Search Results: Authors starting with F from MONROE STAHR BOOKS

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. Both the book and the unclipped dust jacket are in AS NEW condition. 'Fante was my god . . . - Charles Bukowski.'

UNCORRECTED PROOF in decorated paperback wraps. FINE.

ADVANCE READERS EDITION/UNCORRECTE PROOF in decorated paperback wraps. AS NEW.

Signed
First Edition
Dust Jacket - Like New


SIGNED, FIRST EDITION. Fine and unread. Both the book and the dust jacket are in fine condition. A sticker on the front of the dust jacket - 'Signed at/Book Soup.'

FIRST EDITION thus in decorated wraps. Probably published simultaneously with a small hardcover printing. Near fine with some wear to the paper covers. The author's third published book.

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The two rear endpapers seem to have been excised, otherwise the book is about fine. The price-clipped dust jacket has minimal wear at the edges and a small chip missing along the top of the front panel. From the half-title page: 'The strange career of Captain Hugh Bourne, ace by a fantastic whim of fortune, exhibitionist and philanderer by circumstance. He rose to dazzling heights as a Hollywood casting director on the generosity of a great hearted woman star . . .' Altogether, an unusual Hollywood novel - The 'author's' name probably refers to a WWI airfield outside Ft. Worth, of the same name, used to train Canadian pilots. The book is dedicated to Don Ryan, a well-know Hollywood and TV writer. The books contents are equal parts Hollywood, flying and, as the book description calls it, philandering. Possibly a roman a clef.

FIRST PRINTING in acetate dust jacket. The book has some mild soiling to the back cover. The dust jacket is torn on the back panel and is missing about two inches at the top of back panel. All the flap copy is present.

Gold Medal (209), 1951. FIRST EDITION in decorated wraps. A paperback original. Dry binding starting to come away from the cover; a small area where the lamination has come away from the back cover. 'Headlight' image on the cover.

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book has light foxing to bottom edge of the book block - otherwise fine. The unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn with small paper loss to the spine ends. A novel.

Dodd,, 1941. Second printing in dust jacket. Former rental library copy. The book has tape marks and stamps on the endpapers; endpapers also have foxing. The dust jacket is trimmed from an old-style just jacket protector and has marks on the verso of the flyleaves from being fastened to the endpapers. A detective suspects a screenwriter is guilty of murder; the screenwriter flees to give himself time to find the real murderer. Brooker. Filmmed in 1941 with Betty Grabble.

FIRST EDITION in burgundy boards with yellow lettering, lacking the dust jackt. Near fine. A novel about a naval aviator at Pearl Harbor.

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket; SIGNED by the author on the title page. AS NEW.

UNCORRECTED PROOF/ADVANCE READING COPY of the first edition in decorated wraps. New and unread.

One of 1500 copies, near fine in a lightly worn dust jacket that is starting to brown, especially on the spine. This edition precedes an edition published by Scribner. Contains three 'Pat Hobby' stories that at the time of this book being published had not been available in book form. Later they were collected in the volume, THE PAT HOBBY STORIES. 'A Selection of Uncollected Stories and Essays.'

One of 1500 copies, near fine in a lightly worn dust jacket that is starting to brown, especially on the spine. This edition precedes an edition published by Scribner. Contains three 'Pat Hobby' stories that at the time of this book being published had not been available in book form. Later they were collected in the volume, THE PAT HOBBY STORIES. 'A Selection of Uncollected Stories and Essays.'

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is fine. The price-clipped dust jacket is otherwise fine. Fitzgerald's stories about Pat Hobby, a Hollywood writer. Introduction by Arnold Gingrich.

FIRST PRINTING in paperback. Almost fine. A screenplay based on Erich Maria Remarque's ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. 'Edited, with an Afterward by Matthew J. Bruccoli.'

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. Both the book and dust jacket are in fine condition. No remainder mark; price intact on the front dust jacket flap. Contains three 'Pat Hobby' stories that at the time of this book being published had not been available in book form. Later they were collected in the volume, THE PAT HOBBY STORIES. 'A Selection of Uncollected Stories and Essays.'

FIRST EDITION, about fine in a dust jacket that has some shallow chips along the edges. 'A Selection of Uncollected Stories and Essays.' Contains three Pat Hobby stories that at the time of this book being published had not been available in book form. Later they were collected in the volume, THE PAT HOBBY STORIES.

FIRST EDITION in wraps; a paperback original. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author. Book looks fine, with drying to the binding, so the book opens to the binding at one point. 'Basis for the western film THE DEADLY COMPANIONS (1961) which was Sam Pechinpah's feature directorial debut.'