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187119479Mattoon Illinois: T. E. Woods ca. 1871. First edition. Some slight soiling browning and light wear; in very good condition. Unbound pamphlet stitching evidently renewed 7.63 x 5.25 inches 8 pages. Full page woodcut of an unnamed rose variety. OCLC notes two 1871 examples of Montgomery price lists in the Gilbert Seed Catalog Collection at the National Agricultural Library but not this one. Comparison to digitized copies suggest this undated version of Montgomery's price list had lower production values--perhaps a result of a post-1873 economic downturn Or the simple charms of a small-town downstate printer T. E. Woods, unknown 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
1977138667Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1977. First Draft script for the 1975 film. File copy belonging to Filmways Inc with annotations indicating same in holograph ink on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on E.G. Valens' 1966 book about Jill Kinmont Boothe a champion skier who at the age of 18 was involved in a near-fatal accident resulting in paralysis from the neck down. She would become a teacher of special education after rehabilitation and married a trucker named John Boothe in 1976. She was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 1967 and died in 2012. <br/><br/>Director Peerce's notable film debut as director "One Potato Two Potato" 1964 was a groundbreaking drama about an interracial marriage and one of the first films to portray such a relationship. He would later marry and divorce Marilyn Hassett who plays Jill in the film she won a Golden Globe for her debut role. Beau Bridges costars as her love interest. Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>Set in Bishop California shot on location throughout California. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as "Office Copy Cover" in ink on the front wrapper copy No. 74-1-82. Title page present undated noted as First Draft with a credit for screenwriter Seltzer. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1983141874Culver City CA: Mikas 1 1983. Fourth Draft script for the 1985 film. Here under the working title "Spooks." Laid in is a letter from Farkas' manager James Reed to Walter Kohner dated October 31 1983 <br/><br/>While ripping off ATMs using manipulated bank cards two engineers discover a plot of a shadow organization to crash the computers at the Federal Reserve Bank. They follow the trail all the way to Washington where the FBI will not take them seriously. <br/><br/>Set in Washington DC shot on location in DC as well as Virginia. <br/><br/>Velo binding with a clear front wrapper and black vinyl rear wrapper. Title page present dated November 1 1983 noted as FOURTH DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Michael Farkas. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with black velo binding. Mikas 1 unknown books
196452266NY:: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. B0006BLJIU . First edition. Errata sheet laid in. Previous owner's name on half-title page else very good in a very good minor edge wear with one small chip and closed edge tear dust jacket. ; 293 pages . McGraw-Hill, hardcover books
1905869891905. HALLOCK Ruth Mary. MONTGOMERY Frances Trego. CHRISTMAS WITH SANTA CLAUS. Akron Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co. 1905. Containing all 16 called-for illustrations by Ruth Mary Hallock of which 6 are full-color plates. 154 pp. Near square quarto. 22.5 x 19.5 cm. Bound in color-illustrated paper-covered boards. Binding is worn at fore-corners and the paper is somewhat chipped along edges. One plate is detached. Clean within. A very good copy. unknown books
196420123New York: Blue Beat Yowl Publications 1964. First edition. Paperback. Fair. Tall side-stapled wrappers. Yowl Press editors Montgomery and Kiviat mimeo magazine. This copy in only fair condition. Front cover loose from staples. Rear cover presumed missing. Small chips and wear to edges. Paper loss to last page table of contents. Introduction by Kirby Congdon. 41 pp plus a page of notes at rear. Printed on rectos only. Includes contributions by Berrigan Tuli Kupferberg Gerard Malanga John Keys Judson Crews and much more. One of only 207 copies. Cover art by Alex Wiener. According to Clay and Phillips this was the only issue published. An early Lower East Side poetry mag that rarely shows up for sale. Sold as-is. <br/><br/> Blue Beat (Yowl Publications) paperback books
1892WRCLIT82840New York: Harper & Bros. 1892. ix12115pp. Large octavo. Publisher's blind-decorated calf over boards quite edgeworn rebacked with later gilt calf fore and bottom edges untrimmed t.e.g. Heavily illustrated. Internally very good. First edition of Schuyler's influential articles about US architectural styles and trends published while he served as editor for Harper & Bros. Harper & Bros. hardcover books
183921764London: Whittaker & Co. 1839. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Montgomery Martin issued this small format edition of his "History" in the 1830s - by the 1850s he collaborated with John Tallis and his history series of Australasia and the British colonies were accompanied by John Tallis' handsome maps with vignette views. With the bookplate of Charles R. J. Glover 1870-1936 who was the Mayor of Adelaide from 1917 to 1919. Ferguson 2801. Enlarged from the London 1836 edition in some areas . Lg.12mo vii 1 416pp 2 folding colour maps New South Wales & Van Diemens Land & frontispiece Sydney. Original purple blind & gilt stamped cloth spine and board edges faded . Light foxing of tissue paper at fronticepiece. <br/><br/> Whittaker & Co. hardcover books
187228663Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia 1872. original cloth. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi 17-310 2 pages. B1-488. B1-488. Second edition actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington De. followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Contains a full-page advertisement for Johnston & Bogia as binders as the last page. Recased with original cloth laid down. Covers spotted with wear at spine ends and hinges. New endpapers. Johnston & Bogia unknown books
20021298410Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2002. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; bound in fine dark green genuine leather with bright gilt spine titles and gilt decorative motif on covers; gilt text blocks; silk endpapers; silk ribbons; protected with publisher's shrinkwrap; publisher's informational leaflet presumed laid in; shelved case 7. 1298410. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
