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19535248Honolulu: Matson Navigation Lines 1953. Bifolium 35 cm x 53 cm printed in full-color. Nice condition. Near fine. Laid in are small lunch and breakfast menus from the same date. Dinner menu from the S.S. Lurline for September 24 1953 that features cover art by Eugene Savage. There were four ocean liners christened S.S. Lurline by Matson Lines these menus were for the fourth ship with that name. The S.S. Lurline was a luxury ocean liner that would take passengers from the American West Coast to Hawaii and Australia. The Hawaiian port was Honolulu where most passengers would disembark the ship and make a beeline for Matson's renowned Waikiki hotel and resort the Royal Hawaiian.<br/><br/>Eugene Francis Savage 1883-1978 was a trained sculptor and artist who was primarily known for his large murals. Savage was commissioned by Matson Navigation Lines to paint nine large 4' x 8' Hawaiian themed murals that were intended to be displayed on Matson ocean liners. These murals were completed in 1940 but due to American involvement in World Ward II the ships were dedicated to the war effort and the murals were never installed. In 1948 the Murals were used as covers for the menus on the S.S. Lurline.<br/><br/>"When Captain James Cook British Royal Navy on January 20 1778 first came upon the Sandwich Islands later named Hawaii he was at the height of his fame as a navigator and explorer. But to the islanders Captain Cook was far more than that. He was an incarnation of their god Lono come in a floating temple to visit them from the great beyond. At his first landing on the island of Kauai the fell prostrate along the path and worshipped him as a deity. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
1985712New York 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 305 illus. 180 in duotone. <br/><br/> hardcover books
199966818New Delhi: Phulkari Publications 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first book on the subject of autographs in India. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Octavo. Original red buckram binding. Light wear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Phulkari Publications hardcover books
1923226000001Boston: Marshall Jones Co 1923. Hardcover. Fair both sides of spine cloth worn through and threadbare. Contents tight and solid. Bears the inked name of S. Leslie Gill and Rhode Island artist of the mid 20th century. Cloth boards. xiv 165 pp. 41 bw repros. A terrific copy of this scarce edition limited to 1500 numbered copies this one #891 biographical work on this Boston artist. Includes 41 bw plates of his work. Marshall Jones Co hardcover books
1980100609Oxford 1980. hardcover. 15 stills. 8vo d.w. Oxford UP 1980.<br/><br/> unknown books
191230815Paris: Devambez 1912. 12 plates on stiff paper with tissue guards bearing identifications 15 pages text. In French. 1 vols. 4to. The text unopened plates loose in burgundy gilt portfolio case. Some fading of binding tear to head of spine else very good with a pencilled notation "F. L. France 16 Aout 1912. 12 plates on stiff paper with tissue guards bearing identifications 15 pages text. In French. 1 vols. 4to. An elaborate travel brochure/advertisement for the ship "S. S. France" with description and plates of the fine art and some rooms to encourage Americans to travel to France. Devambez unknown books
1923140939429New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1923. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Sheets printed in the UK so presumably following the Chatto & Windus edition that same year. viii 286 pp. with fold-out facsimile letter plate at rear. Original blue cloth with cream title stamping. Cloth head and upper tips slightly chewed else Near Fine with foxing to fore edge. In Very Good double-sided dust jacket some rubbing and soiling especially to spine panel small closed tear near foot pencil mark to front flap price intact $2.75. Verso of jacket lists Knopf titles. Rare in jacket. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1983287758Maidstone 1983. hardcover. near fine/very good. 37 black-and-white photographic plates more than 100 text illustrations. 368 pages 4to burgundy cloth d.w. Maidstone: Canterbury Achaeological Trust by the Kent Archaeological Society 1983<br/><br/> With contributions by several authors. VOLUME VII of The Archaeology of Canterbury.<br/><br/> unknown books
1982287760Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society 1982. hardcover. near fine/very good. Black-and-white photographs and drawings including several folding plates. 181 pages 4to burgundy cloth d.w. Maidstone: Canterbury Archaeological Trust by the Kent Archaeological Society 1982. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> With contributions by several authors. Volume II: The Archaeology of Canterbury.<br/><br/> Kent Archaeological Society unknown books
19742281Toronto: Coach House 1974. First edition. . 93 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 500 copies. Toronto: Coach House unknown books
