Published by Covici Friede Inc., New York, 1934
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Orange cloth, black over blue lettering, spine faded, edges rubbed. Plays / Movies.
Language: English
Published by Covici and Friede, New York, 1934
Seller: Bohemian Bookworm, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edn. screenplay, ex library with minmal marks, jacket is dirty but complete and intact with the exception of a price clip, VG/+G.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, bookplate to front pastedown, light soiling to page edges, spine ends lightly bumped, light sunning to spine, a touch of shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight, a Very Good + copy.
Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (p.t. barnum 1810-1891, drama, screenplays, motion picutre plays ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by Garland Publishing ,, , New York, 1976
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. very good condition hardcover ino dust jacket, with stills gently read clean pages originally published by Covici-Friede, in 1934 , 240 pages, . Based on the life of P.T. Barnum, Showman Extraordinaire, this is the screenplay for the movie that starred Wallace Berry, and Adolphe Menjou,
Hardcover. Condition: Good/No Jacket. New York: Covici-Friede. Good/No Jacket. 1934. . Hardcover. Covers and spine slightly rubbed/soiled. Some fraying at head and tail of spine. All corners moderately bumped. Previous owner ink signature on front free endpaper. Otherwise, contents clean and tight. A solid reading copy. Size: 8vo - over 7-1/2" - 9-1/2" tall . 8vo. .
Published by Covici-Friede, New York, 1934
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, a photoplay edition. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Front hinge repaired, cloth lightly stained and slightly worn at extremities, spine sunned, very good lacking the dust jacket. Text of the screenplay and photographs from the 1934 Walter Lang film with Wallace Beery in the title role and Adolphe Menjou as his pal Bailey.
Published by N.Y. Covici-Friede 1934., 1934
Seller: Pettler & Lieberman, Booksellers, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st printing, pouch on front endpaper, stamp on rear pastedown, book a bit worn at extremeties, else GOOD, no dust jacket, includes photos from the film starring Wallace Beery & Adolphe Menjou, directed by Walter Lang, perhaps the 1st screenplay published in book form. 1st edition.
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc, New York, 1978
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, as issued. Reprint. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1978. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Facsimile reprint of the 1934 Covici-Friede original. Illustrated with photos from the movie. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Walter Lang, the Twentieth Century Pictures film starred Wallace Beery (as Phineas T. Barnum), Adolphe Menjou, and Janet Beecher. Foreword by Gene Fowler. Includes film credits. From Garland's Classics of Film Literature series. Original red cloth, decorated in black. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. 240pp.
Language: English
Published by Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1934
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A superior copy. Tiny 'poke' at spine affects book and jacket, not bad.
Language: English
Published by Garland Pub, Independence, Kentucky, U.S.A., 1978
ISBN 10: 0824028732 ISBN 13: 9780824028732
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. Minimal library markings. Small pale mark to bottom LH corner of front cover. Top corners slightly bumped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Published by New York : Covici Friede, 1934
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 240 pages; Physical desc. : 240 p ; 21 cm. Subjects: Barnum, P. T. Screenplays - US. 3 Kg.
Published by New York : Covici Friede, 1934
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 240 pages; Physical desc. : 240 p ; 21 cm. Subjects: Barnum, P. T. Screenplays - US. 1 Kg.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (1934). 240 pages. Actual screen play with sixteen reproductions of scenes from the picture staring Wallace Berry and Adolphe Menjou. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. (109).
Published by Covici-Friede, New York, 1934
Seller: Books on the Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Orange cloth boards bright, slightest wear to corners. Dust jacket is price-intact, clipped at flap edges. Light soiling/fading to spine, edgewear to upper spine, now contained in mylar cover. Photoplay edition with text, screen directions, b/w photos of actors Wallace Beery and Adolphe Menjou.
Published by Covici, Friede, 1934
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Inscribed by Gene Fowler on the front endpaper. Covers edgeworn, with faded spine. Water stain on bottom right corner of text block. As-Is,
Published by Covici Friede New York, 1934
Seller: Amusespot, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition. No dust jacket. Inscribed by Fowler and Meredyth to 'Ellie'- more than likely a production/editing assistant. Inscribed by Author.
Published by Covici Friede, New York, 1934
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in orange smooth cloth, in a Fine dull yellow, orange, green and black dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with one tiny chip to heel of spine panel. 240pp. with photographs from the movie [20th Century, 1934], which starred Wallace Beery as Phineas T. Barnum. Q06196.
Published by Covici Friede, New York, 1934
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
240 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition; a review copy with slip tipped to the front free endpaper. Some browning from review slip; else a very good copy in an unchipped jacket, a little soiled at the spine. Inscribed by Gene Fowler in the year of publication.
Published by Covici Friede, New York, 1934
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, a photoplay edition. Owner's name, foredge foxed, light wear at the spine ends, a very good copy without dustwrapper. Text of the screenplay and photographs from the 1934 Walter Lang film with Wallace Beery in the title role and Adolphe Menjou as his pal Bailey. Inscribed by the author: "For my favorite Helen Gwynn, With regards, Gene Fowler. Nov 1934.".
