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2016268320Clark: Lawbook Exchange 2016. hardcover. fine. Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution. Ed. by William Wentworth Story. 2 Vols. Thick 4to pictorial boards. Clark: Lawbook Exchange 2016. New<br/><br/> Facsimile of the Boston 1851 edition.<br/><br/> Lawbook Exchange unknown books
2016409482016. ISBN-13: 9781584775157; ISBN-10: 1584775157. The Second Edition Edited by His Son W.W. Story Story Joseph. Story William Wetmore Editor. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown and Company 1851. Two volumes. xxxiii 734; 632 pp. Reprinted 2005 2016 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775157. ISBN-10: 1584775157. Hardcover. New. $125. Reprint of the second edition with additions by his son W.W. Story 1819-1895. First published in 1833 this work is generally considered to be the most important work written on the American Constitution before the Civil War. Dedicated to John Marshall it presented a strongly Nationalist interpretation. It is divided into three books. Book I contains a history of the colonies and discussion of their charters. Book II discusses the Continental Congress and analyzes the flaws that crippled the Articles of Confederation. Book III begins with a history of the Constitution and its ratification. This is followed by a brilliant line-by-line exposition of each of its articles and amendments. Comparing it to The Federalist James Kent said that Story's work was "written in the same free and liberal spirit with equal exactness and soundness of doctrine and with great beauty and eloquence of composition. Whoever seeks.a complete history and exposition of this branch of our jurisprudence will have recourse to this work which is written with great candor and characterized by extended research and a careful examination of the vital principles upon which our government reposes.": cited in Marvin Legal Bibliography 669-670. unknown books
195622094ELondon: Beverley Books 1956. First Edition. Paperback Original. Illustrated 40 pages small format 4†x 6 3/8â€. A movie tie-in edition issued to accompany the release of the bio-pic The Benny Goodman Story starring Steve Allen as the ‘King of Swing’ clarinetist and jazz bandleader Benny Goodman co-starring Donna Reed Berta Gersten Herbert Anderson Sammy Davis Jr. and Dick Winslow. Very good bright copy with some minor handling. Beverley Books paperback books
2008489412008. ISBN-13: 9781584778233; ISBN-10: 1584778237. "A Legal Classic of High Character" Abbott Charles. A Treatise on the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen: In Four Parts; I. Of The Owners of Merchant Ships; II. Of the Persons Employed in the Navigation Thereof; III. Of the Carriage of Goods Therein; IV. Of the Wages of Merchant Seamen. With the Copious Annotations of Joseph Story. Originally published: Exeter N.H.: Published by George Lamson 1822. xxvii 1 668 xxviii pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778233. ISBN-10: 1584778237. Hardcover. New. $135. Reprint of the third American edition. Abbott's treatise is "a legal classic of high character." This edition enriched by Joseph Story's scrupulous and impressive scholarship evident in his own notes often mini-essays in their own right kept separate from Abbott's. Marvin 47. First published in 1802 it was the first English treatise devoted exclusively to the law of shipping. unknown books
2011527902011. ISBN-13: 9781584778783; ISBN-10: 1584778784. Important Edition by Cooley Story Joseph. Cooley Thomas M. Editor. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: with a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution. Fourth Edition with Notes and Additions by Thomas M. Cooley. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown and Company 1873. 2 Vols. xxxii 752; 737 pp. Reprinted 2008 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778783; ISBN-10: 1584778784. Hardcover. New. $135. Reprint of the important fourth edition edited by Thomas M. Cooley. Commentaries on the Constitution was the most extensive and widely discussed study of the Constitution written during the antebellum period. It was originally published in 1833 and went through two more editions in 1851 and 1858. Divided into three books it offers a strongly nationalist interpretation of the Federal constitution. Book I contains a history of the colonies and a discussion of their charters. Book II discusses the Continental Congress and analyzes the flaws that crippled the Articles of Confederation. Book III begins with a history of the Constitution and its ratification. This is followed by a brilliant line-by-line exposition of each of its articles and amendments. Published in 1873 Cooley's edition updated Story's text to include discussion of the 13th 14th and 15th Amendments as well as other changes introduced during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Apart from James Kent no man has had greater influence on the development of American law than Joseph Story 1779-1845. He was Dane Professor of Law at Harvard where a played a key role in the growth of the school and the establishment of its national eminence and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court where he was the author of several landmark decisions such as Martin v. Hunter's Lessee. His many books have been cited extensively and he remains an authority today. Thomas M. Cooley 1824-1898 was perhaps the most significant American jurist of the later nineteenth century. A deeply influential justice later chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court he also played a leading role in the establishment of the University of Michigan Law School and was a charter member and first chairman of the Interstate Comme. unknown books
