william wister haines (36 Ergebnisse)

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

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition; First Printing. previous owner's name on front end paper; dj chipped with two 1/2" chunks and a 1/2" tear.

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

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.4.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. Unmarked paperback.

Zustand: Good. The book is nice and 100% readable, but the book has visible wear which may include stains, scuffs, scratches, folded edges, sticker glue, torn on front page,highlighting, notes, and worn corners.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. First edition. 305 p. 23 cm.

pock. Zustand: Very Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Spine tips are worn. Cover corners are bumped. Front cover photograph by Richard Avedon of Henry Fonda as Mister Roberts. Complete text of Command Decision. Article by Norman Bel Geddes. 96 pages.

Mass market. Zustand: Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show light edge wear. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY!; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by A Bantam Book, 1964. 12mo. Paperback. Code of F2862 on cover and spine. Book is very good. Covers have some light shelf wear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with some light soiling and light foxing to the inside of the dustwrapper.

Unknown. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Zustand: Good. Little, Brown, and Company Boston, MA 1938 8vo. 299 pages. beige cloth boards soiled and stained. darkened spine. illustrated endpapers. binding shaken. G-.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film, showing actors Dan Dailey, Edmund Lowe, Maureen O'Hara, May McAvoy, and Mae Marsh. With the stamp of Dell Publishing Company Library to the verso. Based on the life of naval aviator Frank "Spig" Wead, who became a Hollywood screenwriter following a spinal injury which left him paralyzed. Wead was best known for "Hell Divers" (1931), "Ceiling Zero" (1936), and "They Were Expendable" (1945). Set and shot on location on the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida and the US Navy building in Washington DC. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better, with light soil to the recto and verso (see accompanying images).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 305 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Paul Bacon. His sixth book. The story of the plan to devise counter measures against the German Messerschmitt 262 jet fighters by the Allies toward the end of World War II. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!

Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight); little edgewear (few short tears & tiny nicks) d/j. 8vo., blue cloth in dust jacket; 247 pages First Edition. Signed presentation from Haines on the title page: "For Harold Richardson with love from Frannie [his wife] & Bill. William Wister Haines. 2/15/61." William Wister Haines [1908-1989] was an American author, screenwriter, and playwright. His mother, Ella Wister Haines, was a notable author of mysteries and serialized stories, many of which appeared in The Des Moines Register. His uncle, Owen Wister, authored the 1902 novel "The Virginian", which popularized the genre of Western fiction and later became both a successful film and television series. "The Winter War" is about the 1877 winter campaign of the U.S. Army against the Sioux in Montana, was at the time of its publication a popular western and was awarded the Spur Award of the Western Writers of America.

Very Good (covers bright with little minor fade; contents clean & tight); minor edgewear d/j. 8vo., blue cloth in dust jacket; 252 pages First Edition. Signed presentation from Haines on the title page: "Inscribed for Jim Richardson with affection from Bill. William Wister Haines. 8/14/68." William Wister Haines. 2/15/61." William Wister Haines [1908-1989] was an American author, screenwriter, and playwright. His mother, Ella Wister Haines, was a notable author of mysteries and serialized stories, many of which appeared in The Des Moines Register. His uncle, Owen Wister, authored the 1902 novel "The Virginian", which popularized the genre of Western fiction and later became both a successful film and television series.

Vintage photograph of director Tay Garnett, actress Margaret Sheridan and members of the crew on the set of the 1952 film. Mimeo snipe and a rubber studio stamp on the verso. Set during the beginning of the Korean War. US Army colonel Steve Janowski (Robert Mitchum) and UN official Linda Day (Ann Blyth) fall in love after Janowski suffers an injury from a hand grenade. Shot on location in Long Island, Colorado, Nevada, and South Korea. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

20 x 15. 224 Seiten. Hardcover. Buchseitenschnitt etwas angestaubt, sonst gut erhaltenes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 400.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO60108299: 1964. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur acceptable. 196 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1958 US film. Five cards are shown. Please inquire to see the others. Glenn Ford stars as the commander of an American submarine tasked with destroying the Japanese aircraft carrier responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor. A story shot at MGM Studios in Culver City, California. 8 x 10 inches. A few light creases overall, and faint soil on the versos, else Near Fine.

Final shooting script for the 1954 film. Manuscript annotations on the front wrapper reading "Revisions / Blue 9-28-54" and "part of 'Admiral John Hoskins.'" One of Republic's most elaborate productions of the 1950s, "The Eternal Sea" is the biography of American admiral John M. Hoskins. Sterling Hayden delivers a superbly understated performance as Hoskins, who continued to serve throughout WW2 despite the loss of a leg in the early phases of the conflict. The admiral's farsighted activities as commander of the aircraft carrier Princeton led to the development of the more sophisticated jet-aircraft carriers of the Korean War. The well-chosen supporting cast includes Alexis Smith as Hoskin's wife Sue, Dean Jagger as Admiral Thomas L. Semple, Morris Ankrum as Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble, and John Maxwell as Adm. William "Bull" Halsey (whose life story would serve as the basis for the 1960 film The Gallant Hours). Elmer Bernstein's soaring musical score is the icing on the cake. Pink titled wrappers, noted as Final Shooting on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped production No. 20044, dated September 1, 1954, with credits for screenwriter Rivkin, for director Auer, and for writer Haines. 116 leaves, mimeograph duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 9-28-54. Pages Very Good, wrapper Very Good, some short closed tears and creasing at the corners, bound with two gold brads.

