![Su Excelencia [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/766/204/1703204766.0.m.jpg)
Su Excelencia [*SIGNED*]
by Cantinflas, Mario Moreno
Mexico City: Finisterre. Very Good+. 1969. Second Edition. Softcover. [modest edgewear to covers, front cover slightly curled]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper: "Cordialmente / Cantinflas." A novelization of the 1967 satirical political film of the same name, in which Cantinflas plays a fictional Latin American country's ambassador to an also-fictional communist country. ... Read More
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Take My Life
by Cantor, Eddie, with Jane Kesner Ardmore
Near Fine in Near Fine dj. Later Printing. Hardcover. [nice copy, minimal shelfwear to book; jacket lightly soiled on rear panel, with a touch of wear to the spine extremities]. (B&W photographs) Eddie Cantor's autobiography, in which "he retraces the steps that have carried him from a dingy one-room apartment on New York's lower East Side... Read More
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![The Way I See It [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/289/846/1691846289.0.m.jpg)
The Way I See It [*SIGNED*]
by Cantor, Eddie; edited by Phyllis Rosenteur
Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1959). First Edition. Hardcover. [a nice clean book with minor shelfwear only; the jacket is moderately edgeworn, with a number of tiny nicks and small edge-tears, light scuffing/soiling]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Morris / Weisstein - / all... Read More
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The Land of Plenty
by Cantwell, Robert
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good. (c.1934). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [solid but moderately shelfworn copy, light bumping and very slight fraying at several corners, one-time owner's name on front pastedown]. Classic Depression-era novel set in a mill town in the western part of the author's native Washington state (understood to be Aberdeen, ... Read More
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The World We Live In (The Insect Comedy); a play in three acts with prologue and epilogue
by Capek, Josef and Karel (adapted and arranged for the American stage by Owen Davis)
New York/Los Angeles: Samuel French. Near Fine. (c.1933, 1922). French's Standard Library Edition Later Printing. Softcover. [a nice clean copy, with minimal wear and faint external soiling only]. (scene design diagram) A satirical morality play, something along the lines of "Animal Farm" (but with insects), co-written (with his brother) by the Czech playwright whose "R.U.R." had... Read More
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The Black Reaper
by Capes, Bernard; edited by Hugh Lamb
Ashcroft, BC (Canada): Ash-Tree Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dj. 1998. Expanded edition. Hardcover. [no discernible wear to book, although a handful of pages have short diagonal creases at the upper corners from having been turned down as markers (why, oh why? -- this is why BOOKMARKS were invented, people!), and the former owner's initials plus... Read More
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![The World of Li'l Abner [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/828/043/1667043828.0.m.jpg)
The World of Li'l Abner [*SIGNED*]
by Capp, Al
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. [minor wear at ends of spine, pages age-toned but not severely, vintage bookplate on front pastedown; the jacket is modestly edgeworn, slightly faded at the spine, a little scuffed on the front panel, with a tiny closed tear and some associated... Read More
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![Frank Capra: The Tenth Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, March 4, 1982 [event program/tribute book]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/315/075/1682075315.0.m.jpg)
Frank Capra: The Tenth Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, March 4, 1982 [event program/tribute book]
by {Capra, Frank} [The American Film Institute] (McBride, Joseph, ed.)
[Washington DC]: The American Film Institute. Near Fine. 1982. First Edition. Stapled wraps. [a nice clean copy, minor handling wear only and a couple of small horizontal stress lines along the spine]. (B&W photographs) Nicely-done program/tribute book, largely photographic, from Capra's Life Achievement Award dinner; includes filmography. It's interesting to note that the tribute book's editor... Read More
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![Frank Capra: The Tenth Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, March 4, 1982 [event program/tribute book]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/552/670/775670552.0.m.jpg)
Frank Capra: The Tenth Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, March 4, 1982 [event program/tribute book]
by {Capra, Frank} [The American Film Institute] (McBride, Joseph, ed.)
[Washington DC]: The American Film Institute. Near Fine. 1982. Stapled wraps. [a small amount of wear along the spine, otherwise nice and fresh, just about as new]. (B&W photographs) Nicely-done program/tribute book, largely photographic, from Capra's Life Achievement Award dinner; includes filmography. It's interesting to note that the tribute book's editor (also the co-author of the... Read More
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![The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography [ARC]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/889/013/1640013889.0.m.jpg)
The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography [ARC]
by Capra, Frank
New York: The Macmillan Company. Near Fine. (c.1971). Advance Review Copy. Softcover. (printed wraps) [light handling wear, modest bump to base of spine]. An advance copy (with indicators in the text where illustrations are to appear, but none are actually included) of the great director's notably self-serving yet highly readable autobiography. .
