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199268641Oklahoma: The CItizen Band Potawatomi Tribe of Oklahoma 1992. Reprint. First edition second printing stated. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear small tears to cloth and soiling. x 80 p. Includes illustrations. From Wikipedia: Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people located in Oklahoma. The Potawatomi are traditionally an Algonquian-speaking Eastern Woodlands tribe. They have 29 155 enrolled tribal members of whom 10 312 live in the state of Oklahoma. The Citizen Potawatomi Nation is headquartered in Shawnee Oklahoma. Their tribal jurisdictional area is in Cleveland and Pottawatomie Counties Oklahoma. Of the 30 653 enrolled members 10 312 live within the state of Oklahoma. They have their housing authority and issue tribal vehicle tags. Enrollment in the tribe is based on lineal descent; that is to say the tribe has no minimum blood quantum." The CItizen Band Potawatomi Tribe of Oklahoma hardcover
1942125444Ottawa: Minister of National War Services c 1942. Poster. very good. Artist: Eric Aldwinkle. 31" X 20.5". Original wartime poster. Lithograph. In very good condition. Creases where it was folded into quarters. Professional restoration to top left hand corner. Deep bold colours and design. very good In Choko 'Canadian War Posters' Plate XLIII PG 172. Canadian world war II poster depicting a strong arm wielding a hammer by the famous Canadian war artist designer and illustrator. 1942 Minister of National War Services unknown
1931003116Berlin: Nero-Film A. G. 1931. Original vintage German publicity photo of PETER LORRE in the legendary film classic "M" directed by Fritz Lang. Berlin: Nero-Film A. G. 1931. This stunning image shows Lorre as the murderer confronted by the blind balloon seller who recognizes his distinctive whistle thus setting Lorre's capture in motion. Exceedingly rare photo recently found in an old untouched US archive having originated as an oversized German negative which was re-purposed for use in Denmark as evidenced by the Danish Film Censor's mark "statens" at the bottom which is baked into the negative and then presumably arrived here as a collector's rarity . Glossy single-weight roughly 8" x 10" gelatin silver print. It shows overall wear from handling and it has many faint creases plus stains on reversewhich do not bleed through to the front yet retains eye appeal. "M" remains one of the most famous films of world cinema. It provided the initial blueprint for the entire genre now labeled psychological thriller. "M" original posters sell from $15000 to $50000. Here's a chance to own a piece of the same cinema history at a small fraction of the cost. . First Thus. Very Good. Photograph. Nero-Film A. G. books
1979865<p>Hardcover library binding report bound for library in grey buckram stamped in white. Ex library reference with stamps labels etc. In clean tight condition a few pages somewhat rough around the edges in general appears little used. The Ohio Rail Transportation Authority Dr. Nat Simons Jr. Executive Director State of Ohio James A. Rhodes Governor circa 1979 263 pages.</p> The Ohio Rail Transportation Authority hardcover
1964LL 467<p><em><strong>Cinema nuovo. EdicioÌn Latinoamericana.</strong></em></p><p>2 vols. ALL PUBLISHED. Title from cover. "Revista de Cultura dirigida por Guido Aristarco. Latin American edition of the Italian magazine Cinema nuovo adapted to the public of this continent. As we read in the prologue it is also the continuation of the Cinema magazine published in 1952. Cinema Nuovo was a left-leaning Italian film magazine that existed between 1952 and 1996. It was headquartered in Milan Italy.<br />Cinema Nuovo was established by film critic Guido Aristarco in 1952. The first issue was published in Milan on 15 December 1952. The founding company was La Scuola Arzigliano. Guido Aristarco also directed the magazine which first published fortnightly and from the July-August 1958 issue it became bimonthly. The magazine had offices in Rome Paris New York City Mexico City and Prague. Cinema Nuovo had a Marxist stance and was one of the targets of the Italian government like other left-leaning publications. Guido Aristarco supported neorealist cinema of Italy through his articles published in the magazine. Joseph Grieco was among the editors-in-chief and Rudi Berger was one of the contributors. From 1954 to 1956 Cesare Zavattini published photo essays in Cinema Nuovo.<br />Aristarco was an Italian film critic and author. A "dean" of Marxist film criticism and the first professor of cinema in Italy. The magazine folded in 1996. Spanish film magazine Nuestro Cine modeled on Cinema Nuovo and followed the approach of Guido Aristarco. The other Spanish film magazine inspired by Cinema Nuovo and its founder Guido Aristarco was Objetivo and the here offered Cine Nuovo Edicion Latinoamericana. WorldCat: apparently Iowa has had issue # 1 only.</p> J. Alvarez Editor
