John Francis Larkin (10 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1990. Facsimile of 1794 ed. Hardcover. 8vo. Good former library copy with neat labels inside front cover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1990. Facsimile of 1794 ed. Hardcover. 8vo. Good former library copy with neat labels inside front cover. . . . .

Condition: As New. 1990. Facsimile of 1794 ed. Hardcover. Revolutionary Ireland. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by the editor without a dedication. Light wear to the sleeved dust jacket, presumably ex library as the front endpaper is removed and the following page is wrinkled. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday in recyclable card packaging. Signed by Author(s).…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazine. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 195-256pp. Small pen mark in margin of last page, faint age-toning on wrappers, near fine. Laid in is a typed and Signed letter from Honor Carr, Cultural assistant for The Poetry Society addressed to fellow poet Daniel Hoffman. This issue features "Portrait of Sir Compton Mackenzie." Contributions by C. Day Lewis, Clive Sansom, John Smith, Philip Larkin, Elizabeth Jennings, Peter Redgrove, Celia Randall, Kenneth Hare, A.O. Field, Francis Engleheart, Herbert Palmer, Phoebe Hesketh, Robert Armstrong, Jennifer McConnachie, Gilbert Thomas, Terence Thompson, John Stuart Anderson, Margaret Sackville, Kenneth Wood, Margaret Stanley-Wrench, Stanton Coblentz, Paul Scott, Geoffrey Dearmer, Mabel Parker, Griselda Scott, Dorothea Ramsey, Charles T. Parish, Ruth Duffin, Jill Tyler, and David Holbrook. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Lightly worn copy. Book.

Release Dialogue script for the 1936 film, with annotation in manuscript red pencil striking "Release" and replacing it with "Censorship," with one other annotation striking Paramount Pictures directives at bottom of front wrapper, in manuscript pencil. Two "Master File" stamps surrounding production number stamp "1177" on upper right, and Paramount "File Copy" stamp on front wrapper. Script divided into eight reels. Nature reporter Orville Shanks' (Charles Ruggles) editor (Lyle Talbot), orders him to spice up his column "Our Wild Friends" by making it a gossip column, Orville's wife Melba (Alice Brady) does so using animals as cover for actual townsfolk, and the column becomes a hit. Self wrappers, noted as RELEASE DIALOGUE SCRIPT on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 23 and production No. 1177, with credits for screenwriter Dore Schary and story by John F. Larkin. 145 leaves, with last page of text numbered 8-13. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.…

Revised Complete Draft script for the 1936 film, boldly signed by screenwriter Dore Schary in manuscript ink on title page. "Paramount Pictures" stamp with file number, "36117," and date entered, "12/29/36," annotated in manuscript ink, "Received Dec 21 P.M." stamp, and "Revised" and "Complete" stamps on front wrapper. Dore Schary was an American playwright, director and producer for the stage, a prolific and noted screenwriter and producer in motion pictures from the 1930s to the 1960s, head of production at RKO and MGM in the 1940s, and would go on to become the president of MGM during the 1950s. He won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay with Eleanore Griffin in 1938, for "Boys Town," directed by Norman Taurog. Nature reporter Orville Shanks' (Charles Ruggles) editor (Lyle Talbot), orders him to spice up his column "Our Wild Friends" by making it a gossip column, Orville's wife Melba (Alice Brady) does so using animals as cover for actual townsfolk, and the column becomes a hit. Yellow titled wrappers, noted as REVISED COMPLETE on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 13, dated Sept. 16, 1936, with credits for screenwriter Dore Schary and story author John F. Larkin. Title page integral with first page. 141 leaves, with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. …

Condition: Good. Publisher's original period colour illustrated paper wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Contains 128 pp. Dusty page edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. SHORT STORIES (Novella).

Original two-page contract agreement from the 1946 film noir, amending and supplementing an agreement between starring actress Lilli Palmer and then-president of United States Pictures Joseph Bernhard, and signed by both in manuscript ink on the second leaf. Dated "April 8th" in manuscript ink on the first leaf, and a date of 5/10/46 typed on the second leaf. Small notary blindstamp on the first leaf. The first film released by short-lived studio United States Pictures, and the first of the studio's two films noir, the other being "The Enforcer" (1951, with Humphrey Bogart). Director Fritz Lang was already an established noir authority, having previously directed "M" (1931), "Fury" (1936), and "The Big Heat" (1953). Two leaves, stapled and hole-punched at the top, 8.5 x 11 inches, ribbon copy typescript, rectos only. Very Good plus overall, with light toning, diagonal creases, and faint 'I.M.P." blindstamps to both leaves. Grant Worldwide. Olive Films. Selby Classic Noir. Signed.…