Lillian C Ford (17 results)

Hardcover. Internally very good, cover has few areas of edgewear; 317pp. ; 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. REPRINT EDITION, lacking the dust jscket. Book is almost fine in green cloth boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Former private rental library copy with stamps and pocket, light soiling to boards. Binding square and jacket flap pasted inside. Death of a Hollywood movie star.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [a decent enough copy, moderately worn with some soiling to the bottom of the text block; there's also a weird bit of damage to the upper left corner of the rear pastedown, where it appears that some previous owner had crudely cut away a bookseller's ticket, unfortunately in a way that tore the cloth a bit and exposed about an inch of the top edge of the rear board, adjacent to the spine (the integrity of the binding, however, has not been compromised)]. An Irish-in-America family saga, about a family who rose to success in the New York business world over the period from the 1850s to the early 1930s, but whose dynasty is eventually brought low by intrafamily rifts and rivalries. Luther (1872-1951) was a prolific novelist and magazine-fiction writer; in addition to this straight novel, he also collaborated with Ms. Ford on a couple of Los Angeles-set mystery tales.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Pages age-toned, gutter cracked before half-title, spine and board edges deeply darkened, boards foxed, thus good only.

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Arthur Raneleigh investigates when Tony Gilmore, idol of a half-dozen screen beauties, is found shot with his own revolver on his Hollywood lawn. Lightly bumped and rubbed with a touch of wear at the spine ends, hinges cracked. Jacket rubbed and darkened with chips and tears, tape residue to the flaps, in Brodart. …

Hard Cover. No Jacket. Hard Cover. No Jacket. HBNODJ, Green cloth, rub & soil, few water stains pgs, former owner name,1930 reprint, Good condition, AS-IS, NODJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inscribed & signed on the 1st free endpaper by co-author Lillian C. Ford. Small octavo bound in blue cloth. Condition: spine ends frayed; spine soiled; tear (about 1 1/2") to upper portion of rear outer hinge; corners lightly bumped & rubbed; minor soiling to covers; else good. 317 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later printing in dust jacket. Book is fine in green boards. The dust jacket is rubbed and worn and has three areas of paper loss along the top panel, one at the spine, the second on the front and the third at the front spine fold. 'Charming, happy-go-lucky fellow that [Tony Gilmore] was, he had piled up his complications, aided by too much gin, too much money, too many women.' A film star is murdered. 0.0. …

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. [1-6], 366. Bound in blue cloth with orange lettering within a black title block on front board and spine. Age-toning to edges with small white specks on front board. In the color-illustrated dust jacket that shows chips, rubbing and general wear. Please see photos. The dust jacket illustration, uncredited, offers a fine art-deco treatment of a red-headed Corcoran lassie pictured between the profiles of her parents, the skyline of Manhattan, in which they were investors, looming behind them. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "First Edition" on copyright page, bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering, clean and unmarked though slightly canted; dust jacket is complete, not price-clipped, and lightly rubbed all over, protected in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. A bit of scuffing on the foredge and topedge and some foxing on the first and last leaves, else near fine in near fine dust jacket with a bit of foxing on the rear panel and a short tear. A nice, bright copy of this Hollywood mystery co-written by two Angelenos about the murder of a happy-go-lucky leading man.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original royal blue cloth, lettered in gilt to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 317pp. The book is extremely clean, bright and solid. The complete dust jacket is bright and without edge-wear. There are a few spots to the front panel, else fine. A murder mysery set in the Golden Age of old Hollywood. Charlie Chaplin makes a brief appearance. Fine / Near Fine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original light blue cloth on boards, lettered in light purple to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 313 pp. Author's second novel, set in Los Angeles. Cover art by Mary Briggs. Now quite scarce. Listed in Hubin. Near Fine / Near Fine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. Book is almost fine in blue cloth boards. The dust jacket is mildly worn along the edges, particularly at the spine ends and the flyleaf folds; there is also a one inch snag on the rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION in dust jacket; SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Ford on the FFEP. Book is worn at the spine ends and has a 1/4 inch stain along the top of the spine; boards are sunned and the spine is browned. The unclipped dust jacket is sunned at the spine; minor paper loss at the lower spine end. Russian film actress Slema Saranoff is murdered during a screening at her home. See & Brooker. Signed by Author.…