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19302529Paris: Dreager Imp. c. 1930's. Cards. Color illustrated cards. Very good. 18 x 14 cm. open. Amusing illustrated blank menu distributed by the drug Mictasol a treatment for gonorrhea. Light toning to paper. <br /> Dreager Imp. books
190723371907. Paper . Cream illustrated paper. Very good. 24 x 12 cm. Two-sided illustrated program consisting of Cast Chorus Orchestra and two acts. Minstrel shows in the United States were productions typically including music skits and jokes. These performances were predominantly staged by white actors in black face chock-full of racist and stereotype depictions of African Americans and their culture. Clean content discernible fold. <br/><br/> unknown books
19101273c. 1910. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 13.5 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard Harvest theme with grapes and wheat. Postmarked Boston MA date obscured one cent stamp. Ink Stamp: "A Remembrance Sincerely yours Harold D. Perry 299 Washington St. Boston Mass." <br/><br/> unknown books
19102046Germany c. 1910. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 14 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard. Family greeting a young boy holding an ax and a turkey. Signed From Elizabeth To Grandma not postmarked. <br/><br/> unknown books
191312721913. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 14 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard. Pilgrim couple with pie turkey and gun. Postmarked Auburn ME Nov. 26 1913 one cent stamp "With love From A-" to Corinna Maine. <br/><br/> unknown books
19291473Cleveland: American Stove Company 1929. Staplebound. Yellow illustrated wraps. Very good. 31 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Glossy trade catalog fully color illustrated with dimensions. Featuring LORAIN Oil Burners. Covers lightly soiled interior pristine. Owners signature on front cover. Price list laid in. <br/><br/> American Stove Company paperback books
19272406Paris 1927. Staplebound. Color illustrated and embossed wraps. Very good. 39 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Elaborately illustrated French trade catalog. Covers lightly rubbed. <br/><br/> paperback books
1920663New York: The Fleischmann Company 1920. Staplebound wraps. Illustrated wraps. Good. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. 22 pages. Yeast was one of the early foods that was misrepresented and sold as a cure all - "Compressed Yeast completes the diet assures proper nourishment stimulates growth in the young invigorates those advanced in years relieves disease and builds up the resistance power of the body. To give an idea of the right way to live and one economical agent Compressed Yeast that helps mightily to cure disease and balance our diet." Black and white illustration. <br/><br/> The Fleischmann Company paperback books
191325501London England: Hodder & Stoughton 1913. xxxv advertisement sections about evenly divided between front and back of the publication 24 page Hodder & Stoughton catalog pages 131 - 194 1- 237 of the Christmas Supplement with iii pages of useful index to the supplement at back. Some color printing including tipped-on plates and black and white illustrations throughout examples of various noted illustrators of the time publishers announcements and catalogs including a couple of tipped-in examples. This does not contain the additional 'Portfolio' section of this special issue. Approx. 9" x 13" size; cover illustrated with tipped-on portrait of J.M. Barrie printed on beige hessian-paper combined softcovers. Some wear soiling to binding spine wrinkly. Contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Hodder & Stoughton paperback books
191425502London England: Hodder & Stoughton 1914. xxii advertisement sections about evenly divided between front and back of the publication 21 page Hodder & Stoughton catalog including 4 pages on browned paper 'war publications' pages 61 - 112 1- 157 of the Christmas Supplement. Some color printing including tipped-on plates and with black and white illustrations throughout examples of various noted illustrators of the time publishers' announcements and catalogs. This does not contain the additional separate 'Portfolio' section of this special issue. Approx. 9" x 13" size; cover illustrated with tipped-on color plate "The Glory of Belgium" by Bruckman; printed on beige hessian-paper combined softcovers. Some wear soiling to binding old faint discoloration bottom edge cover illustration chipped worn. Contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Hodder & Stoughton paperback books
