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1924140940274New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1924. First Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Complete in two volumes bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in red; lacking the dust jackets. Very Good with water stains to cloth and bottom corner of textblock edge of one volume light biopredation previous owner inscriptions to first blanks and vintage bookseller tickets to recto of rear free endpapers. Still not a bad looking set. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1934WRCLIT58264New York: The Equinox Press 1934. Decorated cloth foil label. Fine in good slipcase with split along rear panel joints and to portion of one top joint at fore-edge. First edition in this format. The translation is unattributed. Illustrated with original lithographs by Lynd Ward. One of one thousand numbered copies signed by Thomas Mann. The Equinox Press hardcover books
196220129Lancaster PA: American Institute of Physics 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 2 1130 pages. Light brown buckram binding with gilt spine lettering bumped at head of spine. Physical Review 125 Jan-Feb 1962 entire volume offered. Ex-library properly de-accessioned with minor markings. Cloth. This volume contains the article "Symmetries of Baryons and Mesons" by Murray Gell-Mann found on pages 1067-1084. Gell-Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1969 "for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions". This paper demonstrates the "introduction of SU3 single-octet structure of the known mesons and octet-decuplet structure for the baryons. and predicts the Omega- Hyperon" There is one earlier introduction of these concepts in a private institutional paper CTSL-20 which while quite rare was printed separately and later reprinted in "The Eightfold Way: A Review" much later 1964. As such this is the earliest obtainable and best work related to the Gell-Mann's Nobel Prize. See Ezhela et al pgs 181 and 186-7. American Institute of Physics unknown books
1954436731954. Offprint from Annual Review of Nuclear Science 4 1954. 219-270pp. 219 x 151 mm. Original printed wrappers. From the library of Nobel laureate Owen Chamberlain 1920-2006 with his signature on the front wrapper. Very good. First edition offprint issue. Gell-Mann the physicist who coined the term "quark" received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions. unknown books
193232367Wien: "Als Manuscript gedruckt von der Desterr Journal A.G. 'Neue Frei Presse'" 1932. First edition. Half cloth with marbled boards fine. Not in W./G. This edition is not listed in WorldCat. <br/><br/> "Als Manuscript gedruckt von der Desterr Journal A.G. ('Neue Frei Presse')" hardcover books
32397No place No Date. Fine. Mounted photograph. 5.75 x 7.75 in. total. Inscribed on the mount by Thomas Mann to Robert W. Smith—essayist author book collector and martial arts master. <br/><br/> unknown books
1940WRCLIT58442New York: Knopf 1940. Large octavo. Gilt cloth and pale rose boards top edge gilt on the rough. Side panels of fold-over dust wrapper considerably foxed resulting in light but persistent offset mottling to the boards internal mend across lower portion of spine panel otherwise a very good or better copy in modestly sunned and bumped slipcase. First U.S. edition in English limited issue. Copy #28 of 395 numbered copies printed on large Rives paper specially bound and signed by the author. Translated by H.T. Lowe- Porter. Knopf hardcover books
1940300094New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1940. First U.S. edition in English. #203 of 395 copies printed on Rives Liampre All-rag Paper signed by the author. Translated from the Greman by H. T. Lowe-Porter. x 453 7 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pink paper over boards blue cloth spine t.e.g. About fine in a paper over boards slipcase with number on spine. First U.S. edition in English. #203 of 395 copies printed on Rives Liampre All-rag Paper signed by the author. Translated from the Greman by H. T. Lowe-Porter. x 453 7 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
194026594New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1940. First American Edition. One of 395 copies printed on Rives Liampre all-rag paper numbered copies signed by the author. Top edges gilt ribbon marker. Fine copy in original dust jacket a few closed tears to jacket and publisher's box. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
18449483Boston: William B. Fowle 1844. First Edition. Half calf. Very good. Tall 8vo. iv398pp. Index. Bi-weekly journal 24 issues. With 7 of 8 plates one folding. This copy inscribed on the front paste-down by Horace Mann in 1847. The name of the recipient is difficult to interpret. Half calf over marbled boards. Title and some text foxed. Note: Early American journals with illustrations are often found lacking something. Perhaps the plates weren't glued in well or possibly that illustrations were pulled from journals more often than from regular illustrated books William B. Fowle unknown books
1940288655New York: Knopf 1940. Limited. hardcover. fine. Translated from the German by H.T.Lowe-Porter. Tall 8vo cloth backed boards N.Y.: Knopf 1940. Limited First Edition.<br/><br/> Number 122 of 395 signed copies. Fine in publisher's slipcase.<br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
