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The Gaucho (Photoplay edition)

by Eustace Hale Ball

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. PhotoPlay Edition; First Printing . Hardcover. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards still have strong color but there is spotting, both light and dark. Edges and corners show some light bumps/wear, the rear board has a spot near the lower left edge where there is a small chip in the cloth along the bottom edge. The interior binding is good, no hinge issues and text pages are tight. There... Read more about this item

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€14.18

Wings (Photoplay edition)

by John Monk Saunders

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. PhotoPlay Edition; First Printing . Hardcover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, blue cloth boards shows scuffing and spotting along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues. No signatures or bookplates present, no library markings, no handwriting found. The front end page has three sets of pinholes near the upper left corner the page is slightly darkened there.... Read more about this item

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€9.45

Shirley Temple in "Dimples

by ZANUCK, Darryl F., production; Nunnally JOHNSON, associate producer, Arthur SHEEKMAN and Nat PERRIN, screen play

Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1936. Staplebound wraps. Near fine. 8vo; 32pp; color photographic illustrated stiff wrapper with Shirley in a green cap; 2 staple binding tight; black and white illustrations with text; light shelf wear to edges; near fine. Photoplay. Shirley Temple was a childhood star of screen, radio and television. She later was the Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. As a child star, she was Hollywood's number one box office draw from 1935-38.

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€56.71

The Freshman

by HOLMAN, Russell

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photoplay edition, as well as the true first edition. Contemporary gift inscription and light foxing to the top edge, near fine in an about near fine dustwrapper with ¼" loss at the crown, not affecting any text. Novelized from the classic silent film comedy featuring Harold Lloyd, his biggest box office hit, and illustrated with photos from the film.

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€118.15

Chickie (Photoplay edition)

by Elenore Meherin

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Photoplay Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with original dust jacket. DJ is worn and tattered with numerous chips and tears, the largest being at the spine corners that measure over an inch. Red cloth boards underneath show only minor edge wear and soiling, the worst being a dark spot just above the letter I in the title the internal binding is good, no hinge issues. No... Read more about this item

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€16.07

Scaramouche: a Romance of the French Revolution

by Rafael Sabatini

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. 14th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Photoplay. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is toned and spotting is present, edges and corners show chips and small tears. There is a large interior in the lower right corner on the rear of the jacket, which measures about 1.5 inches. Blue cloth boards underneath are clean but there are some fade spots on the spine and the small scratch in the... Read more about this item

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€14.18

MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]

by MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]. December 1953. (Volume 3, Number 2)

London: Todd Publishing Group, Ltd., 1953. A fine copy. (24401). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. Well regarded mystery magazine which featured largely reprints featuring top-notch writers. The first few U.S. issues were U. K. issues with over printed U. S. prices, but that changed from April 1953 onwards (with printed printed price of .35). At that point the U.S. volume numbers did not match the date/volume numbers of the U.K. editions. This issue includes G.D.H. & M.... Read more about this item

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€47.26

Bad Girl (Fox Movietone Production Photoplay)

by Vina Delmar

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. 17th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, lime green cloth boards with black text on front and spine. Exterior shows some spotting soiling and spine is lightly sunned. Corners are sharp with only minimal wear. The internal binding is good and text pages are tight. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no remainder marks. The only evidence of handwriting is in the upper... Read more about this item

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€23.63

Shirley Temple in The Poor Little Rich Girl: From the Screen Play by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend. With Illustrations from the Photoplay. A Twentieth Century-Fox Production

by Clinton, Charles T. and Gates, Eleanor; Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co, 1936. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. A near fine copy with just a hint of darkening at the edges. Colors bright, photos and text clean and sharp.. 32 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. Sq. 4to (26 x 25 cm). From the novel and the play by Eleanor Gates and the story of the film version abridged by Charles T. Clinton.

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€37.81

MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]

by MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]. November 1953. (Volume 3, Number 1)

London: Todd Publishing Group, Ltd., 1953. Some mild wear at lower spine, a fine copy. (24400). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. Well regarded mystery magazine which featured largely reprints featuring top-notch writers. The first few U.S. issues were U. K. issues with over printed U. S. prices, but that changed from April 1953 onwards (with printed printed price of .35). At that point the U.S. volume numbers did not match the date/volume numbers of the U.K. editions. This... Read more about this item

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€47.26

A Guy Named Joe

by CAIRN, James

London: Hollywood Publications Limited, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine. First English edition. Near fine with binding lightly worn, lacking the dustwrapper. Photoplay of the Victor Fleming film starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, with 24 stills from the film. This was the first of only a few hardcover titles issued in the *Book of the Film* series, a photoplay, but also very much a precursor to the illustrated screenplays commonly published today for classic or... Read more about this item

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€80.34

May Fair the Ace of Cads and Other Stories

by ARLEN, Michael

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition. Tiny tear at crown else very near fine in about very good dustwrapper with age-toning and a modest chip on the front panel. Front panel depicts a painting of Adolphe Menjou in the film derived from one of the stories in Arlen's best-selling collection; the book is illustrated with still from the 1926 film.