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The Taken Town
by Carew, Dudley
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Fair dj. 1947. First American Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [moderately shelfworn, light age-toning to edges of text block, faint old bookseller's rubber-stamp at bottom corner of front pastedown (Bertrand Smith Acres of Books, Long Beach, California); the jacket is heavily edgeworn, with a bit of paper loss at the spine... Read More
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More About All About Eve
by Carey, Gary; a colloquy with Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1972). 2nd printing. Hardcover. [a very nice copy, no discernible wear to book, small bookseller's rubber-stamp on front endpaper (Larry Edmunds Cinema Bookshop); the jacket shows just a touch of handling wear, slight wrinkling along top edge of front panel]. "Within these pages, in the course... Read More
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Darkness at Noon
by Carlisle, Harry
New York: Horace Liveright. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight clean copy, would rate the book Near Fine except that some long-ago nitwit has written a large "P" on the bottom edge of the text block; the jacket is edgeworn, with small tears at the upper spine corners and two small... Read More
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Twin Stars of China: A Behind-the-Scenes Story of China's Valiant Struggle for Existence by a U.S. Marine who Lived & Moved with the People
by Carlson, (Major) Evans Fordyce
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Near Fine in Fair dj. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with minimal shelfwear; the jacket is kind of a mess, though, with extensive paper loss at both ends of spine, numerous small edge-tears and general wear, and completely separated at the front hinge (held in place by new mylar)].... Read More
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Roy Rogers: King of the Cowboys
by Carman, Bob, and Dan Scapperotti
(n.p.): Robert C. Carman. Very Good. (c.1979). First Edition. Softcover. [covers considerably scuffed and rubbed, minor surface-peel damage at top of spine]. Trade PB (B&W photographs, facsimilies) Basically a fan-published "films of" book covering Roy's career in feature films, although only the movies in which he was actually the star are given full entries. ... Read More
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Sometimes I Wonder: The Story of Hoagy Carmichael
by Carmichael, Hoagy, with Stephen Longstreet
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fair in Very Good dj. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. [a sharp-looking copy, the book itself externally nice and clean with no discernible wear, but don't be fooled, there is a LOT (and I mean a LOT) of red-ink underlining throughout the text, plus notes by a previous reader on the rear... Read More
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Who's Who in the Major Leagues - Nineteenth Edition, 1951
by Carmichael, John P., ed.
Chicago: B.E. Callahan. Fair. 1951. Nineteenth Edition. Hardcover. [reading/reference copy only: considerable external wear, especially along spine, etc.; pages still generally white and supple, with some intermittent spotting/staining]. (B&W photographs) Big league statistics and summaries for the previous (1950) season, along with team-by-team lineups for 1951, with numerous photos of players and brief commentaries ... Read More
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Open Then the Door
by Carousso, Dorothee
New York: William Morrow & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. [modest shelfwear, very faint dampstain on top edge of text block, one-time owner's neat signature and date of purchase on ffep; shallow chipping at spine ends, a couple of other little edge-nicks]. The author's first (and apparently only) novel, set... Read More
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A Couple of Comedians
by Carpenter, Don
New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1979). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight copy with just minimal handling wear to both book and jacket; small red ink mark on bottom edge of text block, that may or may not be a remainder mark]. Classic modern Hollywood novel -- well, OK, "modern" now ... Read More
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Let's Twist!
by Carpozi, George Jr.
New York: Pyramid Books (PR-41). Very Good+. 1962. First Edition. Softcover. [nice tight copy with very minor surface damage to upper corners of front and rear cover, a little wear along spine]. Mass Market PB (B&W photographs) "This book is a must for every Twister! Here's the inside story of how the Twist got started... Read More
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The Left Side of Paradise: The Screenwriting of John Howard Lawson
by Carr, Gary
Ann Arbor MI: UMI Research Press. Fine. (c.1984, 1975). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, as issued) [a nice clean as-new copy, with no discernible wear]. (Studies in Cinema, No. 26) Series Analysis of the movie work of the writer who was probably the most politically outspoken screenwriter of his day, probably best remembered not for any... Read More
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The Ice Axe Murders
by Carr, Glyn (pseud. for Frank Showell Styles)
London: Geoffrey Bles. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1958). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [ex-rental library book (W.H. Smith & Son; marked as such only by a bookplate on the front pastedown), minor shelfwear, faint foxing and very light soiling to edges of text block, one-time owner's initials plus date & place of purchase in ink along... Read More
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The Rampant Age
by Carr, Robert S.
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.. Very Good. 1928. Unstated edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good sound copy, spine cloth a little darkened, light vertical stain near right edge of front cover; "Ex Libris" bookplate of MGM writer/producer Carey Wilson on front pastedown, vintage bookseller's label (Unity Pegues, Hollywood, Calif.) on rear pastedown]. Novel about... Read More
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Endless Highway
by Carradine, David
Boston/Tokyo: Journey Editions. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean as-new copy, no discernible wear to book; the jacket is flawless but for a vertical crease in the front flap]. (B&W photographs) "Writing with warmth, humor, and tremendous insight, [the author] provides an honest and in-depth look at [the] raucous ride down... Read More
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Death of a Weirdy
by Carr, Glyn (pseud. for Frank Showell Styles)
London: Geoffrey Bles. Very Good+ in Near Fine dj. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, light foxing to top edge of text block, one-time owner's initials plus date & place of acquisition written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap); the jacket shows extremely light wear along top and bottom edges, faint... Read More
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