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1934159596London: National Film Archive 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso.<br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive clubfooted young man falls in love with a mercurial tearoom waitress. A breakout role for actress Bette Davis and the first of three adaptations of Maugham's novel followed by one in 1946 and one in 1964. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown
1947145729Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Vintage photograph of songwriter-pianist Hoagy Carmichael from the 1947 film. With a mimeo snipe holograph annotations and photographer and agency rubber stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Cathy Mallory Merle Oberon a beautiful socialite falls in love with a blind pianist Dan Evans Dana Andrews who plays in Chick Morgan's Hoagy Carmichael swing band. She fakes her own blindness in order to get closer to him. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York City San Francisco and San Bernardino California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1941014794The Citadel Press. Publisher's blind stamped blue cloth with black ands and silver gilt titles on front and spine. Slight sunning on spine and to top edge of cover. Scarce. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1941. The Citadel Press hardcover
1939158591Culver City CA: Selznick International 1939. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film showing director John Cromwell and crew members watching as Carole Lombard and James Stewart rehearse a scene. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br /> <br /> During the Depression an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered career the demands of his difficult mother and his life with his young wife and child. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selznick International unknown
1986x-0714632260Frank Cass & Co 1986. Hardcover. New. 266 pages. 5.74x0.79x8.74 inches. Frank Cass & Co hardcover
1901ST19567-099London: MacMillan and Co. Limited 1901. Fourth Edition. 220 x 140 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". viii 510 pp. <br/> Very pleasing deep brown pebble-grained morocco by Bumpus signed on the front turn-in covers ruled in gilt and black with scrolling fleuron cornerpieces raised bands spine with compartments outlined in black and gilt gilt-ruled turn-ins all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Cromwell after the painting by Samuel Cooper. Spine very slightly sunned the frontispiece and half title with minor foxing but an extremely pleasing copy the text very clean and fresh and the attractive binding lustrous and showing virtually no signs of use.<br/> <br/> First published in 1900 this is an important biography of one of the most controversial of English leaders written by the universally respected British Liberal statesman writer and newspaper editor John Morley 1838-1923. Composed after very considerable research and with great care Morley's work expands upon the biographies of C. H. Firth and Samuel Rawson Gardiner but with a somewhat more disparaging lens. It is generally sympathetic but critics of the account suggest that Morley's own political concerns at a vexing time in British politics seem to color his portrait of Cromwell in a negative way that is unwarranted. The book was first published in October of 1900 and this the fourth edition was released in January of the following year. Our copy is a particularly attractive one in an elegant yet restrained binding by the distinguished Bumpus bindery. MacMillan and Co., Limited unknown
1939162797New York: N.p. 1939. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film showing actors Carole Lombard and James Stewart. PIX agency stamp on the verso crediting noted photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt as well as a Westport Public Library stamp. <br /> <br /> During the Depression an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered career the demands of his difficult mother and his life with his young wife and child. <br /> <br /> German-born photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was one of the original staff photographers of "Life" magazine after it was purchased by "Time" founder Henry Luce in 1936. He published nearly 2500 photo stories for the magazine with 90 of his images used for the magazine's covers but is perhaps best remembered today for the iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph. <br /> <br /> From the archive of the PIX Agency an American 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 /> 10 x 8 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 17 x 14 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1938biblio12301<p>First edition first printing of the second novel in the Rex Huxford series. No dustjacket. Lightly bumped at both tips of the spine. Slight spine fading. In very good condition.</p> World Press hardcover
197632257BREITSCHOPF 1976. 1. hardcover. BREITSCHOPF hardcover
1922307146New York: Committee on Library New York Stock Exchange 1922. First edition. 20 pp. 8vo. Printed self wrappers. Offsetting and light creasing and staining. In half blue morocco and cloth drop box with red leather label. First edition. 20 pp. 8vo. A defense of the New York Stock Exchange. Committee on Library New York Stock Exchange unknown
198737917BERTELSMANN CARL 1987. 1. hardcover. Sirmkovrilo! Nur für Mitglieder! BERTELSMANN, CARL hardcover
