Wexley John, Signed (12 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd Printing. New York, 1955; signed by author on free front end paper; brown cloth covered boards; shelf darkened white spine; spine edge wear; illustrated jacket with edge and corner wear, housed in a Bro-Dart cover, most of top edge of front flap clipped; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name plate on front paste-down; Interior is clean and unmarked; 672 pages. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rockwell Kent (1881-1971) (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is an extraordinary book dealing with one of the three "trial(s) of the century". It is a thoroughly-researched and insightful look at the case of the couple convicted of treason and executed as the spies who gave away the "secret " of the A-bomb.Amazon. This copy of the First Edition. First printing hardback has a Solid binding; Sturdy boards w/ moderate edge-wear present. There is Mild foxing/spotting to outer edge text-block + end-papers; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped jacket ($6.00) w/ illustration by Rockwell Kent is heavily worn with chipping at edges but is in clear, mylar covering. The book is signed by Wexley on the front end page and the book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping to you. Signed by Author(s).

Magazine. 72p., 8.5x11 inches, personal inscription signed by playwright Wexley, article on the Parisian Theatrical Season, four playscripts, illustrations, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Hitchcock was a co-editor of The San Francisco Review and founder/editor of Kayak. Wexley was known for "They Shall Not Die" on the Scottsboro Boys and several screenplays including "Angels With Dirty Faces". Edward Dmytryk named him before HUAC.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "The Judgment of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg" by John Wexley. Signed Association Copy: "In Tribute To Mildred Olmsted for her great contribution to human advancement, Helen Sobell". Mildred Olmsted held leadership positions in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom as well as the Pennsylvania chapter of the ACLU, which her husband, Judge Allen Seymour Olmsted, helped found. Helen Levitov Sobell petitioned, but was unable to save, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg from execution for espionage. Helen and her husband Morton Sobell were also accused of espionage, though Helen was never prosecuted. Her husband Morton was convicted and sentenced to thirty years. She fought to have his conviction overturned and even hosted the "Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell" on May 15, 1956 at Carnegie Hall. There is a program from that event laid-in. This copy is a first edition, second printing, as stated on the copyright page. Published by Cameron & Kahn, New York, 1955. Measures 5.5" x 8.75", 672 pages including Index. The book is in very good condition. The boards and spine are very well preserved with minor edgewear. The binding is starting. The contents are gently toned, clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(I7-7).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL BLACK CLOTH OVER GRAY CLOTH; NO DUST JACKET; PREFACE BY LEWIS B. LAWES; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WEXLEY TO AUTHOR HARRY MARTIN (LOUELLA PARSON'S HUSBAND); WESLEY'S FIRST BOOK; FILMED IN 1932 AND 1959 FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. Cover has minor wear, light fading. Very Rare copy of this early 20th century American play, made even RARER as this was the personal copy of, and SIGNED by Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers who was the pastor of New York's Broadway Tabernacle Congregational Church, a pacifist, and a civil rights activist. Dr. Chalmers helped organize the defense of the Scottsboro Boys, became chairman of The Scottsboro Defense Committee, and later was the single most determined figure in having them paroled or released. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. acknowledged Chalmers, who taught King at the Boston University School of Theology, as an important influence in his intellectual development toward non-violence. Dr. Chalmers notes that he bought this copy at the "Theater after seeing performance, May 6, 1930" on the front flyleaf. A UNIQUE and RARE piece of Civil Rights memorabilia. SIGNED BY OWNER. Book.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Book has bumped corners, cover wear, cover soiling thus good. Dj is missing approx. 25% of the rear cover, small edge chips, modest wear thus fair. Inscribed by Wexley in ink on the free fep to a Melois Levy? Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a very short rubbed tear on the rear panel. A play based on the Scottsboro case that featured Claude Rains and Ruth Gordon in its original debut. Warmly Inscribed by Wexley to left-wing journalist John Spivak: "To John Spivak, who listened attentively and otherwise till 4 A.M." Spivak covered the trial for the International Labor Defense. He was eventually blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Jacket blurbs by Countee Cullen, S.N. Behrman, and Robert Benchley. Wexley also wrote or co-wrote several screenplays including *Angels With Dirty Faces* and *The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse*.

paperback. Condition: Good. Signed. SIGNED by John Wexley. It is inscribed. Cover does have some wear and creases. Pages are tanned. Binding is still firm/.

First Edition. First Edition, wrappered variant. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Audrey and Bill / Happy we are together / John Wexley / 2/14/46." Name stamp of one of the inscribees, Audrey Wood of Westport, Connecticut, on the front endpaper. Basis for the 1959 film noir starring Mickey Rooney and Frank Conroy. Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers. A few faint reader's creases on the spine, and faint offsetting on the endpapers, else fresh and unread. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. The Dark Page II: 1959-1965, p. 200. Signed.

First Edition. THEY SHALL NOT DIE, Knopf, 1934, first edition, just a hint of wear and fading at the tips of the spine extremities, else fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some wear and tear. A drama of the Scottsboro case. Inscribed by the author to Jerry Ohrbach.

128pp. 8vo. Condition: Cloth and boards. Very Good. First edition. First edition. 128pp. 8vo. Classic prison drama that was made into 2 movies in 1932 and 1959. Inscribed on front pastedown: To Barrett Clark (1890-1953)/ with hope that you will/like the next as well as this/ John Wexley/ 7/10/30/ California." Clark was the editor of this book for Samuel French. Laid in is note from the author asking about reviews and sales.