Search Results: Titles starting with G from James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.

Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing Co, 1936. First Edition. Gift inscription. Very good fresh copy with some minor edge wear in a very good bright dust jacket with a hint of rubbing and some very small chips and tears and slight dust soiling to the rear panel and occasional pencil marks. A story of crime and adventure featuring the son of an FBI agent, with the dedication reading: “To J.Edgar Hoover, Chief of Uncle Sam’s G-Men!” The front panel of the dust jacket is a bright graphic illustration of a startled young man casting a long shadow.

New York: Macmillan, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Signed once by Fred Crane and twice by Cammie King who both appeared in the 1939 classic film. Fred Crane, who played the role of Brent, one of the Tarleton twins, and he speaks this first line to Vivien Leigh, and has signed the book with his name and as well of that of his film character. Cammie King played Clark Gable’s and Vivien Leigh’s daughter, Bonnie Blue Butler, in the 1939 film classic produced by David O. Selznick. She has signed the book with both names. “Cammie King ‘Bonnie Blue’” below Fred Crane’s signature at the front free endpaper and again at the bottom of page 386 opposite a still photo of her in a scene with Clark Gable. King was also the voice the character Faline in the Walt Disney’s 1942 animated film classic, Bambi, and was the step daughter of Dr. Herbert Kalmus who created the stunning color film process, Technicolor, which was used to film Gone With the Wind. The book, itself, prints the shooting… Read More

New York: Fantographics, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. This special Deluxe Edition, strictly limited to 300 copies, includes an exclusive separate letterpress print signed by Gahan Wilson and an attached box set containing 32 individual color facsimiles of Gahan's hand-drawn color holiday cards presented to Hugh Hefner, never before reproduced and available nowhere else (they are not included in the regular trade edition). Introductions by Neil Gaiman and Hugh Hefner. Over 1000 cartoons in three large color hardcover volumes in a special Wilson decorated slipcase. This stunning massive production measures 10.4 x 8.1 x 3.6 inches and weighs 10.6 pounds. ”Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons features not only every cartoon Wilson drew for Playboy, but all his prose fiction that has appeared in that magazine as well, from his first story in the June, 1962 issue, ‘Horror Trio,’ to such classics as ‘Dracula Country’ (September 1978). It also includes the text-and-art features he… Read More

New York: Forge, 1994. First Edition. Paperbound oversize format. Fine in glossy printed wrappers. Gahan Wilson’s first major collection of cartoons with 100 brand-new cartoons and 100 more which have never been published in book form.

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation / SFBC, 1969. First Edition, First Printing of the First Hardbound Edition. Signed by Phiilip K, Dick on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a letter providing provenance for the book’ signing. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a faint trace of rubbing. Issued as a paperback, this book club issue is the first hardbound edition.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1967. First Edition Thus, much revised versions for this printing of Wilson’s two 1920s novels with a previously unpublished foreword by Wilson. Inscribed and signed by the author Edmund Wilson. Inscribed: To Margaret Flory with memories of Pottsdown from Edmund Wilson.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare inscribed.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1985. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket.

London: Cassell & Co, 1957. First Edition. Ownership initials. Very good lightly handled copy with the top outer corner slightly bumped in a good dust jacket with some handling, minor repair work, and some small chips and tears. A mystery set in London’s Soho district.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1961. First Edition. Signed by the author: “Cordially! Arthur Anthony Gladd.” Ownership inscription dated 1962. Illustrated by Leonard Vosburgh. Very good copy with some slight foxing to the endpapers in a very good dust jacket with a touch of fading to the spine and some slight edge wear. A seafaring historical adventure story set in the Mediterranean.

London: Hutchinson, 1949. First Edition. Very good copy with a bit of fading to the cloth at the spine in a lightly dust soiled and handled dust jacket with a clipped corner to the front flap and some small chips and tears. The front panel of the jacket shows an aristocratic man sitting at a desk with a document in front of him while an angry mob is just outside the window behind him.

Cleveland: World, 1960. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket.

Cleveland, OH: World, 1960. First Edition. Illustrated with scenes from the Broadway production of the play directed by George Roy Hill, starring E.G. Marshall, Melvyn Douglas, Arthur Hill, and Bert Wheeler. Fine copy in a near fine bright price-clipped dust jacket with a 1/2” circular mark to the rear panel and some minor edge wear.