19525390Honolulu: Matson Navigation Lines 1952. Bifolium 35 cm x 53 cm printed in full-color. Nice condition. Near fine. Dinner menu from the S.S. Lurline for April 20 1952 that features cover art by Eugene Savage. There were four ocean liners christened S.S. Lurline by Matson Lines these menus were for the fourth ship with that name. The S.S. Lurline was a luxury ocean liner that would take passengers from the American West Coast to Hawaii and Australia. The Hawaiian port was Honolulu were most passengers would disembark the ship and make a beeline for Matson's renowned Waikiki hotel and resort the Royal Hawaiian.<br/><br/>Eugene Francis Savage 1883-1978 was a trained sculptor and artist who was primarily known for his large murals. Savage was commissioned by Matson Navigation Lines to paint nine large 4' x 8' Hawaiian themed murals that were intended to be displayed on Matson ocean liners. These murals were completed in 1940 but due to American involvement in World Ward II the ships were dedicated to the war effort and the murals were never installed. In 1948 the Murals were used as covers for the menus on the S.S. Lurline.<br/><br/>"In the early 1850's the King of Hawaii sought a treaty with the United States providing for the admission of islands as a state. The treaty was never ratified. But it was the first official step in a movement which strengthened with the years culminating in the annexation of Hawaii August 12 1898. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
197061310NY: AMS Press 1970. First printing of this second revised edition originally published in 1900. xi 411 pp. Light toning to endpapers else near fine in full cloth. No dust jacket. NY: AMS Press hardcover books
1970134169Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. <br/><br/>Set in Italy in 1944 where the entire population of a village has been massacred by the SS except for a group of young boys. Rock Hudson the only US paratrooper left alive after a failed mission to blow up a nearby dam decides to lead the boys on the mission instead. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriters Schweitzer and Colbert. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Schweitzer and Colbert. 143 leaves mimeograph duplication. Scrip bent at the foredge else pages about Fine in Very Good plus wrappers bound with three gold brads. United Artists unknown books
198136626New Delhi: Deep and Deep 1981. Hardcover. Very good. 294pp index. Very good hardback in a slightly darkened jacket. <br/><br/> Deep and Deep hardcover books
19535389Honolulu: Matson Navigation Lines 1953. Bifolium 35 cm x 53 cm printed in full-color. Nice condition. Near fine. Dinner menu from the S.S. Lurline for Easter Sunday September 22 1953 that features cover art by Eugene Savage. Breakfast and lunch menus for the same day laid in.<br/><br/>There were four ocean liners christened S.S. Lurline by Matson Lines these menus were for the fourth ship with that name. The S.S. Lurline was a luxury ocean liner that would take passengers from the American West Coast to Hawaii and Australia. The Hawaiian port was Honolulu where most passengers would disembark the ship and make a beeline for Matson's renowned Waikiki hotel and resort the Royal Hawaiian.<br/><br/>Eugene Francis Savage 1883-1978 was a trained sculptor and artist who was primarily known for his large murals. Savage was commissioned by Matson Navigation Lines to paint nine large 4' x 8' Hawaiian themed murals that were intended to be displayed on Matson ocean liners. These murals were completed in 1940 but due to American involvement in World Ward II the ships were dedicated to the war effort and the murals were never installed. In 1948 the Murals were used as covers for the menus on the S.S. Lurline.<br/><br/>"Ancient Hawaiians were lusty trenchermen. All events of importance called for a feast. Births marriages weanings even tax-gathering every high point in their life was signaled by a luau. The celebrations were marked by abject attention to every whim of the king or chief who might be present by music and dancing by idols to keep the gods in mind and above all by a plenitude of food. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
1993140195Moskva: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya entsiklopediya/ Great Russian Enclyclopedia 1993. Hardcover. VG clean and tight with museum ex-lib. book plate inside front cover; light rubbing to covers. Black cloth with gold lettering and decoration; 862 pp.; no illustrations. Text in Russian. Each entry has extensive narrative text. Entries arranged according to the Russian alphabet obviously!. This is the first of two volumes published beginning in 1993. The material herein is based on research and writings of eminent Russian theologians prior to the Russian Revolution. A scarce and valuable reference manual. Please note a three-volume set of the same material also was published at the same time. Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya entsiklopediya/ Great Russian Enclyclopedia hardcover books
