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170474hardcover. illus. thin 8vo blue cloth; cloth spotted spine illegible. N.Y.: Norton 1949.<br/><br/> unknown books
1953132099London: British Lion Film Corporation 1953. Two vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1953 UK film. <br/><br/>A feature composed of three shorter films the last being the title film about a genie who falls in love with a mortal. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. And light soil and an ink notation on the verso of one else Near Fine. British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
1959132472London: National Screen Service / MGM 1959. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. Based on characters and concepts from the 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Haggard and written for the screen by novelist James Clavell. Released as the "sequel" to the 1950 MGM film "King Solomon's Mines."<br/><br/>Harry Quartermain George Montgomery is the son of Allan Quartermain who first set out on the quest for the source of Solomon's wealth and he is determined to succeed where his father failed. He goes to Africa with his good friend Rick Cobb David Farrar and as they continue on their journey Erica Neuler Taina Elg joins them. She is the daughter of a missionary who has been killed by a local tribe. Harry cannot hide his antagonism toward Erica. She is German and Harry's mother was killed at sea by Germans in World War I. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Brief corner creases else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
201911493Ft. Lauderdale FL 2019. Artist's book unique an altered book signed by the artist on the rear pastedown "DKrause." Page size: 5 x 8 inches; 20pp. Bound by the artist: in the original boards of a used copy of the 100th anniversary edition of this children's classic. The artist removed the covers spine and eight illustrations and inserted a strip of ochre leather which became the new spine. Details from the original black and white illustrations were then watercolored and placed on botanically-printed pages. The whole was then bound using original boards of anniversary edition and a slipcase made using the original spine of the book. The artist's title ANNE with an e is written in pencil by the artist below the cover portrait of "Anne." taken from a postcard. This altered book was occasioned by the artist's visit to Charlottetown PEI the setting for Montgomery's story. unknown books
2008131407Ottawa Ontario Canada: Canada Science and Technology Museum 2008. Softbound. Good several bumps to spine bent corners. Color illustrated wraps. 172 pp. BW illustrations. Original scholarly articles on science and technology history in Canada. Canada Science and Technology Museum paperback books
1974197059New York: Vantage Press 1974. Hardcover. 64p. First Edition in dj. Book itself is a bit worn at corners otherwise sound and entirely clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed with an inch-long chip and a short tear and fading to spine. A book of poetry by the Yonkers born Howard educated African American author who at writing "holds a full professorship at Southern University Baton Rouge". His prose may be better. Vantage Press hardcover books
19702299137The Giligia Press 1970. Limited Edition. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. One of 2000 copies. Top edge of wrappers lightly toned ink name on front flyleaf. 1970 Stapled Binding. 16 pp. A Memoir In Which Is Revealed Secret lives and West Coast Whispers Being the Confessions of Henry Morely Alex Fairbrother and John Montgomery Triune Madman of The Dharma Bums Desolation Angels and Other Trips. The Giligia Press unknown books
197066165Fresno: The Giligia Press 1970. First edition. 16 pp. Fine in gilt-stamped buckram. No dust jacket as issued. One of 200 copies the entire hardbound edition. A memoir in two “takes†by a correspondant and sometime friend of Kerouac's whose letters and person inspired characters in several of Kerouac's novels including Henry Morley in DHARMA BUMS. Fresno: The Giligia Press hardcover books
1960150624UK: Warwick Film Productions 1960. Collection of 35 vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1960 film. One photograph showing actors Yvonne Mitchell and Peter Finch relaxing on the set a second photograph with holograph annotations regarding layout on the verso. <br/><br/>A dramatization of the libel and criminal cases involving Oscar Wilde and the Marquess of Queensberry based on both the 1948 nonfiction book by Montgomery Hyde and the 1955 play "The Stringed Lute" by John Furnell. <br/><br/>10x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Warwick Film Productions unknown books
1960145469London: Warwick Film Productions 1960. First Draft script for the 1960 UK film. File copy belonging to the film's director Ken Hughes with a typescript note tipped on to the title page requesting its return to the director and noting it is the only script in existence for the film. <br/><br/>Peter Finch delivers a strong performance as the inimitable author Oscar Wilde in this film about Wilde's sodomy trial after his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas lifted in large part from the historical court records. One of two films about Wilde released in May of 1960 the other being director Gregory Ratoff's "Oscar Wilde." In order to compete with the other Wilde film production on "The Trials of Oscar Wilde" was made in only nine weeks from start to finish with filming wrapping a mere two weeks before the London opening. Composer Ron Goodwin was recording music before scenes were filmed most scenes were filmed in one take and four editing rooms were set up working in parallel during principal photography in order to deal with the rushed timeline. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>Green wrappers with a typescript title label. Title page present dated 28th January 1960 noted in holograph ink as First Screenplay. 210 leaves with last page of text numbered 208. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound internally with two spring binder clips. Warwick Film Productions unknown books
1959144215Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on the set of the 1959 film. With holograph annotations in black ink and a press agency stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1958 play by Tennessee Williams. Catherine Holly Elizabeth Taylor is being evaluated and coerced by her wealthy aunt Violet Venable Katharine Hepburn into receiving a lobotomy after witnessing the death of her cousin while the three of them were on vacation in Europe the summer before. <br/><br/>Set in New Orleans and various locations in Spain. Shot on location in Spain and England. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1959144209Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage borderless photograph of Elizabeth Taylor as Catherine Holly from the 1959 film. With holograph annotations in graphite on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1958 play by Tennessee Williams. Catherine Holly Elizabeth Taylor is being evaluated and coerced by her wealthy aunt Violet Venable Katharine Hepburn into receiving a lobotomy after witnessing the death of her cousin while the three of them were on vacation in Europe the summer before. <br/><br/>Set in New Orleans and various Locations in Spain. Shot on location in Spain and England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
