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191159364Milwaukee: by the author 1911. First Edition. 8vo pp. 115. Gray cloth illustrated with photos a very fine copy. Krichmar 4542. Rare. OP. On the front blank end paper Brown's holograph describes how this book came to be written: "in 1911 the legislature of Wis submiited the Womam's suffrage amendment to the voters. I telegraphed Mrs. DeVoe Mrs. Emma DeVoe to come and conduct the campaign. She came but circumstances prevented her from remaining & while there she suggested the preparation of these sketches as being more valuable for the purpose of sale to aid our treasury than a cook book accordingly the sketches were hasilty thrown together & with all their incompleteness ever given to the associaiton as a slight help in paying the bills of the campaign." Signed on the verso of the frontisportrait: "Olympia Brown 941 Lake Ave Racine Wis" Born in Kalamazoo Mi. Brown was a Universalist minister and woman suffragist. She studied at Mt. Holyoke and Antioch. She was the first woman to be ordained by full denominational authority. In 1866 she became a charter member of the American Equal Rights Assoc. and a founder of the N. E. Woman Suffrage Assoc. In 1878 she moved to Wisconsin and became President of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Assoc. She remained President until 1912. She traveled throughout the state organizing suffrage clubs. This is an account of the Brown's work for the cause of woman suffrage. by the author] unknown books
187059365Boston: C. C. Roberts 1870. First Edition. 8vo pp. 71. Bound in original cloth that is bright and clean stamped in blind and gilt. Later bookplate on the end paper contemporary ownership Namie M Bond on the blank. A fine copy. Scarce. Olympia Brown's sermon: "Land of Fellowship" covers 3 pages. Born in Kalamazoo Mi. Brown was a Universalist minister and woman suffragist. She studied at Mt. Holyoke and Antioch. She was the first woman to be ordained by full denominational authority. In 1866 she became a charter member of the American Equal Rights Assoc. and a founder of the N. E. Woman Suffrage Assoc. In 1878 she moved to Wisconsin and became President of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Assoc. She remained President until 1912. She traveled throughout the state organizing suffrage clubs. Hanaford was a Nantucket native. Born a Quaker in 1866 she became the first woman to be ordained in Massachusetts when she was called to the First Universalist Church in Hingham. Thereafter she served several New England churches. She was active in the temperance and suffrage movements and wrote copiously for periodicals as well as publishing ten books among them a biography of Lincoln. C. C. Roberts unknown books
1993149027Los Angeles: DDF Films 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 television series which debuted in the UK on Channel 4 in 1993 and in the US on PBS in January 1994. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis with her holograph ink and pencil annotations to several pages. <br/><br/>From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis.<br/><br/>Based on Armistead Maupin's 1978 series which was initially serialized in the San Francisco Examiner. A naive young secretary from Ohio moves to San Francisco where she is introduced to a wild new lifestyle-involving homosexuality drugs and the disco scene-by her newfound friends. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in San Francisco.<br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 7 1993 with credits for Richard Kramer. 346 leaves with last page of text numbered 6-49. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue green and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between February 2 1993 and April 7 1993. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus unbound. DDF Films unknown books
1925146480N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage double weight photograph of New Haven's Olympia Theatre circa 1925 with the marquee advertising F. Harmon Weight's 1925 film "Drusilla with a Million." <br/><br/>The Olympia Theatre located at 140-144 Temple Street in New Haven Connecticut opened on September 13 1915 seated 2373 and was equipped with a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. It changed its name when purchased by Paramount Studios to the Paramount Theatre circa 1930. The theatre was razed as many of the grand silent area theaters have been following decades of declining ticket sales circa 1970. The current retail/office building on the location is now known as the Olympia Building.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1997149021Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1997. Draft script for the 1997 television film which originally aired on CBS on November 24. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED by members of the cast and crew on the front wrapper including Olympia Dukakis and Julie Hagerty. Laid in with the script is an inscribed borderless black-and-white photograph of actress Olympia Dukakis. <br/><br/>From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis.<br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1990 British television series "Waiting for God" following an elderly man and woman who form a friendship after being forced into a retirement home by their respective families.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers dated 1997 with credits for director Andy Cardiff and screenwriters Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Title page present dated March 11 1997 noted as Shooting Draft/2nd Rev with credits for director Andy Cadiff screenwriters Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore and writer Michael Aitkins. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1987147473Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1987. Vintage reference photograph of actor Nicolas Cage and director Norman Jewison on the set of the 1987 film. <br/><br/>A wildly popular romantic comedy starring Cher as Loretta an Italian-American widow who finds herself falling for her fiance's impetuous and passionate younger brother. Nominated for six Academy Awards and winning three including for Best Actress for Cher Best Supporting Actress for Olympia Dukakis and Best Original Screenplay.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York and Toronto. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Ebert II. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
2003275218Norwalk. : Easton Press. 2003. . Limited first edition #618 of 1150 copies. . Full blue leather raised bands gilt decoration all edges gilt silk endpapers ribbon marker. . A fine copy with no dustjacket as issued. . 8vo. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Easton Press. hardcover books
20031330869Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2003. First Edition. 607/1150. Hardcover. Octavo 211 pages; VG; bound in fine blue genuine leather with bright gilt spine title and gilt motif on covers; gilt text blocks; silk endpapers; silk ribbon; SIGNED on limitation page by Olympia Dukakis. 1330869. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
196853078NY: Olympia Press c. 1968. 11 x 8 1/2 inch flyer. Two old folds from mailing else fine. Press release for this unrealized monthly literary journal. “O is conceived primarily as a house organ and we don’t feel we have to apologize for the fact.†NY: Olympia Press unknown books
2003114697New York: Grove Press 2003. Hardcover. 272p. first printing signed by the African American author very good in a very good dj. Vernon's first novel. Grove Press hardcover books
