jimmy starr (20 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hubenthal (illustrator). 1st Edition. Black letters; red cloth. Text block ends have darkened a little. Free endpapers are foxed; front pastedown is slightly so. DJ: shelf wear soil; foxing; 1/8 in. to 1/4 in. chips on corners; bottom edge has intermittent rubbed spots; 3 closed tears, longest is 5/8 in.; red check mark on front flap. Scans e-mailed upon request.

Zustand: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Slightly dampstained. Spine cracked. (Mystery, Fiction, Detectives).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vintage Paperback. PBO. Bart House #15. Solid First Paperback Printing. No month, 1945. $.25 cover price. Originaly piublished in hardcover by Murray & Gee earlier the same year. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a hint of interior toning and a touch at the fore-edge. Moderate edge-wear. Front hinge and a few faint surface creases. Still bright with no chipping or tears. A pretty collectable copy of an uncommon title in any condition. (Hubin, p.379).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [nice clean copy, very light wear at extremities]. Second (and last) Hollywood-set mystery novel by this author featuring the "Martini-gargling, cutie-chasing, fast-talking reporter and super-sleuth" Joe Medford, introduced in "The Corpse Came C.O.D." In this story, he investigates the homicides of a trio of midgets. Starr (1904-1990) was a noted Hollywood gossip columnist and radio commentator.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1945. Clean and tightly bound with unmarked contents. Light edge and shelf wear and age-toning to the pages, remains a nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. A Joe Medford mystery. Red titles on light blue tweed cloth.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 444 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.12 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Printing. Blue cloth with red printing. The covers and spine show some staining and discoloration, but the contents are bright, clean, and complete. Near Very Good in a whole dust jacket with some chipping and nibbling at the crease of the dust jacket flaps and the top and bottom edges.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Très bon. Edition originale. relié avec sa jaquette.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. First edition.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5¾''. Contains 287 pp with splendid archive monochrome photographs throughout. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with labels neatly removed from the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, $21.95. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Small owners name, slightly spine-cocked, else near fine in colorful, about very good dust jacket with several small chips and creased tears. Hollywood murder mystery by a studio publicist-turned-newpaper editor for the "Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express". His previous mystery, *The Corpse Came C.O.D.*, was made into a passable film.

Zustand: Good. Etat correct. 1951. Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st ed. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Light spotting to front pages. Light toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear, small tape repair and creasing.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. R150106835: 1951. In-12. Relié. Etat passable, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 249 pages. Manque le dos. Etiquette sur la 1ère de couverture. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. 249 p. French.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing ] 40 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm ; OCLC 7322270 ; LCCN 38015855 LC E99.P9 S7 Dewey 970.3 ; Illustrated lining papers ; red, yellow and sepia pictorial photographic boards in similar dustjacket ; dustjacket shows wear ; remains of cellophane tape on endpapers ; Story of Tem-wel-eh, a Pueblo Indian boy, from the Red Willow tribe of New Mexico. Discusses his family, culture, and everyday activities ; signature of Gladys Lanks on title page, She was the mother of Mary Ellen Lanks, who was the subject of a series of well-known black & white photographs from 1930-1940 ; FINE/G. Book.

First Edition. In oxblood cloth, with browned title labels with black lettering on spine & front board. Stated 1st edition limited to 1000 signed & numbered copies, but this copy out of series (not signed not numbered). Internally VG, but title labels scuffed & worn, with minor loss; a little wear at head & foot of spine Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. Signed copy of Little Caesar by W.R. Burnett, inscribed to screenwriter and Hollywood press agent, Jimmy Starr. (illustrator). First Printing / Later Edition. Octavo, 255pp. Red cloth, title printed on spine over black cloth. First printing of the "new edition" of Little Caesar. The first edition was printed in 1929 and published by The Dial Press. In publisher's near fine dust jacket, $3.50 retail price on front flap, light toning to spine, an attractive copy. Inscribed by the author: "Dear Jimmie - Here's the new edition of Little Caesar. I know you have quite a collection of my books - thought you'd like this - all my best. Bill Burnett. Apr 14 '58." An uncommon signature. This book was the basis of the classic 1931 gangster film by the same name, starring Edward G. Robinson and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Signed.

First edition, first printing. Signed by Starr on the front flyleaf and additionally inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: "To Bonita Porter - the first of my new fan club. Best wishes, Jimmy Starr. March 19 1980." Starr was an American screenwriter and columnist active in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. The present novel was the basis for the 1947 Columbia Pictures film (of the same title) starring George Brent and Joan Blondell. With a DVD of the film and a newspaper clipping from the Times Union, in which Damon Runyon briefly discusses Starr's work, loosely inserted. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine in black. With dust jacket and the wraparound band. Extremities slightly rubbed. An excellent copy in a bright jacket with a few minor nicks and creases to extremities and splits along folds.