Madden Cecil (12 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Used - Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Photographs By Veronica Carmona, Ann Cecil, Ron Dahlquist & Philip Rosenberg (illustrator). First Edition. Dj Has Very Light Edgewear. Light Wear. Book Measures 10" X 12-1/2".

Theatre programme, 4pp., good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First U.S. Edition. Not Long For This World by Cecil Madden (editor anon.) Firm copy with minor rubbing to corners and spine ends. Minor wear to edges and spine ends with small tear to top front cover. Not price-clipped. In clear protective cover. First U.S. printing, 1936 (UK 1st, as "My Grimmest Nightmare" 1935). Grey cloth stamped gilt. 22 stories originally a BBC broadcast produced by Cecil Madden. Stories by Cynthia Asquith, Algernon Blackwood, Marjorie Bowen, and others. BOOK.

Original stapled newspaper type paper 12'' x 10'' with monochrome photograph to the front page and throughout. Contains printed pages of text showing radio programmes for the Home Service, The Light Programme, and Third Programme followed by television programmes for the week. Cheap paper a little browned to the edges, outer covers a little torn down the spine. We currently hold in stock 20 other early Radio Times titles. Member of the P.B.F.A. The B.B.C. (Broadcasting).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. First American Edition. 21 horror stories, originally broadcast on a BBC radio program called "Nightmares". Authors include Algernon Blackwood, Lady Cynthia Asquith, Ernest Betts, Marjorie Bowen, H. De vere Stacpoole, Noel Streatfeild, Noel Langley, Theodora Benson, and others. Light soiling at fore-edge; DJ has light chipping, soiling and wear. ; 224 pages.

Original typed and bound play script in card folder with brass rivets through the spine. 12'' x 9¼''. Contains the original typed text on single-sided sheets. In Very Good condition with small tears to the edges of the card covers. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

First U. S. edition. Octavo, pp. [1-9] 10-224 [note: first leaf is a blank], original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Published earlier in Britain as MY GRIMMEST NIGHTMARE (1935). Original anthology with twenty-two stories by Cynthia Asquith, Algernon Blackwood, Marjorie Bowen, H. de Vere Stacpoole, Noel Langley, Theodora Benson, and others. The stories in this collection were originally broadcast in 1934 on the BBC program "Nightmares" produced by Cecil Madden. The compilation of the volume is sometimes mistakenly attributed to Cynthia Asquith. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-1. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 59. Bleiler (1978), p. 12. Reginald 10548]. A fine copy in a nearly fine to fine dust jacket with a small 11 mm closed tear to the lower front panel. A very attractive copy. (30752).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Meet the Detective; the Intimate Lives, Loves and Adventures of the Saint, Bull-Dog Drummond, Mr. Fortune, Dr. Fu-Manchu, the Scarlet Pimpernel and 10 Other Specialists of Crime. This is a very scarce Advance Readers Copy of this highly sought after title. This book was issued in stapled wraps and has a paste on label which reads: With the Compliments of The Telegraph Press; This book will be presented to the public Monday December 2nd (1935) Price $2.50; One Park Avenue, NY; Printed at the publisher's plant in Harrisburg, Pa. 158 pages. Absolutely gorgeous condition!!!!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. George Allen & Unwin, 1936 (1st). Hardcover in original green cloth with title spine label and Illustrated, tipped in cover label, 286pp (+2pp) plus 8 full page, black and white photo plates. Book Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. Boards are clean and sharp with no spine lean. Title label to spine worn though still perfectly legible. Previous owners name to ffep, dated 1936. Otherwise contents are bright, crisp, unmarked and in Near Fine condition. "These true stories of adventure bearing the title Living Dangerously were originally broadcast to listeners in the British Empire through the British Broadcasting Corporation's Empire Station at Daventry, in a series bearing the same name. Owing to the interest which they created it has been decided to collect them together in book form in the present volume." Many contributors: '37 stories of adventure on land, at sea, in the air and investigating the unknown' originally broadcast on radio. Stories from well-known figures, explorers and adventurers of the day, including film-maker Robert J. Flaherty, land-speed record holder Sir Malcolm Campbell, magical expositor J. C. Cannell, V.E. Fuchs (Antarctic explorer), Freya Stark, Robert Wyndham among many others. A very well-kept, clean, first edition. Scarce, particularly in this condition.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Cecil Madden was a pioneer at the birth of television and one of the legendary Fools on the Hill. He produced and broadcast the world's first ever television programme "Here's Looking at You" from Alexandra Palace. During the second world war, when television was suspended, he broadcast daily and nightly radio shows to the forces. Vera Lynn became the forces sweetheart by singing on his show "Starlight" and slept in the crowded theatre to ensure she never missed a show because of the nightly bombing raids. He was the last person to speak to Glenn Miller before he died and tried to persuade him not to fly in such bad weather. He shepherded Bing Crosby around London through the adoring crowds while V2 bombs flew overhead. He discovered the ten year old Petula Clark who came to the show to send a message to her soldier uncle and gave an impromptu performance with the full orchestra. He also discovered and named the Beverley Sisters. Front cover image: 1941 Cecil Madden on the roof of the Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly. He lived underground in the star dressing room as Head of Overseas Entertainment after his office at Broadcasting House was destroyed by a bomb. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.