Charles Mac Arthur (31 results)

PRINTED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. HECHT AND MAC ARTHUR'S FAMOUS PLAY PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL FRENCH, IN EX-LIBRARY BOOKLET WITH STAMPS AND CARD POCKET. YELLOW-ORANGE STIFF PAPER COVERS. NO ISBN NUMBER ON THE BACK COVER WITH ADVERTISEMENT FOR "PORTRAIT IN BLACK" AND "THE HAPPIEST YEAR.". Size: 5" x 7 1/4". …

ILLUSTRATED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. HECHT AND MAC ARTHUR'S PLAY IN "PLAYBILL". MAGAZINE AT THE ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE. VOLUME 7, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 1970. CAST INCLUDED ROBERT RYAN, PEGGY CASS, BERT CONVEY AND DODY GOODMAN. Size: "6" X 9 1/4".…

ILLUSTRATED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. HECHT PLAY IN "PLAYBILL." ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE. VOLUME 6, NUMBER 6, JUNE 1969, PAGE 60. FRONT COVER CORNER CREASE. CENTER PAGE LOOSE FROM STAPLES. ROBERT RYAN PLAYS WALTER BURNS, PEGGY CASS PLAYS MOLLIE MALLOY AND ARNOLD STANG PLAYED MR. PINCUS. Size: 6" x 9".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET. FIRST EDITION THUS. EXCERPT FROM "THE FRONT PAGE" IN "DRAMA IN OUR TIME". PAGES 391-397. EX-LIBRARY WITH STAMPS AND CARD POCKET. EDITED BY M. M. NAGELBERG AND ILLUSTRATED BY DON FREEMAN. Size: 5 1/4" x 7 7/8'".

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, great cloth boards shows soiling on all sides along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The internal binding is good, no hinge cracks at boards. The front pastedown contains a message from the original owner, which is the only handwriting found in the book. The copyright page states third printing, October, 1928.…

PRINTED PAPER WRAPPERS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. BROADSIDE ADVERTISEMENT FOR "THE FRONT PAGE" PLAY OCTOBER 27-28, 1933 AT THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY THEATRE. PAPER TONING WITH AGE. Size: 5 15/16" X 8 15/16".

PICTORIAL PRINTED STIFF PAPER. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS FIRST PRINTING. 173 + 3 PAGES. PHOTO OF JACK LEMMON AND WALTER MATTHAU ON THE FRONT COVER. CHEAP PAPER TONING WITH AGE. Size: 4 1/8" X 6 15/16".

PRINTED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE FRONT PAGE PLAY WITH PHOTO OF ACTORS IN THE PRESS ROOM IN "THEATRE ARTS MONTHLY" VOLUME XII, NUMBER 10, OCTOBER 1928, PAGES 701 - 708. . ONE STAPLE LOOSENING AT TOP OF COVER. Size: 8" x 10 1/2". …

PRINTED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. 143 + 1 PAGES. BLUE STIFF PAPER COVERS. OWNER'S NOTES ON FIVE PAGES. PRESS AND BINDERY OF THE CONWAY PRINTING CO. NEW YORK. NO ISBN NUMBER. Size: 5" X 7 1/8".

SELF WRAPPERS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. 1 PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATED BROADSIDE ADVERTISEMENT FOR HECHT AND MAC ARTHUR'S PLAY OPENING AT CHICAGO'S ERLANGER THEATER IN 1929. Size: 5" x 7 1/4".

PRINTED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. 143 PAGES + 1. TAN STIFF PRINTED PAPER COVERS. # 449 ON THE REAR COVER WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR "THE SAMUEL FRENCH THEATER BOOKSHOP." Size: 5" X 7"`.

