Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

Mendoza in Hollywood: A Novel of the Company

By: Baker, Kage

Price: $25.00

Publisher: San Diego/New York/London, Harcourt, Inc. : (c.2000)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 14745

ISBN-13: 9780151004485

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[very nice tight copy, the faintest bit of spotting on top edge, appears unread; jacket pristine, looks like it's been in protective cover from Day One]. Sci-fi/fantasy/time travel novel, set largely in early Los Angeles and Hollywood.
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By: Barnard, Robert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner : 2008

Edition: First American Edition

Seller ID: 27650

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[nice clean tight copy with no discernible wear, former owner's initials plus date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed by jacket flap); the jacket itself is flawless]. Mystery novel about a woman investigating a liaison in her mother's past, an inquiry triggered by a mysterious anonymous letter received just after the mother's death.
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The Killings on Jubilee Terrace

By: Barnard, Robert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner : 2009

Edition: "1st Scribner hardcover edition"

Seller ID: 28019

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[book is flawless except for the former owner's initials plus date & place of purchase in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap); the jacket itself IS flawless, no "except for"]. Detective Inspector Charlie Pierce looks into the death (murder?) of a TV soap opera star who had been universally disliked by his fellow performers -- and who was replaced on the show, after his demise, by an equally unpleasant former member of the cast.
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Henry Hathaway: A Directors Guild of America Oral History

By: Behlmer, Rudy, ed.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Lanham MD/London, The Scarecrow Press, Inc. : 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28056

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[a nice clean as-new book, slightly blemished by modest bumping to the lower corners and a couple of minor scuff marks on the top edge of the text block; the jacket is flawless]. (Filmmakers, No. 84) Series A comprehensive interview with the noted director of LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER, THE DARK CORNER, KISS OF DEATH, CALL NORTHSIDE 777, and numerous other classic and near-classic films. The interview sessions were conducted in the early 1970s by Polly Platt, under the auspices of The American Film Institute's oral history program, but the project was put on hiatus in 1973 due to a lengthy ill...
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Warner Bros.: Hollywood's Ultimate Backlot

By: Bingen, Steven, with Marc Wanamaker

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Lanham MD/Boulder/New York/London, Taylor Trade Publishing : (c.2014)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25922

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[a couple of faint ink smudges on top edge of text block, no other blemishes; jacket is flawless]. (B&W and color photographs, maps) "In this book, [the author] throws open Hollywood's iron gates and take you inside the greatest and yet most mysterious movie studio of them all: Warner Bros. Long home to the world's biggest stars and most memorable films and television shows, the Warner Bros. Studio lot functions as a small city and is even more fascinating, glamorous, and outrageous than any of the stars or movies that it has been routinely minting for more than ninety years. Accompanied by...
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Darn Right It's Butch: Memories of Our Gang [and] The Little Rascals [SIGNED]

By: Bond, Tommy "Butch," with Ron Genini

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Wayne PA, Morgin Press Inc. : 1994

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 26197

Binding: Hardcover Second Printing

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[the teeniest bit of wear to book at ends of spine; the jacket is flawless]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page: "To _____ / Best Wishes / Tommy "Butch" Bond." Autobiography of "one of the original Our Gang-Little Rascals" (which of course depends on how you define "original"; he didn't make his first film with the kids until 1931, when the series was already almost ten years old). Signed by Author
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Stories of Darkness and Dread

By: Brennan, Joseph Payne

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Sauk City WI, Arkham House : 1973

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28158

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[no significant wear to book, but a previous owner has written his name plus the date & place of purchase in ink at the top of the half-title page, and there are small check-marks (in both ink and pencil) next to every title in the table of contents; the dust jacket, however, is flawless]. Eighteen stories by Brennan, reprinted from a wide variety of magazines, with original publication dates ranging from 1957 through 1971. They are: "City of the Seven Winds"; "The Keeper of the Dust"; "Zombique"; "The Seventh Incantation"; "Delivery of Erdmore Street"; "The Way to the Attic"; "Mr. Octbur"; "...
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The Adventures of Lucius Leffing [limited/SIGNED edition]