1937837271937. CROMWELL Oliver ABBOTT Wilbur Cortez. WRITINGS AND SPEECHES OF OLIVER CROMWELL 4 VOLUMES. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1937 - 1947. xx 759 pp/806 pp/978 pp/1085 pp. 8vo. red cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Good externally some shelfwear to boards Vol. 4 cloth split at front joint backstrip partially detached. Spine lettering faded. Hinges starting in all volumes. Some foxing to edges of bookblock and front and end matter. Pencil ownership to front flyleaves. Volumes 1-3 have rough dust jackets chipped with moderate soil and edgewear. Occasional margin notes in neat ink or pencil. Good overall. Extra postage required. unknown books
1947159907Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1947 film noir showing actors Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott. Printed mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso.<br /> <br /> A paratrooper disappears en route to Washington DC after learning he will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. His partner is sent to search for him in his hometown on the Gulf coast uncovering a murder and a number of shadowy figures in the process. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Pennsylvania New York Florida and Mississippi. <br /> <br /> 7.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good lightly edgeworn with pinholes at the corners. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1947159906Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1947 film noir showing actors Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br /> <br /> A paratrooper disappears en route to Washington DC after learning he will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. His partner is sent to search for him in his hometown on the Gulf coast uncovering a murder and a number of shadowy figures in the process. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Pennsylvania New York Florida and Mississippi. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus moderately age toned. <br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1909List01125Washington: Murray Brothers 1909. 8vo wraps 25 pp. Disbound with wraps present good condition overall. Good. In 1909 after then-Senator Joseph Foraker had advocated on behalf of the soldiers involved in the Brownsville Affair a ceremony was held in his honor at the A.M.E. Church in Washington D.C. in Foraker’s honor in which he was presented with a Loving Cup by a group that included Archibald Grimke and John Wesley Cromwell. Offered here is the program from the evening which reproduces the speeches of Cromwell Grimke and Foraker in their entirety. Foraker had been portrayed by some as trying to collect African-American votes through his advocacy regarding the Brownsville case. In his speech he says “I probably ought to say in justice to myself that I never had a selfish thought in regard to that matter.†Four copies held institutionally. Murray Brothers unknown
1978446601Virginia Philadelphia 1978. Unbound. Very Good. An archive of 16 pieces of ephemera from Thelma Cromwell's time studying at the Booker T. Washington Night School in 1949 and later nursing school in 1956. All items are very good or better with some small tears and edgewear.<br /> <br /> A small archive following the academic career and later professional career of Thelma G. Cromwell beginning in 1949. Cromwell began her studies at the Booker T. Washington Night School in Norfolk Virginia where she studied business. A class photo and report cards from her time at the school can be seen here. In 1956 she graduated from the Jules E. Mastbaum Vocational-Technical School’s nursing program in Philadelphia. She stayed in Philadelphia and took a course in General Medical and Surgical Nursing under the Veterans Administration. Cromwell spent her career as a nurse at the Veterans Hospital of Philadelphia and certificates for her performance are featured here as well as certificates for additional training she received.<br /> <br /> A modest but interesting archive following an African-American nurse's schooling and later career. unknown
199437285Dundurn Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550022148 . Signed By the Author With Inscription to previous owner. Very rare! w/djA clean tightly bound hardcover copy. A really nice copy overall. ; 0 X 0 X 0 inches; 192 pages; Signed by Author . Dundurn Press hardcover
199915750Los Angeles California U.S.A.: Roxbury Pub Co. New. 1999. Paperback. 0935732950 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW FLAWLESS COPY NEVER OPENED -- 230 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . Roxbury Pub Co paperback
196152161London England: Oxford University Press. As New. 1961. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine clean & unmarked tight to spine - 219 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Oxford University Press hardcover
