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197218905New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto; red cloth with titling and illustrations stamped in black on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 39pp; illus. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket with just a hint of spine sunning to note. Singer's translation of the Biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction presented for a juvenile audience and superbly illustrated throughout. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
1943012521NY: Dodd Mead 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good-. A solid first edition copy modestly worn on bottom edge in pictorial unclipped dustjacket matching book covers that is worn around all edges with some shallow edge loss here and there. Clean internals no names inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. Dodd, Mead hardcover books
9048n.p. n.d. Essex Shipbuilding Museum. 4to. Unpaginated. <br /><br />Approximately 1100 vessels organized by name year built and builder. Comb binding printed wrappers. Very good condition. n.p., n.d. (Essex Shipbuilding Museum) books
1985147576Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1985. Collection of seven vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1985 film. <br/><br/>Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko Mikhail Baryshnikov is an expatriate Soviet dancer whose plane is forced to land on Soviet territory and prohibited from leaving. Forced to live with the American defector tap dancer Raymond Greenwood Gregory Hines and his wife Isabella Rossellini he must plan an escape but doesn't know who to trust.<br/><br/>Rossellini's screen debut.<br/><br/>Winner of the Academy Award for Best Song and nominated for one other.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Russia England Finland Scotland and Portugal. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
148040Vintage studio still photograph from the 1944 film. <br/><br/>Naive small-town girl Millie Baxter Kim Hunter travels to New York City to meet her newlywedded husband Paul Dean Jagger only to discover that he may be a murderer. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with crease to left corner and small crease to top center. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Grant US. Rosenbaum "1000 Essential Films. unknown books
2007485052007. ISBN-13: 9781584777786; ISBN-10: 1584777788. s 630. English Short-Title Catalogue R8527.!Restatement of the Law. Torts 2d Appendix Sections 588-707A July 1987-June 2001. American Law Institute Publishers 2002. Hardbound. with 2014 pocket part supplement. $84. This volume was released May 2002 and is kept up to date with the 2013 cumulative pocket part supplement.Restatement of the Law. Torts 2d Appendix Sections 504-587 1998-2014. American Law Institute Publishers March 2015. Hardbound. New. $176. This volume was released March 2015.Restatement of the Law. Torts 2d Appendix Sections 504-587 1998-2014. American Law Institute Publishers March 2015. Hardbound. New. $176. This volume was released March 2015 and contains all court citations to 504 - 587 of the original Restatement of Torts and the Restatement Second of Torts that have been reported to the Institute from 1998 through June 2014.eBond John. A complete guide for justices of peace according to the best approved authors. In two parts. The first containing the common and statute laws of England relating to the office of a justice of peace. The second consisting of the most authentick and useful precedents which do properly. unknown books
2010485082010. ISBN-13: 9781584777731; ISBN-10: 1584777737. "An Epoch in the Law" Story Joseph. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws Foreign and Domestic in Regard to Contracts Rights and Remedies and Especially in Regard to Marriages Divorces Wills Successions and Judgments. Originally published: Boston: Hilliard Gray and Company 1834. xxv 1 557 pp. Reprinted 2007 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777731; ISBN-10: 1584777737. Hardcover. New. $49.95 Reprint of the first edition. In his History of the American Bar Warren says "it is not too much to say that its publication constituted an epoch in the law; for it became at once the standard and almost the sole authority.it also received the honor of being practically the first American law book to be cited as authority in English courts" 545. The first systematic work on the subject it synthesized the standard sources of the day and arranged them in a manner useful to practitioners. It was held in high respect in North America Great Britain and Europe. Warren A History of the American Bar 545. unknown books
2001307842001. ISBN-13: 9781584771456; ISBN-10: 1584771453. Story Joseph. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws Foreign and Domestic in Regard to Contracts Rights and Remedies and Especially in Regard to Marriages Divorces Wills Successions and Judgments. Second Edition. Revised Corrected and Greatly Enlarged. Originally published: London: A. Maxwell 1841. xxxiv 927 pp. misnumbered in original pp. 753-756 omitted. Reprinted 2001 2018 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771456; ISBN-10: 1584771453. Hardcover. New. $49.95 Reprint of the second edition and last edition written by Joseph Story. Along with James Kent Joseph Story 1779-1845 shares the distinction of having had the greatest influence on American law during the nineteenth century. Marvin considers Story's Conflict of Laws to be the first systematic work on the subject. Story collected material from all available sources and systematized it in a manner useful to all practitioners. "No work on international jurisprudence merited nor received greater praise from the jurists of Europe. It impressed English lawyers with the highest respect for the extensive learning of Mr. Justice Story.": Marvin Legal Bibliography 1847 670-671. "It is not too much to say that its publication constituted an epoch in the law; for it became at once the standard and almost the sole authority.it received the honor of being practically the first American law book to be cited as authority in English courts.": Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 1953 358. This facsimile reprint of the second edition published in London is the final authorial edition produced "under the direction and sanction of the learned author.": Sweet and Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations XV:337. unknown books
