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1936017124New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1936. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. Color Frontispiece And B/W Illustrations. 88 Pp. Hardcover. First Printing With 1936 Date On Title Page. A Bright Clean Copy. With A Note Discussing The Book And Apparently Forwarding It To The Recipient; With The Mailing Envelope With 1938 Postmark. Previous Owner's Signature On Front Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Frederick A. Stokes hardcover
1334642311.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0243065183.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
17700005130No place: Le chev de Berny 1770. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo 49pp. 3pp. of Table 3pp. with mss. borders inkspot and inked names on flyleaf flyleaf and title leaves nicked at top edge parchment-backed sprinkled boards <br/><br/>This is a UNIQUE MSS. executed by Chevalier de Berny who after a military career became the master of a writing academy in Brussels. Rather few of his works have survived. These love poems are addressed to Louise Madame Messiery M. Le Baron de H . It incoporates French masonic ideas including p. 3 "L'Amour recu Franc macon" and p. 48 in "Reflexion sur L'Amour". Le chev de Berny hardcover
1927018151New York : Boni & Liveright Inc. 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine Dustjacket. 8 3/8 " High. Three Different Editions: A Fine Copy Of The Signed Limited First Edition Of The Book Signed By O'neill In A Near Fine Original Slipcase. Also Included Is The First Trade Edition Near Fine In A Near Fine Unfaded Dust Jacket Not Price-Clipped. Also Included Is A Unique Copy Of The Third Printing February 1928 The Printing Just Before The First Production Of The Play At The Pasadena Playhouse. Prepared By Or For Claude D. Seaman Of The Standard Lighting Company Los Angeles With His Name On Front Endpaper Carefully Blocked In Ink. Printed Heading By Hand On First Blank "World Premiere/ Of O'neill's/ "Lazarus Laughed"/ Pasadena Community Playhouse/ April 9 - 1928"; Repeated On Verso; Half Title With Line For Author's Signature But He Was Not Present And This Line Is Thus Blank; Verso With "World Premiere." Text Repeated With Lines For Director Musical Director Director Of Movement Art Director Production Manager Business Manager And The Chairman Of The Production Committee Each Line Signed By The Person Holding That Position; Title Page; Verso Is Copyright Page; Synopsis Page; Verso Are Lines Drawn And Extended To Each Of The "Characters" Listed On The Following Page Each Line Signed By The Person Who Played That Part Maurice Wells Thus Signing Twice 14 Signatures In All; "World Premiere" Text Repeated At Foot Of Characters Page And Again On Verso; "Act One" Title Page; Verso Repeats Then "World Premiere.' Text Followed By Lijnes For Each Of The Producing Staff / Setting Including The Designer James Hyde And 11 Others. With Laid In Loosely The Los Angeles Newspaper Review By The Spectator Of The Production Which Shortly Moved To The Hollywood Music Box Theatre With A Clipped Newspaper Ad For The Production Citing A Cast Of 250 And A Production Cost Of $100000. The Play Has Since Been Produced Only Four Times Due In Part To The Expense And Difficulty But Also To Its Philosophical Didactic Yet Confrontational Tone Which Has Not Set Well With General Audiences Since The Original Use Of This Dramatic Form Several Thousand Years Past. Irving Pichel 1891-1954 Played The Title Role. He Also Played The Servant Sandor In Dracula's Daughter Fagin In The 1933 Film Oliver Twist And About 57 Other Films 1930-1939 With Minor Roles In Films He Later Directed. He Directed Films 1932-1954 Including The Most Dangerous Game She Earthbound Hudson's Bay The Moon Is Down They Won't Believe Me The Miracle Of The Bells Destination Moon And Santa Fe. In 1947 Hje Was One Of The Hollywood 19 Subpoened By The House Un-America Activities Committee; He Was Not Called To Testify But Was Blacklisted Requiring Him To Work Outside The Us. Victor Jory 1902-1982 Was Canadian Attended School In Pasadena Appeared In Theatre All Over The Us And Made His Motion Picture Debut In 1930 Later Appearing In Over 150 Pictures And Dozens Of Tv Episodes. Note That This Book Is Not Signed By O'neill. Gilmor Brown Producer Of The Play Was Director Of Public Speaking And Dramatics At Caltech Later Director Of The Pasadena Playhouse And Responsible For Making It Into One Of The Premier Small Theatres In The U.S. From The 1920'S Into The 1950'S Routinely Featuring Prominent Starring Actoirs And Furnishing An Entree For Many Actors Who Later Became Successful In Motion Pictures And Tv. <br/> <br/> Boni & Liveright, Inc. hardcover