19031245491903. First Edition. Signed. DU BOIS W. E. Burghardt. The Negro Church. Report of a Social Study made under the direction of Atlanta University; together with the Proceedings of the Eighth Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems held at Atlanta University May 26th 1903. Atlanta: Atlanta University Press 1903. Octavo original printed gray self-wrappers respined; pp. 212. $2800.First edition of a rare association copy of Du Bois' groundbreaking work on the Black Church with owner signature of Adelaide M. Cromwell influential scholar and granddaughter of renowned 19th-century Black historian John Wesley Cromwell a peer of Du Bois this 1903 work published the same year as his famed ""Talented Tenth"" manifesto key in affirming Du Bois' role in moving ""the Atlantic University Studies to the frontier of social science research virtually single-handedly.""The year Du Bois arrived in Atlanta in 1897 to begin his tenure at Atlanta University he became director of the annual series of conferences and primary editor of the accompanying publications. Particularly ""in both Negro Church 1903 and Negro Family 1908 Du Bois would push the Atlantic University Studies to the frontier of American social science research virtually single-handedly"" Levering Lewis W.E.B. Du Bois 160. There and in his own early writings ""Du Bois created sociological and historical works of lasting significance that set wholly new standards for the sociological study of Black Americans"" New York Times. In Atlanta already ""one of the 20th century's intellectual heavyweights"" he stood in ""the vanguard of social science scholarship in America"" but remained ignored by the academy as the critically underfunded Atlanta University was routinely bypassed by white philanthropists Levering Lewis 713 162.It was in Atlanta that Du Bois created ""the first American school of sociology"" Wright First American School of Sociology 80. Yet in 1910 when he realized ""his presence on the faculty of Atlanta University negatively affected the school's philanthropic outreach efforts he chose to resign from the faculty."" Du Bois increasingly ""saw that 'the cure wasn't simply telling people the truth it was inducing them to act on the truth.' It was not enough to determine truth scientifically; it had to be implemented politically."" This became a cornerstone of his often tumultuous always consequential life and career. Nearly five decades after leaving Atlanta the news of his death across the world in Ghana caused the 250000 Americans gathered at the 1963 March on Washington to grow suddenly silenta ""moment almost cinematic in its poignancy""as Roy Wilkins declared: ""his was the voice calling you to gather today in this cause"" Levering Lewis 162 2. First edition first printing: Atlanta University Publications No. 8; with numerous in-text charts and graphs. Partington 2332. Work 408. Not in Blockson. With owner signature of Adelaide M. Cromwell tipped in from the library binding it was bound into at one time this association copy belonged to the prominent Black historian and sociologist who followed in the footsteps of her grandfather John Wesley Cromwell a pioneering 19th-century lawyer author and civil rights activist. Dr. Cromwell Hill an influential scholar and activist was a distinguished professor at Boston University and pivotal co-founder of its African Studies Programonly the second in the country. In addition to authoring major works on Black history she also served as the first African American appointed Library Commissioner in Massachusetts. Text very fresh expert restoration to original wrappers. unknown
196253293London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1962. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19cm; red paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; 67-1893pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Hint of sunning to spine a few tiny indentations to upper and lower board edges with subtle tanning to text edges and a tiny spot to lower edge of textblock; contents are quite fresh without foxing; Very Good or better lacking the dustjacket. Le Carré's second novel and the second book to feature master spy George Smiley set in a small town and centered around an elite private school. BARZUN & TAYLOR 1361; HUBIN p.249. Victor Gollancz Ltd unknown books
199437511Dundurn Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550022148 . Previous owner's name and address on half title page along with Signature of the Author With Inscription to previous owner a Canadian Oueens Own Rifleman of Canada. Also signed by 15 of the WW2 veterans of the Queens Own Rifles of Canada present in France for D-Day 50 Celebration. Extremely rare! w/djA clean tightly bound hardcover copy. ; 0 X 0 X 0 inches; 192 pages . Dundurn Press hardcover
1948140941350Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1948. First Edition. Very Good/Good. First edition. Association copy signed by Dorothy West on front free endpaper inscribed to Adelaide M. Cromwell whose signature is above this under her married name Hill: "October 1976. With so much love. Thank you for all the years of your friendship signed Dorothy." Cromwell was a prominent sociologist and a granddaughter of John Wesley Cromwell also the first Black instructor at Hunter College and at Smith College. She was the author of several books on Black history and a study of Boston's Black upper class. She would write an afterword for this book decades later upon its republication. <p>iv 347 pp. Publisher's tan cloth with crimson lettering. Very Good with wear at foot cloth slightly soiled and worn at tips slight lean to spine pencil brackets throughout text presumably Cromwell's notes written on rear endpapers in pencil as well. In Good dust jacket worn and slightly chipped along edges price-clipped clear tape reinforcement to verso only.<br /> <br /> <p>The debut novel by a writer generally associated with the Harlem Renaissance for her association with Langston Hughes and other figures of the movement as well as the literary magazine Challenge she published during the Great Depression. In their 2020 reprint of this novel The Feminist Press writes "Written in elegant and piercing prose The Living Is Easy is a classic of American literature by a groundbreaking African American woman writer whose work deserves widespread and enduring recognition. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
