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1950mon0000103474Collins 1950-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Collins hardcover
1960049519New York City Ny: The Worker 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Annotated Illustrations Throughout. 96 Pp. Card Covers Printed Entirely In Red; Paper Loss Along Fore Edges Of Rear Cover Surface Only And Not Affecting The Lettering And Last Two Leaves A Few Small Holes Not Affecting Lettering. Signed By Eight Prominent Figures At The Worker The Daily Worker In Those Years; From The Library Of William Gropper <br/> <br/> The Worker paperback
1931ZB369676San Francisco 1931-1976. volumes 20-26 28-30 32-36 38 39 42 43 45-50 58 62-64 partly bound ex library very good; PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. San Francisco unknown
1984324473Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Soiling on spine.; The Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
1939450New York: The Sun Dial Press Inc 1939. Second American Edition. Fine/Fine. 8vo 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.198 x 140 mm; pp. x 277. Printed on cream wove paper deckle edges top edge red. Black cloth binding with red lettering on spine. Paper dust jacket in perfect condition. Previous owners name in ink inscribed on the inside front cover.<br /> Cox J. R. Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction pp 28-30. The second American edition of this classic arsenic murder DUST JACKET INTACT with striking lettering and a chilling skull-and-bone with red eyes. The book first appeared in London in 1938 with the title "Not to Be Taken" our inventory no. 451. The first US edition was issued as part of The Crime Club Selection. <br /> Anthony Berkeley Cox 1893 - 1971 is today recognized as a key figure in the development of crime fiction. He wrote under several pen-names including Francis Iles Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. He was educated at Sherborne School and University College Oxford. He served in the British Army during the First World War and worked as a journalist for many years contributing to such magazines as Punch and The Humorist. His first novel was published in 1925 and it introduced the amateur detective Robert Sheringham who would feature in many of his novels through 1934. In 1930 Berkeley founded the Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie Freeman Wills Crofts Dorothy L. Sayers Hugh Walpole and other established mystery writers. Several of his books were adapted for the screen including "Before the Fact" adapted by Alfred Hitchcock as "Suspicion" starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. The Sun Dial Press, Inc unknown
193133393Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1931. 1931. First U.S. edition. Former owner's penciled name on front fly leaf else very good in fine dust jacket complete with a fine wraparound promotional band. Striking dust jacket art by Stuart Eldridge. Roger Sheringham must solve the mysterious death of Mr. Eric Scott-Davies a popular man-about-town. His death was no accidental sportsman's accident as was first suspected. Sheringham's investigation turns up scandal . it seems that Scott-Davies was having an affair with a local femme fatale. In the end the murderer reveals both himself and his motives. Crime Club mystery. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., [1931]. unknown
1937124473New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1937. Softcover. very good. Advance Copy. 351pp. Octavo. Original paper wrappers; small stain to front panel. A tight copy; pages clean and bright. very good Scarce publisher's advance copy. Journalist and crime writer Anthony Berkeley Cox wrote under several fictional pseudonyms and was a close friend of British humourist P.G. Wodehouse. 1937 Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc. paperback
195815574New York: John Wiley and Sons Inc 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sixth Printing. Signed by Berkeley on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket unclipped no price a few short tears and shallow chips. Beige cloth with black ink lettering and rules on the spine and boards. Square and firmly bound foxed at the top edge clean internally. Berkeley's general audience work about early computers and artificial intelligence. John Wiley and Sons Inc hardcover
192501079JUGGED JOURNALISM Herbert Jenkins 1925 first edition 5 leaves missing a small chip at the fore edge margin nowhere near the text t.p.e.'s a bit age toned else a very bright vg/near fine copy in the publishers original green cloth in a vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and soil and professional reinforcement to the inner rear dust-wrapper spine hinge. Illustrated by George Barrow. Many of these humorous essays were first published in Punch the year previously. Three titles were published of Anthony Berkeley in 1925; this one another under the pseudonym of A.B. Cox entitled BRENDA ENTERTAINS and THE LAYTON COURT MYSTERY which was released anonymously. Herbert Jenkins hardcover
1994BN127403THOEMMES PR 1994. 1994. Hardcover. The Works of George Berkeley <br/><br/>The Works of George Berkeley A. C. Fraser George Berkeley THOEMMES PR hardcover
193847616New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1938. 1938. First U. S. edition. Pseudonym of A. B. Cox. Originally published in the U. K. as Not To Be Taken. Fine bright copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket bright and unfaded with a few minor nicks to the spine panel and light wear to the extremities. A man died of what was thought to be gastric ulcers but his body was exhumed and an autopsy found that arsenic had killed him. How could this have happened Thoughts go back to a small dinner party held some weeks before his death. Could this event been the start of his eventual death Crime Club mystery novel. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. unknown
19013264New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1901. First edition. First edition. Original color pictorial decorated cloth with superb and scarce original color illustrated dust wrapper. With illustrations by the author and a frontispiece by F. Hopkinson Smith. Interesting cooperation between father and son. A most scarce and early fine dust wrapper. Book very fine. Most scarce thus. <br/><br/> Funk & Wagnalls hardcover books
1984332691Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