198126277Germany Europe: Zweitausendeins 1981. 351 pages; illustrated in color throughout with stills from the production German & English text; introduction by Bernardo Bertolucci "The Boundless Frivolity of People About to Die." Tipped-on to the front endpaper in a clear plastic sleeve is a presentation from Movielab Inc. who had provided the prints to Fred C. Schuler & with information regarding the book Nick Ray's contribution to the film industry and this copy of Lightning over Water as a ".remembrance of a truly creative genius." Approx. 9" x 12 1/4" size; hardcover boards with tipped-on illustration. Light wear rubbing to the covers; in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Zweitausendeins hardcover books
194826448Paris France: Revue Hebdomadaire 1948. 110 pages; cover illustration from the film Aux Yeux du Souvenir; with film and movie-making advertisements and illustrations in colors and black and white throughout; printed on various paper stocks. At center is a triple-fold-out printed on heavier paper stock in three colors for the film D'Homme a Hommes; included with this large display is a translucent red overlay which denotes the Red Cross - beneath is a 17-panel folding brochure illustrated in black and white with scenes from the film along with explanatory text; this film tells the history of the Red Cross. Most of the text in French with occasional English language verbiage. Of interest in all areas of motion picture history: upcoming films reviews architecture of various venues biographical data technical and camera news and more. Approx. 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" size; some old creasing edgewear to the covers spine paper chipped a little at top and bottom; in good condition. Magazine. Soft Cover. Good. Revue Hebdomadaire paperback books
192925609European Origin: No Publisher Noted 1929. Containing approximately 90 black and white photographic images of varying sizes; from 1 1/4" square to 3 ½" x 5 ½" postcard size; most of them average about 2 ½" x 3 ½." Mostly these are candid photographs of the life of young boys and men in Austria and Germany with internal dating on some of the photographs of 1929 to 1935 and additional place and dating information on some. There are photos of children mostly young boys at class and later as young men on class trips hiking cycling; with adult chaperones; for the older boys the educational duties appear to be supervised by Christian religious male instructors only. Also containing a few group photographs of men students priests; and some church interior views. Some of the images have the photography studio rubber stamps on the reverse of the state pharmacy in Rottweil. Five of the images are commercial images of architectural landmarks in Vienna. The photographs are corner-mounted not glued into two hardcover albums with black paper pages side-string tied. One album measures 6" x 8 ¼" and the other 7 ½" x 10 ½" approx. size; both albums with art-deco themed cloth covers. Some edge tips wear and soiling to the album bindings; photographs are generally sharply taken detailed and in very good condition. Photograph Albums. Photo Album. Very Good. No Publisher Noted hardcover books
1971304797First edition. Tall octavo. Illustrated. Original stiff blue wrappers. Fine. 275 pages. Includes list of sale prices. Includes list of film titles and the related objects. Sotheby, Parke-Bernet paperback books
1958605491<p>12" x 9 1/8". 1 page introduction by Buddy Adler. Illustrated with b/w halftone photographs. Text in Japanese with some English titles. Original stiff color wrappers with 20th Century-Fox emblem. Very good. 24 pages original stiff wrappers. Films including: "A Farewell to Arms"; "Peyton Place"; "South Pacific"; "The Enemy Below"; "Fraulein"; The Long Hot Summer"; "The Hell-Bent Kid"; "The Young Lions"; "The Gift of Love"; "De Luxe Tour"; "Compulsion"; "The Roots of Heaven"; "The Big War"; "The Jean Harlow Story"; "Jean Christophe"; "Tender is the Night"; "Mary Magdalene"; "Gemma Two-Five"; "The Captive"; "At The End of the Santa Fe Trail"; "Glory Pass"; "The Barbarian"; "A Certain Smile"; "The Diary of Anne Frank"; "Ten North Frederick"; "The Bravados"; "Rope Law"; "The Sound and The Fury"; "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness"; "The Hunters"; "Blood and Sand"; "Mud on the Stars"; "These Thousand Hills"; "Oh Promised Land"; "Bachelor's Baby"; "The Wandering Jew"; "The Day of the Outlaw"; "Rally Round the Flag Boys"; "Colors of the Day"; "Holiday for Lovers"; "Can-Can"; "The Blue Angel"; "How to Rob a Bank" and "The Best of Everything". Provenance: from the estate of Buddy Adler.</p> 20TH CENTURY-FOX paperback books