18551617<p>The Congregational Association of New York established a committee to investigate and report on<em> "The relation of the American Tract Society to the Subject of Slavery"</em>. The report of that committee was made in 1855. The conclusions drawn are not clear for it had been the policy of the Society to not take any position on slavery since they believed it was not a proper religious issue. In any event one member of The Congressional Association wrote <strong>"The Tables Turned" -- A Letter to the Congregational Association of New York reviewing the Report of their committee on "The Relation of the American Tract Society to the Subject of Slavery" By a Congregationalist Director</strong> taking issue with the procedures actions conclusions and writings of the Committee.</p><p>This letter writer did not wish to identify himself other than by the nom-de-plume of<em> A Congregationalist Director</em>. He expressed his dissatisfaction however with words such as<em> ".The facts are these: the chairman of your committee whose name alone would entitle it to general credit – never saw the report till weeks after your meting had been held and was absent from the meeting at which it was presented.And the further fact is stated without fear of contradiction that the acting chairman of your Committee whose multiform duties have required him to pass almost daily the door of the Tract house during the year of his appointment has in no instance within that period made an inquiry of any officer or Committee-man connected with the institution on any point embraced in the Report while there is indubitable internal proof in the document itself of a total lack of investigation of the public documents of the Society.".</em></p><p>The letter is contained in a 44 pages string-bound booklet with a front paper cover but no rear cover that measures approximately 5 ¾ x 9 inches. The pages are tanned and there are pencil notes in the margins of a number of pages. The text is clear and easily read. There are markings on the front cover related to the prior ownership by the Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland Ohio. The booklet is a first edition as published in Boston by Crocker & Brewster and in New York by Edward P. Rudd. The booklet is in good condition</p><p>The illustrations accompanying this description show the booklet's front cover the first page of text and a typical 2-page spread of further text.</p> Crocker & Brewster and Edward P. Rudd paperback
20624One from 20 Buckingham Street WC London on letterhead of 'The Ben Greet Players' 14 July no year. The other from 2 The Terrace Camden Square. 17 August no year. ONE: On letterhead of 'The Ben Greet Company' addressed from 20 Buckingham Street WC London . 14 July no year . 2pp. 8vo. In fair condition aged and worn with the first page carrying pencil scorings and a short note by Forsyth. The first paragraph reads: 'If business will permit can I have one of the small boxes for Monday night. You generally let me have something during the Season. I've been a very regular Gallery & Amphitheatre and stallite this season.' He continues: 'You've got a genius in Frau <Temina> & you sd keep her. Everyone is raving about her. I saw her as K<> last Bayreuth & I've heard her every night since she's sung here except Thursday when I unfortunately had some Pastorals at Ramsgate.' He realises that there is not likely to be 'an off night' but if there is he should like a seat adding: 'Please remember I am an ardent opera goer'. He ends with some illuminating comments on the state of Covent Garden thanking him for having 'those shutters opened – the difference was marvellous' and expressing a wish that 'the Syndicate wd only remove the awful spangles of fire or “electrify†them & back the 2/6 gallery'. These changes would be welcomed by 'their grateful public'. He concludes: 'Dont laugh at my managerial requirements!' TWO: 2 The Terrace Camden Square. 17 August no year. 2pp. 12mo. In good condition lightly aged and worn. Headed with recipient's name: 'Neil Forsyth Esq'. Having just returned from America he asks to be presented with four seats for that night: 'I want much to hear “Armidaâ€. If full up never mind & I'm glad.' He announces that he is 'going to produce shortly in Chicago almost the earliest known opera one of Cesti's circ 1606 sic Musical and Dramatic.' The letter concludes referring to America: 'Things out there are very very faddy – the Covent Garden Opera season seems to go on very steadily'. One from 20 Buckingham Street WC [ London ], on letterhead of 'The Ben Greet Players', 14 July [no year]. The other from 2 The T unknown
