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DARK WATERS: A Mystery Novel.
Edition: First edition.
Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Co., (1944) dj. Hardcover first edition - First book publication of this mystery, set on a Louisiana plantation, originally published as a serial in The Saturday Evening Post, and the basis for the 1944 film starring Merle Oberon and Franchot Tone. Movie tie-in edition, illustrated with four stills from the film, a photograph of Oberon on the front cover of the dust jacket and 4 other scenes on the back cover. 191 pp.
Condition: Very good in teal boards (usual age-toning to the pages) in a fair only dust jacket with creasing, edgewear and some loss to the ends of the spine.
Book ID: 87534More details Price: $30.00 -
BEYOND THE ROCKS: A Love Story.
Edition: First thus.
New York: The Macaulay Company, (1922). Hardcover first edition - Photoplay Edition of a novel originally published in 1906 by one of the most popular romance writers of her time (one who popularized the concept of the "It girl") Long considered one of the "lost films" of Hollywood's golden silent era, this was produced by the then new Paramount studio and featured Gloria Swanson with Rudolph Valentino, the only time they co-starred in a film. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three internal scenes from the film. 327 pp. plus 3 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Near fine in red-orange boards with black lettering (spine slightly faded)
Book ID: 90908More details Price: $21.50 -
THE IRON HORSE.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Hardcover first edition - "Novelized from William Fox's great picture romance of the East and the West by Charles Kenyon and John Russell and illustrated with scenes from the photoplay." Includes a 5 pp preface which describes the making of this epic John Ford production starring George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy, as well as Chief Big Tree and Chief White Spear - a film which required two years of production on settings all over the old west, an year of preparation and 3,000 railway workers, 1,000 Chinese laborers 800 Pawnee, Sioux and Cheyenne Indians" Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 7 inserted plates. xii, 329 pp plus 7 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good in tangerine cloth with green lettering (previous owner's name in pencil dated Christmas 1925)
Book ID: 63175More details Price: $18.00