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

Santa Barbara: Pride of Tacoma Press, 2003. First Edition. A finely printed and wonderfully designed pamphlet limited to 150 numbered copies (the entire edition) signed by its graphic designer Michael Kellner. The first printing anywhere of Charles Willeford’s essay on the roach clip which is the device used for smoking marijuana. As new in the matching specially printed envelope. “...There is a common, jointly-held belief (whether it is true or not is immaterial) that the shorter the hand-rolled stick becomes the better it gets. The shorter the cigarette, you see, the more packed the residue - in tars, resins, ashes, bits of seeds, and essence cannabis. Therefore the last and final drag, all residue darkly presents us surely the greatest toke of the entire cigarette. Besides Mary Jane is an expensive broad, and it is certainly Un-American not to get one’s money’s worth....”

New York: Stokes, 1927. First Edition. A tale of sorcery in the old French colony on the Isle of Bourbon. Fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping and tears.

New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition - American. Very good with some slight darkening to the cloth in a near fine bright dust jacket with a trace of dust soiling and a 1/2” tear to the bottom of the front spine fold. A lovely copy featuring the classic design of Ernst Reichl, lacking his name on the front cover.

New York: Cameron Associates, Inc, 1957. First Edition. Ownership stamp of labor activist James L. Dougherty at the front pastedown and top edge. Slightly handled copy with some tearing to the cloth at the spine in a dust jacket with some dust soiling and small chips and tears. A novel by Alvah Bessie who was investigated by the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) which held hearings of so-called subversives in the film industry which resulted in the destruction, or, at minimum, the diversion, of many of the best and the brightest motion picture artists of the day, including Charles Chaplin, Errol Flynn, Gary Cooper, William Faulkner, Thomas Mann, Ring Lardner, Raoul Walsh, Bertolt Brecht, and many more. Mr. Bessie chose to not cooperate with the committee and as a result served a one-year prison term in 1950-51 for contempt of Congress.

Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, 1948. First Edition. Text in Spanish. Two volumes. Alfred Hitchcock’s copy, signed and inscribed to Hitchcock by the author, Angel Zuniga. Inscribed on the title page: “To Alfred Hitchcock, the best among our betters. With admiration, Angel Zuniga.” A history of cinema which is the era in which a massive history of film and Alfred Hitchcock is discussed in various places in both volumes. Illustrated with photographs. Later, Hitchcock donated these books along with other volumes to a Los Angeles university, and this book has the subtle stamps with the withdrawn stamp. A very good tight set in original cloth with excellent colorful dust jackets, one showing a close-up of Charlie Chaplin’s face, and the other a close-up of Greta Garbo. Angel Zuniga’s work was the highly influential volume on film in Spain, Mexico, and Latin America for decades.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1939. First Edition - American, preceding the English publication. Very good lightly used copy with some minor rubbing and fading to the spine, some slight spotting, and a bit of edge wear without dust jacket.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1939. First Edition - American, preceding the English publication. Vintage fountain pen former ownership signature on pastedown. Some aging offsetting on endpaper, else a very good copy in dust jacket lacking the bottom 2 1/2 inches of the spine panel. The jacket which has chipping and use is split into two pieces and the conjunction of the dust jacket front panel and the spine.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1939. First Edition - American, preceding the English publication. Ownership signature to the front pastedown. A good slightly handled copy with some darkening to the endpapers, a bit of shelf wear and a very faint mark to the cloth at the bottom of the front board in a well-handled dust jacket with a 3” piece to the bottom of the spine some small chips and tears and some dust soiling.

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author Judy Lewis to Bob Thomas, legendary Hollywood correspondent for the Associated Press. Inscribed: “Bob Dear, With affection, Judy Lewis”. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The compelling memoirs of the adopted daughter of actress Loretta Young who found out as an adult what was apparently well-known but never formally acknowledged among Hollywood’s elite - that she was the illegitimate daughter of actor Clark Gable and Loretta Young. Illustrated throughout with many photographs from Judy Lewis’ family album. Judy Lewis followed in her parent’s footsteps by establishing a career as an actress (The Secret Storm and General Hospital) and as a producer.

