Alegria Fernando English version by Matthew Zion & Lennart Bruce and numerous illustrations by MattaABAA
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196948457Santa Cruz: Kayak 1969. 50p 6.25x8.25 inches one of 800 copies of the bilingual Spanish and English poetry chapbook by the Chilean American author illustrated with erotic drawings very good chapbook in stapled pictorial marigold wraps. Kayak unknown books
196779009N. pl: Kayak 1967. 32p 7x7 inches one of 500 copies of the poetry chapbook by the Chilean American author erotic drawings lightly-worn first edition chapbook in stapled tan wraps. Kayak unknown books
1956147087Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Final draft script for the 1956 film. Wrappers trimmed to conform to text block separating spine from wrapper abd cropping copy number stamp "650" and re-written in holograph ink. Production number adjusted in holograph pencil with ."5." "#3" in holograph in on edge of spine.<br/><br/>Based on Marcelle Maurette's 1952 stage play about a scheme to conspiracy to extort ten million pounds from a bank by teaching a homeless girl to impersonate the missing Russian princess Anastasia.<br/><br/>Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her lead role. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 650 and production No. 2677 dated June 7 1956. Title page present dated June 7 1956 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Arthur Laurents. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus trimmed to conform to text block with spine separate bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Twilight Time 203. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
195773699Paris: Fémina Théåtre Robert Anderson et Roger-Ferdinand 1957. Magazine. 40p. 7x11 inches illustrated with production stills lightly-worn stapled magazine with the full text of the play in French orange pictorial wraps creased and rubbed. This production starred Ingrid Bergman as "Laura Reynolds" and there are five production stills that show her also a full-page studio portrait verso of cover. Fémina Théåtre Robert Anderson et Roger-Ferdinand unknown books
19719006855New York: Boosey & Hawkes 1971. paperback. Fine Condition. Bound in the publisher's original wrappers. <br/><br/> Boosey & Hawkes paperback books
19611330740New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1961. Hardcover. Quarto; G; Hardcover; Spine blue and white with black print; Boards in illustrated cloth wear to corners and spine caps tape on front mild shelfwear; Text block clean and tight; 105 pages illustrated b&w color. <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1330740. FP New Rockville Stock. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1966138328Prague: Jiriho Wolkra Theatre 1966. Original flyer for a 1966 production of Stephan Zweig's 1928 adaptation of Ben Johnson's Jacobean Era play "Volpone" at the Jiriho Wolkra Theatre in Prague in May 1966. <br/><br/>5.75 x 8.75 inches. Offset lithograph image with letterpress text to the recto and verso. Light foxing to the verso else bright and Near Fine. Jiriho Wolkra Theatre unknown books
192320518Boston: R. H. Hinkley 1923. 8vo. 14 vols. 70 plts. <br><br>This handsome and much-sought edition of the King James Bible was printed at the Merrymount Press and limited to 2574 sets: 1000 on wove paper 1000 on laid paper 488 on handmade paper and 86 on Japan paper. This set is #233 printed on handmade paper and contains 70 fine plates usually 5 per volume and mostly photogravures after paintings. The edition was designed for smooth reading and the text is set in ordinary paragraphs without chapter and verse numbers.<br>Â Â Â Â This work has a complicated and as yet not fully explained printing history. It was probably first printed in 1904 with sheets reissued or reprinted at various times in the subsequent two decades. Even the name of the publisher on the title-page varies; "The Grolier Society" sometimes appears in place of Hinkley.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Publisher's quarter tan pigskin spine leather over deeply grained polished bare wooden boards with bevelled edges on the three outer sides in the style of incunable and 16th-century books. Raised bands on spines; spine panels tooled and lettered in blind. Unusual and attractive. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Smith 209; Hills 2155 for the 1904 edition and explanation of reissues. Bound as above with top edge gilt other edges uncut. Spines darkened and some chipped. One cover detached and present. Much enjoyment. R. H. Hinkley hardcover books
