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119p. + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Penciled ownership of Mrs. William A. Kump, 1917. 12mo. Original full printed wraps, damp stained at top edge. AFRICA/2
222p. + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Penciled notes on two pages possibly by a missionary? Small 8vo. Original full printed wraps, front cover detached and soiled. Spine very worn. AFRICA/1
1920001767Paris Editions de La Banderole 1920
40626Editions de La Banderole.1920.Petit in-8 cartonné.143 p.Ex.n°320 sur papier Lafuma.Illustrations en couleurs de Chas Laborde.Couv.conservées. TBE.
49013Puf.1972.In-8 illustré avec jaquette ill.227 p. Etat correct.
1989225821989. Mexico Lucha Libre Lucha Libre: Arena Puebla. Puebla Mexico: January 9 1989. Printed broadside on thin newsprint paper. Measures 14" x 9.25". Bold broadside advertising a lucha libre match held at Arena Puebla on Lunes 9 de Enero de 1989 a las 9:00 p.m. The main event is billed as the "Grandiosa Reaparición de los Misioneros de la Muerte!!!" "Grandiose Reappearance of the Missionaries of Death!!!" one of the most infamous heel trios in lucha history featuring Negro Navarro Black Power and El Signo. They were matched against El Texano Dos Caras and Tamba a high-profile face team. Lucha libre first popularized in the 1930s quickly grew into one of Mexico's most enduring cultural spectacles defined by its masked heroes and villains elaborate identities and the dramatic storytelling of the ring. By the 1980s it had become a cornerstone of Mexican popular culture blending sport theater and myth in a way that resonated deeply across social classes and borders. The headlining trio on this 1989 card the Misioneros de la Muerte "Missionaries of Death" comprised Negro Navarro El Signo and Black Power. Formed in the late 1970s they were one of the most feared and influential rudo stables in lucha libre history known for their aggressive style technical skill and ability to generate massive heat with audiences. Their battles against trios like Los Brazos and Los Villanos helped define the trios match format that remains a staple of Mexican wrestling today. Revered for their role in elevating the art of the six-man tag the Misioneros are remembered as innovators who reshaped the dynamics of lucha storytelling and solidified the dominance of faction-based rivalries in the sport<br /> <br /> The undercard includes a series of celebrated names; "Los Juniors" Blue Demon Jr. Huracán Jr. and El Hijo de Black Shadow versus Kahos Lobo Rubio and Zandokan -- Valente Fernández La Mascara and El Fantasma versus Scorpio Sr. Scorpio Jr. and Barba Negra-- Kendo Star Lasser and Danny Boy versus Rizado Ruiz Ruddy Reyna and El Hijo del Diablo. Additional notes on the broadside include rules and pricing; "Todas estas luchas serán a 2 de 3 caídas sin límite de tiempo" "All these matches will be best two out of three falls no time limit" and "Las personas que arrojen objetos a los luchadores serán consignadas a las Autoridades competentes" "Anyone who throws objects at the wrestlers will be turned over to the authorities" as examples. The poster features striking black-and-white illustrations including a masked luchador with a championship belt at upper left alongside halftone portraits of individual wrestlers giving spectators a glimpse of the billed stars. Light toning and edgewear original fold creases. Overall very good condition. A scarce surviving Arena Puebla lucha libre broadside notable for headlining the Misioneros de la Muerte and featuring early appearances of Blue Demon Jr. and other "junior" heirs of Mexico's legendary masked heroes marking a generational transition in lucha libre history. unknown
88 pages. Features: Cover portrait of "Il Duce" Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy, 1922-1943; Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Color ad for the Packard Super-8 160 car; Nice color one-page ad for The Transcontinental (Air) Line and Western Air, Inc. (TWA); Nazis claim to release secret American diplomatic documents captured in Poland; Max Moskowitz is too tough for thieves at his gas station; Homicide in Breathitt County, Kentucky; Article on Mussolini; Mackenzie Kings Wins - article with photo of King casting ballot; Photo-illustrated article on Japan's Crown Prince Akihito; First anniversary of peace in Spain; Color ad for Campbell's tomato juice; Allied Shipping Blockade in the Orient - article with map; Vintage United Air Lines ad includes photo of stewardess; Nice color one-page ad for Cadillac features a red Sixty Special; Color-photo ad for the Studebaker Commander car; Article on 'Negro Health'; Home-grown composer Roy Harris; Color Pabst Blue Ribbon beer ad illustrated by Bradshaw Crandall; Great stone faces in southern Mexico - Who carried them?; Running photo features photo of Gregory Rice; Photos of Joe Louis knocking out Johnny Paychek; Beautiful White Rock ad features bare-breasted maiden gazing into pond; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; Chatanooga's newspaper publisher George Fort Milton; Nicely illustrated GMC truck ad features semi; Illustrated Ford V-8 truck ad shows man pulling tarp over load; Bob (Robert) Scherer and his Gelatin Products Co. of Detroit; Wilson golf products ad features headshot photos of "Johnny" Revolta, Eleanor Tennant, and Helen Hicks; Nice color ad for the Lincoln Zephyr V-12 inside back cover; Back cover color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes features lovely polo player Peggy McManus of Santa Barbara, California; and more. Complete and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
245p. Age stained. Fly leaves torn. 12mo in 4's. Original full leather binding, front board detached. Worn. "This admirable work is partly a romance and partly a scheme of patriarchal government: the incidents are well contrived and most agreeably related. It has been generally attributed to the celebrated Bp. Berkeley." - Lowndes 868 (describing an earlier edition). AFRICA/6.
192140New York: Del Rey; Ballantine Books 1976 1977. Another galaxy another time First hardback edition signed by the ghostwriter Alan Dean Foster on the title page which solely credits George Lucas. This novelization of Star Wars: A New Hope was originally published as a paperback five months prior to the release of the film in May 1977 and represented the world's first encounter with a long-form story from the galaxy far far away. This copy is from the book club edition published in July 1977 and preceding the first trade hardback edition of November. This copy has the printer's date code "S27" in the gutter of the final page as required for the first printing. Foster's version is "perhaps most notable for allowing its readers to experience the interiority of characters from the film. Although the film establishes Leia's willingness to shoot the stormtroopers the novelization allows its readers to imagine the consequences of her act more vividly by narrating the stormtrooper's thoughts and aspirations" Webster p. 51. It also includes colour photographs from the film with captioned explanations of the Star Wars universe presciently described as images that "may become a milestone in the space fantasy genre" facing p. 42. The front panel of the dust jacket was designed by the lead poster designer for the original trilogy John Berkey and the rear panel gives credit for the film. The novelization includes several key details omitted from the finished film but later retconned into the series including Palpatine p. 1 the Sith p. 7 and perhaps most infamously a medal for Chewbacca p. 183. By contrast the most famous opening line in film is here given as "Another galaxy another time". Octavo. With 16 pp. of colour photographic illustrations printed on black paper stock with accompanying text. Original grey boards spine lettered in blue fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Spine ends and corners bumped cockling to pastedowns; jacket spine flaps and verso browned unclipped: a very good copy in like jacket. Jeremy W. Webster "Leia Shot First: Transmedia Storytelling and the National Public Radio Dramatization of Star Wars" Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling 2018. paperback
1976192297New York: Ballantine Books 1976. A long time ago in a publishing house far far away. First edition signed by the ghostwriter Alan Dean Foster on the title page though solely credited to George Lucas. Published five months before the film's release this popular novelization was the world's first encounter with a long-form story from the galaxy far far away. The cover bears one of Ralph McQuarrie's famous concept illustrations a critical element in 20th Century Fox's decision to greenlight the Star Wars project. Before audiences had seen the special effects heard the sound design or absorbed John Williams's orchestral score Lucas's fast and intense story sold millions of copies. This book version is "perhaps most notable for allowing its readers to experience the interiority of characters from the film. Although the film establishes Leia's willingness to shoot the stormtroopers the novelization allows its readers to imagine the consequences of her act more vividly by narrating the stormtrooper's thoughts and aspirations" Webster p. 51. The novelization includes several key details omitted from the finished 1977 film but later retconned into the series including Palpatine p. 1 the Sith p. 8 and a medal for Chewbacca p. 219. By contrast the most famous opening line in film is here given as "Another galaxy another time". Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers designed by Ralph McQuarrie edges yellow. Bookseller ink stamp to first leaf. Extremities of wrappers creased and rubbed rear wrapper and bottom edge warped occasional spotting. A very good copy. Jeremy W. Webster "Leia Shot First: Transmedia Storytelling and the National Public Radio Dramatization of Star Wars" Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling 2018. unknown
