Moon Spinners, Signed (5 results)

Vintage photograph of actress Pola Negri with her pet cheetah Kinna to publicize James Neilson's 1964 film "The Moon-Spinners." With a folded mimeo snipe dated 10/25/63 and the stamp of United Press International on the verso. Born in present-day Lipno, Poland, Negri made her initial film appearances in Poland and Germany in the 1910s, most notably with Ernst Lubitsch in "The Eyes of the Mummy Ma" and "Carmen" (1918), "Madame DuBerry" (1919), "One Arabian Night" (1920), "The Wildcat" (1921), and "The Flame" (1922). Her success with Lubitsch introduced Negri to American audiences, and she signed with Paramount in 1922, making her one of the first continental film stars to be imported into Hollywood. Negri was wildly successful in 1920s Hollywood, made moreso by her notorious romances with leading film actors Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino. Scandals in the US and declining popularity due to sound film precipitated Negri's return to Europe, which bankrupted the actress and forced her re-return to the US. "The Moon-Spinners" was Negri's final film appearance. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the corners.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (New York: M. S. Mill Co. and William Morrow & Co. 1963). First US Edition in dustwrapper priced $4.50 to the inside flap. Publisher's very dark-green patterned boards with blue spine lettered in white. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. The book is dated to both the title page and the copyright page (1963). A very good (or better) copy (spine tips bruised) in like dustwrapper with just a hint of spine fade. Signed and inscribed by the Author to the front free end-paper: "for/ Margaret Clark/ with all good wishes/ from the author/ Mary Stewart". Basis for the 1964 Walt Disney mystery film directed by James Neilson and starring Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach and Peter McEnery with the legendary silent film actress Pola Negri in her final screen appearance. NB: No mention of later titles to rear flap. Further photographs available upon request. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover, 303 pages. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed by Stewart with brief non-personalized inscription in blue pen on title page. Minor wear and soiling to wraps, small chips to corners. Slight loss to top and bottom of spine panel. Flap price unclipped in mylar protector. Light wear and soiling to quarter cloth boards, corners lightly rubbed. Head of spine bumped. Light soiling to text block edges. Partially removed bookplate to front pastedown, text otherwise clean.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 16s net to the inside flap. Publisher's cornflower-blue boards with gilt spine lettering. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - WITHOUT DEDICATION - TO THE TITLE PAGE. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. Spine tips mildly bruised otherwise a lovely near (or better) copy in like dustwrapper with a hint of creasing at the spine tips. Young, beautiful, and adventurous Nicola Ferris loves her life as a secretary at the British Embassy on the lush island of Crete. Then on her day off, she links up with two hiking companions who have inadvertently stumbled upon a scene of blood vengeance. And suddenly the life Nicola adores is in danger of coming to an abrupt, brutal, and terrifying endNobody writes heroines like Mary Stewart, they are always quite able to save themselves, thank you very much, and need no man to do it for them. They are all capable, efficient and athletic and can get along on their own, but a handsome, capable man is nice to have around. Written in the 1960s, and set mostly in that era, her romance novels sing in triumph of the modern woman as girl scout, hardy and tenacious and tough" (GoodReads). `A nice copy. Further images available upon request. Signed by Author.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Signed. SIGNED by the author. Flat signature. Minimal wear and creases to the jacket. Pages are tanning but clean.