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1962150192Paris: Dalmas 1962. Collection of five vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1962 unfinished French film two showing actors Dorothy Dandridge Alain Delon and Yona Levy one showing Dandridge and Levy one showing Dandridge and Delon and one showing producer Raoul Levy and actor Gregoire Aslan. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamps of Westport Public Library and Dalmas agency. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>A dramatization of famed Italian explorer Marco Polo's visit to East India left incomplete due to producer Raoul Levy running out of money early on in production. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Belgrade Yugoslavia and Venice Italy. <br/><br/>Two 10.75 x 8.25 inches one 8.25 x 9 inches one 8.25 x 11.75 inches and one 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn two with faint toning on the recto. Dalmas unknown books
1966152350N.p.: N.p. 1966. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs of director Mark Robson and various cast and crew members on the set of the 1966 film including two bordered and six borderless. <br/><br/>Based on Jean Larteguy's 1960 novel "The Centurions." A French Army Colonel leads his platoon in the battles against Viet Minh communists and Algerian guerrilla fighters in Indonesia and Algeria. The Algerian War is particularly philosophically unsettling to his men who begin to question the motives of France and the legitimacy of its claims to the region. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Spain. <br/><br/>Photographs varying sizes generally Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1978115225New York: Barron's/Woodbury 1978. First edition of Colas' riveting account of his 1978 voyage around the world aboard his 70-foot trimaran the Manureva. Octavo original cloth pictorial endpapers illustrated with 20 color plates. From the library of of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. In September of 1973 Alain Colas set off in his 70-foot trimaran the Manureva to round Cape Horn and rival the old clipper ships which carried wool wheat and gold to the opposite ends of the world. Having won the transatlantic Race in 1972 and setting a new world record he planned a voyage of 30000 miles with Sydney Australia as his first and only stop. He spent 169 days at sea - alone. This is the story of that voyage. Barron's/Woodbury hardcover books
200121169NY: Columbia University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0231118406 . Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer. First printing of the American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Columbia University Press hardcover books
200146385NY: Columbia 2001. First printing. 8vo pp. xix 269. Notes index. With two maps. About as new in slightly scuffed dj. Columbia unknown books
1992262581Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1992. hardcover. very good/good. 2 maps. 8vo 1/2 black cloth d.w. dampstained. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1992.<br/><br/> Harvard University Press unknown books
199043518Cambridge MA: Harvard 1990. First printing. 8vo pp. xvii 478. Notes bibliography index. Edges somewhat spotted o/w a nice copy in little creased and scuffed dj. Harvard unknown books
20019006566New York: Columbia University Press 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in black boards with the spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Columbia University Press hardcover books
1993RCORGRE00ECRutgers University Press 1993. Fine. Corcos Alain. Gregor Mendel's Experiments on Plant Hybrids: A Guided Study. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press 1993. 1st edition. 220pp. Indexed. Glossary. 8vo. Light green cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Rutgers University Press hardcover books
1989172368Austin: University of Texas Press 1989. Hardcover. VG/VG- light soiling and wear to dust jacket. White cloth boards with black stamped spine lettering. Glossy white and bw-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 159 pp. Illustrations. Discusses the nature of sacred art and shares the author's experiences in commissioning works for the churches of Assy Vence Audincourt and Ronchamp. -Google Books. University of Texas Press hardcover books
1951140933Italy: Excelsa Film 1951. Vintage double weight press photograph of writer Curzio Malaparte sitting in the director's chair during the filming of his sole cinematic effort "The Forbidden Christ." With holograph pencil annotations regarding layout on both the recto and verso and the stamp of photographer Osvaldo Civirani and a mimeo snipe on the verso. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. <br/><br/>A journalist and diplomat Malaparte is best known for his two autobiographical novels about his experiences during and immediately after WWII "Kaputt" 1944 and "La Pelle" 1949 the later of which was filmed in 1981. He was nominated for the Grand Prize at Cannes for this original film about a prisoner of war who returns to his village in Italy after the war seeking the identity of the person who betrayed his brother to the Nazis. <br/><br/>Photographer Osvaldo Civirani would go on to a career as a film director helming over 20 pictures beginning with the sword and sandal classic "Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun" in 1964. <br/><br/>7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Excelsa Film unknown books
