Search Results: Titles starting with D from ReadInk

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1937. 3rd printing (stated). Hardcover. [nice clean book with minimal shelfwear, one-time owner's initials plus date & place of purchase and a brief commentary in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath jacket flap); the jacket has some minor wear at the spine extremities, but is overall bright and attractive]. A sharp-looking copy of the first "D.A. Doug Selby" mystery, a series to which Gardner turned for the occasional break from cranking out Perry Mason books (at least until 1949, when the last of the nine Selby books appeared). The jacket design on this early G&D reprint is identical to that of the William Morrow first edition. Much less common (and considerably more durable) than the cheaply-produced Triangle Books edition from the 1940s. .

(Los Angeles]: (No Publisher Stated). Fine. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. (textured silver boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean copy, essentially as-new with no discernible wear]. (color and B&W photographs) Catalog for the exhibition "Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives," which was presented at D23 Expo 2011 at the Anaheim (California) Convention Center, and was "more than double the size" of the original exhibition, which had been part of the same event two years earlier. It was a showcase for "a treasure trove of crown jewels from the Walt Disney Archives Collection, including props, set pieces, photographs, costumes, and memorabilia from beloved Disney films and entertainment and important artifacts from the Company's unique and extraordinary history." Quite scarce; produced in an edition of just 2,000 copies, this is a must-have for any Disney history aficionado. .

New York: William Morrow & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1964. First American Edition. Hardcover. [a few shallow dents in bottom edges of boards, otherwise a nice clean solid copy with minimal shelfwear; jacket shows some light soiling on the rear panel]. Novel set in the South Pacific, about a Dutch tramp-steamer captain who "rescues" a mysterious prisoner who's being held in chains in the hold of another ship, and gets a lot more than he bargained for. "Red, the prisoner, turns out to be a mercenary soldier, a trouble-maker, a womanizer. But on Christ's Island, with its idyllic Christian community, Red's diabolical genius becomes useful when the island is invaded by civilization in the form of an international task force setting up an airstrip." The jacket blurb notes that "most of [the author's] novels have become motion pictures" -- among them "Mister Moses" and "The Devil at Four O'Clock" -- but this… Read More

Los Angeles: Directors Guild of America, Inc.. Near Fine. 2019. (Vol. XV, No. 3). Magazine. [very slight wear at spine extremities, otherwise as new]. (color and B&W photographs, graphics, ads) Following its stated theme, this issue of the DGA's "craft journal" presents the transcripts of conversations between: Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, who "talk movie obsessions, director heroes, process and violence as catharsis"; sitcom veterans Mark Cendrowski and Pamela Fryman; Kasi Lemmons and Ed Zwick, on "The Weight of History," about "the responsibilities that come with fact-based historical dramas"; and Bo Burnham and Olivia Wilde, who "trade war stories on making their first features." Other articles include: a discussion of the importance of residuals to the financial health of the DGA's pension system; an article in which photographers-turned-directors discuss "how their still work informs their filmmaking";… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good+ dj. (c.1977). First Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear to bottom edge, moderate foxing to edges of text block; jacket is bright and clean, with just a bit of edgewear along the top and bottom edges, one tiny closed tear at top of front panel, short diagonal crease at bottom corner of front flap]. (B&W photographs) SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper. "A biography of the Oscar-winning screenwriter who broke the Hollywood blacklist," portrayed by Bryan Cranston in the 2015 biofilm TRUMBO. Remarkably, this book, which appeared just a year after its subject's death, remained the only full biography of Trumbo until 2015, when Larry Ceplair's and Christopher Trumbo's book "Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical" appeared. Signed by Author .

Milwaukie OR: Dark Horse Books. Fine. 2009. First Edition. Softcover. [nice clean flawless as-new book]. Trade PB (color reproductions) The first-ever retrospective look at the work of the legendary paperback cover artist. Maguire "created gorgeous cover images for more than a thousand books and worked for virtually every mainstream publisher in the U.S. Best known for his incomparably sexy 'femme fatale' images for paperbacks in the 1950s and '60s, Maguire built a legendary career showcasing character portraits that were iconic and beautiful, painting subjects that felt simultaneously real and sensually compelling." .

