Peggy griffith (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Good to very condition, showing moderate age wear consistent with its 1926 publication date. The pictorial wrappers featuring Thomas Meighan remain clean and well-preserved, with bright blue borders and a strong photographic image. Light rubbing along edges and spine folds, small corner creases, and minor chipping at the spine ends are evident but unobtrusive. The rear cover, depicting a scene from the Paramount film, is similarly clean with slight surface rubbing. The spine is solid with legible titling and only minor creasing. The interior is complete and securely bound, with pages evenly toned to tan from pulp stock but supple and unmarked save for a neat ownership signature on the front free endpaper. Overall, a bright and attractive copy with strong visual appeal and minimal structural wear—superior to most surviving examples of this fragile format. Octavo, 186 pp., photo-illustrated wrappers. A Popular Plays and Screen Library photoplay edition based on the Paramount Pictures film starring Thomas Meighan and Lila Lee, directed by Lewis Milestone. The story, combining romance, comedy, and America's growing baseball enthusiasm, is set in a Florida training camp and adapted from the motion picture scenario written by Ring Lardner and George Marion Jr. One of the more desirable titles in this short-lived Paramount promotional series, notable for its early sports theme and tie-in to the emerging baseball film subgenre.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. xii, 236 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm ISBN 9780976876069, 097687606X OCLC 82145579 ; black cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Collectors' book of photographs from the period during and just after the Civil War when tax stamps were required on photographic images. Hundreds of these photographs, from the author's collection, are reproduced here, along with a brief history of the photographic processes, information on the stamps, and a list of verified photographers working during the period. . Book.…