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Photoplay Books & Ephemera
Four Sons: Photoplay Title of Mother Bernie Learns Her Letters
by WYLIE, I.A.R. (Ida Alexa Ross Wylie)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition and possible first book edition. Fine in very good plus dustwrapper with a couple very small chips. A photoplay edition of the Wylie's *Mother Bernle Learns Her Letters*, about a Bavarian widow whose four sons fight in WWI, one on the American side. The film was produced and directed by John Ford. We can find no publication history for a trade edition of this or other stories by Wylie in book form and suspect this is the...
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A$154.94
THE ROMANCE OF EVANGELINE (Photoplay Edition)
by Fox, Finis, author of the screenplay Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
New York: A. L. Burt Co.,, (c. 1929). hardcover. Near fine/very good. Delores Del Rio / Edition of the Edwin Carewe / Production. United Artists Picture. Including the Original Poem Evansgeline, A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Includes 4 black and white photo stills from the film. Octavo, green cloth covers with black titles, 188 [2] + 92 pages, near Fine. Colorful dust jacket shows a scene from the movie. A little chipping at edges of dj, still Very Good. 061508D
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A$116.21
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MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]
by MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]. March 1954. (Volume 3, Number 5)
London: Todd Publishing Group, Ltd., 1954. A fine copy. (24404). 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....
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CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON
by Biggers, Earl Derr
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. 334 pages, 8 pages of ads; original orange cloth, colorful dust jacket. Photoplay edition, issued to coincide with the film, starring Warner Oland. Reverse side of dust jacket is printed with Grosset & Dunlap titles. Dust jacket with light wear at extremities and a few short closed tears.
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A$232.41
Say It With Songs
by DE HAAS, Arline
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, a photoplay edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny nicks at the crown. Novelized by De Haas from the Darryl Zanuck and Harvey Gates screenplay for the Al Jolson movie, his first all-talkie, in which he sings, among other songs, "Little Pal." Jacket painting of Jolson and his film family, illustrated with stills from the film. A lovely copy.
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A$131.70
The Hawk's Nest Starring Milton Sills with Doris Kenyon
by Wid Gunning
NY, Jacobsen Hodgekinson, 1928 First Edition Thus. Last listed title in Publishers ad at the rear of the book. 127 pages of text 3 pages of publishers ads. Illustrated with photos from the Movie. Appears to be a scarce item as I could not find another copy listed on-line anywhere. "The Hawk's Nest is a 1928 American film directed by Benjamin Christensen. It is believed to be lost. It was released by First National Pictures and stars husband and wife Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon. No prints survive, it...
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BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK. Photoplay Edition
by McCutcheon, George Barr
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1926). PhotoPlay Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 357 pages; Dust jacket with some rubbing, soiling and wear. Name and date on front free endpaper. The dust jacket has a mylar cover that provides long term care as well as preservation. .
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A$38.74
Four Sons: Photoplay Title of Mother Bernie Learns Her Letters
by WYLIE, I.A.R
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition. Originally titled "Four Sons." Fine in very good, spine tanned dustwrapper with some light rubbing, wear to the ends of the spine and edges of the panels and a two inch tear to the top of the front panel.
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A$77.47
Call Her Savage
by THAYER, Tiffany
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1931. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photoplay edition. Illustrated by Lloyd Coe. A faint pencil name on the front pastedown, and a tiny label on the rear pastedown, else fine in fine dustwrapper with a short tear on the front panel. Illustrated with drawings, but the jacket features a great looking portrait painting of Clara Bow in the 1932 film directed by John Francis Dillon, and also featuring Gilbert Roland and Thelma Todd. A lurid and entertaining pre-Code film, but very much...
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A$542.29
Four Sons: Photoplay Title of Mother Bernie Learns Her Letters
by WYLIE, I.A.R. (Ida Alexa Ross Wylie)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Photoplay edition and first edition. Fine in slightly age-toned, near fine dustwrapper. A photoplay edition of the Wylie's *Mother Bernle Learns Her Letters*, about a Bavarian widow whose four sons fight in WWI, one on the American side. The film was produced and directed by John Ford. We can find no publication history for a trade edition of this or other stories by Wylie in book form and suspect this is the true first edition, likely...
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A$271.15
The Dance of Life
by TOTHEROH, Dan
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition. A couple tiny spots to the edge of the front fly, bottom corners very slightly bumped, else fine in attractive, very good or better dustwrapper with a faint tape shadow over a short tear at the bottom of the front panel. Novelized from the Benjamin Glazer and George Manker Watters screenplay for the 1929 film, which was based on the Broadway play *Burlesque* by Watters and Arthur Hopkins. Illustrated with stills from the...
