Skylark by Raphaelson Samson (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pub by Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1939. NOT exLib. Near-Fine cond. hardcover w/ VG+ unclipped (& unpriced) dustjacket now in archival grade Brodart. Tan cloth over bds w/ blue lettering on cover & spine. Book is complete, intact & unmarked. Very light soiling & wear to dj, still 98+% intact & displays well w/ Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland & Brian Aherne on cover. No internal illustrations. 225pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall NF/VG or better cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. Not Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. G/G. 1939. First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 227 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, tears, cover toning, rubbed, page toning .

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has mild shelfwear, spine end softened, spine mildly sunned. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy. Original cast pictures, including Gertrude Lawrence and Vivian Vance. The play was originally produced by John Golden and opened at the Morosco Theatre, on Broadway, on 10/12/1939.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Cover is in good condition, save for corner bumping and light shadowing near edges (largely confined to back cover). Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for penciled ownership on FEP, notations throughout play, rehearsal schedule on EP, and skull doodle on inside of back cover. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: NF/F. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. First printing. PO bookplate to front pastedown (hidden by jacket flap), otherwise a clean and bright NF/F in a VG+ dust jacket with the price of $2.00 intact on the front flap. Basis for the 1941 film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland and Brian Aherne. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Stated first ed. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Revised edition. Near fine in wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, about Fine, Garson Kanin's copy with his bookplate (H4-0).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Near fine in a very good minus dustwrapper with a tanned spine.

Softcover. Condition: Good. The pages are very good and clean except for a smudge on a front page. The covers (also a sor to dustjacket) have some average wear. ; The author's first novel. Note -- NOT a play. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 225 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Rear hinge cracked, slight rubbing on the spine, near fine, lacking the dust jacket. Barrett H. Clark's copy, with his penciled Signature on front flyleaf. Clark was the editorial director of The Dramatists Play Service and was also an editor at Samuel French. A play adapted from the author's novel of the same name, and basis for the 1941 Mark Dansdrich film featuring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, and Binnie Barnes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A bookplate on the front pastedown, playbill and related material affixed to rear pastedown, spine lettering a trifle rubbed, thus a very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. This copy Signed by Samson Raphaelson, producer John Golden and star of the play Gertrude Lawrence. Golden and Lawrence were also the co-dedicatees of the play. Autograph Card Signed laid in from Helen Wayne Rauh, who appeared in the lead of a road production of the play. A play adapted from the author's novel of the same name, and basis for the 1941 Mark Dansdrich film featuring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, and Binnie Barnes.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Fine in an age-toned, very good or a little better dustwrapper with very shallow loss at the crown. Warmly Inscribed by Raphaelson: "Dear Jean Here it is, much changed, but I hope you approve. Gratefully, Samson Raphaelson. December 12, 1939 New York." A play adapted from the author's novel of the same name, and basis for the 1941 Mark Dansdrich film featuring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, and Binnie Barnes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Lightly soiled, and a small faint stain to one corner, very good or better lacking the dustwrapper. Basis for the 1941 Mark Dansdrich film featuring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, and Binnie Barnes. Raphaelson's first novel, about the neglected wife of a busy advertising executive. Inscribed to his close friend, James M. Cain, and Cain's second wife (of four) Elina: "for James and Elena [sic] with love Raph. New York May, 1939." Raphaelson, as a highly successful playwright and screenwriter, was one of Cain's idols. Cain spent nearly as much time writing unsuccessful plays as he did writing successful novels. They became close friends, and Cain was introduced by Raphaelson into a Hollywood crowd that eventually resulted in his third marriage, to actress Aileen Pringle. Raphaelson's first novel, about the neglected wife of a busy advertising executive. Basis for the 1941 Mark Dansdrich film featuring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, and Binnie Barnes. A very nice association.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1939 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 18 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 18 Volume 13.