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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. Pages toned, as always, 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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NZ$600.11

Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar

by VERNE, Jules

New York: A.L. Burt, [no date - 19]. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition. Owner's name front fly, near fine in very good dustwrapper with small tears and nicks, and with a scene from the 1937 film *The Soldier and the Lady* on the front panel.

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NZ$128.60

Kitty Foyle

by Christopher Morley

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ shows scuffing along with some bumps, chips, small tears that are mainly along the top edge. There is also a small dent in the dust jacket near the spine and to the left of Ginger Rogers head. Red cloth boards underneath or clean with the only issue being some edge and corner wear. Internal binding is good and text pages are... Read more about this item

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NZ$17.15

A Guy Named Joe

by CAIRN, James

London: Hollywood Publications Limited, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine. First English edition. Near fine with binding lightly worn, lacking the dustwrapper. Photoplay of the Victor Fleming film starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, with 24 stills from the film. This was the first of only a few hardcover titles issued in the *Book of the Film* series, a photoplay, but also very much a precursor to the illustrated screenplays commonly published today for classic or... Read more about this item

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NZ$145.74

The Story of Du Barry

by James L. Ford

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Purple cloth boards show fading along edges and spine is sunned to the point where nearly all the color is gone. Spotting and scuffing is also present, with the worst being the rear board. Edges and corners show light bumping/wear. The internal binding is good, no serious hinge issues except for some light pulling. Previous owners info is penned on... Read more about this item

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NZ$22.29

The Gaucho (Photoplay edition)

by Eustace Hale Ball

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. PhotoPlay Edition; First Printing . Hardcover. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards still have strong color but there is spotting, both light and dark. Edges and corners show some light bumps/wear, the rear board has a spot near the lower left edge where there is a small chip in the cloth along the bottom edge. The interior binding is good, no hinge issues and text pages are tight. There... Read more about this item

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NZ$25.72

Sandy

by MEHERIN, Elenore

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Contemporary name and Christmas stamp on the front fly else very near fine in very good dustwrapper with some nicks and tears and a modest chip where the bottom of the front panel meets the front flap. Novelized from Eve Unsell's screenplay. Illustrated with stills from the Harry Beaumont film about a wanton flapper: "she defied life's conventions in her search for Thrills.

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NZ$171.46

The Irresistible Lover ... Based on the Motion Picture Story

by CAMPBELL, Evelyn

New York: Jacobsen Hodgkinson Corporation, 1927. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Paperback original. Illustrated wrappers. Pages toned, as always, faint crease on wrappers, but a bright near fine copy. The film was directed by William Beaudine and featured Norman Kerry and Lois Moran. Wealthy playboy decides settle down, but is hit by a car and taken to the hospital, where several ex-girlfriends come to take care of him. Extremely uncommon. *OCLC* locates but two copies, and none in the U.S.

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NZ$642.97

Little Men. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys

by ALCOTT, Louisa M

Chicago: Goldsmith, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition. Cheap paper age toned else near fine in a very good dustwrapper with wear at the extremities and a few short tears. Jacket illustrated with a still from the 1934 film version.

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NZ$60.01

Say It With Songs

by DE HAAS, Arline

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, a photoplay edition. Near fine with some modest discoloration on the boards in very good dustwrapper with a series of small creased nicks and tears on the front panel. 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... Read more about this item

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NZ$145.74

Shirley Temple in The Poor Little Rich Girl: From the Screen Play by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend. With Illustrations from the Photoplay. A Twentieth Century-Fox Production

by Clinton, Charles T. and Gates, Eleanor; Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co, 1936. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. A near fine copy with just a hint of darkening at the edges. Colors bright, photos and text clean and sharp.. 32 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. Sq. 4to (26 x 25 cm). From the novel and the play by Eleanor Gates and the story of the film version abridged by Charles T. Clinton.

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NZ$68.58

May Fair the Ace of Cads and Other Stories

by ARLEN, Michael

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition. Tiny tear at crown else very near fine in about very good dustwrapper with age-toning and a modest chip on the front panel. Front panel depicts a painting of Adolphe Menjou in the film derived from one of the stories in Arlen's best-selling collection; the book is illustrated with still from the 1926 film.

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NZ$171.46

The Covered Wagon

by HOUGH, Emerson

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photoplay edition. Pencil name and a trifle soiled, still easily near fine in an attractive, near fine dustwrapper with a very short tear. Both the book and the jacket are illustrated with still pictures from the 1923 James Cruze film, considered the screen's first epic western, and a surprisingly realistic depiction of an important phase of America's history. The novel is a *Johnson Highspot of American Literature*. An attractive copy.

