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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
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
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
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
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
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
1804042738Paris: Joseph de Boffe 1804. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 9 volumes published 1804-1806 bridging the use of the French Republican calendar and the return to the Gregorian in uniform half calf bindings. Modest general wear some chipping at spine ends all bindings intact stamps to titles. 358pp 1 folding table; 355pp 1 plate; 339pp 1 plate; 336pp; 334pp; 336pp; 336pp 3 plates 1 of wine distillation equipment; 342pp 1 plate 1 table; 336pp 1 plate. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042738. <br/><br/> Joseph de Boffe hardcover books
19065128London: William Clowes and Son Ltd 1906. 5 x 7 inches 514pp. Bound in full green leather at the W.H. Smith bindery from a design by Douglas Cockerell with central cover diamond design with inlaid red flower petals and small white inlaid dots surrounding the initials "D.C.B.H." Spine with five raised bands title to second compartment of spine. All edges gilt. Spine sunned small repair to head of spine some rubbing and bumps to edges of boards. Cockerell managed the WHS bindery from 1905 to 1914 and ìin a statement printed in G.D. Hobson - English Bindings of J.R. Abbey p. 170 Cockerell notes that bindings signed with the ëWHSà stamp during this period were specially designed by himî Bookbinding in the British Isles. William Clowes and Son, Ltd unknown books
18017244Dublin: Printed by Nicholas Kelly for P. Wogan et al. 1801. First Irish Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Foxing. Original speckled calf joints cracked. First Irish Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. With Contributions By Scott and Southey. Walter Scott's contributions include: "The Fire-King" "Glenfinlas or Lord Ronald's Coronach" "The Eve of Saint John" "Frederick and Alice" and "The Wild Huntsmen." The contributions by Robert Southey include: "The Old Woman of Berkeley" "Bishop Bruno" "Lord William" "The Painter of Florence" "Donica" "Cornelius Agrippa's Bloody Book" and "Rudiger.". Summers A Gothic Bibliography p. 96 Printed by Nicholas Kelly for P. Wogan, et al. unknown books
1807JC8666New York / Boston: David Longworth / W. Blagrove / Circulating Library and Dramatic Repository 1808 1812 1807 1823 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sammelband. Half gilt-ruled red morocco and marbled paper; 16mo; 5 plays bound together in 1 volume; pp. 47 1; 36; 36; 36; 37 3. "Timour" and "Swedish Patriotism" both very rare First American Editions and "Secret Mine" a First Edition. Binding heavily scuffed and worn; faint gilt number 2 on spine; ownership signatures on front endpapers. Text block a bit tanned and foxed; occasionally cut close or with light marginal chipping none of it affecting the text perfectly legible throughout. <br/><br/> David Longworth / W. Blagrove / Circulating Library and Dramatic Repository hardcover books
1793042673Paris: Joseph de Boffe 1793. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Volumes 17-20 1793-1797 of the seminal French scientific journal still published today. Half leather over marbled boards general wear at edges chipped and wear at corners and spine ends bindings tight and intact. Stamp on title pages browning to endpapers. Volume 19 with a dark dampstain all along the top margin not touching the text. 335pp two folding plates; 328pp 1 folding plate; 384pp; 396pp 1 folding plate. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042673. <br/><br/> Joseph de Boffe hardcover books
1928151246N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 film showing actors George Bancroft and Betty Compson. With holograph ink and pencil annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Based on John Monk Saunders' 1928 story "The Dock Walloper." A roughneck sailor on shore leave saves a working girl from suicide by drowning and the two begin a passionate relationship. Widely considered one of director Josef von Sternberg's finest films heightened by the work of cinematographer Harold Rosson and set designer Hans Dreier released at the very end of the silent era.<br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 531. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US Antecedent. N.p. unknown books
194431751New York: Advanced Music Corporation 1944. Words by Bernie Hanighen. Printed text and music. 4pp. 1 vols. 4to. Slight soiling else very good. Words by Bernie Hanighen. Printed text and music. 4pp. 1 vols. 4to. Advanced Music Corporation unknown books
1931002751New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1931. Fowler Guy. THE FINGER POINTS. NY: Grosset & Dunlap 1931. First Edition. A novelization of the 1931 First National pre-code movie starring Fay Wray Richard Barthelmess and a young Clark Gable. Excellent gangster-era tale in which a news reporter takes bribes from organized crime to cover up misdeeds. A Fine copy in a close-to-FINE dust jacket very uncommon in this superb condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover books
