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1981432931981. STEIN Ben. "STOP THE PRESSES!" In Penthouse magazine May 1981. Very Good. $5.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
1971155107Middletown Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press 1971. Hardcover. NF/NF. Black boards with gilt lettering and decoration; map end papers. Sage green dj with illus. xxxiv 208 pp. with bw frontis and 24 additional bw illus. Edited with an introduction notes and appendices by Curtis Dahl. Ely's personal story of his whaling experiences written down over the 27 months on board The Emigrant and published before he turned 20. Dahl has set Ely's narrative firmly in a matrix of other relevant material: a biographica introduction; copious notes to the main text; Ely's own account of his religious conversion while at sea; further facts about the vessel voyage and crew; and more. Published for The Marine Historical Association Incorporated. Fascinating! Wesleyan University Press hardcover books
197152071Middletown Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edited with an introduction notes and appendices by Curtis Dahl. Numerous textual illustrations. Middletown Connecticut: Published for The Marine Historical Association Incorporated by Wesleyan University Press 1971. First edition. Original green buckram binding with gilt stamping. The dust jacket is price-clipped with some mild sun fading along the spine; otherwise a near fine copy. <br/><br/> Wesleyan University Press hardcover books
194734182.1Independence Square: The Curtis Publishing Company 1947. 1st printing. Brightly illustrated paper wrappers stapled with red and white title lettering to front wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A VG copy. 120 pp. Profusely illsutrated with b/w photographic images and brightly colored advertisments. 13-1/2" x 10-1/2" <br/><br/> The Curtis Publishing Company unknown books
19992290884Red Marie's Books 1999. Spiral-Bound Softcover. Near Fine. Signed by author. Signed by editor without inscription on title page. 1999 Spiral-Bound Softcover. We have more books available by this author!. a-e 1 26 pp. 1999 facsimile of 1879 manuscript with an essay entitled Tombstone - A Magic Name by editor Ben T. Traywick. Contains names ages and nativity of the residents at the time plus a short history of Tombstone. [Red Marie's Books] paperback books
1966140243Torrance CA: Hors Commerce Press 1966. First edition. Softcover. A collection of poems printed in an edition of 250 copies. A very good copy in wrappers with some minor edge wear. Hors Commerce Press unknown books
193952301New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; gold cloth with titling and author's initials stamped in blue on spine and front cover; navy blue topstain; dustjacket; x4655pp. Trace of staining to endpapers from binders glue else a fresh Fine copy with the topstain notably unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.75 with light wear to spine ends and extremities and a few faint stress creases on rear panel; still a well-preserved example Very Good. Volume containing seven short novels all centered around the "miracles that have occurred in our modern cynical scientific world" from rear panel. The Viking Press unknown books
1954165186New York: Simon and Schuster 1954. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 654 pages. A thick autobiography of Hecht. A close to near fine copy with some very minor wear in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the edges and a few small chips and tears. Surprisingly uncommon. Simon and Schuster unknown books
195469774New York: Simon and Schuster 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The author recounts his childhood education and career as journalist playwright and screenwriter describes famous political and literary acquaintances and examines U.S. efforts to aid Jews in Nazi Germany and after the war in Israel. Textual photographs. Octavo. Original green paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine with gilt titles. A bit of wear to the corners which are slightly showing. Some general shelfwear to the dust jacket with neat brown paper reinforcement to the verso; else very good. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
195424867New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. price-clipped a good solid copy with a little deterioration to cloth at spine ends and a bit of wear to the lower extremities; jacket is modestly edgeworn with a shallow chip at the top of the spine. B&W photographs INSCRIBED to N.Y. newspaper columnist Leonard Lyons and his wife Sylvia and SIGNED by the author on the ffep who adds "Oceanside Exile" beneath his signature which is also dated June 8 1954 just two weeks after the book's publication date. Autobiography of the screenwriter-playwright-novelist-journalist who was responsible for some of the Twentieth Century's finest works of popular entertainment including "Twentieth Century" itself both the play and the movie version co-written with his longtime partner Charles MacArthur. Kirkus Reviews summed the book up nicely: "Poking into every nook and cranny -- of his thinking his writing his experiences; of sex women marriage divorce fatherhood; of public opinion public figures -- this battle cry of me-dom is a very private life that does not tiptoe in sensitive areas and that does offer stimulating reading in its testimony of a half century of omniverous living." Signed copies are most uncommon. NOTE that additional shipping charges will be requested for international shipping on this somewhat hefty book and for Priority Mail sevice to U.S. customers; if this concerns you please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. Signed by Author . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
