Gordon Kahn Thomas Mann (11 results)

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Wraps, also issued in cloth. A very good copy with some darkening and small corner creases. Not a scarce book, but then, everyone should have one.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pp.

Paperback. 229p., wraps, spine creased and slightly faded, wraps toned, previous owner's name else good condition.

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

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. With an original introduction by Thomas Mann, this was the frit in-depth account of the Hollywood Ten, and now quite scarce. A clean, tight, unmarked copy.

Illustrated Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 229 pp. Vertical creasing along spine and a few light creases with light edgewear, else very good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Covers may have fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. 2nd ed. Edge worn, chipped, spine faded, with chipping at top of spine, and 1" tear at lower spine fold. INSCRIBED BY GORDON KAHN inside front in red pencil." don't ever bone me again- Gordon Kahn". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages; Signed by Author.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Signed by one of the Hollywood Ten on the title page: "Ring Lardner, Jr. (for the 10)" in blue ballpoint pen. Mild creases or bends to some pages. Toning and fading to covers. Association Inscription.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo v + 229pp., Account of the Un-American Activities Committee persecution of Hollywood writers, actors, directors or producers, accused of being Jewish or Communists, or both. Comprised mainly excerpts from 'trial' transcripts. Nice copy in grey boards with a rather tatty dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Flat signed in ink on flyeaf by ALBERT MALTZ, one of the "Hollywood Ten" discussed in the book. Very good, no other markings or bookplate. In a good minus dust jacket with fading along spine and edge wear including shallow chipping along top edge, particularly to back panel top edge, a few tears and other handling wear. Not price-clipped. Association Signature.…

Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed on the front free endpaper by four of the "Hollywood Ten": Herbert Biberman, Samuel Ornitz, Edward Dmytryk and John Howard Lawson. [xii], 229pp. Bound in publisher's grey paper, spine and front board lettered in green. Good+, with lean to spine, light staining and wear to binding, textblock edges. Prelims heavily stained; front free endpaper stained without affecting signatures. In a Good+ price-clipped dust jacket with light toning and soiling, closed tears and some loss to panels, folds. Signed by nearly half of the "Hollywood Ten," screenwriters and directors cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions posed by the anti-Communist House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. They were fined and sentenced to prison. Of the four who have signed this book, Edward Dmytryk, the director of the noir films Crossfire and Murder, My Sweet, is the only one who recanted and asked to testify, claiming the Cold War and the trial of Alger Hiss had changed his mind. In 1951 he gave the names of "subversives" to the Committee. His career was revived, and he went on to direct the classics Mutiny on the Bounty, The Sniper,and The Caine Mutiny. Signed.…