1967283268Warner Bros. Pictures Inc 1967. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 130 numbered pages with 'change' pages with separate dates. Most pages dated 3/10/67. Film starring Fred Astaire and Petula Clark. Film was nominated for 2 Academy Awards 5 Golden Globe Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award. First edition thus. Title page dated '6/21/67 Final'. Near fine copy in 3-hole punched 2-prong bound golden yellow folder. Folder with surface soiling and 2 pieces removed 2 x 1 inch at top edge and small 1/2 inch square neither affect lettering.<br> Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc paperback
197173051features a black and white picture of the cast including Tony Preece Michael White Vivien Grayson Michael Freundt Kath Leahy and Grant Dodwell production written by Michael Ondaatje and directed by Ian Tasker performed at the Cell Block Theatre at the East Sydney Technical College on Forbes Street Darlinghurst Published by Ian Tasker & Associates paperback
18371The Writers' Guild of Great Britain 430 Edgware Road London. Two items on Pulman's letterhead 31 Steele's Road London. 1968. Six items relating to Pulman's arbitration including 'a careful breakdown by him of scene continuity of the Bourguignon script the Duncan script and the final shooting script' these three breakdowns Items Two to Four below totalling 8pp. In his four-page arbitration Pulman gives a detailed account of the process of the film's composition of all the more interest as coming from a master screenwriter and contemporary. All six items in good condition lightly aged. ONE: Carbon copy of Pulman's signed four-page 'Arbitration - "GIRL ON A MOTORCYLE" Writers involved - S. Bourguignon Ronald Duncan Jack Cardiff Gillian Freeman'. A full description of the case in fourteen numbered sections giving a great deal of detail regarding the composition of the script beginning with a list of six 'writing stages' and Pulman's reasons for reaching his conclusion. He describes the film as 'a story done very much in the style of “Un Homme et Une Femme†using a very similar continuity of flashback and throught sic track'. On reading through the material presented to him Pulman found that 'one impression emerged clearer than ever – that the final shooting script 6 differed very little from Bourguignon's adaptation which Cardiff says could “never be used on a professional basis.†To see whether this impression was correct or not I made a careful breakdown of scene continuity of the Bouguignon script the Duncan script and the final shooting script and compared them. These are enclosed with this opinion.' The are Items Two to Four below. He does not 'believe that anyone comparing these breakdowns could come to any conclusion other than that the screenplay credit belongs niether sic to Cardiff nor Duncan but solely to Bourguignon'. Since Bourguignon 'seems to be claiming no credit' he proposes to amend the credit to: 'SCREENPLAY by S. Bourguignon. Additional Scenes by Ronald Duncan and Jack Cardiff.' TWO: Two-page typescript headed 'Continuity - BOURGIGNON sic'. Twenty-four points beginning with 'Rebecca rises from her husband's bed puts on her black suit takes her motorcycle and sets off to see her lover Daniel.' Last point: '24. She leaves the cafe and gets on her motor cycle again. She is going very fast. She is killed in a collision.' THREE: Three-page typescript headed 'Ronald DUNCAN - Continuity. Second Draft'. Twenty-seven numbered points beginning with: '1. Rebecca rises from her husband's bed takes her black suit and motorcycle and sets off for her lover.' Last point: '27. She leaves the grass verge and drives on. She arrives at Daniels. He is not present but she sees the photo frame this time with the woman in it which is sic obviously always takes out when he visits her. She walks out of his life leaving the motor cycle there.' FOUR: Three-page typescript headed 'Continuity - Final Script Jack Cardiff'. Thirty-one points beginning with: '1. Rebecca asleep with her husband has a dream about him and Daniel.' Last point: '31. She leaves the grass verge and gets back on the road again. Thinking of Daniel she has a collision with a car and is killed.' FIVE: Copy of typed 'postscript to my opinion dated 29th April 1968' by Pulman. On his letterhead. Dated 6 May 1968. 1p. 4to. Amending his proposed credit following a discussion 'at some length with Dick Sharples' to 'Screenplay by - RONALD DUNCAN Adapted by - JACK CARDIFF'. SIX: Copy of letter from Alan Griffiths General Secretary of the Writers' Guild to Stuart Freeman 14 May 1968. 1p. 4to. With Griffiths' compliments slip. [ The Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 430 Edgware Road, London. ] Two items on Pulman's letterhead, 31 Steele's Road, London. 1 unknown
