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Editore: Los Angeles Thomas Perry Stricker 1933, 1933
Da: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. Bookplate. About fine barely handled copy in a very good dust jacket with some minor edge wear and a few small tears, some interior reinforcement to the interior, and a trace of dust soiling. Charles Grapewin (1869 - 1956) began his career as an aerialist and trapeze artist before he turned to acting, first on the stage, and then in motion pictures. He gained popularity in his later years, appearing in memorable roles in such films as The Petrified Forest (1936) with Leslie Howard and Humphrey Bogart, The Good Earth (1937) with Paul Muni and Louise Rainer, and They Died with Their Boots On (1941) with Errol Flynn. However, his best remembered roles were as DorothyÕs lovable Uncle Henry in the classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), the disgruntled Grandpa Joad, who refused to leave the homestead, in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), as Inspector Queen in the Ellery Queen whodunits that ran from 1940 through 1942, and as the amiable ne'er-do-well Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road (1941).
Editore: Liveright Publishing Corp, New York, 1942
Da: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. A romance of "fabulous wealth" in which a woman finds herself after running away to Chicago with a "spectacular night-club manager, an honest gambler - Monty Rogers". Grapewin was a well known Hollywood actor of the time, best best remembered as Dorothy's loveable Uncle Henry in the classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), Near Fine with contemporary bookplate at front free endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket, nicking to spine ends, top and bottom edge of verso with thin and unobtrusive strip of paper tape.
Editore: New York Liveright 1942, 1942
Da: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. Near fine slightly used copy in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with a few tiny chips and tears and a faint vertical crease to the spine. A dramatic novel with elements of romance and high finance. Charles Grapewin (1869 - 1956) began his career as an aerialist and trapeze artist before he turned to acting, first on the stage, and then in motion pictures. He gained popularity in his later years, appearing in memorable roles in such films as The Petrified Forest (1936) with Leslie Howard and Humphrey Bogart, The Good Earth (1937) with Paul Muniand Luise Rainer, and They Died with Their Boots On (1941) with Errol Flynn. However, his best remembered roles were as DorothyÕs loveable Uncle Henry in the classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), the disgruntled Grandpa Joad, who refused to leave the homestead, in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), as Inspector Queen in the Ellery Queen whodunits that ran from 1940 through 1942, and as the amiable ne'er-do-well Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road (1941).