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1992150347N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Louis Malle on the set of the 1992 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1991 novel by Josephine Hart.<br/><br/>British cabinet minister Dr. Stephen Fleming Jeremy Irons falls desperately and obsessively in love with his son's fiancee Anna Juliette Binoche. After beginning a tempestuous affair Stephen tells Anna that he is willing to sacrifice his family and his cabinet position to be with her something which Anna has no intention of allowing.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Miranda Richardson. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England and France. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1957248897Los Angeles: One Inc 1957. Magazine. 32p. including covers 5.5x8.5 inches very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. One Inc. which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one" was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene leading to a four-year legal battle chronicled in its pages that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors. One, Inc unknown books
18544931New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854. 8vo. 4 1 blank 7-176 pp. <br><br>Stated on the title-page "Certified to be correct by Thomas D. Brown clerk of Hardin Circuit Court; Wm. Alexander former Commonwealth Attorney for the Hardin District; and Judge Alex. Walker of New Orleans." This is the transcript of the infamous murder trial of Matthew Fluornoy Ward in Elizabethtown Kentucky. Matt Ward was charged with the murder of Louisville High School principal William H.G. Butler. Mr. Butler had whipped Mr. Ward's younger brother and accused him of being a liar. On November 2nd 1853 Mr. Ward entered the school building seeking an explanation and an apology from Mr. Butler. Not satisfied with Mr. Butler's response Mr. Ward called Mr. Butler a "dd liar" and a "dd scoundrel" pulled his pistol from his right pocket and shot Mr. Butler in the chest. The jury acquitted Ward of all charges. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â McDade Annals of Murder 1042; Sabin 70981. Disbound from a nonce volume. Previous owner's signature written in ink on the title-page. D. Appleton & Co. unknown books
6624RICHARDSON A.E. and C. Lovett Gill. REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND. London: Benn 1924. 4to. Cloth. xx 185 3 pages including plates illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with many photographic plates and line drawings. Includes a two page list of subscribers. unknown books
1982WN590188Philadelphia: Univ Penn Press 1982. Original gray cloth with silver spine lettering and brick endpapers. Dust jacket a little rubbed at corners and book ever so slightly canted . A lengthy and colorfully illustrated treastise on the insignia of all the military involved in the American Revolution. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Univ Penn Press Hardcover books
1982RRICSTA00fpUniversity of Pennsylvania Press 1982. Fine. Richardson Edward W. . Standards and Colors of the American Revolution. Philadelphia PA: University of Pennsylvania Press 1982. xvii 341pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover books
1989TB29624Rockland Maine: Island Institute 1989. First Edition. First Printing Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and on the front board. An oblong small octavo of 8 by 8 1/2 inches. In a very good unclipped no price dust jacket with rubbing of the colors around the extremes of the panels and spine area. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription. 124 pages including an index bibliography list of town records and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Island Institute hardcover books
192440125Florence: R. Bemporad & Figlio 1924. 6th edition revised corrected and enlarged. Half-bound tan leather spine and edges red & gilt title label to spine. Purple marbled paper boards. Moderate wear to binding rubbing & light soiling. Bookplate to front pastedown age-toning to paper. Gutter break before p. xxiii some leaves chipped or delicate no losses. An About VG example. xxiv 464 pp. Many intratextual b/w photographic images and illustrations. Four maps/plans & charts folding. 7-1/8" x 5" <br/><br/>Rare in the trade. R. Bemporad & Figlio hardcover books
1900134185New York: Helburn 1900. Facsimile of the 1774 edition. Hardcover. Good Ex-library. 2 bookplates and some cataloguing marks. Most plates in very good condition. Edgewear to cover and 3-inch tear along upper front hinge. Perforation stamps on t.p Plate 7 in margin and Plate 47 at very edge of image. Waviness from dampness on pages at ends: t.p. text pages and first 2 plates and last 6 plates. Quarter olive/brown cloth with brown printed paper over boards. Gilt spine titles. Sewn binding 48 bw plates last one a 2-page spread. Oversize. Original title page has date of 1774 no date otherwise. Includes a foreword preface and list of plates. Beautiful illustrations with excellent detail. Helburn hardcover books