1971140885Italy: Clesi Cinematografica 1971. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film. With the stamps of photographer Angelo Frontini on the versos with manuscript annotations regarding layout to same. <br /> <br /> Based on play by English playwright John Ford about a tragic incestuous affair between a brother and sister first published in 1633. <br /> <br /> Approximately 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Clesi Cinematografica unknown
1971140885Italy: Clesi Cinematografica 1971. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film. With the stamps of photographer Angelo Frontini on the versos with holograph annotations regarding layout to the same. <br/><br/>Based on play by English playwright John Ford about a tragic incestuous affair between a brother and sister first published in 1633. <br/><br/>Approximately 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Clesi Cinematografica unknown books
2639017West Point NY: The Dialectic Society United States Military Academy. VERY GOOD. Pages appear clean. Binding sound. Minor wear to extremities. VERY RARE. Collectors. West Point tradition. National heritage. 1929. Grey 8 3/4 x 11 inches paperback. Stapled binding. Many group photos and portraits. Gilt crest of the Dialectic Society embossed to front cover. Black lettering. The word ""Hundredth"" is misspelled ""hundreth."" Full-page and smaller ads for Camels cigarettes The First National Bank at Highland Falls NY etc. Full page pencil drawings by James Montgomery Flagg and others. Full musical score with lyrics. 48pp. Put on each year by the West Point Dialectic Society the event is held in Grant Hall 100 days before graduation June and is called the ""Hundredth Night."" The celebration ended the drabness of winter and consisted mainly of jokes songs and plays most of which poked fun at Academy life its officers and teachers. West Point, NY: The Dialectic Society, United States Military Academy paperback
258773 November 1899; 198 Strand W.C. London on cancelled letterhead of The Bungalow Westgate-on-Sea. A significant figure unaccountably unrepresented in the Oxford DNB. An interesting item casting light on the way business was conducted in the world of nineteenth-century newspaper proprietorship. 4pp 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. Folded for postage. The recipient evidently a fellow newspaper proprietor is not named and the letter is signed ‘William Ingram’. Begins: ‘My dear Sir / I have talked over the matter of purchase of your papers with my brother and he is of the opinion that our deal ought to include the 3d gardener’s paper as the two have always been worked together - he thinks ten years purchase less 10% would be a fair price - the 10% would cover all commission and cost of audit examination etc - this would give you a clear 9 years’ purchase’. In Ingram’s opinion the recipient ‘would do well to realise as in these days of never ending competition the older one gets the more difficult it is to tackle the worry of these incessant attacks’. For his own part he would not ‘undertake any new ventures’ if he did not have ‘young sons to help me’. 3 November 1899; 198 Strand, W.C. [London], on cancelled letterhead of The Bungalow, Westgate-on-Sea. unknown
1979132128Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1979. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1979 US film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Pacino who was nominated for an Academy award for his performance stars as a lawyer who must defend both his clients and his career. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1973133026London: Amicus Productions 1973. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film based on the novel "Fengriffen" by David Case. <br /> <br /> The ghost and severed hand of a 18th century servant terrorizes the descendant of the nobleman who maimed him along with the descendant's new wife. A darker and more serious film than the typical Amicus horror films of the era. <br /> <br /> A story shot on location in the UK. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Photos slightly wavy Near Fine. Amicus Productions unknown
1973133026London: Amicus Productions 1973. Collection of 8 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film based on the novel "Fengriffen" by David Case. <br/><br/>The ghost and severed hand of a 18th century servant terrorizes the descendant of the nobleman who maimed him along with the descendant's new wife. A darker and more serious film than the typical Amicus horror films of the era. <br/><br/>A story shot on location in the UK. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Photos slightly wavy Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Amicus Productions unknown books
