Wright Wright 1951 (8 results)

Condition: VERY GOOD. First paperback printing. Biography of this filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature length documentary film, the classic silent film 'Nanook of the North,' in 1922. He sought out adventures which inspired his movies.Illustrated with scenes from the films and photographs of the director at work. Several appendices, index. 304 pp. Very good (usual toning to the pages, some rubbing to the covers.).

First Edition. Good paperback copy; prelims sticking somewhat and slightly scuffed. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: ix, 102 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.), 2 maps ; 19 x 25 cm. Subjects: Trossachs (Scotland) - Pictorial works. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good paperback copy; prelims sticking somewhat and slightly scuffed. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: ix, 102 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.), 2 maps ; 19 x 25 cm. Subjects: Trossachs (Scotland) - Pictorial works. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL PUBLICATION; HARDCOVER; ex-library; bound in red library cloth; in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, American issue (published simultaneously in the UK by Basil Blackwell). vi, 218 pp; 3 leaves, 143 pp. Original cloth. A Near Fine set, in near fine dust jackets.

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers, stapled. The ninth of the ten issues of this well-printed, attractive amateur magazine. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 28. Covers a bit soiled, rear cover detached, pulpy paper tanned, a good copy. (#167403).

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers, stapled. The eighth of the ten issues of this well-printed, attractive amateur magazine. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 28. Pulpy paper tanned, a nearly fine copy. (#167402).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3 p.l., 231 p., 1 l. col. front., illus., col. plates. 25 cm. ; LCCN 00006660 ; LC PZ8.K619 W5 1900 ; illustrated and embossed cloth in green, white, black and red ; no dustjacket ; contemporary bookstore label of Cole Book Co., 69 Whitehall St., Atlanta, GA, on front endpaper ; A Victorian tale in which Tom, a sooty little chimney sweep with a great longing to be clean, is stolen by fairies and turned into a water-baby. ; Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was a priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labor cooperatives, Kingsley's concern for social reform is illustrated in his classic, "The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby" (1863), a tale about a boy chimney sweep, which retained its popularity well into the 20th century. The story mentions the main protagonists in the scientific debate over human origins, rearranging his earlier satire as the "great hippopotamus test"--Wikipedia ; signature of Daniel Marshall Pollock (1901-1970), Monroe, Georgia, a former mayor of Monroe who graduated from the University of Georgia as an attorney in 1923, practiced law from 1942 until 1964 when he was appointed Solicitor General of the Western Judicial Circuit. He was a founding member and President of the Walton Electric Membership Corporation, and President of the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation, on the front endpaper ; George Hand Wright (1872-1951) was an American painter, illustrator and printmaker. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Robert Vonnoh, where his classmates included Robert Henri, John Sloan and William Glackens. He moved to New York City, and his first illustration appeared in Scribner's Magazine in 1893. He illustrated a number of books, and his work soon appeared regularly in magazines such as Scribner's, Harper's, Collier's, The Saturday Evening Post, and others. ; VG. Book.