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KISS HOLLYWOOD GOOD-BY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second volume of the autobiography of this actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter who is probably best known for her 1925 comic novel, 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.' This recounts her experiences working in Hollywood's silent film days. Illustrated with black and white photographs. List of her screenplays. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-670413747.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (spotting to edges of textblock, short tear to dj)
Book ID: 91308More details Price: $17.50 -
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 HERITAGE OF THE DESERT: Illustrated with Scenes from the Photoplay, a Paramount Picture.
Edition: First thus.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1924, c 1910). First edition - An early reprint of this romantic Western adventure novel and the first photoplay edition with a frontispiece and three internal photographs from the 1924 Paramount silent film starring Bebe Daniels as Mescal, Ernest Torrence, and Noah Beery as Holderness and Lloyd Hughes as Jack Hare. 298 pp plus 12 pages of publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in illustrated gray boards with landscape scene on front cover in brown and blue; lettering in brown on the spine and front cover (some spine slant, wear to cloth), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 89652More details Price: $20.00 -
PATSY CARROLL IN THE GOLDEN WEST, #3 in the series.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Very good in light blue cloth with a small pasted on illustration, gilt lettering (minor wear to the covers, but overall sturdy and attractive)
Book ID: 83969More details Price: $25.00 -
PIRATE KING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes and set in the world of England's young silent film industry. SIGNED on a book plate tipped onto the half title page. 300 pp. ISBN: 9780553807981.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (toning to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 82919More details Price: $28.50 -
PIRATE KING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (2011,) dj. SIGNED bookplate, hardcover first edition - A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes and set in the world of England's young silent film industry. SIGNED on a book plate tipped onto the half title page. 300 pp. ISBN: 9780553807981.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 73561More details Price: $24.50 -
PIRATE KING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (2011,) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes and set in the world of England's young silent film industry. SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp. ISBN: 9780553807981.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot).
Book ID: 72245More details Price: $27.50 -
TOM MIX DIED FOR YOUR SINS: A Novel Based on His Life.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth novel by the author of 'Cinderella Liberty.' Although written as fiction, this is based on fact, the story of a larger than life cowboy in the early 1900s, who brought his incredible stunts to silent films. Illustrated with 14 pages of photographs. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-440059690.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 67990More details Price: $18.00 -
PIRATE KING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (2011,) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes and set in the world of England's young silent film industry. SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp. ISBN: 9780553807981.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 67866More details Price: $30.00 -
RICARDO: DIARY OF A MATINEE IDOL.
Edition: First printing.
Santa Barbara: John Daniel & Co., 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the Hollywood of the 1920s and 1930s during the era of silent films, the story of a Jewish-Italian boy from the Bronx, presented to the public as a new Latin lover, Paramount's answer to Valentino. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-936784652.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 68024More details Price: $25.00 -
THE CHAPERONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Riverhead Books, 2012. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1922 and inspired by the life of silent film star Louise Brooks. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp. ISBN: 9781594487019.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 56500More details Price: $40.00 -
MARGINAL SIGHTS: Staging the Chinese in America.
Edition: First printing.
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the history and prevalence of stereotypes in depicting the Chinese in films and theatre, from Bret Harte and Mark Twain's play 'Ah Sin' to O'Neill's Marcos Millions and the contemporary Broadway hit 'Miss Saigon' and from early silent films to modern pornography. The stereetypes range from Charlie Chan to Fu Manchu to Madame Butterfly. Includes a chapter on the photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown by Arnold Genthe. A title in the 'Theatre History and Culture' series. 158 pp. with notes and bibliography. ISBN: 0-87745-4272.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 26466More details Price: $20.00
