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1990301668Berkeley The Friends of the Bancroft Library University of California 1990. 1990. 8vo. 1 page preface by the author. Frontispiece; 10 halftone illustrations; 1 page facsimile. Original stiff green wrappers stamped in green and black. Fine. 67 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by the Orion Press. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Berkeley, The Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1990. paperback books
1951139726Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1951. Collection of four vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1951 film. <br/><br/>The story centers around a long unsolved murder case from the silent movie era. A young producer decides to make a film about the case and subsequently becomes tangled up in the once dormant mystery. <br/><br/>Set in Hollywood shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a small closed tear to the top margin of image 1660-26AD. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
197764833Linn: Fax Collector’s Editions 1977. First edition. 4to. 134 pp. Corners lightly tapped else very near fine in like dust jacket that has a split to the rear flap fold. Linn: Fax Collector’s Editions unknown books
1919011239Boston: International Pocket Library 1919. First Edition Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. Uncommon "pocket book" paperback edition of Hardy's work with a new forward by a young conrad Aiken. Striking decorative cover silkscreen in yellow blue and purplke. Small bimp lower spine else near fine. This is not a reprint or fascimile. This is the first edition in this form aka "thus" and collectible as such. International Pocket Library unknown books
1992236998New York: Rizzoli 1992. hardcover. fine/very good. Many Illus. some in color. 4to red cloth d.w. New York: Rizzoli 1992. Very good<br/><br/> Rizzoli unknown books
199224138NY: Bradbury Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0027860450 . Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale." First American printing. Fine in a very near fine short closed edge tear in the upper corner of the rear panel dust jacket. . Bradbury Press hardcover books
199314826JNew York: Home Box Office 1993. Original 27 page shooting script printed on yellow and pink pages. Boldly signed on the title page by actress Brooke Shields whose copy this was. In the tale Shields is a hitchhiker who gets picked up and winds up in a murder house. Very good. Home Box Office unknown books
198541290NY:: Harper & Row. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0060254629 . First edition. Fine in a near fine both corners of front flap are clipped dust jacket. . Harper & Row, hardcover books
199941131NY:: Clarion Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0395698529 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Clarion Books, hardcover books
198724358NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0688067018 . Illustrated by Patricia Coombs. First printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Lothrop, Lee & Shepard hardcover books
198722244NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0688067018 . Illustrated by Patricia Coombs. First printing. Fine in a very near fine short closed slit on front panel dust jacket. . Lothrop, Lee & Shepard hardcover books
199822503NY: North South Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 1558589708 . Illustrated by Julia Gukova. Translated by J. Alison James. First American printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . North South Books hardcover books
1948145155Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Vintage double weight photograph of actors Vanessa Brown Wallace Beery and director Richard Thorpe on the set of 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and rubber stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Set in the early 1800s a band of outlaws take-in a distressed doctor who is on the run after digging up corpses for his medical research.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Maryland. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
19751353Miami: Editorial A.I.P 1975. First Edition. Paper. Good. Signed. 126pp with printed ads insider covers. Former friend of Castro and exile. Editorial A.I.P unknown books
1943147112Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Second Revised Final draft script for the 1944 film. A few annotations of names or checks in holograph pencil on the top outer corner of verso. <br/><br/>A dramatization of the trials that took place in Japan during World War II eight American aircrew members are taken prisoner by the Japanese Army. They are forced to endure systematic torture and abuse and finally accused convicted and executed as war criminals. This film brought opposition from the Department of Defense fearing strong reactions from the Japanese. <br/><br/>Set in Japan shot on location in Washington DC. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 229 and production No. 936 dated OCT. 14 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 14 1943 noted as 2nd Revised Final. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/20/43 and 12/6/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
