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1832707461832. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown 1832. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown 1832. Story on Bailments First Edition Story Joseph 1779-1845. Commentaries on the Law of Bailments With Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown 1832. xxxiv 411 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind fillets to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing and a shallow scuffing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities a few small chips to head of spine corners lightly bumped early owner signature of Edwin Conant to front free endpaper and head of title page and p. 25. Moderate toning to text browning to a few leaves light foxing in a few places. A nice copy. $950. First edition. "Whatever was to be found in the English and American decisions whatever Roman and Continental jurisprudence afforded on illustration of the law of bailments Joseph Story collected and combined with surprising industry and wonderful learning.Story's Bailments affords one of the best examples in modern times of the illustration which our laws are susceptible of by the aid of foreign jurisprudence"Marvin. Conant 1810-1891 was a prominent Worcester Massachusetts lawyer businessman and philanthropist. Marvin Legal Bibliography 668-669. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 2451. 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
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
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
1841668361841. Boston 1841. 1st edition. Boston 1841. 1st edition. "A Truly Luminous Exposition" Story Joseph 1779-1845. Commentaries on the Law of Partnership as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence. With Occasional Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown/London: A. Maxwell 1841. xxi 690 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary sheep blind fillets to boards raised bands and small lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and some shallow scuffing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities somewhat heavier rubbing to spine corners bumped. Moderate toning to text light foxing in places upper corners of some leaves have fold lines a few have early underlining and other marks in pencil. An appealing copy. $950. First edition of one 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. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 9321. unknown books
189019522Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Very Good. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes blue cloth; 7" x 5"; ex-library with numbers on spine bookplates "hole-punch" library name on title page; otherwise both volumes are a bit edgeworn dusty - but internally clean and sound. . Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover 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
1974132602Culver City CA: National Screen Service / Columbia Pictures 1974. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1974 US release of the 1974 Italian-American film. <br/><br/>Based on a stories by Nicholas Gage New York Times about the rise and fall of mobster "Crazy" Joey Gallo. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970133268Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1970. Collection of 8 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1970 UK film. <br/><br/>In Elizabethan England a coven of witches is massacred by evil Lord Whitman Price but the coven's leader invokes a magical servant a "banshee" for revenge. A prime vessel for Vincent Price who basically carries the film. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Middlesex England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light creases overall else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. American International Pictures [AIP] 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
191726311Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1917. 370 pages; limited edition of 570 printed; with a useful index at back. Sepia-toned tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Harriette Story Paige from a painting by Savinien-Edme Dubourjal 1844 and a similar portrait within of Caroline LeRoy Webster also by Dubourjal 1845 and one of Daniel Webster from the portrait by Chester Harding along with a couple more illustrations. Anecdotes of the diarist's travel to Europe in London England Scotland and Wales as touching upon the life of Daniel Webster 1782 - 1852 American lawyer & statesman. ".Webster's remarkable political diplomatic and legal careers were aided by his intellectual brilliance and personal magnetism. He contributed significantly to the concept of American nationality to the idea of a perpetual Union to perspectives on economic growth to a modern legal system and to the rising importance of the United States in foreign relations." Maurice G. Baxter in the ANB Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" size; original marbled paper covered boards beige cloth spine black leather spine label gilt titles; a little edge tips wear to the boards; no slipcase; contents clean and in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1917241667Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1917. hardcover. very good-. Ed. by Edward Gray. Illus. 8vo 1/2 tan cloth spine lightly soiled. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1917.<br/><br/> One of 570 copies.<br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown books
200553185Clarkston MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 2005. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.122. Small quarto 26cm; russet cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 191pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown books
199753182Royal Oak MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 1997. First Limited Edition. One of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.143. Small quarto 26cm; red cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 24pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown books
182955461Boston: Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins 1829. First edition 8vo pp. 60; removed from binding; very good. Story was the first Dane Professor at Harvard a position he took while serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. American Imprints 40553; Sabin 92301. <br/><br/> Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins unknown books
1944148705Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1945 film here under the working title "Two-Faced Quilligan." Production No. 911 and copy No. 6 rubber stamped on the front wrapper with SHOOTING FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation in the script in holograph pencil noting three names on the verso of last leaf.<br/><br/>Patrick Michael Quilligan William Bendix captain of a barge named Mary named after his mother meets and falls for two women Joan Blondell and Mary Treen who remind him of his beloved deceased mother inadvertently marrying both.<br/><br/>Set in Brooklyn and Utica New York. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 6 and production No. 911 dated DECEMBER 21 1944. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 21 1944 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Arthur Kober. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/2/45 and 2/28/45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with large chip on right edge of front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