PRINTED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. LATER PRINTING PAPERBACK. 143 PAGES. YELLOW STIFF PAPER COVERS. SAMUEL FRENCH NUMBER 5 AND ADVERTISEMENTS FOR "VERONICA'S ROOM" AND "MY FAT FRIEND" ON THE BACK COVER. Size: 5" X 7 1/8".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET. 189 PAGES. OCTOBER, 1928. CONTAINS A TWO PAGE EPILOGUE BY THE AUTHORS THAT WAS NOT PRESENT IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PRINTINGS. TAN CLOTH . OWNER'S BOOKPLATE ON THE INNER FRONT COVER. CLOTH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE BEGINNING TO FRAY OTHERWISE A TIGHT CLEAN COPY. Size: 5 3/4" X 8".…

Condition: Assez bon. Nos envois se font avec suivi, pour tout problème n'hésitez pas à nous contacter pour trouver une solution.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD CONDITION. FIRST EDITION THUS. HECHT AND MAC ARTHUR'S FAMOUS PLAY PUBLISHED IN "SIXTEEN FAMOUS AMERICAN PLAYS" ON PAGES 55 - 140. THE RARELY FOUND DUST JACKET HAS SOME WEAR ON THE SPINE ENDS INTRODUCTION BY BROOKS ATKINSON. FOREWARD BY BENNETT CERF AND VAN H. CARTMELL. ALSO CONTAINS PLAYS BY EUGENE O'NEILL, THORNTON WILDER, WILLIAM SAROYAN, LILLIAN HELLMAN, MARC CONNELLY AND OTHERS. A VERY NICE CLEAN, TIGHT COPY Size: 5 5/8" X 8 1/4".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER WITH NO DJ. PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES.

Condition: buono. Teatro Testi Entertainment Theatre Texts Ridotto Teatro straniero trad. di Enrico Cagiottini in 16°, bross. edit., fogli chiusi, ottimo stato.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Commedia in tre atti. Traduzione di Enrico Cagiottini, introduzione di Mario Beltramo . 16mo. pp. 196. . Molto buono (Very Good). . Prima edizione italiana (First Italian Edition). . Prima edizione italiana (First Italian Edition). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: FINE CONDITION. LATER CANADIAN PRINTING. HECHT AND MAC ARTHUR'S FAMOUS PLAY RELEASED IN A CANADIAN EDITION. IN "SIXTEEN FAMOUS AMERICAN PLAYS" PAGES 55-140. INTRODUCTION BY BROOKS ATKINSON. THE DUST JACKET IS A DIFFERENT VERSION THAN THE AMERICAN EDITION. A PRISTINE COPY. THE DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE MYLAR WRAPPER. Size: 5 3/4" x 8 1/4".…

ILLUSTRATED PAPER COVERS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. BEAUTIFUL COLOR COVER ILLUSTRATION BY F. EARL CHRISTY. WINDSOR THEATRE PLAYBILL APRIL 29, 1929. LEE TRACY PLAYED THE ROLE OF HILDY JOHNSON. Size: 5 1/4" x 7 11/16".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 189 + 2 PAGES RED CLOTH COVERS. SPINE CLOTH IS LIGHTLY DARKENED. CONTAINS THE TWO PAGE EPILOGUE THAT WAS NOT PRESENT IN THE FIRST AND SECOND US EDITIONS. A NICE CLEAN COPY. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/16".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING. 189 PAGES. SECOND PRINTING SEPTEMBER 1928. MILD SUN DARKENING ON THE SPINE. AN INTERESTING COPY WITH THE FRONT OF THE DUST JACKET CUT OUT AND PASTED ONTO THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT COVER. THE STRIKING DUST JACKET FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION OF A MAN BEING HUNG STATES "SECOND PRINTING." ALSO IN FINE PRINT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT OF THE DUST JACKET IS PRINTED "J. ARCH. SEULITRINIC" , PRESUMABLY THE ARTIST FOR THIS STRIKING ART WORK COVER THAT IS ON THE FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT PRINTINGS OF THE RARELY SAVED DUST JACKET. ALSO, THE BACK COVER OF THE DUST JACKET IS PASTED DOWN TO THE FIRST FREE END PAGE AND IT CONTAINS A PRINTED NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS AS FOLLOWS "THE FRONT PAGE - WE RECOMMEND THIS PLAY AS A GREAT WORK OF ART, SOMETHING LIKE HAMLET. SIGNED BEN HECHT & CHARLES MAC ARTHUR (AUTHORS) " IN BEN HECHTS CHARACTARISTIC SCRIPT WRITING. ALONG WITH 8 BLURBS FROM HEYWOOD BROUN, WALTER WINCHELL, J. BROOKS ATKINSON AND OTHERS. THE FRONT FLAP IS PASTED ONTO THE PAGE OPPOSITE THE TITLE PAGE. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE PASTED DOWN NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF W. C. HOWEY'S OBITUARY NOTICE DATED MONDAY MARCH 22, 1954 FROM THE CHICAGO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER BY WALTER WINCHELL AND A SECOND OBITUARY NOTICE THAT IS PASTED ONTO TWO FREE END PAGES AT THE BACK OF THE BOOK. HILDY JOHNSON'S OBITUARY DATED MARCH 23, 1931 IS ALSO PASTED DOWN ONTO THE BACK OF THE REAR COVER. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT COVER OF THE PLAYBILL FOR THE PLAY AT THE "ERLANGER" THEATRE, DATED FEBRUARY 2, 1929 IS PASTED DOWN ONTO A FREE FRONT END BLANK PAGE THE BOOK IS SIGNED IN PENCIL ON THE TITLE PAGE BY A PREVIOUS OWNER WHO HAS DATED IT OCTOBER 14, 1928. OTHERWISE, THE BOOK IS A TIGHT, CLEAN COPY WITH THE CUT OUT DUST JACKET AND MULTIPLE INTERESTING ASSOCIATION ITEMS THAT MAKES IT AN UNIQUE ITEM.…

