a i bezzerides (33 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Reprint. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Abnutzungen; Leichte Risse. Nick Gracos n'aurait jamais dû se mettre routier à son compte ; trop jeune, trop inexpérimenté pour jouer les indépendants dans ce métier si dur, même pour les vieux de la vieille. Mais Nick étouffe chez lui avec sa veuve de mère, sa fiancée âpre au gain, et son sale boulot à la conserverie de Fresno. Plus que tout, il veut être son propre maître, contrôler l'aiguille de son compteur et suivre sa ligne blanche jusqu'à la fortune. Mais acheminer les fruits et légumes depuis les vergers de San Joaquin Valley jusqu'aux halles de San Francisco, Los Angeles ou San Diego est loin d'être une partie de plaisir. Nick va vite l'apprendre à ses dépens, d'abord avec Ed Kennedy, qui lui propose une association sur un chargement mais qui le grugerait de son dernier sou s'il en avait l'occasion, comme il le fait avec son fermier polonais qui lui vend ses pommes. L'éducation continue, arrivé aux halles, quand le grossiste Figlia cherche à avoir le chargement de Nick pour trois fois rien. Quant à Tex, la pute du marché, elle ne fait que fermer le cercle d'un monde où tout le monde baise tout le monde.

Magazine. Zustand: Very Good-. (Vol. VI; whole No. 31). [moderate overall wear, slight damage to lower right corner of front cover, heavy wear along spine but binding intact]. Contains the following stories: "No Fire on Mount Carmel" (R.E. Ashery); "Family Piece" (Virginia Moore); "2 or 3 Stories by Luchell" (Eluard Luchell McDaniel); "Men Like Gods" (George F. Meeter); "The Original Appoports" (Erin Samson); "Passage Into Eternity" (Bezzerides); "With Some Gaiety and Laughter" (Frank K. Kelly); "Hailed by the Press" (Ruth Lambert); "The Professor" (J.V. Healy); "I've Got a Son" (Stella Ryan). "Passage Into Eternity" was Bezzerides's first published story, and the magazine's "Notes" section prints two long letters from him about himself and his work, and specifically disavowing any direct connection between his sotry and a similar one by William Saroyan.

PAPERBACK. 1st edition thus. 241pp, octavo. mild crease bottom rear corner, minor bump top spine, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good-.

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. Size: Mass Market Paperback. 416. Map back. Some creasing and wear; pages tanned; a reading copy of a vintage paperback. "The hard life of wildcat truckers." Quantity Available: 1. Category: Vintage Paperbacks; Inventory No: 222300.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 260 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.60 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. Dell 416. 158, [2] p. 16 cm. B&w line drawings. Paperback. Cover painting by Robert Stanley. Creased covers. Map on rear. Binding loosening inside front cover. Paper browning. A little soiling to first pages. The hard life of wildcat truckers .

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorA. I. Bezzerides, the author of Long Haul, later filmed by Raoul Walsh as They Drive by Night, wrote screenplays for Warner Bros. in the 1940s as well as the film noir classics On Dangerous Grou.

Gallimard, 1996. In-8 broché de 311 pages. Très bon état.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 260 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.80 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorA. I. Bezzerides, the author of Long Haul, later filmed by Raoul Walsh as They Drive by Night, wrote screenplays for Warner Bros. in the 1940s as well as the film noir classics On Dangerous Grou.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Bezzerides creates an exciting, suspenseful, and sometimes brutally grim picture of the truckers and wholesalers who worked in the California produce industry during the 1930s and 1940s. He evokes an entire culture of farmers, mechanics, roadside waitresses, prostitutes, and low-level racketeers. Most of all, he vividly portrays the bitter struggles of first or second generation Americans who try to escape their wage-earning status, only to encounter frustration, violence, and death.' --James Naremore, author of Acting in the Cinema.

