1986, ISBN: 9780807818169

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe

("Vera Zorina") in dark blue fountain on light green vintage album leaf with halftone photograph laid down on the right corner. 5 3/4" x 4 1/4"; 1 page; very good. Als… Mehr…

("Vera Zorina") in dark blue fountain on light green vintage album leaf with halftone photograph laid down on the right corner. 5 3/4" x 4 1/4"; 1 page; very good. Also signed and inscribed on verso by "Bill Henry" in blue fountain pen ink. Signed and inscribed to noted Hollywood publicist and autograph collector L. Allan Smith: "To Allan Vera Zorina." Also signed and inscribed on verso: "To Allan With best wishes from Bill Henry." Zorina (b. 1917), Born January 2, 1917, Berlin, Germany; imported to Hollywood by Samuel Goldwyn on a seven year film contract; married to George Balanchine December 24, 1938-January 1946; film career 1938-1946: "The Goldwyn Follies" 1938; "On Your Toes" 1939; "I Was an Adventuress" 1940; "Louisiana Purchase" 1941; "Star Spangled Rhythm" 1942; "Follow the Boys" 1944; "Lover Come Back" 1946; now lives in Santa Fe New Mexico. Henry (1918-1982), born William Albert Henry, November 10, 1917, Los Angeles; died August 19, 1982, Los Angeles, California; Debuted in films at the age of 8, and would then enjoy a well-rounded career, first as juvenile actor, then B-movie hero and ultimately character player in his later years; well remembered as the obnoxious teenager, expectant heir and dilettante crime-solver in William S. Van Dyke's "The Thin Man"1934; film career 1933-1967: "Adorable" 1933; "A Wicked Woman" 1934; "China Seas" 1935; "Tarzan Escapes" 1936; "Sweater Girl" 1942; "Going My Way" 1944; "The Alamo" 1960.. Signed by Author(s). F. Soft cover., 0, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1936), 1936. Limited edition, #254/1,000. Large 4to; pp. viii, 161; color frontispiece and thirty collotype plates; t.e.g. A very good copy or better in original gilt-stamped blue cloth, lacking the slipcase.The story of the Oriental porcelian which, known in Europe as East India Company China, supplied the Western demand for nearly 300 years. Many examples are illustrated; essays on the China trade and the life of a Western merchant in Canton, and on the production of the china.., New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1936), 1936, 0, Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1988. First edition. FIrst printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xiv, 256 p. Illustrations. Index. From the publisher: "The Luce Foundation has been run for thirty years by Henry Luce III, Henry R. Luce's son and a former writer and corporate executive at Time, Inc. Luce has maintained the unique perspectives that have distinguished the foundation since its birth: its interest in China, where his father was born to missionary parents, and in southeast Asia; its concern with theology and theological education; and its funding of cross-disciplinary professorships in the nation's leading private colleges and universities. Henry Luce III has also led the foundation in new directions, notably its support of scholarship about American art. At a time when private philanthropy is in decline, weakened by unfavorable tax laws, and sometimes appears directionless, the Luce Foundation remains strongly endowed, with clearly defined direction and leadership. This book gives detailed and informative accounts of what has happened to many Luce Foundation grants, showing concretely-from the classroom to the prison cell-what takes place after the philanthropic dollar has been committed., The University of North Carolina Press, 1988, 3<

1986, ISBN: 9780807818169

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1988. First edition. FIrst printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xiv, 256 p. Illustrations. Index. From the publish… Mehr…

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1988. First edition. FIrst printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xiv, 256 p. Illustrations. Index. From the publisher: "The Luce Foundation has been run for thirty years by Henry Luce III, Henry R. Luce's son and a former writer and corporate executive at Time, Inc. Luce has maintained the unique perspectives that have distinguished the foundation since its birth: its interest in China, where his father was born to missionary parents, and in southeast Asia; its concern with theology and theological education; and its funding of cross-disciplinary professorships in the nation's leading private colleges and universities. Henry Luce III has also led the foundation in new directions, notably its support of scholarship about American art. At a time when private philanthropy is in decline, weakened by unfavorable tax laws, and sometimes appears directionless, the Luce Foundation remains strongly endowed, with clearly defined direction and leadership. This book gives detailed and informative accounts of what has happened to many Luce Foundation grants, showing concretely-from the classroom to the prison cell-what takes place after the philanthropic dollar has been committed., The University of North Carolina Press, 1988, 3<