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. The first edition of Command Decision, a play by William Wister Haines, signed by the cast of the 1947 Broadway production, including Tony Award-winning actors, James Whitmore and Paul Kelly. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, 180pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Light rubbing to cloth spine, internally clean. Bookplate of Robert Garland on the front pastedown. In the publisher's dust jacket, price clipped, light toning to the spine, soiling to back panel, a very good example. This work is signed by the complete cast, including: Edmon Ryan (War correspondent Elmer Brockhurst), James Whitmore (Tech Sergeant Harold Evans), Paul Kelly (Brigadier General K.C. Dennis), Edward Binns (Colonel Ernest Haley), West Hooker (Enlisted Armed Guard), Arthur Franz (Capt. Lucius Jenks), Jay Fassett (Maj. Gen Roland Goodlow Kane), Paul McGrath (Brig. Gen. Clifton C. Garnett), William Layton (Major Homer Prescott), Stephen Elliott (Col. Edward Martin), John Randolph (Lt. Jake Goldberg), Lewis Martin (Major Desmond Lansing), Robert Pike (Major Belding Davis), Walter Black (Major Rufus Dayhuff), Paul Ford (Arthur Malcolm), Frank McNellis (Oliver Stone), James Holden (Cpt. G. W. C. Lee), Leonard Patrick (N.C.O. Photographer). Command Decision, the World War II era drama by William Wister Haines, premiered at the Fulton Theatre on October 1, 1947, under the direction of John O'Shaughnessy and production by Kermit Bloomgarden. The original cast featured Paul Kelly as Brig. Gen. K. C. "Casey" Dennis and James Whitmore as Tech Sergeant Harold Evans, among others. The play ran an impressive 409 performances through September 18, 1948, and earned significant acclaimPaul Kelly received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, while James Whitmore was honored with the Tony Award for Best Newcomer. The film version of Command Decision was released in 1948 and starred Clark Gable. James Whitmore would be known to later audiences as Brooks Hatlen in The Shawshank Redemption (1994).

Three screenplays from the 1956 film, including two draft scripts dated 7-21-55 and one partial draft script dated 2-16-56. One script with manuscript pencil annotations to the inside rear wrapper, noting revisions, and one with manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Also included in the collection is a memo from technical advisor Admiral John Dale Price to producer Charles Schnee and an unknown crew member, bound in script format, addressing factual errors and questions, dated 2-15-56. Script dated 2-15-56 missing a number of pages, as shown below, likely as used or issued. A dramatization of the experiences of US Navy aviator-turned-screenwriter Frank "Spig" Wead, a rowdy and dedicated pilot who is forced to retire from the Navy after being paralyzed in an accident. Shot on location in Florida and Washington DC. Copy No. 28, dated 7-21-55: Blue titled wrappers, stamped VAULT COPY, MIMEOGRAPH FILE COPY, and TEMPORARY COMPLETE on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 28 and production No. 5651, dated 7-21-55, with credits for screenwriter Frank Fenton. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 111 leaves, with last page of text numbered "111-113". Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8-3-55 and 10-10-55. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus, with tide marks to the bottom and fore edges, bound with two gold brads. Copy No. 29, dated 7-21-55: Blue titled wrappers, VAULT COPY, MIMEOGRAPH FILE COPY, and TEMPORARY COMPLETE on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 29 and production No. 5651, dated 7-21-55, with credits for screenwriter Frank Fenton. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 154 leaves, with last page of text numbered "111-112". Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7-22-55 and 10-10-55. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Script dated 2-16-56: Blue titled wrappers, dated 2-16-56 on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped VAULT COPY and production No. 5651, noted as Section of Script. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Approximately 100 leaves, dated variously between 2-16-56 and 2-21-56. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine dj. Illustrated by (dj/endpapers/decorations) Robert Lawson (illustrator). First Edition. [very nice copy, light shelfwear, a trace of foxing on fore-edge, bookplate on front pastedown; the jacket is remarkably clean and well-preserved, with some minor wear along the top and bottom edges, slight browning to spine, and one tiny nick mid-spine]. A beautiful copy of the author's first book, SIGNED by him directly beneath his printed signature on the title page, and just above one of illustrator Robert Lawson's drawings of the title character. Haines began working as a telephone lineman during summer vacations while in college (University of Pennsylvania), and took on the work full-time upon his graduation in 1931. His experiences on that job provided fodder for his literary efforts, including his first published short stories and two novels, this one and the subsequent "High Tension" in 1937. Time Magazine said of this novel that "in celebrating his craft and the men who pursue it, [the author] has not overlooked the fact that novel writing is also a craft in itself. He has mastered the new calling as thoroughly as his hero, Slim, mastered the job of wire stringing. The tale is by turns hard-boiled, sentimental, tragic, humorous. But the toughness, the sentiment, the tragedy and the humor all belong to a man's world." The success of "Slim" put Haines on the path to Hollywood -- Warner Bros. bought the novel and hired him to write the adaptation (the film, starring Henry Fonda, was released in 1937), and he stuck around and wrote a dozen or so screenplays over the next 25 years. (Notable credits were BLACK LEGION, THE TEXANS, and THE WINGS OF EAGLES; the 1948 film COMMAND DECISION was based on his novel and play.) I suspect this novel has a cult following among telephone linemen and/or collectors of memorabilia related thereto -- in fact, at one point on eBay there was even a line of "Slim" t-shirts reproducing one of the wonderful Lawson "decorations" that are sprinkled throughout the text. Signed by Author.