19141239221914. Signed. CROMWELL Adelaide CROMWELL John Wesley. The Negro in American History. Men and Women Eminent in the Evolution of the American of African Descent. Washington: American Negro Academy 1914. Octavo original gilt-lettered green cloth. $3200.First edition of Cromwell's paramount African American history that ""broke fresh ground"" in its defining biographies of leaders such as Frederick Douglass and Phillis Wheatley a major biography of Reconstruction congressman Robert B. Elliot who crafted a core argument against the 1873 decision in the Slaughter-House Cases along with accounts of the lives and influence of Henry Highland Garnet Denmark Vesey Nat Turner and many more. This important association copy stands within that tradition in its owner signature of Cromwell's granddaughter historian and scholar Dr. Adelaide Cromwell co-founder of the African Studies program at Boston University.Born enslaved in 1846 Cromwell became a teacher before enrolling in Howard University's law school. Admitted to the bar in 1874 in 1876 he founded the newspaper People's Advocate and became a voice for Black education in all-Black schools founding the Bethel Literary and Historical Association and playing a vital role in establishing the American Negro Academy. Cromwell's early writings and leadership were quickly seen as crucial and in 1887 he was profiled in Simmons' Men of Mark alongside Frederick Douglass and Crispus Attucks. Simmons asserted: ""If you ask me for the best English scholar in the United States I would unhesitatingly refer you to John Wesley Cromwell"" Smithsonian. Cromwell's Negro in American History his ""first full-length monograph"" documents the ""history of African Americans from the slave trade through Reconstruction and its aftermath"" ANB. Early recognized as a ""very important work"" it features lengthy biographies of Phillis Wheatley Sojourner Truth Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington as well as figures such as Reconstruction attorney Robert B. Elliott ""who helped draft legislation to fight the KKK in the South"" Smithsonian. Negro in American History is especially significant in its attention to slave revolts as ""a constant menace to the safety and security of slavery."" Cromwell saw Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner as folk heroes and ""maintained that before the American Revolution along approximately 25 insurrections had occurred."" The work of Black historians such as Cromwell ""broke fresh ground by focusing on the slaves' responses to captivity"" and by evincing pride for a Black past that ""laid the foundation for Black protest"": raising questions and ""themes that did not become popular among historians until the 1960s"" Smith Different View of Slavery 303-4. In his life and writings Cromwell combined ""advocacy for the collective uplift of African Americans with a belief in educational advancement and intellectual achievement. His historical work placed him at the nexus of the pre-professional and professional milieus in African American scholarship"" ANB. First edition first printing. With frontispiece and eleven full-page illustrations. This distinctive association copy possesses the owner signature of Adelaide M. Cromwell the granddaughter of its author John Wesley Cromwell and the niece of Dr. Otelia Cromwell the first African American woman to earn a doctorate from Yale. Following in their footsteps Dr. Adelaide Cromwell also broke ground in African American history serving as a distinguished professor at Boston University and pivotal co-founder of its African Studies Programonly the second in the country. In addition to authoring major works on Black history she also became the first African American appointed Library Commissioner in Massachusetts.Interior quite fresh expert repair to rear inner hinge and a sopt at top of rear board. hardcover
1930147544N.p.: N.p. 1930. First White script for the 1930 pre-Code film the first talking picture adaptation of Twain's novel. Screenplay divided into nine alphabetical Sequences A through J omitting I presumably as issued.<br /> <br /> The third screen adaptation of Mark Twain's 1876 classic coming-of-age novel and the first sound version. The top box office attraction of 1930 it prompted the studio to release "Huckleberry Finn" directed by Norman Taurog the following year with largely the same cast.<br /> <br /> In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. <br /> <br /> Wrapper integral with title page dated July 20 1930 noted as FIRST WHITE with credits for author Mark Twain screenwriters Sam Mintz Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt star Jackie Coogan director John Cromwell and supervisor Louis D. Lighton. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered J-6. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good detached at the punch holes with closed tears and light soiling side stapled with three staples. N.p. unknown