1971WALTER-FILM000355Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white print still photo USA. Gene Hackman dir: William Friedkin; Twentieth Century Fox. <br /><br />After directing a few previous films <i>The French Connection</i> was a massive success and propelled William Friedkin into the front ranks of directors. <br /><br />This is a great behind-the-scenes photo of him next to the camera on set FINE. Twentieth Century Fox books
1956WALTER-FILM002064Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm. color photo USA. Jayne Mansfield Tom Ewell Edmond O'Brien dir: Frank Tashlin; Twentieth Century Fox. <br /><br />Most likely Jayne Mansfield's most memorable film in which she plays a wannabe actress bankrolled by a gangster. The film is a comic masterpiece and Mansfield was never displayed to more outrageous and curvaceous effect. <br /><br />Jayne strategically holds two milk bottles as she flirts with the disheveled Tom Ewell in this color still coded "950-16". There is minor blank white margin wear ABOUT FINE. Twentieth Century Fox books
1977WALTER-FILM004163<p>Lillian Hellman source Vintage original press kit USA Printed folder with fifteen 15 8 x 10″ 20 x 25 cm. photos laid in a paper sleeve with twenty-three 23 printed promotional texts about 60 pp. of text overall. Creasing and shelf wear to folder particularly to spine internally VERY GOOD.</p><p>Adapted from a section of Lillian Hellman's memoir <i>Pentimento</i> this acclaimed film by director Fred Zinneman portrays an episode in Hellman's life when she reunites with her girlhood friend Julia in Germany and embarks on a dangerous anti-Nazi mission.</p><br /> Twentieth Century Fox books
1959605492<p>12 1/8" x 9 1/8". Profusely illustrated with b/w halftone photographs. 1 page letter from Buddy Adler. 24 pages original glossy blue pictorial stiff wrappers white spiral binding. Fine. Double-page layout of 20th Century-Fox producers and directors including: Buddy Adler; Jerry Wald; Darryl F. Zanuck; Jack Cummings; David O. Selznick; Elia Kazan; Samuel E. Engel; Mervyn LeRoy; Walter Wanger George Cukor; Blake Edwards Rouben Mamoulian; Jose Quintero et al. Double-page layout of 20th Century-Fox appeal-packed product promises entertaining in 1960 including: "High Time"; "Sons and Lovers"; "The Story of Ruth"; "Journey to the Center of the Earth"; "From the Terrace"; "Sink the Bismark"; "Let's Make Love"; "Wild River"; "Cleopatra"; "Requiem for a Nun"; "The Best of Everything"; "Return to Peyton Place" et al. Double-page layout of 20th Century-Fox roster of International stars including: Bing Crosby; Deborah Kerr; Shirley MacLaine; Frank Sinatra; Rod Steiger; Elizabeth Taylor; Gene Tierney; Ingrid Bergman; Montgomery Clift; Joan Crawford; Clark Gable; Susan Hayward; Rita Hayworth; Jennifer Jones; Shirley Jones; Marilyn Monroe; Paul Newman; Gregory Peck; Edward G. Robinson; John Wayne; Orson Welles et al. Double-page layout of 20th Century-Fox's new talent development program including: Pat Boone; May Britt; Joan Collins; Martha Hyer; Hope Lange; Carol Lynley; Jayne Mansfield; Don Murray; Sheree North; Suzy Parker; Elvis Presely; Lee Remick; Joanne Woodward Dana Wynter et al. Provenance: from the estate of Buddy Adler.</p> 20th Century-Fox paperback books
1948WALTER-FILM000445<p>Set of eight 8 vintage original 11 x 14″ 28 x 35 cm. lobby cards USA. Rex Harrison Linda Darnell Rudy Vallee Barbara Lawrence Kurt Kreuger Lionel Stander dir: Preston Sturges; Twentieth Century Fox.</p><p>Black comedy about a conductor married to a beautiful woman whose brother has her tailed by a detective while he is on tour. The detective turns the wife's file over to her husband and some questionable behavior is discovered. The husband has a melt down over the wife's imagined infidelity those scenarios s set to music.Masterful direction and acting make this an all -time comedy classic.</p><p>Delightful scenes in these cards display the atmosphere of fun. Set was lightly used and displays a bit of storage wear mostly in slightly creased right side blank white margin. Title card shows a bit of scuffing to right blank white margin and a small repaired tear to same margin. Card no. shows a bit of use with a pinhole at top center blank white margin and two areas with tears near the bottom margin of the card one a bit of paper that was worked back in. Overall ABOUT FINE.</p> Twentieth Century Fox books