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NZ$51.44

Photoplay Magazine March 1946 Gene Tierney

Macfadden Publications, 1946. Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. A VG or better copy of Photoplay Magazine..

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NZ$66.32NZ$53.05

The Freshman

by HOLMAN, Russell

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photoplay edition, as well as the true first edition. Contemporary gift inscription and light foxing to the top edge, near fine in an about near fine dustwrapper with ¼" loss at the crown, not affecting any text. Novelized from the classic silent film comedy featuring Harold Lloyd, his biggest box office hit, and illustrated with photos from the film.

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NZ$214.32

The Grapes of Wrath.

by Steinbeck, John

London, World Books, 1940, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover.. The jacket carries photos of the stars of the 20th Century-Fox film version in a circular or horseshow fashion, among those pictured are Henry Fonda as Tom Joad, Jane Darwell as Ma Joad, and John Carradine as Casy, a very scarce book, this book was not in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection, but see Goldstone & Payne A12k (cited via the Preston Beyer copy), not recorded by Morrow. Very good.

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NZ$450.08

MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]

by MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]. February 1954. (Volume 3, Number 4)

London: Todd Publishing Group, Ltd., 1954. First edition. Mild crease to lower right front corner, tiny tear to lower rear cover, a nearly fine copy. (24403). 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... Read more about this item

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NZ$68.58

Scaramouche: a Romance of the French Revolution

by Rafael Sabatini

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. 14th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Photoplay. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is toned and spotting is present, edges and corners show chips and small tears. There is a large interior in the lower right corner on the rear of the jacket, which measures about 1.5 inches. Blue cloth boards underneath are clean but there are some fade spots on the spine and the small scratch in the... Read more about this item

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NZ$25.72

MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]

by MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]. December 1953. (Volume 3, Number 2)

London: Todd Publishing Group, Ltd., 1953. A fine copy. (24401). 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.... Read more about this item

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NZ$85.73

Chickie (Photoplay edition)

by Elenore Meherin

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Photoplay Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with original dust jacket. DJ is worn and tattered with numerous chips and tears, the largest being at the spine corners that measure over an inch. Red cloth boards underneath show only minor edge wear and soiling, the worst being a dark spot just above the letter I in the title the internal binding is good, no hinge issues. No... Read more about this item

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NZ$29.15

MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]

by MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE]. November 1953. (Volume 3, Number 1)

London: Todd Publishing Group, Ltd., 1953. Some mild wear at lower spine, a fine copy. (24400). 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... Read more about this item

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NZ$85.73

A Devil with Women: Photoplay Title of Dust and Sun

by Clements Ripley

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. PhotoPlay Edition; First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards show spotting and spine shows a bit of fading along with a vertical crease. Edges and corners also show bumps/wear. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. Pages are toned due to age and there is spotting and foxing present, particularly around the illustrations and frontispiece. No... Read more about this item

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NZ$20.58

THE LITTLE WHITE BIRD or adventures in Kensington Gardens

by Barrie, J.M. 07d

NY: Scribner's. VG book, no DJ. Kensington map @ p150. FAE. 7.5"x5". 349pp.. 1902. FAE. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Gilt lettered & decorated blue/green cloth. TEG Bkplt inside, NYT Saturday Review blurb inside back cover. . NEAR FINE text block. Inner hinge paper of upper hinge cracked. Few foxed spots inside covers, on the fore edge of the text block, and front margin of just a few leaves. But for these flaws a FINE text block. Also, it tends to stay closed when stood on its spine.... Read more about this item

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NZ$342.92

Seth Parker and His Jonesport Folks: Way Back Home

by Seth Parker

Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. The original price of $1.00 is still present on the front flap. DJ is toned and tattered, with numerous chips and tears. Spine shows fading. Tan cloth boards underneath are clean and the illustration on the front board is bright. There was only a few minor fade spots, mainly along the bottom front and spine. Internal... Read more about this item

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NZ$24.00

Lightnin'

by Frank Bacon

New York: Harper & Bros. 1920. Hard Cover. Small circular stamp to front and rear pastedowns. Edge wear, dust soiling to page edges, rubbing and light soiling to covers and spine. ; "A Live Wire American Comedy". Illustrations from the play starring Frank Bacon as Lightnin' Bill Jones. The setting for the play is John Marvin's cabin in Nevada. Office of the Calivada Hotel on the state line between Nevada and California. Superior Court at Reno. Illustrated with photos from the play. ; Frontispiece... Read more about this item