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19752446London: Thames and Hudson 1975. First edition. Original stiff paper covers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION OF BACON'S MOST REVEALING BOOK AN ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY BACON ON HALF-TITLE: "For Erica Spender / with all my best wishes / Francis Bacon". Interviews with Francis Bacon is the most important source we have for understanding Bacon's art and philosophy. Through Bacon's responses to the influential art critic and Bacon scholar David Sylvester's provocative questions we gain invaluable insight into the one of the greatest artistic minds of the twentieth century.<br /> <br /> An important association copy:<br /> <br /> This copy was given by Bacon to Erica Erika Haarman Spender. Erica Spender was the widow of Michael Spender 1906-1945 and sister-in-law of the poet Stephen Spender. Stephen Spender was a prominent figure in Francis Bacon's circle and Erica Spender was first introduced to Francis Bacon by him.<br /> <br /> Erica Spender later joined Marlborough Fine Art in London to run its the Antiquarian Book Department. At that time Francis Bacon was represented by Marlborough Fine Art and it was during this period that Erica Spender became Bacon's friend sharing a commonality of cultural artistic and philosophical interests. Bacon was represented by Marlborough Fine Art from 1958 until his death in 1992. The relationship was greatly beneficial to Bacon as Marlborough worked closely with the artist to successfully enhance his international reputation.<br /> <br /> Complete with 94 black-and-white illustrations. London: Thames and Hudson 1975. Quarto 8x11 in; 20.5x27.5 cm original pictorial stiff covers. A few tiny creases to cover a hint of toning to rear panel as often; generally a fine copy. RARE SIGNED. Thames and Hudson unknown books
198515178JLondon: Tate Gallery 1985. First Edition. Boldly signed by artist Francis Bacon on the half title page in red ink. Books signed by Bacon are rare. The large 246 page illustrated exhibition book to accompany the great retrospective showing of Bacon’s painting by The Tate Gallery. Approximately 9 by 12 inches 30 cm by 22.5 cm. Paperbound in original publisher's illustrated wrappers lettered white on the front cover and spine. Copiously illustrated in color and black and white throughout with numerous fold-out plates. Fine. Tate Gallery unknown books
1964102743London: Methuen 1964. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Francis Bacon. Octavo original boards illustrated throughout. Presentation copy boldly inscribed on the front free endpaper "For George with all best wishes Francis Bacon." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph of Bacon on the front panel by Cecil Beaton. Francis Bacon was a figurative painter known for his emotionally charged raw imagery and fixation on personal motifs. Best known for his depictions of popes crucifixions and portraits of close friends his abstracted figures are typically isolated in geometrical cages which give them vague 3D depth set against flat nondescript backgrounds. Bacon said that he saw images "in series" and his work which numbers c. 590 extant paintings along with many others he destroyed typically focuses on a single subject for sustained periods often in triptych or diptych formats. His output can be broadly described as sequences or variations on single motifs; including the 1930s Picasso-influenced bio-morphs and Furies the 1940s male heads isolated in rooms or geometric structures the 1950s screaming popes the mid-to-late 1950s animals and lone figures the early 1960s crucifixions the mid to late 1960s portraits of friends the 1970s self-portraits and the cooler more technical 1980s paintings. Bacon took up painting in his twenties having drifted in the late 1920s and early 1930s as an interior decorator bon vivant and gambler. He said that his artistic career was delayed because he spent too long looking for subject matter that could sustain his interest. His breakthrough came with the 1944 triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion which sealed his reputation as a uniquely bleak chronicler of the human condition. From the mid-1960s he mainly produced portraits of friends and drinking companions either as single or triptych panels. Following the suicide of his lover George Dyer in 1971 his art became more sombre inward-looking and preoccupied with the passage of time and death. The climax of this later period is marked by masterpieces including his 1982's "Study for Self-Portrait" and Study for a Self-Portrait--Triptych 1985-86. Methuen hardcover books
198518360Millbank London: Tate Gallery Publications 1985. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Booklet "published to accompany the Francis Bacon exhibition held at the Tate Gallery 22 May—18 August 1985" signed and inscribed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint "To Carl Barton/ with all best wishes/ Francis Bacon." The front cover features the artist's "Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion" 1944. Softcover 32 pp. 8.25 x 5.75 inches 21 x 14.5 cm. In fine condition.<br style=""> Tate Gallery Publications paperback books
1946146888Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Final script for the 1946 film.<br/><br/>Based on the 1944 comedic mystery novel by Craig Rice about the children of a widowed mystery novelist attempting to solve a murder in their neighborhood with the help of a handsome police lieutenant.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL rubber-stamped copy No. 66 and production No. 100 dated MARCH 2 1946. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated March 2 1946 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter F. Hugh Herbert. 192 leaves with last page of text numbered 160. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/12/46 and 5/7/46. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped to the fore edges bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1919250853New York: Privately Printed 1919. Limited. paperback. near fine. Illustrated in color and photogtravure. 315 pages thick 4to original drab brown wrappers with gilt-lettered spine very minor wear at ends and small stains at upper corners of some pages well outside of printed area otherwise a very near fine copy. Limited edition -- number 148 of an unspecified printing. New York: Privately printed for Virginia Bacon 1919.<br/><br/> A near fine copy of this rather scarce memorial catalogue depicting 617 items in the collection.<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