Paperback. FIRST BANTAM EDITION. Softcover, pp. [6], 244, [6] catalogue. Pictorial card wraps. Spine a little creased, with small split at lower front joint. Contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Bantam No 750. "A tough novel of the California highway- and of the San Francisco twilight world!" (from rear cover) with a quote from the Saturday Review to front cover: "Hard Boiled! Crackling! Races like a truck going down grade!". Scarce.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R260182130: octobre 1996. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 311 pages -. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. 1st Edition (A). (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a nice-looking facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [moderately worn copy, light soiling/foxing to top edge of text block, spine cloth somewhat faded and lightly stained; "Research Library / Twentieth Century-Fox" stamps on both pastedowns and on title page]. Classic hard-boiled/proletarian novel, about an immigrant trucker (of Greek heritage, as is the author) who, while trying to make a living hauling produce in California's Central Valley, has a tought time maintaining his independence and integrity while dealing with the underworld types who control the West Coast produce markets. The author drew on his own experiences for the book, and took it to the next artistic level as well, doing the screenplay for the pretty damn good movie version, directed by Jules Dassin -- whose political sympathies, well-tuned to the needs of this particular narrative, got him blacklisted not long after. The movie (retitled THIEVES' HIGHWAY) starred Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, and Lee J. Cobb, at his snarling best as a vicious and crooked produce kingpin; this particular copy originated in the research library of the studio that made the film, Twentieth Century-Fox. NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket, to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1943 film. During World War II, American sailors in the Atlantic are trying to get their oil tanker to allied Russians, but they are sunk by a German U-boat. After being rescued, they try once again to make it to the Russians, while dodging more U-boats and aerial bombs. Set in the Atlantic Ocean, shot on location in Santa Barbara, California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with one tear at the middle left edge of the photograph and some wear to the finish and creasing. Also with paint residue at the middle bottom edge of the photograph.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. The 1949 true 1st edition (with the letter 'A' and the Scribner colophon on the copyright page). Tight and VG+ in a serviceable, Good only dustjacket, with creasing and chipping along the panel edges, mild chipping at the spine ends and light staining and abrading to the rear panel. In spite of the woes to the dustjacket, we still view this as a solid "starter" copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 233 pp. Green cloth with crimson lettering. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, spine darkened with some small tears and edge-chips. Best-known as the basis of Jules Dassin's film noir Thieves' Highway. Also a tightly-plotted proletarian novel that managed to make commercial trucking in California the stuff of great drama and suspense, which is no small feat.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. Boards lightly soiled, very good in about good Arthur Hawkins-designed dust jacket, with pencil marks traced on the lettering of the front panel and a number of small chips and tears. Issued by a small publisher, this hardboiled novel was the basis for the 1940 Raoul Walsh film *They Drive By Night,* which featured George Raft and Humphrey Bogart as hardbitten truck driving brothers facing the relentless dangers of the road and a murder frame-up, also with Ann Sheridan and Ida Lupino. A cult favorite, the film was probably the best for both Walsh and Raft (who actually drove a bootleg liquor truck in his youth and reportedly put the experience to good use on the set). An exceptionally uncommon book in jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo., 233pp. Sharp First Edition with publisher's seal and "A" on copyright page as called for. Basis for the classic 1949 Film Noir "Thieves' Highway" starring Richard Conte and Lee J. Cobb. Bound in green/blue cloth with titles in maroon on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear to spine ends and tips. No toning or foxing. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.00), has a lightly toned spine, Wear to edges with a few tiny closed tears. Tiny pin hole in the front panel. A couple of areas of rough rubbing to the rear panel. Still fresh and bright and very presentable. A very handsome collectable copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. There is a Happy Land, first edition, first printing, by A.I. Bezzerides. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 279pp. Olive green cloth, title stamped in blue on spine and cover, green top stain. The first printing, with no additional printings mentioned on the copyright page. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, faint sun toning to the spine, point of rubbing to lower edge of spine, a near fine example. An important work in California depression-era fiction, often drawing comparisons to John Steinbeck.

Hardback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Long Haul, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, very light bumping to corners but overall a Near Fine copy. Dust-jacket, closed tears along upper fore-edge with tear running into upper panel, repaired with tape to verso, corners a little chipped, a few nicks and chips to head and foot, but a Very Good original Jacket. Scarce signed. 8vo, New York, 1938.Adapted for the Raoul Walsh film They Drive by Night, staring George Raft, Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino. Signed by Author.