194736857New York: Printed by the Aldus Printers for the Limited Editions Club 1947. Small folio 31 cm 12.2". 42 6 double-fold pp.; col. illus. <br><br>Szyk's eight full-page full-color "Oriental Realism" illustrations in the style and tradition of Oriental miniatures are dramatically eye-filling in this Limited Editions Club production. The edition is limited to 1950 copies this is no. 230 with the appropriate LEC newsletter laid in each signed by the illustrator. The volume is set in intertype Weiss with six large initials in gold; "Ruth" on the half-title and title-page are also printed in gold; and the paper is Worthy special.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Bound by Russell-Rutter Company in half white leather with slightly raised bands a gilt-background title label; smooth vellum-paper sides gold-stamped with a large image of Ruth holding a sheaf of grain and a scythe. Top edge gilt. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Limited Editions Club Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club 184. Binding as above in the original gold foil-covered slipcase; volume with spine and corners moderately darkened and rubbed slipcase foil with expectable rubbing and spine chipped. LEC newsletter creased with small stains. In spite of these flaws still a sturdy case and a pleasing book internally bright and lovely. [Printed by the Aldus Printers for the] Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1999Embry 184633Barnes & Noble 1999. First printing thus. Faint wear still fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Barnes & Noble, 1999. First printing thus. unknown books
1945129333Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Selznick studio printing of Clemence Dane's modern stage adaptation of Friedrich Frederick Schiller's 1801 play "Mary Stuart." Issued internally by the studio for consideration as a film adaptation though ultimately unproduced. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 0103 with credits for Schiller and Dane. Title page present with credits for Schiller and Dane. 79 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1920001815London and New York. Printed in Holland: Augener Ltd. and G. Schirmer respectively 1920. Cloth paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. N.d. circa 1920. Oblong 10 by 8 inches. Unpaginated with songs and music notation on recto chromotypographic illustrations on versos. The songs are surrounded by decorative borders using the same pastel-colored palette as the plates facing. Soiling on the front boards with some edgewear. Clean within. <br /><br /> Augener Ltd. and G. Schirmer, respectively hardcover books
19621336990New York: Golden Press 1962. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine gold and black without print; Boards in illustrated paper slight edgewear tear at bottom of hinge in front and rear light rubbing/shelfwear; Text block has red tinted edges ink mark inside front cover slight age-toning to paper else clean and tight; unpaged illustrated color. 1336990. FP New Rockville Stock. Golden Press hardcover books
19861337871New York: DC Comics Inc 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Booklet 9x12; G/paperback; first edition; burgundy covers with yellow and blue text to front; covers show modest shelf wear; some rubbing to edges; intact exterior; text block exterior edges have slight wear; tight binding; illustrated; unpaginated. 1337871. FP New Rockville Stock. DC Comics, Inc unknown books
1972133021San Diego CA: Legend Films 1972. Draft British script for the 1973 film. <br/><br/>Alec Guinness plays here against type imbuing his Adolf Hitler with an introverted solemnity. Set almost entirely inside Hitler's Berlin bunker the film chronicles the dying days of the Third Reich as the Allied armies close in on Berlin. Guinness' Hitler is an enclosed depressive who sinks slowly into madness depression and ultimately suicide as his 1000-Year Reich collapses around him. <br/><br/>A co-production between Italy and the UK made by Ennio De Concini better known for his many exploitation films of the 1970s. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 10th July 1972 with credits for screenwriter-director De Concini screenwriters Fusco and Reinhardt and English adaptation writer Moffat. 128 leaves roneograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Legend Films unknown books
195951460New York: Random House 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; gray vinyl cloth with titles stamped in black and gilt and photographic still mounted to front cover; dark yellow-orange topstain; dustjacket; xiv23-1055pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket with some trivial wear to extremities and gentle sunning to spine panel. Ford's stage adaptation of Faulkner's 1951 novel written in the form of a three-act play with each act preceded by a narrative section. Ford removed the narrative sections and revised the remainder of the novel for dramatic unity. Petersen Collection A49.1. Random House unknown books
195945822New York: Random House 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; gray vinyl cloth with titles stamped in black and gilt and photographic still mounted to front cover; dark yellow-orange topstain; dustjacket; xiv23-1055pp; illus. Inscribed by Ruth Ford to Harlan P. Kleiman on the front endpaper: "To Harlan / with great expectations / Ruth Ford." Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $2.95 with sunning to spine and front panel extremities some light dustiness and trivial wear to crown. Distinguished copy of Ford's stage adaptation of Faulkner's 1951 novel written in the form of a three-act play with each act preceded by a narrative section. Ford removed the narrative sections and revised the remainder of the novel for dramatic unity. Inscribed to Harlan Phillip Kleiman screenwriter Broadway producer and co-founder of New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre. Provenance: From the collection of Broadway star Sondra Lee. Petersen Collection A49.1. Random House unknown books
