The NBC Book of Stars
by Wilson, Earl
New York: Pocket Books (1184). Very Good. 1957. 1st Edition (pbo). Mass Market Paperback. [moderate wear along spine and a bit at lower right corner of front cover, but generally a clean, tight copy]. (caricature drawings) "Vital Statistics" and short biographies of a dozen big names in the NBC-TV lineup at the time: Steve Allen, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Groucho Marx, Dave Garroway, George Gobel, Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Dinah Shore, Gisele... Read More
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The American Jitters: A Year of the Slump
by Wilson, Edmund
New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fair. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [ex-library book (pocket on front pastedown, library stamps on title page and top and bottom edges of text block), spine and front cover faded (gilt lettering too), shadows of removed labels on spine, small stain at top edge of rear cover]. The literary and cultural critic's observations of the American scene from the early days of the Great Depression. "This... Read More
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I Thought of Daisy
by Wilson, Edmund
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good sound copy, light soiling and age-toning to top of text block, offsetting (discoloration) to endpapers, modest bump to upper rear corner; vintage bookseller's label (Robert N. Matlack, Upper Darby, Pa.) on rear pastedown]. The first (and only) novel by this author, a somewhat Proustian tale set in Greenwich Village in the early 1920s, in which the narrator struggles with his... Read More
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The Bang Bang Family
by Wilson, Gahan
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1974). First Edition. Hardcover. [minor bumping and slight wear to bottom corners of book; jacket moderately soiled, with a bit of damage (small scraped area and puncture tear) to spine (obliterating most of THE in title), short closed tear at to of rear panel, faint shadow of removed price sticker on front panel]. Described in the jacket blurb as the author's "first picturebook for... Read More
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Gahan Wilson's Still Weird [*SIGNED* with drawing]
by Wilson, Gahan
New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates. Near Fine. 1994. 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. 0312857799 . [nice-looking book, with just a touch of surface wear to the covers, slight bends to bottom corners of about a dozen pages near the end of the book]. Trade PB (cartoon drawings) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author/cartoonist on the inside front cover: "To _____ / with my best wishes / Gahan Wilson"; accompanying the signature (and together with it... Read More
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Two Black Sheep
by Wilson, Harry Leon
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. Good. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [shelfworn copy, front hinge cracked but not separated, light bumping/fraying at several extremities, slight exposure of boards at bottom corners, fading to cloth along edges of covers and at the spine, one-time owner's pencil signature on half-title page]. A screwball comedy in book form by the author of "Merton of the Movies," about a French prince who comes incognito to Hollywood, where... Read More
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Lone Tree
by Wilson, Harry Leon
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean copy, minor shelfwear, spine slightly turned; jacket has a tiny closed tear at the upper front hinge, otherwise clean and attractive with only a touch of edgewear]. A family's bucolic life on their remote ranch is upended when oil is discovered on their land, introducing them to the many complications of the nouveau riche. A late... Read More
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Sinners, Come Away
by Wilson, Leon
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Good dj. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice solid copy, light shelfwear, minor smudging to page edges; jacket edgeworn, very slight paper loss at several corners, a couple of closed tears with associated creasing]. A "two-fisted story of men in jail," set in Alabama, with a jacket blurb by none other than Arthur Miller, who calls it "very beautiful: one of the few novels whose people live a... Read More
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A Woman Like Me
by Wilson, Marjorie Damsey
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good+. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [spine a little turned, minor visible wear at a couple of corners]. This uncommon novel "is simply the story of Nancy Prager. Raised by a devoted elder sister to care for nothing but the preservation of her lovely face and body, Nancy ruthlessly sacrificed her family, her lovers, and her husband to satisfy her mad love for her own beauty.... Read More
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A Woman Like Me
by Wilson, Marjorie Damsey
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear to lower extremities, light foxing to both pastedowns; the jacket is worn along the top and bottom edges, with various tiny nicks and a bit of creasing, and there's some scuffing to the spine panel]. This novel "is simply the story of Nancy Prager. Raised by a devoted elder sister to care for nothing but the preservation... Read More
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Sex and Drugs: A Journey Beyond Limits [*SIGNED*]
by Wilson, Robert Anton
Phoenix AZ: Falcon Press. Very Good. 1987 (c.1973). 1st printing thus. Softcover. [long vertical crease in front cover, a bit of wear along the spine]. Trade PB INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "to ___ and ___ / Live long and prosper / Robert / Anton / Wilson." Signed by Author .
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The Wonder Album of Filmland: A Complete Pictorial Survey of Screenland
by Winchester, Clarence, ed.
London: The Amalgamated Press, Ltd.. Very Good-. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderately shelfworn, spine cloth faded, faded area at the upper right corner of the front cover (apparently from an overly aggressive removal of an old price sticker or label); the front endpaper is just starting to pull loose at the top, but the binding and hinges are intact and internally the book is quite clean]. (sepia-tone and blue-tone photographs) "A... Read More
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Volonor
by Winship, Glen B.
New York: Thomas Seltzer. Very Good in Good dj. 1925. 2nd printing. Hardcover. [moderately shelfworn, some dust-soiling to top edge, minor staining to fore-edge, one-time owner's ink signature at top of ffep; jacket worn and rubbed, various small tears and shallow chips, spine color-shifted, a few holes along rear hinge, soiling to rear panel]. (endpaper map illustration) Utopian fantasy novel about a young millionaire who forms a new republic on a Pacific island, with... Read More
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Fable in Gothic
by Winter, Lois F.