2004369932004. ISBN-13: 9781584773726; ISBN-10: 1584773723. Story Joseph. Commentaries on the Law of Agency as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence With Occasional Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Originally published: Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1839. xxiii 544 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773726; ISBN-10: 1584773723. Hardcover. New. $49.95 Reprint of the first edition. This treatise was written during the period in which Story 1779-1845 was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. In his Legal Bibliography 1847 Marvin praised the thoroughness of this treatise noting that "Story has everywhere illustrated the doctrines of common law by copious extracts from distinguished writers on Roman and Continental law" 672. And in The Formative Era in American Law Pound includes this title in a list of the most influential and authoritative American treatises written during the nineteenth century 140-141. unknown books
2004394102004. ISBN-13: 9781584774549; ISBN-10: 1584774541. Story Joseph. Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange Foreign and Inland as Administered in England and America; with Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. Originally published: Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1843. xxiv 608 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774549; ISBN-10: 1584774541. Hardcover. New. $49.95 Reprint of the first edition. In The Formative Era of American Law Pound refers to the Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange as one of the standard texts of the nineteenth century. As Marvin pointed out in 1847 it was certainly the most complete and wide ranging text of its day. In addition to American and English sources Story draws on the work of Heineccius and other civil-law jurists. Marvin Legal Bibliography 1847 673. Apart from James Kent no man has had greater influence on American law than Joseph Story 1779-1845. He was Dane Professor of Law at Harvard and an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. His many books have been cited extensively in America and in Britain and he remains an authority today. unknown books
2017284932017. ISBN-13: 9781584770725; ISBN-10: 1584770724. Story Joseph. Story William Wetmore Editor. The Miscellaneous Writings of Joseph Story Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Dane Professor of Law at Harvard University Edited by His Son William W. Story. Originally published: Boston: C.C. Little and J. Brown 1852. x i 828 pp. Reprinted 2001 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770725; ISBN-10: 1584770724. Hardcover. New. $49.95 Second expanded edition the first edition having been compiled by Joseph Story in 1935 at the age of fifty seven. Justice Story's enormous influence on American law is demonstrated in this collection of his writings edited by his son. Includes his autobiography that was written in the form of a fascinating long letter to his son and many other articles essays lectures and biographical sketches of judges and lawyers including Chief Justice John Marshall and Associate Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington. Topics include a proposed course of legal study maritime law piracy and the slave trade commercial law codification of the common law and much more. unknown books
2007473502007. ISBN-13: 9781584777663; ISBN-10: 1584777664. "A Truly Luminous Exposition of a Subject Noted for its Intricacy" Story Joseph. Wharton William Fisher Editor. Commentaries on the Law of Partnership as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence with Occasional Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1881. Seventh edition by William Fisher Wharton. li 730 pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777663; ISBN-10: 1584777664. Hardcover. New. $49.95 Reprint of the seventh and final edition. First published in 1841 this was the last of Story's great treatises. Like the others it was a standard work in the United States and to some extent Great Britain. In his Law Studies Samuel Warren said the Commentaries on the Law of Partnership is "a truly luminous exposition of a subject noted for its intricacy and the subtlety of the rules upon which the system depends" 451. It was a deeply influential work as well. Indeed Pound mentions it his list of texts that were "a significant force in our legal development.": The Formative Era of American Law 140. unknown books
197326335Chapel Hill: Lollipop Power Inc 1973. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto 28cm; illustrated wrappers; 46pp; illus. A Fine copy. Feminist children's book about a little girl who through the use of a magic hat breaks down the gender barrier between a divided group of boys and girls. Produced by Lollipop Power "a women's liberation collective that works for the liberation of young children from sex stereotyped behavior and role models. Lollipop Power Inc unknown books
16991New York: McLoughlin Bros n. d. Circa 1870 - 1886. Pictorial wrappers sewn. Abt VG wear & soiling to wrappers. Unpaginated though 4 pp of text. Woodcut of 'Mother Bantry' on the front wrapper. Illustrated with 4 full-page color lithographs. 16mo. 4 5/8" x 5 1/2" <br/><br/>Approximate dates based on publisher's address established from Tebbel: Hist. Amererican Book Pub. v. 1 p. 356. Only 3 copies listed on OCLC per a 2/17/02 search. McLoughlin Bros unknown books
