Search Results: Books Into Film from Rose's Books, IOBA

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Book. Fine. Quarter Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First edition. 8vo. Rust-colored quarter cloth over beige boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine and gilt decoration embossed on front board, rough cut pages, 355 pp. Price clipped, otherwise in pristine condition; has never been cracked open. Fine in a very good dust+ jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Marlowe & Company, 1997. Book. New. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Marlow & Co. 1997. First edition. Paperback with pictorial cover, 292 pp. History come to life, and it will add much to the growing base of knowledge about the Amistad uprising. New..

New York: John Day Company, 1944. New York: Day, 1944. First edition. 8vo. Brick cloth binding, 360 pp. Slight darkening to pages because it was wartime edition. Spine faded. The basis for "The King and I" in film and on the Broadway stage. New FACSIMILE dust jacket. Very good in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/New. Illus. by Ayer, Margaret. 8vo.

New York: Macmillan, 1933. Book. Illus. by Peers. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition, published May, 1933. 12mo. Beige cloth binding with brown titles and paste-down illustration on front board. Made into the 1934 Warner Brothers motion picture film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Jean Muir, Donald Woods and William Janney. Unusual attractive woodcut paste-down on front board by "Peers". Previous owner names, some foxing on endpapers, a bit shaken. Good in cloth..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. 8vo. Cloth. 319 p. FACSIMILE DUST JACKET. With illustrations from Roland West's Production for United Artists starring Chester Morris. A novel from the play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. Movie title The Bat Whispers. This book was said to be the inspiration for the comic series Batman. Minor edge wear. Near fine in new FACSIMILE dust jacket..

New York: The Viking Press, 1963. Book. Illus. by Galster, Robert (jacket design). Very Good. Half-Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated: "Second printing before publication. Third printing October 1963." Rumer Godden deals with a universal issue: has a woman the right to pursue her own fulfillment in love, or must she sacrifice it to her children? Basis for the film, "The Affair at Villa Fiorita" (1965) starring Maureen O'Hara, Rossano Brazzi, Richard Todd, Phyllis Calvert, Olivia Hussey, Martin Stephens, directed by Delmar Daves. 312 pp. Half-blue cloth with hardcover insert in cream marble, Godden's initials in blue. Gold titles. Top of pages tinted blue. Light skew to spine, thin fade mark top of spine, else Near Fine. Dustjacket chipped top of spine, light wear to bottom and corners, spine faded to off-shade. Very good in very good dustjacket, protected with mylar cover..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. First edition, later printing. With dedication "to the wife of my youth who still abides with me", but lacking the point on page 11. Decorative cloth binding, 560 pp., gilt star and titles, 12 pp. catalogue. Previous owner name, light wear at spine tips. Hinges solid. Very good..

London: Sphere, 1987. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. London: Sphere, 1987. 4to. Hard cover binding. Previous owner's bookplate on ffep. Very good in very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York: Random House, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Random House, 1989. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 323 pp. The story of the brazen boy who inserted himself in Dutch Schultz's gang. The basis for the 1991 movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi, directed by Robert Benton. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York: Walt Disney Productions/Harmony Books, 1979. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Boards. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New York: Disney, 1979. First edition. 4to. Pictorial blue boards. 10 pp. Tied to Disney movie with Yvette Mimieux, Maximilian Schell as the mad scientist, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, and Ernest Borgnine, directed by Art Cruickshank, Gary Nelson (1979), which had spectacular special effects. Tiny piece of paper missing from one pop-up. Very good condition..

New York: Warner, 1992. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo.. New York: Warner, 1992. First edition, second printing. 0492 on dust jacket. Hard cover binding, 171 pp. An immaculate very early printing of this book. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York: Warner, 1992. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo.. New York: Warner, 1992. Reprint. Hard cover binding, 171 pp. An immaculate reprint of this book. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2000. Book. New. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. New York: Viking, 2000. First American Edition, stated. First printing. 8vo. Hard cover binding, new in new dust jacket. The basis for the film of the same name with Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York, NY: Viking, 1995. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Viking, 1995. First edition. 8vo. Black cloth over red boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 414 pp. Edith Wharton's novel pits tradition against vitality and change in a lushly romantic tale, observed with all her characteristic elegance and wit. A literary gem! New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1928. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1928. First photoplay edition with photographs from the productions starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Unpaginated. 12mo. Ex-library with library-issued plastic cover protecting dustjacket. Lacking first free front endpaper. Name on half title. Good condition..

New York: Random House, 1964. New York: Random House, 1964. No publication date. Reprint. Decorated green-tone endpapers. 113 pp. Terrific illustrations. Clean and bright, no writing. The basis for the fantasy musical comedy film (1968) starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, and Benny Hill, directed by Ken Hughes. Small rub inside front board. No writing inside, hinges sound. Light soiling to dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Burningham, John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Newsweek, 1974. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fine. Cloth. 4to.. New York: Newsweek, 1974. 4to. Cloth binding, 192 pp. Heavily illustrated in color and black and white. Fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York: Dial Press, 1964. Book. Illus. by Saxon, Charles. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo. NY: Dial Press, 1964. First American edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 255 pp. Illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Charles Saxon. Cold Comfort Farm is a 1995 British romantic comedy film directed by John Schlesinger and produced by the BBC and Thames Television, an adaptation of Stella Gibbons' 1932 book of the same name, the film stars Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, and Rufus Sewell. Originally broadcast on 1 January 1995 on the BBC, it was Schlesinger's final film shot in his home country England, and was picked up for theatrical release in North America through Gramercy Pictures, where it was a small success. Previous owner name to front endpaper, else fine. Dust jacket has wear at extremities, an old fold to spine. Reinforced internally with archival tape. Near fine in very good dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..

London: Constable & Co., 1931. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London, Constable & Co., 1931. First edition. 8vo. Rust colored cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine and front board, 1131 pp. Barnard Shaw's 39 plays, all in one volume! Small indentation on spine, bindings somewhat faded, text block unmarked, clean and tight. Appears gently read. Very good+..

New York, NY: H. K. Fly, 1911. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York, NY, H. K. Fly, 1911. First edition. 12mo. Cobalt blue silk with gilt lettering on spine and front boards, front board featuring an Art Nouveau scene with a songbird perched amongst flowering branches against a gilt background, four illustrated plates, including frontispiece, decorated title page, 307 pp. A romantic comedy based on the play by Edgar Selwyn, later made into a silent film with Marshall Neilan, Florence Dagmar and Erich von Stroheim. No dust jacket. Spine is sunned and has some shelf wear, corners are slightly rubbed, front hinge weak; text block is solid, clean and appears gently read. Very good..