1951006892Paris: Aux Editions Eliane Norberg. First edition thus. Signed De Luxe limited edition. Sumptuous full leather Artesian binding by Jacques Blanchet. From an edition of 202 number 72 of 180 printed on Velin d' Arches. Published Paris: Editions Eliane Norberg 1951. Folio 10 1/2" x 13 1/4" x 2 7/8" thick 302pp. illustrated with full page engraved plates and fine textual engravings from copper - all with tissue guards and two leather engravings cover and verso in 6 colors by Robert Fonta. Full dark blue satin morocco over 1/4" thick boards with chamfered corners and leather inner hinges attached to thick duplex flyleaves and gray leather pastedowns. Gilt block paneled titles on spine top edges tinted blue with gilt embossed edge design stamped into the page block. Front cover and verso decorated with unique six-color leather inset engravings by Fonta Signed on the half title by the Bazin: "Hommage amical / de l'auteur / Herve Bazin." Presentation copy to his publisher with a four paragraph typewritten A.L.S. by his wife Jacqueline mounted on free endpaper in which she writes about the color leather engravings and their signification to the situation of Arthur the unstable protagonist of the novel."Cuir chagrin noir dont la couleur evoque le triste bilan d'une vie de desequilibre." A novel of youth rebellion and a man's fractured life caught up in the penal system. The novel is semi-autobiographical based on the author's own experience in mental hospitals from 1937-1940 and was made into the film "Head Against the Wall" in 1959. Binding signed in the leather in gilt by Jacques Blanchet. Encased in a custom matching leather and felted slipcase that echoes the curve of the book. A beautiful exquisite production. Minor rub to a few areas of the spine else fine - binding tight text and plates clean and bright in a very good slipcase with some wear at the corners and edges. . Fine. Full-Leather. 1st. 1951. Aux Editions Eliane Norberg hardcover
19465136F7Paris: Bernard Grasset. Fair. 1946. First Edition. Softcover. B000IWJOIO . 1946 signed 1st. Fragile wraps illus by Christian Berard with 2 additional color plates by Berard. presentation copy signed by Suzanne Jean Giradoux in 1949 5 years after the author's death First several leaves shaken all present. Heavy tanning throughout except for the illustrations which are VG.; 7 1/4" tall; 185 pages . Bernard Grasset paperback
1951050132Mexico: Libra 1951. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 184 4 pages. Softcover in blue wrappers. Binding is rubbed has toning at edges of covers as well as scuffs. Spine is toned has some damp spots. Prior owner's bookplate inside front cover. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf as well as on a small card laid in loosely the card was paper-clipped to the page and the paperclip as been removed. Text is generally clean. Pages are still unopened joined together at the top edges. Scarce copy. Text is in Spanish. <br/> <br/> Libra paperback
0483215287.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
190972926AB1909. Deuxième Edition. Paris Masson et Cie Editeurs 1909. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 265 Pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Bon état avec seulement des signes mineurs d'usure externe. Inscription et signature de l'auteur en première page. Signed / Inscribed by Paul Dubois ! - Very Rare Includes for example the following essays: La Conquête du Bonheur / La Pensée / L'Acte / La Conscience / L'Education / Clairvoyance Morale / Egoïsme et Altruisme / Pensée Méditative / Tolérance / Indulgence / Humilité / etc. Paul Charles Dubois 28 November 1848 4 November 1918 was a Swiss neuropathologist who was a native of La Chaux-de-Fonds. He studied medicine at the University of Bern and in 1876 was a general practitioner of medicine in Bern. He was interested in psychosomatic medicine eventually gaining a reputation as a highly regarded psychotherapist. In 1902 he became a professor of neuropathology at Bern. Dubois was influenced by the writings of German psychiatrist Johann Christian August Heinroth 17731843. Dubois is known for the introduction of "persuasion therapy" a process that employed a rational approach for treatment of neurotic disorders. Within this discipline he developed a psychotherapeutic methodology that was a form of Socratic