1931895P11London: Victor Gollancz LTD 1931. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A very scarce science fiction novel by the Liberal politician Reginald Berkeley the author's presentation copy to the physicist Edward Andrade. The first cheap edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Author's presentation copy inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper 'For E. N. da C. Andrade from Reginald Berkeley in friendship and admiration. Christmas 1931'.'Cassandra' is an intriguing science fiction novel in which a worker's revolt beings a Russian invasion of the U.K. The novel is told from the point of view of a future archaeologist who is examining the few remains of a ruined London.Written by the Liberal politician Reginald Berkeley.This copy is presented from the author to Edward Neville da Costa Andrade a physicist writer and poet who is best known for his work which first found the wavelength of a type of gamma radiation. In the original publisher's cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Light marks to the boards and spine. Spine is a little faded. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper heavier to the head of the spine. Spine is age-toned and some light age-toning to the extremities of the wraps. Minor marks to the wraps. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Victor Gollancz LTD hardcover
1941151538Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1941. Vintage borderless double weight publicity photograph from the 1941 film showing actors Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland dancing the hoe-down. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br /> <br /> A would-be Broadway singer plans a benefit show to send orphaned children to summer camp but secretly means to use the production to get ahead in his own career. The third film in MGM's "Backyard Musical" series following "Babes in Arms" 1939 and Strike Up the Band" 1940 and preceding "Girl Crazy" 1943. <br /> <br /> Set in New York.<br /> <br /> 7.75 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1940151539Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Vintage double weight publicity photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland dancing the conga on a large drum. With a mimeo snipe and an advisory council stamp dated JUL 8 1940 to the verso.<br /> <br /> A high school drummer convinces the principal to put on a dance to raise money for a dance orchestra aided by his girlfriend. The second film in MGM's "Backyard Musical" series following "Babes in Arms" 1939 and preceding "Babes on Broadway" 1941 and "Girl Crazy" 1943. <br /> <br /> Set in Chicago. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1931140946706London: Mundanus Ltd / Victor Gollancz Publisher 1931. First edition. First edition first printing preceding the cloth issue. 288 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow wraps. About Very Good spine creased and toned small tear along spine edge at foot contents and wraps toned with age corners a little bumped. An uncommon British mystery that is often cited as one of the best examples of the inverted detective story in which the murderer's identity is revealed in the first line "It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Dr. Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter. Mundanus Ltd / Victor Gollancz Publisher unknown
1938133673Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1938. Final Draft script for the 1938 film. From the library of producer Mark Hellinger who wrote the film's screenplay bound in red three-quarter leather with gilt titles and designs marbled endpapers raised bands trimmed edges and Hellinger's name in gilt on the front board. Also included is a typescript on onionskin stock with the title and credits for Hellinger and story writer Faith Baldwin on the front wrapper in holograph ink. Finally laid in is a typed letter signed by Bette Davis dated March 31 1939 on Davis' stationery thanking Hellinger for kind words regarding her film "Dark Victory" 1939 and discussing her dismay with the script for "Comet Over Broadway" and her resulting decision to part ways with the film. <br/><br/>Mark Hellinger's first screenplay for Warner Brothers. His other credits include the noir antecedent "The Roaring Twenties" 1939 screenwriter "It All Came True" 1940 producer and his notable series of foundation noir films "High Sierra" 1941 associate producer "The Killers" 1946 producer and "The Naked City" 1948 producer. <br/><br/>Based on a story by Faith Baldwin published in "Cosmopolitan" in 1937 about Eve Appleton Francis wife of garage owner Bill Appleton Litel and aspiring actress. Bill gets into an argument with an actor over Eve and accidentally kills him. Eve takes her infant daughter and tries to make her way on Broadway while Bill is imprisoned. Set in New York. <br/><br/>Bound script:<br/><br/>Noted as FINAL on the distribution page dated 3/28/38 with credits for Hellinger Robert Buckner N. Brewster Morse Fritz Falkenstein and Frank Cavett on the following page flatsigned by Walter MacEwen. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 155 leaves mimeograph duplication dated August 19 1938 and August 22 1938 screenwriters' credit page. Pages and binding Near Fine. <br/><br/>Typescript:<br/><br/>Blue wrappers. "Comet Over Broadway by Mark Hellinger / after a story by Faith Baldwin" in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Hellinger and story writer Baldwin. 78 leaves typed watermarked "MILLERS FALLS." Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Bette Davis letter and envelope: <br/><br/>Light soil and a closed tear to the envelope. Letter folded horizontally else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1966246050Portland Oregon: Touchstone Press 1966. First edition one of 100 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 111 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Simulated tan calf. Fine copy. First edition one of 100 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 111 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine Copy. Scarce and interesting history of this Oregon sporting club situated in the descutes River Canyon. Bruns S-216; Heller 1:752 "only about 100 copies printed" Touchstone Press unknown books
1962mon0000071821The Belknap Press 1962-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean text sound binding. The Belknap Press paperback
