Hecht Ben Design (7 results)

Condition: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. cover shows heavy wear and tear, particularly on the spine, minor rubbing. pages tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tight binding, solid illustrated boards with gently rubbed corners, spine strip chipped at head and gently ruffled at foot, clean, unmarked pages throughout. In mylar cover. Published November, 1922. Design and illustration by Herman Rosse (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Good dj. First Edition. [the book itself is just lightly worn at the extremities, and has a bit of age-toning to the edges of the text block; the jacket, as typical with this book, has quite a bit of surface- and edge-wear, with a handful of tiny chips and tears, and a 1.5-inch split at the top front flapfold]. (B&W photographs) Autobiography of the screenwriter-playwright-novelist-journalist who was responsible for some of the Twentieth Century's finest works of popular entertainment (including "Twentieth Century" itself, both the play and the movie version co-written with his longtime partner Charles MacArthur). Kirkus Reviews summed the book up nicely: "Poking into every nook and cranny -- of his thinking, his writing, his experiences; of sex, women, marriage, divorce, fatherhood; of public opinion, public figures -- this battle cry of me-dom is a very private life that does not tiptoe in sensitive areas and that does offer stimulating reading in its testimony of a half century of omniverous living." **** NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping on this somewhat hefty 654-page book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. ****. Illustrated by (dj design) Seymour Robins (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint (first published by Covici-McGee in 1922). Vernacular binding of handsome patterned cloth with new plain pastedowns (over Hecht's illustrated ones). Cloth worn and stained, sound but good only, and still attractive. Possibly attributable to "V and W M Sutton" of Plainfield, New Jersey, whose joint owner name is penned on the verso of the front fly, along with a 1927 date.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 289pp; No DJ, illustrated paper-covered boards, tape repair to spine with bottom half of spine missing, boards bright & slightly edgeworn, illustrated endpapers, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Scarce vintage collection of 64 journalistic pieces about Chicago during the Jazz Age by celebrated 20th century journalist, novelist, playwright and screenwriter Ben Hecht (1894-1964). The pieces capture the intensity of 1920s Chicago, depicting a host of unique characters, landmarks and watering holes with an eye toward the absurd. Bold, attractive illustrations by Herman Rosse throughout.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good dj. First Edition. (price-clipped) [a good solid copy, with a little deterioration to cloth at spine ends and a bit of wear to the lower extremities; jacket is modestly edgeworn, with a shallow chip at the top of the spine]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED to N.Y. newspaper columnist Leonard Lyons and his wife Sylvia, and SIGNED by the author on the ffep, who adds "Oceanside Exile" beneath his signature, which is also dated June 8, 1954, just two weeks after the book's publication date. Autobiography of the screenwriter-playwright-novelist-journalist who was responsible for some of the Twentieth Century's finest works of popular entertainment (including "Twentieth Century" itself, both the play and the movie version co-written with his longtime partner Charles MacArthur). Kirkus Reviews summed the book up nicely: "Poking into every nook and cranny -- of his thinking, his writing, his experiences; of sex, women, marriage, divorce, fatherhood; of public opinion, public figures -- this battle cry of me-dom is a very private life that does not tiptoe in sensitive areas and that does offer stimulating reading in its testimony of a half century of omniverous living." Signed copies are most uncommon. **** NOTE that additional shipping charges will be requested for international shipping on this somewhat hefty book, and for Priority Mail sevice to U.S. customers; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. **** Signed by Author. Illustrated by (dj design) Seymour Robins (illustrator).…