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1904WRCAM815Chicago 1904. 3481pp. Portrait. Illus. Original gilt cloth. About fine. A presentation copy inscribed "To Chas. Stuubis - / with the compliments of / the Author / Jan 8th 1905 / Theophilus Noel." An authentic narrative of this Texan's travels in California and Mexico his experience with Sibley in New Mexico with Magruder in Galveston and in Louisiana. Contains much on secession politics etc. HOWES N167. hardcover books
1752WAS44061J. Wren London 1752. Very good. Third Edition 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches full calf Two volumes with 24 engraved plates and one engraved frontispiece in volume one. 18th century engraved bookplate of James Lord Forbes in both volumes. A rather late publication disclaiming the major achievements of science and philosophy including the work of Decartes and Newton in favor of the teachings of Moses and other bibical figures. J. Wren, London unknown books
1949WRCAM51983Ipswich; London: W.S. Cowell Ltd 1949. 125pp. with several in-text maps and illustrations. Original light blue cloth. Spine faded light edge wear. Presentation and ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper. Light tanning. Very good. A presentation copy of a mid-20th century proposal that the lost ships of the Franklin Expedition might be located on the northeastern side of King William Island one ship was finally discovered in 2014 on the northwestern side of the island. Privately printed and scarce with an inscription from the author to "The Controller of the Navy." Not in ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. W.S. Cowell Ltd hardcover books
1815302355Philadelphia: James P. Parke . Wm. Fry Printer 1815. First Philadelphia edition. 47 1 pp. with half-title. 12mo. Uncut in publisher's drab boards. Spine perished but sewing intact staining to rear board signature of "M. Canty 1816" at head of title-page. First Philadelphia edition. 47 1 pp. with half-title. 12mo. Shaw and Shoemaker lists the Boston edition of 1815 as the first American with 2 editions published in New York that same year. Shaw & Shoemaker 34267 James P. Parke ... Wm. Fry, Printer unknown books
1966UBYRWOR00AFOctagon Books 1966. Good. Byron George Gordon Noel. The Works of Lord Byron 13 Volumes. Byron Lord; Coleridge Editor Ernest Hartley. NY: Octagon Books 1966. 502pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decor . Book condition: Good ex-library with white labels on backstrips institutional stamps on text block edges and titles pages and barcode labels on front free endsheets. Bibliographic notes on title pages. Tipped-in checkout slips on rear endsheets. Subtly faded spines. Lightly bumped and rubbed extremities with faint surface abrasions and soiling. Octagon Books hardcover books
1817047079London: John Murray 1817. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Three poems bound up together in contemporary calf moderate edgewear corners rounded rebacked date to front blank old Atwood armorial bookplate inside cover scattered foxing and browning; Manfred with the added quote to the title and the Davison imprint at rear usually regarded as the 3rd issue bound without the half title. Mazeppa bound without the half title and the rear ads apparently the 2nd issue the imprint was moved to the verso of the ads page for the 2nd issue. The Deformed Transformed is the second edition. 80pp; 69 1 pp; 88pp.<br/><br/>The fragment included after Mazeppa is the result of the famous ghost writing contest which resulted in Frankenstein. This fragment provided the spark which resulted in Polidori's The Vampyre. Byron himself was the model for the vampire Lord Ruthven. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Inventory No: 047079. John Murray hardcover books
196115938J1961. Signed in blue ink: Love love love love love Noel and love!†The Christmas card has the rather cheery color artwork created by Coward for his 1961 last musical comedy creation Sail Away that was used on the poster. Also laid in is a one page photocopy typescript of three verses of a rather naughty song by Noel Coward intended for "Sail Away" but never used. unknown books
1938320015Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday Doran and Company 1938. #28 of 301 copies signed by the author. Frontsipece portrait. Illustrated. vi-viii 2-371 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cream cloth a few tiny scuffs on the spine label. VG. #28 of 301 copies signed by the author. Frontsipece portrait. Illustrated. vi-viii 2-371 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
1936008732New York: Doubleday Doran 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of this collection of twelve short dramatic pieces. A very good copy lacking the scarce dustwrapper. This copy is INSCRIBED by Coward to stage actor Harold Gould who has also signed this book. Gould has acted in numerous Coward productions. A nice presentation copy. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> Doubleday Doran hardcover books