1978157643Gulf Breeze Florida: Academic International Press 1978. Hardcover. Good ex-library with labels and stamps on spine block inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light soiling to boards and block. Pages are clean and clear. All volumes: Sky blue cloth/boards. Black lettering. Bw frontis and bw map of the Russian Empire and occasional additional bw illustrations. Vol. I: xxxi 228 pp.; Vol. 2: 315 pp.; Vol. 3: 224 pp.; Vol. 4: 356 pp. Contents cover 1: The autocracy 1894-1900 with Searching for the last Tsar by Patrick J. Rollins.; 2: Years of change 1900-1907; 3: The Duma monarchy 1907-1914; 4: The World War 1914-1918. Translated from the original Russian T S arstvovanie Imperatora Nikolai a II. The set is Volume 25 from the Russian Series published by Academic International Press. Academic International Press hardcover books
1935017925New York: D. Appleton-Century Company 1935. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Revised edition. Octavo 8vo. xxvi 692 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. No dustjacket. The text has ink underlining and notations here and there. Revised and enlarged edition. D. Appleton-Century Company Hardcover books
19639871New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co 1963. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. xxiv 266 pages. Introduction by Louis Filler. Second edition the introduction being an addition to this printing. The classic story of a rise from rags to riches in the publishing business. Frederick Ungar Publishing Co unknown books
196317107New York: Frederick Ungar 1963. 8vo pp. xxii 2 266; very good copy in jacket. <br/><br/> Frederick Ungar unknown books
1914813691914. McClure S.S. MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1914. First edition second issue of the first printing with "September 1914" but without the extraneous line on p. 239. Bookplate removed from pastedown hinges starting; slightly skewed. About very good. Crane A7.a.i. unknown books
197822778EPark City UT: Schick Sunn Classic Pictures Inc 1978. Original 116 page revised draft shooting script for the television movie The Adventures of Nellie Bly originally titled ‘The Amazing Nelly Bly’ as printed on the title page written by S.S. Schweitzer. With revision dates on the title page from November 17 1978 through November 27 1978. Bradbound in stiff covers. About fine condition with just a trace of handling. The movie aired on June 11 1981 starring Linda Purl in the title role with Gene Barry J.D. Cannon John Randolph Paul Sylvan Cliff Osmond and Fran Ryan. The film follows pioneer nineteenth-century female journalist Nellie Bly and her exposes of corruption in New York City. Based on the real life story of Elizabeth Jane Cochrane 1864 - 1922 better known by her pen name Nellie Bly. She was an American journalist industrialist inventor and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg and her undercover work reporting on a mental institution from within. She was an innovator in her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism. Schick Sunn Classic Pictures, Inc unknown books
1937WRCLIT70516London: Paramount Pictures / National Screen Service 1937. 8p. Large quarto 30 x 24 cm. Pictorial self- wrappers. Black & white illustrations. Horizontal fold but very good or better. A publicity pressbook for the UK release of the film version of a Philo Vance mystery based on S.S. Van Dine's THE GREENE MURDER CASE produced by Adolph Zukor and directed by E. A. Dupont. Vance was played by Grant Richards in his first lead film role. The rest of the cast included Roscoe Karns Helen Burgess Ruth Coleman Harvey Stephens et al. Paramount Pictures / National Screen Service unknown books
1977139788Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1977. Collection of 8 studio still photographs from the 1977 film. <br/><br/>A young orphan raised by his dysfunctional hillbilly family befriends a goofy dragon in this live-action animated musical. It was the first animated Disney film in which none of the legendary "nine old men" were involved in the animation process. Ken Anderson created the beloved dragon loosely modeling him after historical Asian imagery. Upon release the film was criticized for its composite animation and underdeveloped plot. However it was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Original song score. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Poor with a synopsis typed on the verso of three a stamp to the verso of three and light warping overall. Soiling red holograph annotations and dampstaining throughout. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
19751336589New York: Wiley Interscience; John Wiley & Sons 1975. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; pp 329; sunned beige spine with ivory text; first printing; dust jacket shows modest wear to exterior; some chips to edges; cloth has minor wear to corners; exterior clean; strong boards; text block has very light tone to exterior edges; interior clean; tight binding; illustrated. 1336589. FP New Rockville Stock. Wiley Interscience; John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