Published by New York: Covici-Friede, 1934
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1st Photoplay Edition. Very good copy in a very good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; Physical desc.: 240 p. ill., 21 cm. Subject: Barnum, P. T. -- (Phineas Taylor), -- 1810-1891 -- Drama. Motion picture plays. Notes: Photoplay edition refers to movie tie-in books of the silent film and early sound era at a time when motion pictures were known as "photoplays". Typically, photoplay editions were reprints of novels additionally illustrated with scenes from a film production. Less typically, photoplay editions were novelizations of films, where the film script was fictionalized in narrative form. Today, vintage photoplay editions are sought after by film buffs, bibliophiles, and collectors.
Published by New York Covici Friede 1934, 1934
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition of the First American Sound Screenplay to Be Published in Book Form. Illustrated with scenes from the film. About fine bright copy with the barest hint of handling in a very good slightly dust soiled dust jacket with some very small chips and tears. One of the earliest screenplays published in book form. The film was directed by Walter Lang and starred Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum with Adolphe Menjou, Rochelle Hudson, and Virginia Bruce.
Published by New York: Covici-Friede, 1934
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
1st Photoplay Edition. Very good copy in a very good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; Physical desc.: 240 p. ill., 21 cm. Subject: Barnum, P. T. -- (Phineas Taylor), -- 1810-1891 -- Drama. Motion picture plays. Notes: Photoplay edition refers to movie tie-in books of the silent film and early sound era at a time when motion pictures were known as "photoplays". Typically, photoplay editions were reprints of novels additionally illustrated with scenes from a film production. Less typically, photoplay editions were novelizations of films, where the film script was fictionalized in narrative form. Today, vintage photoplay editions are sought after by film buffs, bibliophiles, and collectors. 0 Kg.
Published by covici-friede, 1934
Seller: Hollywood Canteen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2020 surface wear/including small tears, creases paper loss couple of ownership stamps inside Niote: signed by author on front leaf "For George Watson with regards, Gene Fowler.
Published by Covici Friede, New York, NY, 1934
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 240 pages. First edition, first printing. One of the earliest screenplays to be published. Illustrated with black & white photos from the movie which starred Wallace Beery & Adolphe Menjou. Inscribed by Fowler on the first sheet to fellow screenwriter Endre Bohem. Near fine book with slight fading to the spine in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of toneing to the spine & a tiny (1/4") chip to the bottom of the spine. A beautiful copy! Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Covici Friede, New York, 1934
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition, a photoplay edition. A few tiny chips to the binding stamping, otherwise fine in a fine, bright dustwrapper with two small stains to the back panel. Text of the screenplay and photographs from the 1934 Walter Lang film with Wallace Beery in the title role and Adolphe Menjou as his pal Bailey. Inscribed by the author to Jimmy Starr, the gossip columnist and screenwriter (here addressed as "my buoyant companion" by Fowler).
Published by Covici-Friede, New York, 1934
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; orange cloth, titled and blocked in black and teal on spine and front panel; teal topstain; dustjacket; 240pp; illus. Topstain a bit faded, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with a hint of sunning at spine and a tiny tear at base of front flap fold. The first full-length scenario for an all-talking picture in book form, illustrated throughout with black and white stills.
Published by Covici Freide (1934), New York, 1934
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. Illustrated with photographs from the movie. Touted as "the first full-length scenario for an actual talking picture production to be published in book form." If not the first screenplay to published in book form, certainly among the very earliest. INSCRIBED TO A MAJOR BOOK COLLECTOR BY FOWLER, "To that assidious and clever collector, and my friend as well, Earle Bernheimer. Gene Fowler 1947." Bernheimer was part owner of a film company and a patron of Robert Frost (he arranged over the years to pay Frost a kind of stipend for whatever he cared to send him from month to month -- be it drafts, proofs or wastebasket shavings). Illustrated with stills from the movie starring Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum and featuring Adolphe Menjou. Very good or better in good to very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few chips and spine a little darkened and with closed tears backed with acid free archival clear tape,
Published by New York Covici Friede 1934, 1934
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition of the First American Sound Screenplay To Be Published in Book Form. Signed by Gene Fowler to actor William Holden. Inscribed: ÒTo Bill Holden, with regards, Gene Fowler. Nov. 1934.Ó At the time he was a very young struggling stage actor in Los Angeles where he grew up. Very good in a very good lightly used dust jacket with a few tiny chips and tears. One of the earliest screenplays published in book form. The film starred Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum with Adolphe Menjou, Rochelle Hudson, and Virginia Bruce. Illustrated. William Holden was one of HollywoodÕs great actors appearing in such classics as Sunset Boulevard, The Bridge On the River Kwai, The Wild Bunch, Stalag 17, Sabrina, Picnic, etc.