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New York: CBS Legacy Collection (Macmillan), 1967. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A Consideration By Lehman Engel: A CBS Legacy Collection Book. New York: CBS Legacy Collection (Macmillan), 1967. Introduction by Brooks Atkinson and preface by the author. Signed with handwritten opening musical notes from the opera ÒMelody of LoveÓ and the authorÕs signature on a card pasted to front free endpaper. Copious b/w illustrations and photographs. xiii, 236 pp. Hardcover. Oblong small 4to size. Ivory paper covered boards. Right bottom corners of both boards moderately bumped, causing successive endpapers and text block to be bumped as well throughout book; head and heel of spine mildly bumped; mild toning throughout. Dust jacket is mildly soiled and worn along all pressure points and edges with small chips to head and heel and a moderate (1/2Ó) closed tear to rear panel at the bottom edge. Still, a nice copy. Very good/Very good.

(Madison, WI): University of Wisconsin Press (1976). First printing. Signed and inscribed by the editor. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 499 pp. Softcover. 8vo size. Black/white illustrated paper wrappers. Wrappers lightly edge-rubbed, soiled and toned; edges foxed and toned. Interior clean, bright and tight. Very good/.

Hong Kong: Book Marketing Ltd., (1984). Softcover. Very good-/No jacket issued. Hong Kong: Book Marketing Ltd., (1984). Numerous photographic illustrations and tables for technique & instruction. 124 pp. Softcover. 12mo. Peach illustrative paper wrappers. Perimeter of wrappers lightly bumped and rubbed. Spine mildly faded. Wrappers minimally soiled. Edges and pages slightly yellowed. Glue on binding starting to deteriorate. Otherwise quite good. Interior clean and tight. Very good-/No jacket issued.

New York: Praeger, 1990 . FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. New York: Praeger, 1990 . FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 222 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Beige cloth. Navy blue lettering to spine and front board. nice, fresh copy. Seemingly unread. Very good+/No jacket issued.

(Longboat Key, FL): Self-published, no date. Softcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Longboat Key, FL): Self-published, no date. Signed and inscribed by the author, Dorothy Grotefent and her husband, Arthur Grotefent Wallenda. Some b/w photographs. 205 pp. Softcover. 8vo. White stiff wrappers. A very nice copy. Very good+/No jacket issued.

New York, NY: Grove Press Inc, 1969. First thus. Hardcover. Very good/Very good+. Complete Scenario Illustrations Production Shots. New York, NY: Grove Press Inc, 1969. First thus. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 94 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Navy blue cloth. Gilt lettering. Front joint slightly worn; top edge slightly foxed; rear free endpaper slightly worn at fore edge; interior tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket is nice and clean. Very good/Very good+. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1879. First edition. Numerous b/w illustrations. Illustrated by Wittram, Stella Alys. 33 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. Black padded leatherette. Pages yellowed due to age, chipping along spine and discoloration on cover. Presented in an intriguing format. Very good-/No dust jacket.

New York, NY: Three Sirens Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very good-/No jacket issued. Nino Carbe. New York, NY: Three Sirens Press, 1931. In the Translation by Helen R. Dole. Numerous b/w illustrations. Illustrated by Nino Carbe. 184 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth backed, dark blue cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Bumped and worn at head, heel and corners; tanning to spine; rubbing to cover and rear board; pen mark to front pastedown; light toning to pages; page edges untrimmed; interior clean and tight. A nice copy. Very good-/No jacket issued.

New York: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company, 1974. Hardcover. Very good+/Near fine. Words By Howard Dietz: An Autobiography. New York: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company, 1974. Foreword by Alan Jay Lerner and preface by the author. Pasted-in card signed by the subject (author) and by Dorothy Hammerstein, former owner (wife of Oscar Hammerstein). xii, 370 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Dark blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Shelf-canted with head, heel, and corners lightly bumped and rubbed; mildly toned edges, endpapers and text block with signature beginning. Still, a very nice copy. Very good+/Near fine. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

Berkeley, CA: U. of Calif. Press, [ 1992 ]. Softcover. Very good/No dust jacket.