19761394311New York: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 183 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering navy blue pictorial front cover with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering light shelfwear to DJ primarily to head and tail of spine. "BOOK CLUB EDITION" stated to bottom of front flap. The first edition was issued as a book club edition. Shelved Case 8. A Novelization of the 1977 film released six months prior to the movie's release.;. 1394311. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Del Rey/Ballantine Books hardcover
19761325591New York: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 183 pages; VG/VG; spine blue with white lettering navy blue pictorial front cover with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering very mild shelfwear to DJ; "BOOK CLUB EDITION" stated to bottom of front flap; The first edition was issued as a book club edition; shelved Case 8. A Novelization of the 1977 film released six months prior to the movie's release.;. 1325591. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Del Rey/Ballantine Books hardcover books
A9789814463089Hardback. New. This book presents state-of-the-art contributions from a number of leading experts that actively work worldwide in the rapidly growing highly interdisciplinary and fascinating fields of aperiodic optics and complex photonics. Edited by Luca Dal Negro a prominent researcher in these areas of optical science the book covers the fundamental computational and experimental aspects of deterministic aperiodic structures as well as numerous device and engineering applications to dense optical filters nanoplasmonics photovoltaics and technologies optical sensing light sources and nonlinear optics. hardcover
2022AME_9781107037502Cambridge 2022. 1ST. Hardcover. New/New. Cambridge hardcover
pp. xiv, 233. 8vo. Original printed wraps, slightly worn. Harper Colophon Paperback. BLKAM 1.
1376250Sully-la-Tour: Editions Findakly, 2007 in-8, 191 pages, illustrations. Bibliographie. Broché, bon état.
60405Berger-Levrault Paris 1980 In-4 28 cm 179pp. illustr. et photos Bibliogr. 2 p. Nb-0345 unknown
pp. 124 + Plus frontis and numerous photographs of the league. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding. Fragments of original dust jacket. First Edition. BLKAM 1.
4945Paris, Albin Michel , 1932, broché, 12x18,5 cm, 312 pages. Traduite de l'anglais par G. M. Michel DRUCKER. Collection des Maitres de la Littérature etrangère, nouvelle série.
9788535913422-11-30200Companhia Das Letras. New. Companhia Das Letras unknown
116 pages. Features: Cover photo of U.N. Delegates in Session; RCA Victor "Dynagroove' record ad features Henry Mancini, Peter Nero, Ann Margret and six other stars; Beautiful fashion ads for men and women; Columbia Masterworks one-page photo ad features Isaac Stern playing with kids; Skeptical Looks at 'Scientific Experts'; WWII Cartoons by David Low; Toynbee considers if a race war is shaping up between the white and colored races - particularly if Communist China makes a bid for world dominion; What Next after the march on Washington and the Birmingham Bombing? - Five Negro Leaders Reply; The Southern Negro Drives for the Vote - Six photos with text; New Record for V.I.P. Hosting at the White House brings changes to their care and feeding; Algeria's Ben Bella; Gentle and Tough Women in History; The World Series (Serious) Then and Now - with photo of fans on the field during the first World Series; Handicap for New Nations - Climate - article with photo of dozens of swamp workers in the Congo; Julius Rudel of the New York CIty Opera; The Old Care Craze Shift Into High - article with photos of vintage cars; Nice color-photo Jace East ad; RCA Victor consumer electronics - massive 8-page color advertising feature; Beach, Bohemia, Barracks - Brooklyn, the city-within-a-city of 2,600,000; Nice color-photo ad for Collins & Aikman toys; Sara Lee Danish Coffee Cake color ad; Suede fashion photos for women; L&M cigarette hunting scene ad; Photo of JFK in an open (convertible) Lincoln Continental limo. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
136p. Illustrated. Folio. Original wraps. BLKAM 1. **
80p. Illustrated. Folio. Original wraps, tear on back wrap. BLKAM 1 x2.
92p. Illustrated. Folio. Original wraps. Covers slightly faded. BLKAM 1. **
0484990195.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
