrated. The intimate memoirs of the great silent film star by his business manager. ... more information

London: Aperture Films, 1976. First Edition. Original 138 page mimeographed shooting script for the film Valentino written and directed by Ken Russell, starring Rudolf Nureyev in the title role, with Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips as Natasha Rambova, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal, Peter Vaughan, June Bolton, and Huntz Hall. Bradbound, 8 1/2” x 13”. Very good plus copy with a hint of use. The story of silent film heartthrob, Rudolf Valentino. ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown, 1964. First Edition - American. Very good plus in a bright very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some small chips and tears. ... more information

Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953. First Edition. Screenwriter and director Robert Pirosh’s own copy of the 107 page shooting script for the historical drama,Valley of the Kings, based in large measure on the noted book on ancient Egypt, Gods, Graves and Scholars by C.W. Ceram. Hardbound in rich deep red leather with raised bands and the title gilt-stamped on the spine and cover as well as “ROBERT PIROSH” on the front board. Fine condition. Includes a DVD of the film. Robert Pirosh also directed... more information

Boston: Little, Brown, 1964. First Edition - American. Signed presentation copy from Anthony Powell to Welsh novelist John Summers. Inscribed by the author: “For John Summers from Anthony Powell. In celebration of some fine photography. January, 1965.” Near fine copy with a touch of edge wear in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some small chips and tears. ‘The Valley of Bones’ is the seventh novel in a series of twelve novels comprising Anthony Powell's masterpiece, ‘A Dance to th... more information

New York: George H. Doran, 1914. First Edition - American. Ex-library copy with library stamps on the endpapers and half-title. With illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. Front free endpaper missing. A used and worn copy with hinges beginning to split, some foxing to the preliminaries, rubbing, a bit of spotting, and edge wear to the cloth without dust jacket. ... more information

London: Gowans & Gray, Ltd, 1922. A small play, the striking cover depicts a newspaper boy clutching a paper and holding a stack under his arm, standing in the street and calling out his wares. 4” x 5 1/2”. Paperbound. Slight browning to spine and edges, one tiny chip to top of spine, else about fine in wrappers. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. First Edition. Very good slightly used copy with a touch of edge wear without dust jacket. ... more information

Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 1989. Revised & Corrected Edition. Very fine without dust jacket as issued. The definitive book on the film studio best known for its remarkable series of motion picture adventure and mystery serials. ... more information

London: Readers Library, (1920s). Very good plus lightly used copy in a very good plus bright dust jacket with a few tiny nicks. The wraparound dust jacket is illustrated with a terrific color painting. ... more information

Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1990. First Edition. Signed by the author, Jon Tuska. Illustrated. Near fine with some hightlighting and marginal marking to a couple of pages without dust jacket as issued. ... more information

New York: John Day, 1928. First Edition Thus. Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine, with an introduction by Ben Ray Redman. About fine copy without dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Putnam, 1962. First Edition. Signed by the author, baseball promoter and team owner Bill Veeck. Near fine copy with a 1/4” mark to the cloth at the rear board in a very good dust jacket with a bit of dust soiling and some small tears. The engaging memoirs of Bill Veeck who “started with nothing but eleven dollars in his pocket and a wild sense of humor and wound up as owner of the Cleveland Indians, the St. Louis Browns, and the Chicago White Sox.” With lots of the behind-the scenes anecdot... more information

New York: Scribners, 1923. First Edition. Very good copy clean copy in an excellent facsimile dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, William Campbell Gault, in the year of publication. Inscribed: “To Willard & Pidge, Bill Gault. 1-5-61.” Very good plus copy with a trace of fading to the cloth at the top and bottom edges of the spine in a very good slightly used dust jacket with a few small nicks and tears, a very minor dampstain to the interior of the rear panel not affecting the exterior or the cloth at the rear board, and some minor dust soiling t... more information