195622339New York: Random House 1956. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 20.5cm.; simulated cloth photographic plate mounted to upper cover red topstain; in cream pictorial dust jacket; 10180pp.; photographic frontispiece 2 plates. Jacket spine a hint toned else Fine. Illustrated with photographs from the original stage production. Random House unknown books
194828597New York: Capitol Publishing Co. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Spiral bound. Thick stiff cardboard covers and pages with two die cut windows on front cover one showing the magic cricket a clicker that works well and a man's face. The book is shaped like a castle the two children enter. The transparent plastic covering the window where the cricket is located is missing. The book is very good otherwise with a few tiny soil spots.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . Capitol Publishing Co. unknown books
1958132799London: National Screen Service / MGM 1958. Collection of 5 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1958 US film. <br/><br/>Based on a story by Paul Galico about an English school teacher Danny Kaye on archeological trip who falls in love with a circus acrobat Pier Angeli. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing overall. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
198218895New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1982. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo; maroon cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 84pp; illus. Fine in a price-clipped else Fine dustjacket. A lovely copy of Singer's translation of the traditional Golem story richly illustrated throughout by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
189826355London: George Newnes Ltd 1898. First edition. 12mo. 169 pp. 6 adverts illustrated from engravings and halftones. Blue cloth illustrated with black and gilt. Occasional foxing else very good. An excellent book in which the author surveys the history of the medium and details the various printing processes. He also raises the possibility of photography as a fine art.<br/><br/>Issued in the series: The Library of Useful Stories. Roosens and Salu No. 4923 incorrectly listing the priority as: NY:Appleton 1898; London: George Newnes 1899. Alfred T. Story was a British journalist whose books were first printed in England. <br/><br/> George Newnes, Ltd hardcover books
197152079Barre Massachusetts: Barre Publishers 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Introduction by Philip C.F. Smith. Illustrated with photographs by John M. Clayton. Review copy with the publisher's slip and press release laid in. A unique and definitive record of the craft of wooden shipbuilding from the clear white pine model of the envisioned ship to the crack of the champagne bottle against the prow. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Barre Publishers hardcover books
199540203Gloucester MA: Ten Pound Island Book Co. 1995. 368 pp. b/w plates. <br /><br />Dana Story brings his lifetime of knowledge and acclaimed narrative style to the remarkable saga of Essex shipbuilding through three centuries. An oversize publication at 9x10 inches with computer enhanced photos to bring out details. Very good condition in dustjacket. Ten Pound Island Book Co. books
1968011577Austin: Texas State Building Commisison Archeological Program 1968. Spiral Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 73p. Texas State Building Commisison, Archeological Program unknown books
2004719782004. ISBN-13: 9781584774549; ISBN-10: 1584774541. Story Joseph. Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange Foreign and Inland as Administered in England and America; with Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. Originally published: Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1843. xxiv 608 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774549; ISBN-10: 1584774541. Hardcover cloth. New. $50. Reprint of the first edition. In The Formative Era of American Law Pound refers to the Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange as one of the standard texts of the nineteenth century. As Marvin pointed out in 1847 it was certainly the most complete and wide ranging text of its day. In addition to American and English sources Story draws on the work of Heineccius and other civil-law jurists. Marvin Legal Bibliography 1847 673. Apart from James Kent no man has had greater influence on American law than Joseph Story 1779-1845. He was Dane Professor of Law at Harvard and an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. His many books have been cited extensively in America and in Britain and he remains an authority today. unknown books
1980241863Middletown: Wesleyan University Press 1980. First. hardcover. good/very good-. 8vo maroon cloth d.w. rubbed on edges and lightly soiled cloth dampstained. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press 1980.<br/><br/> Wesleyan University Press unknown books
197822134ELos Angeles: Columbia Pictures n.d. 1978. First Edition. Paperbound 8 1/2†x 11†when folded. A special film program made by the studio for advance screenings of the film of the Oscar nominated film The Buddy Holly Story screenplay by Robert Gittler based on the book by John Goldrosen directed by Steve Rash starring Gary Busey in the title role as legendary early rock & roll singer Buddy Holly with Don Stroud and Charles Martin Smith. The film won an Oscar for Best Music - Original Score and Its Adaptation and received two more nominations; Best Actor Busey and Best Sound. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical Busey. Near fine with just a trace of edge wear in printed wrappers. Columbia Pictures unknown books
