Lee shippey (37 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [light shelfwear, a bit of fading to spine cloth, tiny stain at edge of rear fep]. INSCRIBED with a somewhat hokey gift inscription punning on the recipient's name and SIGNED by the author on the ffep, additionally dated 10/10/39 in his hand. Shippey was a popular Los Angeles newspaper columnist for many years, and also turned out a handful of novels (this was the third of four), set mostly in the fictional Southern California community of "Ourville," probably modeled after Sierra Madre, where he lived for several years. Like this one, the novels generally featured good-hearted but impoverished writers as their protagonists. A dramatization of this novel was presented at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1939, where it ran for 41 performances and set an attendance record. Signed by Author.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 96 Pp. Blue Cloth (Gilt), Violet Boards. No Indication Of Printing, But Apparently First Printing. Near Fine, Slight Fading To Edges Of Boards, 3/16" Split At Tip Of Upper Rear Tip. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Signed. First Edition. First ed. SIGNED by author on front pastedown. Boards tanned. No jacket, if issued. Pages clean.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Signed. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the aughor on the front free endpaper. Cover shows minor wear, soiling, and staining. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [modest shelfwear, slight exposure of boards at lower tips, a little age-browning around edges of boards, some puckering of cloth along rear binding]. (pen & ink portrait drawings) SIGNED by the author on the title page. A collection of brief profiles of notables, by this long-time Los Angeles Times columnist and sometime novelist; described on the title page as the second in a proposed series of four books "which will form a sort of Who's Who of Southern California's more famous residents." The subjects are: Carrie Jacobs Bond; Lawrence Tibbett; Zane Grey; Gloria Swanson; Ramon Novarro; Frederick Russell Burnham; Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink; Montague Glass; Ellen Beach Yaw; Hamlin Garland; Ruth Chatterton; Frank Hamilton Spearman; Cecil B. DeMille; Kathryn Leighton; David Wark Griffith; Frederick Warde; Jesse L. Lasky; Irene Rich; Ronald Colman; Ralph Waldo Trine; Bessie Love; James W. Foley; and John Steven McGroarty. The profiles are almost all a uniform three pages in length, with the one-page "interspersions" being examples of Shippey's poetry. Signed by Author. Illustrated by A.L. Ewing (illustrator).…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. Yellowing, but a tight binding. Minor wear to the dust jacket. (Fiction, Hollywood).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Signed. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Cover shows minor wear and tanning, no dj. Pages lightly tanned and clena.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. 1st Edition. 292pp. Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper, 'Best Luck, Lee Shippey'. Blue cloth-covered boards; yellow block-stamped illustration on front panel, yellow titles on spine. 8vo. Sun faded spine, bumped and rubbed spine ends; cloth fraying and a little faded. Text block edges starting to tan, fore edge untrimmed. some faint spotting on endpapers else internally neat, clean and tight. Stories from bygone days in old California.…

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY SHIPPEY on the front free endpaper as follows: "Best luck | Lee Shippey." 8vo. 203p. Decorative initial letters. Index. Blue cloth with gilt letters and decorations on the spine. No noticeable wear to extremities, cloth clean and bright, gilt bright, tiny sticker stain on front free endpaper, else fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket near fine and not price clipped. Born in Memphis, TN in 1884, Henry Lee Shippey, who wrote under the name "Lee Shippey," was an American author and journalist who wrote a popular column in the Los Angeles Times for 22 years, "The Lee Side o' L.A." and "The Seymour Family," living for some of that time in Sierra Madre, California. Shippey retired in 1949, moved back to Del Mar, where he started writing columns for three San Diego County newspapers. He died in 1969 in Encinitas, CA. This autobiography tells his remarkable story. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Signed. First Edition. First ed. SIGNED by author w/ inscription on ffep. Includes dust jacket, minor fading to jacket spine, minor foxing at back of jacket. Otherwise bright and clean. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Ex-libris and signed copy by author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages; Physical desc.: 96p. Notes: Various short stories with illustrations. Subjects: Jack Dempsey - Clara Bow - Harold Lloyd. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth and paper-backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 96 pages; Signed and inscribed by the author. 1 Kg.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware. Ewing, A L (illustrator).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Personal Glimpses of Famous Folks' is an evocative collection of essays and character sketches that brings the vibrant world of early 20th-century Southern California to life. Comprising selections from Lee Shippey's popular column, 'The Lee Side o' L.A.', this work provides a series of insightful and often humorous vignettes featuring the celebrities, intellectuals, and notable public figures of the era. Shippey's writing captures the spirit of a burgeoning Los Angeles, offering readers a front-row seat to the cultural shifts and social dynamics of the 1920s.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Signed. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Cover shows minor wear, staining, and fading. Pages are tanned and clean.

Zustand: New.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED by the author.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 203 pages; Description: 203 p.; 22 cm. Subjects: Lee Shippey, autobiography -- newspapers, California --memoir, journalism. 1 Kg.…

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