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New York: Random House, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed By John O'Hara. In The Farmers Hotel, a handful of strangers are stranded in rural Pennsylvania. A sudden snowfall traps the group in the titular hotel - ironically, the first day that the hotel is officially 'open'. The owner and his tiny staff (including his 'Magical Negro' bartender) play host to a group of misfits from all walks of society: two upper-class lovers are returning from a cheeky weekend of adultery, a sleazy showman and his two stripping "twin" performers and, last of all, a brash truck driver with a chip on his shoulder. The book is driven by O'Hara's dialog used to portray strangers as they awkwardly feel one another out. .

Tokyo: Japan House of Art, 1963. Book. Illus. by Motoi Oi. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Moto Oi. Motoi Oi was trained in Japan in Western and Japanese painting and in the late 1950s moved to the United States to teach art at Queen's College in New York. Moto Oi's paintings and prints are in the collection of renowned museums including the New York Metropolitan..

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Eugene O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. O'Neill pioneered the use of distinct American vernacular and characters on the fringes of society as they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations. The blue spine is sunned, else the book is clean, square, sharp, and bright, and unread in a solid slipcase.

Scrapbook. Very Good. Hardcover. 1963 DRAMATICS scrapbook. Well organized, 116 pages of show business personalities, costumes, make-up and miscellaneous related advertising. LARGE, 15" x 12", cloth covered. Trends in theater & television. Fashion, ethics (how boys and girls should act), PLUS programs from Notre Dame, Indiana, Morris Civic Auditorium in South Bend, Indiana, and Saint Mary's College Playhouse. Helen Hayes, Dinah Shore, Roz Russell, Rudy Valee, Dick Van Dyke, Danny Thomas, Ray Charles, Ann Bancroft, Audrey Hepburn, Carry Grant, Loretta Young, John Wayne, Robert Michum, and many more. Fashion Personality projection Makeup / Facial Expressions Neat .

Amsterdam: Onnen & Bloom Gallery, 1999. Book. Illus. by Serge Onnen. Fine. Hardcover. An edition of 700 only. Translated by Ronny de Clerk & Lisa Friedmann..