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author Judy Lewis, inscribed: “To Duncan and Katie, Best Wishes, Judy Lewis May 12, 1994”. Near fine copy with some minor edge wear in a very good slightly handled dust jacket. The compelling memoirs of the adopted daughter of actress Loretta Young who found out as an adult what was apparently well-known but never formally acknowledged among Hollywood’s elite - that she was the illegitimate daughter of actor Clark Gable and Loretta Young. Illustrated throughout with many photographs from Judy Lewis’ family album. Judy Lewis followed in her parent’s footsteps by establishing a career as an actress (The Secret Storm and General Hospital) and as a producer.

New York: Knopf, 2018. First Edition - Paperback. Signed by the actor / author Tom Hanks at the title page. Illustrated with black & white photographs by Kevin Twomey. Very good slightly handled copy in printed wrappers. A collection of fictional pieces.

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. First Edition. Signed by the author Judy Lewis: “To Linda, All Best Wishes, Judy Lewis”. Near fine copy with some minor edge wear in a very good slightly handled dust jacket. with some very small tears. The compelling memoirs of the adopted daughter of actress Loretta Young who found out as an adult what was apparently well-known but never formally acknowledged among Hollywood’s elite - that she was the illegitimate daughter of actor Clark Gable and Loretta Young. Illustrated throughout with many photographs from Judy Lewis’ family album. Judy Lewis followed in her parent’s footsteps by establishing a career as an actress (The Secret Storm and General Hospital) and as a producer.

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1946. Original 188 page mimeographed screenplay custom hardbound in full textured maroon cloth with gilt-stamping. This script was screenwriter Jesse Lasky Jr.’s own personal copy with his name gilt-stamped on the front cover. In addition, Lasky has signed the script on the title page and has added dozens of hand corrections and additions throughout, including sketches. Accompanying the screenplay is a lovely original silver gelatin photograph of Jesse Lasky which is hand-signed and inscribed by him: “To Dad with Love from Jess”. The photograph is mounted to a backing board and measures approximately 8 inches by 10 inches. Also signed by the author / screenwriter Fredric Frank to Mr. Lasky on the title page: “Love to Jesse - Fred Frank”. Released on October 3, 1947, Unconquered is an American drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Ward Bond, C. Aubrey Smith, and Katherine DeMille (the… Read More

New York: Popular Library, 1969. First Edition. Paperback original. A used copy with some use and dust soiling to the covers. A movie tie-in novel issued to coincide with the release of the western film starring John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Lee Meriwether, and Harry Carey, Jr.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968. First Edition. Original 165 page second revised final shooting script with color rewrite pages, dated December 3, 1968, for the film ‘The Undefeated’, screenplay by James Lee Barrett, from a story by Stanley Hough, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, and starring John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo, Lee Meriwether, Merlin Olsen, Melissa Newman, Bruce Cabot, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Ben Johnson. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Very good copy with a touch of use to the covers. The film is set just after the U.S. Civil War, where former Confederate and Union soldiers on separate missions get caught up in the Mexican revolution and find themselves joining forces.

New York: Lumen Books, 1985. First Edition - American. Paperbound. Near fine copy.

Beverly Hills, CA: Louis Stern Galleries, 1992. First Edition. Paperbound. Square format, 6 1/2” x 6 1/2”. A catalogue illustrated in color issued to accompany a show of collage, assemblage artist, Marie Jose Paz. With an introductory essay by author and poet Mark Strand and an observation by poet and writer Octavio Paz: “Marie Jose’s constructions and boxes are three dimensional objects transformed by her imagination and sensibility to visual concepts, mental enigmas sometimes bearers of disquieting bizarre images and other of ironic perceptions. Rather than things to be seen, they are wings to travel with, sails to wander by, mirrors to go through.” Fine in printed wrappers.

Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2005. First Edition. Advance reading copy, uncorrected page proofs in printed wrappers. 456 pages. Fine bright copy in printed wrappers.

New York: New Directions, 1954. First Edition - American. Near fine in a very good plus lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some minor edgewear and tiny tears.

New York: Signet Books, 1966. First Edition - Paperback Original. Signed by the author / editor Arthur Unger. Near fine copy with just a hint of use. A collection of short stories about love and friendship chosen from the pages of ‘Datebook’, a magazine for young adults, by its editor Arthur Unger. From the library of Unger’s publisher 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 #KD516