Broke at Forty Five: A Letter to His Grandchildren
by Babcock, Thorpe
Los Angeles: Fashion Press. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1967). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [modest wear to bottom edge, very slight exposure of boards at lower corners, offsetting/discoloration to endpapers (from contact with dust jacket), small bookseller's label (Vroman's, Pasadena) at upper corner of front pastedown; the fragile brown paper jacket is almost completely split along front hinge, and has some very shallow chipping along the top and bottom edges, a small piece missing... Read More
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Radar Targets
by Bachman, Christian G.
Lexington MA/Toronto: Lexington Books / D. C. Heath and Co.. Very Good+. (c.1982). First Edition. Hardcover. 0669052329 . (no dust jacket, possibly as issued) [minor bumping at top of spine, slight wear evident at several corners, a touch of fading to spine, bookseller's label on front pastedown, some light pencil-underlining and annotation on the first few pages and throughout the last couple of chapters]. (figures, tables, B&W photographs) Everything you might want to know... Read More
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Girl Wanted!: A Mystery Story
by Bacon, Josephine Daskam
New York/London: D. Appleton-Century Company. Very Good. 1936 (c.1935). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [modest shelfwear, light water-spotting on front cover, spine cloth a little faded, non-authorial Christmas gift inscription in pencil on front endpaper]. (pen & ink illustrations & chapter-head drawings) A group of boarding-school girls investigate a mystery. The author had published her first book (under her maiden name, Josephine Dodge Daskam) in 1900, a collection of stories set at... Read More
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El Cartel de Cine en España: The Film Poster in Spain
by Baena Palma, P., con la colaboración de Julián Iglesias y Benito Medela
[Spain]: Francisco Baena Palma (copyright by). 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dj. [no discernible wear to either book or jacket (although the jacket is inside a mylar cover that remained in place for the scanned image, so some minor surface wear could be obscured)]. (color poster reproductions) A gorgeously-produced book of vivid color reproduction of vintage movie posters, a substantial number of which are Spanish posters for American films, primarily of the major studio era (1920s-1950s). The introductory... Read More
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![Hollywood, with "Bugs" Baer and Henry Major [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/536/024/1308024536.0.l.jpg)
Hollywood, with "Bugs" Baer and Henry Major [*SIGNED*]
by Baer, "Bugs," and Henry Major
(n.p.): Henry Major. Very Good+. (c.1938). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (no dust jacket, as issued) [light shelfwear, a touch of fraying to cloth at upper right corner of front cover]. (caricature sketches) Over 200 full-page caricature sketches of movie people (mostly actors, with an occasional director, writer or local Hollywood character tossed in) by Henry Major, with "Bugs" Baer contributing the captions, which range from moderately clever (Bette Davis: "The discoverer of perpetual... Read More
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The House of the Fighting-Cocks
by Baerlein, Henry
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good+. [1923]. Unstated edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [solid copy, moderate wear at extremities, some dust-soiling to top edge, spine cloth slightly faded, minor soiling to bottom edge]. Novel set in pre-Revolutionary Mexico, purportedly a manuscript completed in 1880 (per the Preface) but only discovered and translated in 1911. [There is no date on the title page or copyright page (the 1923 date is from the... Read More
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Fragments of a Political Diary
by Baernreither, Joseph M.; edited and introduced by Joseph Redlich
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1930. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [a lovely copy, with no discernible wear to the book at all; the jacket has some insignificant paper loss at several corners, some light smudging on the rear panel, and a tiny chip at the bottom of the rear panel, but is still remarkably good-looking for an uncoated jacket of that vintage]. (photo frontispiece portrait) "Dr. Baernreither, the late Austrian... Read More
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Elia Kazan: Interviews
by Baer, William, ed.
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. Fine. (c.2002). 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. 1578062241 . [nice clean as-new copy, with no discernible wear]. (Conversations with Filmmakers) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs) A compilation of 16 published interviews with the American film director, culled from numerous sources, ranging in date from 1951 to 1988. Chronology; filmography; index. .
