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1987021816New York: Ballantine Books 1987. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No DJ. 262 pp. Slight signs of usage; from the library of Arthur H Peterson one of the stars of the original radio soap opera in Chicago. Inscribed to him by the author with the author's card laid in loosely. <br/> <br/> Ballantine Books paperback
1981042335Los Angeles: Aaron Spelling Productions 1981. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Ii 66 Pp. Blue Covers Printed In Black. Signed On The Cover By The 7 Stars Not The Author And With A Laid In Signature Of Zsa Zsa Gabor All Purchased 11/15/81 At An Immaculate Heart College Silent Auction. <br/> <br/> Aaron Spelling Productions paperback
1981049281Bobbs-Merrill Co 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 165 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt. First Printing. Very Near Fine In Very Near Fine Price-Clipped Dust Jacket. Inscribed By Storm To "My Friend Jane" Who Was The Late Jane Withers Also An Actress. <br/> <br/> Bobbs-Merrill Co hardcover
19350349531935. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Undated Small Sheet From A Notebook Signed "Yours Truly- Lorado Taft Mch 17-'35". <br/> <br/> unknown
1950058056New York: Random House 1950. First Printing . Turquoise Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8 1/4" High. 184 Unmarked Pages. Stated First Printing. "'The Happy Time' Was First Presented By Richard Rodgers And Oscar Hammerstein 2Nd At The Plymouth Theatre New York City On January 24 1950 With The Following Cast: Bibi.Johnny Stewart; Papa.Claude Dauphin "Etc. From The Personal Library Of A Hollywood Publicist; Stamp On Ffep. Cover Edges Faded; Paper Label On Spine Clean And Bright. Dj In Brodart; Not Price Clipped ; Chipped Tips Top And Bottom Of Spine. 1/2" Closed Tear Top Edge Rear. Claude Dauphin Signed His Name On Front Of Dj Between " By Samuel Taylor" And :" A Random House Play". <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
1928050277New York City Ny: Samuel French 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. 144 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Red. First Printing. Very Good Light Usage. Inscribed By Producer A. H. Woods "To My Favorite Agent" Laura Wilk. Wilk Was A Very Well-Connected Broadway Agent At The Time. Albert Herman Woods Born Aladore Herman; 1870 -1951 Was A Hungarian-Born Theatrical Producer Who Spent Much Of His Life In The Usa. He Produced Over 140 Plays On Broadway Including Some Of The Most Successful Shows Of The Period Sometimes Under The Name Of The Production Company 'Al Woods Ltd. Woods Was Born In Budapest Hungary To A Jewish Family But His Family Brought Him To The United States As An Infant. He Grew Up On The Lower East Side Of Manhattan. As A Child He Would Skip School To Go To Theatrical Shows Where He Developed The Goal Of Becoming A Producer Himself. Woods Formed An Early Partnership With Sam H. Harris And Paddy Sullivan Running Tour Companies Of Popular Melodramas Starting With The Bowery After Dark. His First Broadway Production Was The Evil That Men Do In 1903. His Work On Broadway Escalated After The Popularity Of The Touring Melodramas Declined. Woods Had A Stable Of Favorite Playwrights Most Notably Owen Davis Who He Worked With For Several Years On Melodramas Such As Nellie The Beautiful Cloak Model. When Woods Turned To Producing Regular Broadway Shows He Focused On Bedroom Farces Starting With The Girl From Rector's In 1909. During A Trip To Europe In 1911 He Bought The Us Rights To The World's First Full-Color Feature Film The Miracle Which Eventually Premiered In New York 1913. Also In 1911 He Starting Building The Eltinge Theatre On 42Nd Street Named For One Of His Most Successful And Profitable Stars The Female Impersonator Julian Eltinge. By May 1911 A Run Of The Fascinating Widow Starring Eltinge At The Boston Theatre Was Expected To Have Receipts Of $500000 By The Time It Finished. From C1912 He Took Over The Leases Of A Large Number Of Berlin Theatres Including What Became The Ufa-Palast Am Zoo To Put On 'Kino-Vaudeville' Shows A Mix Of Variety Acts Imported From The Us Interspersed With Silent Films. He Was Also Involved With The American Millionaire Joe Goldsoll In The Building Of The German Capital's First Free-Standing Purpose-Built Cinema The Ufa-Pavillon Am Nollendorfplatz. When He Became Successful Woods Continued To Emphasize