1919181051New York: Privately Printed for V.P. Bacon 1919. Hardcover. VG/VG covers are weak and are in need of repairraised bands on spine are missing except one pages are very clean and clear. Slipcase has overall light shelfwear and bumping. Three quarters burgundy leather and colorful marble boards; raised bands on spine with gilt tooling and lettering; top edge gilt marble illustrated end pages bw original etching frontispiece of Edward R. Bacon by Anders Zorn; xvii; 315 pp bw plates and 62 mounted color plates. Issued in original brown slipcase. Limited edition less than 200 copies. This is numbered 59. Quite scarce! Collected by Edward R. Bacon with illustrations in colour and photogravure. Notes and descriptions by John Getz. Privately Printed for V.P. Bacon hardcover books
1907225562London: Humphreys 1907. hardcover. near fine. Rubricated title. 323 pages 12mo untrimmed top edge gilt. Full black crushed morocco ornately gilt spine and covers. London: Humphreys. Near fine.<br/><br/> Early ownership name on fly-leaf.<br/><br/> Humphreys unknown books
1926130196New York London: D. Appleton and Company 1926. Octavo pp. 1-6 1-120 121 122: blank original decorated red cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. First printing with "1" at base of text on page 121. Weird mystery novel. "Bacon a successful author in the first quarter of the twentieth century of fiction that was both 'popular' and 'literary' has tended to fall between these two stools in the estimate of posterity. This is unfortunate as she was a skillful craftsman and had things to say especially on the subject of the emancipated modern woman where her views manage to contain nuance skepticism and passion. She also had a recurrent interest in the supernatural as documented by Dorothy Scarborough in her important early study The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction. The main titles of relevance here are THE STRANGE CASES OF DR. STANCHON 1913 IN THE BORDER COUNTRY 1909 and the present title." - Robert Eldridge. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 26. Bleiler 1948 p. 37. Reginald 00697. Hubin 1994 p. 40. A bright fine copy in fine pictorial dust jacket with mild fading to spine panel. #130196 D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1981148585Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. <br/><br/>A coming-of-age tale set in 1959 following a group of four friends in their early twenties struggling to adapt to life as adults.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Baltimore. <br/><br/>In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers dated January 12 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT rubber-stamped copy No. 186 with credits for director-screenwriter Barry Levinson. Title page present with credits for director-screenwriter Barry Levinson. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light soil pen marks and a partial ring stain to the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1983140449Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1983. Shooting script for the 1984 film. With a few holograph annotations in ink and pencil throughout. <br/><br/>A teenager moves to a rural town and comes into conflict with the local preacher and his "no dancing" ordinance. The film's soundtrack reached number 1 on the Billboard charts and featured six Top 40 hits including three Top 10 hits two of which reached all the way to number 1. Additionally two songs "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and the title track were nominated for Best Original Song Oscars. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 13 1983 noted as Shooting script with credits for screenwriter Pitchford director Ross and producers Lewis J. Rachmil Crag Zadan and Daniel Melnick. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication with white pink green blue orange and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/13 and 6/10. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with internally with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1947140099Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final script for the 1948 film. With a single note on the verso of the last page in holograph blue ink. Shot under the name "Off to Buffalo" as is presented here. <br/><br/>Vaudeville is a fading form of entertainment and prospects are grim for the Norwick family a juggling act struggling to find work. They are forced to find normal jobs and one daughter elopes with her boyfriend leaving Albert's son forced to make a decision as to whether play professional baseball or join his father on a 16 week tour out west. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 152 and production No. 154 dated March 21 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated March 21 1947 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good with dampstaining wrapper Very Good with dampstaining bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 293. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
190771256bdLondon: Arthur L. Humphreys 1907. The Royal Library Belles Lettres Series. Printed on handmade Van Gelder paper. Octavo bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in Scotch deerskin replicating a medieval style with the title and the monogram of Charles Edward Ballard hotelier and circus owner gilt-stamped on front cover title and publishing date gilt-stamped on spine top edge gilt uncut panelled dentelles vii 323 pp. Fine. Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907. The Royal Library, Belles Lettres Series. Printed on handmade Van Gelder paper. unknown books
1953012375NY: Simon & Schuster 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition inscribed Merry Christmas in 1953 year of publication by Thurber for himself and wife Helen in blue ink in Thurber's exuberant hand on the ffe to married couple friends of him and his wife Helen in Cornwall CT where the Thurbers had a country house for decades. The dustjacket design by Paul Bacon which cleverly integrates Thurber sketches mostly dogs and people some local landmarks into a map of the Housatonic River whicj t forms the western border of Cornwall CT and runs through Litchfield Couny . Unclipped dustjacket has shallow chipping at spine ends a short closed tear at front fold and about an inch chip bottom edge rear panel. Still quite presentable. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1998141593Santa Monica: Artisan Entertainment 1998. Draft script for the 1999 film. With a single notation in holograph ink on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on the 1958 novel by Richard Matheson. A man is hypnotized by his sister-in-law leading to haunted visions and the complete breakdown of his family life. <br/><br/>Set in Chicago shot on location there. <br/><br/>Yellow titled self wrappers dated August 14 1998 with credits for screenwriter David Koepp and author Richard Matheson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographically duplicated with yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between September 9 1998 and September 18 1998. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Artisan Entertainment unknown books
