len zinberg (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. Light wear; pages yellowed; a good solid book. The jacket is chipped, torn and stained. Cover says "A tough and tender novel of Hollywood", title page says "A 20th Century-Fox Literary Fellowship Novel." Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 201717.

Zustand: Good. Lion Books 1950 light creasing to wraps. spine slightlly cocked. previous owner inscription in pencil to ffep. pages browned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good dj. Illustrated by (dj design) Bill Hughes (illustrator). First Edition. [nice copy with light shelfwear only, a touch of dust-soiling to top of text block; the jacket is a little edgeworn, with some crinkling at the base of the spine and shallow paper loss at the top of the spine (no effect on spine text)]. Hard-boiled novel about a corrupt ex-cop who's working as the house dick at a small NYC hotel, but brought back into action when his ex-stepson comes to him with a problem related to his own ambitions for a career in law enforcement. "Ed Lacy" was the better-known of two pseudonyms (the other was "Steve April") used by Zinberg, whose early fiction (much of which appeared in leftish publications) reflected his liberal/Jewish intellectual background and revealed his concerns with social justice, particularly with regard to racial issues. (Although white, he was a longtime resident of Harlem and was married to an African-American woman.) He adopted the Lacy pseudonym, primarily for his detective genre fiction, in the early 1950s -- in part, it seems, to achieve a McCarthy-era distance from his left-wing political associations -- and became so well-known under that name that even his Wikipedia entry uses it. He turned out nearly thirty novels as Ed Lacy (as opposed to a mere three as Zinberg), the majority of them paperback originals; today, alas, most of his work is out of print.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 278 Pp. Beige Cloth. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jacket With Price $2.50, Wear, Fading To Edges Of Front And Rear Panels, Small Chips And Tears At Edges With No Loss Of Lettering.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a nice-looking facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [solid but shelfworn copy, slight bumping and minor fraying at most corners (fraying most prounounced at top of spine), age-toning to edges of text block, tiny white spot on front cover, slight pucker in cloth in middle of rear cover, one-time owner's name at top of front endpaper]. Hardboiled novel about an African-American prizefighter who "wanted very little -- a better place to live in than the Harlem dump he was born in and freedom for himself and his girl from the burden of Jim Crow discrimination," but (of course) had to contend with the usual venality and corruption of the boxing racket. The first novel by Zinberg, who had already established himself as a notable writer of short stories and had even ventured west to Hollywood for a brief stint as a screenwriter, at least according to the jacket blurb. (He left no credit trail behind him, but he gathered enough material for a punchy Hollywood novel with a great title, "What D'ya Know for Sure," published in 1947.) His early fiction, much of it appearing in leftish publications, reflected his liberal/Jewish intellectual background and revealed his concerns with social justice, particularly with regard to racial issues. But it wasn't just his writing that gained him street cred in the black community: he was a longtime resident of Harlem himself, and was married to an African-American woman, to boot. He was also, for a time, a member of the Communist Party, which fact was probably not entirely unrelated to the glowing review "Walk Hard--Talk Loud" received in The New Masses -- by none other than Ralph Ellison, who praised him as a writer "whose approach to Negro life is uncolored by condescension, stereotyped ideas, and other faults growing out of race prejudice." Zinberg was a prolific writer of detective genre fiction as well, mostly under the pseudonym "Ed Lacy," which he adopted in the early 1950s -- in part, it seems, to achieve a McCarthy-era distance from his left-wing political associations. Ironically, it was as Ed Lacy that he became much better known (even his main-entry Wikipedia page is under that name), turning out nearly thirty novels under the pseudonym (as opposed to a mere three as Zinberg), the majority of them paperback originals. The Lacy books included the 1958 Edgar Award-winning "Room to Swing," which featured Toussaint Moore, described by one latter-day critic as "the first credible African-American PI." And lest there be any doubt that he was still a Zinberg in Lacy clothing, the same critic also remarked on his "literate, plausible, and often inventive use of African-American and minority characters." Today, alas, much of his work under both names is out of print.

