Johnson Dorris (20 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first edition, as stated. Octavo, black cloth spine over black boards, 281 pages. Foreword by Alistair Cooke. Book and dust jacket in very good condition. "A brilliant moviemaker and screenwriter, he was a central figure in the Hollywood of the 30's, 40s', and 50's. His letters to his friends and colleagues (Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the Bogarts, Helen Hayes, Thurber, George S. Kaufman, Groucho Marx, Harold Ross, Jed Harris, Spyros Skouras et al.) are alive with wit, gossip, and cogent observations on movie making and movie living." -- from the dust jacket. 090617A.

First Edition. First Edition Hardbound Good+/Good-., DJ 8vo, 281, General wear to covers. DJ is worn on edges/corners with several short edge tears. DJ is not price clipped. ISBN:0-394-50672-3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dustjacket is rubbed and has light edge wear. There is a small tear with some paper loss to the back upper edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Some offsetting (light tanning) to blank front endpapers where some newsprint had at one time been laid in, otherwise a fine, clean, tight copy with no markings, no bookplates, no remainder marks in a near fine dust jacket with a couple tiny edge tears. No chips, not price-clilpped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. xiii, 281 pp. The cover is slightly shelf-soiled; the binding is tigth and square, and the text is clean. The jacket has a 1/2" closed tear at the head of the rear panel.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine-. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine-/Near Fine. First Edition. A brilliant moviemaker and screenwriter, he was a central figure in the Hollywood of the 30s, 40s and 50s. His letters to his friends and colleagues like Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Joseph Mankiewicz, the Bogarts, Helen Hayes and more, are alive with wit, gossip and cogent observations on movie making and movie living. Very tiny bump to lower front corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Missing. 1st Edition. 281 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dj missing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 120 letters, 16-pages of photographs. Foreword by Alistair Cooke. (1st) Large, heavy book, black cloth spine, black boards, bright orange initials at top front, bright orange lettering on spine, 281 lightly browned heavy pages. Letters to Alec Guinness, George F. Kaufman, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Helen Hayes, Ben Hecht, James Thurber, Grouch Marx and many others. DJ creased down inside front flap, glossy black background with b/w photo of Johnson at typewriter with gray background in light brown border on front. DJ has very slight wear to front tips, microtear at top front edge next to spine, microtears with very slight wear at spine bottom edge. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust. First Edition; First Printing. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else a bright & solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else bright, intact & whole. FOLCAS 6/22 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. First edition. Very good hardcover with similar dustwrapper. First edition. Pages clean. Illustrated with black and white photos. Small nicks on dustwrapper spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good or better in very good dust jacket. 1 inch tear on bottom of dust jacket slight chipping on dust jacket's spine, shelf-rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 281pp. Foreword by Alistaire Cooke. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine in a near fine lightly worn dust jacket.

hardcover. Foreword by Alistair Cooke. Photo illus., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York, 1981.

Cloth-backed Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. xiii, 281(1) pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from period black and white photographs. Foreword by Alistair Cooke. Appendix: Published and Produced Works. Cloth-backed boards. Bronze spine titling. The carefully curated letters of one of the most successful, talented and prolific movie makers in film history, as a screenwriter (The Grapes of Wrath, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, and 47 others).), producer (Jesse James, The Desert Fox) and director (Black Widow, Three Faces of Eve). Included are Johnson's letters to George F. Kaufman, Groucho Marx, James Thurber, Alec Guiness, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Helen Hayes. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket.

Condition: Fine. Fine. Slight fading of spine.

1/4 Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, traces of sunning to board edges in Fine dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number; This book is a compilation of letters written by Nunnally Johnson between 1961 and 1974. Johnson is best known for her novels and short stories, but her letters are full of wit and humor. The letters cover a variety of topics, from her thoughts on writing and life to her relationships with family and friends. The letters are well-written and provide a fascinating look into the life of one of literature's most acclaimed authors.; 8vo.

Condition: Good. Black and White Glossy Photograph, 5" X 7", VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Black spine, illustrated, light edgewear to d/j. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Four pamphlets series: No. 1: Forerunners - Foundation and Four Commandants, 36pp; No. 2: Vancouver & Flinders, 31pp; No. 3: A Town Grows, 23pp; No. 4: Fragments of Yesteryear, 32pp. Sml 8vo. Green paper wraps, title in black, with town of Albany stamp in orange, staplebound.