Cairn James (31 results)

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Previous owners unique bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a nice clean and unmarked copy in an incomplete jacket. Small volume, published for movie fans, containing details on all the stars of the day plus many B&W photos.

Hardcover. Condition: VG Minus. No Jacket. 1st. Red cloth hardcover in vg minus condtion showing some ageing. Illustrated Original 1945 issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Spine, binding and boards all fine and robust. Contents clean and no inscription. Dustcoveris quite worn on edges. 224 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. First edition first printing octavo hardback 224 pages Many illustrations very Good condition in Good + unclipped dust jacket (rubbed edges, tiny V-shaped notch missing on rear top edge of jacket) No inscriptions.

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Firmly bound, blue-gray card boards, brown cloth spine. Scuffing, tear and marks on cover and spine. No jacket, no writing inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated edition, probably 1940s. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards, black titles. A little wear and a few marks on cover. No jacket, no writing inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 120pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. External boards have rubbing to corners & top/bottom of spine. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.

First Edition. Second series. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 224 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 19 cm. Subjects; Motion picture plays History and criticism. Hollywood; history. Hollywood actors; history. Celebrities; 20th century. 3 Kg.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition book. Loss to the edges of the dust jacket. A well presented copy.

Condition: Good. 1946. No Edition Stated. 118 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with B&W lettering over blue boards. B&W photographs throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Some faded staining. Unclipped dust jacket in protective plastic cover. Moderate wear, large tears and loss to edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Minor marking and soiling to DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition second series with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1945 David Smith first edition on red cloth.

First Edition. Second series. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 224 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 19 cm. Subjects; Motion picture plays History and criticism. Hollywood; history. Hollywood actors; history. Celebrities; 20th century. 1 Kg.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A bit marked and worn. A reading copy. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

1st ed. Owner's stamp on front free end paper; binding tight; dust jacket worn & chipped at edges, with clear tape repairs Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographs of 1940's film stars (illustrator). 1st Edition. Firmly bound red cloth boards with a slightly faded spine, some spotting and marks on the spine and cover edges, internally clean with name of previous owner and the date neatly written inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 224pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Faint foxing on endpapers with a tiny ink marking on front fly, binding slightly cocked, very good in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears, a small chip at the foot of the spine (affecting text), and scuffing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good, no owner markings, no bookplate in good dust jacket with several 1/2" edge tears. No significant chips and not price-clipped. P. 145 has an illegible rubber stamp over part of text and margin. Text still readable. Uncommon in USA, this is the 2nd in a series of profiles of Hollywood film production during the WWII years and includes numerous b&w photos from films discussed. Text is similar to the type of "fan" info found in better fan magazines: profiles of stars being the primary focus.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Included. * PUBLISHER : HOLLYWOOD PUBLICATIONS * YEAR : 1946 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 118 * CONDITION : USED - ACCEPTABLE * OTHER: THE DUSTWRAPPER IS HEAVILY WORN WITH CREASING AND TEARS ALONG THE EDGES AND CORNERS WITH PIECES MISSING IN PLACES. THE DUSTWRAPPER HAS STAINS AND MARKS TO BOTH SIDES WITH FOXING TO THE UNDERSIDE. THE COVER BOARDS ARE HEAVILY RUBBED AND STAINED WITH BUMPING AND FADING ALONG THE EDGES AND SPINE. THE BINDING IS FIRM. ON THE FFEP IS A PENNED WRITTEN NAME AND DATE. THERE IS FOXING ALONG THE FOR-EDGE. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Used book. Good sound copy in chipped d/w.Red hardback covers.pr. clipped. D/w is rubbed at edges and has a triangular piece missing from upper front (approx 2cm).No inscriptions.224pps. this is the author's second book on Hollywood, and comprises an intimate & lively series of of word pictures of Hollywood's stars of the 1940's, and supporting players.He also reviews the scenes, dialogue and several other features that go into the making of the many movies described. There are features on Betty Grable,Robert Young,Betty Field, Claudette Colbert, Leo Costello, Veronica Lake and many more.Illust with black & white photos. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 202 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning and foxing to front and rear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. All books outside UK are sent airmail. All books are tracked. All dustwrappers are film protected. PayPal accepted. Illustrated with many double sided plates featuring all the Stars of the Golden Age in portrait with potted biographies. Over 200 stars are featured. Very good copy in attractive pictorial dust wrapper. Dustwrapper is very slightly nicked and a little edge worn and is price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Part of the 'Film Classics Series'. / This looks at the film with the same title & those who stared in the film Spencer Tracy & Irene Dunne. / Illustrated with black&white photos. / This is a cloth bound 1st edition hardback in fair condition-the front & back covers edges are rubbed & the previous owners name is on the inside front 'end-paper'. (120 pages).

David S.Smith London. 1945. Second Series. Hardback. No DW Red cloth. Illustrated. Spine faded with slight lean, boards very slightly marked. Generally a clean and sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 202pp. Illustrated in black and white. Red pebbled cloth with black titling on the spine. Light bumping at the foot of the spine, small scuff mark on front board, about near fine, lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front fly: "To dear Fanny Moe[?] with best wishes. Yours always James Cairn. August 1942." Biographies in miniature of film artists who have reached - or are reaching - fame on the screen.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. 96pp. HARDCOVER. Very clean copy internally. No inscriptions. (Crease noted to one internal page.) Dustwrapper is complete, with a little edgewear. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First English edition. Near fine with binding lightly worn, lacking the dustwrapper. Photoplay of the Victor Fleming film starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, with 24 stills from the film. This was the first of only a few hardcover titles issued in the *Book of the Film* series, a photoplay, but also very much a precursor to the illustrated screenplays commonly published today for classic or popular films.