192121397El Paso Texas: Not Published 1921. The collection includes over 150 dated and signed letters written to and a few items from Dr. Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin 1888-1969 author historian & collector ".one of El Paso's best-loved and most distinguished educators - in 1916 she took her undergraduate and Master's at U. of Missouri and became Dean of Lindenwood College in St. Charles MO. did doctoral work at Harvard and Columbia and took over as principal at the Radford School in 1927 at the time called El Paso School for Girls; Dr. Templin interested Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Radford of Webster Grove Mo. in the school and the Radfords paid off the mortgage provided an endowment fund that insured the institution's stability and the name of the school was changed in honor of these benefactors. During Dr. Templin's administration Radford School grew to a nationally accredited school for girls in the Southwest and when she retired in 1967 the 22-acre campus had more than $1000000 in physical improvements and was debt-free. Dr. Templin had also completed plans for construction of a $400000 library and museum on property owned by the school; she was a member of the nation's leading educational organizations and honorary societies named consistently to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Education; author of numerous publications most of which were concerned with the field of education. The above material from her obituary; This wide-ranging diverse collection has three intertwining themes - letters concerning Dr. Templin's ongoing interest in education and educational materials for her school letters which relate to the business and academic part of Radford and letters of reference for applicants and correspondence which relates to the creation of her War Museum where she collected military autographs uniforms photographs paraphernalia weapons from around the world. A sampling of what is found here chronological order: 1921 Dr. James G. Kiernan writing about some autographs he was sending to Templin - he was famous for the earliest-known use of the word heterosexual in the United States; 1921 Ellen Shaw Barlow writing in relation to the national Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor requesting Templin's presence for a meeting of the Committee on the Care and Training of Delinquent Women and Girls; 1926 Roy Franklin Nichols 1896-1973 American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner writing regarding one of Templins' publications; 1928 Breckinridge Long 1881 - 1958 diplomat and politician served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Democratic National Committee letterhead - regarding a portrait of Rev. John Breckinridge his great-grandfather Templin was sending in appreciation of his " defense of Religious Freedom "; Federico de Onis Sánchez 1885 - 1966 Spanish writer and literary critic taught Spanish literature at Columbia University in New York concerning a recommendation of one of his students for a position at Radford ; educator John L. Bergstresser; Jessie H. Humphries Associate Dean Texas Womens University; Butler Ames 1871-1954 American politician engineer soldier and businessman; Richard Fenner Burges 1873-1945 Texas legislator and conservationist; Alice Mildred Burgess; William Blair Roberts 1881-1964 Episcopal Suffragan Bishop South Dakota; Katharine Denworth president of Bradford Academy regarding an article on sororities in colleges; N. Floyd Templin of the Ohio House of Representatives writing on Templin family genealogical matters; John G. Barry consulting mining geologist and engineer of El Paso regarding an educational alliance between the Radford School and the Texas College of Mines; Arthur L Burroughs publisher writing about the subject of grammar in education; Harriet M. Chase of the National Education Assoc.; Jack Braveheart regarding a talk on the American Indian; Ivan Lee Holt Methodist bishop of St. Louis; Cornelia McKinne Stanwood of the Sarah Dix Hamlin School San Francisco; Joseph Dorfman economic historian at Columbia Univ. asking Templin about her studies with Thorstein Veblen; an interesting 2-page letter from Dr. J. Travis