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19881315641New York: Viking/Penguin Group 1988. First Viking Edition. Hardcover. Oblong large octavo; pp 124; G/G-; white spine with black text; dust jacket has moderate rubbing to exterior; cloth has some light sunning to exterior; slightly splayed boards; text block shows light wear to exterior edges; interior clean; frontispiece; profusely illustrated. 1315641. FP New Rockville Stock. Viking/Penguin Group hardcover books
1965171637New York: American Society of Magazine Photographers 1965. First edition. Softcover. December 1965. Volume XIV No. 12. The cover image is a self-portrait by Vytas Valaitis and features a portfolio of his work along with Howard Harrison writing about him. Features an article about color and light by Bill Pierce. Len Steckler interviews Richard Loew the group supervisort at Doyle Dane Bernbach. Also includes a portfolio of the work of James Stamp. A near fine in stapled wrappers with a mailing address printed on the rear panel. American Society of Magazine Photographers unknown books
197243232Athens Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies 1972. Paperback. Very Good. v 21p. Softcover. 28cm. Cover unevenly faded. Text printed on one side only. Papers in International Studies Southeast Asia Series No. 25. <br/><br/> Ohio University Center for International Studies paperback books
19475354NChicago: Harlich Manufacturing 1947. First Edition. With a printed introduction by actor Jean Hersholt. A 13†x 10 1/2†photo-style album the inner pages printed in blue ink with “quiz†pages reproducing movie star signatures and squares for filling in the correct colored stamps. The stamps themselves are produced in a variety of colors with black & white portraits and feature such stars as Basil Rathbone in a drawn Sherlock Holmes outfit Lauren Bacall Bette Davis next to an image of her in the role of Queen Elizabeth Joseph Cotten Marlene Dietrich Gene Autry Heddy Lamarr Ray Milland Rita Hayworth Lassie Trigger as well as a “Star Deck†series with caricatures of the stars on playing cards with actors such as Charles Laughton Peter Lorre Karloff as the Monster Harold Lloyd and too many more to list. An almost complete album with only a couple pages unfilled. A charming book with gilt embossed covers showing a large stamp with the faces of Comedy and Tragedy surrounded by movie star signatures. About fine. Harlich Manufacturing unknown books
48526Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. London: Longmans Green & Co. 1928. 825 pages hardbound. A sound ex-library copy with usual markings and a firm cloth binding. . Other hardcover books
1932256253London: London School of Economics and Political Science 1932. 18p. alkaline paperstock stapled into 9.5x6 inch plain printed orange wraps somewhat crimped and dusty but clean and unmarked within while cover bears the lightly pencilled names of all four contributors by former owner. Wallas a socialist who mingled with working class people. "A meeting in memory of the late Professor Graham Wallas Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the University of London was held at the LSE. with Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland in the chair London School of Economics and Political Science unknown books
1967139044Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1967. Original British quad poster for the 1967 British film. <br/><br/>Based on Hardy's 1874 novel. Bathsheba Christie is a young heiress who is relentlessly pursued by Sergeant Troy Stamp William finch and Gabriel Bates. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Very Good with cello tape to one edge stress to the folds a few central pinholes and annotations in holograph ink on the verso. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
197152088Amherst MA: The Committee 1971. Program one sheet 9" x 12" folded once printed in brown. Inserts are one sheet with 4 poems first cover envelope with folded sheet inside giving a short bio newspaper clipping about the publication of Dickinson's love letters one sheet 8-1/2" by 11" giving the schedule for a conference on Dickinson October 3-4 1980. Cover of stamp booklet little browned and soiled one very small chip at top o/w VG. The Committee unknown books
2001145294New York: The Monacelli Press 2001. Hardcover. VG/VG- Book is clean bright and tight. Dust jacket has light foxing to the inside. Black cloth over boards; silver spine lettering. Olive green dj with bw color photo and black lettering. Bw illustrated flyleaves 192 pp. with 200 bw photos. A beautiful book of the architectural gems of Britain's pre-eminent 20th-century architect Edwin Lutyens. Country Life championed his work and each entry is taken from that publication. Included are Overstrand Hall the Deanery Garden Sonning Lindisfarne Castle Heathcote Middleton Park and several others. Includes an introductory essay bibliography and references index and thorough explanations of each entry with copious bw photos. "Edwin Lutyens 1869-1944 perhaps the greatest British architect of the twentieth century was introduced by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll his celebrated collaborator to Edward Hudson the founder of the great British magazine Country Life in 1889. Hudson thereafter did all he could to promote the work of a man he admired without reservation commissioning Lutyens to design the magazine's offices in Covent Garden in 1904 as well as three country houses. Country Life published articles about virtually all his buildings shortly after their completion recording them as the architect intended creating an unparalleled visual archive which is the source for this selection of outstanding photographs of Lutyens's domestic architecture." "Founded in 1897 Country Life from the outset published remarkable photographs and the huge influence the magazine exerted was nowhere more apparent than in its unprecedented championship of Edwin Lutyens whose buildings it promoted for almost fifty years. For this book two hundred photographs have been beautifully reproduced from the Country Life archive and combined with Gavin Stamp's illuminating essay provide a unique survey of one of Britain's foremost architects."--Jacket. The Monacelli Press hardcover books