New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. [solid clean book, minor wear to extremities, slight bumping to bottom rear corner; jacket has small closed tears at a couple of folding points, a touch of soiling]. "Adventures of a gentleman gigolo. . . . the life and amorous exploits of Henry St. Aubin, who fought the World War triumphantly from the tents of Brightmouth. Chorus man and gigolo of inflammable elderly ladies, he trips his light fantastic toe through many a palais de danse, and through the gilded splendors of most of the European hotels de luxe. Of course, the ladies respond generously in the form of little gifts, but at last love comes to him in the Rolls-Royce of the chaste and lovely Victoria Virginia Artemisia Spanker. Burlesque? Of course, and hilarious on every pace. Here the Lounge Lizard exposes himself for the noble creature he is." The author was prolific and popular in his day, but as one source… Read More

New York: A.L. Burt Company. Fair in Poor dj. (c.1930). Reprint. Hardcover. NOISBN . [well-worn ex-rental library book with associated elements: a big stamp on the front pastedown ("American Lending Library Inc. -- Never Sold / Only Loaned"), a typewritten blurb (cribbed from the jacket text) pasted to the ffep; the jacket is backed with brown paper and thoroughly glued down at the flaps, with a large chip at the top of the front panel (taking about half the title with it), about half the spine missing, heavy edge- and surface-wear]. Contemporary reprint of Powell's fourth novel, generally considered one of her best early works; apparently printed from the Farrar & Rinehart plates (including the F&R colophon on the copyright page). Alas, this particular copy (both book and jacket) has been mistreated almost from the get-go; however, the jacket is quite rare in any incarnation, and to given it the best spin possible, at least the charming front panel illustration is… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1973). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [no significant wear to book, but some fading to cloth at spine and around edges of covers (apparently the gray-background jacket didn't keep out the sun); jacket has a one-inch closed tear and associated minor creasing at bottom of front panel, a bit of wear along top edge and rubbing and tiny tears at several upper corners and at top of spine]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Historical thriller centering around the assassinations of the King and Queen of Serbia in 1903. Signed books by this Hungarian-born author are exceedingly uncommon; the wife of playwright and screenwriter Ladislaus (aka Leslie) Bush-Fekete, she was also known by her married name, Maria Bush-Fekete. The inscription in this book, to screenwriter Daniel Taradash and his wife, is signed "Marika." Signed by Author .

New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1990). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight clean copy with no discernible wear; jacket is a bit scuffed on the rear panel]. INSCRIBED briefly ("To _____") and SIGNED by the legendary actor/author on the title page. The first of the actor's three novels -- a Hollywood novel, sort of, about a successful director who's "living a lie" because "his true identity is buried halfway around the world in the ruins of a Nazi concentration camp." Signed by Author .

Ann Arbor/London: UMI Research Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1987). First Edition. Hardcover. [good sound clean copy, modest bump to lower rear corner, some slight rippling to the lower part of the pages in the second half of the book due to some minor moisture absorption (no staining, however); jacket shows just a bit of surface wear, minor wrinkling in rear panel]. (Theater and Dramatic Studies, No. 44) Series (B&W photographs) This book "explores the lives and works of eight dancer/choreographers who figured prominently in [the] remarkable artistic explosion" in choreographical development that took place in Los Angeles during the period indicated -- although not, for the most part, having much or anything to do with the movie industry, the only notable exception being Ernest Belcher. (The book's "Hollywood" subtitle has mostly to do with the Hollywood Bowl.) The eight are: Norma Gould, Ernest Belcher, Theodore Kosloff, Serge Oukrainsky, Adolph… Read More

New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1983). First Edition. Hardcover. 0394521951 . [a little wear to cloth at bottom edges, light dust-soiling to top page edges; jacket lightly soiled on rear panel]. SIGNED by the author on the title page. His fourth novel, and the second Milo Milodragovitch mystery. The second state of the first edition (with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page). Signed by Author .

New York: Chilton Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1963). (Volume 14). Hardcover. [good sound copy, very light staining at bottom edge of front cover, mild shelfwear to lower extremities; jacket is modestly edgeworn, with a couple of short closed tears at the top of the front panel and and an inch of paper loss at the top of the spine]. (B&W photographs) Provides cast/production credits for all films released in the U.S. during 1962. Front jacket panel illustrations: Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Quinn, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Marlon Brando, Peter O'Toole, Shelley Winters. "Promising Personalities" of the year provide the usual mix of those who became major stars and those who, well, didn't: Peter O'Toole, Suzanne Pleshette, Ty Hardin, Janet Margolin, Trax Colton, Sue Lyon, Terence Stamp, Shirley Knight, Edson Stroll, Karl Schell, Christine Kaufmann, Marcello Mastroianni. (Sorry....Edson Stroll? Hard to imagine what the qualifications for… Read More