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€94.52

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Photoplay

by MacMahon, Henry & MacPherson, Jeanie

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1924). PhotoPlay Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 236 pages; Rear flap of the dust jacket is missing. Light rubbing and edgewear. .

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€37.81

A Devil with Women: Photoplay Title of Dust and Sun

by Clements Ripley

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. PhotoPlay Edition; First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards show spotting and spine shows a bit of fading along with a vertical crease. Edges and corners also show bumps/wear. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. Pages are toned due to age and there is spotting and foxing present, particularly around the illustrations and frontispiece. No... Read more about this item

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€11.34

THE LITTLE WHITE BIRD or adventures in Kensington Gardens

by Barrie, J.M. 07d

NY: Scribner's. VG book, no DJ. Kensington map @ p150. FAE. 7.5"x5". 349pp.. 1902. FAE. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Gilt lettered & decorated blue/green cloth. TEG Bkplt inside, NYT Saturday Review blurb inside back cover. . NEAR FINE text block. Inner hinge paper of upper hinge cracked. Few foxed spots inside covers, on the fore edge of the text block, and front margin of just a few leaves. But for these flaws a FINE text block. Also, it tends to stay closed when stood on its spine.... Read more about this item

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€189.04

Scaramouche: a Romance of the French Revolution

by Rafael Sabatini

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. 17th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Photoplay. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is in poor shape and in several pieces, there is also a large section of the spine missing. The jacket has been placed in a protective mylar sleeve to minimize any future damage. Light blue cloth boards underneath show some spotting and a bit of spine fade but have otherwise been always protected by the... Read more about this item

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€9.45

Tracked by the Police Based on the Motion Picture Story with Rin-Tin-Tin and an All Star Cast

by COURTNEY, William B

New York: Jacobsen Hodgkinson Corporation, 1927. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Paperback original. Illustrated wrappers. Pages toned, as always, faint crease on wrappers, but a bright near fine copy. The film was a great success for Warner Brothers, one of the first to feature the original Rin-Tin-Tin, and helped save the studio when it was threatened during the period of their conversion to sound pictures. Extremely uncommon. *OCLC* locates four copies.

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€330.82

Clothes Make the Pirate (Photoplay Edition)

by Holman Day

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, black cloth boards with orange on front and spine. Exterior shows some scuffing and soiling, rear board has a couple dents in the light spot. Edges and corners show bumps/wear. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues at boards. Pages are toned due to age and there is some smudge marks and foxing present. No signatures or bookplates, no... Read more about this item

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€13.23

Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar

by VERNE, Jules

New York: A.L. Burt, [no date - 19]. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition. Owner's name front fly, near fine in very good dustwrapper with small tears and nicks, and with a scene from the 1937 film *The Soldier and the Lady* on the front panel.

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€70.89

Seth Parker and His Jonesport Folks: Way Back Home

by Seth Parker

Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. The original price of $1.00 is still present on the front flap. DJ is toned and tattered, with numerous chips and tears. Spine shows fading. Tan cloth boards underneath are clean and the illustration on the front board is bright. There was only a few minor fade spots, mainly along the bottom front and spine. Internal... Read more about this item

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€13.23

The Story of Du Barry

by James L. Ford

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Purple cloth boards show fading along edges and spine is sunned to the point where nearly all the color is gone. Spotting and scuffing is also present, with the worst being the rear board. Edges and corners show light bumping/wear. The internal binding is good, no serious hinge issues except for some light pulling. Previous owners info is penned on... Read more about this item

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€12.29

Sandy (Photoplay Edition)

by Elenore Meherin

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Photoplay Edition . Hardcover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth board shows some spotting and soiling along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The internal binding of the text portion of the pages is good and so is the front hinge, but the rear hinge has a long thin crack with the webbing peeking through. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings. The only evidence of handwriting is on... Read more about this item

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€9.45

Kitty Foyle

by Christopher Morley

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ shows scuffing along with some bumps, chips, small tears that are mainly along the top edge. There is also a small dent in the dust jacket near the spine and to the left of Ginger Rogers head. Red cloth boards underneath or clean with the only issue being some edge and corner wear. Internal binding is good and text pages are... Read more about this item

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€9.45

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, Mary Pickford Edition

by MAJOR, Charles

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers, 1924. First Edition thus. Cloth. Near fine/good +. First edition thus. 12mo; vii; 369pp + [7pp publisher's ads]; black stamped title centered between blind-stamped decoration on red buckram; owner's bookplate to front pastedown; 8 b&w photographic illustrated plates incl. frontispiece; a few tiny spots; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket without price, rear panel lists other photoplay publications, verso printed with other publisher's titles, chipping to... Read more about this item

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€42.53

Sandy

by MEHERIN, Elenore

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Contemporary name and Christmas stamp on the front fly else very near fine in very good dustwrapper with some nicks and tears and a modest chip where the bottom of the front panel meets the front flap. Novelized from Eve Unsell's screenplay. Illustrated with stills from the Harry Beaumont film about a wanton flapper: "she defied life's conventions in her search for Thrills.