His Humble Roots And Was Known For His Folksy Manner With Everyone. He Greeted Patrons At The Eltinge As "Sweetheart". Upon Being Introduced To King George V Woods Addressed The Monarch Who Was Older Than Him As "Kid" And Took The Opportunity To Promote One Of His Productions Declaring It To Be "A Regular Show". Woods Was At His Peak In The 1920S Producing Such Hits As Ladies' Night 1920 The Demi-Virgin 1921 The Green Hat 1925 The Shanghai Gesture 1926 Filmed In 1941 And The Trial Of Mary Dugan 1927. However He Lost Most Of His Fortune In The Early 1930S And Never Fully Recovered. In The 1930S His Only Major Hits Were Five Star Final 1930 And Night Of January 16Th 1935. When Woods Staged The Sheldon Davis Comedy Try And Get It In August 1943 Critics Expressed Hope That It Would Revive His Flagging Career But It Closed In Less Than A Week. It Was His Final Production. Although Woods Continued To Read Scripts And Attempt To Generate Interest He Was Unable To Stage Any Productions After 1943. He Died On April 24 1951 In His Residence At The Hotel Beacon In New York. The Once Wealthy Former Producer Ended His Life Bankrupt. After A Memorial Service Attended By Many Prominent Theater Personalities His Remains Were Cremated. Woods Produced A Number Of Bedroom Farces Which Critics And Local Authorities Often Saw As Pushing The Boundaries Of Propriety. In Several Instances Woods Encountered Legal Troubles As A Result. <br/> <br/> Samuel French hardcover
1936026326New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1936. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Complete Magazine Light Wear 1/2" Chip At Bottom Of Spine. Includes "The Brooch" By William Faulkner. Also Includes "The Return Of The Source" By Writer And Screenwriter Jo Pagano Inscribed "For My Friend Napolitano With Best Wishes - Jo Pagano". Napolitano Was An Italian-American Muralist In Southern California Active 1920'S To 1970'S Including Work On Bullock's Wilshire City Hall Countless Churches And Other Architectural Work Textiles Movie Studio Work Etc. Although Relatively Unknown He Was Subject Of A Book By Merle Armitage In 1935. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1953044510Wien / Vienna: Universal 1953. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 117 Pp. Softcover Large Format. Inscribed Jan. 3 1954 By Zeisl To His Friend Hugo Apparently A Close Friend Of The Schoenfeld Sisters Violinists. Erich Zeisl 1905 - 1959 Often Spelled Eric Was An Austrian-Born American Composer. Born To A Middle Class Jewish Family In Vienna Zeisl Was The Son Of Kamilla Feitler And Siegmund Zeisl. His Musical Precocity Enabled Him To Gain A Place At The Vienna State Academy Against The Wishes Of His Family When He Was 14 At Which Age His First Song Was Published. While There He Studied With Richard Stöhr Joseph Marx And Hugo Kauder. He Won A State Prize For A Setting Of The Requiem Mass In 1934 But His Jewish Background Made It Difficult To Obtain Work And Publication. After The Anschluss In 1938 He Fled First To Paris Where He Began Work On An Opera Based On Joseph Roth's Job And Then To New York City. Eventually He Went To Hollywood Where He Worked On Film Music But Increasingly Felt Isolated And Ill At Ease With The Production-Line Demands Of His Employers. Among The Films For Which He Wrote Music Were The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 And Abbott And Costello Meet The Invisible Man 1951. Zeisl's Style Was Essentially Tonal And Conservative Compared To Contemporaries Such As Arnold Schoenberg And Thus Not Totally Unsuited To Film Music Composition. But His Heart Lay Elsewhere. At One Stage He Was Employed To Arrange The Music For A Highly Inaccurate Stage Show About The Life Of Tchaikovsky Song Without Words. His Anguish About His Reduction To Such Work Together With The Straits To Which Other Émigré Composers In America Were Reduced At The Time Is Evident In A Letter Written To A Friend In 1945: 'Even Milhaud Stravinsky Tansman Are Struggling. Béla Bartók Died In New York Of Hunger! . Last Year I Orchestrated A Tchaikowsky Operetta Which Provided A Living For 8 Months But Why Does Tchaikowsky Have To Be Put Into An Operetta . No Composer Is Important Here'. Nonetheless Zeisl Was Able Eventually To Find Academic Appointments And Time To Compose In His Own Style. These Works Included A Variety Of Chamber Music A Piano Concerto A Concerto For Cello Written For Gregor Piatigorsky And A Setting