Bartimeus Captain Lewis Ritchie (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cassell and Company Ltd, London 1918; small 8vo, 130 x 190mm; red pictorial boards; corners slightly bumped and the spine a little lightened; some partial cracking at one point internally but without any break and with the contents generally very clean and tight. This is a collection of naval stories, pre-war related, first published in 1914 and many of them earlier appearing in the Pall Mall gazette.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 122 printed pages of text with monochrome diagrams throughout, three fold-out maps, illustrated front piece and rear of the dust wrapper only loosely enclosed . Sun bleaching to the blue of the spine and head of the upper panel, black ink stamp to the front paste down, tape traces to the end papers and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Algeria].…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back publisher's original blue cloth covers, black stamping to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5" 295, 2 [pp]. Former name to front end paper, light tanning to closed page edges. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NAUTICAL (Shipbuilding).

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original stone cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel with yellow crest and blue stripes. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 332 printed pages of text with detailed monochrome drawings throughout. Age darkened spine and closed page edges, rubs to the softened spine ends and corners, ghosting to the end papers, ink marking dated 1918 to the front free end paper and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL NAVY (RN).…

1p., 4to. On aged paper. Printed in block capitals at head of letter: 'Experienced actor-dramatist and film adapter. Author of plays and films produced in England and America. Expert in "Dramatic Construction" gained in years of practical experience on the stage, and in films. Adapts stories to the talking films, the bigger the story with opportunities of being developed on a large scale, the better.' Addressed to 'Commander L. A. da Costa Ricci | Naval & Military Club, | 94 Piccadilly | W'. Dawson puts himself forward if Bartimeus considers 'Awfully Big Adventure', or any other of his stories 'adaptable to the talking films - [.] something that can be developed by dramatic & perhaps sensational situations - there is a market for such a thing | I adapted "A Gentleman of France". (Stanley Weyman) - & "Down under Donovan". (Edgar Wallace) - both produced here - wrote "Ambition" - produced in America - I am in touch with Hollywood - & glad to arrange to adapt something to put forward'.…