![Films in Review (April 1980) [cover: Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/495/761/325761495.0.m.jpg)
Films in Review (April 1980) [cover: Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER]
by Bowers, Ronald, ed.
New York: National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Very Good+. 1980. (Vol. XXXI, No. 4). Periodical. NOISBN . [nice clean copy, light handling wear, slight dog-ear to bottom corner of front cover, diagonal crease at bottom corner of one page]. (B&W photographs) Contents include: an account of the festivities surrounding the presentation of the organization's first annual David Wark Griffith Awards; a career article on actress Doris Kenyon, with filmography; an interview with... Read More
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Operation Bughouse
by Bowie, Beverley
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [good sound copy, lower front corner bumped, minor white stain at bottom of front cover; the jacket is well-worn, somewhat scraped and scuffed, with an M-shaped chip at the bottom of the front panel, some mostly-internal dampstaining surrounding the base of the spine, and a number of small chips and nicks along the top edge]. A "fast-moving, hilarious... Read More
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The Time of Friendship; a volume of short stories
by Bowles, Paul
New York/Chicago/San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1967). First Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, tiny spot on top edge of text block; the jacket is age-toned (mostly along the spine), has a tiny chip at the upper right corner of the front panel, and a couple of small scrape marks on the front panel]. Thirteen stories by Bowles, jacket-blurbed as his first collection of his short fiction to appear since... Read More
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John Henry: The Rambling Black Ulysses
by Bowman, James Cloyd
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. [minor wear to book at extremities; jacket a little rubbed/scuffed on front panel, moderate wear and shallow chipping along top edge, uneven fading to rear panel, still colorful and attractive]. (pen & ink drawings, illustrated endpapers) An enhanced retelling of the John Henry legend, "a lusty, robust tale of adventure interwoven with many typical songs and tall tales of... Read More
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Isle of Demons
by Bowman, John Clarke
New York: The Dial Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice-looking copy, tight and clean, very light wear to book extremities; jacket shows minor wear at corners]. "This is a basic love story, woven into a tapestry of the glitter, intrigue and violence, of immense courage and over-mastering avarice against a background of 16th Century France and America. Pierre and Marguerite are caught in the age-old struggle of love... Read More
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Fusee: The Adventures of Ethan Allen
by Boyd, Dusty
New York: Carlton Press Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1975). Presumed 1st. Hardcover. [minimal shelfwear, mild tanning of pages, two previous owners' signatures on ffep (plus an annotation from one about when and where he bought the book); jacket mildly soiled, a couple of small closed tears, chipping with a little paper loss at both ends of spine]. Vanity-press novel about the exploits of Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys during the American... Read More
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The Pink Egg
by Boyden, Polly
Truro MA: Pamet Press. Very Good+ in Good dj. (c.1942). First Edition. Hardcover. DETAILS NEEDED. World War II-era political parable, somewhat in the vein of "Animal Farm" -- "a story that is, at one and the same time, both symbol and adventure, actual and romantic, satirical and completely engaging." Oh, and did I mention that all the characters are birds? The hero is Roderick Robin Jr., marked as a rebel from birth due to... Read More
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Life Makes Advances
by Boyd, Madeleine
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. [a bit of spotting/soiling to page edges, light shelfwear to bottom edge, minor fading to cloth near top of spine; jacket shows some edgewear, darkened with age, various tiny nicks here and there]. A particularly fine example of a "novel of retribution," this roman a clef was penned by a French-born New York translator and literary agent (known as the person... Read More
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My Next Bride
by Boyle, Kay
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1934). First Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, spine cloth faded, some fading to cloth around edges of covers; jacket a little darkened at spine, minor wear to bottom corners]. An early work by Boyle (her fourth published novel), "the story of an American girl who drifts from the middle west to New York, and finally to Paris, in her search for life as well... Read More
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Week-End
by Brackett, Charles
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. Good. 1925. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [worn but intact, light staining to covers, diagonal red line of undetermined origin/purpose across bottom right corner of front cover, vintage bookseller's label (Unity Pegues, Hollywood, California) on rear pastedown]. The second novel by the future New Yorker drama critic and even-more future Hollywood screenwriter and producer. It's a satire about a group of people who gather at... Read More
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Green Shadows, White Whale [*SIGNED*]
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight book with no discernible wear, appears unread; the jacket is just slightly crinkled at the top of the spine]. SIGNED by the author on the title page (no inscription). Bradbury's Hollywood roman à clef about his collaboration with John Huston on the screenplay for his 1956 film MOBY DICK. Weirdly missed by Anthony Slide in his otherwise ... Read More
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"Science Fiction: Before Christ and after 2001" (in the 1975 Filmex catalogue)
by Bradbury, Ray
Los Angeles: Los Angeles International Film Exposition. Near Fine. 1975. First Edition. Stapled wraps. [nice clean copy, faint external handling wear only]. (B&W photographs, ads, graphics) An original essay by Bradbury, contained in the official catalogue/program book for the fourth (1975) iteration of the once-beloved and still-lamented Filmex (the Los Angeles International Film Exposition), which was a major presence on the L.A. film-cultural scene from 1981 until its demise in 1985. This was... Read More
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![Fantastic (January-February 1954) [includes "The Dwarf"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/546/543/8543546.0.m.jpg)
Fantastic (January-February 1954) [includes "The Dwarf"]
by Bradbury, Ray, and others
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.. Very Good. (c.1953). (Vol. 3, No. 1). Wraps. [moderate wear, a little creasing to covers; binding solid, pages supple, lightly browned at edges]. The Bradbury story is "The Dwarf" (this may possibly be its first printing, although nothing in the magazine itself either confirms or contradicts that). Other contributors include Algis Budrys ("Scream at Sea"), Jerome Bixby ("The Good Dog"), William P. McGivern ("Mr. Dittman's Monsters"), and Vern Fearing... Read More
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Fahrenheit 451
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Ballantine Books (382K). Very Good. [1960] (c.1953). Second Edition. Softcover. [spine rather severely turned/torqued, otherwise a nice-looking copy with only light handling wear, a short wrinkle-line near the left edge of the front cover, and a bit of age-toning to the pages]. Mass Market PB The second Ballantine paperback printing of Bradbury's classic about a future world in which books are imperiled, which the firm originally issued in both hardcover and paperback... Read More
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"Beyond Forty: Bright Films for Bright People" (in the program book for the Fourth Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, January 7-17, 1993)
by Bradbury, Ray
Palm Springs CA: Palm Springs International Film Festival. Fine. 1993. Stapled wraps. [a nice clean as-new copy, quite likely owned by someone who didn't actually attend the festival, since it shows no signs of being folded, rolled up, carried around in a purse or book bag, etc.]. (photographs, graphics, advertisements) Pretty much a typical film festival program book, with numerous ads, short blurbs for all films screened, etc. The main attraction in this... Read More
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![Dandelion Wine [*SIGNED* association copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/471/226/1454226471.0.l.jpg)
Dandelion Wine [*SIGNED* association copy]
by Bradbury, Ray
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. 1957. Later Printing. Hardcover. [light shelfwear only, a couple of tiny red spots (ink?) on bottom edges of covers, very slight deterioration to cloth at top of spine; jacket shows a little wear at extremities, small chip at base of spine, spine panel slightly browned]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to actor/director/producer Norman Lloyd and his wife on the front endpaper:... Read More
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The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932
by Bradley, Edwin M.