19542311468New York: Simon & Schuster 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Jacket spine stained jacket edges rubbed with one inch by one inch chip to spine head. 1954 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 654 pp. "Ben Hecht /hkt/; February 28 18941 Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1937299372London: Golden Cockerel 1937. Limited. hardcover. very good. Colored title page and initial letters throughout. 49 pages. Slim 4to 1/2 red morocco over tan cloth; boards are a bit dust-soiled and fingered; spine ends a touch worn. London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1937. A very good copy internally fine.<br/><br/> Limited edition - number 135 of 250 copies.<br/><br/> Golden Cockerel unknown books
1963167698London: Gimpel Fils 1963. First edition. Softcover. 12 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 1963. Includes with the covers 2 color and 10 black and white illustrations and a checklist. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Gimpel Fils unknown books
195722520ELos Angeles: The Selznick Company 1957. Original 173 page shooting script printed on eye rest green paper for the 1957 motion picture adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms produced by David O. Selznick starring Rock Hudson Jennifer Jones and Vittorio De Sica who received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination in Hemingway’s tale of love set against the background of World War I in Italy. Bradbound in printed studio covers. With a couple of faint cup stains to the front cover else fine. The Selznick Company unknown books
1988USILFIE00sjrPeachtree 1988. Good. Sill Ben. A Field Guide to Little-Known & Seldom-Seen Birds of North America. Sill Cathryn; Sill John. Atlanta: Peachtree 1988. 73pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. Square 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with light rubbing bumping and subtly soiled covers. Peachtree paperback books
1995296939New York: Simon & Schuster 1995. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated. 514 pages 8vo cloth-backed boards d.w.; New York: Simon & Schuster 1995. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Signed by Bradlee on title page.<br/><br/> Simon & Schuster unknown books
194417681ENew York: Scribners 1944. Second printing. Signed and inscribed by the author Ben Hecht: “To Lloyd Lewis old friend. Ben Hecht.†Very good plus copy with a touch of wear to the cloth at the front board without dust jacket. Ben Hecht’s analysis of anti-Semitism. Scribners hardcover books
195534328.1n. p.: Between Hours Press 1955. 1st printing. Number 39 of 85 copies. Blue paper wrappers sewn with red book label to front wrapper. A Fine copy. 4 pp. Printed by hand at the Bewteen Hours Press One red wood engraving. Oblong format. 3-1/4" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>This copy of Happy Birthday Bruce Rogers not found in John De Pol: A Catalouge Raisonne of His Graphic Work 1935 - 1998. Between Hours Press unknown books
1952228854London: Gerald Duckworth & Co 1952. hardcover. very good. With a few diagrams. 429pp. 8vo black cloth. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. 1952. Edges and spine a bit worn with previous owner's pencil inscriptions on front free end paper. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Gerald Duckworth & Co unknown books
1931004354New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1931 1931. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in New York by Covici Friede Publishers in 1931. First Edition. Book fine except for fading on top and bottom edges of book. DJ good except for chipping and wearing on corners creasing and wearing along top and bottom edges of book sun-fading on back cover half inch tear on top edge of back cover chipping on top and bottom edges of spine. DJ price reads "$2.50 New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1931 hardcover books
193122626New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1931. First Edition. Limited to 150 copies of which this is no. 59. Octavo 20.5cm.; original black gilt-lettered cloth in black paper-covered slipcase; 6341pp. Fine in About Good slipcase which is quite rubbed and fragile lacking top panel. Signed by the author on colophon. HANNA 1650: "The distorted love life of a New York publisher. Covici Friede Publishers unknown books
193124930New York: Covici-Friede 1931. FIRST EDITION. The scarce first issue book with page 305/306 integral and with 34 lines of text on page 306. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket bright and crisp with only the most minor of edgewear. <br/><br/> Covici-Friede unknown books
1965WN36587Portland OR: The Touchstone Press 1965. Dust jacket slightly sunned on spine and 2 small splits at bottom of flap folds. Some foxing of top edge. Number 337 of 950 copies. Book virtually upopened. . Limited/Numbered. Leatherette. Near Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade. The Touchstone Press Hardcover books
19649013350New York: Grove Press 1964. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped. <br/><br/> Grove Press hardcover books
196433238NY: Grove Press 1964. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Very good hardback in a slightly darkened jacket. <br/><br/> Grove Press hardcover books