1950749821950. RICHARDSON Helen R ed. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY. A Centennial Bibliography 1851-1951. Washington D.C.: Association of American Railroads Bureau of Railway Economics Library 1950. 239 pp. 8vo. sky blue wrappers. A bit edgeworn at spine extremities. Light soil to wrappers. Clean and fresh within. A very good copy. unknown books
1939WRCLIT23209London: Heinemann 1939. Gilt cloth. First edition. Edges lightly dustmarked else fine in faintly tanned dust jacket with wraparound band. Heinemann hardcover books
196063942NY:: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. B0006AY028 . A later printing of this re-issue first published in 1910. Made into the 1977 film. Very light damp mark to lower corner of rear board previous owner's name on front free endpaper else very good in a very good minor wear with some shallow chipping along the edges light damp marks on rear panel lower corner of front flap is clipped dust jacket. ; 237 pages . W. W. Norton & Company, hardcover books
19181023Philadelphia: Pr. by the author 1918. xvi 184 pp. <br><br>The poet typset and printed 100 copies of this book himself with no previous experience in printing 128 pages were electrotyped. The pieces were all written before the war and "include no lyric of patriotism"; some exhibit Poe's influence. Good in quarter cloth over paper-covered boards front cover and spine with printed paper labels; front label slightly chipped and spine label more so. With pencilled gift inscription to front free endpaper. Pr. by the author hardcover books
17651309971Amsterdam: A Amsterdam aux depens de la Compagnie 1765. Hardcover. 12mo; Fair/no-DJ; brown banded spine with gilt text to black bar; leather spine has distressed texture chipped head edge; marbled boards show chipped corners; rubbing to exterior; worn corners; slight splaying to boards; marbled text block has light age toning; slight cracking to binding at pp 266-267; cracking to front gutter; light foxing mostly toward early pages and some pages toward rear of text; some slight stains to rear pastedown; this volume only; French text. Pamela or The Rewarded Virtue. 1309971. FP New Rockville Stock. A Amsterdam aux depens de la Compagnie hardcover books
185239873New York: Harper & Brothers 1852. . 516 12 adverts pp. <br /><br />"A Journal of a Boat-Voyage Through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea in Search of the Discovery Ships under Command of Sir John Franklin. With an Appendix on the Physical Geography of North America." Journal of Richardson's expedition down the Mackenzie River and eastward along the coast to Coppermine River. Chapters of Eskimoa Kutchin Cree and Chipewayan Indians. - Arctic Bib 14489. This is the American edition of a book first published in London the year before. The text is identical but it does not have the plates of the English edition. Text foxed original cloth binding faded. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1990141270N.p.: Bioskop Film 1990. Collection of 11 vintage studio still photographs from the 1990 film. <br/><br/>Based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel which envisions a dystopian future in which fertile women are forced to play sexual surrogate to wealthy childless families. <br/><br/>Shot on location in North Carolina. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Bioskop Film unknown books
1929101635New York: The Conde Nast Publications Inc 1929. Hardbound. G No dj; cover is soiled and worn; flyleaves are tanned; some marks from previous libraries; interior pages are clean. Yellow cloth with silver embossed design and title. 227 pp. Over 200 color schemes are presented with profuse illus. mostly in BW. A standard and timeless reference to the Art Deco period in America. Subtitled "Containing over 200 color schemes and 300 illustrations of Halls Living Rooms Dining Rooms Bed Chambers Sun Rooms Roofs Garden Rooms Kitchens and Baths: The characteristic colors of each decorative period; How to select a color scheme with unusual treatments for painted furniture and floors; a portfolio of crystal rooms and 8 pages of unusual interiors in color." Chapter headings include Painted designs on cottage floors unpainted furniture models of the day in detailed drawings crystal as a backgound for colors and a whole lot more. Includes the names and addresses of decorators at rear. Please note that most of the illus. here are BW photos with color drawings of interior design interjected at various points. The Conde Nast Publications Inc hardcover books