Absecon, NJ: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1990 . Softcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Absecon, NJ: MagicImage Filmbooks, ( 1990 ). Numerous b/w illustrations. Unpaginated. Softcover. 4to size. Black stiff wrappers. nice, fresh copy. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

New York: Random House, 1962. First edition, out of print. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. A Play in Two Acts. New York: Random House, 1962. First edition, out of print. Signed by the author and cast members G.K. & Marian Seldes. 151 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth backed, light blue paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Interior clean, tight and bright; seemingly unread. Light soil to rear panel of dustjacket, else very good. Very good+/Very good+.

Np: tinmanonline.com, 2000. FIRST PRINTING - COLLECTORÕS LIMITED EDITION LIMITED TO 5000 COPIES. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. The Collected Writings of Jack Haley. Np: tinmanonline.com, 2000. Edited by Mitchell Cohen. FIRST PRINTING - COLLECTORÕS LIMITED EDITION LIMITED TO 5000 COPIES. Signed by the authorÕs grandson, ÒBarry Haley Bregman / The Tin ManÕs Grandson / 3/2001Ó. Numerous b/w photographs. 333 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper covered boards. Silver lettering to spine. Head and heel lightly bumped; two horizontal gouges to rear hinge and board at middle; boards and text block slightly bowed. Housed in a very clean dustjacket with light edgerubbing to corners; one and a half inch horizontal open gouge to rear panel. Interior very clean and bright. Very good+/Very good.

Shawnee, OK: Oklahoma Baptist University Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. An ExhibitorÕs Story. Shawnee, OK: Oklahoma Baptist University Press, 1949. First edition. 52 + 21 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark green cloth. Gilt lettering to front board. Spine sun-darkened; light general wear to covers; bookplate on front pastedown, else quite clean and unmarked. Very good-/No dust jacket.

London: British Kinematograph Society, 1939 through 1961. Hardcover and soft. Very good/No jacket issued. London: British Kinematograph Society, 1939 through 1961. 162 vols. Various paginations pp. Hardcover and soft. 8vo. Various colors cloth and wrappers. This is a extensive run of the periodical. The run is complete from 1937 through 1950; it lacks all of 1951, and continues continuously from 1952 through 1961, with all but one number in 1962 and the first 3/4 of 1963. Eleven years are bound in 12 month or 6 month gatherings, the rest are in their original parts. Most are in very good condition. The volume containing 1943 has some moisture waves toward the back. One page partly excised in Vol 1 #3. Very good/No jacket issued. (Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item).

The World and Theatre of Katharine Cornell. Boston, MA & Toronto: Little, Brown & Co., (1978). With Gertrude Macy, foreword by Martha Graham. Two cards laid in, signed by the subject ÒKitÓ, KC. Numerous b/w photographic illustrations. 534 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. Red cloth backed, black paper covered boards. Minor shelf wear, pressure points more so. Top & bottom board edges lightly sunned. Faint, very light scattered foxing and staining on edges and endpapers. Interior clean, tight and bright. Dj is lightly edge rubbed and worn, surface scuffed, interior yellowed and foxed. Very good-/Very good-. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

Berkeley: U. of CA P., 1992. Softcover. Very good+/No jacket issued.

New York: Cornwall Books, 1985 . Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. New York: Cornwall Books, 1985 . Signed and inscribed twice by Forrest Ackerman. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 178 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper covered boards. Nice, clean, fresh copy in a very lightly edge-worn dust jacket. Very good+/Very good. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

Hollywood, CA: Almo Publications, 1978. Softcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. Hollywood, CA: Almo Publications, 1978. Numerous b/w and full color photographs. 139 pp. Softcover. 4to. White trade paperback. Cover has some scuffs and edge wear. Pages clean and bright. Good condition overall. Very good-/No dust jacket.

Atlantic City and Brigantine Island, NJ: O'Raghailligh Ltd. Publishers/MagicImage Film Books, 1988. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Atlantic City and Brigantine Island, NJ: O'Raghailligh Ltd. Publishers/MagicImage Film Books, 1988. Signed and inscribed by Forrest J. Ackerman. Copious b/w photographs. 230; 208 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Burgundy cloth. A nice, clean copy in like dust jacket. Very good+/Very good+. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)