New York: Britton Publishing Company, 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 324 pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine; headband. Illustrated with 15 black and white stills from the silent movies. Wear on the corners with some fading in the gilt on the spine; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; some foxing on the endpapers; the rear hinge is tight, the gutter intact; the front hinge is slightly loose at the bottom and the gutter is beginning to split. This collection of silent movie stories contains: The Violin of M'sieur; Janet of the Chorus; The Treason of Anatole; Mother's Roses; Captain Santa Claus; Lily of the Valley; Old Good-for-Nuthin'; Tony; Blade o' Grass; The House Cat; A Caliph of the New Bagdad; Fleur de Lys; The House Next Door; The Making Over of Geoffrey manning; The Law and Peggy; The Passing of Dusty Rhodes; The Social Adventures of Lord Nocastle; A Pair of Queens; Indiscretion; The Parson of Pine Mountain; Uncle John; Lucia; Circus Mary; The Last Leaf; and The Heir of the Ages..

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Bookseller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 223233
Title: LITTLE STORIES FROM THE SCREEN
Author: Lathrop, William Addison
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Britton Publishing Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1917
Size: 12mo
Keywords: photoplay; movie; film; motion picture; cinema; moving; tie in;

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We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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