193442257New York: Robert M. McBride & Co 1934. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. Two-toned cloth. Minor wear to spine ends a corners a little sunned else very good. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. With an ALS from the Author. A collection of sketches of various people with humorous descriptions. Laid in: ALS to "Mr. Wescott" from Peggy Bacon: "Thank you for your kind note. I am delighted that you enjoy "Off with Their Heads". And as for the title you suggest it is so perfect that I think I will certainly use it and am all gratitude for the idea." Dated Jan. 16th 1935. Robert M. McBride & Co unknown books
1928011842NY: Harcourt Brace and Company 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Uncommon juvenile music songbook edited by Untermeyer and charmingly illustrated by Peggy Bacon who became best known for her cartoons in The New Yorker. Large 4to publisher's ribbed blue cloth titles pressed in green in pictorial dustjacket in yellow green and black Dustjacket is soiled worn abot edges and moderately chipped with an inch loss foot of spine. Still presenatble. Internals near fine. A solid copy of an uncommon Bacon title. Harcourt Brace and Company hardcover books
192819342London: Cresset Press 1928. Hardcover. Orig. full vellum lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 198 pages. Folio 39.5 x 26. Limited edition copy 17 of 250 on Batchelor's Kelmscott paper printed at the Shakespeare Head Press. Printed in red and black with wide text margins. Titles and initial letters designed by Joscelyne Gaskin. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe book-label of Philip Duschnes interior contents fresh and bright small nick back cover some natural discoloration to rear cover. Cresset Press hardcover books
1942214203Oakland: Howell-North press 1942. Hardcover. xvi 763p. 9.75x12.25 inches pictorial endpapers genesis Mexican Governors of California American Rule Flags that have flown revelation index illustrations 21 maps several folding presentation inscription to the Sarah Dix Hamlin School in SF signed by author at rear and a personal inscription signed by the author on front free endpaper very good first edition in rubbed and worn original blue cloth and dulled gilt on spine. Howell-North press hardcover books
1942140937387New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1942. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. vii ii 1013 pp. Original cloth with black and gilt lettering green topstain. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear no fading. A very nice copy of the mammoth posthumously-published utopian novel. Farrar & Rinehart Inc unknown books
19072127London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1907. First edition thus. First edition thus. 12mo. Attractive full brown crushed morocco binding by Harcourt Bindery signed in pallet front dentelle with gilt border designs on covers and spine gilt dentelles. Slight wear to margins of spine else near fine. <br/><br/> Arthur L. Humphreys unknown books
1953137487Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Revised final script for the 1953 film "The Great Sioux Uprising" seen here as "Sioux Uprising." <br/><br/>Though very loosely based on true events surrounding the two-year Red Cloud's War during which a Cheyenne Native American chief repeatedly attacked US forces in an effort to stem the flow of White settlers this film centers around a white man who attempts to help a Sioux tribe retrieve a large number of stolen horses white attempting to convince them to join up with the Union soldiers instead of the Confederates. Shot on location in Oregon with a cast partly comprised of local Native Americans. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated September 3 1952. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Levy and Gill. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 9/22/52 and 9/15/52. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1948147739Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1948. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. <br/><br/>Based on Raphael Blau's unpublished story. Widow Abby Abbott Loretta Young and her teenage daughter Susan Betty Lynn support themselves on a trust fund started from her late husband. In order to get Susan the needed funds to pay for college tuition Abby must enroll as well to get a needed scholarship and both end up falling for English professor Richard Michaels Van Johnson.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award.<br/><br/>Shot on location at the University of Nevada-Reno.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 186 and production No. 241 dated July 15 1948. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated July 15 1948 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Mary Loos and Richard Sale. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with creasing and closed tears at the outer edges bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
19919027346Sweden Maine: Ives Street Press 1991. Wraps. fine. One of 100 numbered copies printed by Barbara Cash at the Ives Street Press and signed by her. Frontispiece is made up of flowers pressed from te printer's garden. Sewn into turquoise wrappers and contained in a purple clamshell box with a paper label printed in two colors on the spine. Publisher's printed prospectus and signed note to the former owner laid in. <br/><br/> Ives Street Press paperback books
1996151769London: Balafon Books / Outline Press 1996. First Edition. First Edition one of 6000 numbered copies this being No. 2686. <br/><br/>Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket with a touch rubbing to the gold foil of the jacket spine. In a Near Fine publisher's slipcase. Balafon Books / Outline Press unknown books
