Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Former owner's name in pencil, otherwise unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Verlag: Vanguard Films, N.p., 1949
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Spotting List script for the 1949 re release of the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 novel by Margaret Buell Wilder. A family in the American Midwest struggle with their lives on the home front as the father is off at war. Set in the Midwest, shot on location in Richmond, Pasadena, and Culver City, California. Yellow titled wrappers, noted as Spotting List for Recut Version on the front wrapper, dated August 22, 1949. Title page integral with third page, dated August 22, 1949, noted as Spotting List for Recut Version. 64 leaves, with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two metal brads along the top edge.
Verlag: RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1957
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Combined Continuity script for the 1957 re-release of the 1932 film. Based on the 1921 play by Clemence Dane. A man who has spent over a decade in a mental hospital escapes and returns home to find his wife engaged to a different man. The film debut for Katharine Hepburn. Tall white titled self-wrappers, noted as Combined Continuity on the front wrapper, dated March 3, 1957. 64 leaves, with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two stapes along the top edge.
Verlag: Selznick International, Los Angeles, 1949
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Dialogue & Cutting Continuity Draft script for the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 novel "Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife" by Margaret Buell Wilder. A unique and important screenplay for a classic American war film, one that addressed the plight of the families left behind in the United States during the war, rather than the more common portrayal of soldiers in the field. Nominated for eight Academy Awards and won Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Set in Midwest, shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers, noted as Dialogue & Cutting Continuity on the front wrapper, dated March, 1949. 137 leaves, with last page of text numbered REEL 8 PAGE 22. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two silver brads at the head.
Verlag: Benjamin Blom, New York, NY, USA, 1971
Anbieter: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
EUR 29,76
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. Unpaginated, various in-text black and white photographs. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed spine ends; lender's label on spine. Lender's stamps, and markings on endpapers and copyright page. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
Verlag: MGM, London, 1932
Anbieter: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
EUR 27,11
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Lionel Barrymore is in a carriage and is bound by a rope. Photography doesn't appear on the interenet. Book.
Verlag: Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1960
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. With mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Under Alexander II the Russian army fights resistance forces from the Caucasus region. Set in Russia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Verlag: Universal Sans date
ISBN 13: 5050582904727
Anbieter: Démons & Merveilles, Joinville, Frankreich
Zustand: As New. Neuf. 14x1 4x17 2cm. Sans date. blu_ray. As New.
Verlag: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd, 1929
Anbieter: The Bookshop on the Heath Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
EUR 23,22
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Small pocket-sized burgundy red Readers Library edition from circa 1929. 252pp, VG+ in near fine attractive pictorial dustwrapper. Browning to pages as usual.Scan upon request. One of many fine Readers Library editions in stock. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.
Verlag: Foulsham & Banfield, London, 1922
Anbieter: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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EUR 40,68
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. The play the Green cord has seemingly disappeared from sight. This may be the last recorded evidence! Book.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Feb 2026, 2026
ISBN 10: 1025512928 ISBN 13: 9781025512921
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Confessions of an Actor' is an intimate and candid autobiography by John Barrymore, one of the most legendary and charismatic figures in the history of American theater and cinema. Known as 'The Great Profile,' Barrymore provides a firsthand account of his journey from a reluctant young performer to a titan of the stage and the silver screen. The work delves into the complexities of his celebrated family lineage, his early forays into the world of art and illustration, and the eventual path that led him to become a premier interpreter of Shakespeare and a star of early film.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Feb 2026, 2026
ISBN 10: 1025508998 ISBN 13: 9781025508993
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Confessions of an Actor' is an intimate and candid autobiography by John Barrymore, one of the most legendary and charismatic figures in the history of American theater and cinema. Known as 'The Great Profile,' Barrymore provides a firsthand account of his journey from a reluctant young performer to a titan of the stage and the silver screen. The work delves into the complexities of his celebrated family lineage, his early forays into the world of art and illustration, and the eventual path that led him to become a premier interpreter of Shakespeare and a star of early film.
Verlag: Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1944
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage publicity photograph from the 1944 film, showing Diana Barrymore and Loretta Young. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A dramatization of the activities of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, a group of women pilots during World War II. Based on Virginia Spencer Cowes' 1941 novel "Looking for Trouble." From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Zustand: Muy bien. 8vo. 95 pp. Rústica, en muy buen estado.
Verlag: Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . 1950., 1950
Anbieter: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
EUR 17,85
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbBlack and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. Production details and cast list to the rear. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].
Verlag: Produced by Universal Pictures . 1942., 1942
Anbieter: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
EUR 17,85
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In den WarenkorbBlack and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. Small chips to the top corners, closed tear to the top edge and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].
Verlag: Bobbs-Merrill Co, Indianopolis, 1926
Anbieter: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, USA
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First edition. First edition. Ilustrated throughout with photos. 1 vols. 8vo. Includes 3 photos of Barrymore as Ahab in "The Sea Beast (Moby Dick)" 3 PHOTOS AS CAPTAIN AHAB. Brown cloth. Very good, spine faded Ilustrated throughout with photos. 1 vols. 8vo.
Verlag: "His Master's Voice". n.d.
Anbieter: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 20,23
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbD.B. 1177. 78 rpm. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.