For Choir Soloists And Orchestra Of Psalm 92 In Hebrew Which He Titled Requiem Ebraico Hebrew Requiem Written In 1944-5 In Memory Of His Father. A Work Of Variations For Orchestra Was Based On The Christmas Carol "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear." His Opera Hiob Job Was Never Completed. Zeisl Was Married To Gertrud Susanne Jellinek. His Daughter Barbara Zeisl Schoenberg Married Ronald Schoenberg The Son Of The Composer Arnold Schoenberg. His Grandson Is Lawyer E. Randol Schoenberg. Zeisl's Status As A Proscribed Musician Under The Nazi Regime Has Been One Element In A Revival Of Interest In His Music Some Of Which Is Now Available On Cd. The Premiere Performance Of The Requiem Ebraico Was Held In Los Angeles In The Hollywood First Methodist Church On April 8 1945 By Hugo Strelitzer Conducting The Fairfax Temple Choir. <br/> <br/> Universal paperback
1955006263Tel Aviv: Massadah Publishing House Limited. SIGNED First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Tel Aviv: Massadah Publishing House Limited no date c.1955. folio 9" x 11 3/4" 38pp.50 plates plus 38pp. Text in English and Hebrew. Signed by editor M. Avniel Jan 12 1958. Near fine. . Near Fine. Hard. 1955. Massadah Publishing House Limited unknown
1984007680Rockland Maine: William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum. Signed first edition limited to 500 numbered copies copy # 128. Hard cvoer. Published Rockland Maine: William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum 1984 first printing. Oblong 4to. 9 1/2" 11 5/8" 134pp. illustrated with color and b/w plates. Black cloth with gilt titles and gray paper over boards art endpapers. Some dust foxing along top edge of page block else very good. Lacking the dust jacket. . Very Good. Hard. 1984. William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum unknown
1920037397Raleigh: Mutual Publishing Company Printers 1920. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo. 84 pages. Soft cover bound in grey wrappers. Light wear to the binding. There is a brown splash mark on the spine. Illustrated with several photographs. Prior owner's name on the front cover is Wade R. Brown. INSCRIBED by the author to Brown on the recto of the frontis "Wade R. Brown from Jas. Blount Cheshire." Cheshire 1850-1932 was the Bishop of North Carolina for the Episcopal Church from 1893 to 1922. Wade R. Brown was the Dean of the music department at the State Normal and Industrial School now UNCG in Greensboro North Carolina and is the faculty member for whom the Brown Building is named. ~~ Milnor Jones was an itinerant Episcopal preacher from South Carolina who went to western North Carolina in the late 19th century to preach and establish churches in the remote mountain valleys. Along with Cheshire he helped re-establish and build a mission and church in Valle Crucis North Carolina near Boone. This volume contains an account of his work in South Carolina as well as in the NC counties of Watauga Mitchell and Ashe. Chapter 5 pages 54 to 66 is on the Valle Crucis Mission. Illustrated with several photos. <br/> <br/> Mutual Publishing Company, Printers paperback
1969081512-Oself 1969. Letter. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Authors. 2/14/1969 Hand written note from Arthur Godfrey thanking this person for the Honorary Membership. This note is on Godfrey letter head and comes with the original envelope . A scare hand written note for this legendary broadcaster & talk show host . Condition : Fine see the image . self unknown
19609506Kingston RI: University of Rhode Island 1960. Mimeographed 14pp typescript rectos only 4to staple holes at upper left. Near fine. Horn gave this lovely address as president of the University of Rhode Island before the Rhode Island General Assembly on February 12th Lincoln's birthday. Accompanied by a Typed Letter Signed from him 1p 5½" X 8½" Kingston RI 1960 February 23. Addressed to Arnold Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Fine. "I am sending you my address on Lincoln at the request of Charles O'Neill" writes Horn. ".He is particularly interested in the paragraph at the bottom of page 3. I am hoping that the Rhode Island legislature will take action on my suggestion." Which consists of: "Lincoln's two addresses in Rhode Island are of such significance in our history that I hope the State will both commemorate the occasions with some ceremony on the centennial anniversary and mark with a suitable plaque or monument the places where these historic addresses were delivered." Signed boldly in full in black ink. Horn 1908-99 was an educator who served as president of this university from 1958 to 1967 and spearheaded many advancements for that institution. Charles O'Neill 1910-97 was an author known in Civil War circles for his "Wild Train: The Story of the Andrews' Raiders." A most unusual and interesting pair. University of Rhode Island unknown