1967132193Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Revised Final script for the 1968 film dated October 5 1967. <br/><br/>Based on the 1966 novel by Roderick Thorp about a brooding detective embroiled in a case that uncovers deep police corruption within the department. Frank Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas and a box office success. One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include explicit references and depictions of the lives of gay men including the homophobia and indifference to violence against them they faced from police departments. <br/><br/>In 1979 Thorp wrote a sequel to The Detective entitled Nothing Lasts Forever which was adapted in 1988 as Die Hard. Due to his having starred in the earlier film Sinatra had contractual rights to star in the sequel. He wisely turned it down due to his age and action movie history and Bruce Willis' career were made. <br/><br/>Set in New York and shot on location there and in California. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper marked copy No. 116 dated October 5 1967. Title page present dated October 5 1967 noted as REVISED FINAL with credits for screenwriter Mann and novelist Thorp. 177 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/7/67 and 12/4/67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1934136930Leipzig: Edmund Schneider-Verlag 1934. Octavo pp. 1-6 7-254 255-256: blank original gray cloth front and spine panels stamped in dark green. First edition. Utopian novel concerning world peace and a "League of Nations" involving all countries of the world written in 1922 but not published until 1934. Brandt Der deutsche Zukunftsroman 1918-1945 p. 179; 363. Bloch 2002 2034. Not in Nagl. A fine copy. OCLC reports 5 copies. No copies reported by COPAC. KVK reports 3 copies. #136930 Edmund Schneider-Verlag unknown books
193720387New York: Knopf 1937. First American edition. Wrappers sewn slightly marked and and with a little edge wear very good. Signed by Mann and dated "Cansas sic City 14.III. 1938." <br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
193820373New York: Knopf 1938. First edition. Cloth backed boards fine in dust jacket spine slightly faded. Signed by Mann on the front free endpaper. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
1965144527Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of director William Wyler and actor Terence Stamp on the set of the 1965 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1963 novel by John Fowles. Hal Erickson at AllMovie notes: "Fowles' original story was written in the form of a dual diary one kept by a kidnapper the other by his victim. The film is told almost exclusively from the point of view of the former a reclusive British bank clerk named Freddy Clegg Terence Stamp. A neurotic recluse whose only pleasure is butterfly collecting Clegg wins $200000 in the British Football Pool. He purchases a huge country estate fixes up its cellar with all the comforts of home then kidnaps Miranda Samantha Eggar an art student whom he has worshipped from afar. The demented Clegg doesn't want ransom nor does he want to rape the girl-he simply wants to 'collect' her." Nominated for three Academy Awards and winner of Best Actor and Best Actress awards at The Cannes Film Festival.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
184156092Boston: Dutton and Wentworth State Printers 1841. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 328; original cloth-backed tan paper-covered boards; title printed in black on front cover; gilt lettering on spine; ex-Massachusetts Historical Society pressure stamp on title page boards rubbed; corners bumped; some dampstaining; otherwise very good. Bookplate on the front pastedown noting a donation by Rev. S. C. Jackson 1859. Presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper by Horace Mann to the Boston Unitarian minister Rev. Ezra S. Gannett. Compiled by Horace Mann the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. <br/><br/> Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers hardcover books
1938614231938. MANN Thomas. THE COMING VICTORY OF DEMOCRACY. Translated by Agnes E. Meyer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1938. First edition his friend Thomas Mann 23.VI.38" 70 pp. 8vo. black cloth title printed in gold ink to spine Mann's initials blind-stamped to upper board publisher's device blind-stamped to lower board. Dust-soiling to top-edge but internally clean and fresh. The sizing to cloth cover has been removed in places due to moisture and small bits of the dust jacket have adhered to the cloth; the dust jacket is dampstained in corresponding places with some red offset to the upper panel. Also it is spine sunned with small loss at spinal ends and at the fold-in corners. It would be only an acceptable reading copy if it were not for Mann's inscription. This is the text of a lecture in slightly abbreviated form delivered by Mann on a coast-to-coast lecture tour February to May 1938. unknown books
1968152359Los Angeles: Cinerama International Releasing Organization 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Daniel Mann laughing with actors Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>In order to prevent their maid from leaving their employment to attend secretarial school the youngest son of a wealthy white Long Island family searches for a handsome executive to wine and dine her. <br/><br/>Set in Long Island and New York. <br/><br/>9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the right edge with brief wear to the corners. Cinerama International Releasing Organization unknown books
