Klaw & Erlanger Present Famous Plays in Pictures by Niver, Kemp R. ; edited by Bebe Bergsten - 1976

New York: Biograph Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket. 1969 Biograph Company Edition. White boards, black text, sharp and clean, age toning to edges. Protected, unclipped dustjacket is bright, age toning to edges, with a couple of closed tears. Book is firm in binding, illustrated endpapers, b&w archival photos throughout, crisp interior. A tight copy; full of stills from Pickford's movies, and other archival photographs. Bookseller's stamp on rear endpaper hails from the "Cherokee Book Shop" in Hollywood. 156 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Los Angeles: Locare Research Group. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1969). First Edition. Hardcover. 091398602X . [good solid copy, top front corner bumped; jacket lightly soiled and a little age-toned, minor wrinkling near top of front panel]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) INSCRIBED ("To Sydney [sic] Solow") and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Essentially a "films-of-Mary Pickford" chronicle, but limited to only those films in which she "appeared as a comedienne, either as the principal actress, or in a supporting role" for the Biograph Company from 1909 through 1912; the illustrations consist primarily of reproductions of "Biograph Bulletins" (the company's trade ads) and frame blow-ups from the films themselves. "During the almost three years that Mary Pickford was with the Biograph Company, she averaged at least one film a week. Most of her roles were dramatic, and quite often she played the part of an Indian maiden. [D.W.]… Read More