Cleveland, OH: World, 1960. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author Jerome Lawrence: “I hope, dear Wesley, you are part of my GANG - forever, Jerry. August 17, 1986.” Illustrated with scenes from the Broadway production of the play directed by George Roy Hill, starring E.G. Marshall, Melvyn Douglas, Arthur Hill, and Bert Wheeler. Fine copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some fading to the spine, a bit of use, and some minor edge wear.

Los Angeles: The Edward S. Feldman Company, 1983. Original 128 page revised draft script. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. “is a 1984 American comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, and Carrie Fisher, with a cameo appearance by Betty Comden as Greta Garbo. Catherine Hicks, Steven Hill, and the first screen appearance of Mary McDonnell. It also featured the final screen appearances of veteran actors Howard Da Silva and Hermione Gingold. Bancroft was nominated for a Golden Globe.” When Greta Garbo came to Hollywood in the silent film era she became somewhat of a mysterious oddity in that she would not do interviews or sign autographs. She would work hard at her film work but otherwise was a a quiet remote private person. The script title “is a reference to the first film in which Greta Garbo's speaking voice is heard. Her husky voice and purposefully exaggerated Swedish accent debuted in Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie (1930), which was publicized… Read More

New York: Signet - New American Library, 1966. First Paperback Edition. Signed and inscribed by Pierre Boulle to his publisher: “To Kurt Enoch, apologizing for having slightly altered American history, with best wishes, P. Boulle”. A science fiction novel. Paperbound, very good copy. From the library of Dr. Kurt Enoch (1895-1982) who was a noted German publisher, forced to flee the Nazis, landing in New York in 1940. In 1948, Dr. Enoch co-founded and became President of New American Library - Signet Books which became one of the successful and acclaimed post-war publishing houses. Enoch went on to become one of the most highly regarded figures in American book publishing. Signet #P3031

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the desert romance starring Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, and Basil Rathbone. Beautiful photographic endpapers showing stills from the film, with the lovely Marlene Dietrich arms outstretched in flowing gown and shawl and a kneeling Charles Boyer gazing at her. About fine in a very good dust jacket with a couple minor chips and rubbing. The front panel of the dust jacket is a handsome full color painting of Marlene Dietrich in a turban with Charles Boyer leaning down to kiss her.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the silent film ‘The Garden of Allah,’ directed by Rex Ingram, starring Alice Terry, Ivan Petrovich, Marcel Vibert, and H.H. Wright. A tale of adventure and romance in the Sahara Desert. Very good copy with some minor fading to the cloth at the spine and with a faint trace of edge wear in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some tiny chips and tears and internal tape reinforcements. On the printed half-title, the Grosset & Dunlap staff has written information about the date of publication, the name of the printing company they used, and how many copies were printed. The publisher’s own copy stamped on the the top edge of the book and the spine of the dust jacket: “OFFICE FILE COPY.” The front panel is a color painting of a woman shielding herself from a desert sand storm with an inset of the cast in a desert oasis setting.

New York: Scribners, 1986. First Edition. The scarce uncorrected proof copy for this previously unpublished novel. Paperbound in specially printed covers. With the label affixed to cover stressing extreme secrecy and noting: “We are issuing only a very limited number and are keeping complete records of the names of all recipients.” Fine copy.

New York: Marlowe & Co, 1996. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from Anthony Weller to his literary agent Dorothy Olding of Harold Ober Associates, inscribed by the author on the half-title: “To Dorothy, Whose love and faith kept me writing and who saw the first version of this book so many years ago. With all my love, Anthony. 11 September 1996.” Additionally signed “Anthony Weller” on the title page below his printed name which he has crossed out. Fine fresh copy in a fine bright dust jacket. A complex novel spanning five decades and two continents, revolving around a father and daughter linked by artistic genius and great emotional strife, reminiscent of Somerset Maugham’s The Moon and Sixpence.

Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1996. First Edition. The first appearance of the film script for The Gardener’s Son in book form. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The Gardener’s Son was produced as a two-hour film starring Penelope Allen, Ned Beatty, Kevin Conway, and Brad Dourif and was broadcast on PBS in 1976, received two Emmy nominations and was shown at the prestigious Berlin and Edinburgh Film Festivals.