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05885New York: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc. 1937. First American Edition of Noël Coward's Autobiography<br /> Inscribed by Him on the Front Free Endpaper<br /> <br /> COWARD Noël. Present Indicative. New York: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc. 1937. <br /> <br /> First American edition. Octavo 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 200 x 140 mm. viii 1-371 1 blank pp. Illustrated throughout with thirty-one photogravure plates.<br /> <br /> Publishers blue boards spine decoratively lettered in gilt. A very good copy in the original printed dust jacket spine creased and a little worn at extremities. <br /> <br /> Inscribed on front free endpaper "For Max Lamb with my best wishes Noël Coward"<br /> <br /> Present Indicative is a 1937 autobiography by Noël Coward. The book was highly acclaimed and became a best seller. It was followed by Future Indefinite. A third volume Past Conditional was never completed.<br /> <br /> "I was photographed naked on a cushion very early in life an insane toothless smile slitting my face and pleats of fat overlapping me like an ill-fitting overcoat. Later at the age of two I was photographed again. This time in a lace dress leaning against a garden roller and laughing hysterically. If these photographs can be found they will adorn this book." part one.<br /> <br /> Sir Noël Peirce Coward 1899-1973 was an English playwright composer director actor and singer known for his wit flamboyance and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style a combination of cheek and chic pose and poise New York: Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc. , 1937 unknown
184516967<p>London: Longman & Co. n.d. 1845 First edition. Publisher's white glazed paper over boards. Elaborate arabesque pattern with floral designs stamped in gilt blue and red on front cover back cover ruled in blue with gilt arabesque ornament in center. All edges gilt. Small folio. 27 leaves printed on heavy card stock including title-page in gilt and colors printed on one side only; four introductory leaves printed in Black Letter in red and black on both sides and 24 leaves of facsimiles from the Hours of Anne of Brittany printed on one side only. Rebacked in tan canvas covers toned and a bit worn. Ink donor's inscription dated January 27 1845 on a preliminary blank. Corners worn a little light foxing. A good to very good copy of a fragile book. Noel Humphreys 1810-1879 master of Victorian illumination produced several of these calendars in the 1840s reproducing portions of various French manuscripts. All are scarce and because of the fragility of the binding many copies have been rebound.OCLC lists the present one in nine locations six in North America Bridgeport Public LibraryConnecticut College Delaware Harvard Johns Hopkins and the Free Library of Philadelphia. The DNB notes only the calendars for 1845 and 1846 though OCLC lists calendars for 1844 and 1848 as well.</p> Longman & Co., hardcover
1969144541Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1969. Six vintage oversize borderless photographs from the 1969 British film. With manuscript annotations and an agency stamp on the verso of each. <br /> <br /> One of the best heist films of the twentieth century: funny complex and altogether beautiful to watch. Michael Caine and Noel Coward bring the erudite and the cockney together to make a quintessentially British film with as fine an ending as one could ask for. <br /> <br /> 13 x 9 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Lee The Heist Film. Paramount Pictures unknown
1745262419Paris: Le Veuve Estienne 1745. Reprint. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece in each volume and illustrated with a profusion 162 folding and 34 single-page engravings. 8 volumes bound in 9. Thick 12mos contemporary leather with gilt-decorated spines still firm but several volumes have cracked joints and worn ends; marbled endpapers all edges red. Paris: Le Veuve Estienne & Jean Desaint 1732-1755. A mixed edition in matching bindings. 2 volumes with dampstaining on fore-edge otherwise rather clean inside.<br/><br/> Volume I 1732 Les Animaux & Les Plantes. Volume II 1735 Les Dehors & l'Interior de la Terre. Volume III 1735 Les Dehors & l'Interior de la Terre. Volume IV 1755 Le Ciel & l'Universe. Volume V 1755 l'Homme considere en lui-meme. Volume VI 1755 l'Homme en Societe. Volume VII 1755 l'Homme en Societe. Volume VIII & IX 1751 l'Homme en Societe avec Dieu.<br/><br/> Le Veuve Estienne unknown books
193313543London: The Fortune Press 1933. First Edition Later Variant. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition Later Variant. Hardcover. Originally published in Paris 1588 as "Psichologie ou traite de l'apparition des Esprits.' Father Noel Taillepied was a Franciscan friar; who wrote this study of ghost lore was written to prove the existence of spirits and the afterlife. From the jacket: "There is no other book that so admirably sums up and so intelligently discusses the whole question of supernatural apparitions. Taillepied deals with such points as the Theophanies of the Old Testament the Witch of Endor haunted houses and how they may be cleared somnambulism poltergeists how a man must conduct himself if he encounter a ghost. This is a book no Spiritualist can afford to neglect." However lacking on spine with "Edited by Montague Summers" in gilt which is not found on the later variants. D'Arch-Smith B26. Light shelf/edge wear light creasing toning chipping to dj small closed tear at joint repair head of spine else tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards gilt lettering on spine many pages uncut untrimmed in yellow printed dust jacket. 8vo. xix 263pp. Commentary. Indexes. Page xix is misbound between half-title and tp. The Fortune Press hardcover
