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1931002628New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1931. Fowler Guy & Saunders John Monk. DAWN PATROL. New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1930. TRUE FIRST EDITION released in tandem with the 1930 First National film of the same name directed by Howard Hawks. A Very Good or better copy in a Very Good just jacket a few tiny chips at the extremities. Attractive cover art on the front panel star photo rear panel eight internal stills. INSCRIBED in ink in the 1960s by THREE OF THE FILM'S FOUR STARS Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Neil Hamilton and Frank McHugh on both the front free endpaper and its verso. This copy bears the bookplate of Art Ronnie a noted studio publicist who later became a TV critic for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Inscribed photoplays are exceedingly rare. Possibly a unique opportunity for the collector. DAWN PATROL the story of a doomed squadron of wartime aviators was remade several times. John Monk Saunders won the best screenplay Oscar for this film. Laid in is an original cut ad from the 1930 New York Times for the film. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover books
18471322029Paris: Bachelier Imprimeur-Libraire 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xiv 353 pages 9 plates; VG; bound in 3/4 brown calf brown cloth boards paneled spine with gilt burgundy label and gilt titling; marbled endpapers; rebacked with spine preserved; wear primarily to head of spine hinges corners; top edge of text block gilt others uncut; bookplate to front pastedown; text in French; MW consignment; shelved case 9. This important work is one of the first scientific investigations on the conditions underlying the problem of air navigation.;. 1322029. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Bachelier, Imprimeur-Libraire hardcover books
182721479Paris: Bachelier Succcesseur de Mme. Ve. Courcier 1827. Hardcover. Fine. Fifth edition. 4to. xx188pp. followed by 28 fold-out engraved plates Leather spine of marbled sheep gilt spine titles decorated paper over boards. A fine copy with a trace of foxing to the first couple of pages and light rubbing at edges and hinges Gaspard Monge was a French mathematician the inventor of descriptive geometry. This edition also contains he Theory of Shadows and Perspective extracted from his paper. Bachelier (Succcesseur de Mme. Ve. Courcier) hardcover books
1794CAT000515London: G. Woodfall 1794. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in contemporary full speckled calf hinges a little rubbed a few corners slightly bumped light occasional age toning internally - a nice set. Old Lawes Agricultural Trust stamps to titles and endpapers list of subscribers in volume one. xix 1 384pp; 372pp; 374pp.<br/><br/>A carefully curated collection of farming wisdom from a variety of sources tips on cultivation cattle bee keeping cheese making etc. Size: 8vo. 3-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Cooking Wine & Dining. Inventory No: CAT000515. G. Woodfall hardcover books
1794042311Paris: Comité de Salut Public 1794. First Edition. Hardcover Half Vellum. Very Good Condition. Later half vellum over decorative paper boards. 4 tables and 60 plates mostly folding. Some browning and discoloration to the plate margins where they protrude from the book scattered creasing to plates but otherwise bright and unmarked. Monge the inventor of descriptive geometry turns his attention to the defense of post-revolutionary France. A proponent of the revolution Monge was Minister of the Marine from 1792 to 1793 and then after appeals from the Committee for Public Safety wrote this treatise on cannon making. 4 viii 231pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042311. <br/><br/> Comité de Salut Public hardcover books
1960141837N.p.: N.p. 1960. Double weight photograph of Thelonious Monk Dizzy Gillespie and Gerald Wilson circa 1960s. Struck by photographer Jim Marshall circa 1990s with his stamp and holograph identification number on the verso. <br/><br/>As a photographer for both record labels and magazines such as "Rolling Stone" Jim Marshall was one of the most prolific and influential chronicles of rock music during the 1960s and 1970s. Among his most iconic photographs are images of Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire at Monterey Pop Johnny Cash performing at San Quentin and The Beatles backstage at their final live concert at Candlestick Park. In 2014 he was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy the only photographer to have ever received that honor.<br/><br/>Archivally mounted in a museum quality frame with UV plexiglass.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches with wide upper and lower margins. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1964149332N.p.: N.p. 1964. Collection of five vintage oversize borderless photographs and two contact sheets with 59 images of the Thelonious Monk Quartet in performance at the La Maison de l'ORTF Office de Radiodiffusion-Television Francaise in Paris on February 23 1964. Photographs with the stamp of photographer Alain Dessalles on the verso.<br/><br/>The quartet here includes saxophonist Charlie Rouse bassist Butch Warren and drummer Ben Riley. They would also back Monk on his 1964 album It's Monk's Time the tracks for which were recorded at in January February and March one of five albums Monk would release that year. <br/><br/>According to Robin Kelly's Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original the quartet was in the midst of a 17-stop tour through Europe when these photographs were taken. The images capture the legendary pianist at the height of his creative powers and three days later on February 28 1964 Monk became just the fourth jazz musician to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. <br/><br/>Photographs 8 x 12 inches contact sheets 9 x 12 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1930151357Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1930. Archive of 68 vernacular photographs housed in a contemporary photo album each photo with descriptions in silver holograph ink just below it and distributed in three sections as follows: 1 34 photos taken on the set of "The Dawn Patrol" Howard Hawks 1930 an aviation drama set during World War I. Included are shots of planes in flight and several others of star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. With holograph annotations to the album pages identifying most of the photographs; 2 16 vernacular photographs taken on the set of the pre-Code film "The Life of the Party" Roy Del Ruth 1930 and 18 vernacular photographs of the sinking of the RMS Tahiti off cost of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands on August 16-17 1930 taken from the nearby SS Ventura.<br/><br/>The front cover of the photo album identifies the photographer as J.N. Boucher and he appears four times in the album twice dressed as a pilot in "The Dawn Patrol" section and twice in "The Life of the Party" section in one standing in front of a Vitaphone truck along with a man identified as Dolph Thomas who worked as an uncredited sound engineer on the film.<br/><br/>Photographs variously sized generally between 3.5 x 2.5 and 5.25 x 3.25 inches Very Good plus. Photo album Good only with several pages detached a few loose photographs. First National Pictures unknown books