195622339New York: Random House 1956. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 20.5cm.; simulated cloth photographic plate mounted to upper cover red topstain; in cream pictorial dust jacket; 10180pp.; photographic frontispiece 2 plates. Jacket spine a hint toned else Fine. Illustrated with photographs from the original stage production. Random House unknown books
19541336391New York: Hastings House 1954. Hardcover. Octavo; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine yellow grey with red and black print; DJ has tears at spine ends and flap corners edgewear with tears small portion at rear bottom edge torn away toning to spine wear to hinges and flap folds; Boards in illustrated paper wear to spine caps bottom edge and corners else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 128 pages illustrated b&w. 1336391. FP New Rockville Stock. Hastings House hardcover books
1927132431Hollywood: Universum Film UFA / Paramount Pictures 1927. Original advertising herald for the US release of the 1927 film a shortened 115 minute version re-cut by American playwright Channing Pollock who is credited on the herald. <br/><br/>Interestingly the herald credits the film as joint production of Paramount and UFA apparently just prior to the formation of the larger umbrella production company Parufamet which included UFA Paramount and MGM. <br/><br/>4.5 x 6 inches folded 8.75 x 6 inches unfolded. Near Fine with some light soil. Universum Film [UFA] / Paramount Pictures unknown books
19641318964Collegeville MN: The Liturgical Press 1964. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 224; G/G-; black and dark orange spine with cream text; dust jacket has slight shelf wear to exterior; minor chips to edges; minor tape mend to edges; age toned rear toward edges; cloth shows light wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows light wear to exterior edges; slight pencil as is; illustrated;. 1318964. FP New Rockville Stock. The Liturgical Press hardcover books
19641324360New York: Random House 1964. Hardcover. Quarto; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine white with red and green print; Boards in glossy illustrated paper light wear to spine caps plastic film tearing along front hinge slight soiling; Text block has spotting to endpapers shaken binding; unpaged illustrated color. 1324360. FP New Rockville Stock. Random House hardcover books
191942351New York: Women's League of the United Synagogue of America 1919. Fourth 1946 Printing. 16mo 14.5cm.; publisher's blue card wrappers; mixed paginations; full-page illus. throughout. Spine edges rather rubbed the whole a bit toned and soiled most heavily so to rear cover contemporary ownership inscription inside upper cover else Near Very Good overall. Collection of Jewish stories adapted for a juvenile audience from Louis Ginzberg's "Legends of the Jews. Women's League of the United Synagogue of America unknown books
1925006149New York: David Belasco Privately Printed 1925. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine/Fine. 4to. 178 pages. Included are photos of stars and of scenes from the play and of Belasco himself receiving a medal from the French government. There are 34 photos in all. Also reprint of interview with Belasco and a tribute to Belasco. Belasco now known by most merely as the name of a theater was one of the leading theater impresarios and a flamboyant showmen in New York in the late 19th and early 20th century noted especially for his crowd-pleasing stage effects and popular entertainments. Condition: other than very minor wear along lower edge of DJ and a few spots on its rear this is a pristine copy and the DJ can still comfortably be described as in fine condition. <br/><br/> David Belasco, Privately Printed unknown books
1962148916New York: Random House 1962. First Edition. First Edition. <br/><br/>Harry Kurnitz's adaptation of Marcel Achard's play "L'Idiote" which in turn became the basis for the 1964 Blake Edwards film "A Shot in the Dark" starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau and Elke Sommer as the Swedish gal who can't resist him. <br/><br/>Probably one of five funniest films of the 1960s and the defining installment in the well-loved Pink Panther series. While "A Shot in the Dark" was ably preceded by "The Pink Panther" in 1963 it was the first to feature the series' underrated maestro Herbert Lom as Chief Inspector Dreyfus. <br/><br/>Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Several pages with evidence of erasure. Jacket lightly soiled and rubbed overall with two small dampstains to the rear panel. Random House unknown books