By: Brennan, Joseph Payne

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Hampton Falls NH, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. : (c.1990)

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author & Illustrator

Seller ID: 27453

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[a very nice copy, no discernible wear to book, previous owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket is flawless]. (pen and ink drawings) Limited to 1000 copies, and SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator on the verso of the front endpaper. Thirteen tales of the "extraordinary psychic investigator, Lucius Leffing," whose adventures have been likened to those of Sherlock Holmes -- including the fact that the author (Brennan) has cast himself in the stories as Leffing's confidant and chronicler. ****NOTE that this book is somewhat heavier than ...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde

By: Brown, Russell A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press : (c.1988)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27908

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[a very nice book, no discernible wear, but a one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at the top of the front endpaper; the jacket is flawless]. In 1895 London, "against a backdrop of terrorist dynamitings, a humbled [Sherlock] holmes reluctantly accept the aid of Oscar Wilde to unravel two tangled plots: the blackmail of an eminent Victorian with a name known (then and now) all over the world, and the diabolical design of a demented nobleman to inflict 'Death! Or Worse!' upon Holmes himself."
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Dog Eat Dog

By: Bunker, Edward

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press : 1996

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 15254

ISBN-13: 9780312143145

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[nice tight fresh copy, no discernible wear to either book or jacket, but some intermittent fading to black cloth at spine (not sure how that could have happened, since to my knowledge the jacket has never been off this book!); NO remainder or other marks]. "Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, [this book] is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life. The California three strikes law looms over them, but what the hell, they're going to do it, and they're going to do i...
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Pulptime: Being a Singular Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, H.P. Lovecraft, and the Kalem Club, As if Narrated by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.

By: Cannon, P.H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Buffalo NY, W. Paul Ganley (Weirdbook Press) : 1985 (c.1984)

Edition: 2nd impression

Seller ID: 27430

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[a very nice copy with no discernible wear, but a previous owner has written his name and the date & place purchased in ink at the top of the front endpaper; the jacket is in perfect, as-new condition]. (full-page B&W illustrations) "In these pages, H.P. Lovecraft lives again and Sherlock Holmes stalks New York in 1925, looking for a set of mysterious documents stolen by New York gangster Jan Martense. A visit with Harry Houdini, a seance with a beautiful medium, a trek through the New York sewer system -- and what lay beyond -- make a fascinating tale, as told through the words of young Wei...
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The Original Illustrated Arthur Conan Doyle

By: Conan Doyle, (Sir) Arthur

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Secacus NJ, Castle Books : 1983 (c.1980)

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 28053

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[very nice copy, very minor soiling to top of text block and to lower edge of front cover; no discernible wear to jacket]. (B&W illustrations) Facsimile reproductions of 18 of Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock Holmes stories of mystery, suspense and adventure, reproduced as they appeared in The Strand Magazine, including all 236 original illustrations by Sidney Paget (who also illustrated the original Holmes stories) and other artists. Includes the complete novel "Rodney Stone," plus an 1892 article, "A Day with Dr. Conan Doyle." ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for internat...
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The Exploits of Solar Pons

By: Copper, Basil

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, Fedogan & Bremer : 1993

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27433

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[a very nice copy with no discernible wear, the only blemish being the previous owner's initials plus the date & place of purchase written in ink along the edge of the rear pastedown (concealed by the rear jacket flap); the jacket itself is in pristine condition]. (B&W illustrations) "Following the characters created by August Derleth," herewith four new Sherlock Holmes pastiche novellas, all published for the first time in this volume: "The Adventure of the Verger's Thumb"; "The Adventure of the Phantom Face"; "Death at the Metropole"; and "The Adventure of the Callous Colonel."
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The Lakewood Starwalk, As Seen Through the Eyes of D.O.T. [Disciples of Trinity]

