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1897705881897. Wheeler Alexander Strong 1820-1907. Reminiscences of an Old Lawyer: An Address by Our Fellow-Member Mr. A.S. Wheeler Delivered Before the Commercial Club of Boston December 18 1897. Printed by Request of the Club. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press 1898. 20 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Sewn pamphlet in stiff wrappers printed title label to front cover. Light shelfwear light toning to text. $50. Wheeler a Boston lawyer was a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard Law School. unknown books
1933136691Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film. <br/><br/>Shown is Ann Hovey as she is attacked after stowing away on a train by Ward Bond playing against type as a villainous railroad worker. The rape is not only attempted but takes place a radical element even in a pre-Code film. <br/><br/>A film that has held up well in that it breaks the stereotype of hobos as nothing more than restless drifters and delves into what fueled the movement during the Great Depression. Many teenagers male and female were forced to leave their homes and ride the rails because their families were unable to provide support. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine with some penciled annotations on the verso regarding another actress in the film Dorothy Coonan who would go on to marry the film's director William A. Wellman. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. First National 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
5236WILLIAM WETMORE STORY 1819-1895. Story was an American sculptor poet and critic. AQS. 1pg. December 1889. An autograph quote signed “W. W. Storyâ€. Story wrote out the last verse of his poem “Io Victisâ€. “Speak History! Who are Life’s Victors Unroll thy long annals and say are thy those whom the world calls the Victors Who won the success of a day The martyrs or Nero The Spartans Who fell at Thermopylae’s tryst or the Persians and Xerxes His judges or Socrates Pilate or Christ W.W. Storyâ€. It is in fine condition and the quote is attached to another sheet. unknown books
1954134915New Orleans LA: Howco Productions 1954. Vintage black and white studio photograph from the 1954 film. With distributor's red warehouse stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Cult director Ed Wood Jr.'s attempt at serious film noir with the director's usual flare for bad music acting sets dialogue etc. resulted in a film that is in both the B-noir pantheon and the realm of the Psychotronic. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Archival repair to a long closed tear at the verso some faint creasing but no loss or staining. Good to Very Good overall. <br/><br/>Lyons p. 108-109. Spicer p. 412. Howco Productions unknown books
1943135060Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Two vintage still photographs from the 1943 US film. One still is a black-and-white reference still and the other is a full-color studio still. <br/><br/>Based on a story by W.R. Burnett. Lieutenant Ward Stewart Power is made executive officer of the submarine USS Corsair. Before sailing he meets schoolteacher Jean Hewlett Baxter and seduces her unaware that she's the sweetheart of Lieutenant Dewey Connors Andrews his newly appointed commander. At sea the men bond unaware of their shared love interest. <br/><br/>Winner of an Academy Award for Best Effects. <br/><br/>Both stills 8 x 10 inches. Slight light edge creases. Very Good plus overall. <br/><br/><br/>Davenport p. 81. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
19581320108Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Thin Quarto; unpaginated; G-/Fair; blue/white checkered spine with black text; dust jacket has noticeable chips to edges; slight soiling to exterior; slightly sunned exterior; price clipped flap; mylar wraps; cloth shows rubbed edges; lightly sunned exterior; sturdy boards; text block has mild tone to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; profusely illustrated; intact binding;. 1320108. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
19571320109Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1957. Hardcover. Thin Quarto; unpaginated; G/Fair; red/white checkered spine with black text; dust jacket has noticeable chips to edges; slight soiling to exterior; slightly sunned exterior; price clipped flap; mylar wraps; cloth shows modest wear to edges; sturdy boards; text block has mild tone to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; profusely illustrated; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece;. 1320109. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
19861325693Singapore: Harriet Ziefert Inc 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Long Thin Octavo; unpaginated; VG-; white spine with black text; no jacket; cloth shows very mild wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has light wear toward edges; interior clean; pictorial endpapers; profusely illustrated;. 1325693. FP New Rockville Stock. Harriet Ziefert, Inc hardcover books
197220743New York: The Viking Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670258873 . no discernible wear to book; jacket shows only light surface- and edge-wear. The MGM Library of Film Scripts Series B&W photographs In their second M-G-M outing Groucho Harpo and Chico now permanently Zeppo-less take on the medical profession with Groucho as Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush a horse doctor posing as the medical director of a sanitarium. Both the original script and the dialogue and action from the film as released are presented it sez here "because the final film differs so much from the script." As with all the books in this series the hardcover printings are much less common than the simultaneously-issued trade paperbacks. . The Viking Press hardcover books
