Los Angeles: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Circa 1935. Illustrated Stapled Wrappers. This is an ORIGINAL vintage LOS ANGELES COUNTY (California) promotional brochure. Printed in Los Angeles by George Rice & Sons. Unpaginated (20pp). Illustrated stapled wrappers. 4" x 9" (folded); 8" x 9" (opened). Cover full color art by..... More
Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1969. First Thus. Cloth. 110 pages. Introduction by GeorgeStewart. Illustrated primarily from vintage drawings. Map front endpapers; Loose folded map laid in at rear. Edition limited to 1400 copies, of which this is an un-numbered copy. 7 1/4" x 11". Tan cloth with gilt spine titling..... More
Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1969. First Thus. Cloth. 110 pages. Introduction by GeorgeStewart. Illustrated primarily from vintage drawings. Map front endpapers; Loose folded map ("Western Territories In The Forties") laid in at rear. Edition limited to 1400 copies, of which this is #903. 7 1/4" x 11". Tan cloth with..... More
Metuchen, N.J. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 218 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author/actor Harry Carey, Jr. in ink on the front free endpaper ("To Ralph: Welcome to Ford Country! Your's truly, Harry Carey Jr. 1-14-'95"). Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Octavo. Cloth. Index. List..... More
Metuchen, N.J. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 218 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author/actor Harry Carey, Jr. in ink on the front free endpaper ( "To Ken Jones: Greetings from The John Ford Stock Company! Your friend, Harry Carey Jr 10-19-98"). Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from black and white..... More
Santa Monica: Acme News Pictures, 1950. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL photograph of movie star BETTE DAVIS with her lawyer JERRY GEISLER appearing in the Santa Monica branch of the Los Angeles Superior Court, where she won custody of her daughter (now B. D. Hyman) in her divorce proceedings..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Boards. 175 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by Maria Cooper Janis on the half title. Illustrated dust jacket. Introduction by Tom Hanks. Photographic endpapers. Profusely illustrated, including many family photographs. Gray boards; gilt cover and spine titling. 9 1/2" x 11..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. xiii, 281(1) pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from period black and white photographs. Foreword by Alistair Cooke. Appendix: Published and Produced Works. Cloth-backed boards. Bronze spine titling. The carefully curated letters of one of the most successful, talented and prolific..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. xii 244pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from period black and white photogrpahs. Foreword by Jack L. Warner. Cloth-backed boards. Silver spine titling. Filmography of Mervyn Leroy. Index. The autobiography of one of the most successful directors in movie history (Little..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. xii 244pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from period black and white photogrpahs. Foreword by Jack L. Warner. Cloth-backed boards. Silver spine titling. Filmography of Mervyn Leroy. Index. The autobiography of one of the most successful directors in movie history (Little..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1974. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 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..... More
Hollywood: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1931. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL still photograph from the 1931 pre-code MGM film, "NEW ADVENTURES OF GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD", starring William Haines, Jimmy Durante, Leila Hyams, Ernest Torrence and Guy Kibbee. 8" x 10". Black and White. Matte finish. Deluxe copy, printed on double weight paper stock..... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1976. First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. (xii) 240 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated, including maps, diagrams and photographs. Index. Cloth-backed cloth. From the introductory notes by oilman Richard Sneddon: "The material recorded in the following pages is drawn from the voluntary contributions of men who..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (xix) 390 (4) pp. Illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author Silverman to writer Larry Gelbart in ink on the half-title: "For Larry Gelbart--Who gave me the First Interview--With many thanks & with great admiration-- Stephen". Cloth-backed boards. 6 1/2" x...... More
Hollywood: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1991. This is an ORIGINAL 8"x10" black and white glossy photograph of SOPHIA LOREN and GREOGORY PECK standing in front of an OSCAR stautue at the 63rd Annual Academy Awards Ceremony in 1991. Ms. Loren is holding the Honorary Oscar that..... More
San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. (x) 316 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author Howard Swan in ink on the front free endpaper: "To Miss Sue Alice Keller from Lynn McKelvey / Christmas - 1952 / With the added compliments & best wishes of the author- Howard Swan"..... More
Hollywood: Circa 1955. This is an ORIGINAL candid photograph of movie giants Jack L. Warner and Darryl F. Zanuck relaxing on a couch. Circa 1955. A deluxe photgraph printed on double weight paper stock. Matte finish. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4". Jack L. Warner was one of the founders of..... More