No Binding. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. CAEDMAON VINYL LP 3 RECORD ALBUM TRS 351. IN FOLDING ILLUSTRATED CASE. THEATRE GUILD REVIVAL WITH ROBERT RYAN, ARNOLD STANG, PEGGY CASS AND MARGARET HAMILTON. DESCRIPTION OF PLAY AND PERFORMANCE BY PAUL KRESH ON CASE. PLAYED AT THE ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE, NEW YORK , NY 1970.…

Marseille, directeur: Jean Ballard. Un volume de 160 pages. Exemplaire en bon état. Au sommaire un important dossier anthologique de 30 pages de surréalistes étrangers, textes traduits pour la première fois en français. Présentation de chaque auteur par Claude Serbanne. Importante revue littéraire, véritable institution fondée par Marcel Pagnol et Gabriel d'Aubarède, qui pendant près d'un demi-siècle, sous la direction de Jean Ballard, tint la dragée haute à ses rivales parisiennes, au premier rang desquelles, "La Nouvelle Revue Française". Livres. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Some rubbing to cloth cover, some shelf wear along top and bottom spine edges, o/w clean unmarked exterior/interior, tight binding. BP/Locked Cabinet/Theater.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NoNE. FIRST. A TRUE FIRST OF THIS CLASSIC STORY OF THE NEWS ROOM DURING THE JAZZ AGE WRITTEN AS A PLAY THIS STORY WAS ADAPTED TO THE SILVER SCREEN SEVERAL TIMES , THE FIRST ONE BEING THE BEST NO EPILOGUE AT THE END BOOK STATES 1928 ON TITLE AND COPYRIGHT PAGES WITH NO OTHER EDITIONS OR PRINTINGS MENTIONED BOUND IN GRAY WITH BLACK LETTERING TO SPINE FOREDGE UNCUT ALONG BOTTOM AND SIDE BRIGHT TEXTBLOCK LIGHT DISCOLORATION TO SPINE VERY WELL PRESERVED SMALL PENCIL MARKS ON FRONT ENDPAPER A VERY NICE COPY OF THIS CLASSIC. N/A (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Cloth spine with printed paper over boards, ads on end papers, 210 pages. Covers stained, wear at extremities, boards loosening, damp staining and foxing throughout. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 0 oz. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 014089. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 126 pages. Fiction: Problem Mother; The Face of Death; First Baby; The Forbidden Island; Kiowa Moon (part 2 of 7); The Golden Shadow (conclusion). Articles: How an Amblance Chaser Works - other people's accidents make him money; If a President Collapses - proposed solutions to the problem of what to do if/when a President falls ill; The Face of America - The Golden Triangle - large color photo of the Monongahela meeting the Allegheny River; We are on the Spot in Spain - Franco's dictatorship rests on a powder keg; Premature Births Can Be Prevented - Releasin is used to delay labor - with photo of Mrs. Lorraine Yarsinsky and her triplets; Everybody Laughs at Me - Victor Borge - par 6 of 7 - his feud with Rudy Vallee, and the day he was arrested as a spy; We Flew Operation Sharkbait - Col. Charles F. Blair, Jr., USAF Res. recounts the harrowing tension-filled hoursin a jet fighter that spanned the Atlantic on a hush-hush test flight - the first Great Circle Route flight to Europe in a Thunderstreak Interceptor; Fishing at its Fanciest - article and great color photos from Palm Beach; My Ware with the Army - W.H. Von Rosenstiel got no mail for three months so went over his colonel's head - with astounding results; Should your child be a Librarian? Ads: Winston cigarettes (taste good); Pream coffee; Amana fridges (very nostalgic); Hart Schaffner & Marx clothing - with color photos of Dr. Joyce Brothers and Hal March of the $64,000 Question; 'Eggs Belong in Breakfast'; Presto appliances; Nice 