First Edition. C. V. John dustjacket art. Hawaii set adventure and nautical themed novel of a Hollywood glamour girl, Gloria Drake, whose power over men is challenged by an author who plans a yachting voyage alone, but who gets unexpected company in Gloria. Includes elements of crime and intrigue. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket with shallow edge chips, spine faded, few inch closed tear at top front panel. Item #25552

First Edition stated. Koerner dustjacket art. Rare Hollywood themed novel found in Slide's Hollywood Novel. "Jim Shade, ex-farmer boy and acrobat, who achieves stardom on the film lots at the age of twenty-two, gets bored with the bright lights, comes up missing at the premiere of his new picture, disappears. But the excitement has only just begun for Shade, who meets Eve Mannix, daughter of Professor Mannix, a physicist of the first order who deals in super stellar waves. Jim suddenly finds himself the center of a nefarious plot, littered with spies, foreign agents, kidnappings, robbery, violence and thrills. A gargantuan chase by the film company for the recovery of their high priced star". Almost Near Fine, in Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling, shallow chipping at top spine end and flap corners, short closed tear at top front panel. Item #27688

First Edition. Novel of a woman's mental breakdown as she reaches stardom as a Hollywood actress (See Slide, A. The Hollywood Novel). Blurb on dustjacket by Richard Wright. Very Good-Near Fine, some soiling to top page edge, in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket with dollar sign still visible, nicks and rubbing at spine ends and flap corners, chip to rear panel, some darkening to spine lettering and white rear panel. Item #17081

First Edition. Maxwell dustjacket art. Hollywood themed novel concerning the acting life and amorous adventures of a leading man. "The novel offers many sharply observed scenes and details of the making of screen drama...alive with real studio characters and their parasites; the crude but shrewdly understanding producer, the woman who knows how to write Dana's parts for him; the director able to build up or break down any actor; the young girl who adored a screen myth; the dangerous woman, wise in the ways of resisting desertion". Near Fine but for mild cup circle at front cover in near Very Good dustjacket, few several inch closed tears to front panel nicely mended at verso with archival tape, some shallow edge chips and shelf wear, dime sized chip at top spine end, dime sized abrasion to upper mid-spine. Item #18465

First Edition, Advance Review Copy in wraps. Hollywood play of comedy and romance, set on a Hollywood motion picture studio. Very Good-Near Fine, spine a bit faded, minor shelf wear. Item #8910

First Edition. S. Strother dustjacket art. Hubin listed murder mystery by this Hollywood silver screen star who appeared in over one hundred films between 1911 and 1932. The novel itself is set in San Francisco and deals with a murdered theatre actor. Scarce. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, with dime sized chip at top spine end. Item #9866

First American Edition. Hubin listed murder mystery involving a Hollywood actress who in "taking the part of the slave attendant on Cleopatra, has to apply the poisonous snake to the breast of a famous star. In doing so, she pierces her with a syringe containing a deadly dose of morphine..." Very Good, lower fore-edge corner of covers with mild dampstain discoloration, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow chips. Item #20378

Reprint Edition. Humorous novel of Hollywood and the Movie Business. Basis for the 1936 RKO film starring Fred Stone and Jean Parker. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #24063

First Edition. Contemporary romance novel. "Marie Swenson, famous model, met lust and sordid experiences in her effort to get the man who betrayed her sister and sent other innocent girls to degradation after promising them Hollywood careers". Uncommon. Good, some soiling and wear, front endpaper removed, pastedowns show some abrasions. Married to a lovely Fine dustjacket that had been stored separate from the book. Item #35640

First Edition. "The glittering world of the motion pictures is a background which Miss Tracy uses shrewdly to show the romance of her captivating Dulcy". Found in Anthony Slide's The Hollywood Novel who writes: "When Dulcy Jayne fails to retain her popularity, the studio tries to het her to break the contract, but she is able to manipulate them into breaking the contract and is thus able to organize her own company". Very scarce. Near Fine in Very Good gold foil illustrated dustjacket, shallow edge chips and wear. Item #25682

First Edition. 'The story of how Karl Lustig erected the great structure of Premiere Films and then lost it, only to recapture it again, is a story packed with drama and emotion'. Found in Anthony Slide's 'Hollywood Novel'. Uncommon. Almost Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, nicking and wear at spine ends and corners. Item #41776

Presumed First Edition despite no publisher's colophon. Original red cloth and illustrated dustjacket. 'H' dustjacket art. Illustrated by Arthur William Brown. Very scarce Hollywood themed novel, "its title character a Western actor who has lived many of the parts he plays, 'a moving-picture cowpuncher, acting during every waking moment.' All the stories take place at the Titan studios (possibly based on the Selig studios in Los Angeles) and feature director Jimmy Montague". [Anthony Slide, 'The Hollywood Novel'] Stories include titles about extras, a conceited stage actor, a young actress forced to perform in a water scene after pretending she can swim proficiently, an actor who loses interest in the leading lady, author's who supervise production, a wealthy woman intent on an acting career, and a film set visited by an efficiency expert. Slide erroneously dates this title as published in 1919. Had he known the correct date of 1915, this title would fall within the same year as Edward Clode's novel, The Love Story of a Movie Star, which he describes as the first Hollywood novel for adults. As Clode's novel is set in New York before the movie industry moved west to Hollywood, this may be the first novel to deal with movie making in the town synonymous with its production. Near Fine but for mild bumping to fore-edge of first several leaves, in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, spine edges with wear, few closed tears. Item #22843