Luce Clare Booth (16 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. First edition with dust jacket. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Has some wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 312p. A beige cloth hardcover ex-library book with a black spine. Label residue and call number on spine; edges worn with spine ends and corners starting to fray. Label, card pocket, and former owner inscription on endpapers; stamps on foredges and title page. Otherwise, very good condition with text clean and binding tight. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good in wrappers. Paperback, lightly bowed, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, cover and foredges lightly soiled.

Reprint (originally published 1909). i-l, 1-249 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket toned/foxed and soiled; shallow chipping and several tears; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right. Blue cloth with bright gilt stamping to spine. Darkened top edge; toning to deckle fore-edge. Endpapers foxed/toned; O'Casey family Mississippi and Ireland genealogical-themed bookplate affixed upon front pastedown; slight toning at margins but interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. With introductory essay "The Valor of Homer Lea" by Clare Boothe [Luce], Preface by Homer Lea, Introduction by Major-General J.P. Story, eleven charts, two text sections - "The Decline of Militancy and the Control of the Western Hemisphere" and "The Decline of Militancy and the Control of the Pacific" - with concluding appendix featuring twelve tables. Acquired from the estate of Birmingham, Alabama pathologist, bibliophile, and genealogist Dr. Albert Eugene Casey (1903-1982) who served as director of laboratories at Birmingham Baptist Hospitals from 1942-1972.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Stated. Jacket has a couple of small closed tears mended on rear with archival tape, over an immaculate book. A lovely copy of this comical murder mystery about the murder of a German consul, by the author of the vitriolic "The Women". Extremely rare title, especially in jacket, especially in this condition.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Trade paperback with magenta cover,39 pp. + 25 b/w plates. Artwork collected by notables in the theater. Minor fading to wraps, but a nice copy of an unusual exhibition catalogue.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. B00K: Fine/ $45.11 the WOMAN, NEWly REVISED by the AUTHOR LUCE, Clare Booth DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE INC. NY 1964 Two Stapled Spine, With No Title Soft Cover BooK: Fine/, 92 Numbered Pages, That Were Lightly Read, And Are Clean And Tight To The Spine, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Pages Are In Fine/, Condition. Four Numbers Written On The Top Of Rear Cover. Printed On Off White Paper. Description Applies To This BooK, ONLY. This Book Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift. World Wide Shipping, AVAILABLE. *. B00K: Fine/ 1964 (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, 1971. Softcover 47 pp. This exhibition took place from December 1, 1971 to January 23, 1972. Illustrated in color and black & white. With a foreword by the artist and an essay by Clare Booth Luce. A complete 2-page printed listing of works in the exhibition is laid in. Near fine condition with slight fading of paper spine.…

Roma, "United States Information Service", [anni '50 del XX sec.], in-8, br. edit., pp. 41, [3].

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dustjacket. First Edition (stated). 197 Pp. First Printing, In Dust Jacket. This Copy Inscribed By Lorentz On Title Page To Liberal Ny Attorney And Later Los Angeles Aclu Leader George Slass, With Lorentz's Full Signature And Ny Address On Front Endpaper.A Fine And Plainspoken Photohistory Of The First Year Of Roosevelt's Presidency, From The Liberal Point Of View, Published April 1934. Lorentz Went On To Make Many Films For Roosevelt In The Thirties. (See Pare Lorentz, "Fdr's Moviemaker."). Clare Booth Brokaw Luce Was Coeditor , Later Managing Editor, Of Vanity Fair, And Had Hired Lorentz As Their Movie Critic. " I Was So Impressed With The Use Of Photographs That I Began To Promote The Idea Of Photographing The Great Changes That Were Taking Place In America. Practically All Of The Pictures In My Magazine Were Of People, And Some Of Them Were Used In A Comic Manner. I Never Saw Anything Of The Main Streets Of Little Towns With Big Signs, 'Store For Rent,' And No Shots Of Rusting Coal Cars And Idle Tipples And Smokeless Smokestacks Along The Roads I Drove On My Way Back To West Virginia To Visit My People. I Decided If I Couldn't Make A Movie, I Would Collect News Photographs And Do A Picture Book In The Form Of A Newsreel With Large Captions At The Top And Concise News Photographs Alongside The Big Pictures." Lorentz's First Film Was "The Plow That Broke The Plains", A Classic About The Dust Bowl. There's A Nice Shot Of Lorentz By Dorothea Lange, 1936, Taken On The Rooftop Of The Department Of Agriculture Building. A Nice Copy In The Scarce Dustjacket, With Wear At Edges, Chipping At Corners And At Head And Foot Of Spine. This Copy Inscribed By Lorentz On Title Page To Liberal Ny Attorney And Later Los Angeles Aclu Leader George Slass, With Lorentz's Full Signature And Ny Address On Front Endpaper. Photographs Throughout (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

First Edition. A finely and privately printed transcript of an evening of memories and stories of working with W. Somerset Maugham by his friends and co-workers, Ruth Gordon, Clare Booth Luce, George Cukor, Garson Kanin, Aerol Arnold. Very good, cardstock covers show some age-darkening, very mild wear and faint creasing at extremities; in staple-bound printed wraps. Uncommon. Not to be confused with KananÕs book of the same title.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. B00K: Very G00D/ $349.14, Reduced from. CITY of our LADY QUEEN of the ANGELS a CELEBRATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; .Signed Inscription. DUQUETTE, Tony; BRADBURY, Ray; LUCE, Clare Booth; FOUNDATION for LIVING ARTS L.A. COUNTY MUSEUM of SCIENCE & INDUSTRY 1980 UnStated Edition LIVING ARTS L.A. COUNTY MUSEUM of SCIENCE & INDUSTRY, 1980 Tall Wide S/c. Dark Bronze Colored Spine, With No Title Soft Cover Book: Very Good/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Pages, In Fine/, That Are Clean And Tight To The Spine. Gift Inscription, Signed By Author On Title Page With A Black Marker, As Follows, `For Debbie! Tony Duquette`. Scratches And Chipping On Rear Cover. Slightest Use. No Odors, No Writing, No Other Names, No Stains. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given. =*=* Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When The Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*. B00K: Very G00D/ 1980 (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. PBO, 1980, 1st edition, Oversized Square paper covered Wraps 12 X 12 inches, Minor Cover Wear & Rub, F/F-, SOFTCOVER. Signed by Author.

Signed lower left "Clare". 9-1/2 x 8 inches (Image size). Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987), one of the most celebrated women of her time, had an early career in fashion magazine editing, then went on to write several successful plays, notably The Women (1936) and Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1938). She married Time co-founder Henry R. Luce, became active in GOP politics and served as a congresswoman from Connecticut 1943-47. In 1953 she was appointed Ambassador to Italy, the first American woman to hold such a high ranking post; she served till 1957. Framed. Provenance: Shirley Clurman Signed lower left "Clare". 9-1/2 x 8 inches (Image size). Signed.…

Condition: Framed. Inscribed "Top my darling Shirley with love, Clare Rome 53-'56.". Signed.