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Very Good Turkish First and only edition of this very rare 20th century Turkish-Americana, and the first book written to introduce the world of Hollywood to the Turkish audience, by the first Turkish society reporter. Turan Aziz Beler was a modern pioneer of magazine journalism in Turkey. Beler was born in Istanbul in 1912. He started his literary career as a journalist. His first novel "Sevda" [i.e. Love] also stands out but "Türedi Ailesi" [i.e. Türedi Family] brought him fame. According to Beler's foreword in the book, the purpose of his travel is to clarify all things known incorrectly about Hollywood in Turkey. He spent three and a half years in Hollywood with many celebrities and interviewed American stars. He examined the conditions under which American popular cinema was formed. According to his own statement, he expressed the witty language that he was grateful to Hollywood for not having gotten married or gotten beaten He has very interesting and funny wording in this 1930s Hollywood travel memoirs. This book caused him to be sentenced to two years in prison in Turkey according to contemporary sources. Paperback. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18,5 cm). In Turkish. 213, [3] p., many b/w plates.
364 p. Numerous photographs, some in color. Advertisements, some illustrated and in color. Age staining. 4to. Original full cloth binding in red, white and blue. Binding soiled. Very good. W104LeftStk
Features: The British Election 1966; George IV and the arts of France; New Bankside town on the Erith marshes; France tears a hole in the NATO net; Missiles wait in readiness as NATO keeps watch over the Arctic wastes - GREAT PHOTOS!; Persia's new island superterminal for supertankers - Kharg Island; Roger Fry; The first untouched Royal burial found in Crete; A deep frozen 'mermaid' travels from bahrain to the British museum; The Queen meets the stars of the movie Born Free; and more. Great full-page colour Jaguar ad on page 8 features the hood ornament. Photo of US operation to clean up after loss of an H-bomb (!). Full-page colour ad for a Riley automobile. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
6 pages. As sung by James Melton. Photo-illustrated cover with images of Pat O'Brien, Jane Froman, James Melton and Phel Regan. From the Warner Bros. movie "Stars Over Broadway". Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage copy! Sheet music
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Royal Viking Queen; On the Waterfront; New Ship News; Clan Line's 'Freezer' Trio of 1936 (part 1); The Belgian Navy; Cruise Ship Review; P&O and Princess Cruises colour Pictorial - including cutaway drawing of the Oriana; The Port of Grimsby - Part 2; Voyage report - Coaster Cruise - Bernard McCall describes an eventful voyage in the German motor vessel Walter Hammann; Forty Years of North Sea Crossings - Robert Spark recalls five decades of travel aboard DFDS ships past and present; Anglo American Oil Tankers - photofeature; Ferry Fleets Update; Ferry Focus - The'Baltic Stars'; Ports of Call; Large colour photo of the Annuity inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Tom Reid Profile; Past Trades Revisited; New Canuck Faces; Return of Henry Boucha; Bill Goldsworthy profile; "Babe" Dye feature; Don Lever - Player of the week; Photos of the Minnesota North Stars players; Nice photo ad for the CKNW sports team of Jim Robson, John McKeachie, Jim Cox and Al Davidson; Photos of Canucks players and executives; Cesare Maniago is featured in a VanCity ad; Barry Wilkins photo feature; Bobby Schmautz photo in cothing ad; Tracy Pratt is pictured in a large ad for the New York International Development Corp.; plus many other great vintage ads. Umarked with light wear. Small coupon clipping from page 39. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
32 pages. Nice illustration of Doris Day on front cover. Songs include: Shanghai; It's Magic; Secret Love; April in Paris; Moonlight Bay; I May Be Wrong; It Had to be You; Till We Meet Again; I Speak to the Stars; Too Marvelous for Words; When Your Lover Has Gone; I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles; Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em With a Ribbon. Above-average wear and soiling. Several taped repairs. Binding intact. Minimal markings. A worthy working copy of this charming vintage compilation. Book
64 pages. Author's inscription upon title page appears to read "yath ch aw? iyus al? always be happy" Author has signed using her Salish name which is Kwulasulwut, which means 'Many Stars". In this blend of original and traditional Salish stories, the magical characters pass through many magical experiences and adventures. In each story the young reader travels on a journey through both nature and the supernatural, and at the end discovers one of life's lessons, just as they were once revealed to Salish children by their traditional Storyteller. Author lives in Nanaimo, B.C. where she teaches Native Studies and the Coast Salish language. The five tales which make up this book have been adapted from stories which author uses to teach her students at Nanaimo area elementary schools about Native traditions and culture. Illustrator is a Nootkan artist from Nuchatlitz on Nootka Island. Soiling and above average wear to colour-illustrated boards. Doodling upon back board. Front endpaper removed. Erasures from remaining portion of front endpaper. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to very slightly sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and tiny bump to lower front corner. 160pp. Concise biographies of all the stars from Hollywood with many full-page photographs in colour and in black & white. Undated ca 1953.
