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Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. Book. Illus. by Illustrated with Film Stills. About Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Duel in the Sun is a 1946 Technicolor epic Western film directed by King Vidor, produced and written by David O. Selznick, which tells the story of a Mestiza (half-Native American) girl who goes to live with her white relatives, becoming involved in prejudice and forbidden love. The film stars Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lillian Gish, and Lionel Barrymore Illustrated with film stills. About very good in a chipped dj. Inscribed by Niven Busch. Even toning throughout book; a result of paper quality..

Boston: Lothrop Company, 1889. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Five Little Peppers and How they Grew- Lovely example. Very light wear to boards. Vivid colors throughout. Superb. Lothrop Company Boston 1880.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. I Cover the Waterfront was turned into a 1933 pre-code American romantic drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Claudette Colbert. Based on this book of the same name by Max Miller, the film is about a reporter who investigates a waterfront smuggling operation, and becomes romantically involved with the daughter of the man he is investigating. Nearly invisible front hinge repair, else bright tight and clean. Dust jacket is included..

New York: Random House, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Chayefsky's 'The Latent Heterosexual' is about a gay middle aged novelist who has a hit, gets married for tax purposes, and finds himself enjoying the straight life. Chayefsky would not allow the work to be produced on Broadway, opting instead to open it at the Dallas Theater Center. It opened there to critical acclaim, with Zero Mostel and Jules Munshin starring, and Burgess Meredith directing. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. Murder in the Cathedral, poetic drama in two parts, with a prose sermon interlude, the most successful play by American English poet T.S. Eliot. The play was performed at Canterbury Cathedral in 1935 and published the same year. Set in December 1170, it is a modern miracle play on the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury. The play's most striking feature is the use of a chorus in the Classical Greek manner. The poor women of Canterbury who make up the chorus nervously await Thomas's return from his seven-year exile, fretting over his volatile relationship with King Henry II. Thomas arrives and must resist four temptations: worldly pleasures, lasting power as chancellor, recognition as a leader of the barons against the king, and eternal glory as a martyr. After Thomas delivers his Christmas morning sermon, four knights in the service of the king accost him and… Read More

New York: Charles Scribnber's Sons, 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed Robert E. Sherwood. 1st Edition. The author's first book. "The Road to Rome" was the first play of Robert E. Sherwood, and a success on Broadway in 1927. It has a comic situation set in a period of history which allows Mr. Sherwood to work in some of his anti-war feelings. Mr. Sherwood has set his play in 216 B.C., at the time when Hannibal was nearing the end of his march on Rome. Hannibal didn't attack Rome when he reached it, Mr. Sherwood explains, because a certain blond, the bored and sex-starved wife of Rome's dictator, got to him first. When Rome seems doomed, she flees the city and breaks through Hannibal's lines, because for her boredom there are the elephants and for her bed there is Hannibal. In addition to seducing him she casually persuades Hannibal of the futility of warfare, popping grapes into her mouth all the while, as it were. Nice Deco bookplate on front pastedown..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). The printed wrappers of this Theatre Guild Library edition are bound into a contemporary custom-made hard cover binding for thespian Otis Skinner, whose bookplate is mounted on the front paste down. The Sidney Howard inscription is written to Mrs. Otis Skinner. An additional inscription in an unknown hand, as well. Staged on Broadway, and was made into a feature film. A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son..

New York: Signet Books # D2019, 1948. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. One of Tennessee Williams' most subtle and tender works, Summer and Smoke explores the conflict between the hedonistic body and the lofty spirit. Set in Mississippi, Alma Winemiller, the minister's daughter, has grown up loving the boy who lives next door: John Buchanan, the doctor's son, is a wild, adventurous, mischievous pleasure seeker. He spends the hot Mississippi summers drinking, gambling, and romancing. His only religion is the anatomy chart on his wall, and what it teaches him about man's needs: food, truth, and lovemaking. Alma, on the other hand, is quiet, eccentric, and high-strung. Her name means "soul" in Spanish; she aspires to lofty spiritual goals, and holds to strong moral standards. Despite their differences, John and Alma are magnetically drawn to each other, and the spiritual and physical romance that almost blooms between the two of them is… Read More