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A$193.68
BEAU GESTE
by Wren, Percival Christopher
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [1926]. Later edition. Inked gift inscription to front free end paper, wear to upper board edge, a very good copy in a good dust jacket with wear to the spine ends, corner tips and edges, closed tears to the upper left front panel and at the right rear spine fold edge. (24630). Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-418 [419-426: ads], four inserted plates from the film, original light blue cloth stamped in black. Issued to coincide with the 1926 Paramount film...
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ALL CONCERNED NOTIFIED
by Reilly, Helen
Chicago: Century Publications, [1945]. First paperback edition. Reading crease, light edge wear, some stress creases, a very good copy. (24394). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Century Mysteries No. 29. Digest sized format. An Inspector McKee mystery.
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A$69.72
Little Men. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys
by ALCOTT, Louisa M
Chicago: Goldsmith, 1934. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Photoplay edition. Gift inscription, fairly large dampstain on boards, fair only in fair dustwrapper with smaller corresponding stains, and a chip at the bottom of the front panel. Jacket illustrated with a still from the 1934 film version.
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A$38.74
MRS. MINIVER. Photoplay Edition. Inscribed by Greer Garson.
by Struther, Jan
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Fine in Fine dust jacket. (1940). PhotoPlay Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; Very light wear to the dust jacket. Inscribed by Garson on the half title page. Some light browning to pages. Light wear to the upper spine, book otherwise in fine condition. ; Signed by Author .
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A$271.15
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. Very faint name stamped on titlepage, pages toned, 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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A$464.82
BEAU SABREUR. Photoplay Edition.
by Wren, P. C
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1927. PhotoPlay Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 370 pages; Front free endpaper has a 1 x 2 1/2 in piece cut out, (name removed? ) dust jacket with light soiling, rubbing, and wear. Very small scrape front of jacket. The dust jacket as well as the book are both well taken care of. The dust jacket has a mylar cover that provides long term care as well as preservation. .
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A$116.21
If Winter Comes
by HUTCHINSON, A.S.M
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint photoplay edition. Offsetting and light foxing to the endpapers, owner name on front fly, boards lightly rubbed, else very good in very good, spine tanned dustwrapper with some rubbing and moderate wear to the ends of the spine and edges of the panels.
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A$46.48
Lilac Time
by FOWLER, Guy
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, a photoplay edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with nominal wear. Novelized by Fowler from the Willis Goldbeck screenplay (based on a play by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin). Illustrated with stills from the film and with jacket art of stars Gary Cooper and Colleen Moore. British war aviator falls for a French girl on whose farm he is billeted. One of Cooper's first featured roles.
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A$154.94
SCARAB MYSTERY MAGAZINE
by SCARAB MYSTERY MAGAZINE. November 1950. (Volume 1, Number 1). Edward D. Radin, editor
Chicago: Black Horse Press, Inc., 1950. Wear with closed tear to upper left front corner, a very good copy of an uncommon magazine. (24397). Small octavo, printed wrappers. Digest sized magazine. The first of two published. Features stories by Frank Kane (Johnny Liddell), Paul Marcus and Edward Ronns (pseudonym for Edward Aarons). Another interesting start which suffered poor distribution. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, p. 464.
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A$54.23
MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE. Photoplay Edition.
by Tarkington, Booth
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. c.1924. PhotoPlay Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 116 pages; Dust jacket with minor rubbing and edgewear. .
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A$92.96
CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON. Photoplay Edition
by Biggers, Earl Derr
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1930). PhotoPlay Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 334 pages; Front of the dust jacket has 2 small scrapes, about 1 inch, like stickers were removed. Otherwise, quite nice with light rubbing, soiling and wear. .
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A$77.47
The Singing Fool
by DAIL, Herbert
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good dustwrapper with a bit of age-toning and a few tiny nicks and tears. Photoplay edition novelized from the film with a jacket portrayal of Al Jolson on the front panel, and illustrated with stills from the film. Sequel to the first talkie, *The Jazz Singer*, and scarce.
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A$697.23
Presenting Lily Mars
by TARKINGTON, Booth
New York: Triangle Books, 1943. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Reprint. Page edges a little browned else fine in fine dustwrapper illustrated with a still from the film that featured Judy Garland and Van Heflin.
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A$77.47
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MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]
by MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]. June 1953. (Volume 2, Number 3)
London: Todd Publishing Group, Ltd., 1953. Some mild soiling, indents to all four edges (likely when strapped in a multiple issue pack for distribution), a nearly fine copy. (24399). 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...
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