1992RFREANC00mfDoubleday 1992. Very Good. Freedman David Noel. The Anchor Bible Dictionary 6 volumes. NY: Doubleday 1992. 1232 1100 1135 1162 1230 1176pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth with gilt and orange foil embossing. Book condition: Very good. Gift inscription on front free endsheet of volume 1. Front covers of a few volumes slightly bowed. Doubleday hardcover books
1957142759Paris: Cinedis 1957. Archive of original candid single- and double-weight photographs and color transparencies for the 1957 French film "Mademoiselle et son gang" from French distributor and press and film agency Cinedis. Nearly all feature starring actress Renaud in glamour poses some reclining some ascending a staircase in a shimmering paisley dress with matching high heels. Several candid photos feature racing drivers Harry Schell and Peter Collins director Jean Boyer and other members of the film crew. <br/><br/>Included in the archive are 12 black-and-white single-weight on-the-set photos with holograph annotations in ink on the versos and 28 images of Renaud in glamour poses: 6 double-weight full-color glamour portraits Gevaert paper rubber-stamped PHOTO COULEURS / HERDET PHOTO on the versos 2 full-color transparencies 20 smaller mounted full-color transparencies. Original photo envelopes also present. <br/><br/>Renaud who later became a prominent AIDS activist stars as a writer whose crime fiction entry attracts the attention of swindlers even as she joins a gang and becomes its leader. Little known film by Boyer whose credits include "Calais-Douvres" 1931 "End of the World" 1931 "Roses noires" 1935 "Serenade" 1940 and "One Does Not Die That Way" 1946. <br/><br/>Cinedis was prominent during the French New Wave distributing and promoting some of the genre's greatest films including "Jules and Jim" "Le Trou" "The Gates of Paris" even the popular "Don Camillo" series starring Fernandel. <br/><br/>Photos range in size the smallest being 3.75 x 4.75 inches the largest being 6.75 x 9.25 inches; transparencies 4 x 4.75 inches mounted transparencies 2 x 2 inches in 9.5 x 12-inch black mounts 12 windows each 1 mount with only 8 transparencies present. Housed in a cardboard paper box from the As de Trefle company with title label for the film on the lid. <br/><br/>Curling to photos box Good only else Near Fine overall. A fantastic tribute to actress and singer Renaud's beauty and a glimpse behind the scenes. Cinedis unknown books
1973142419New York: Wroderick Productions 1973. Draft script for a 1973 Roderick Cook adaptation of the 1929 Noel Coward musical likely written after Cook's 1972 musical review of Coward's work entitled "Oh Coward!" <br/><br/>A three act operetta in which a wealthy young woman elopes with her music teacher. Coward's original script was basis for the 1933 film directed by Herbert Wilcox and the 1940 film directed by WS Van Dyke. The Van Dyke film was so disliked by Coward that he vowed to never let Hollywood adapt one of his works again. <br/><br/>Adaptation writer/actor Roderick Cook worked extensively with Coward's material his best-known work being a highly well-received 1972 musical review of Coward's work entitled "Oh Coward!" While it is believed that Cook's adaptation of "Bitter Sweet" was never performed professionally and the material in this script was not utilized in "Oh Coward!" it was likely written after Cook's considerable success with the review encouraged him to take another look at Coward's oeuvre. <br/><br/>Set in London and Vienna. <br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers with credits for playwright Noel Coward and adaptation writer Roderick Cook. Title page present dated September 1973 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Coward and adaptation writer Cole. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered III-1-18. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Wroderick Productions unknown books
2891Paris: La Veuve Estienne 1742. Third edition. 12mo. 2 vols. xxxvii35182;44962pp. Indices. Vol. I illus. with a copper engraved frontis. and 24 plates. Cont. mottled calf a bit worn gilt decorated spines extremities chipped Vol. II with paper label at head of spine. La Veuve Estienne unknown books
24146hardcover. 2 vols. Rubricated title. Frontis. and 23 other plates. 12mo later 1/4 calf. Chez Jean Neaulme 1740 1741<br/><br/> A treatise on cosmology mythology creation and religion versus science by the author of Spectacle de la nature. Barbier 7998. Brunet Table 8183. This edition not in NUC.<br/><br/> unknown books
1925016470Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire Great Britain: Golden Cockerel Press 1925. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 44 pages of text. Original leather spine with blue paper-covered boards; minor browing and a few spots of soiling to the boards; protected in archival mylar. Number 134 of 370 copies in this limited edition. Printed in red and black. Illustrated and arranged by Noel Rooke. The text is clean and unmarked. Golden Cockerel Press Hardcover books
004459London: Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press Daily Post Printers Liverpool . First Edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. . Near Fine. N.d. circa 1920. Folio 37.5 by 24 cm. Unpaginated 16 heavy card leaves. Twelve color plates. Charming text illustrations besides to illustrate the verse that covers a child's progress through the day. Slight darkening to top of cover. Light wear otherwise. <br/><br/> Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press [Daily Post Printers, Liverpool] hardcover books
