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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
1983WALTER-FILM002231Softcover/Paperback. Very Good. Manuscript Vintage original film script USA. Screenplay by Stanley Mann. Based on the novel by Stephen King. FINAL DRAFT shortened version April 4 1983. Universal City CA: Dino De Laurentiis Corporation 1983. Quarto stiff boards with printed paper label bound with a metal clasp photomechanically reproduced script generated by the production company. <br /><br />This was the twelfth film adaptation of Stephen King. IMDb lists more than 250 and so this was still early in the development of King's filmography -- a story about a little girl Drew Barrymore who made an enormous impression and whose film career really took off after this vehicle made when she was still six years-old who develops pyrokinetic powers. <br /><br />The printing job was done a bit carelessly and so a few pages have cropped page numbers overall NEAR FINE. Dino De Laurentiis Corp. paperback books
1985034679London: Century Publishing 1985. 144p. colored and b/w illus. dj. Century Publishing unknown books
19787011978. MANN Zane B. FAIR WINDS AND FAR PLACES. Minneapolis Minnesota Dillon Press 1978. Small 4to. teal cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Near Fine; minor wear & few small tears d/j. $10.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1962027167London: Printed for the Trustees By William Clowes 1962. Octavo. In two volumes. The Wallace Collection which was initially formed by Richard fourth Marques of Hertford 1800-1870 was vastly increased by his son Sir Richard Wallace 1818-1890. While some are traced to much earlier family members it was the later members who made this the great collection it is. The first volume presents the earliest French German and English work including helmets horse armor and a glossary. 1-239 pages followed by 104 plates. Volume two 240-714 has pistols staff weapons swords bolt belts etc. followed by 103 plates. The total for both volumes is 208 photographs. Since many plates have five or six images there are an estimated 1100 images all told. Bound in full green faux leather spines lettered in gilt one corner on volume two bumped. A very nice clean bright set. Printed for the Trustees By William Clowes unknown books
19621233269London: Wallace Collection Catalogues 1962. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Octavos in bright green leather with gold letters on spine; VG; boards are rebound in full leather with minimal soiling; strong binding; paper slightly faded and clean; no marks on text; volume 1 contains 103 plates; volume 2 contains 208 plates;. 1233269. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Wallace Collection Catalogues hardcover books
192832371Berlin/Wien/Leipzig: Szolnay 1928. First edition. Cloth backed boards fine fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Szolnay hardcover books
194732320New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1947. First American Edition. Octavo 21.5cm.; original black cloth gilt-stamped spine; 2vii5472pp.; photographic frontispiece. Cloth a bit rubbed along extremities faint soil spot to upper cover spine gilt quite dulled. About Very Good albeit lacking jacket. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with the former's ownership inscription dated May 1947 to front free endpaper and their estate label tipped to front pastedown. Shahn would design the cover of the Vintage edition of Mann's Buddenbrooks in 1952. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
193632335Zurich: Europa-Verlag 1936. First edition. Original plain card covers in dust jacket. Jacket interior has small repairs; near fine. <br/><br/> Europa-Verlag unknown books
1951WB16897New York: Van Vechten Press 1951. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of a total edition of 350. Full blue morocco binding by Suzanne Schrag; housed in clamshell box also by Schrag. With dedicatory essays by John Berryman Herman Broch Albert Einstein Ben Shahn Thomas Mann and others. <br/><br/> Van Vechten Press hardcover books
1961034500London: English Universities Press 1961. xxv 236p. dj Teach yourself history. English Universities Press unknown books
1961145426Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1961. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1961 film. Shown on the left of the photograph in sunglasses is producer Samuel Bronston.<br/><br/>An epic historical drama chronicling the life of the 11th century Christian Castilian knight Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar or "El Cid." Nominate for three Academy Awards.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Spain and Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Allied Artists unknown books
1993215991Los Angeles: Labor/Community Strategy Center 1993. Paperback. 90p. 8.5x11 inches text in Spanish illustrated withb&w photos color figures maps and tables very good slim first edition trade paperback in blue pictorial wraps. Labor/Community Strategy Center paperback 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
1937040185Zürich: Verlag Oprecht 1937. 9.-15. Tausend. 16p. original stiff printed wrappers. Bürgin I 52. Verlag Oprecht unknown books
193720388Zurich: Oprecht 1937. Wrappers very good. 16-20 thousand. <br/><br/> Oprecht unknown books
200517872005. MANN William J. EDGE OF MIDNIGHT: THE LIFE OF JOHN SCHLESINGER. NY: Billboard Books 2005. Small quarto black cloth in dust jacket. First Edition first printing. Schlesigner is best-known for directing such well-known movies as "Midnight Cowboy" "Marathon Man" and "Day Of The Locusts." Signed presentation from Mann on the title page: "To Diane with warm regards William Mann." Signed copies are uncommon! Near fine; tiny tear d/j. $75.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
2003100149New York: Harrington Park Press 2003. Paperback. 182p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Gay autobiography. Southern Tier Editions: Gay Men's Fiction & Literature Jay Quinn editor. Harrington Park Press paperback books
1982034964Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1982. x 322p. b/w figures dj Studies in ecology 8. University of California Press unknown books
193009305New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1930. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Very good in dust jacket somewhat soiled at spine with some minor restoration at extremities. Jacket price-clipped. Uncommon title. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19304443New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1930. 1st . Hardcover. Very good. Translated by Herman George Scheffauer. 1st American edition. Decorated cloth. Publisher's notice tipped-in. Very good condition. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2010172473n.p.: XLibris 2010. Paperback. 403p. signed by the author very good self-published first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Fantasy-thriller set in Fiji. XLibris paperback books
197452307NY: Delacorte 1974. First edition. 256 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket. Mann’s second book and source for the film of the same title. NY: Delacorte unknown books
1975150792Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card showing actor Charles Durning shouting into a megaphone. <br/><br/>Based on the 1974 novel by Patrick Mann which was in turn based on a true story published in Life magazine. Director Sidney Lumet's masterpiece a snapshot of New York invoking LGBTQ politics city politics police politics personal politics and the mood of a city in the heat of the early 1970s-all without being overtly political. The film follows an inexperienced robber and his friend over the course of a doomed bank heist executed in order for the robber's girlfriend a pre-op trans woman to afford gender confirmation surgery. <br/><br/>Photograph 10 x 8 inches Near Fine. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1975150796Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1975 film mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card showing actors Charles Durning Penelope Allen and Al Pacino. <br/><br/>Based on the 1974 novel by Patrick Mann which was in turn based on a true story published in Life magazine. Director Sidney Lumet's masterpiece a snapshot of New York invoking LGBTQ politics city politics police politics personal politics and the mood of a city in the heat of the early 1970s-all without being overtly political. The film follows an inexperienced robber and his friend over the course of a doomed bank heist executed in order for the robber's girlfriend a pre-op trans woman to afford gender confirmation surgery. <br/><br/>Card 10 x 8 inches Near Fine. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches Very Good plus.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books