198913983London: Bloomsbury 1989. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy bound in white cloth slight bump to spine foot in a nearly fine clean dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by the author on the title page. Front black endpaper has a sticker pasted to it measuring 2 3/4 inches by 4 inches stating in bold black lettering with an illustration of a couple lounging on the deck of a ship "Bought at the Ocean Bookshop Queen Elizabeth 2". In this third volume of his acclaimed autobiography actor Terence Stamp relives his experiences in the 1960s a decade famous for its explosion of sex drugs and rock and roll. His tales include mixing with stars and Hollywood directors and meeting Jean Shrimpton the girl of his dreams. Illustrated from photographs both color and black and white. 336pp. <br/><br/> Bloomsbury hardcover books
1766WRCAM44802Paris i.e. London: J.W. Imprimeur i.e. J. Almon 1766. 24pp. Modern paper boards printed paper label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Very minor soiling and foxing. Very good. In a green half morocco and cloth case. Prints the arguments made by those members of the House of Lords who opposed a repeal of the Stamp Act. The main reason seems to be not that the tax is just but that repealing it would set a bad precedent. This pamphlet also lists the Lords who spoke and voted against the repeal. Their votes would prove to be in vain however as the bill passed both houses and received royal assent on March 18 one week after the Lords' vote. Adams notes an eight-page list of the minority in the House of Commons who voted against the bill to repeal the Stamp Act bound at the end but it seems that format is the exception and that most copies simply contain the TWO PROTESTS. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 66-27. GOLDSMITHS 10220. HIGGS 3728. SABIN 16839. ESTC T34189. J.W. Imprimeur [i.e. J. Almon] hardcover books
1766246135Paris i.e. London: Chez J.W i.e. Almon 1766. First edition thus first issue with single pagination. 24 pp. 8vo. Later marbled wrappers. First edition thus first issue with single pagination. 24 pp. 8vo. First edition thus incorporating the previously issued Protest and Second Protest against the repeal of the Stamp Act. According to Adams the previously issued A List of the Minority was bound at the rear but it is not present here. Howes C 785; Sabin 16839; Adams Tha American Controversy 66-27 under Great Britain House of Lords; Goldsmiths' 10220; Higgs 3728 Chez J.W [i.e. Almon] unknown books
1967136472Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Revised Preliminary script for the 1968 film. <br/><br/>A Mexican bandit follows his father on a raid into the United States and falls for a beautiful woman leaving his life of crime to be with her. Set in Mexico and the American West shot on location in Utah. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present rubber stamped copy No. 80 and production No. 10442 dated June 1 1967 noted as REVISED PRELIMINARY SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters Roberts and Cohen. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph on goldenrod stock dated 6-1-67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
200418857Chicago: Qualiatica Press 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Wide hardbound quarto. A fine copy still sealed in plastic shrinkwrap. Comes with an unopened copy of the accompanying dvd also still sealed in shrinkwrap. This book is quite large and heavy - additional postage charges may apply. <br/><br/> Qualiatica Press hardcover books
193284375NY: Longmans Green and Co 1932. Paperback. Very Good. photos iv 92p. Wrapper. 19cm. Backstrip and small portion of front cover sunned. The New Age West Indian Geographies series Book I. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green and Co paperback books
1766WRCAM54455London 1766. 27-8pp. Dbd. Folio. Light tanning a couple of faint fox marks. Very good. A scarce official Parliamentary printing of an act that amended the Stamp Act repeal. The original repeal still restricted the export of goods to Europe outside of Great Britain. This amendment allowed for export to Ireland as well. Only a handful of copies located by ESTC and OCLC. ESTC N54684. unknown books
176630356London: Printed by Mark Baskett Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1766. Folio. 2 823-826 pp as issued. Lightly toned spine expertly reinforced. Very Good. <br/><br/> This Act remitted the penalties imposed on persons who had violated the just-repealed Stamp Act which had sparked defiance and civil disorder in the Colonies. It also validated all documents which had been issued in violation of the Stamp Act. Many Colonists had violated the Act because they were unable "to procure Paper Vellum or Parchment duly stamped as required by the said Act; and that such Persons for want of the same and other Persons residing elsewhere by reason thereof may have committed many Offences contrary to the Directions and true Intent and Meaning of the said Act." They are thus restored to the good graces of the Crown.<br/>ESTC N56936 5- Lincoln's Inn Newberry U NC U VA John Carter Brown as of December 2018. Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty... unknown books
1766WRCAM54982London: Printed for R. Dymott.and J. Almon 1766. 3-42pp. plus 1p. advertisement for "Richard Dymott Book-Binder." Lacks half title. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt raised bands gilt leather label. Mild toning and foxing. Very good. An anonymous pamphlet purporting to examine the case of the American colonies from a legal perspective printed the year after the infamous Stamp Act. The author concludes that the colonies have no right to resist or claim exemption from taxation from the mother country. "Opposes the stand taken by the colonies" - Sabin. A relatively early entry into the pamphlet war that erupted after the Stamp Act. ESTC T57093. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 66-20. SABIN 23372. Printed for R. Dymott...and J. Almon hardcover books
1766WRCAM38951London: J. Almon 1766. 86pp. plus 2pp. of advertisements. Half title. Modern plain blue wrappers paper label. Moderate age-toning else internally clean. Very good. Argues the questions of England's right to tax its dependencies and addresses the issue of the Stamp Act with reference to America. Attributed to one Mr. Gretrix a Dublin lawyer. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 66-7. HOWES A297. SABIN 1849. J. Almon unknown books
JC2918Cape Town: R. Beerman Publishers n.d. Hardcover. Good/Good. Cloth in illustrated dust jacket both a bit water-damaged though the text block remains nice. A good reading copy with an interesting provenance: From the library of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with his bookplate on the front paste-down and inscribed to him by the author. Fairbanks 1909-2000 was an iconic American actor from Hollywoods Golden Era his credits include Gunga Din and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. <br/><br/> R. Beerman Publishers hardcover books