Final script for the 1942 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). In Florida, during the Great Depression, a migrant farm worker and his girlfriend become involved in a labor organizing effort, leading to consternation and violence in the tight-knit community. Bound in beige cloth with orange leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present, with receipt intact, noted as FINAL and dated 10/3/41. Title page present, with credits for director Curtis Bernhardt and screenwriters A.I. Bezzerides and Kenneth Gamet. 178 leaves, with last page of text numbered 162. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with pink and blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 10/9/41 and 1/24/42. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, moderately worn, and foxed on the cloth.

Final Draft script for the 1951 film noir. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their annotations in manuscript pencil noting various lines and scenes throughout. Based on Joseph Kessel's 1936 novel "Coup de Grace." A cold-blooded American expatriate is drawn into the criminal underworld in Syria, and begins smuggling guns into the country for the Syrian rebels during the 1925 insurgency against the French. Set in Syria, shot on location in Yuma, Arizona. Green titled wrappers, noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper, noted as production No. 991, dated Oct. 30, 1950. Title page present, dated October 27, 1950, with credits for screenwriters Albert Bezzerides and Hans Jacoby. 123 leaves, with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, with a single yellow revision page dated November 6, 1950. Pages and wrapper Very Good, with light dampstaining on the top edges of the front wrapper and affecting the first few leaves, bound with two gold brads. Selby US. Spicer US.

First Edition. First Edition. A.I. Bezzerides' second book, basis for the haunting 1949 film noir "Thieves' Highway," directed by Jules Dassin and written for the screen by the author. Jacket spine panel faintly toned, else about Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. A superior copy. In a custom green cloth clamshell box. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 24.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACJKET. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition, first printing of Thieves' Market, signed by the author, A.I. Bezzerides. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [6], 233pp. Green cloth, title stamped in red on cover and spine. The first printing, with Scribner's A on copyright page and the Scribner's Seal. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on the front flap, bright illustrations. This copy is signed by A.I. Bezzerides on the title page. An exceptional example. This work by A.I. Bezzerides was the basis for the film noir Thieves' Highway, directed by Jules Dassin.

Vintage studio still photograph of George Raft getting ready to throw a punch from the 1940 film. Based on the 1939 novel "Long Haul" by A.I. Bezzerides. Paul (Humphrey Bogart) and Joe Fabrini (Raft) run a trucking business, barely keeping ahead of creditors, when one night a fatigued Paul falls asleep at the wheel, crashing the truck and losing his arm. Joe is then offered a job by his friend Ed Carlsen (Alan Hale) whose wife, Lana (Ida Lupino) has taken a fancy for Joe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, with very faint creasing. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US.

Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1942 film. One with a mimeo snipe on verso, one with "National Screen Service Corp" and "227- 42" stamps on verso, and two with a "Photograph by Madison Lacy" stamp on versos. Included is a two-color press flyer for the film. Two migrant workers attempt to organize farmers against monopolistic packing plant owner with the help of a dancer at a local club. Set in the fictional town of Cat Tail, Florida, shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some light edgewear, two uniformly faded, one with four pinholes to far left, two with small closed tears, and one with one inch closed tear with cello tape repair on verso. Press Flyer 8.5 x 11 inches, Near Fine.

First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.). Green cloth; dust jacket; [6],233pp. A tight, clean, and unmarked copy, with little evidence of aging or use; Very Good to Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.00 on front flap); light wear and tiny chips to extremities, with a small loss at spine foot and a bit of amateurish restoration to crown; Very Good and quite presentable despite flaws. Novel of "in the hard-boiled genre.of the hard life of an independent fruit and vegetable trucker and his troubles in the San Francisco wholesale market." (see Coan, p. 89). The book would be adapted in 1949 for the Jules Dassin film noir, "Thieves Highway." COAN p.89. HANNA 344. BAIRD 246.