Jefferson NC/London: McFarland & Company, Inc.. (c.1996). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. (no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean copy with just a touch of wear at the extremities]. (B&W photographs) Exhaustive, well-researched film-by-film chronicle of the early years of the film musical. Includes credits (including all songs, with songwriters noted) for each film, along with a critical discussion and background information about its production. ****NOTE: Additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy volume;... Read More
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![Us Ladies [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/873/199/1298199873.0.m.jpg)
Us Ladies [*SIGNED*]
by Brady, Mariel
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company. Very Good in Good dj. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. [solid copy, slight fraying to bottom corners, minor wear at spine ends, light dust-soiling to top edge; jacket has some shallow chipping along the top edge, a bit of paper loss at spine ends and bottom right-hand corner of front panel, general rubbing/scuffing]. INSCRIBED, SIGNED and dated (November 8, 1937) by the author on the dedication page. "Genevieve Gertrude,"... Read More
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The Elephant is White
by Brahms, Caryl, and S.J. Simon
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Good+. (c.1940). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderately worn copy, spine turned, spine cloth faded and white spine lettering rubbed; attractive small label (like a miniature bookplate) on front pastedown]. (line drawings) One of this writing team's scarcer works, a satirical novel about a young Englishman who falls in with a group of down-and-out White Russian emigres in Paris, who have banded together in a kind of anti-socialist social... Read More
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Murder a la Stroganoff
by Brahms, Caryl, and S.J. Simon
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co.. Very Good+. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [solid, square copy, with some fading to black cloth along edges, mild browning to page edges]. .
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![Six Curtains for Natasha [original title: Six Curtains for Stroganova]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/812/546/8546812.0.m.jpg)
Six Curtains for Natasha [original title: Six Curtains for Stroganova]
by Brahms, Caryl, and S.J. Simon
Philadelphia/New York: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good+ in Good dj. (c.1946). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [solid copy, some wear (board exposed) at bottom rear corner; jacket wrinkled/creased along top edge of front panel, some paper loss at corners and spine ends]. Satirical novel set against the backdrop of the Russian ballet; the fourth (and last) in the authors' series about the wacky misadventures of the Vladimir Stroganoff ballet company. (Sergei Diaghilev features throughout... Read More
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It's Cold Out There
by Braly, Malcolm
New York: Pocket Books (80801). Very Good. 1976 (c.1966). 1st printing thus. Softcover. [solid copy, slight spine roll, minor abrasions and a bit of edgewear to covers, printed price blacked out on front cover]. Mass Market PB The author's third novel, about an ex-convict whose desperate need for money leads him to take a job selling encyclopedias door-to-door, which gets him involved with the variously strange residents of the Bali Hai Apartment Court. ... Read More
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False Starts: A Memoir of San Quentin and Other Prisons
by Braly, Malcolm
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1976). First Edition. Hardcover. [very nice copy, no significant wear but with a generic bookplate on the ffep; jacket similarly nice, very clean with just a couple of traces of minor wear]. Memoir by the author of "It's Cold Out There" and "On the Yard," detailing his relentless pursuit, during the many years he spent in prison (eighteen of his first forty), of "the... Read More
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Westward: The Romance of the American Frontier
by Branch, E. Douglas
New York/London: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dj. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. [good solid copy, minor wear to extremities, one-time owner's signature at lower corner of front endpaper, vintage bookseller's label (Winch & Marshall, San Jose, California) on rear pastedown; jacket heavily browned at spine (which also has a couple of puncture-tears), some minor chipping at spine ends]. (woodcuts; endpaper maps) This "first comprehensive popular account of the march of exploration, settlement... Read More
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River Lady
by Branch, Houston, and Frank Waters
New York/Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.. Very Good in Fair dj. (c.1942). 2nd printing. Hardcover. [a decent copy, but with noticeable wear to the extremities, half-title page partially stuck to front pastedown; the jacket has suffered paper loss along the top and bottom edges and the spine, and the rear panel is blemished by a number of old yellowed tape repairs (the jacket is pretty much held together by a paper-lined jacket protector, which was on... Read More
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