Bennett of El Paso regarding the setting-out of a chart for the physical examination and reportage on condition of applicants to Radford with suggestions; Bertha Baur 1858-1940 directed the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; A.F. Kuhlman Assoc. Dir. University of Chicago regarding research work on childrens' reading habits information; Dr. William S. Gray 1885-1960 American educator and literacy advocate also of U. of Chicago on the same subject; Sallie Caldwell Teachers College Columbia University regarding early learning & English curriculum materials; Mrs. Florence F. Osgood of the Neshobe camp for girls in Vermont requesting an alliance with Radford School; U.S. Army major later colonel Livingston Watrous; Colonel D.C. Pearson New Mexico Military Institute; Ruth Elliott of Wellesley College; Chris P. Fox sheriff El Paso regarding falling down on the job for police protection near the school; Brent N. Rickard American Smelting & Refining Works; Louise Traxell Greeley Dean of Women at U. of Wisconsin Madison; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Aleshire Fort Bliss Texas; Mrs. L.J. Calvocoressi Chairman of the Women's Auxiliary of the Greek War Relief Assoc.; Lt. Col. later major-general Ray. T. Maddocks; Robert E. McKee Sr. 1889-1964 major U.S. contractor engineer builder; Columbia Broadcasting System program press information director George Crandall; Colonel later Brig. General Charles G. Sage; Elmer Davis 1890 1958 news reporter author the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient; William McChesney Martin Jr. 1906-1998 ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve serving from April 2 1951 to January 31 1970 under five Presidents; Bernard Hoffman 1913 - 1979 American LIFE magazine photographer and documentary photographer first American photographer on the ground at Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945; Alfred E. Stearns Chairman Overseas Schools Committee; Colonel Hugh J. Deeney Chief of the Adjutant General Division; Col Harold R. Turner first commander of White Sands Missile Proving Ground; Guy Sylvestre Jean-Guy Sylvestre OC FRSC 1918 -2010 Canadian literary critic librarian and civil servant; Rear Admiral Barry Kennedy Atkins 1911 -2005 officer of the United States Navy best known for his achievements as a destroyer captain in World War II; R. Burdell Bixby prominent Republican of NY State; Robert W. Hamilton justice of the Texas Supreme Court regarding a Radford school girl reference; Colombian world federalist Santiago Gutiérrez; M.S. Sundaram Head of Education Indian embassy; Raymond L. Telles Jr. b. 1915 was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city El Paso Texas 3 letters; Ángela Acuña de Chacón Chilean who served as commissioner 1960-1972 on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; William G. Stark Consul General of Canada; Rene Mascarenas Miranda Municipal President mayor of Juarez; Gordon Llewellyn Allott 1907-1989 Republican politician; Mrs. William Barclay Parsons president of the National Council of Women of the United States; John Koehler Gerhart 1907 - 1981 United States Air Force four star general; J. T. Rutherford 1921 - 2006 United States Representative from Texas; R. G. Follis Chairman of Board. Standard Oil Company of California; Robert John Morris 1914-1996 President of the University of Dallas American anti-Communist activist 2 notes; Karl Robin Bendetsen 1907 -1989 remembered primarily for his role as architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; Elmer Ellis 1901 - 1989 American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri; historian C.L. Sonnichsen; Marshall S. Carter Deputy Director of Central Intelligence CIA; Millicent C. McIntosh 1898-2001 fourth dean of Barnard College 1947-1952 and the College's first president - this is the last letter dated 1962 and in it Dr. Templin is asking for McIntosh to help with providing a successor to the headship at Radford - Templin was soon to retire and died relatively soon afterwards. Some of the letters and notes are very short with limited content; others more voluminous.Additional materials include: letters to another Templin family member from Scott Wike Lucas 1892 - 1968 two-term Democratic United States Senator 1939-1951 from Illinois and Joel Bennett Clark 1890 -1954 better known as Bennett Champ Clark Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945 later a United States federal judge; and a few other letters; an