152 pages. Features: Heath Ledger's Final Days; Sarah Palin; Politico; Cultural Snobbery; Tony Bennett on Frank Sinatra; Hot, Young Film Stars; Harvard's Big Dumb Financial Train Wreck; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Includes piano music and lyrics for these great songs: Blue Moon; Lost; Lilacs in the Rain; My Blue Heaven; I Cried For You; Whispering; Once in a While; You're a Sweetheart; Stairway to the Stars; How Am I to Know?; I'm Always Chasing Rainbows; I'm in the Mood for Love; What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?; Temptation; Sweet as a Song; Bewildered; Good-Bye Jonah; My Own; I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'; Thanks for Ev'rything. Unmarked with average wear. Contents clean. A sound copy of this wonderful 1930s compilation. Book
128 pages. A systematic course of instruction, it guides you from the basic steps - skating forwars, skating backward - through to the most advanced techniques such as double flip and triple Salchow. Complemented by over 30 full colour figure illustrations. Diagrams showing correct positioning of the feet accompany each illustration. Includes photos of today's stars. Excellent reference. Usual library markings. Average wear. Solid copy. Book
50 pages. Cover photo of blonde Adele Jergens. Fiction: Got the Suits Straight? Articles: Beautiful Tyrant - Evita Duarte of Argentina - great photo-illustrated feature article; San Quentin - fascinating photo-illustrated article on this famous prison; For Beer Drinkers Only - the joys and dangers of downing America's favorite drink; The Black Seven - the dark seventh son of a seventh son was China's most ruthless bandit; Thirty-Year Girls - today's servicewomen enjoy their jobs, but they have a hard time getting dates; Murder on the Waterfront; - twenty odd unsolved murders have made the International Longshoremen's Union famous as an organization that breeds sudden death - photo illustrated article; Back Door to Broadway - summer shows are on in the Catskills, and new stars are being made - article with photos of Danny Kaye, Jimmy Durante, Al Jolson, Garrett, Paul Draper, Jerry Lester, Robert Alda, Jules Munshin and Judy Holliday; Special Features: Kids are Their Business - artist Howard Sparber and gag writer Raymond Abrashkin produce winning kid cartoons; Freud Goes to the Dogs - Hollywood pet psychiatrist Dr. Eugene Jones; The War's Greatest Book - "Yank - The GI Story of the War"; Swimming - with lovely photos of America's favorite summer sport; "Living in a Big Way" - photos from Salute's movie of the month, starring Marie McDonald and Gene Kelly ; Movies of the Month; Me, I Just Sing - Al Jolson's comeback launches a new trend; Blackburn Hits Pay Dirt - Lena Blackburn sells mud to major league ball teams!; Great one-page ad for book "Bachelor's Quarters"; Editoria inside back cover features large photo of crowd welcoming new city administration to Hoboken, NJ and title "A City Comes Back"; and more. Center page holding by one staple. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Photos of lovely Wanda Ridgeway inside front cover. Short Stories: "For Five Grand"; The Pie Card. Articles: I Was a Georgia Nazi - Lanier Waller tells his story; The Return of Chaplain Smith - Reverend Meredith Patrick Smith adapts to life as a New England village pastor; Hope for the Childless; George Raft's Gangster Friend - Bugsy Siegel; Stone Cold Dead in the Stork Club - article with photos of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Clark H. Minor, Henry Cushing IV, Georgette Windsor; Lady Iris Mountbatten, Gordon Michler, Lana Turner, Greg Bautzer, Tilak Raj, Marguerite Skoda and Bruce Cabot; Most Veterans are Suckers - 10 million vets have deprived themselves of an insurance deal no commercial outfit can match; Hirohito Beats the Rap - photo-illustrated article on how Hirohito is being rebranded to the Japanese people; Eisenhower for President? - photo-illustrated article; First in War; Are Umpires Human? - article with photos including Frankie Frisch, Lee Ballanfant, and George Magerkurth; Congress Should See Me. Special Features: Speaking of Girls; Life with Ingrid Bergman - photo-illustrated article about Sam Wanamaker; Heavenly Body - Several photos of lovely Rita Hayworth who stars in this film; ; report from Hollywood; College Life - 1947; Inside the Glamour Business - article with great photos of how photographers such as Murray Korman, James Kriegsman and Bruno of Hollywood snap glamourous photos of gorgeous women; Generals are Lousy Historians - their books emphasize the role of the brass, and each general's outfit individually won the war; Photo salute to Bishop Bernard Sheil, the Most Reverend Auxilliary Bishop of Chicago; "It Depends on the Breaks" - photo-illustrated article on Congressional Medal winner Russell Dunham, his wife Mary, and their baby, who have found postwar life to be no snap; and more. Salute's Pin-up is a beautiful one-page photo of Lena Horne. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book