2090202120402747Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
19772081502112301692Azuma Takara 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Azuma Takara paperback
1951ABE-1600899821005Kaboul 1951 Small 4to Wraps. 10 issue run from 1951-1953. All in very good condition except for one issue March 1952 which has some cover damage. Issues include July-Sept. 1951 Oct.-Dec. 1951 Jan.-March 1952 April-June 1952 July-Sept. 1952 Oct.-Dec. 1952 Jan.-March 1953 April-June 1953 July-Sept. 1953 Oct-Nov. 1953. Text in English & French. Photo illustrated. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Kaboul paperback
1971162295Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Two vintage photographs of Judy Geeson including one studio still photograph and one reference photograph from the 1971 British film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br /> <br /> From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.<br /> <br /> Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br /> <br /> Based on the real-life crimes of British serial killer John Christie and the miscarriage of justice in the handling of his case. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Notting Hill and Surrey London and in Merthyr Wales. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1971141514Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1971 film. <br/><br/>Based on the disturbing non fiction account by journalist Ludovic Kennedy about the British serial killer John Christie. <br/><br/>Shot on location in United Kingdom. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
184855296New York: David Libidins Independent Booking Office 1848. First printing. Softcover. Near fine condition. Large Quarto. Unpaginated. Original stylized red anniversary print on yellow wraps; protected by modern mylar. Contains Denham address on the occasion of the ten year anniversary close-ups of Alexandra Danilova Frederic Franklin Nathalia Krassovska Leon Denielian Ruthana Boris and Mary Ellen Moyland. Scenery and costumes by Christian Berard in color. Repertoire printed in red and black to turquoise paper. Full-page color costume sketch by Henri Matisse. Illustrated advertisements in b/w and color. Minor wear. Serge Diaghilev 1872-1929 was the founder of the Ballets Russes a troupe that revolutionized modern design fashion and theater and is widely regarded as the most influential ballet company of the 20th Century. It performed first in Paris in 1909 at the Palls Garnier with overwhelming success. Diaghilev himself was skeptical about ballet at times referring to the dancers as "a herd of cattle." Diaghilev's success however was based on his idea to combine dance music and visual arts including set design and costumes with Leon Bakst as the artistic director of the Ballet Russes. Key to the tremendous success of the Ballets Russes was the mix of traditional ballet with show elements that way making it more appealing to the general public and influential in contemporary art at the same time.<br /> <br /> After Diaghilev's death in 1929 his property was claimed by his creditors and in 1931 Wassily de Basil a Russian émigré and René Blum ballet director at the Monte Carlo Opera founded the Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo. Its first performance was given in 1932 at the Monte Carlo Opera. David Libidins, Independent Booking Office unknown
1969170767N.p.: N.p. 1969. Three vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the set of 1969 Western film all three showing Jim Brown on horseback during filming on location in Almeria Spain. Provenance stamps on the versos. <br /> <br /> A Native American man robs a bank in the US in order to buy guns for his people who are being repressed by the government. A lawman quickly sets out into Mexico to capture him but the two eventually create an alliance. <br /> <br /> Set in Sonora Mexico shot on location in Spain. <br /> <br /> 8.75 x 13 inches. Very Good plus. <br /> <br /> Pitts 2903. N.p. unknown
1969153882N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize borderless satin-finish reference photograph of Jim Brown and Raquel Welch between takes on the set of the 1969 film. <br /> <br /> A Native American man robs a bank in the US in order to buy guns for his people who are being repressed by the government. A lawman quickly sets out into Mexico to capture him but the two eventually create an alliance. <br /> <br /> Set in Mexico shot on location in Spain. <br /> <br /> 11.5 x 9 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Pitts 2903. N.p. unknown