![Intermission: a True Tale [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/177/026/1726026177.0.l.jpg)
Intermission: a True Tale [*SIGNED*]
by Baxter, Anne
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1976). 4th impression. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [faint foxing to top edge of text block, no other significant wear; the jacket is a bit wrinkled at the top of the spine, and bears a large "Autographed at Hunter's" label affixed to the lower right corner of the front panel (probably removable if you wish) (the label is day-glo green, although it appears almost white in the scanned... Read More
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The Killers
by Baxter, George Owen (pseud. for Frederick Faust, aka Max Brand)
New York: The Macaulay Company. Very Good. (c.1931, 1928). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderate shelfwear, some browning/spotting to page edges, light bumps and slight fraying to cloth at bottom corners, one-time owner's signature in pencil on ffep, tiny tear at fore-edge of title page]. Crime novel that segues to a Western setting about halfway through (hence the Western-motif front-cover decoration of a man on horseback waving a large hat), by this prolific pulp... Read More
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Topsy and Evil; an Inner Sanctum Mystery
by Baxt, George
New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1968). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [a good sound copy, black stripe (remainder mark, I guess) across top of text block, otherwise nice and clean with only light shelfwear; the jacket is lightly rubbed, with a few tiny tears along the top and bottom edges]. The author's third novel featuring "hip Negro detective Pharoah Love." .
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![The Greta Garbo Murder Case [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/542/118/738118542.0.m.jpg)
The Greta Garbo Murder Case [*SIGNED*]
by Baxt, George
New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 031206988X . [light shelfwear, small light pink smudge on half-title page; jacket shows light wear at extremities, small tear and slight associated creasing at top rear foldover, tiny scuffed spot near top center of front panel]. SIGNED by the author (signature only) on the title page. Another in Baxt's long-running series of period murder mysteries centered around famous... Read More
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Harper's Bazaar Beauty Book
by The Editors of Harper's Bazaar
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1959). First Edition. Hardcover. [good sound copy, minor shelfwear, modest bump to lower front corner; the jacket shows a little edgewear, with a short tear and some associated creasing at the bottom of the front panel, light scuffing to front panel, a bit of soiling on the rear panel]. (pen & ink drawings) "Every woman has at least one acquaintance who seems to ride the... Read More
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In the Name of the Son
by Bazin, Hervé (translated from the French by Richard Howard)
London: Secker & Warburg. 1962 (c.1960). 1st U.K. edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. [minor shelfwear, faint dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket shows just light handling wear, with a couple of tiny edge-tears]. Novel about a widowed schoolmaster in a French provincial town and his relationships with his three children, "an in particular with Bruno, the youngest, whom he rightly suspects is not his own." .
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Glass Mountain
by Beach, Joseph Warren
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company. Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1930). 2nd printing before publication. Hardcover. [book itself is in beautiful condition, especially the patterned-foil covers which are clean and bright; the jacket is just a teensy bit edgeworn, with some scuffing along the spine panel]. "This brilliant and lyrical novel is the story of Norma Wardroper, her life and loves. In the mountains of California she meets Max Harder, painter of American sporting ... Read More
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Our Foreign-Born Citizens: What They Have Done for America
by Beard, Annie E.S.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Good. (c.1922). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a bit of damage to the edges and corners of the covers in several spots, tiny rip in spine cloth; an ex-library book with typical markings, which provide interesting provenance (see notes)]. (B&W photographic portraits) Biographical sketches of thirty-four prominent individuals, chosen as "typical examples [of] citizens of foreign birth who have done things," with the chronicle of their various... Read More
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A History of the Business Man
by Beard, Miriam
New York: The Macmillan Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean tight copy with no significant wear; jacket has a couple of tiny edge-tears, shallow chipping at top of spine, teensy-weensy chip at bottom of rear panel]. Miriam Beard (1901-1983), described by one scholar as "the maverick daughter of Progressive reformers Charles and Mary Beard," apparently wrote just two books in her life: "Realism in Romantic Japan" (1930)... Read More
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Persona Grata
by Beaton, Cecil, and Kenneth Tynan
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [modest browning to spine cloth, slight fading along several edges]. (B&W photographs, graphics) "An alphabetical anthology of unique human beings; a portrait gallery in words and photographs of a hundred living people whom we, its self-appointed curators, both admire. Here are no lawyers, no heads of state, no professional footballers [because] these callings, admirable as they are, lie outside... Read More
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The Film Spectator (issue of April 30, 1927)
by Beaton, Welford, ed.