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The Chalk Garden
by Bagnold, Enid
New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1956). First Edition. Hardcover. [light wear to lower extremities; jacket browned at spine (as typical with RH plays of this period), miniscule chipping at spine ends]. (B&W photographs) Comedy about an elderly eccentric and her disturbed, pyromaniacal granddaughter, the latter looked after by a governess with a green thumb and a mysterious past. The original 1955 Broadway production starred (in the respective roles)... Read More
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Talking to Myself [*SIGNED*, with additional letter]
by Bailey, Pearl
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1971). 2nd printing (B). Hardcover. [light soiling to bottom edges of covers, no other significant wear; the jacket has a tiny tear and some associated dog-earing at the top rear hinge, and a couple of tiny nicks at the bottom edge of the front panel]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page: "To Flip [sic] -- In love is / all... Read More
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The Short Term
by Baker, Arthur
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. (c.1948). First Edition. Hardcover. [good solid copy, mild shelfwear, light tanning to page edges and endpapers; jacket sunned at spine, minor edgewear/chipping along top/bottom edges, a bit of paper loss (no text affected) at spine ends, one-inch closed tear near bottom left-hand corner of front panel]. "The story of a small town going to judgment," centering around a murder trial and its... Read More
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![A Fine Madness [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/390/572/1526572390.0.l.jpg)
A Fine Madness [*SIGNED*]
by Baker, Elliott
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Fair dj. (c.1964). 2nd impression. Hardcover. [very slight wear to extremities, generally a nice clean copy; the jacket has a ragged chip at the bottom rige corner of the rear panel, some discoloration to the spine, small tape stains at the lower corners of the front panel, a small tears at a couple of corners]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Del, /... Read More
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Trademarks of the 20's and 30's
by Baker, Eric, and Tyler Blik
San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Near Fine. (c.1985). 3rd printing. Softcover. 0877013608 . [light handling wear only]. Trade PB (B&W and color reproductions) This book "presents a fascinating colletion of the most ingenious designs and devices ever to represent a commercial product or serve. These two remarkable decades were times of sloganism, radio jingles, and visual puns. In terms of graphic design, the trademarks bridges the simplistic naiveté of the early century with the... Read More
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![Control: A Pageant of Engineering Progress [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/329/915/1691915329.0.l.jpg)
Control: A Pageant of Engineering Progress [*SIGNED*]
by Baker, George Pierce
New York: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Good. (c.1930). First Edition. Hardcover. (paper-covered boards over black cloth; no dust jacket, probably as issued) [well-worn at all edges and extremities, partial splitting of black cloth along rear joint]. (11 B&W plates) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To / Frank P. Bevan / with hearty thanks for / his cooperation / G.P.B. / Dec. 1930." This short play was ... Read More
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Boy Wonder
by Baker, James Robert
London: Fourth Estate. Very Good. 1996 (c.1988). 1st printing thus. Softcover. [minor creasing to both front and rear covers, moderate edgewear, slight bumping to lower rear corner]. Trade PB A modern classic of Hollywood fiction, a kaleidoscopic, CITIZEN KANE-like portrait of a movie-biz wunderkind -- "a rollicking, readable monster of a novel -- deliciously cynical, joyously funny." .
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Josephine
by Baker, Josephine, and Jo Bouillon (translated from the French by Mariana Fitzpatrick)
New York: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1977). First American Edition. Hardcover. [sharp-looking copy, with no discernible wear to book; the jacket has some very minor wear along the bottom edge, and the faintest bit of surface handling wear]. (B&W photographs) The autobiography of one of the most sensational performers of the twentieth century, "nearly completed before her death in 1975 [and] added to by her husband, Jo Bouillon, her sister,... Read More
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Mendoza in Hollywood: A Novel of the Company
by Baker, Kage
San Diego/New York/London: Harcourt, Inc.. Near Fine in Fine dj. (c.2000). First Edition. Hardcover. 015100448X . [very nice tight copy, the faintest bit of spotting on top edge, appears unread; jacket pristine, looks like it's been in protective cover from Day One]. Sci-fi/fantasy/time travel novel, set largely in early Los Angeles and Hollywood. .