19303598San Francisco: The Sierra Club/ Taylor & Taylor 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good. Octavo. Limited to 1500 copies. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE FFEP A.E. GUNTHER/ THE HAGUE/ MARCH 1931. 152pp. Bound in 1/4 cream cloth over blue paper covered boards printed paper spine label in original plain paper dust jacket with a half inch loss at foot of spine and a larger chip on rear panel; a very nice copy. Albert Everard Gunther's interest was the history of the Natural History Museum London where his grandfather Albert Günther was a Keeper. His two books about the Natural History Museum 1975 and 1980 are useful contributions to the burgeoning subject of museum history and were followed by a study of the eighteenth-century scientific antiquary Thomas Birch published in 1984.Sphaera newsletter. A nice association copy. <br/><br/> The Sierra Club/ Taylor & Taylor hardcover books
193013024San Francisco: The Sierra Club 1930. First Edition. Very Good/Good. San Francisco: The Sierra Club; 1930; First Edition Limited to 1500 copies reprint of 1875 edition printed by Taylor & Taylor 6x8.5"; Blue-gray paper boards with light tan cloth spine and paper label fore and bottom edges untrimmed; plain paper dust jacket with repeat of label printed on spine as issued;1 x 4 152 pp. 1 five images including frontispiece and facsimile of original 1875 title page; Paper boards slightly faded corners bumped minor shelf soiling to top of text block top of spine has small unraveling and top front cover inside edge at spine shows signs of nibbling ink inscription to prior owner on front endpaper; Dust wrapper has typical shelf wear at edges and loss of 4 inches of bottom of spine with no loss to slightly darken spine printing; Cover and text in very good condition and dust wrapper in good condition given the quality of paper. Joseph Le Conte 1823-1901 arrived in Berkeley in 1869 as a Professor of geology natural history and botany with the newly established University of California. In 1870 he was invited by several students to join them on a four week camping trip to Yosemite and the High Sierra. This trip was his first visit to Yosemite which began a lifetime love affair with preserving the Valley. While John Muir is more closely associated with promoting the establishment of national parks Le Conte was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Yosemite National Park in 1890. He co-founded the Sierra Club with John Muir. He died in Yosemite of a heart attack in 1901. San Francisco: The Sierra Club unknown books
1930222672San Francisco: The Sierra Club 1930. One of 1500 copies. Printed by Taylor & Taylor. Frontispiece. x viii 152. 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Tan wrappers. One of 1500 copies. Printed by Taylor & Taylor. Frontispiece. x viii 152. 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Sierra Club unknown books
193022245San Francisco: The Sierra Club 1930. Cloth backed boards spine label fine copy. One of 1500 printed by Taylor and Taylor. <br/><br/> The Sierra Club hardcover books
197536981Paris: Les Francs Bibliophiles 1975. First edition. Loose folded sheets in stiff paper wrappers in illustrated cloth chemise in silk slipcase. A fine copy in fine wrappers in very good chemise with faded spine in a very good slipcase sunned at edges. 136 pp. illus. Illus. with 26 color and b/w lithographs incl. 7 dbl. page color. Folio 42 cm. Publication No. 23 of Les Francs bibliophile. No. 157 of 170 copies on large vellum of a total limitation of 205. Cet ouvrage le vingt-troisième publié par la Societe de Francs-Bibliophiles a été réalisé sous la direction de J.-M. Delettrez et J.-C. Romand. Il a été tiré 170 exemplaires sur grand vélin de Rives numérotés de 1 a 170 ainsi que 35 suites complètes dont 15 sur japon nacré Kaji et 20 sur velin de Rives. Les Francs Bibliophiles hardcover books
199334274NY: Holiday House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 082340921X . Illustrated by Robert Rayevsky. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Holiday House hardcover books
1949137081Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Post-production Dialogue and Continuity script for the 1949 film. Brief notation in holograph ink on the front wrapper and in pencil on the verso of the last page. <br/><br/>Based on the novel "Thieves' Market" by A.I. Bezzerides who also wrote the screenplay. <br/><br/>Based on Bezzerides' own experiences as a truck driver the author's adaptation of his own novel takes a direct aim at the fruit industry of the West coast resulting in essential proletarian literature. The novel's rich California scenery comes through beautifully in Dassin's visually stunning film reminiscent of the director's earlier noirs "Brute Force" in 1947 and "The Naked City" in 1948 Silver et al. <br/><br/>Blue studio wrappers dated August 19 1949 noting footage of 8437 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus overall bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 273. Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. 129. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966132176Hollywood: National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures 1966. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1966 film. Based on the 1959 novel by Jack Finney. <br/><br/>A band of incompetent treasure hunters including Frank Sinatra unsuccessfully attempts to highjack the Queen Mary by utilizing an old World War II Nazi submarine that they find sunk in the Bahamas. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures unknown books
19946354NY:: Dutton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0525452710 . 1995 Caldecott Honor Book. First printing. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket folds are slightly off center price clipped dust jacket. . Dutton, hardcover books
200020818NY: Atheneum. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0689824823 . First printing. As new in like dust jacket. . Atheneum hardcover books