Z1-C-085-00162W Green and Son. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Book is showing signs of wear around the edges of the cover and the spine cover. Binding is slightly loose and first page has come detached. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. W Green and Son unknown
247016Paris René Kieffer 1931. 4to 320 x 230 mm. Illustrations and plates in b/w and colour. Finely bound with original wrappers in half calf. Uncut. Provenance: Harry Fett. Limited edition. No 386 of 500 copies. . unknown
9956FANTASMAGIE. " Bulletin trimestriel du Centre International de l'Actualité Fantastique et Magique ". Bruxelles (194, boulevard Léopold II, puis 97, rue de la Source, puis 77, rue Emile Banning). Editeur responsable : L. Van Rompaey. Fascicule in-8° agrafé. 52 numéros (dont 3 doubles - les n° 14-15, 36-37, 51-52 - et un triple - le n° 17-18-19) ont paru en 47 livraisons, de novembre 1959 à avril 1979. (Destribats, 629) /// Cette revue, fondée en 1959 à Bruxelles par l'occultiste Serge Hutin et le peintre Aubin Pasque, est une originale expression du surréalisme belge, dont les noms des principaux acteurs figurent au sommaire. " Fantasmagie " accorde aussi une certaine place à l'art brut.
800CGZürich. Fotografie. 21,3 x 16 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, Abb.
184647540London: Longmans Brown Green and Longman 1846. 8vo. ii 1 31 pp. Ornate embossed "papier maché" boards in a high Victorian gothic style to give the effect of carved ebony rebacked to style in plain black morocco with blind rules marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Each page elaborately illustrated in gold or bright colours in the style of illuminated manuscripts. Some light wear to the boards text leaf foxed some light marginal spotting throughout an attractive copy overall. Mclean Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing pp. 100-3 & 210 - "splendidly gothic and impressive" with praise heaped on the illustrations. London: Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longman unknown
1920021223London & New York: Samuel French Ltd. 1920 1925. Early Edition. wraps. Near Fine. Printed green-blue wraps 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 71 1 pages plus covers. Coward's First Book and his first play produced in the West End. At the age of 20 he also performed in the role of Bobbie. The play ran for a month at the New Theatre later renamed the Noel Coward Theatre and was also Coward's first play in America. This copy lists two other works by Coward--THE YOUNG IDEA and HAY FEVER--dating this to 1925. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page and scarce as such. <br/><br/> Samuel French, Ltd. paperback
1953021225London: Michael Joseph 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with some chipping to the spine and rear. Cloth in dustwrapper 9" x 11-1/2". With an Introduction and Annotations by Noel Coward. Frontispiece color portrait of Coward by Clemence Dane. Illustrated in color and black & white by Gladys Calthrop. INSCRIBED in Coward's hand on the title page to Ginette Spanier director of the Paris fashion House of Balmain during the mid-20th century and SIGNED with what seems to be a nickname: "For Ginnettesic/with my love as usual/Maivie." Also inscribed below Coward's presentation in an unknown hand: "Ginette and Paul-Emile/with special &/unusual love/." <br/><br/> Michael Joseph hardcover
16031477869Rennes: Noël Glamet de Quinpercorentin January 1603. Leather. VG/No Jacket. Full red leather with marbled endpapers gilt edges with ribbon bookmark. NOT POD. 1603. Five raised bands with ornate decoration to spine title and year listed. Noël Glamet de Quinpercorentin hardcover
1974118831974 Lausanne 1974,1979,1979,1985 -- Reliure éditeur cartonnée pleine toile bleue sous jaquette illustrée. Format in-folio( 38,8 x 28,5 cm ). --------- 461, 305 , 312 , 443 pages* '' Plus de 2000 peintures, 500 dessins et 100 pastels, classés chronologiquement depuis les débuts, dans les années 1858-1861, jusqu à la série des Nymphéas sont répertoriés, commentés, analysés, reproduits.
198120692ROGNER & BERNHARD 1981. Schweiz!. softcover. Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis ROGNER & BERNHARD paperback
179015520Neowedae ad Rhenum [Neuwied], apud Societatem Typographycam, 1790 [puis :] Neowedae ad Rhenum [Neuwied], apud Societatem Typographycam, 1790 [puis :] A Neuwied sur le Rhin, chez la Société Typographique, 1790. 3 textes reliés en 4 vol. au format in-8 (209 x 123 mm) de 1 frontispice gravé n.fol., xxxii - 389 pp. ; 2 ff. n.fol. et 460 pp. ; 2 ff. n.fol. et 456 pp. ; 29 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. ; 2 ff. n.fol., 16 pp. ; 78 pp., 1 f. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. et [64] planches hors-texte gravées. Reliures uniformes de l'époque de demi-basane brune, dos lisses ornés de doubles filets dorés, roulettes dorées, filets en pointillés verticaux dorés, pièces de titre de maroquin havane, pièces de tomaison de maroquin émeraude, titre doré, tomaison dorée.