1-page color ad for Boeing's 707; Ford cars - two-page color photo; Westinghouse washer - the famous 'sand test'; Tareyton; Pontiac cars - nice yellow Super Chief two-door hardtop; Baldwin Organs; GMC Air Suspension Tractors - two color pages; Union Pacific Railroad Vacations; RCA TV Service; Underwood Typewriters (golden gloves); Allis-Chalmers - 2-page ad showing their cement plant; USS United States Steel with illustration of futuristic bridge; GMAC color photo ad with old ladies telling young mom what to do; Nice two-page Borg-Warner ad in 'believe-it-or-not' format; Nice one-page color Pepsi adshows young painting couple; Magnavox High Fidelity TVs; MacGregor baseball gloves - featuring Red Schoendienst; GM two-page photo ad features Amanda, Ohio, home of GM supplier Mid-West Fabricating - with photos of Stanton Johns, Francis and Helen Crago, Dick Young, and L.E. Conrad; Evinrude outboard motors - nice color-photo ad; Ponderosa Pine Windows; Anchor Fence; IBM Selectric Typewriters; Santa Fe Super Chief; Briggs & Stratton engines; Nice Viceroy cigarette ad features bowler Don Carter; Chrysler 4-door hardtop Windsor - color photo; Betty Crocker Li'l Angel Food Cake Mix ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Clymer, John (cover); Langley, Alex; Harris, R.G.; Rabut, Paul; Hilbery, Bob; Conner, Mac; Otnes, Fred; (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A Fine copy in pale grey cloth stamped in black at spine, lacking the very scarce dustwrapper. 189pp. Introduction by Jed Harris, who produced the play staged by George S. Kaufman. The story was adapted three times by Hollywood: The first in 1931 with Pat O'Brien and Adolphe Menjou, the second in 1940 with Carry Grant and Rosalind Russell, the third in 1974 by Billy Wilder starring Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau. A brilliant satire of the newspaper business, filled with witty wise-cracks and breathless dialogue, an American classic. Q04567.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first and only edition of this scarce history of Japan from Charles Macfarlane, illustrated with a folding map and numerous vignettes. The first and only edition of this scarce volume.In the publisher's original cloth binding, with decorative blind-stamping and gilt.Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page vignette, folding map and numerous additional in-text figures after designs by Arthur Allom. Collated, complete.This volume provides a comprehensive account of Japan and the Japanese people, ranging from its geography and history to its culture and national character.From prolific British travel and history writer Charles MacFarlane. who compiled this book through intrigue with the country after exchanges with an acquaintance who had spent time there. Based on many works authored by other foreign nationals who visited Japan, including Engelbert Kämpfer (1651-1716), Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Golovnin (1776-1831), and Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) [The Japan Foundation Library]. Published in 1852. In November of the same year, the Perry Expedition - a U.S. fleet led by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry to open up Japan - set sail. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with fading to the spine and mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A few minor damp spots to the front board. Ex libris bookplate of one Cliff Parfit to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spots, heaviest to the first few leaves. Very Good Indeed. Arthur Allom (illustrator). book.…