Hollywood: Film Spectator, Incorporated. Very Good+. 1927. (Vol. 3, No. 5). Periodical. [slight damage to the lower right corner of the rear cover, otherwise a nice clean copy]. A typical issue of this iconoclastic film journal -- not a "trade paper," but rather an attempt to take an intellectual critical approach to screen fare, styling itself as "The only publication conducted solely for those who THINK about motion pictures." It began publication in... Read More
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The Intruder
by Beaumont, Charles
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Good+ dj. (c.1959). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [slightly bumped at bottom corners, otherwise a nice clean copy with minor shelfwear; jacket has a number of small chips along top and bottom edges and at top of spine]. The fantasy author's "serious" book, a small-racist-Southern-town novel that served as the basis for a remarkably effective low-budget, shot-on-location film adaptation by Roger Corman, released in 1961, with William... Read More
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411 Joseph; a play in two acts
by Becker, Frawley
Woodstock IL/London/Melbourne: Dramatic Publishing. Near Fine. (c.1998). First Edition. Softcover. 087129883X . [faint stain on front cover, minimal handling wear]. Trade PB "The rivalry between two brothers for paternal love is an old theme that gets a Jewish American twist" in this play, in which "eldest son David attempts to win his father's love by fulfilling his father's dream: to have his sons open a medical clinic dedicated to himself." .
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Film: Complete Scenario / Illustrations / Production shots
by Beckett, Samuel
New York: Grove Press, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1969). 1st printing thus. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [nice copy with no wear whatsoever to book, just a previous owner's squiggled signature at top of ffep; the jacket bright and unblemished, downgraded only because of the price-clipping)]. (The Collected Works of Samuel Beckett) Series (B&W photographs) Beckett's original script (the only screenplay he ever wrote) for his 1965 short film featuring Buster Keaton, illustrated with... Read More
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Warner Bros. Animation Art: The Characters - The Creators - The Limited Editions
by Beck, Jerry, and Will Friedwald
(n.p.): WB Worldwide Publishing / Beaux Arts Editions. Fine. (c.1997). First Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [a beautiful, as-new copy, with clear acetate(?) faux-cel inset in front cover, depicting Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Tweety, and Porky Pig]. (color and B&W photos, art reproductions, etc.) Fabulously-produced illustrated survey of Warner Bros. animation -- from the classic Looney Tunes era through more modern productions such as the "Tiny Toons" and "Batman" TV series... Read More
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The 50 Greatest Cartoons; as selected by 1,000 animation professionals
by Beck, Jerry, ed.
Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc.. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1994). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean as-new copy, with no discernible wear to book; the jacket shows faint handling wear only, looks terrific inside new mylar]. (B&W and color photos and other illustrations) "A portrait of each winning cartoon includes a plot summary, the production history, and a critical analysis that explores the unique qualities that have earned the cartoon a place in film history." ... Read More
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Coronation Glory: A Pageant of Queens 1559-1953
by Beckles, Gordon (narrative)
London: The London Express Newspaper Limited. Very Good in Very Good- dj. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. [bumping to lower corners, contemporary gift inscription on verso of front endpaper, small nick in top edge of rear cover; the jacket is moderately edgeworn and a bit soiled, small tears and small bits of paper loss at several corners (worst is a half-inch missing from the top of the spine), 2-inch closed tear at bottom right of front panel].... Read More
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Philippine
by Bedel, Maurice (translated from the French by Samuel Middlebrook)
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1932). 1st [U.S.] Edition. Hardcover. [book is lightly shelfworn, very slight bump to top front corner, vintage price label (from The White House, San Francisco) on rear pastedown; jacket lightly soiled, minor scuffing to front panel]. A satirical romance "in the classic French tradition immortalized by Voltaire's Candide" (it sez here), in which a retired Parisian department store owner visits Italy... Read More
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Henry Hathaway: A Directors Guild of America Oral History
by Behlmer, Rudy, ed.