1955132291Germany: Atlas Films 1955. Original German A1 poster for the 1955 Italian film featuring an illustration of Sophia Loren the film credits in hourglass shape to mimic her figure. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>Paolo Marcello Mastroianni is a Roman cab driver who gives Lina Sophia Loren a lift but she tries to steal his car. Paolo informs Lina's father Vottorio De Sica but the complaint goes unheard as he is the leader of an entire family of thieves. After Paolo's failed attempts to involve the authorities he decides that the best thing to do is fall in love with Lina. If you can't beat 'em join 'em. <br/><br/>Shipping billed at cost. Item can only be shipped within the US. <br/><br/>23 x 33 inches non-archivally mounted on board and framed. Very Good. Atlas Films unknown books
1955149955Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph of Virginia Mayo and Allan Dwan on the set of the 1955 film. <br/><br/>Rita Mayo and Bully David Farrar convince her ex Dan Dennis Morgan to join them in an expedition to steal rare black pearls from the natives of a South Pacific island. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Hawaii. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and small crease on upper right edge else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1970137622Chicago: Zev Braun Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Carruthers" circa early 1970s. Written by David Zelag Goodman whose film credits include "Monte Walsh" 1970 "Straw Dogs" 1970 "Farewell My Lovely" 1975 "Logan's Run" 1976 and "Eyes of Laura Mars " 1978. <br/><br/>Based on a story by Benjamin Manaster "Goldstein" 1964 director set in Texas just before the Civil War with lead character named Carruthers an Army Captain and references to the Mexican Army and the Alamo. Black slave characters also present as well as reference to the "N" word. It appears Carruthers is hung from the gallows at "Fade Out."<br/><br/>White titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Goodman and story writer Manaster. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Zev Braun Productions unknown books
1980147435N.p.: Taliafilm II 1980. Draft script for the 1987 film. An early draft written solely by the creator of the story Menno Meyjes.<br/><br/>Loosely based on the 13th Century Children's Crusade we follow the knight Robert Nerra Eric Stoltz as he joins up with King Richard the Lionheart Neil Dickson to protect orphan children from the Black Prince Gabriel Byrne a child slave trader.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Hungary and Portugal. <br/><br/>The penultimate film from Franklin J. Schaffner and his final film working with composer Jerry Goldsmith. They had previously worked together on "Planet of the Apes" 1968 "Patton" 1970 "Papillon" 1973 and "The Boys from Brazil" 1978.<br/><br/>Wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Menno Meyjes. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two flat metal brads. Taliafilm II unknown books
1965137570Bulgaria: Boyana Films 1965. Three vintage reference photographs of actor Guy Madison from the 1965 Bulgarian film with dialogue in German based on the 1892 story by Karl May "Das Vermachtnis des Inka" originally published in the German magazine "Der Gute Kamerad."<br/><br/>Following the cancellation of "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" in 1957 Guy Madison moved to Europe where he found a second career in Italian Euro Westerns and sword and sandal pictures. <br/><br/>Set in Peru and shot on location there as well as Spain and Bulgaria. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Boyana Films unknown books
1963151796Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph of Paula Prentiss Howard Hawks and Maria Perschy on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on verso.<br/><br/>Based on the short story "The Girl Who Almost Got Away" by Pat Frank published in the July 1950 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. Roger Willoughby Rock Hudson esteemed author and expert on fishing has never fished and when outspoken and unshakable PR agent Abigail Page Prentiss enters him into a fishing tournament mayhem and possibly romance ensues. <br/><br/>Howard Hawks' homage to the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s particularly his' own 1938 classic "Bringing Up Baby" starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant who he tried unsuccessfully to get to reprise their roles.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Godard Histoires du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956143047Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage studio photograph from the 1956 film showing stars Carol Ohmart and Tom Tyron surrounded by crew during a night shoot in the Hollywood Hills. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the short story "The Kiss Off" by Frank Tashlin who also worked on the screenplay about a an unhappily married woman who convinces her lover to rob some jewel thieves after a heist so they can run away together. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1990137198Culver City CA: TriStar Pictures 1990. Original Press Kit for the 1990 film. Rubber stamped May 22 1990. Includes 14 black and white film still press photographs. Based on the 1966 short story "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. <br/><br/>A wild and violent ride in the spirit of Verhoeven's "Robocop" "Total Recall" stars Schwarzenegger as a 21st-century construction worker who discovers that his entire memory of the past derives from a memory chip implanted in his brain learning that he is actually a secret agent who had become a threat to the government. To deal with the threat those in power planted the chip and invented a domestic lifestyle for him. Once he has realized his true identity he travels to Mars to piece together the rest of his identity as well as to find the man responsible for his implanted memory The AllMovie Guide. Nominated for two Academy Awards Best Sound Best Effects and winner of the Academy's Special Achievement Award for visual effects. <br/><br/>Film stills 8 x 10 inches Fine condition. 26 black and white pages saddle stapled 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Housed in a Very Good plus color folder. TriStar Pictures unknown books