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![The Oriental Rug [limited/*SIGNED* edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/669/305/1398305669.0.l.jpg)
The Oriental Rug [limited/*SIGNED* edition]
by Balakian, Peter
Lewisburg PA: The Press of Appletree Valley. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. (brick-orange paper-covered boards; no dust jacket, probably as issued) [light foxing to front-cover paper lable, faint stain at right edge of front cover, small black smudge on rear cover]. This short poem (reprinted from the November 1985 issue of "Poetry" magazine), illustrated with four beautiful linoleum cuts, was the third of four limited editions of this Armenian-American poet's works to be issued by this small press. Balakian... Read More
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![Raoul 'Sonny' Balcaen: My Exciting True-life Story in Motor Racing [etc.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/449/977/1626977449.0.l.jpg)
Raoul 'Sonny' Balcaen: My Exciting True-life Story in Motor Racing [etc.]
by Balcaen, Raoul F. III, with Jill Amadio and Pete Lyons
Sherborne, Dorset, UK: Evro Publishing. Fine in Fine dj. 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. [a flawless, as-new book] (B&W and color photographs) Memoir by a pioneering drag racer and hot rodder who went on to a notable career as an automobile designer, working in association with major figures in the racing-car field such as drivers-turned-entrepreneurs Lance Reventlow and Carroll Shelby. Balcaen (1936-2024) "grew up in Los Angeles at a time when it became the epicenter... Read More
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Manhattan Nights
by Baldwin, Faith
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1937). First Edition. Hardcover. [a lovely clean copy, with no significant wear but the very faintest spotting to the bottom page edges (less squinty eyes would call it Fine with nary a pause); jacket lightly soiled at the rear panel, with some light wear and a couple of tiny tears along the top edge, very attractive nonetheless]. "A Panoramic Novel," sayeth the dust jacket... Read More
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![Five Women in Three Novels [Star on Her Shoulder; Detour; Let's Do the Town]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/691/717/1746717691.0.m.jpg)
Five Women in Three Novels [Star on Her Shoulder; Detour; Let's Do the Town]
by Baldwin, Faith
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1942). First Edition. Hardcover. " Three short romance novels by this popular author of women's fiction, all written between 1936 and 1941, and respectively covering "the period of peace, of approach to the war, and to the threshold of the war itself." The three are: "Star on Her Shoulder"; "Detour"; and "Let's Do the Town." All three had been previously published in magazines, although... Read More
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The Secrets of Reading Character at Sight: How to Measure Your Powers and Increase Your Income
by Balkin, Harry H.
New York: Blue Ribbon Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1941. Reprint. Hardcover. [a touch of wear to extremities, pocket on rear pastedown (see notes), generally a nice clean copy; jacket shows edgewear and light rubbing, minor paper loss at both ends of spine]. (pen and ink drawings) "This book explains simply the famous Balkin system of reading character at sight scientifically. It will show you exactly how to judge others accurately and... Read More
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![The Gaucho [Photoplay Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/089/321/1565321089.0.m.jpg)
The Gaucho [Photoplay Edition]
by Ball, Eustace Hale; novelized from the screen play by Elton Thomas and theshort story by Lotta Woods
London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd.. [1928]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good+ dj. [modest shelfwear, some wear to extremities, binding intact; the jacket shows a bit of wear along the edges and spine, with some very slight paper loss at a couple of corners and a tiny closed tear at the top of the front panel]. (Readers Library, no. 212) Series (8 sepia-toned film stills) Small-format British photoplay edition (about the size of a modern-day... Read More
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The Wife of the Red-Haired Man
by Ballinger, Bill S.
London: Max Reinhardt. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1957. 1st U.K. edition. Hardcover. [only lightly shelfworn with a couple of very slightly bumped corners, but downgraded a bit due to dust-soiling to the top edge of the text block; jacket shows some wear at edges and extremities, one tiny closed tear and associated short diagonal crease at top of rear panel, light soiling to rear panel, "RED-HAIRED" on spine somewhat faded but still readable]. ... Read More
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The Longest Second
by Ballinger, Bill S.
London: Max Reinhardt. 1958. 1st U.K. edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. [bottom corners bumped, light dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket spine a little faded, some tanning/soiling to rear panel]. Suspense novel about a man trying to rediscover his past after waking up in hospital with no memory, and also rendered mute by having had his throat cut. .
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