![]() As a result of the copyright not being renewed and subsequently expiring, the novelization has entered the public domain. Cooper based on Cooper's then-upcoming film King Kong to serve as part of the film's advertising. Drapkin (his sale, Christie’s, New York, 29 June 2005, lot 396). Lovelace in 1932 at the request of his friend Merian C. ![]() A novelization of the 1930s cinematic classic follows the discovery on a remote island of a giant ape. ![]() Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. Grosset & Dunlap, 1976 - King Kong (Fictitious character) - 219 pages. Original cloth, decorated endpapers with photographic illustrations from the movie (very minor fading at spine extremities) pictorial dust jacket, with publisher's advertisement on verso (very minor wear to extremities, a few minor light scratches, otherwise fine) quarter morocco folding case with onlaid morocco and cloth onlay showing King Kong before the New York skyline). Delos Wheeler Lovelace, Edgar Wallace, Merian C. This novelization from the film was written by Delos W. King Kong would go down in history as one of the great film adventures to be produced in that time period, and is considered a classic today. Creelman and Ruth Rose, and the movie starred Fay Ray as Ann Darrow. ![]() Cooper and Edgar Wallace came up with the story about a remote island inhabited by (among other things) a huge silverback gorilla for the 1933 film. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932.įirst edition of the novelization of one of the greatest Beauty and the Beast tales ever composed. ![]()
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If there is one uncertainty that has persisted since the beginning of time, it’s our planet’s impermanence. “Otherlands: Journeys in Earth’s Extinct Ecosystems,” by Thomas Halliday (Random House) This cover image released by Random House shows "Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds" by Thomas Halliday. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gold is used for abstract concepts like the scripture in heaven. Inscriptions like those on the gate of hell or on Anastasius’ tomb are marked in brown. A criterion for the choice of a color is, how well it differs from the other voices within a canto. Green, purple, orange, dark teal, aqua, dark purple, etc. Bernhard) the color blue is used according to certain illuminated manuscripts. To mark the guides in the afterworld (Virgil, Beatrice, St. In the bilingual edition of this series the corresponding verse numbers are highlighted in yellow. The numerous similes that anchor Dante’s afterworld to this world, the terrene part is set in red italic. Dante for example is at the same time narrator (black), protagonist (red) and author (red italic) as well as sender of messages (bold red) to concrete or abstract addressees. The differentiation by colors will help identifying the various speakers and levels of speech. What didn’t exist so far is the coloration of the text according to the voices as shown in this edition. the color red for initials and canto indications as well as-on the lines of certain bible editions and similar publications-for labeling the rubrics (from Latin rubrum = red), the colors red and blue for initials and the whole palette for artful initials and illustrating miniatures. ![]() Since the earliest manuscripts colors were used for Dante’s Divine Comedy, e. ![]() In this volume, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy is colored according to the concept of “La Commedia Colorata”. ![]() ![]() He currently resides near Wichita Falls, Texas. 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