Verlag: General Gramophone Publications Ltd., Great Britain, 1989
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 1547-1690. Features: Andrew Litton conducts Tschaikovsky and Shostakovich Symphonies for Virgin Classics; Roger Norrington talks about Beethoven and Berlioz on period instruments; Interviews with Peter Donohoe and Melvyn Tan; Seiji Ozawa conducts Richard Strauss's "Elektra"; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy.
Verlag: Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926
Anbieter: MW Books, New York, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 138 pages; Abundantly and impressively illustrated, including a frontispiece. Description: [138] p. Front. , plates, ports. 21 cm. Subjects: Actors --Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. 3 Kg.
Verlag: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1926
Anbieter: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition of John Barrymore's Confessions of an Actor, in scarce dust jacket. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, [unpaginated]. Brown cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine and cover, profusely illustrated with black and white images from the actor's life. Solid binding, toning to endpapers, intermittent foxing throughout. Gilt on spine rubbed, spine ends worn. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. In publisher's original dust jacket, price-clipped, light soiling, spine darkened, creases to front flap, chipping and tears to top/bottom edges and flap folds, tape repairs to verso. A nice example of John Barrymore's autobiography.
Verlag: RKO Radio Pictures, Los Angeles, 1933
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage pressbook for the 1933 pre-Code film. Based on Katharine Haviland-Taylor's 1932 short story "Failure," originally published in "American Magazine." A widowed doctor gives up his dreams of research to work in a small town in order to support his children. 12 x 18 inches. 15 pages, side-stapled. Near Fine.
Verlag: Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1948
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Final Draft script for the 1949 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with several manuscript pencil annotations on the verso of revision pages. A whaling ship captain takes his grandson along on an expedition, intent on teaching the boy life values, instead engaging in a battle of wills with an unruly first mate. Set in nineteenth-century Massachusetts, shot on location at Seal Beach, California. Blue titled wrappers, dated July 13, 1938, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 143. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated July 13, 1948, noted as Final Script. 151 leaves, with last page of text numbered 148. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8/17/48 and 10/2/48. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, slightly yapped to the fore edges, bound internally with three gold brads.
Verlag: Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1926
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage program for the 1926 silent film. Based on the 1821 epic poem by Lord Byron, about legendary womanizer Don Juan. The first feature-length film to use the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system to provide a musical soundtrack and sound effects (but not spoken dialogue). 12 x 9 inches. Six leaves, saddle stapled. Near Fine, with light fading to the edges of the wrappers.
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1925
Anbieter: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, USA
With 8 movie still black and white photos from the Warner Bros. 1926 silent screen classic, "The Sea Beast" starring John Barrymore, Dolores Costello and George O'Hara. (illustrator). A few small stains near the gutter between title page and frontispiece page. Otherwise a very good, tight copy. Somewhat darkened dust jacket has four closed tears, the longest being 3". Chipping at top and bottom of spine. Overall a good to very good dj. 8vo. Red cloth covered boards stamped in black. 511 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher's ads.
Verlag: The Bobbs-Merrill Co: Indianapolis, IN (1926), 1926
Anbieter: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, USA
Signiert
Photos, 8.25 x 5.5", gilt-lettered brown cloth, (183)pp, covers well worn and darkened, outer front hinge splitting halfway from top, extremities bumped and chipped, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, EX-LIBRARY with usual markings, pp worn, toned and loose with MS ink page numbers throughout. WITH BOOKPLATE ("This copy of Confessions of an Actor belongs to.[blank].and is specially autographed by the Author") SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JOHN BARRYMORE. The library's bookplate, however, covers the upper left quadrant of the signed bookplate, but does not interfere with his signature. SWAF.
Verlag: Spurr, Hollywood, 1926
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
Signiert
Bust portrait, in profile, embossed blind stamp of "Spurr / Hollywood" lower right. 13-3/4 x 8-3/4 inches. Superb, large portrait of the great John Barrymore (1882-1942) by the well-known Hollywood photographer of the the silent era, Melbourne Spurr, inscribed lower right to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, (whose signature is on the verso), "For 'Doug' Jr with sincerest good wishes from his friend and contemporary John Barrymore 1926." A superb association between two Hollywood legends. Fairbanks' (1909 - 2000) idol, in fact, was none other than John Barrymore. Backed. Miinor wear, and a few light creases Bust portrait, in profile, embossed blind stamp of "Spurr / Hollywood" lower right. 13-3/4 x 8-3/4 inches.
Sprache: Deutsch
Verlag: Essen, Eflfra \N.
Anbieter: Schürmann und Kiewning GbR, Naumburg, Deutschland
EUR 9,40
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den Warenkorb8°. Zustand: Gut. 92 min. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 350.
Verlag: RKO Radio Pictures, Los Angeles, 1933
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Vintage pressbook for the 1933 film. Based on the 1926 novel by Lester Cohen, who also wrote the screenplay. A widowed businessman hopes to bequeath his department store to his children after his death-only to realize that they are disinterested, incompetent, or simply unable to manage the business. Set in Chicago. 12 x 18 inches. Ten pages, side-stapled. Near Fine.
Verlag: RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1947
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage photograph of songwriter-pianist Hoagy Carmichael from the 1947 film. With a mimeo snipe, manuscript annotations, and photographer and agency stamps on the verso. A beautiful socialite falls in love with a blind nightclub pianist, deciding to fake her own blindness in order to get closer to him. Shot on location in New York, San Francisco, and San Bernardino. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.