New York: Chilton Company. Very Good+ in Poor dj. (c.1962). (Volume 13). Hardcover. [light bumping to lower corners, otherwise just minor shelfwear; the jacket is heavily edgeworn, with numerous small tears and tiny chips, paper loss at both ends of spine, creasing, light soiling, etc. (serviceable in new mylar, but that's about the best I can say)]. (B&W photographs) Provides cast/production credits for all films released in the U.S. during 1961. Front jacket panel illustrations: Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman, Natalie Wood, Maximilian Schell, Geraldine Page, Jeffrey Hunter. The "Promising Personalities" of the year included Connie Stevens, Warren Beatty, Susan Strasberg, George Chakiris, and Stella Stevens. This year's "Portrait Dolls of Famous Film Folk" (a feature that would, thankfully, soon be abandoned) is a group shot of doll renderings of Steve Reeves, Carole Lombard (looking exceptionally creepy), Bill Travers, and Ethel Barrymore; on… Read More

New York: Chilton Books. Very Good+ in Good+ dj. (c.1964). (Volume 15). Hardcover. [good sound clean copy, minor wear to lower extremities; the jacket is edgeworn and lightly soiled, with various tiny chips and tears, with a wide shallow chip at the top of the rear panel, and about a half-inch of paper loss at the top of the spine]. (B&W photographs) Provides cast/production credits for all films released in the U.S. during 1963. Front jacket panel illustrations: Albert Finney, Leslie Caron, Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, Patricia Neal, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor. "Promising Personalities" include Sean Connery, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Walker (Jr.), Elke Sommer, Ursula Andress, Omar Sharif, Peter Fonda; "Portrait Dolls of Famous Film Folk" (getting more and more surreal) include Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Emil Jannings. The volume is dedicated to silent screen actress Blanche Sweet. For some unaccountable reason, this is one of the scarcer volumes in… Read More

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good. (c.1916). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderately shelfworn book, slight bumping to corners, some foxing to first few pages, spine cloth a little faded; former owner's initials plus date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown]. ("How to Know Him" series) Series (frontispiece portrait) A wide-ranging selection from the works of Daniel Defoe, with critical and biographical commentary -- including the editor's admission that "these selections are inadequate and not fairly representative simply because of Defoe's almost unrivaled copiousness and versatility." One of the less common volumes, it seems, in this publisher's "How to Know Him" series devoted to numerous individual (male) authors. (They do not appear to have bothered to issue a companion "How to Know Her" series.) .

New York/Westport CT/London: Greenwood Press. Near Fine. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0313255032 . (no dust jacket, as issued) [minor handling wear, slightly bumped at top front spine corner, tiny stain at edge of ffep]. (Bio-Bibliographies in Music, No. 12) Series (B&W photo frontispiece) "Ever since the mid-1940s when he was a recent graduate from Harvard, Daniel Pinkham has composed music at a remarkably consistent rate. His more than 300 musical compositions cover his entire career as performer and teacher, and are in part a measure of his success at securing commissions from a variety of organizations and individuals. From this it follows that Pinkham is performed widely and often, so that a bibliography of his music becomes inseparable from an accounting of the many concerts at which his works have held a featured place." This volume contains: a biography; a completely catalogue of works and a selected list of performances; a discography; a bibliography; four… Read More

Godalming, Surrey, England: FAB Press. Near Fine. 2012. 2nd (revised and updated) edition. Hardcover. (laminated boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean copy, minor external handling wear only]. (B&W and color photographs, facsimiles) "Internationally renowned journalist Alan Jones has tirelessly reported on every aspect of Argento's career. Every single feature, interview, review and in-depth look at Argento's multi-facted universe has been meticulously collated into this stunning volume that tells the complete story of the man, the myths and the magic. With a wealth of new material included in this definitive overview of Argento's extraordinary body of work, Jones reveals all about the man who changed the face of global horror with the super-shock sensation SUSPIRIA." ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy volume; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good+. 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [clean attractive book, with just a bit of wear at base of spine, light diagonal scrape (or smudge) across spine, staining/discoloration to both pastedowns (inside front/rear covers); book comes with a custom-cut clear mylar protective cover]. One of the last novels published by this Austrian-American novelist and screenwriter prior to her emigration from Vienna to the U.S. at the outbreak of World War II. She settled in Hollywood, and had a couple of dozen writing credits, for both film and TV, over the succeeding twenty years. This particular novel was the basis for the 1946 B-movie HER SISTER'S SECRET, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. .

New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good+ in Good dj. (c.1931). First Edition. Hardcover. [decent, solidly bound book, light soiling and minor fading to cloth covers, two previous owners' signatures on ffep; jacket worn at all extremities, a bit soiled, various small edge-tears, spine browned/discolored with a large chunk missing at top of spine (entire title lost)]. "A Story of Edgar Allan Poe," which according to the jacket blurb "gets at the spirit of the poet." .