Runyon Damon, Signed (13 results)

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Signed by previous Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xliv, 323 pages ; 20 cm. Contents: Blonde mink -- Big Boy Blues -- The defence of Strikerville -- Fat Fallon -- Two men named Collins -- As between friends -- The informal execution of Soupbone Pew -- My father -- A dangerous guy indeed -- Old New Year's -- A story without a moral -- The old men of the mountain -- At Dead Mule Crossing -- A right good-looking gal -- As far as a man possibly can -- In one ear-- -- Dumb Dan, the wooden Indian -- A very married man -- A very touching story to some -- What do you think they see? -- A big, strong man, six feet two -- Nellie Morgan -- A great hand for playing jokes -- A slight hitch in Uncle Tom's cabin -- Bad Bud and the reverend -- Old Simp -- 100 per cent. man -- Samson and Delilah all over -- A sure thing named Marmaduke James -- The wooing of Nosey Gillespie -- Highpockets -- No use whatever for banks -- The elopement of Missus Camp -- Christmas revenge -- Rawhide for short -- Halloweve spirits -- No fun for Lee Sing -- Women are very strange -- Just a young squirt. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Signed by previous Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xliv, 323 pages ; 20 cm. Contents: Blonde mink -- Big Boy Blues -- The defence of Strikerville -- Fat Fallon -- Two men named Collins -- As between friends -- The informal execution of Soupbone Pew -- My father -- A dangerous guy indeed -- Old New Year's -- A story without a moral -- The old men of the mountain -- At Dead Mule Crossing -- A right good-looking gal -- As far as a man possibly can -- In one ear-- -- Dumb Dan, the wooden Indian -- A very married man -- A very touching story to some -- What do you think they see? -- A big, strong man, six feet two -- Nellie Morgan -- A great hand for playing jokes -- A slight hitch in Uncle Tom's cabin -- Bad Bud and the reverend -- Old Simp -- 100 per cent. man -- Samson and Delilah all over -- A sure thing named Marmaduke James -- The wooing of Nosey Gillespie -- Highpockets -- No use whatever for banks -- The elopement of Missus Camp -- Christmas revenge -- Rawhide for short -- Halloweve spirits -- No fun for Lee Sing -- Women are very strange -- Just a young squirt. 1 Kg.

Condition: Fine. [Short Hills, NJ?]: Gianettino & Meredith Advertising, (1984)., (1984). Fine. SIGNED BY WILLIAM WAGNER - Small quarto [approximately 7 inches square], softcover bound in plain maroon wrappers. 21 pages plus 1-page publisher's afterword. Illustrated with tipped-in black-and-white photographic plates by William Wagner & with black-and-white textual illustrations. Near fine. Published as a Christmas Greeting in a limited edition of 200 copies signed by William Wagner. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Ed. Inscribed by Zanuck. 160pp, smaller octavo hardcover in dj. boards lightly worn, minor dampstain along rear board hinge, light fading to spine, binding lightly shaken yet solid, some foxing to endpapers, interior text clean. DJ covers heavily faded and worn on rear, chipping to edges, minor dampstain along front spine hinge, price-clipped, in mylar cover. inscribed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 8vo. 160 pp. Maps of a portion of North Africa on the end-papers. Illustrated with 27 b/w photos. Light green cloth with red and black titling and designs. The DJ shows a little edge wear and light dusting; it is wrapped in mylar. Signed and inscribed by the author, Darryl F. Zanuck: "To KirkWith my affectionate regards. DarrylWashington, D. C. '43." This may have been Kirk Douglas. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First US edition third printing from 1931 in near fine condition, signed with inscription by Damon Runyon to front endpage, no internal markings, pages clean, binding firm, please see pics for reference. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. tall case. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Covers mildly edgeworn. Unclipped dust jacket worn and chipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Foreword by Walter Winchell. Second Printing. Association Copy. Inscribed by Runyon to Steve Hannagan on the front endpaper. Good, lacking the jacket. Blue buckram, stained and worn, frayed and with spots rubbed to the boards. Square, hinges a bit tender but firm otherwise, clean internally. Runyon's second collection of stories, the follow-up to Guys and Dolls. Favorably reviewed in the New York Times as "a grand collection of hard-boiled, sentimental stories told in Damon Runyon's engaging brand of Broadway slang." Similar to Guys and Dolls, some of the stories were adapted into films, such as the case with "Little Miss Marker," which was made into the Pre-Code film starring Shirley Temple. The inscription to Hannagan is a nice association. Hannagan, called "the Prince of Press Agents" was a public relations agent during the early 20th century with clients the likes of Coca-Cola, the Indianapolis 500, Miami Beach, as well as many celebrities. Accoring to Townsley's biography of Hannagan, Runyon was Hannagan's favorite columnist, and Runyon even mentioned Hannagan in at least one of his columns. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed to a prior owner (with name corrected) by the author. Hardcover, bound in boards with dust jacket. The jacket edge-worn with several chips, retaining price of $2.00; book unmarked. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. (in full) [n.p.] June 5, 1935, sending Robert L. Whitehead in New York City: "Herewith the autograph you requested in your letter of some time ago. Pardon the delay in answering.". Signed by Author(s).

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. 1944. 8vo. Original grey cloth, titles to front board and spine in red, top edge red with pictorial dust jacket; pp. [10], 11-192; spine a little rolled and jacket with minimal sunning, some loss to head of spine on dustjacket.First edition, first printing, a presentation copy inscribed by the author to the film producer Daryll F. Zanuck on the ffep, "To Colonel Dayrrl Zanuck, in sincere admiration and affection, Damon Runyon, 1944".Zanuck was appointed as colonel in the Army Signal Corps when the US entered the Second World War. Runyon wrote the introduction to Zanuck's book Tunis Expedition (1943), which was an account of the producer's difficult experience in documenting the beginning of the North African campaign with the Signal Corps.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. (in pencil) [n.d.] "Friday," to Miss Gertrude Niesen, Stage Door 44th street theatre, west of Broadway, New York City, bearing a canceled stamp and postmarked New York, November 3, 1944. "My dear Landlady: That is the coyest cat I ever saw in my life. I love her almost as much as I do the original Sheba. She is sitting on my desk right now playing hard to get. I loved the verse that accompanied her, too Thanks a zillion. By the way, did you read a letter in the Journal-American to Bill Corum not long ago from Sergeant James Cannon now of the Stars and Stripes in Paris and bearing no inconsiderable part of the weight of the war on his manly shoulders? I salute you in gratitude."; Gertrude Niesen (1918-75), American film and stage actress. Signed by Author(s).

11 x 8.5 inches, fine. "Your letter of March 10 was lost in the office of The New York American and has just come to light. Herewith the autograph you requested, and thanks a lot for your kind expressions.also for your good wishes and I return them with compound interest" Signed below the closing, and again at the botton of the page.