James Dunn, Signed (14 results)

Trade PAPERBACK. Condition: VG/No Dustjacket. Not Illustrated (illustrator). First Thus. Bloomington, IL: Authorhouse. VG/No Dustjacket. (2005). First Thus. Trade PAPERBACK. Signed copy . 8vo., vi, 337 pp., Vg copy but with slightly bent corners of binding .

TRADE PAPERBACK. Condition: Used; Very Good. Used; Very Good. Smyth & Helwys Pub 1999 Paperback. SIGNED by editor on first page. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers have light wear. Spine is tight. Book Condition; Very Good . 1999. TRADE PAPERBACK.

Softcover. Condition: VG to VG-. Inscribed and Signed by the Author. Some rubbing & edgewear; few creases at edges & corners; some yellowing; overall clean & tight. 337 pages. Inscribed and Signed by the Author.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. SIGNED by the author on title page. Paperback, near fine. Moderate shelf wear, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Per blurb, "This book is a Biography of James Langstaff Dunn, MD, Civil War Surgeon and unwavering Patriot, from Medical Student 1846 to War End 1865. A modern doctor, Paul B Kerr, MD, obtained 140 letters Dunn wrote to his dear wife, Temperance, and children, from his College and War years. Dr Kerr interprets the letters as relates to surgery, diseases, tent life, prisons, hospitals and logistics in the light of life and medicine today, and his own experiences in Army Medicine in WW II and Korea. Dr Kerr also discusses the knowledge of anesthesia in the 1800s, and how it evolved during 40 years of his own practice of anesthesia. Dunn was the Surgeon of the 109th PA Volunteers of Infantry for three years, a Batallion that carried many central assignments and battles. Fighting for 1 1/2 years with the Army of the Potomac, his unit did a second 1 1/2 years with the Army of the Tennessee. Dunn describes first-hand the Battles for Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and the occupancy of Savannah. You won''t forget his exhausting personal help for women and babies in the fiery destruction of Columbia, South Carolina. Nor will his description of first entry into Atlanta be forgotten. Dunn personally names Clara Barton "The Angel of the Battlefield." He witnesses the amazing assault on Lookout Mountain, visits relatives in Cincinnati and Nashville. In Washington, he observes President Lincoln and the huge tent city with thousands of marching men there. We have from him a dateline Washington, DC on the very day Lincoln was shot. We meet his boss and friend, General John Geary, who from Mayor of San Francisco and Governor of Kansas, becomes his Commandant, and, after the War, Governor of Pennsylvania. We learn first hand about drunkenness, "Hospital Gangrene; " and Dunn''s encounters with slaves, the aristocracy of Virginia and the primitive whites of the Tennessee Mountains." Civil War; history; biography; medicine; 1 x 9 x 5.8 Inches; 344 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover book (337 pages) signed by author on title page. Light rubbing on covers with tips slightly creased. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-C-1-Bottom) rareviewbooks. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed soft cover book titled CIVIL WAR SURGEON-Biography of Kames Langstaff Dunn,MD by Paul B. Kerr,MD. Published by ArthorHouse in 2005. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. Light rubbing to covers. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-1-bottom-up) rareviewbooks Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Very large, sturdy softcover, glossy white wrappers with an oval having a photo portrait of Dr. Dunn at center front wrapper, 337 pages. On title page in neat black ink: "To Don & Ruby Burrows, Paul B. Kerr, MD." Mint. Signed by Author(s).

Vintage portrait photograph of actor James Dunn, circa the 1930s. With label attached to the recto of the photograph identifying the actor. Dunn began his career as a stage actor, landing a lead on Broadway in 1929's "Sweet Adeline." His Broadway performance lead to him getting signed as a player for Twentieth Century Fox in 1931. He did a number of his best-known films with Fox, including "Bright Eyes" (1934) alongside Shirley Temple and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1945) for which he won the Academy Ward for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Dunn broke his contract with Twentieth Century Fox two years too early in 1935, signing instead with Republic Pictures in 1936. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with creasing along the top edge.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

Vintage portrait photograph of actor James Dunn, circa 1935, produced to promote his role in the film "Bad Boy." Dunn began his career as a stage actor, landing a lead on Broadway in 1929's "Sweet Adeline." His Broadway performance led to him getting signed as a player for Twentieth Century Fox in 1931. He did a number of his best-known films with Fox, including "Bright Eyes" (1934) alongside Shirley Temple and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1945) for which he won the Academy Ward for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, on textured stock (recto and verso).