2000300-02933Filter Pr Llc 2000-04-01. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Filter Pr Llc paperback
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black, title mildly age-browned; strongly bound in nineteenth century half calf, marbled boards, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, leather label lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With the nineteenth century bookplate of Charles Noel Welman on front paste-down. With a lengthy and neatly calligraphed provenance (1860) by Welman on two preliminaries, eighteenth century MS signature on title verso and earlier MS notes on rear free endpaper. A crisp copy of what is arguably Hanmer's best-known work, though authorship has been attributed sometime to others. Jonathan Hanmer (1606-1687), ejected minister, and lecturer at Barnstaple from 1646 to 1662, was father to John Hanmer, an ancestor of the Welman family as outlined in the inscription. RARE.
800CGZürich. Fotografie. 21,3 x 16 cm.
17862697Paris Didot l'aîné 1786 2 Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1786. 2 volumes petit in-12, maroquin vert, dos lisses ornés, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, tranches dorées.
JD37168London James Cawthorn n.d. 1809 first edition. Paper watermarked "E & P/1805" with misprint "crouds" for crowds and the word Author correctly spelled "Dispatch" incorrectly spelled as "Despatch" on page 5 line 7 first state preface leaf present later dark blue crushed morocco ruled gilt on sides and spine spine with five raised bands gilt tooled edges and dentelles marbled endpapers with extra blank pages bound at end presumably to thicken the slim volume AEG one of 1000 copies. Light extremity wear else nearly fine. London, James Cawthorn, n.d. (1809), first edition. hardcover
96965London Longman 1848. Hardback 7 x 5 inches. Unusual Beautiful floral scrollwork Black papier-mache boards with raised decoration deeply incised to resemble "Gothic" ebony book covers. Black leather to spine all page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. With Custom made hard slipcase with window at front to show decorative covers. In very good condition. Stunning unusual 3D crafted cover some tiny cracks to surface small chip upper front corner. Contemporary leather on spine and contemporary marbled endpapers neatly reinforced inner edge. Spine a little rubbed. Inside neatly resown. Some foxing spots to title. Some darkening to edges and minor spots to plates Small private bookplate on front endpaper Lady Davy with gift inscription front Lady Davy on second blank page. else inside pages clean and tight. 31 pages of colour illuminated printed plates; iv pp of text at end. Beautifully and colourfully illustrated throughout with intricate chromolithographs and vibrant floral designs. Illustrated by Henry Noel Humphreys. The beautiful colour printing is from the decorated illuminated manuscripts by Henry Humphreys. London, Longman 1848 hardcover
189510463CHARAIRE 1895 1 Paris, Charaire, Librairie d'Education de la Jeunesse, (1895), grand in-4, demi-maroquin bordeaux, sous étui.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
19294251London: Chappell & Co. n.d. 1929 1929. Signed by Coward and bound for his lover and manager John Wilson. First edition of the complete vocal score. Quarto. 275x210. pp. 4 163 1 advert. Bound by Bumpus in red morocco with double fillet border in gilt to upper and lower cover lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine. Some rubbing and wear to the corners. Original wrappers bound in. The front pastedown has the bookplate of Herbert Schimmel who put together the greatest collection of books and material related to Noel Coward and Ivor Novello. The title page has Coward's somewhat faint signature in mauve ink. A nice copy with an excellent provenance of this popular and highly successful romantic operetta which contains the wonderfully sentimental and nostalgic song "I'll see you again". In centre of the upper cover stamped in gilt is "J.W. from N.C.". J.W. is John Wilson and N.C. is of course Coward. Wilson was a stockbroker from New Jersey whose life became considerably more glitzy than these unpromising beginnings might have suggested. He and Coward met in 1924. Coward fell in love and Wilson became his business manager in part so that they had an explanation for the amount of time they spent together. The two men lived together for a while along with Coward's parents who no doubt provided additional cover. But Wilson was a loose cannon. A heavy drinker he stole money from Coward who ignored his behaviour and demanded that others do so too. By the late 1930s even Coward had tired of Wilson who returned to America where he became a successful theatre director and producer Kiss me Kate being his biggest hit. He then married an emigrée Russian princess who found him amusing and given that she disliked sex was happy to ignore his gay philandering. Bitter Sweet indeed. London: Chappell & Co. n.d. [1929] unknown
