Search Results: Titles starting with K from Hardy Books

Menlo Park, California: River Heritage Press, 1995. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. (xiii) 274 pp. SIGNED in ink by author Garvey on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated, including from many period photographs. Cloth with silver spine titling. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". The detailed story of two great paddle-wheel vessels that ran the river between San Francisco and Sacramento from 1927 to 1940. In World War II, the vessels served the U. S. Navy as hospital ferries, barracks, and troop shuttles. From the flap: "This rousing story captures the romance, struggle, and adventure of California's last and most revered paddle-wheel steamers". A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United States address.

New York: The Viking Press, 1974. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 213 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Anita Loos in ink on the title page ("Greetings to Roger from Anita Loos"). Illustrated from black and white photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth-backed boards. 6" x 8 1/2". List of screenplays by Anita Loos from 1912 through 1953. This is volume two of Anita Loos' autobiography. Per the jacket blurb, the book "...supplies more insights into the history of American moviemaking than many earnest, scholarly studies on the same subject. Her irreverence, in fact, is the key to her readibility." By the author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. A Near Fine copy (abrasion to front endpapers; slightly rubbed) in a Very Good Plus or better dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United States Address.