1946104614Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1946. American insert poster for the classic 1946 film noir. Based on the short story by W.F. Harvey with a screenplay by noted science fiction writer Curt Siodmak<br/><br/>14 x 36 inches. Extremely colorful easily Near Fine with two faint horizontal folds and a tiny stamp and brief penciled notation at the verso. Warner Brothers unknown books
007220Weston CT: CC Studios Inc. SCARCE publicity poster for the first release of the 1993 videocassette 18" w x 24" h. Near Fine faint crease top left corner. A great and quite uncommon piece for the Sendak completist. Well suited for framing all posters will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18" x 24". CC Studios, Inc. books
180165512Boston MA: Printed by Russell and Cutler 1801. First edition. 12mo. viii 9-155 pp. Original drab paper boards and tan paper spine. Soiling and cracking to paper spine paper chipping from boards text clean. A good somewhat tender copy. STODDARD and WHITESELL 702. WEGELIN 1157. <br/><br/> Printed by Russell and Cutler hardcover books
1947136079Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Two vintage black-and-white double weight reference photographs from the 1947 film. Shown are Robert Rossen and cast on a casino set and Evelyn Keyes and Dick Powell on a night set discussing the film with Hollywood columnist Jimmy Starr. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1949137966Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage photograph showing an illustrated advertisement for the 1949 film noir based on the short story of the same name by Frederick Nebel. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1946WRCLIT61588New York 1946. Volume 8 whole numbers 42-47 and volume 9 whole numbers 48-53. Twelve issues bound up in two volumes gilt buckram original wrappers bound in for contributor James Laughlin. One leaf is missing from #51 wrappers trimmed a bit in binding cloth slightly marked and dusty but very good. Edited by Martha Foley and Whit Burnett. Published initially bimonthly then monthly then bimonthly again as one of the most popular venues for new as well as established writers of short fiction. "When STORY celebrated its tenth anniversary in 1941 it had published over a thousand stories about 90 per cent of which were considered distinctive by short story anthologist O'Brien." - Hoffman et al. Contributors to these issues include Huxley Stegner DeVries Sandoz Greene E.W. White Anderson Dunsany Saroyan Neagoe Woolrich Knight et al. HOFFMAN et al pp.160-1 and 303. hardcover books
1942151502Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1942. Vintage reference photograph of a supine Cary Grant surrounded by Jean Arthur director George Stevens and crew from the set of the 1942 film. Mimeo snipe on verso here under the working title "The Talk of the Town." <br/><br/>Political activist Leopold Dilg Cary Grant is framed when a lumber mill burns down and a man is killed. Escaping prison he hides out in former schoolmate and sweetheart Nora Shelley's Jean Arthur house currently being rented to the newly arrived law professor Michael Lightcap Ronald Coleman. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Set in fictional Lochester New England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. <br/><br/>Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1953151113Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film. One with mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>An amateur astronomer and school teacher witness an unidentified flying object crash land in the Arizona desert. Upon further inspection it turns out to be an alien spaceship. This is the first 3-D film released by Universal-International. Originally based on a story treatment by Ray Bradbury. <br/><br/>Set in Arizona shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing one with a small closed tear in top margin Near Fine overall. Universal Pictures unknown books
1971132245Germany: P. R. Wilk Ffm 1971. Original German A1 re-release poster circa 1971 for the 1938 Russian film. Artwork by Lenicka. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>23.25 x 33 inches rolled. Near Fine. P. R. Wilk, Ffm unknown books
1973129682Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1878 novella by Henry James which first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in two parts June and July 1878 in book form Harper and Brothers in the US the following year. <br/><br/>An intense study in the rules of class boundaries crossed with American-British dichotomies. Bogdanovich's faithful adaptation of James' story concerns the courtship of a beautiful but flirtatious American girl Daisy Miller by a sophisticated upper class British compatriot named Winterbourne. Miller's refusal to observe class boundaries in her flirtations leads Winterbourne to respond negatively to her-with dire consequences. <br/><br/>Tan wrappers. Title page present dated July 16 1973 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Raphael and Bogdanovich and story writer James. 120 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1884026007Washington DC: G.P.O. 1884. First Edition. Quarto. 8 vii-xxxii 473 pages 85 plates 7 double 5 folded illustrations some in color maps. The largest part is devoted to Hawaiian volcanoes on pages 80-219. Besides maps of all the major islands it deals with the major eruptions and its effect on the population. There is also a report on the mining geology of the Eureka District of Nevada; A large section on fossils of oysters and the life-history of the oyster finally there is geological reconnance in southern Oregon. Bound in maroon cloth centrally stamped in a pictorial gilt spine lettering gilt a damp stain to lower front corner new endpapers damp staining to lower corners of leaves. G.P.O. unknown books
19791341339Ohio: Self Published 1979. FIrst Edition. Other. Staple-bound comic; VG. Minor creasing to cover. Corners very slightly rounded. Cover white pages cream. Several pages have small cuts at lower margins from flaws in paper. Mild creasing/wrinkling of some pages ~1" in from spine. Staples original and centered but somewhat rusted. RH Consignment; Shelved case 8 1/4. 1341339. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Self Published unknown books