20161334051Washington: Westphalia Press 2016. Softcover. Octavo; G; Paperback; Spine blue with white print; Cover has crease to front bottom corner and to rear top corner else clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; xi 119 pages. 1334051. FP New Rockville Stock. Westphalia Press unknown books
199018325Cullowhee NC: New Native Press 1990. First American edition. Paperback. Very Good . 8vo. Unpaginated volume of poems by Dal. Translated into English by Thomas Rain Crowe. Preface by jean-Michel Renitour. This is copy 30 of 200 copies hand-numbered and SIGNED by the translator. Separate one page folded broadside of a poem by Dal entitled "A Poet" is laid in to this copy. Scarce title. Only four copies located in WorldCat. Near fine condition in printed stapled wrappers. The broadside shows a little wear at edges. <br/><br/> New Native Press paperback books
1978245021Leipzig: Satz Druck und Einband 1978. hardcover. very good/very good. History of Music in Pictures. Group I: Installment 4. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. 146 pages. Tall thin 4to with white cloth dust wrapper. Leipzig: Satz Druck und Einband 1978. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Satz, Druck, und Einband unknown books
196437523new York: Bollingen Foundation; Distributed By Pantheon Books. Very Good. 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. No dust jacket. ; Xxxi 537 p. Illus. plates. 26 cm. . Bollingen Foundation; Distributed By] Pantheon Books hardcover books
1967WRCLIT30274Paris: Hermann 1967. Stiff printed wrappers. Wrappers faintly spotted else a nice copy. First edition with a preface by Fritz Winckel. Published under the auspices of the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation. Inscribed by Danielou to one of his US publishers James Laughlin. Hermann unknown books
1971WRCLIT30180Florence: Leo S. Olschki 1971. Stiff cloth printed wrappers. Fine. First edition in English translated by John Evarts. One of two thousand copies published under the auspices of the International Music Council. Inscribed by Danielou to one of his US publishers James Laughlin. Leo S. Olschki hardcover books
1980251285New York: Pueblo Publishing Company 1980. 96p. wraps 8 x 11 inches wraps worn and stained else good condition. Text in Spanish. Reading guide to the bible for a Latino audiance. Pueblo Publishing Company unknown books
19982268610Vintage International 1998. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Clipping taped to rear wrapper recto. 1998 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. vii 197 pp. "Alain de Botton combines two unlikely genres--literary biography and self-help manual--in the hilarious and unexpectedly practical How Proust Can Change Your Life. Who would have thought that Marcel Proust one of the most important writers of our century could provide us with such a rich source of insight into how best to live life Proust understood that the essence and value of life was the sum of its everyday parts. As relevant today as they were at the turn of the century Proust's life and work are transformed here into a no-nonsense guide to among other things enjoying your vacation reviving a relationship achieving original and unclich Vintage International paperback books
1993914460NY: Grove. 1993. The advance reading copy. Spine crown bumped; near fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. (Grove) paperback books
2004157966New York: Pantheon Books 2004. First edition. Softcover. Padbound 8.5" x 11" proof. An about very good plus copy in wrappers with some notes on the front cover and internally as well. Uncommon in this format. Pantheon Books unknown books
2004114363New York: Pantheon Books 2004. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Another fascinating book from this important writer. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Pantheon Books unknown books
2009125278New York: Pantheon Books 2009. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. 326 pages. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A tight very near fine copy with a tiny spot to the foredge in a very near fine dust jacket. Pantheon Books unknown books
1994106215London: Macmillan 1994. First British edition. Hardcover. His second book. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Macmillan unknown books
2014Embry 188532Pantheon 2014. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Pantheon, 2014. First edition, first printing. unknown books
