Pepper James Introduction (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies printed.

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. First Trade Paperback Printing, May 1987, so staterd with complete number line beginning with 1. Spine slightly sunned, very minor wear at spine edges else a near fine, tight copy Excellent 11 page introduction by Robert B. Parker and informative preface by James Pepper. Raymond Chandler envisioned "Playback"as being one of his most important works, Unfortunately, this movie was never produced. Years later Chandler used the screenplay title for a novel. but the novel was completely different from the screenplay. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller by Raymond Chandler 1st Ed A tight bright copy. A bright dust jacket with minor rubbing to extremities. Not price-clipped. Mylar cover. First Trade edition. The screenplay for a movie that was never produced. A novel of the same name "Playback" was published but differed greatly. James Pepper(Preface) Robert B. Parker(Introduction) John Jinks(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Illustrated Wraps. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Printing, Thus. Modest shelf handling; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, age-toning is the only flaw to note; heavy spine crease. Used bookstore stamps. Set in the fictional French province of Poictesme this Fantasy Romance novel is the early 13th century. The story traces the life of Dom Manuel the Redeemer, from his humble beginnings as a swineherd to his rise as Count of Poictesme, and ultimately, his death. It is the first in the Biography of the Life of Manuel series. James Branch Cabell's aristocratic, whimsical, profane fantasies were a success de scandal in the 1920s. Cover Art by Robert Pepper; Interior illustrations Franck C. Pape. (illustrator).…

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Introduction & afterword by James Pepper. Illustrated with b&w photographs by Eric Gray (the set-photographer on A King in New York) from the Chaplin archives. Includes an excerpt from a draft typescript by Charles Chaplin in the Chaplin archives. LIMITED EDITION (1 of 500 unnumbered copies). Publisher's blurb: "Charlie Chaplin was shamefully exiled from America in 1952 during the time of McCarthyism and fear of communism. In 1956, Chaplin wrote and directed in England the film comedy, A King In New York, that satirized America in the atomic age and blacklisting. He cast English actress Dawn Addams as his co-star. Just before the film's release in 1957, film writer John Francis Lane sat down with Addams and conducted a very illuminating interview on what it was like to work with Chaplin. This volume reveals new information on the film. Additionally, this book presents some unpublished original writing by Charles Chaplin written during the picture's production giving his thoughts and definitions of comedy and tragedy which is printed here for the first time". "A charming, pocket-sized book sure to attract any Chaplin completist" - Leonard Maltin. Thin small format volume (15 x 10cm). A LIKE NEW very nice clean tight copy. 64pp. Uncommon. SB-93. …

Soft cover. Condition: New. First Edition. Introduction & afterword by James Pepper. Illustrated with b&w photographs by Eric Gray (the set-photographer on A King in New York) from the Chaplin archives. Includes an excerpt from a draft typescript by Charles Chaplin in the Chaplin archives. LIMITED EDITION (1 of 500 unnumbered copies). Publisher's blurb: "Charlie Chaplin was shamefully exiled from America in 1952 during the time of McCarthyism and fear of communism. In 1956, Chaplin wrote and directed in England the film comedy, A King In New York, that satirized America in the atomic age and blacklisting. He cast English actress Dawn Addams as his co-star. Just before the film's release in 1957, film writer John Francis Lane sat down with Addams and conducted a very illuminating interview on what it was like to work with Chaplin. This volume reveals new information on the film. Additionally, this book presents some unpublished original writing by Charles Chaplin written during the picture's production giving his thoughts and definitions of comedy and tragedy which is printed here for the first time". "A charming, pocket-sized book sure to attract any Chaplin completist" - Leonard Maltin. Thin small format volume (15 x 10cm). A LIKE NEW very nice clean tight copy. 64pp. Uncommon.…