Softcover. This copy inscribed and Signed by James Dunn to the Title page. "For__ with appreciation, Galatians 5:1" and signed by James Dunn. Book is Near Fine. There is no writing or highlighting with the exception of "Walter Rauschenbusch vs Hezekiah Smith" in small letters to the top of the very last page. Hezekiah is referenced in the book. All books shipped same day or next in a box with styrofoam peanuts.

Condition: Good. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good+. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series, 85, Long Acre, London; No. PC 12. Made in Great Britain.James Howard Dunn (November 2, 1901 - September 1, 1967), billed as Jimmy Dunn in his early career, was an American stage, film, and television actor, and vaudeville performer. The son of a New York stockbroker, he initially worked in his father's firm but was more interested in theater. He landed jobs as an extra in short films produced by Paramount Pictures in its Long Island studio, and also performed with several stock theater companies, culminating with playing the male lead in the 1929 Broadway musical Sweet Adeline. This performance attracted the attention of film studio executives, and in 1931, Fox Film signed him to a Hollywood contract.Dorothea Sally Eilers (December 11, 1908 - January 5, 1978) was an American actress. Eilers was born in New York City to a Jewish-American mother, Paula or Pauline Schoenberger, and a German-American father, Hio Peter Eilers (an inventor). She had one sibling, a brother, Hio Peter Eilers Jr. When Eilers was young, she moved to Los Angeles with her parents, and in 1927 she graduated from Fairfax High School. She went into films because so many of her friends were in pictures. She studied for the stage, specializing in dancing. Her first try was a failure, so she tried typing, but then went back into pictures and succeeded.

Condition: Good. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good+. Made in Great Britain. Signed in the plate.James Howard Dunn (November 2, 1901 - September 1, 1967), billed as Jimmy Dunn in his early career, was an American stage, film, and television actor, and vaudeville performer. The son of a New York stockbroker, he initially worked in his father's firm but was more interested in theater. He landed jobs as an extra in short films produced by Paramount Pictures in its Long Island studio, and also performed with several stock theater companies, culminating with playing the male lead in the 1929 Broadway musical Sweet Adeline. This performance attracted the attention of film studio executives, and in 1931, Fox Film signed him to a Hollywood contract.

Condition: Good. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good+. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series, 85, Long Acre, London; No. PC 163. Made in Great Britain.Son of the Navy, also known as The Young Recruit in the United States, is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Jean Parker, James Dunn, and Martin Spellman.James Howard Dunn (November 2, 1901 - September 1, 1967), billed as Jimmy Dunn in his early career, was an American stage, film, and television actor, and vaudeville performer. The son of a New York stockbroker, he initially worked in his father's firm but was more interested in theater. He landed jobs as an extra in short films produced by Paramount Pictures in its Long Island studio, and also performed with several stock theater companies, culminating with playing the male lead in the 1929 Broadway musical Sweet Adeline. This performance attracted the attention of film studio executives, and in 1931, Fox Film signed him to a Hollywood contract.Jean Parker (born Lois May Green; August 11, 1915 - November 30, 2005) was an American film and stage actress. A native of Montana, Parker's parents were indigent during the Great Depression, and she was adopted by a family in Pasadena, California at age 10. She initially aspired to have a career as an illustrator and artist, and was discovered at age 17 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executive Louis B. Mayer after a photograph of her was published in a Los Angeles newspaper following her winning a poster contest. She made her feature film debut in the pre-code drama Divorce in the Family (1932), before being loaned to Columbia Pictures, who cast her in Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933). The same year, she starred as Elizabeth March in George Cukor's adaptation of Little Women opposite Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, and Frances Dee. Subsequent roles included lead parts in the drama Sequoia (1934), and in the British comedy-fantasy The Ghost Goes West (1935).