196132929Globe AZ: Dale Stuart King 1961. Hardcover. Illustrations by Harold A. Wolfinbarger Jr. Small 4to. Brown pictorial glazed cloth pictorial dust jacket. xii 307pp. Numerous illustrations line drawings map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear with several small edge chips mainly at head and tail of spine. First edition as tight and handsome as these matador's pants. Biographies of these famed Mexican bullfighters with a choice autograph addition: Tipped to the half-title page is a 3½" X 2" heavy card boldly signed and inscribed by one of this book's subjects in black ink: "afectuosamente de / su amigo / Manuel Capetillo." Capetillo 1926-2009 is the fifth matador profiled in this well-known chronicle pp. 75-87. Most unusual. Dale Stuart King hardcover
1935047225Minneapolis Minn.: Midwest Book Co. 1935. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 165 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with lettering in black. Light to moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is clean. A printed slip is pastedown onto the front flyleaf stating "Compliments of. " and then giving a host of business persons presidents and CEO's of 7 companies. SIGNED on the front flyleaf by "Senator Carter Glass." Carter Glass 1858-1946 was born in Lynchburg Virginia and was a U.S. Senator from Virginia 1920-1946. He was also the Secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson from 1918 to 1920 and helped establish the Federal Reserve. Carter Glass was a Democrat and John Rustgard was a Republican. <br/> <br/> Midwest Book Co. hardcover
197140620N.p.: The Encino Press 1971. Paperback. 8vo. Tan wrappers. 7pp. Illustration. Near fine. Christmas keepsake printed in a small quantity for distribution by Senator Yarborough 1903-96 Democratic senator from Texas who rode in the Dallas motorcade carrying President Kennedy in 1963 designed for him by Encino Press's founder William D. Wittliff better known these days as the screenwriter for "The Perfect Storm" and other films. The text consists of a speech that Yarborough gave at the unveiling of the Sam Houston five-cent commemorative stamp in where else Houston on 10 January 1964. On the front page he boldly signs and inscribes in in black fineline: "For Ralph Newman -- Who knows the many facets of Sam Houston -- and the Documents which come from each one -- May the Holidays Cheer you and 1972 improve your already enriched life" signed and dated December 1972. Ralph G. Newman 1912-2000 founded Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop and no doubt supplied Yarborough with Houston and other documents for his collection. With original stamped and cancelled envelope signed by Yarborough at upper left and addressed in his huge flamboyant hand. A choice presentation copy of a very uncommon Encino Press publication. The Encino Press paperback
1927024292Losboa Lisbon: Pedro Fazenda 1927. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. 9 3/4" Tall. Photographs Throughout. 222 2 Pp. Wrappers Printed With Red Lettering And Black Design Detached And Worn At Edges Spine Perished Entire Contents Intact And Held Together By Binding Cords. Contents Immaculate. Inscribed At Length And With Admiration To Hollywood Screen Actress Louise Fazenda Hollywood Star Of Fame Recipient Dated 6/23/1928. 16 Copies In Worldcat But Quite Uncommon. <br/> <br/> Pedro Fazenda unknown
