Preface James Pepper (5 results)

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. First Trade Paperback Printing, May 1987, so staterd with complete number line beginning with 1. Spine slightly sunned, very minor wear at spine edges else a near fine, tight copy Excellent 11 page introduction by Robert B. Parker and informative preface by James Pepper. Raymond Chandler envisioned "Playback"as being one of his most important works, Unfortunately, this movie was never produced. Years later Chandler used the screenplay title for a novel. but the novel was completely different from the screenplay. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Approx. 5" wide by 7". "This first printing .is limited to 1000 copies. . It is distributed as a holiday greeting in December 1995 to the friends of Peter Bogdanovich and Pepper & Stern - Rare Books, Inc." Main contents are 6 1/2 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. James Pepper(Preface) Robert B. Parker(Introduction) John Jinks(Cover Artist) (illustrator). First Edition. Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller by Raymond Chandler 1st Ed A tight bright copy. A bright dust jacket with minor rubbing to extremities. Not price-clipped. Mylar cover. First Trade edition. The screenplay for a movie that was never produced. A novel of the same name "Playback" was published but differed greatly. BOOK.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good +. First Edition, Stated. [x], 148p. Book plate on front pastedown, gift note on front endpaper, 1-1/2" tear on top front jacket edge. An original screenplay for a film in which Welles intended to direct and star. The screenplay was eventually filmed in 1999, albeit with a major reworking, directed by George Hickenlooper and starring William Hurt and Nigel Hawthorne. Included here is Rosenbaum's recounting "a history of the screenplay and its importance in the larger context of Welles' career as a filmmaker." [From Pepper's preface] (9-1/4"x6-1/4").

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (1/2"-inch tear with adjacent crease at base of front panel of jacket. Barely discernible hint of damp staining at base of spine on jacket. ) 1000 copies printed.