Cocroft thoda (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 270 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Inscribed By The Author "To Norma & Arthur Already 'Great Names' In The Radio Theatre Thoda Cocroft". Arthur Ransom And Norma Peterson, A Married Couple, Were Then Stars Of The Chicago Based Soap Opera "Days Of Our Lives"; Peterson Was Later One Of The Stars Of The Tv Comedy "Soap". [Provenance: From The Peterson-Ransom Estate]. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (theater, united states ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are slightly soiled. 270 pages with 16 full-page photographic illustrations. Very good. First edition. With a lengthy inscriprion signed by the author Thoda Cocroft to the actor William Gaxton, one of the subjects of the book who is first mentioned on page 83."--not cinema theatre, nor summer theatre, nor tributary theatre but legitimate theatre--the simplicity of Helen Hayes, the eloquence of Margaret Anglin, the silken purr of Lynn Fontanne, the courage of Katharine Hepburn, the magic pace of Mrs. Fiske, the genius of Eleonora Duse--great contributions of yesterday and today which meet needs of tomorrow." -- From the title page.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Luck of the 'Moro' - a vessel which possessed an uncanny knack of getting in and out of trouble; Photo of Harry Houdini in a strait jacket hanging from the twenty-story Oakland Tribune building; Old Man Crag - a New Zealand tale of a stolen map to a gold mine; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - the author penetrates deep into Amazonia - with photos, including photo of a floating island (part 1); Eskimo Wireless - a strange story from the Far North of Canada; The Ivory Raiders - paints a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the ivory-raiders and their fierce satellites in Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf - includes photos; A Woman Travels Across Arizona's Painted Desert - article with great photos; Zaman's Paradise - a story from India; The Resurrection of Klaas - the story of a Kaffir's miraculous escape from what seemed a certain and horrible death; New Zealand Sea Fishing - with photos of huge fish; From the Great Craters of the Congo Game-Lands - with gorilla photos (part 1); The Puzzle of Martenelle - it took 24 years to prove a death was not a suicide; A Missionary on the 'Mosquito Coast' - Rev. L. Taylor recalls tales from nine years spent as a Moravian missionary in Nicaragua - with photos; An Amazing Escape - Creswick escapes in South Africa; Full-page ad for a most unique General Electric electric truck for hauling utility poles. Above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. York, W.G.; Carruthers, G.P.; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; De Walton, John; Woodville, R. Caton; Holloway, W.H.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Holmes, Fred; Waye, E.S. (illustrator).…