Caldwell ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear, some foxing/spotting to top of text block, one-time owner's signature on front pastedown; jacket torn at spine corners, a bit of paper loss at top of spine, small strip of old cellotape affixed to rear panel]. "The scathing and outspoken story of a minister who believed his wife's happiness was not too much to pay for his... Read More
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Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor
by Winters, Ralph E.; edited by Laurie Holz
Lanham MD/London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.. Fine in Fine dj. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. [very nice, as-new copy, with no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. (Filmmakers, No. 88) Series (B&W photographs) "Drawing from his own ascent up the MGM Studio System, [the author] gudies the reader through a history of American film editing, beginning with its earliest days when film was snapped by hand. Not a glamorous account of Hollywood, the book... Read More
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The Boss of Eagle's Nest
by Winter, William West
New York: A. L. Burt Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1925). Reprint. Hardcover. [binding solid, light bumping to bottom corners, minor browning/soiling to top edge, one-time owner's signature and date at top of ffep; jacket edgeworn, moderately soiled, small tears and minor paper loss at several corners, shallow chipping at spine ends, slightly mis-aligned with book at time of original folding]. "The adventures of a down-and-out American of an old fighting Mexican... Read More
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The Golden Round
by Winwar, Frances
New York/London: The Century Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [moderate wear and bumping at spine ends, small scrape/gouge (shallow) at bottom of text block; jacket shows some wear along top and bottom edges, a little paper loss at both ends of spine, browning to spine, tiny chip at top of rear panel]. Historical novel of passionate romance and court intrigue, set in 13th-century Italy, in which a... Read More
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To Dwell in Safety: The Story of Jewish Migration Since 1800
by Wischnitzer, Mark
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [good sound copy with minor shelfwear only; the jacket has some shallow chipping along the top edge (including a little paper loss at the top of the spine), a tiny chip at the base of the spine, and some staining along the rear flap-fold]. (B&W plates) From the Preface: "Here is a comprehensive and scholarly but never dull... Read More
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Millimeter [magazine]: The Professional Resource for Production and Post (March 2004 issue) [cover: George Lucas]
by (Wisehart, Cynthia, ed.)
Overland Park KS: Primedia Business Magazines & Media. Very Good+. 2004. (Vol. 32, No. 3). Magazine. [light handling wear, soft vertical crease in front cover]. (color/B&W photographs, ads, graphics, etc.) Tech-oriented magazine for professional filmmakers. The cover story is "The Lucas POV: Insight into the Producer/Director's Passion for Digital Filmmaking." Other feature articles: a piece about skater-turned-director Stacy Peralta and the making of her film RIDING GIANTS; an on-site visit to The Film... Read More
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Dumachas and Sheba: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
by Wise, Leonard
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [nice tight copy, very slight bump to bottom front corner, no other discernible wear; jacket has a bit of extremely shallow insect-nibbling along bottom edge (virtually disappears inside new mylar jacket protector), faint semi-circular scuff mark on front panel, light handling wear]. Love story set in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus Christ. "Dumachas --... Read More
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The Charlotte News, Hollywood and Me [*SIGNED*]
by Wister, Emery
(n.p.): (published by the author). Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1991). First Edition. Hardcover. [slight bumping to lower corners, faint foxing to top edge of text block; the jacket shows just a touch of wear at several corners, very light spotting along spine]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the verso of the title page: "To ____: / nice to talk / to you the other day. / Now you can... Read More
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In a Door, Into a Fight, Out a Door, Into a Chase: Moviemaking Remembered by the Guy at the Door
by Witney, William
Jefferson NC/London: McFarland & Company. Fine. (c.1996). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean as-new copy, with no discernible wear]. (B&W photographs) Memoir by the veteran film director, who worked almost exclusively in serials and B-westerns from the 1930s well into the 1950s, then transitioned seamlessly into one of the busiest directors of filmed TV shows of the late 1950s and 1960s. .
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Fierce People
by Wittenborn, Dirk
New York: Bloomsbury. Fine in Fine dj. 2002. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover. 1582342423 . [beautiful book, clean and unmarked, no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. "A modern coming-of-age novel about a boy's struggle for survival in a lush and corrupting world," in which a 15-year-old boy is abruptly transplanted from the mean streets of New York's Lower East Side to an exclusive rural New Jersey community, thanks to his cocaine-addicted masseuse mother's hooking... Read More
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The Jeweller of Bagdad
by Wittels, Fritz (translated by Frederick H. Martens)
New York: George H. Doran Company. Good+. (c.1927). 2nd printing? ("B"). Hardcover. (pictorial paste-on front cover label; no dust jacket) [moderately worn book, bottom corners slightly bumped and worn (just a bit of exposure of boards at bottom corner of front cover), a little dust-soiling to top edge, a little spotting to covers, small pull-tear hole (about 1/2") in front-cover illustrated label]. (color frontispiece, pen-and-ink drawings) The romantic "Oriental" adventures of Achmed, "a young jeweller... Read More
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Freedom of the Screen: Legal Challenges to State Film Censorship, 1915-1981
by Wittern-Keller, Laura
Lexington KY: The University Press of Kentucky. Fine. (c.2008). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a nice as-new book, lacking the dust jacket but unmarked and with no discernible wear]. A history of film censorship in America from the silent film era through the 1970s. Unlike many works in this field, which tend to focus on the establishment, growth and eventual breakdown of the Hollywood-centric Production Code Administration (supplanted in the 1960s by... Read More
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