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1881011719American Institute of Mining Engineers. Very Good. 1881. Pamphlet. A paper from Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers read at the Washington Meeting February 1881. Stringbound with light soil and a blue penciled number and holes from rubbing on top front. William Phipps Blake was a well-known geologist educator and mining consultant who wrote prolifically and conducted studies throughout the world. Here he writes of the gold and silver deposits of Tombstone. Only two copies found on OCLC. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 11 pp . American Institute of Mining Engineers unknown books
19821329938New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 88 pages; VG/VG; spine is pink with white lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering has price uncut "$7.95" has minimal shelf wear with moderate discoloration on the spine minor rubbing on the front cover and minimal creasing along the sides of the spine; binding has minimal shelf wear pages clear; shelved Case 2. 1329938. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19842309006Canada: The Royal Ontario Museum 1984. Large Softcover. Very Good. Page ridges lightly foxed. 1984 Large Softcover. xiv 225 pp. "Composed of treasures assembled from more than fifty lenders including Her Majesty The Queen and from our own collections it is the most complex exhibition the Museum has yet organized. In exploring the panorama of Canada's formative decades when conflict between Great Britain and the nascent United States persisted even after the peace was signed the exhibition highlights the many interconnected events that led to the creation of a new country. With paintings by the foremost artists of the time and elegant examples of 18th-century British and colonial craftsmanship the exhibition projects an image of the spirit and tenor of the age."--Foreword The Royal Ontario Museum paperback books
1984UWEBGEO00AFRoyal Ontario Museum 1984. Very Good. Webster Donald Blake. Georgian Canada: Conflict and Culture 1745-1820. Cross Michael S.; Szylinger Irene. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum 1984. 225pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. Oblong octavo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped and rubbed wraps. Royal Ontario Museum paperback books
19914104bdNewton Abbot: David & Charles 1991. First Edition. The first color plate depicting a de Haviland DH bears the inscription “my favorite†and is signed by the artist. Oblong folio brown cloth hardcover 96 pp. Seventy-five color illustrations mostly full page plates numerous black & white sketches. Fine former-owner bookplate in dust jacket. David & Charles, (1991). First Edition. hardcover books
1959130711Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1959. Post-production Cutting Continuity script for the 1959 film. A shortened version of the 1949 Republic serial of the same name made to accommodate television release as part of a syndicated package in 1959. <br/><br/>As the telegraph heads west George Crane hopes to keep the innovation out of his territory thus preventing law and order from encroaching upon his claim. Ken Mason is an engineer on the project and grandson of the original Zorro. As Crane sends men to do his bidding to stop the project Mason must assume the role his ancestor forged in order to keep up the progress of the telegraph. <br/><br/>Set in American West shot on location in California USA. <br/><br/>White side-stapled titled wrappers dated March 23 1959 noting 8 reels and footage of 6219 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine with some mild staining. Republic Pictures unknown books
1946128873Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1946 film. <br/><br/>A woman witnesses a murder committed by a killer who happens to also be a Gilbert and Sullivan fan. The police then produce an entirely new Gilbert and Sullivan musical on Broadway for her to star in so that while acting in the play she can identify the killer who is guaranteed to be in the audience of course! Peppered with eleven mildly relevant Gilbert and Sullivan numbers. <br/><br/>Studio self wrappers undated noting 9 reels. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus. Bound at the top margin with two gold brads front wrapper now encased in mylar. Universal Pictures unknown books
19781326763New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo; pp 239; VG-/G; ivory spine with black text; dust jacket has slightly sunned exterior; minor wear to corners; cloth has mild wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows only light wear to interior edges; previous bookshop's sticker to front pastedown; profusely illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders;. 1326763. FP New Rockville Stock. Harry N. Abrams, Inc hardcover books
191128645.1Oakland Cal: Pacific Publishing Co 1911. 1st edition Rocq 718. Publisher's deluxe full black cloth in a faux-morocco finish with gilt lettering professionally recased. 1912 to base of spine. Patterned paper eps. First couple leaves with some slight edge rash. Overall a VG copy. 6 455 1 pp. Profusely illustrated primarily from photographs. Fold out map at front. Royal 8vo. 10" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/> Pacific Publishing Co hardcover books
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19181317508Paris: Masson et Cie. Éditeurs Librarires de l'Académie de Médecine 1918. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no DJ; Ex-Library; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth blemish to spine mild wear to corners and spine caps else clean and strong; Text block has library stamps on fore edge and front endpapers owner label on front pastedown penciled number on title page age-toned paper; xi 136 pages illustrated. 1317508. FP New Rockville Stock. Masson et Cie., Éditeurs, Librarires de l'Académie de Médecine hardcover books
1964116474New York Chicago San Francisco: Henry Holt and Company 1964. Octavo cloth. First edition. Short fiction and poetry by Vasili Aksyonov Alexander Solzhenitsyn and others. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with touch of dust soiling to rear panel. #116474 Henry Holt and Company unknown books
187266658"Hand-Book of Colorado" With Maps and Illustrations J.A. BLAKE & F. C. WILLETT Publisher. Hand-Book of Colorado. With Maps and Illustrations. Second Year of Publication. Denver: J.A. Blake & F.C. Willett 1872. First edition of second publication although no first publication has been listed on OCLC nor at auction in last 40 years. Octavo. 131 pp. 5 ads. Original purple pebbled colth gilt-stamped on front cover. Front endpapers are ads as is rear paste-down. Front hinge starting spine with small split to cloth covers stained extremities rubbed very good. Contains ads of the period and maps as well as a map with railroad connections. HBS 66658. $500 J.A. Blake & F.C. Willett hardcover books