undated letter to Templin from pianist Ola Gulledge; a two -page undated letter on The American School Foundation Mexico letterhead; a few letters from Frank S. Ross Major Gen. U.S. Army regarding the Templin War Museum project; a clipped signature of Alvan Tufts Fuller 1878 -1958 and one of John Kieran; and a unidentified sepia-tone matte-finish photograph circa 1920s that may be Dr. Templin or perhaps a friend; a few of the items with the original mailing envelopes; many letters with old adhesive residue from being mounted at some time some with old tape marks in the corners some of the items trimmed as if to accommodate in a smaller frame or album not here; old fold lines ageing; some with corner-attrition due to being removed; in overall good to very good condition and an interesting group of material encompassing the rich educational business and personal life of this well-known Texas woman educator whose contacts spanned the United States and the world. . Unique. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
19881342686Washington: Mage Publishers 1988. Hardcover. Quarto; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine black with gold print; DJ has light edgewear light shelfwear; Boards in tan cloth with gold print slight warping but clean and strong; Text block with green ribbon marker light toning to endpapers inscription in ink on front endpaper else clean and tight; Text in English and Persian Arabic script and roman transliteration; 107 pages frontispiece illustrated color. <br /> <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1342686. FP New Rockville Stock. Mage Publishers hardcover books
199222739Washington DC: The World Bank 1992. xi 127 pages; authors: Jonathan M. Blackwell Roger N. Goodwillie Richard Webb; ".subject of the study is the environmental orientation and impact of bilateral and multilateral aid projects as well as government-initiated projects within the Gezira Province of the Central Region of the Sudan the Dodoma rural District of Tanzania and the Kasama District of the Northern Province of Zambia.seeks to impart to policymakers and administrators knowledge of how to approach the measurement and valuation of environmental elements within development projects.it is hoped that the report will provide pointers to policymakers on how to frame projects so that environmental damage is minimized and sustainable development ensured."; illustrated with maps and charts; printed paper wrap covers; some rubbing cover wear. creasing; in good condition. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Good. The World Bank Paperback books
199422738Nairobi: United Nations Development Programme 1994. 6 19 pages; the resource persons include: Justo Z. Mabenge - Zimbabwe Janet Mutiso - Kenya Sharmala Naidoo - S. Africa Portia Segomelo - Botswana Vusumuzi F. Simelane - Swaziland Krispin Wafula - Kenya Pathias Muhwanga - Zambia; ".attempts to provide broad guidelines to help African countries integrate environmental concerns in their National Development Strategies NDS through appropriate political social and economic structures."; with attempts to ".capture those elements peculiar to Africa."; printed stapled paper wrap covers; little cover wear staple residue; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. United Nations Development Programme Paperback books
199522735Maseru: Sechaba Consultants 1995. 207 pages; illustrations in black and white; charts statistical data; extensive bibliography; editors: John Gay Debby Gill David Hall; Contributors: Jeannette Bloem Philip Cole John Gay Debby Gill Stephen Gill Thuso Green David Hall John Lepele David May; Commissioned and funded by Irish Aid; contents including: historical overview settlement of Southern Africa Sotho way of life Moshoeshoe; early colonial period later and independence; formation of Basotho society gender roles Sesotho music; land and settlement - rainfall environmental decline over-cultivation and overgrazing; population growth; decline of lands erosion water resources; health education housing water & sanitation economic policies of the government marketing credit; Lesotho economy and South Africa; government structure and women in the public domain; foreign aid more; illustrated paper wrap covers; "First published" stated on copyright page; some light wear to binding; in very good condition; compendious and detailed research on the country. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Sechaba Consultants Paperback books