1924058344Berlin / New York: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth / Orbis Terrarum / Brentano's Publishers 1924. First American Edition . Cloth. Good. 12 1/4" Tall. 303 Pp. Gray Originally Blue Cloth Gilt. Blue Endpapers. Printed In Germany. First American Edition; No Later Printing Indicated. Fine Sepia Reproductions Of Photographs By Hielscher. A Clean Unmarked Copy Inside. Cloth Worn Fraying At Bottom And Top Of Spine Binding Solid. Page 125 Torn Across Without Loss But Almost Entirely Across The Illustrated Pages 125/126. Very Large And Elaborate Bookplate Of Hollywood Art Director Jack Okey Dated 1927 In The Plate; John Clark "Jack" Okey June 3 1889 - January 8 1963 Was An American Art Director. He Was Raised In Los Angeles And Attended The Harvard School For Boys. After Leaving He Was Given Instruction In Art By His Uncle The California Artist J. Bond Francisco. While He Was In His Early 20S He Traveled To Paris With His Friend Stanton Macdonald Wright And Spent Several Years There Studying Art. Around The Time Of His Marriage In 1913 He Became Involved In The Nascent Film Industry In The Los Angeles Area And Was Involved In The Design And Construction Of Some Of The Earliest Studios There. He Continued In The Film Industry As An Art Director Until His Retirement In 1959. In The Mid-1930S He Spent Several Years In England Working For Alexander Korda Designing Studios For Him. After His Return To The United States He Spent The Remainder Of His Active Career Working For Rko. He Was Nominated For Two Academy Awards For Art Direction 1929 And 1944 But His Best Known Film Is "It'S A Wonderful Life". <br/> <br/> Verlag Ernst Wasmuth / Orbis Terrarum / Brentano's Publishers hardcover
1989045951New York: Harry N Abrams Inc 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photographs Throughout. 248 Pp. Pink Cloth Stamped In Silver And In Blind. Photographic Endpapers. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Signed By Jean Howard Above Her Printed Name On The Title Page. We Also Have For Sale Separately An Archive Of Her Music Compositions. <br/> <br/> Harry N Abrams Inc hardcover
2000009784Bonney Lake Washington: Mountain View Books. Signed first edition. Hard cover. Published Bonney Lake Washington: Mountain View Books 2000 first printing. Signed by author on tipped in dedication page. 4to. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" xiv479pp. illustrated throughout with b/w photo reproductions. Textured blue letherette with gilt tiltles. A fine copy. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 2000. Mountain View Books unknown
193376130s. l. 1933. Fine. s. l. 1933 10.40 x 16.20 cm 2 pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Edmond Aman-Jean; two pages written in black ink on a double sheet with the painter's monogram. Fold inherent to mailing. ""No longer having the apartment below my studio I am not quite sure that my telephone is working properly. One can always call me through the concierge. I have the desire to see the canvas you mention to me."" unknown
192064367Paris 1920. Fine. Paris s. d. 11 x 13.50 cm un feuillet André Suarès autograph letter to his editors Emile-Paul Frères 6 lines in pencil in the hand of the author and 3 lines of the hand of the editors address of the editors at the head of the letter. Envelope attached. Letter concerning the articles that Suares wrote during the war already published under the name of Commentaries quoted on the back of the letter. unknown
198962643s. l. 1989. Fine. s. l. 19 mai 1989 16.60 x 21.50 cm une page sur une feuille Handwritten page signed by Francis Ambrière in the guest book of Mrs. O'Heguerly written in blue ink. Signature and date at the bottom of the page. Francis Aulmière writes that he feels ""small"" by writing in this book where ""so many great men"" have written. He ""forfeits"" by preferring silence to ""definitive thoughts"". He then thanked Mrs O'Heguerly for her welcome. unknown
197962633Paris 1979. Fine. Paris 22 juin 1979 13.50 x 21 cm 2 pages sur une feuille Signed autograph letter of Jean Dutourd to Jean Rimeize written in black ink envelope attached. Date at the top of the letter and signature of Jean Dutourd at the bottom of the letter Paris address of Jean Dutourd on the envelope. Fold trace of the letter caused by mailing. The academician sends this letter to thank him for the paper his destiny wrote and which touched Jean Dutourd. This paper by Jean Rimeize comes from a conversation between the two men. Jean Dutourd writes that he will link this article as soon as he can. unknown
196767959Lagorce 1967. Fine. Lagorce 27 Décembre 1967 13.50 x 9 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Jean-Clarence Lambert addressed to Georges Raillard from the mas de La Rouvière on Monday December 27 1967. Six lines in ballpoint pen on the verso of a postcard depicting the village of Lagorge in Ardèche sending his best wishes for the holidays to Georges Raillard then director of the French Institute of Barcelona and his wife Alice. unknown