2004913784NY: Morrow. 2004. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Morrow hardcover books
20041328707New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2004. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 304; VG/VG; black spine with yellow and red text; dust jacket clean; mylar wraps; cloth clean; strong boards; text block clean; signed by author;. 1328707. FP New Rockville Stock. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
2002208022002. Five items relating to Michael Blake and his Library Tour of 2002: 1. "Dances with Wolves" NY Newmarket Press 1991. First hardcover edition. Fine in fine clipped dustwrapper. 2. Blank notebook with Blake's holograph library speech on the first 10pp. The remaining pages are blank. Some pages have been removed from the beginning probably earlier speech drafts removed by Blake himself. 3. Two programs from the tour: Hattiesburg MS Sept. 23 and Notre Dame Sept. 28. The first is fine; the second as been folded. Both are a single sheet folded to make four pages. 4. Doug Knott Binder containing original 'Doug Knott Presents the Lhasa Shows' sheets from 1985 to 1987 and with a handwritten notice at the beginning ".for Mr. Blake to meet some old friends.". Laid in are six typewritten draft sheets of Knott's poetry ".for perusal of Sr. Blake 5/27/91." hardcover books
1935140940411Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific Press 1935. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in original hand-painted tapa-cloth with titles in black on upper board. Very Good with boards lightly splayed nick to spine near foot. Binding lightly shaken with some hinges slightly visible. Pages toned with erased pencil scribble to front free endpaper; small label remnant to rear pastedown with offsetting to adjacent free endsheet. An early book by Tom Blake who is often considered to be one of the most influential surfers in the history of the sport. He is largely credited with transforming surfing from a regional Hawaiian sport to one with national popularity as well as founding California surf culture. Paradise of the Pacific Press unknown books
1935321293Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific Press 1935. First Edition. Illustrated with 46 Illustrations. 16 iv 5- 95; 32 photographic plates plus other illus. in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth with surfers on upper cover no priority to binding variants cited by DeLa Vega. Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated with 46 Illustrations. 16 iv 5- 95; 32 photographic plates plus other illus. in text. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of the first title devoted to surfing. Blake was an early 20th century surfing and health food pioneer who conceived and developed the hollow surf board . The first definitive book on surfing by the sport's greatest innovator and the first person to surf Malibu Point along with Sam Reid in September of 1926. "The most important publication in the surfing canon." Dela Vega 200 Years of Surfing Literature. DeLa Vega B28 Paradise of the Pacific Press unknown books
1961132495London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1961. Collection of 3 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1961 UK release of the 1960 US film. With British certificate labels on the rectos. <br/><br/>A later Bing Crosby film about a widowed restaurant owner who decides to go back to college where he falls in love with one of the professors. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Brief corner creases else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 370. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
100660New York: Christie Manson & Woods International 1977. Large 8vo 115pp. plus numerous tipped-in plates. Includes lot 20 William Blake’s “Illustrations of the Book of Job†with black and white illustration opposite page 25. Printed paper-covered boards with mild wear to extremities. Auction date May 26 1977. List of estimates loosely inserted. Very good. § Christie hardcover books
18731282004Boston: Noyes Holmes and Company 1873. 12mo; G-/no-DJ; Light brown spine with gold text; Boards have shelf wear such as rubbing on exterior panels & along spine moderate fraying at edges also spine is sunned however still intact; Text block has age toning on exterior edges ffep is cracking from spine at front hinge first & last few pages have slight foxing with tight binding; pp 240. 1282004. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Noyes, Holmes, and Company unknown books
1995108801Small slim 8vo. Hastings Sussex: Pickpocket Books 1995. Small slim 8vo 16 pp with 8 black and white illustrations in the text from Blake's illustrated books and Thornton's "Virgil". Contains selections from Blake's prose and poems. As new in illustrated purple card wrappers in a purple envelope. § Pickpocket Books unknown books
160324N. pl: n. pub 197-. 12 85x11 inch blue stencilled sheets stapled one horizontal fold. n. pub unknown books
20091336672New York: Thames & Hudson 2009. Hardcover. Quarto; VG/VG; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine grey with black print; DJ is clean and bright; Boards in blue and cream paper with black print clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 79 pages frontispiece port. illustrated b&w color.<br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1336672. FP New Rockville Stock. Thames & Hudson hardcover books
1938140177Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Temporary Complete script for the 1939 short film one of several classic shorts featuring the great Algonquin Round Table humorist Robert Benchley. <br/><br/>A stereotypically clueless husband is left in charge to show his apartment to a prospective subletting couple while his wife is at church and manages to botch the job in all the expectedly silly ways. "How to Sub-let" is the second-to-last of beloved Algonquin Round Table humorist Robert Benchley's "How to" shorts which included the 1935 Academy Award winning "How to Sleep" with his signature and untrue affinity for being lazy throughout the script. Set in an apartment in an unknown city. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as TEMPORARY COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 946 and production No. 89665 dated 11/1/38 with credits for comedian Robert Benchley. Title page integral with the second page of the text with credits for comedian Robert Benchley as issued. 13 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books