dialogue using the doctor-patient relationship as a means to persuade the patient to change his/her behavior. He believed it was necessary to appeal to a patient's intellect and reason in order to eliminate negative and self-destructive habits. He also maintained it was necessary for the physician to convince the patient of the irrationality of his/her neurotic feelings and thought processes. Dubois was disdainful of hypnotic therapy. Dubois has been described as "the first significant modern proponent" of a rational therapy or cognitive therapy and for some time in the early 20th century it had competed in popularity with Freudian psychoanalysis especially in the USA but is little known today. His best known written work was the 1904 Les psychonévroses et leur traitement moral being later translated into English as "Psychic Treatment of Nervous Disorders The Psychoneuroses and Their Moral Treatment". The preface of this book was written by his friend neurologist Joseph Jules Dejerine 18491917. Another influential publication by Dubois was a "mind over matter" treatise titled De l'influence de l'esprit sur le corps. Dubois was also an editor of Constantin von Monakow's Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry. Wikipedia unknown
1946009119Paris: Bordas. Signed first edition - signed by author and artist. Limited to 300 numbered copies on publisher watermarked Rives B.F.K. pure rag vellum. Number 187. Published Paris: Bordas 1946 first printing. 4to. wrappers with folded card covers 8" x 11" 70pp. partially uncut. Illustrated with one signed original lithograph and 6 full page drawings by Masson. Title page cover and text printed in black and red. Text in French. Light rub / small sun darkening at spine ends gentle rub to one tip else fine well preserved example pages and covers clean and bright. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 1946. Bordas paperback
1976004421Devin-Adair 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Authors. 1st Printing SIGNED on front end paper "Best Regards" Gary Allen. First Printing stated. Has private library envelope on front end paper No other marks or writings pages bright and clean binding sound. Dust jacket unclipped light wear to spine ends and corners light shelf wear. Has slip enclosed around book "This book Personally Autographed by the Author. American Opinion Bookstores." Devin-Adair hardcover
1998002415N Y: Westview Pr. SIGNED First edition. Trade soft cover. Published NY: Westview Pr. 1998. 8vo. x258 pages. Warmly incribed by the author on half title. Minor foxing along top edge otherwise a near fine copy. Laid in is a 4 page program of a memorial service for the author Sunday September 9 2001. St. Paul's Chapel Columbia University. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 1998. Westview Pr paperback
1957030480Englewood Cloffs: Prentice-Hall Inc 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good DJ. Xvii 198 Pp. First Printing. Yellow Boards. Book Very Near Fine Just Shallow Bumping At Ends Of Spine. Dj Not Price-Clipped $2.95 Would Be Near Fine But Has 1/8" To 5/8" Chip Across Bottom Of Spine. Clean And Bright. <br/> <br/> Prentice-Hall Inc hardcover
1979040050New York: Random House 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 293 Pp. Hardcover. First Edition Stated First Printing. Near Fine Book In Near Fine Dust Jacket. Inscribed By Jule Styne. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
1993020423New York: Random House 1993. First Edition . Cloth/Boards. Fine/Fine DJ. Photographs. 532 Pp. Cloth Spine Boards. First Edition First Printing. Near New Slight Rubbing Along Bottom Edge Of Dj Spine Ad Slight Bumping To Top Of Spine. Nicely Inscribed By Jean-Claude On The Dedication Page Dated 1994 And With Another Signed Inscription By Jean-Claude On His Personal Stationary Laid In Loosely. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
1929019214New York: Henry Holt 1929. First Edition stated . Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 372 Pp. Maroon Cloth Gilt. First Edition Stated. Somerubbing At Corners But Not Frayed Thru Spine Gilt Almost Entirely Worn Away But Lettering Visible Hinges Tight. Signed By Capra On The Front Endpaper And From His Library Later Donated To Caltech. <br/> <br/> Henry Holt 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