Pictorial wrappers. First Edition. The Avon Monthly Novel No. 6. First Avon edition. Revised and edited. Photo cover. Very good.; Octavo.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Volume IX, Number 52. Octavo. Good only in stained and worn detached wrappers, chips off of the top corner of a few pages and spine ends. Includes "Passenger to Bali" by Ellis St. Joseph.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated by Shaw, W. David; Brandt, Frank; Szyk, Arthur; Gordon, Ramon;Davis, J.H. (illustrator). First Edition. 50 pages. Photos of lovely Wanda Ridgeway inside front cover. Short Stories: "For Five Grand"; The Pie Card. Articles: I Was a Georgia Nazi - Lanier Waller tells his story; The Return of Chaplain Smith - Reverend Meredith Patrick Smith adapts to life as a New England village pastor; Hope for the Childless; George Raft's Gangster Friend - Bugsy Siegel; Stone Cold Dead in the Stork Club - article with photos of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Clark H. Minor, Henry Cushing IV, Georgette Windsor; Lady Iris Mountbatten, Gordon Michler, Lana Turner, Greg Bautzer, Tilak Raj, Marguerite Skoda and Bruce Cabot; Most Veterans are Suckers - 10 million vets have deprived themselves of an insurance deal no commercial outfit can match; Hirohito Beats the Rap - photo-illustrated article on how Hirohito is being rebranded to the Japanese people; Eisenhower for President? - photo-illustrated article; First in War; Are Umpires Human? - article with photos including Frankie Frisch, Lee Ballanfant, and George Magerkurth; Congress Should See Me. Special Features: Speaking of Girls; Life with Ingrid Bergman - photo-illustrated article about Sam Wanamaker; Heavenly Body - Several photos of lovely Rita Hayworth who stars in this film; ; report from Hollywood; College Life - 1947; Inside the Glamour Business - article with great photos of how photographers such as Murray Korman, James Kriegsman and Bruno of Hollywood snap glamourous photos of gorgeous women; Generals are Lousy Historians - their books emphasize the role of the brass, and each general's outfit individually won the war; Photo salute to Bishop Bernard Sheil, the Most Reverend Auxilliary Bishop of Chicago; "It Depends on the Breaks" - photo-illustrated article on Congressional Medal winner Russell Dunham, his wife Mary, and their baby, who have found postwar life to be no snap; and more. Salute's Pin-up is a beautiful one-page photo of Lena Horne. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Salute Magazine, May 1947, Vol. 2, No. 5 - I Was a Georgia Nazi Homer Loomis Emory Burke Ira Jett Jack Price James Akins R.L. Whitman Betty Pennland All Tannenbaum Harry Greenberg Wm. O'Dwyer Murder Inc. Abe Reles Wendy Barrie Countess Di Frasso Georgie.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated by Parry, Paul; Van Riel, Harold; Davis, J.H.; Shaw, Dave (illustrator). First Edition. 50 pages. Photos of gorgeous Myra Keck, of Haverford, PA, inside front cover. Short Stories: Dreamboat and the Mouse; Ex-Champion of the World; He Who Lives by the Gun!; Articles: Why Vet Marriages Fail; Is Baseball a Sweatshop? - article with photo of the Giants, Rip Sewell, Bob Murphy, and Ted Williams; Superman's Toughest Fight - now he's taking on native nazis and the Ku Klux Klan - article with photo of Bud Collyer and Richard Gibson; Labor Learns from Wall Street - the fight for higher wages; Let's Spend Money - The Mayor of Chicago, Edward J. Kelly, offers financial advice to President Truman; Chinese Reds Who Talk Like Damon Runyon - Fans Lt. Lio Yang and Professor Chang Mei; How Long Can a Body Last? - Burlesque girls provide the answer, with great photos of Gypsy Rose Lee,Ann Corio, Margie Hart, Carlotta, and Irene Allarie; Gagging of the GI Press - former soldier-reporters tell the inside story of the hit fight that sprang up between the generals and the GI news staffs over what goes into making up good and truthful Army newspapers; The Censors Who Lived in Villas; Springtime; I Made San Fernando Valley My Home - photo-illustrated article on Navy flier Phil Strick and his family; The Great Man Vouts - Slim Gaillard; 312 Nights with Soldiers - photo-illustrated article on lovely singer of 'Embraceable You' Janis Paige, 'the lush torch of Hollywood canteen fame' ; GI Joe Hits the Saddle - photos of Robert Mitchum in several movies; Salute's Pin-up - sultry one-page photo of Jane Harker; Swedes, Beautiful Swedes - featuring the Royal Dramatic Academy and photos of Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, and Viveca Lindfors; Photo salute of the month features Jim Folsom, Alabama's new Governor; Photos of Richard Webb and Marion L. Starkey; Back page 'Salute of the Year' to Harold Russell; and more. Handsome gent illustrated in Eagle Clothes ad on back cover. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Salute Magazine, Apr. (April) 1947, Vol. 2, No. 4 - Gagging of the GI Press Myra Keck, of Haverford, PA, inside front cover. Short Stories: Dreamboat and the Mouse; Ex-Champion of the World; He Who Lives by the Gun!; Articles: Why Vet Marriages Fail; Is.