185261667Boston: Commonwealth — Extra at head of first column 1852. Broadsheet 22 x 15 3/4 inches printed on both sides in six columns bearing only Mann's address. Mann 1796-1859; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 1848-1853 known as the father of American public education won John Quincy Adams's seat in Congress after he died and served for five years as an anti-slavery advocate; this speech reaffirms his opposition and excoriates the political efforts at the time to silence those in both houses of Congress who supported his views especially those concerning the extension of slavery into the western territories. The "Commonwealth" was a Boston newspaper published 1851-1853 see AAS online catalogue. LCP/HSP Afro-Americana 6316 and 6321 for pamphlet printings only. No printing in Work or Blockson catalogue. OCLC locates two copies of this broadsheet in separate entries New York Historical Society Texas-Austin and a goodly number of copies from several pamphlet printings. Long tear through bottom margin into text with no loss a very good example of a rare separate printing of this important speech. Folded. 8645. <br/><br/> Commonwealth — Extra [at head of first column] unknown books
192311604New York: Henry Holt & Company 1923. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. A second translation was issued by Knopf in 1930 under the title A Man and His Dog. Spine lettering a little darkened and rubbed but a near fine copy in a fresh clean dust jacket with some very minor wear at corners. Attractive copy of an uncommon the second book by Mann to appear in English. <br/><br/> Henry Holt & Company hardcover books
1971137443Burbank CA: Cinema Center Films 1971. Revised Final Draft script for the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Based on a story by Steven W. Carabatsos. A key Western vigilante film John Benedict Holden leads a peaceful life on his ranch until a gang of Comanche Indians led by a white man murders his family and trashes his home. He assembles his own posse of ruthless outlaws guns-for-hire to help him enact sweet revenge on the murderers. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Mexico. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper and production No. 5008 dated January 5 1971 with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. Title page present dated January 5 1971 noted as FINAL DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue light blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/18/71 and 3/16/71. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Hardy p. 341. Pitts 3402. Cinema Center Films unknown books
183923575London: Smith 1839. First edition. 6360pp. Illus. folding map with some coloring backed. Modern leather backed 12 mo cloth boards spine gold stamped. Ferguson 2799. Mann's account of his Australian stay written on the voyage home includes details of official dealings with the last of the aboriginal Tasmanians in 1838. The final section on New Zealand is according to Hocken "taken chiefly from Rev. W. Yate whose proper dismissal from the New Zealand mission was in the author's opinions the result of the black conspiracy." Hocken p.73. Smith hardcover books
183835636Boston: Dutton and Wentworth State Printers 1838. Stitched 75pp. Untrimmed scattered foxing Good. 'Senate.No. 26' at head of title.<br/><br/> When Mann took office as Secretary the free public school system was characterized by "short school terms dilapidated and unsanitary school-houses untrained and underpaid teachers and irrational methods of teaching. He brought to his new duties such a degree of courage vision and wisdom that during the brief twelve years in which he held office the Massachusetts school system was almost completely transformed" DAB. This first Report was significant for its "presentation and discussion of school problems of crucial importance. The needs and remedies growing out of these problems are set forth with convincing clearness and with the fervor of a prophet and reformer" Id.<br/> Edward Everett was President of the Board of Education whose membership included Mann Jared Sparks and Robert Rantoul Jr.<br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 51561 5. Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers unknown books
179815192Wrentham: Nathaniel Heaton Jun. 1798. 32pp. Disbound scattered foxing else Very Good. <br/><br/> "One of the most notable surgeons of his day" DAB Mann became an army surgeon at age twenty during the Revolution and served in the War of 1812. He "visited Shays's camp during the rebellion of 1786-'7 in order to report to Gen. William Shepard" Appleton; and wrote the highly esteemed Medical Sketches of the Campaigns of 1812. Howes M258. <br/> Mann traces the 'Masonic Art' to its beginnings: "as soon as order began and harmony was spoken into existence by the Supreme Architect of the universe the pillars of the masonic fabric were erected." Masonic history is discussed in a highly learned manner; much comment is provided upon Robison's work. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 34043. Sabin 44328n. Nathaniel Heaton Jun. unknown books
