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[Photoplays]. Group of photoplays and movie tie-ins. ... (Total: 37 )
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[Photoplays]. Group of photoplays and movie tie-ins. 37 volumes, 8vo. Most titles illustrated with inserted photographic stills from their respective films. Original dust jackets, each with possible wear and soiling, some chipping and a few short tears, additional condition notes, if applicable, listed with each title.This lot is sold with all faults.
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Frank L. Packard. The Miracle Man. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1919]. George Loane Tucker's photoplay production is from the play by George M. Cohan, based on the story by Frank L. Packard. Ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, offsetting from laid-in newspaper clipping. Jacket clipped at all four corners, slightly trimmed at top edge.
Booth Tarkington. Bad Sister. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1922]. Photoplay title 'The Flirt.' Bookplate to front pastedown.
Stanley J. Weyman. Under the Red Robe. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1923]. Later printing. Illustrated by R. Caton Woodville and with scenes from the Cosmopolitan photoplay. Jacket clipped at all four corners, stained and chipped.
Victor Hugo. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. New York: A. L. Burt Company, [1923]. Some chips and abrasions to jacket, small tape repairs to jacket verso.
Cynthia Stockley. Dalla the Lion-Cub. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1924]. Photoplay title of 'The Female.'
Frances Hodgson Burnett. A Lady of Quality. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1924]. Some losses to jacket, spine and top edge reinforced on verso.
Achmed Abdullah. The Thief of Bagdad. New York: A. L. Burt Company, [1924]. Based on Douglas Fairbanks' Fantasy of the Arabian Nights by Elton Thomas and a short version by Lotta Woods. Staining and soiling to cloth and textblock. Jacket clipped at all four corners.
Charles Major. Yolanda, Maid of Burgundy. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1924]. Later edition. Dampstaining to jacket, tears along folds, losses to jacket spine panel, including loss of title.
Edwin C. Hill. The Iron Horse. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1924]. Novelized by Edwin C. Hill from William Fox's great picture romance of the east and the west by Charles Kenyon and John Russell.
Emerson Hough. North of 36. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1924]. Ink gift inscription to front free endpaper.
Lew. Wallace. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1925]. Dust jacket with the imprint of Grosset & Dunlap. Ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, bookstore label to rear pastedown.
A. M. R. Wright. "Old Ironsides." New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1926]. Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay based upon and original story by Harry Carr and Walter Woods. Jacket clipped at all four corners.
Louis Joseph Vance. The Lone Wolf Returns. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1926]. Ink ownership to front pastedown. Jacket clipped at all four corners.
Louise Jordon Miln. Mr. Wu. New York: A. L. Burt Company, [1927]. Based on the play "Mr. Wu" by H. M. Vernon and Harold Owen. Booklabel to front free endpaper.
Marie Coolidge-Rask. London After Midnight. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1928].
Herman Bang. Four Devils. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1928]. Novelized by Guy Fowler from the Fox Picture produced by F. W. Murnau. Small reinforcements to jacket verso along edges and folds.
Jack Lait. The Broadway Melody. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1929]. From the scenario by Edmund Goulding. Jacket sunned, scuffed, and worn with losses. Reinforced with tape on verso.
Harry Sinclair Drago. Madam Satan. New York: A. L. Burt Company, [1930]. Screenplay by Jeanie MacPherson, based on Cecil B. de Mille's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, dialogue by Gladys Unger and Elsie Janis. Chips and tears to jacket affecting text on spine panel, a few tape repairs to jacket verso.
Mary W. Shelley. Frankenstein or, the Modern Prometheus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. Unrestored and unusually bright dust jacket with little wear, not commonly found so well preserved.
Bram Stoker. Dracula. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. With Illustrations from the Universal Picture produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. Later issue dust jacket with film credits removed from front panel.
Leo Tolstoy. Resurrection. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. Translated by Mrs. Louise Maude. Jacket clipped on three corners.
