Patrick Dennis Novel (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. 1st Edition. Stated First Printing, First Edition. As you can see from the photos, the covers are exceptionally clean and, perhaps remarkably, free of wear. The corners and edges do not have any rubbing. The spine ends are in excellent shape. The red lettering on the spine is quite bright. The book is square and very solidly bound from cover to cover, with nicely tight pages, absolutely no binding issues. The top page edge is tinted pinkish red. There is one white stain and this has caused a little bit of a pinkish spot to come over the top edge of around ten consecutive pages. It's very small and far away from the print. The middle page edge is deckled. I think it has a few light spots, because there are two or three instances where a tiny spot just peeks out over the outer edge of a page. The pages are very clean. I scrolled through a number of times without finding any instances of direct soiling onto the actual pages. I'm also not seeing any creasing or dogeared corners. A handful of the deckled (rough-edged) edges have a few slightly jagged areas. I would imagine this is the case with other copies as well. There are no markings anywhere in the book. There are no attachments of any kind. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere. You can see the dust jacket in the first three photos. I've had it in a fitted protective cover for as long as I've owned the book. There is some light white fogging, perhaps smooth rubbing, on the front cover. There are couple small tears off the front top edge, a crease off the bottom front edge. The spine is faded. The spine ends look for rather good. The rear white cover has some spotting adjacent to the spine and middle edge, perhaps a little handling soiling. It doesn't seem to have any tears. The flaps look very good, no tears, no creases, maybe a little toning. The jacket is NOT price-clipped, not clipped at all. About 'Mame': It was called "Broadway's best musical" by Time Magazine, Life Magazine, and The New Yorker.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover, dust jacket. Light signs of wear to the jacket. We ship fast. Stated first printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Vanguard Press, New York, 1957. 182 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn with pieces missing to the spine; spine is sunned and faded). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Stage adaptation of the "Patrick Dennis" (Edward Everett Tanner III) novel about a young boy's life as the ward of his wacky aunt, following the death of his father. The original Broadway production starring Rosalind Russell was a hit, running two full seasons (639 performances) ; Russell was replaced near the end of the run by first Greer Garson and then Beatrice Lillie, primarily so she could move on to star in the movie adaptation (released in December 1958) , thereby assuring her perpetual identification with the role. (A musical version, "Mame," followed in 1966, and a film version of that in 1974.). EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages.

Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1981 film. Television newswoman Karen White goes on a retreat after a traumatic incident with a serial killer. But is she really safe? And what should she fear more: regaining her memory or the creepy residents of The Colony? Followed by many unsatisfying and unconnected sequels. Helped launch the short-lived werewolf craze in the early 1980s. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1974 film, showing costume designer Theadora Van Runkle with her pet fox. Van Runkle broke through into Hollywood with her distinctive designs for the New Hollywood classic "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967), igniting a craze for 1930s garments, French berets, and three-piece suits across America. She would go on to become one of the most renowned costume designers in Hollywood for the following three decades, working on numerous films, including "Bullitt" (1968), "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968), "Myra Breckinridge" (1970), "Johnny Got His Gun" (1971), "The Godfather Part II" (1974), "Heaven Can Wait" (1978), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982), and "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986), among many others. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.