Wesley Ruggles' Arizona; Starring Jean Arthur, with William Holden ...and a Cast of Thousands (bound in copper)
by Ruggles, Wesley
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Hollywood, CA; Nd(ca.1940): Columbia Pictures. First Edition. 0blong Quarto. 35 pages. A unique copy of which a handful were bound in thin copper plate supplied by Phelps Dodge Corporation of Globe, Arizona. The movie was William Holden's first major film and the movie was made in Tucson. Sadly, the old movie sets burned down and have been replaced with a much more modest one. Book measures 31 x 36 cm and is full of photographs with scenes from the movie and excerpts from the script. It was originally from a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland and issued in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post. Claude Binyon wrote the screenplay and Wesley Ruggles directed the film. Covers just a bit bowed, a few spots of staining and the name "Pedro in pencil to upper board. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014137
- Title
- Wesley Ruggles' Arizona; Starring Jean Arthur, with William Holden ...and a Cast of Thousands (bound in copper)
- Author
- Ruggles, Wesley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Columbia Pictures
- Place of Publication
- Hollywood, CA; Nd(ca.1940)
- Keywords
- Bookbinding (Copper Plate); Kelland, Clarence Budington, 1881-964; Binyon, Claude; Souvenir Movie Book; William Actor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arizona; Entertainment;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...