Joseph Weil. Strictly Dishonorable. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. From the famous stage play by Preston Sturges. Ink ownership to front free endpaper and abrasion from possible sticker removal. 4-inch horizontal cut through jacket front panel.
Carroll and Garrett Graham. Queer People. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. Eleventh printing. Issued without photographic plates. While the novel depicts behind the scenes of Hollywood in the 1920s, the story is not based on a movie itself. Though Howard Hughes acquired the screen rights for this novel, a film was never produced. Jacket clipped at all four corners, spine sunned.
George Goodchild. The Public Defender. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. Photoplay title of "The Splendid Crime." Scattered foxing to textblock. Jacket spine panel sunned, jacket chipped with some losses, reinforced with tape on verso.
Delos W. Lovelace. King Kong. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. Based on the film conceived by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper. Scattered foxing to textblock. Later issue dust jacket with the corrected text. Restorations and color corrections to jacket.
Val Lewton. Rasputin and the Empress. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1933]. Novelized by Val Lewton from the Screen Play by Charles MacArthur. This edition was not issued with inserted photographic stills from the film, though the dust jacket and endpapers are illustrated with photographs from the 1932 film, as issued.
Alice Hegan Rice. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1934]. This edition was not issued with inserted photographic stills from the film, though the dust jacket and endpapers are illustrated with photographs from the 1934 film, as issued.
Annie Fellows Johnston. The Little Colonel. New York: A. L. Burt Company, [1935]. Illustrated with scenes from the Fox film starring Shirley Temple and Lionel Barrymore. Dust jacket price clipped, a few small tears with losses, tape repairs to verso.
W. M. Thackeray. Vanity Fair. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1935]. Photoplay title 'Becky Sharp.' This edition was not issued with inserted photographic stills from the film. Bookplate to front free endpaper.
Olive Higgins Prouty. Stella Dallas, A Novel. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1937]. Ink ownership stamp to front free endpaper. Jacket clipped on all four corners, dampstained and scuffed, chipped and with losses to text on spine, tape repair to verso.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights. New York: Triangle Books, [1940]. Later printing, this edition was not issued with inserted photographic stills from the film, though the original dust jacket is illustrated with a photo of Merle Oberon from the Samuel Goldwyn production. Textblock toned. Jacket stained, chipped, and worn, front panel lacking.
Rachel Field. All this, and Heaven too. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940. Later printing, with "Reprinted June, 1940 (twice)" on copyright page. Gift inscription to front free endpaper, ink notation to front pastedown.
I.A.R. Wylie. Keeper of the Flame. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1942]. This edition was not issued with inserted photographic stills from the film, though the original dust jacket is illustrated with a photo of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy from the M-G-M Production. Textblock toned. Ink notation to front free endpaper. Dust jacket spine panel sunned.
Kathryn Heisenfelt. Ann Sheridan and the Sign of the Sphinx. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, [1943]. Illustrated by Henry E. Vallely. While not a photoplay or movie tie-in, this book has as its heroine the actress Ann Sheridan, and features a photograph of Sheridan on the front panel of the dust jacket. Textblock toned, scattered foxing. Dampstaining to jacket.
James M. Cain. The Postman Always Rings Twice. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1946]. The novel on which M-G-M based its motion picture, starring Lana Turner and John Garfield. This edition was not issued with inserted photographic stills from the film, though the dust jacket is illustrated photographs from the 1946 film.
Raymond F. Jones. This Island Earth. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1955]. This edition was not issued with inserted photographic stills from the film, though the dust jacket is illustrated with a photograph from the 1955 film. Bookplate to front pastedown, blindstamp to front free endpaper. Dampstaining to jacket front panel and front cover of binding, front panel of jacket flaking.
Orson Welles. Mr. Arkadin. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1956]. Released as the film "Confidential Report" in 1955. This edition was not issued with inserted photographic stills from the film, though the rear panel of the dust jacket is illustrated with a photograph of Orson Welles as Mr. Arkadin in the 1955 film "Confidential Report." Some scuffs to jacket, spine sunned.
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