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GB: Readers Library, 1928. Foreword states 4 years (c1927). Tennant DW after the PARAMOUNT PICTURE. DW has small piece out of rear cover of DW. 1st Thus. Hardback. VG-/G+ DW. Fcp.
Sons of the Sea (First UK Edition) by A.M.R. Wright - 1926
by A.M.R. Wright
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Sons of the Sea (First UK Edition)
by A.M.R. Wright
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London: The Readers Library, 1926. First UK Photoplay Edition.
Based on the 1926 Paramount film, "Old Ironsides," about the USS Constitution and its efforts to combat the Barbary pirates, directed by James Cruze, and starring Charles Farrell and Esther Ralston.
Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light foxing, small tear to the rear pastedown. Jacket with several tiny chips, brief dampstaining.
Based on the 1926 Paramount film, "Old Ironsides," about the USS Constitution and its efforts to combat the Barbary pirates, directed by James Cruze, and starring Charles Farrell and Esther Ralston.
Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light foxing, small tear to the rear pastedown. Jacket with several tiny chips, brief dampstaining.
- Bookseller Royal Books, Inc. (US)
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- Publisher The Readers Library
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1926
- Keywords Books into Film | Photoplay Editions | US Navy | Literature
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SONS OF THE SEA (The Novel of the Film)
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SONS OF THE SEA (The Novel of the Film )
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GB: Readers Library, 1928. Foreword states 4 years (c1927). Tennant DW after the PARAMOUNT PICTURE. Dustwrapper has small chip top right corner of rear cover.. 1st Thus. Hardback. VG+/nrVG DW.
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SONS OF THE SEA (The Novel of the Film)
by Wright, A.M.R
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GB: Readers Library, 1928. Foreword states 4 years (c1927). Tennant DW after the PARAMOUNT PICTURE. DW has slight internal magic tape repair. . 1st Thus. Hardback. VG+/VG+ DW. Fcp.
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SONS OF THE SEA (The Novel of the Film)
by Wright, A.M.R
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GB: Readers Library, 1928. Foreword states 4 years (c1927). Tennant DW after the PARAMOUNT PICTURE.. 1st Thus. Hardback. VG+/VG+ DW. Fcp.
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Sons of the Sea (The Novel of the Film) [published in the U.S. as "Old Ironsides"]
by Wright, A.M.R
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London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd.. Very Good+ in Near Fine dj. [1928]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [modest wear to book, small tear in fore-edge of first text page; jacket shows only minor wear at edges and extremities]. (Readers Library, no. 204) Series British version of a "photoplay edition," in a small format (about the size of a mass market paperback). A novelization of the Paramount historical adventure film OLD IRONSIDES, which was released in the U.S. in 1926, this particular edition -- for whatever reason -- does NOT contain any bound-in stills, nor does the jacket art specifically reference the movie (except for the words "Paramount Picture"); internally, the film is mentioned only briefly, in the last paragraph of the "Editor's Note." On the plus side, though, it's a nicer than usually seen copy (especially the jacket), given the very cheap production values of these Readers Library editions. (NOTE that this has been…
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Sons of the sea
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Readers Library, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback Published by Readers Library, not in dust wrapper, Very good in boards, browning foxing to pages.
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Sons of the Sea by A. M. R. Wright (London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd, [1928]*). The Readers Library published affordable editions of popular fiction in the period 1924-35, cheaply produced but very attractive with their wrap-round dustwrapper artwork. Novelisation by Anna Maria Rose Wright (1890-1968)* of the 1926 Paramount film 'Old Ironsides' starring Charles Farrell, Esther Ralston and Wallace Beery, directed by James Cruze (IMDB). Originally published in the US by Grosset & Dunlap (c1926), this copy from Readers Library was published with the film's UK release title of 'Sons of the Sea'. Hardback in dustwrapper. 252pp. Size: 6.75 x 4.25 inches approx. (169mm x 106mm). Dustwrapper a little worn and creased; worn with small loss to spine ends and corner tips, short tears to head of spine; nibbles to bottom edge of front flap; dusty and marked in places, some foxing evident to verso. Light shelf wear to spine and boards, short split to front hinge at spine head; gilt dulled to…
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Sons of the Sea
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London: Readers Library, 1928. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the silent film released in America as Old Ironsides. A stirring tale of American naval adventure during the War of 1812, this epic film stars Wallace Beery, Esther Ralston, George Bancroft, and Charles Farrell. Fine in a bright dust jacket with a couple of minor nicks. The front panel of the dust jacket shows a color painting of Charles Farrell as the Commodore in full naval uniform brandishing a sword and instructing a sailor in firing a cannon against an attacking ship. The rear panel shows Esther Ralston waving to the sailing “Old Ironsides.”
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