192830182New York: Doubleday 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. COX A. B. Anthony Berkeley. THE AMATEUR CRIME. Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran and Co. 1928. First Edition of this extremely scarce Hubin listed classic Golden Age mystery by this author best known for his works written under the names Anthony Berkeley and Francis Iles including 'The Poisoned Chocolates Case' and 'Malice Aforethought'. 8vo. 349 pp. A very good or better copy in yellow cloth black titles to spine in a nearly Very Good dust jacket shallow chips to spine ends and top edge half dollar sized chip at lower front panel modest darkening to spine inch closed tear at top rear panel. Published in the U.K. as 'Mr. Priestley's Problem'. Barzun & Taylor A Catalogue Of Crime. Pronzini & Muller 1001 Midnights. $850.00. Doubleday hardcover
1938166802Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1938. Final script for the 1938 film musical. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> The fifth and final film in Warner Brothers' series of successful and gorgeously choreographed "Gold Digger" films. Dance sequences directed by Busby Berkeley. <br /> <br /> Set in Paris shot on location in Paris and New York.<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers with Warner Brothers Stenographic Department stamp on the bottom edge of the front wrapper noted as FINAL. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page integral with the distribution page dated 1/4/38 noted as FINAL and PART I. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
19681520<p>Poster printed recto and verso with texts and images in red and black inks on white commercial stock. Ca. 14 x 20 in. Very good. Loose as issued. 1520</p><p><em>An unrecorded and gorgeous work by The Berkeley Commune in affinity with the International Werewolf Conspiracy and Up Against the Wall Motherfucker identified for us by UAWMF founder Ben Morea as a co-publication with New York chapters of the secretive network of radicals. Strike Anywhere calls for immediate unified militant action to take control of the America's urban centers: "if there is going to be any student-worker alliance then it will be formed as clearly seen in france not in the factories but on the streets or not at all. if poor whites & middleclass hippies are going to come together as in chicago berkeley & NY it will be in the streets. if there is going to be a true working alliance with blacks then it will come from the common struggle in the streets. the streets are where we will confront the man & where the struggle will become clear - theoretically as well as tactically. theory in not separate from life/ we need space to create the existence we want to live & in the streets we learn the man isn't going to give up space - because the existence of an alternate life is a threat to his piglife."</em></p>
192917959Garden City NY: Published for the Crime Club Inc. by Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1929. First U.S. edition. Top page edge a little soiled and spotted a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine price clipped dust jacket with mild rubbing and shelf wear to spine ends a little mild soiling. Publisher's slip portion of wrap around band laid in "The Christmas Selection of the Crime Club Jury". An attractive copy. 17959. Octavo pp. 1-10 1-299 230: blank 231: Crime Club statement 232: blank cloth. Mystery novel featuring sleuth Roger Sheringham. ".it should appeal to those who like the combination of good characterization and armchair dectection". - Pronzini and Muller 1001 Midnights The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction pp. 36-37. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone volume. Published for the Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. unknown
1947432481947. <p>Berkeley Edmund C. 1909-88. Electronic machinery for handling information and its uses in insurance. Offprint from Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America 48 1947. 36-52pp. 228 x 153 mm. Original printed wrappers a few tiny spots almost invisible staple-holes in front wrapper. Very good copy. Former owner's name-stamp Clifford J. Maloney on wrappers. </p> <p>First Edition Offprint Issue. The first published paper on the commercial application of electronic / electromechanical computing in private industry outside of the telephone company. Drawing on material that he would later publish in his famous Giant Brains or Machines that Think 1949 Berkeley described the four large-scale computing machines then in operation—MIT's Differential Analyzer; Harvard's Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator; the Moore School's ENIAC; and Bell Laboratories' Relay Calculator—and discussed the machines' information-processing capabilities and their potential uses in the insurance industry. "It is natural to call these machines mechanical or electronic brains and to speak of them as machinery that thinks. This new machinery is certain to have far-reaching effects in all fields where the handling of information is the bulk of the work. . . . Much of the material in this paper is taken from a forthcoming book on the subject by the present writer and is used by special permission of the publisher" p. 36. </p> <p>Berkeley a seminal figure in the history of modern computing was introduced to computing using punched-card machine methods while working as an actuary at Prudential Insurance. In 1942 he joined the Navy and was assigned to the Harvard Computation Laboratory where he worked with Howard Aiken on the Harvard Mark II. In 1946 Berkeley returned to Prudential where he helped create a prototype premium billing trial for the Harvard Mark I and participated in studies that led to Prudential's purchase of one of the first UNIVAC I computers. He also began working on Giant Brains and in 1947 founded the Association for Computing Machinery. In 1948 he left Prudential to found his own company and in 1951 he began editing and publishing Computers and Automation later renamed Computers and People the first periodical specifically devoted to computing. He also headed his own publishing firm consulted for industry and invented and sold several build-it-yourself electronic computers and small robots Simon Squee Tyniac Brainiac etc. as educational tools. In his later years he became known as the conscience of the computer industry through his often-expressed belief that computers should be used not for military or destructive purposes but only for the benefit of society. </p> . unknown books