Levy melvin (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 188 Pp. Maroon Cloth, Gilt. Lightly Used, Gilt Intact And Rather Bright But Not Brilliant, Hinges Tight, No Fraying But Close To It At Corners, No Names Or Marks, Aging To Pages With Some Foxing To Endpapers.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1943 film, seen here under the alternate title "Hitler's Hangman." With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso. A dramatization of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, a Nazi SS commander, by members of the Czech resistance, which resulted in the decimation of the village of Lidice by the Nazis as revenge. Set in Czechoslovakia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Volume 1. (US history, law, legal, supreme court) 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.

Zustand: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. (Polish Jews, Radicalism, Fiction).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Good dj. First Edition. [moderate wear to extremities, very slight fraying to lower corners, some discoloration to endpapers, vintage bookseller's label at bottom corner of front pastedown (Franklin Bookshop, Baltimore), small tears/dents in fore-edges of the first few pages; the jacket is edgeworn, with a 2" wide chip at the bottom of the front panel, a couple of other tiny chips and various other small nicks and tears]. The Group Theatre's previous production, "Men in White," had won the Pulitzer Prize; this play was less well received, running for just 65 performances between November 1934 and January 1935. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To ______ with / affection + / nostalgia / Melvin Levy / 12/17/72." This play, set on the San Francisco waterfront between 1860 and 1906, is about "Guy Button, who begins life as a roistering sailor, and fights his way ruthlessly to fortune and power." It was the 1935 offering in New York of The Group Theatre, with J. Edward Bromberg in the leading role; the opening-night cast also included Roman Bohnen, Clifford Odets, Morris Carnovsky, Sanford Meisner, Luther Adler, Art Smith, Elia Kazan, Jules (later John) Garfield, Russell Collins, and Paula Miller (later Paula Strasberg). (Although not noted anywhere in this book, the production's director was Lee Strasberg.) The final scene takes place during the San Francisco Earthquake. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Corners a little bumped, near fine in good, price-clipped dustwrapper with a soiled spine and some tears at the flap folds.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Endpapers a little foxed, else near fine in very good dust jacket with dampstaining at the foot of the spine.

Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Starring actress Baxter is featured in two stills. Two stills with "Silver Screen Archives" (New York) rubber-stamps on the verso. One image from the set is shown. Please inquire for others. Based on a story by Cheavens, source author of "Penny Serenade" (1941). Tessa (Baxter) leads an impoverished family holding a dinner for a soldier returning from war. They don't receive the soldier they expected, and the charming stranger Sgt. Eric (Hodiak) quickly involves himself. The film was reprised for radio by Lux Radio Theatre in 1945, with original starring actors performing. Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches, one slightly larger, two single-weight, glossy, and one double weight, matte. Very Good plus, faint discoloration to the matte still, small surface chips and brief creases to the glossy stills.…

dj. First Edition. Ocavo (21cm). Yellow cloth boards, lettered in blue on spine; dustjacket; 188pp. Bit of soil to text block edges, else a fine, straight copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, creased and bruised with a closed tear on rear panel, otherwise unworn. Proletarian historical drama set on the San Francisco waterfront during the "Barbary Coast" era.…

Zustand: Very good. First edition. "With brilliant characterizations, a rich collection of pungent anecdotes and a searching appraisal of the forces that molded American morals, manners and economics, "The Last Pioneers," is a memorable contribution to literature. The author, himself a native of the Pacific Northwest and a profound student of social problems." in worn and chipped price clipped dust jacket. Piece 1-1/2" deep missing along bottom edge of back panel. Some 1/2" deep chips at top of spine. Orange cloth stamped in black. Black top stain.…

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1953 Western film, showing Sioux actor John War Eagle. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. During the Civil War, a pair of horse dealers must contend with southern agitators and crooked businessmen, ultimately causing trouble between the Wyoming Sioux and the Union Army. 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. Shot in Pendleton and Portland, Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Pitts 1645.…

Vintage borderless satin-finish double weight reference photograph from the 1943 film, showing actors Patricia Morison, John Carradine, and Alan Curtis. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A fictionalized account of the 1942 assassination of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich and the ensuing Lidice massacre. Director Douglas Sirk's first American production after fleeing Nazi Germany and changing his name from Hans Detlef Sierck. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus, with light toning near the bottom portion of the photograph.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 74 pages Features: Charlie Brannan and his Wonderful World - The Secretary of Agriculture; Who Said Promised Land? - transplanted Europeans fled tyranny only to find disillusionment and tragedy in the sugar lands of Louisiana - article with moving photos; The Actor Who Won't Stay Dead - Rudolph Valentino - article with photos; Broadway Ticket Scandal; The Old Home Town Fights to Live - Lexington, Illinois - article with good photos; A One-Shot Cure for Syphilis; Sawyer of the Phillies - Freshman Manager Eddie Sawyer; Vivien Kellems; The Iron Butterfly (part 1 of 4); Very Unusual in California; Freddy Fowler and the Ace; My Birthday's in July; The Golden Dart (conclusion); Morning After. Nice ads for: Gem razor blades; Herbert Tareyton cigarette ad featuring color photo of Miss Gladys Munn Pulitzer; Admiral portable radios; RCA Victor radios; Fisher Body; Seagram's Gin; B.V.D. clothing; Westinghouse fridges; Kleenex Tissues - features Little Luli and Tubby; Super Canada Dry full-page colour ad features their Spur Cola, Ginger Ale, Club Soda and Hi-Spot; The Martin Viking, by Martin Aircraft; Scotch Cellophane Tape; Packard cars; Lucky Strike (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, July 2, 1949 DPs Displaced Persons Charlie Brannan and his Wonderful World - The Secretary of Agriculture; Who Said Promised Land? - transplanted Europeans fled tyranny only to find disillusionment and tragedy in. Illustrated by Gleischmann, Glen; Skor, Walter; Devlin, Harry; Snyder,Wesley; Hawes, Charles; Chiriacka, Ernest; (illustrator).…

Revised final script for the 1953 film "The Great Sioux Uprising," seen here as "Sioux Uprising." Though very loosely based on true events surrounding the two-year Red Cloud's War, during which a Cheyenne Native American chief repeatedly attacked US forces in an effort to stem the flow of White settlers, this film centers around a white man who attempts to help a Sioux tribe retrieve a large number of stolen horses, white attempting to convince them to join up with the Union soldiers instead of the Confederates. Shot on location in Oregon, with a cast partly comprised of local Native Americans. Tan titled wrappers, noted as REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper, dated September 3, 1952. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Levy and Gill. 138 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Multilith duplication, with pink and blue revision pages throughout, dated 9/22/52 and 9/15/52. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads.…