Messmore Kendall (4 results)

NY. Good with no dust jacket; Cloth; Farrar, Straus & Co; 1947; 2nd Printing. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Good, edges rubbed. Second printing, 423 pages. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper, "To Bob **********, Esq with kindest regards Messmore Kendall"; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author . Good with no dust jacket; Cloth; Farrar, Straus & Co; 1947; 2nd Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. Dust jacket designed by Bill English (unclipped; small chips to spine ends). Very good. 423 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed on front free endpaper by Kendall to columnist Louella Parsons: "Dear Louella / After all these years I am trying to write a book. Since you have known me through other phases thought you might be interested in an old friend's effort. Delighted you are well again. We missed you. Messmore / Oct 22/46.". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Kendall on the front free endpaper. 422 pp. with index. Memoirs of American "Renaissance man" Messmore Kendall whose varied careers and interests included law, advertising, mining, transporation, movies, politics and Broadway. He summed at Buffalo Bill Cody's ranch as a boy, mined in Montana, was Theodore Roosevelt's secretary when TR was Governor of New York, was invloved in financing early silent movies, built theaters, wa sinvolved in the production of Somerset Maugham's first play. Fine in very good dust jacket. modest afde to the spine and a bit of wear about the edges.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to playwright George Middleton: "To George Middleton Esq. / with best wishes of a devoted friend / Messmore Kendall." Middleton's nephew David's ownership stamp on the front pastedown. New Jersey-born playwright, director, and producer George Middleton served as president of the Dramatists Guild of America from 1927 to 1929. He is perhaps best remembered today for his instrumental role in creating the Minimum Basic Agreement, a collective bargaining agreement that covers benefits, rights, and protections for Writers Guild of America members. Middleton was also known for his collaborations with Guy Bolton, including the successful 1917 stage comedy "Polly With a Past," basis for the 1920 film adaptation. A biography of theatre magnate, attorney, and entrepreneur Messmore Kendall. Good only, lacking the dust jacket, slightly cocked, with light soil on the bottom board edges and moderate fray at the spine ends. Signed.