1960000863Los Angeles Circa 1960: Self-Published 1960. Original Musical Score . No Binding. Very Good. A Collection Of 7 Undated Unsigned Scores Of Her Arrangements Of Songs By "Karma" Circa 1960 Apparently Her Personal Copies In Her Custom Slipcase With Handwritten Penciled Or Inked Scores And With Additional Mimeographed Copies. Ms. Howard Was An Actress But Later Became An Accomplished Photographer Of Hollywood's Elite Catching Them In Informal Moments And Published A Book Of Those Photographs. She Traveled With Cole Porter And Later Published A Book Of Her Photographs Of Those Travels. In A Blue Chemise. <br/> <br/> Self-Published unknown
18-0340New York: James Lowe Autographs 1960s. 8vo. ca 40 pp. Very Good. Soft Covers. Staples wraps. Some foxing to front cover. Pages fine. Mailed to Frederick G. Ruffner Jr.From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner Jr. founder of Gale Research Detroit. New York: James Lowe Autographs, [1960s?]. paperback
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
1995048325Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 180 pages. Hardcover bound in full grey leather with a pictorial pastedown on the front cover. Raised spine bands. Minimal wear to the binding; there is a small blemish on the front cover. Silk moire endpapers and with a nice ribbon bookmark. Unused Easton Press bookplate is laid in loosely. This is #1180 of 2000 copies SIGNED by Mort Kunstler. Illustrated throughout. <br/> <br/> Easton Press hardcover
14918On letterhead of J. Pearson & Co. Rare Books and Autographs 5 Pall Mall Place London. 'Telegraph & Cable Address Parabola London.' 20 May 1903. 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. In something of a hard sell he begins by stating that 'the "Sir Philip Sidney" letter of which I showed you a facsimile the other day . seems to me peculiarly suitable for your collection'. In support of the letter's 'exceptional rarity' he cites 'a letter of Thorpe's the expert of autographs of his day dated 1839 accompanying the autograph & giving its pedigree in which he says "I never saw a letter of Sidney's for sale except the present"' adding that 'no other autograph of his has occurred since'. With the letter is one of 'his very famous sister' Mary 'and also a very fine document signed by his father Sir Henry Sidney whose autograph I have not before seen'. He considers it 'most desirable' to keep the three items together 'and bind them with their portraits into a volume which I venture to say would be not only unique but of almost unequalled interest'. Our catalogue price of the collection is £350 and compared with the Ben Jonson letter sold at Sotheby's the other day for £320 it must be cheap'. He harps on about scarcity and prices adding 'The price I mention is what they are marked for catalogue The best I could do for you is £300'. He offers to post the items 'or could you come in either tomorrow or Friday before 1 oclock'. In a postscript signed 'CES' he states that the binders Riviere's consider 'the cases on the Bunyans . fireproof being lined with asbestos. An American Agent who tells us he has seen them tested is having all his valuable books put into cases.' If Reed does visit the firm's premises Shepherd can show him 'a beautiful perfect copy of the first "Breeces" Bible printed in England in 1876. There was no copy in the "Caxton" Bible Exhibition 1877 and Lowndes could never have seen a perfect copy as his collation is wrong.' On letterhead of J. Pearson & Co., Rare Books and Autographs, 5 Pall Mall Place, London. ('Telegraph & Cable Address, Parabola, unknown
1927002171Richmond VA: William Byrd. SIGNED First edition first printing. Hard cover. Published Richmond VA: William Byrd 1927. Signed and dated September second 1927 by author on half title. 4to. 7 1/2" x 10." Blue cloth with white lettering and design to cover marble pattern end papers color frontis with printed tissue guard two-color title page. Illustrated with 371 original plates. Spine lettering mostly rubbed off slight rubbing to the cover lettering few spots/marks on rear cover otherwise very good. Binding tight hinges strong. Internally very good pages clean crisp. Very good minus overall. . Very Good Minus. Hard. 1st. 1927. William Byrd unknown
25623This American contralto opera singer with a range of three octaves was a popular regular at the New York Metropolitan Opera. Exceptionally large and bold "Preston Sawyer / In remembrance / Sophie Braslau" in black fountain pen on a pristine pale blue 6" X 3 3/4" autograph album leaf n.p. n.y. Near fine. A handsome example of this uncommon signature; Braslau died at age 43. This signature was acquired by noted collector Preston Sawyer 1899-1968 California journalist and historical writer in San Francisco in 1930. unknown