195422313New York: Beacon Press 1954. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Tanning to dust jacket spine and panel edges minor chipping to spine heel and crown. Beacon Press unknown books
1961149748Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing actors Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe outside a Dayton bar holding a hatful of collected cash bets to pay Montgomery Clift's rodeo fee. With the stamp of Les Artistes Associes on the verso along with a stamp of a large capital "S." <br/><br/>The final completed film for Gable and Monroe before their deaths. Notoriously a trying endeavor for the actress who was struggling with her drug problem and pending divorce from Arthur Miller and would often fail to show up to the set and for director John Huston who would drink and occasionally fall asleep while filming. Gable performed all of his own stunts then suffered a heart attack only two days after filming ended and died ten days later. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Dayton Nevada.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1961141358Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage photograph from the 1961 film. An image with an intentional" trick of the light" showing Monroe playing paddle ball as a crew member runs a cable in foreground. <br/><br/>A famously difficult shoot and just as famously the final film of both Gable's and Monroe's careers it also ranks among their best work as it does for co-stars Clift and Wallach and director Huston. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1961149755Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing director John Huston riding a tire while actor Eli Wallach looks on. With a provenance stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>The final completed film for actors Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe before their deaths. Notoriously a trying endeavor for both Monroe who was struggling with a drug addiction and pending divorce from Arthur Miller and would often fail to show up to the set and for director John Huston who would drink and occasionally fall asleep while filming. Gable performed all of his own stunts then suffered a heart attack only two days after filming ended and died ten days later. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Dayton Nevada.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1983139199Encino CA: Laurelwood Productions 1983. Revised Shooting Script for the 1984 film released to theaters as "Night Shadows" but retitled on video as "Mutant" retaining that title for all subsequent releases. Copy belonging to special effects personnel Paul Stewart with his name on the title page and annotations throughout in holograph ink. Stewart is notable for having also worked on "Fat City" 1972 "The Exterminator" 1980 "Heaven's Gate 1980 "Predator" 1987 "Thelma and Louise" 1991 and "Planet of the Apes" 2001. <br/><br/>Two brothers vacation to a small Southern town only to find most of the inhabitants have turned into bloodthirsty zombies due to toxic waste. One of the brothers goes missing and it's up to the second brother a local sheriff and a sexy school teacher to find him or hunt him down. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Georgia. <br/><br/>Blue wrappers with paper title label. Title page present dated July 29 1983 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters Orton Jones and Kruize. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 8/8/83. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. <br/><br/>Lentz p. 1350. Thrower Nightmare USA. Laurelwood Productions unknown books
276035Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers n.d. Very Good binding. An undated American edition of this novel by Baroness von Tautphoeus first published in 1853. Based on "the criminal trial of Assessor Zahn" it is "entirely true to life" DNB XIX p. 392. This copy inscribed by Archer Anderson "For my dear Kathleen" and dated April 14 1893. The inscription is like to his daughter Kathleen Graham Anderson. Anderson served valiantly in the Confederate Army and after the war rejoined his father Joseph Reid Anderson at the Trededgar Company. DNB XIX p. 392. Very Good binding. T. B. Peterson & Brothers unknown books
190920296Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co 1909. 1st US. Lavender cloth binding stamped in gilt. VG spine cloth sunned/front joint starting at top/bpt & pos to ffep. xii 307 pp including index. Color frontis 16 b&w inserted plates. 8vo. <br/><br/> A. C. McClurg & Co hardcover books
2767ALS. 1pg. 8†x 10â€. March 2 1910. 33 West Sixty-Seventh Street. An autograph letter signed “James Montgomery Flagg†to Henry D. Scott a student at Hotchkiss. The artist wrote “I enclose a head which I drew especially for your year book. Unless you tone down your exuberantly jocose style I predict a successful career for you as a commercial traveler. But I’m sure Your heart is in the proper locality.†Scott graduated in 1914. The letter has a black ink stain to the verso of the page that has not moved through to the front but is still noticeable. The condition is very good with dark ink and a large signature. A copy of Flagg’s sketch accompanies the letter. unknown books
1984007519New York: Dover Publications Inc. 1984. Reproduction poster of James Montgomery Flagg's iconic WWI Army recruiting poster 22" w x 30" h. Near Fine faint creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Thus. Poster. Near Fine. 22" w x 30" h. Dover Publications, Inc. books
1912134237NY: George H. Doran Company 1912. Hardcover. Good ex-library. small dampstain on lower right corner. some foxing on half title. perforation stamp on title page final page and plate 6. Tan library buckram. Approx 68 pp many bw illustrations. George H. Doran Company hardcover books
200539832Wheaton: Crossway Books 2005. Hardcover. Very good. 117pp index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Crossway Books hardcover books
18963383New York: Burr Printing House 1896. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1896 1st edition. VG in its original maroon cloth with bright gilt-lettering to front panel and spine and decorative blindstamping to the panels. Very light limited soiling along the upper spine. Thick quarto 583 pgs. "the first written history of Danbury". Small neat former owner signature to front free endpaper. <br/><br/> Burr Printing House hardcover books
1814289295New York: Eastburn Kirk & Co 1814. First American Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Epic poem of historical reconstruction by the Scottish poet and hymnist. The First American Edition in black half morocco over marbled boards. There is the beginning of separation at the top of the front joint but overall a sturdy copy if a bit worn. Shaw & Shoemaker 32156. Very Good binding. Eastburn, Kirk & Co unknown books