1926013581New York: Conde Nast Publications Inc. 1926. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. 223 pages of text. Original hardcover binding is lightly shelfworn with minor spots of discoloration. Minor spotting to closed page edges. No dustjacket. Which Contains Seven hundred illustrations of halls living rooms libraries dining rooms bed chambers and other rooms of the House Together with their color schemes; An Outline of period furniture; Practical suggestions for the making and use of accessories; And a portfolio of many beautiful interiors. Includes Elsie de Wolfe Elsie Cobb Wilson Ruby Ross Wood Richard H. Dana Robert Carrere Harrie T. Lindeberg Agnes Foster Wright Mrs. Somerset Maugham Jane Teller Ellen Shipman Diane Tate and Marian Hall Mrs. Buel McMillen Inc. etc. Includes a list of architects and designers. Measures 13 inches in height. From the working library of Industrial Designer Paul MacAlister with an old photographic print of his bookplate loosely inserted. Conde Nast Publications, Inc. Hardcover books
192920208Philadelphia/London: J.B. Lippincott Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1929. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover. price-clipped light wear to base of spine a little soiling/spotting to top edge and fore-edge; jacket spine somewhat faded a couple of small and unobtrusive edge-tears. Sea-going mystery-adventure listed in Hubin that begins in a subterranean cafe in Marseilles where a young English sailor falls in with a rough crowd and finds his passions inflamed by a beautiful young woman in distress. Dynamic dust jacket art by an uncredited illustrator. . J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
2002144405New York: Mitchell-Innes & Nash / Matthew Marks Gallery 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 72 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 21 through April 21 2001. Essay by Brenda Richardson. Includes numerous color illustrations. A clean and tight very near fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Mitchell-Innes & Nash / Matthew Marks Gallery unknown books
187128111Boston Massachusetts: David Clapp & Son 1871. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. 3 128-381 pages 2 lithographed folding plates and one table in rear. Original tan printed wrappers. No title page as issues apparently. Explanatory notice tipped in apologizing for the delay caused by the necessary time taken by "experts" in transmission of proofs etc. Some corners turned mildly soiled a nice copy. Wraps. Contains a number of articles as follows. "Prize essay on Ventilation" by X. Y. Z. no mistake; "Alopecia" by Edward Wigglesworth; "Theory of Tuberculosis" by R. H. Fitz; "External manipulation in Obstetric Practice" by W. L. Richardson; "Venesection Its former Abuse and present Neglect" by Henry I. Bowditch; "Practical Aspects of Medical Science" by John Dole; "Parasitologicall Investigations on Vegetanle Organisms" by H.C. Perkins with lithographic plates.<br/><br/>The Massachusetts Medical Society MMS is the statewide professional association for physicians and medical students supportingtoday 25000 members. Acts of Incorporation received final approval from the Massachusetts State Legislature on November 1 1781. We are the oldest continuously operating state medical society in the United States. their website. David Clapp & Son unknown books
1956132800London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1956 UK film. <br/><br/>Based on Moore Raymond's 1945 novel of the same name about a young boy in the Australian bush hailed as the Australian "Huckleberry Finn." <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few moderate creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1925138214London: Batsford 1925. First Edition. hardcover. fine. Color frontispiece and 277 other illustrations and maps. 308pp. 4to ornately gilt burgundy cloth. London: Batsford 1925. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Batsford unknown books
195286085Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company 1952. Octavo pp. 1-8 9 10 11-198 199-200: blank note: last leaf is a blank inserted frontispiece cloth. First edition. 900 copies printed. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with tiny chip and some edge wear at crown of spine panel. #86085 Fantasy Publishing Company unknown books
188862421Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1888. 88p. first edition minor pencil marginalia original cloth binding slightly soiled with minor edgewear. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown books