Lanham MD/London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.. Near Fine in Fine dj. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. [a nice clean as-new book, slightly blemished by modest bumping to the lower corners and a couple of minor scuff marks on the top edge of the text block; the jacket is flawless]. (Filmmakers, No. 84) Series A comprehensive interview with the noted director of LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER, THE DARK CORNER, KISS OF DEATH, CALL NORTHSIDE 777, and... Read More
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Memo from David O. Selznick
by Behlmer, Rudy, ed.
New York: Grove Press, Inc.. Near Fine. 1981 (c.1972). 1st Evergreen Edition. Softcover. [minor wear only to book, but there is a small hole punched in the front cover]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) An endlessly fascinating read-through of the correspondence files of the legendary producer of GONE WITH THE WIND and other classics (and an occasional non-classic) -- albeit, as editor Behlmer explains in his foreword, presenting "a rather one-sided case, with no opportunity for... Read More
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Casablanca Photo Book
by Behlmer, Rudy
(n.p.): Turner Entertainment Co. & Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.. Near Fine. [2008]. First Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [essentially as-new, with just a tiny bit of surface rubbing to the covers]. (B&W photographs) A cute little 48-page hardcover booklet, largely photographic, with an abbreviated history of the classic film's production and release. Originally issued as an element of the Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD box set of the film (which explains... Read More
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Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck: The Golden Years at Twentieth Century-Fox
by Behlmer, Rudy, ed.
New York: Grover Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight clean book, with no discernible wear; the jacket shows only some extremely light wear along the top edge (effectively concealed inside a new mylar protector)]. (B&W photographs) In this brilliantly-edited and annotated selection of Hollywood studio memos, film historian Rudy Behlmer does for 20th Century-Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck what he had done for the equally legendary producer David... Read More
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Behind the Scenes: The Making of...
by Behlmer, Rudy
Hollywood/NY/London/Toronto: Samuel French. Near Fine. 1990 (c.1982). 1st printing thus. Softcover. [slight bumping to bottom right corner, with resulting minor bending at lower corners of the first half of the book, plus a short diagonal crease at the bottom corner of the front cover; otherwise nice and clean and virtually as new]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) Deeply-researched, erudite, and heartfelt "making of" essays about fifteen great American films -- not necessarily "the best," as... Read More
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Memo from David O. Selznick
by Behlmer, Rudy, ed.
New York: The Modern Library. Near Fine. 2000 (c.1972). 1st Modern Library paperback edition. Softcover. [a bit of wear at base of spine, very slight wrinkle at top right corner of front cover, light age-toning to edges of text block]. (Modern Library: The Movies) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs) An endlessly fascinating read-through of the correspondence files of the legendary producer of GONE WITH THE WIND and other classics (and an occasional non-classic) --... Read More
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The Sea Hawk
by Behlmer, Rudy, ed.; screenplay by Howard Koch and Seton I. Miller
Madison WI: The University of Wisconsin Press. Fine. 1982. 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. [a nice clean as-new book, in flawless condition]. (Wisconsin/Warner Bros. Screenplay Series) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs) Another entry in this outstanding series of published screenplays of classic Warner Bros. films, this one presenting the full script for (in the words of the editor) "a first-rate swashbuckling adventure film that is literate, lavish, and imaginative." Editor Behlmer's typically erudite... Read More
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