By: Crumpler, Jeanette Howeth, and James H. (Jim) Davis

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Austin TX, Nortex Press : 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 8890

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[nice copy, flawless except for bumped top corners]. (B&W photographs) Not quite half the book is devoted to the history of the Lakewood Theater in East Dallas (including chapters on the history of the theater building itself, the history of the 3/8 Robert-Morton Theater Organ installed in the theater, and the Diener/Mills Building), with the remainder given over to information about the Disciples of Trinity (including profiles of many prominent members), the organization responsible for installing the "Star Walk and Fountain" in front of the theater in the late 1980s.
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Dwellers in Darkness

By: Derleth, August

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Sauk City WI, Arkham House : 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28165

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[no significant wear to book, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of half-title page, small check-marks next to each title in the table of contents; the jacket is flawless]. "This final collection of fantastic stories and macabre tales from the pen of August Derleth demonstrates anew this author's mastery in the realm of the uncanny." The dates of the stories range from 1939 to 1971, although most are from the 1940s and 1950s and were originally published in either 'Weird Tales' or 'Strange Stories.' Contents: "The Ghost Walk"; "The Ormolu Clock"; "A Knocking i...
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Faulty Ground [SIGNED]

By: Donnelly, Gabrielle

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. : 1988

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 3695

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[slight yellowing of pages at top edge and fore-edge]. SIGNED by the author on the title page. "Susan Barnes, resilient, reserved and so terribly British, decides to take an extended trip to visit her cousin, Joanna, in Los Angeles...[the novel] explores the paradoxes of Californian life." Signed by Author
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The Night Comes On

By: Duffy, Steve

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Ashcroft, BC (Canada), Ash-Tree Press : 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27553

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[no significant wear to book, just a couple of diagonally-creased upper page corners, and the former owner's name plus date & place of purchase and some brief commentary written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap); the jacket is flawless except for some slight rippling along the left edge of the front panel (externally invisible)]. In this collection of sixteen stories, the author "evokes the Golden Age of the ghost story with practised ease. Set mainly in the period between the Wars, the stories [in this book] are consciously 'Jamesian' in style and setti...
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Come Back Dead; a Scott Elliott Mystery

By: Faherty, Terence

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster : (c.1997)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 3190

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[covers bowed slightly outward, top front corner bumped]. A mystery novel set in 1950's Hollywood, in which "Carson Drury" (read Orson Welles) attempts to buy back the rights to his failed second film, " The Imperial Albertsons," in order to re-shoot the original ending and restore his tarnished reputation.
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Perfect Silence [SIGNED]

By: Hutton, Jeff

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Halcottsville NY, Breakaway Books : 2000

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 26054

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[a nice tight clean book, would be Fine but for the slight exposure of boards at several spots on the bottom edges of the covers; the jacket is flawless]. SIGNED by the author (no inscription) on the half-title page. Novel set during the Civil War, "the story of one baseball-playing farmboy's journey into the hell of war, and the endless road out of it. It is a love story born in the terror of battle, and fulfilled in the glorious early years of baseball." Signed by Author
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Picking Up the Tab: The Life and Movies of Martin Ritt

By: Jackson, Carlton

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Bowling Green OH, Bowling Green State University Popular Press : (c.1994)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 26263

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj

[just a touch of wear to book at spine ends, otherwise as-new; jacket is flawless]. (B&W photographs) Biography of one of the greatest and most under-rated American film directors, who "gave moviegoers all over the world an opportunity to see what America was really like -- from the viewpoint both of the wealthy and of the poor." It's the only real biography of Ritt to have appeared to date, although an excellent analysis of his creative work (by Gabriel Miller) was published a few years after this volume. **** NOTE that additional shipping charges will be assessed for international shipping...
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Condition: Near Fine in Fine dj