Search Results: Titles starting with H from MONROE STAHR BOOKS

FIRST EDITION in decorated wraps. A paperback original. Inside edges of cover beginning to brown - otherwise fine.

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is fine. The unclipped dust jacket has very minimal rubbing at the spine ends. See & Slide.

ADVANCE REVIEW COPY of the first edition in dust jacket. The book is fine. The unclipped dust jacket has wear and light fading at the spine ends; there a five areas with missing chips, three of which are at the bottom of the front panel and intrude on the author's name printed there. 'Release Date for Review/Feb 8 1923' stamped on front and back of the dust jacket. Contrary to many later Hollywood novels, this one takes a positive and humorous approach to it's subject: a beauty pageant winner moves to Hollywood with her family to make her way in the movies. See and Brooker.

UNCORRECTED PROOF of the first edition in tan wraps. Fine.

FIRST EDITION, in orange boards decorated with black and gold, in dust jacket; SIGNED, DATED (1939) with a full page INSCRIPTION by the author on the FFEP. The book is about fine. The un-clipped dust jacket has wear to the edges, spine ends, and a shallow closed, triangular tear along the bottom edge of the front panel. An unusual, distrubing approach to the racial issues under the surface in Hollywood at this time. Unusual cover image with HEIL! HOLLYWOOD in large type and a smaller golden swatika below it. See & Brooker.

FIRST EDITION in decorated wraps. A paperback original. Bookstore stamps inside cover, minor wear - otherwise fine.

FIRST EDITION thus in decorated wraps. Probably published simultaneously with a small hardcover printing. Near fine with some wear to the paper covers. The author's third published book.

Second printing in stapled wraps. Some mild fading to the cover, otherwise fine. 'Columbia Essays on Modern Writers;' 48-pages.

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION in dust jacket; SIGNED by the author on the title page. The book and dust jacket are both fine. No remainder marks; price intact on front dust jacket flap.

Ex library. FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is very good with a 'Date Due' form on RFEP, a library pocket on the rear pastedown, and a couple small 'library stamps.' The dust jacket is reinforced along the edges with clear tape; three numbers on the lower spine.

FIRST EDITION (American) in dust jacket. The book is fine. The unclipped dust jacket has a few short, closed tears at the edges - otherwise fine.

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket; SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author on the FFEP. The book is near fine. The lighlty soiled dust jacket is bumped at the spine ends and has minimal soiling to the spine and back panel. A Hollywood novel. Langley was one of the three credited writers of The Wizard of Oz.

FIRST EDITION in wraps. A paperback original. Crease along lower front cover, otherwise about fine. Title page has a different title - 'Hollywood Sex Queen.' 'Lisa Darmour . . . notorious Hollywood sex symbol.' 'A Pillow Book Original.' Sleaze.

Later printing of this edition in dust jacket. The book is near fine with some mild soiling to the gold boards. The un-clipped dust jacket has some minor edge wear. A much better than average copy of this title.

FIRST EDITION (American) in dust jacket. The book is fine. The dust jacket has minor wear at the spine ends and the front flyleaf corners - almost fine. An Englishman takes a tour of the dark side of Los Angeles before making his break into the movies. Slide.

FIRST EDITION in pictorial wraps. A paperback orignal. Very good or better with mild wear to the front cover; a name in ink on the first page. 'Merry Neil searchs for love in the glittering, heartbreak city.' A romance.

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket; SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author on the FFEP. The book is fine. The dust jacket has minor wear at the corners. See & Brooker. A young adult novel featuring two young girls attempting to break into Hollywood movies. The dust jacket features a pen & ink illustration of a young woman in a cocktail dress lit by a kleig light with various filmmaking figures around her; and three 'stars' with aspects of filmmaking highlighted within the stars.

FIRST EDITION in decorated wraps. A paperback original. Fine. See & Brooker. 'Who is Mark Kilby? He drives a blue Bentley, carries a stubby swordstick in place of a gun . . .'

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is almost fine. The price-clipped dust jacket has a few chips and is sunned at the spine. Foreword by Leon Feuchtwanger. 'Hollywood, a town so vastly different from any other town ever conceived by man that it more closely resembles a mental state than a city.' See.

FIRST EDITION in red boards, lacking the dust jacket; SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author on the FFEP. Book is very good with bumped corners and a rubbed spine. An Englishman takes a tour of the dark side of Los Angeles before making his break into the movies. Only in Slide.