20091340365New York: Universe Publishing 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; black/red/yellow pictorial spine with gray and red text; first edition; no jacket; cloth has only light wear to exterior; strong straight boards; text block clean; pop up illustrations; unpaginated. 1340365. FP New Rockville Stock. Universe Publishing hardcover books
1967132226Beverly Hills CA: Walter Wagner / United Artists 1967. Original late 1960s Polish R61 poster for the Polish re-release of the 1939 US film designed by Jerzy Treutler. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>John Ford's smash hit and enduring masterpiece "Stagecoach" revolutionized the Western elevating it from B movie to the A-list and establishing the genre as we know it today. The quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances "Stagecoach" features outstanding performances from Hollywood stalwarts Claire Trevor John Carradine and Thomas Mitchell. And of course John Wayne in his first starring role for Ford as the daredevil outlaw the Ringo Kid. Superbly shot and tightly edited "Stagecoach" Ford's first trip to what would become his beloved Monument Valley is Hollywood storytelling at its finest. <br/><br/>23 x 33 inches non-archivally mounted on board. Light rubbing and soil pulling slightly from one corner. Very Good plus overall. <br/><br/>Shipping billed at cost. Item can only be shipped within the US. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 515. Walter Wagner / United Artists unknown books
1940146331Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final draft script for the 1940 film. Notation on front wrapper in holograph purple ink adding ."9A" to the production number. Notations in holograph pencil in script adding tics to dialogue and names on the verso of pages. Laid in are 3 blue "retake" pages dated after principal photography had been completed.<br/><br/>A remake of T. Hayes Hunter's 1920 silent film of the same name. Irving Pichel's "Earthbound" finds Nick Desborough Warner Baxter called away from his honeymoon with Ellen Andrea Leeds for business in Paris only to find his ex-mistress Linda Reynolds Lynn Bari sent the telegram. Linda rejected by Nick shoots and kills him and her husband Jeff Henry Wilcoxon is arrested and tried for the crime. Nick's ghost helps guide Ellen to clear Jeff and convict Linda so he can rest in peace.<br/><br/>Set in Paris and Switzerland. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 33 and production No. 1884 dated January 12 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated January 12 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Samuel G. Engel. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeographed rectos only with Blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/15/40 and 2/21/40 with laid in Blue Retake pages dated 3/1/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1937150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary.<br/><br/>During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events.<br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1937152130N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film showing actor Sabu. With a mimeo label snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamps of National Film Archive library. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Based on Rudyard Kipling's story "Toomai of the Elephants" which originally appeared in Kipling's 1895 collection "The Jungle Book." A young Indian boy helps guide his father and a government elephant hunter to the secret elephant camp in the jungle. A breakthrough role for Sabu who would go on to work under exclusive contract for film mogul Alexander Korda in "The Thief of Bagdad" 1940 "Arabian Nights" 1942 and "The Jungle Book" 1942. <br/><br/>Set in colonial India shot on location in Gwynedd Wales. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned. N.p. unknown books
2005221252New York: Be Beautiful 2005. Paperback. 208p. English-language translation of Japanese yaoi manga comic novel erotic images very good trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Be Beautiful paperback books
1976148808N.p.: N.p. 1976. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film here with the slightly different working title "Empire of Ants." Loosely based on the 1905 short story by H.G. Wells. <br/><br/>American International Pictures AIP third and final film in their H.G. Wells trilogy beginning with "The Food of the Gods" 1976 directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner and Pamela Franklin and followed by "The Island of Dr. Moreau" 1977 directed by Don Taylor and starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York.<br/><br/>Another classic "giant" movie from Bert I. Gordon following "King Dinosaur" 1955 "The Amazing Colossal Man" 1957 "Earth vs. the Spider" 1958 "Village of the Giants" 1956 and "Food of the Gods" 1976 this time featuring giant ants mutated by radioactive waste which attack a shady land developer and her prospective clients and threaten to take over a whole island town.<br/><br/>Set in the Florida everglades and shot on location in Fort Pierce Belle Glade and Jensen Beach Florida. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 8 1976 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jack Turley and story by Bert I. Gordon. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1960143202Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 Japanese film. Holograph ink and stamp on the outer page edges. Production designer's script with holograph underlining on numerous pages regarding objects needed for a given scene swimsuits sun cream summer kimonos Persian cat etc. Other annotations in the same hand fill in the names of actors who have been chosen to play the parts of various characters whose names are printed. <br/><br/>The double directed feature intentionally creates a juxtaposition between each director's lens and the credits give no indication of how the two collaborated also intentional. According to Audie Bock author of "Japanese Film Directors" Naruse filmed all of the older generation scenes and the Japanese restaurant scenes while Kawashima did the younger generation and the geisha house scenes comparatively the 'comic relief'. <br/><br/>A family love triangle sees a mother and daughter in competition and parallels the conflicting nature of new and older generations in modern society. <br/><br/>Set in Japan. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1960. Title page present. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered g-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples wrapped in paper on spine. Toho Company unknown books
189310647Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1893. 3rd edition. Hardcover. VG some wear ends of spine bookplate T.E.G. Brown cloth. 295 pp. No illus. Includes chapters on "Michel Angelo" "Phidias and the Elgin Marbles" "The Art of Casting in Plaster Among the Ancient Greeks and Romans" "A Conversation with Marcus Aurelius" and "Distortions of the English Stage As Instanced in 'Macbeth'" Houghton, Mifflin and Co hardcover books