1957144269France: Cinedis 1957. Collection of 61 original black-and-white single weight photographs from the 1957 French-Italian film released in the US as "On Foot On Horse and On Wheels" 1958. Starring actors Noel-Noel and Grey are in nearly every image with a few featuring Sophie Daumier. All with numerical annotations in holograph pencil housed in an original French Crumiere photo paper box. <br/><br/>Leon Martin's Noel-Noel daughter is engaged to the son of a wealthy businessman and he goes to the extreme to make a good first impression. Prolific Paul Misraki composed the music and a sequel was made by Jean Dreville with Noel-Noel reprising his role called "A pied a cheval et en Sputnik" 1958 "Sputnik" in the US.<br/><br/>5 photos 3.5 x 4.25 inches and 61 photos 5 x 7 inches all with small white borders at the foot. Photos and box Very Good plus photos with moderate curling and faint foxing and one split to the box lid. Cinedis unknown books
1821120409London: John Murray 1821. First edition of Byron's retelling of the fall of the Assyrian monarchy and its supposed last king with the Two Foscari and Cain A Mystery. Octavo original boards. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. Set in ancient Nineveh and recounting the fall of the Assyrian monarchy and its supposed last king Sardanapalus draws its story mainly from the Historical Library of Diodorus Siculus and from William Mitford's History of Greece. Byron wrote the play during his stay in Ravenna and dedicated it to Goethe. It has had an extensive influence on European culture inspiring a painting by Delacroix and musical works by Berlioz Liszt and Ravel among others. John Murray hardcover books
196112453Garden City: Doubleday 1961. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First US edition stated. A delightful play with six leading ladies - all over the age of sixty. Fine hardbound copy in very good price intact dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED by Coward and dated in year of publication. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
19602552991960. unbound. 6.5 x 4.75-inch black-and-white photo of Coward seated casually wearing a white blazer and smoking a cigarette -- no place no date circa 1960. Inscribed in the bottom margin: "For John Mclean with best wishes Noel Coward." Double-matted in white and beige and set in a black frame measuring 13.25 x 11 inches. Near fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1957320091New York: The Macmillan Company 1957. First Amertican Edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. VG in VG dj. First Amertican Edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED. Inscribed on the ffep "For Jules with my love and gratitude for so many 'marvelloius parties'. The Macmillan Company unknown books
1947144680Paris: Gaumont 1947. Vintage photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Claire Maffei on the set of the 1947 film. With holograph annotations and a rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown books
1995127211Penyffordd Chester: Ash-Tree Press 1995. Octavo cloth. Later edition. One of 250 numbered copies. New edition of this short story collection first published by Dennis Dobson Ltd in 1949. This edition adds a foreword by Barbara Roden and Christopher Roden and introduction by Michael Cox. "Unusual and subtle stories lacking the climactic punch of James's works but effective in their own understated way." - Barron ed Horror Literature 3-150. "The one writer who comes closest to inheriting the mantle of M. R. James." - Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction p. 136. The third Ash-Tree Press book and their second hardcover publication. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1206. Sullivan ed The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural p. 295. Tymn ed Horror Literature 4-180. Reginald 10509. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #127211 Ash-Tree Press unknown books
2355Coward thanks his correspondent attorney Dudley Scholte "for the enchanting and nostalgic photographs. It was so good of you to send them and also to say such kind things of some of my past productions." He signs "Noel Coward." 1955 the year of this letter brought Coward a good deal of success in America when his Las Vegas cabaret act was recorded and then picked up by CBS television. unknown books
179821607Paris: C.-F. Patris 1798. First edition 12mo pp. vi 2 188; 2 copper-engraved plates; contemporary calf stamped in gilt red leather spine label lettered in gilt a.e.g. covers worn with a 1/2 inch chip at the foot of the spine glue stains to endpapers and first and last few leaves hinges starting still a good sound copy. "This anthology of priapic verses was edited and published by F.-J. Noel Inspector of Universities who was University counsellor and Inspector General of Studies during the government of Napoleon I c. 1833" Private Case 672. Brunet IV 869. <br/><br/> C.-F. Patris hardcover books