New York, NY, USA: Dover Publications, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "...The Forties were the years of Old Hollywood's last stand, though the people concerned didn't know it. Today there are fewer, and some would argue, better movies, but one thing is clear - they are no longer "our" movies" (John Kobal, Introduction pg. X). Austrian-British film historian and author of over thirty books John Kobal (1940-1991) edited this..... More

New York, NY: Random House/The Modern Library, 1953. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Signed & Inscribed by John O'Hara to Lauren Bacall. The first Modern Library edition, as stated on copyright page, of John O'Hara's classic novel, first published in 1934. With a new forward by the author. This is a very special copy- it is inscribed & signed by O'Hara on the half-title page: "To Betty/This wasn't done/with a wave..... More