1799SS11754Paris:: Baudouin 1799. 1799. 8vo. 200 pp. 5 folding engraved plates. Original mauve paste-paper over boards; extremities quite worn. Title ink signature of Charles Sargent. Very good. Monge was a French mathematician and the inventor of descriptive geometry. Monge was a French mathematician and the inventor of descriptive geometry. This work was first issued in 1786. In 1798 Monge joined Napoleon's expedition to Egypt taking part with C. L. Berthollet in the scientific work of the Institut d'Egypte and the Egyptian Institute of Sciences and Arts. They accompanied Bonaparte to Syria and returned with him in 1798 to France. Baudouin, [1799]. hardcover books
19277084JNew York: Grosset & Dunlap 1927. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the silent film epic of air warfare directed by William Wellman and starring Richard Arlen Gary Cooper Buddy Rogers and Clara Bow. Fine clean copy in a near dust jacket. The front panel of the dust jacket is a striking color painting of World War I planes in aerial combat. Wings was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
18015414London: Pr. by W. Bulmer & Co. for J. Bell 1801. 8vo 18 cm 7.1". 4 251 pp. 13839 numbered 13435 1 adv. pp. <br><br>Poems by the influential "Monk" of Gothic literature. Second edition of these poems of the fey and supernatural some written by Lewis and some reworked by him sources including Sir Walter Scott George Colman and John Leyden; most works are supplied with morals ". . . vain are now her prayers and cries / Who cared not for her father's tears / Who felt not for her father's sighs!" p. 8.<br>Â Â Â Â This author enjoyed great success among feminine and young audiences with his gothic tales of horror and woe most notably with his one novel The Monk a youthful production that earned him his nickname. Shelley was especially fond of Lewis's work although Byron mocked the author's "gibb'ring spectres" and "infernal brain" in the poem "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NCBEL III 743 first ed. Later 19th-century half sheep in imitation of morocco over marbled paper sides worn and abraded; leather chipping over head of spine covers pressure-stamped by a now-defunct institution spine with paper shelving label. Title-page and several others stamped; endpaper and final blank separated but present former with date slip; many pages not unexpectedly show light to moderate spots of foxing and there is some staining. Last leaf torn across outer corner taking top author's name in ads on verso it was John Beckmann and most of three words of the last poem's last verse "herte should breke". Pr. by W. Bulmer & Co. for J. Bell hardcover books
7608Color illus. throughout. 72 pp. Large 4to stiff pictorial boards title on spine. Copenhagen: Galleri Nicolai Wallner 2017.<br /> <P> Very rare exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with Jonathan Monk's show at Galleri Nicolai Wallner in 2016 4 November to 22 December. This iteration of his Exhibit Model series highlighted Monk's earlier works as seen in previous shows. They were then transposed via wallpaper to the present exhibition which is exhaustively documented with this catalogue's illustrations. The laid-in folding poster depicts a moment during the wallpaper installation. Concludes with an essay by the curator Grace Roy Hess. Designed by Matti Blind and edited by Julia Hölz.<br /> <P> As new and signed by the artist. WorldCat records a single copy in Germany.<br /> <P> ⧠See Monk's biography on Casey Kaplan's website. hardcover books
20029018201New York: Viking 2002. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Kidd's first book bound in publisher's original orange quarter cloth and boards spine stamped in gilt. Basis for the movie of the same title. <br/><br/> Viking hardcover books
2000172060New York: Gagosian Gallery 2000. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black cloth boards with stamped lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with cream red and black lettering. 90 pp. Color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition held May 4-June 30 2000 at the Gagosian Gallery. Gagosian Gallery hardcover books
1811043294Paris: Klosterman 1811. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Half leather over marbled boards with decorative endpapers. Worn at corners stamp to title page bump to one edge quite clean internally. 344pp and five folding plates 4 of them of Edouard Adam's distilling equipment laid in. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 043294. <br/><br/> Klosterman hardcover books
200276221New York NY.: Viking. Very Good. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound intan paper covered boards with a gilt stamped tan spine in a very nice dust jacket. The covers show some very light wear to the bottom edge. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This book is signed by the author Sue Monk Kidd on the title-page. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. . Viking hardcover books
7599Black & white illus. throughout & color illus. on inside of wrappers. Unpaginated. Large 4to semi-stiff printed wrappers with flaps title on spine. Muttenz Switzerland: Kunsthaus Baselland 2016.<br /> <P> Scarce Jonathan Monk exhibition catalogue this show was held at the Kunsthaus Baselland from 27 May to 17 July 2016. Consists of exhaustive photography documenting the exhibition space an interview with the curator Ines Goldbach in German & English and a list of the artist's solo exhibitions.<br /> <P> In fine condition. We locate a single copy in North American institutions.<br /> <P> ⧠See Monk's biography on Casey Kaplan's website. unknown books
