Lorraine Maynard (15 results)

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 105pp, octavo. tight binding, tanned pages, rubbed edges to the still colorful boards, back cover is stained, great cover image, Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good book in a price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mabel Betsy Hill (illustrator). 1st. 1st printing; dj w/chipping, small pieces missing, unclipped price, in mylar; 105 clean, unmarked pages.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No jacket, some mild rubbing to the corners. Bookplate. A bit of staining to the first few pages near spine. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hill, Mabey Betsy (illustrator). Rubbing and soiling to the cover, some wear to the edges around the spine, inner binding is cracked near the front hinge, internally clean and bright.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Hardcover edition. (childrens, juvenile fiction, pilgrims, historical fiction) A reading only copy. Boards/spine/hinges may be broken, detached, or missing. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes/highlighting, be heavily stained, or detached. May be missing non-text pages (e.g. end pages, half title, title, frontispiece.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The front end paper is missing. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. TITLE: DILLY WAS DIFFERENT By LORRAINE MAYNARD 1932 CHILDREN First Edition AUTHOR: LORRAINE MAYNARD PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: SAM GABRIEL SONS & COMPANY, NY 1932 EDITION: First Edition CATEGORY: Children BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: GREEN CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside has some tanning or browning on the spine and the edges. There is heavy age foxing on a few pages inside the book. There is some minor writing in ink on the first front free endpaper. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Blue lettering on tan covers The gold dust jacket front cover and front flap have been cut off, and are included with the book. 8vo, 184pp. The cover spine and edges are somewhat age darkened. Contents fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Xv, 184 Pp. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Green. First Printing. Fine In A Fine Dust Jacket, Gold Foil, Which Is Quite Fragile, Priced $2.00. Per Wikipedia, Lorraine Huling (1897-1971), Made Her Broadway Debut In 1913, Playing The Role Of "Doll" In Prunella; She Began Acting In Silent Films Produced By The Thannhauser Company In New Rochelle, New York, The Following Year. In 1915, While Working As A Model In New York City, She Met Richard Field Maynard, A Portrait Painter And Harvard College Graduate. A Romantic Relationship Developed Between Them But Was Opposed By Richard's Parents, Who Were Concerned About The Age Difference Between Richard (Born In 1875) And Lorraine, And Also About Lorraine's Career As An Actress. Lorraine's Mother Also Objected To The Match, And Moved To Hollywood, California, With Her Daughter. Lorraine Appeared In Several More Films, Including King Lear, In Which She Played Cordelia, And The Fall Of A Nation, A Response To D.W. Griffith's The Birth Of A Nation. (The Two Films Were Based On Books By The Same Author, Thomas Dixon, Who Directed The Fall Of A Nation.) Lorraine And Richard Corresponded During Their Separation And Married In 1917, With Lorraine Retiring From The Screen. Shortly After Their Marriage, Lorraine Began Taking Creative Writing Classes At Columbia University. A Number Of Her Stories Were Published In Magazines For Children; In Both 1929 And 1930, Her Stories Were Included In Anthologies Of "Best" Children's Stories. She Also Wrote The Children's Books Twinkle Little Movie Star, Which Drew On Her Knowledge Of Hollywood And Movie-Making, And Dilly Was Different. In The 1930S, Lorraine Began Therapy With David Seabury And Formed A Deep Attachment To Him. She Worked With Him On His Books, Transcribing At Least One Into Braille, And He Provided The Introduction To Her Genius In Chrysalis: Locked Doors On Greatness Within. Lorraine's Last Book, Bellevue, Written With Dr. Laurence Miscall, Was Published In 1940. The Papers Of Richard Field And Lorraine Maynard Are Archived At Harvard.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Book is very good inside and out with some age toning inside, a little sun to spine ends, and just a touch of wear to corners and spine ends. Jacket has considerable wear and edge tears. See pictures for further description.

unknown_binding. Condition: Good. shows minor wear, light tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. New York and London: The Century Co. (1927). 284 pages. Four plates. NearFine Hardcover, no dj. Maroon cloth, Black lettering. No Wear. Free of marks, inscriptions, etc. Strong Tight binding, perfect hinges. 7.6"x5.2"x1.2". be27798.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION in maroon boards, lacking the dust jacket. The book has some light wear - almost fine. The story of a child star and her police dog co-star.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Gold cover with interesting font. Light schmutz on front and some rubbing/light soiling on back. Small tear to back bottom edge of dj. Inside, Pages bright, crisp and unmarked. Binding is tight.