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

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941. First Edition. Film producer and Twentieth Century-Fox studio mogul Darryl F. Zanuck’s own copy with his initials “D.Z.” on the front cover and his handwritten notations throughout this original 165 page temporary shooting script with color rewrite pages, dated Feb. 19, 1941, for the World War II film ‘A Yank in the R.A.F.’ directed by Henry King, starring Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton, and Reginald Gardiner. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers... more information

Woodstock: Overlook Press, 1994. First Edition. Signed by Peter Bogdanovich. Very fine in cloth without dust jacket as issued. ... more information

New York: Doubleday, 1969. First Edition. Very good copy with a bit of discoloration to the gutters in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some slightdarkening to the spine and foreedge. Senator McCarthy’s personal narrative of the 1968 presidential campaign. ... more information

New York: Norton, 1954. First Edition. Fine bright fresh copy in a bright dust jacket with only the very slightest hint of sunning at spine (usually found quite faded) and a few nicks and a few small tears. A book notoriously encountered in bad condition due the fragile papercovered boards and the bright yellow dust jacket which usually is heavily soiled, this copy is much better than usually found. A baseball fiction landmark, the basis for the Broadway musical and Hollywood film, Damn Yankees. ... more information

New York: Scribners, 1938. First Edition. Ownership signature. Illustrated with drawings by Edward Shenton. Very good copy with some darkening to the spine without dust jacket. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1919. First Edition - American. Very good copy with some minor rubbing to the cloth, a couple of tiny tears at the top of the spine, and a hint of fading to the spine without dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Century, 1932. First Edition. Fine in a very good attractive pictorial dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Department of Youth and Education Zionist Organization of America, n.d. First Edition. Staplebound, 8 3/8” x 11”. 54 pages. Near fine copy with a touch of darkening to the outer edge of the covers in printed wrappers. ... more information

N.p: N.p, 1938. First Edition. Paperbound, 5 1/2” x 8”. 100 pages. Frontispiece portrait is a black & white photograph portrait from about 1877 of George Cunningham Edwards, the third student to register in the University of California. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Near fine copy with a trace of edge wear in printed wrappers. A collection of personal essays by various retired California school teachers. ... more information

London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. First Edition. Fine fresh copy in a fine bright dust jacket. ... more information

Corona del Mar, CA: Janesway Publishing, 1984. First Edition, Paperback Original. Signed and inscribed by the author / actor Brett Halsey: “For Ysrael, This is your life! Your friend, Brett Halsey.” Lightly used copy with some fading to the spine, a bit of edge wear, and some slight rubbing to the covers in printed wrappers. A novel about the behind-the-scenes of the world of television soap operas, written by television actor Brett Halsey. ... more information

New York: Knightsbridge Publishing Company, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author / actor Brett Halsey. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A novel about the behind-the-scenes of the world of television soap operas, written by television actor Brett Halsey best known for his work on the long-running soap opera ‘General Hospital.’ A quote from Burt Reynolds on the front cover says it all: “Nobody knows more about sex, intrigue, and all that good stuff that goes on in soap operas better tha... more information

New York: Harcourt, 1981. First Edition. Signed by the author, Alice Walker on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ... more information

New York: George Doran, 1916. First Edition. Very good copy with some minor edge wear and a trace of dust soiling to the cloth without dust jacket with two small labels on the front and rear endpapers. A story told in letters of a young and hopeful pitcher trying to get both his baseball career and his life off the ground. ... more information

New York: New American Library, 1964. Second printing. Ownership signature. With some slight offsetting to the half-title from a clipping and a minor indentation from a paperclip, else a fine bright clean copy in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny edge nicks and one small tear. ... more information

New York: Harpers Magazine Press, 1974. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, television game-show producer and presenter, Chuck Barris, to actress Lois Nettleton: “To Lois, Hope you like it. Chuck Barris.” Near fine copy with a touch of edge wear in a very good dust jacket with some minor dust soiling to the spine. You and Me, Babe is said to have been inspired by Chuck Barris’s marriage to Lyn Levy, the niece of one of the founders of CBS, which led to her disinheritance from her famil... more information

New York: Ballantine, 1974. First Edition. Paperback original. Based on the cult classic Twentieth Century Fox film directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, and Peter Boyle as the Monster. With 16 pages of stills from the film. Fine in pictorial wrappers. ... more information

New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1983. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author, William Harry Harding, to fellow writer, Wayne Warga. Inscribed: “For Wayne, A writer whose work I admire greatly - a friend I am most grateful to have. Warmest wishes and love, Bill. March 11, 1983, Hollywood.” Laid in is an autograph signed letter from William Harry Harding to Wayne Warga dated April 22, 1983. in which Mr. Harding offers gratitude and appreciation for a favorable review of the book by Mr. Warg... more information

New York: Brentano’s, 1928. First Edition. Signed by the lead actress in the play, Dorothy Gish (Lillian Gish’s sister and the book’s dedicatee), signed by the author Samson Raphaelson, and inscribed by the play’s producer: “Compliments of Sidney Ross, May 1, 1929.” Very good copy with some fading at the spine in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with a small (1” x 1/2”) chip at the top edge of the front panel and some internal tape repairs. ... more information

New York: Brentano’s, 1928. First Edition. Very good copy with a 1/4” line of fading at the top of the spine without dust jacket. ... more information