20021298409Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2002. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; bound in fine dark green genuine leather with bright gilt spine titles and gilt decorative motif on covers; gilt text blocks; silk endpapers; silk ribbons; protected with publisher's shrinkwrap; publisher's informational leaflet presumed laid in; shelved case 7. 1298409. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
19651336624Oxford: Oxford University Press 1965. Reprint of the Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 192 pages; VG; full binding of dark blue cloth; spine with bronze lettering; mild shelf wear; previous owner's name at front free end paper; pages clean; LJ consignment; shelved Case 8 1/2. 1336624. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Oxford University Press hardcover books
184124525London Liverpool and Paris: Fisher Son & Co 1841. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. First Edition. iv 512 pages. 3/4 leather over ribbed cloth with raised bands and gilt titling on the spine panel. Wear to the extremities of the binding. A sound copy. Small leather chip at base of spine panel re-glued. Boards. An interesting early magazine. Contains much content related to America as well as Australia. Covers May-August 1841. Some titles include "Value of British Colonies in North America" 'South Australian Land Sales ; and available Territory" "Western Australia" "On the Varieties of the Human Race - The Ethiopian Variety" "Australasian Islands in 4 parts "The China Expedition - Extension of Commerce with China" "Slave Colonies in France" "California and Oregon" etc etc. Also a number of articles about India. Fisher Son, & Co unknown books
1872126879Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia 1872. original green cloth. 8vo. original green cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi 17-310 2 pages. B1-488. B1-488. Second edition actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington De. followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Contains a full-page advertisement for Johnston & Bogia as binders as the last page. Ink ownership inscription on front pastedown "Wm. Davidson Wilmington Delaware 1872" and with the bookplate of Henry Law. Covers rubbed and spotted with wear at spine ends. Johnston & Bogia unknown books
185128368Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1851. original brown cloth stamped in blind. 8vo. original brown cloth stamped in blind. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii 7-367 pages. B1-488. First edition. History of the settlement of Wilmington followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Illustrated. Pencil presentation from former owner to his brother dated 1851 in pencil on first blank page. Top of spine worn. Some fading and spotting of covers. Better preserved than most copies seen. T.K. Collins, Jr. unknown books
183047891London: James Ridgway Piccadilly 1830. 1st Edition. Original drab paper covers with printed paper title label to front cover. General wear & soiling. Lacks rear cover. A Good copy. 4 164 pp. Untrimmed. 12mo. <br/><br/>Much on Byron. James Ridgway, Piccadilly unknown books
1940133073Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final Draft script for the 1940 film. Script belonging to actress Dorris Bowdon best known for her role as Rosasharn in "The Grapes of Wrath" who had a key supporting role in this film. From the actor's estate. <br/><br/>A drama about the clash between a stern German immigrant Montgomery and his eldest son's modern American wife Jennie Gilmore. After he kicks out one of his daughters Bowden for going on a date Jennie rallies the rest of the family to resist his authoritarian ways and convince him to let them pursue their dreams. <br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 34 and production No. 556 dated July 19 1940. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated July 19 1940 noted as Final Draft with credit for screenwriter Buchman. 124 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated between 7-24-40 and 7-29-40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966010770NY: Viking 1966. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. 4to full niger morocco gilt. One of 200 copies SIGNED by the author. As new apparently unused copy in near fine cloth slipcase trimmed in morocco. Viking hardcover books
606322not signed on a 3/4 length shot of Robert Montgomery with young Ronnie Sinclair in a scene from the 1940 film "The Earl of Chicago". Photograph is by Willinger for MGM with their rubberstamp on the back and is on heavy weight stock; approximately 10" x 13". Very good minor signs of handling 1940. Information printed on the back reads: "'THE EARL OF CHICAGO'.Stars Robert Montgomery in the most unusual role of his screen career as Silky Kilmount a Chicago gangster who become and English Earl by inheritance. Ronnie Sinclair plays Gerald Kilmount Silky's cousin and heir in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film brought to the screen by Victor Saville and directed by Richard Thorpe.". No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
19059000246Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1905. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Pictorial cloth lettered in gilt on the cover and spine with an illustrated paper label mounted on the front cover t.e.g. Text fine covers lightly soiled with one corner bumped else very good. <br/><br/>Signed by the artist J.B. Lippincott hardcover books
606317not signed on a 3/4 length portrait of Rosalind Russell facing Robert Montgomery and holding his hands in a scene from the 1937 film "Night Must Fall". Photograph is on heavy weight stock; matte finish; approximately 17" x 13 5/8" with logo in the upper right margin "Might Must Fall"; very good lower corners with creases; minor signs of handling 1937. Rare thus!. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
193862305New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First Edition No. 876 of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown coarse-weave cloth brown leather labels on spine and upper cover. Spine very slightly faded else near fine unopened copy. First Edition No. 876 of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 132; Frazier M-8-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
190926857New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1909. First edition. Cloth. A good or better solid copy of this hard to find title boards foxed and worn at the edges but binding solid and leaves clean but for occasional marginal soiling. Unpaged 42 leaves. Illus. with 79 b/w plates frontis. Obl. folio 31 x 45 cm. James Montgomery Flagg 1877-1960 sold his first illustration to St. Nicholas Magazine at age 12. In this 1909 book we have a collection of his large drawings for Harper's Weekly. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
18695120New York: G.P. Putnam & Son 1869. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A crisp clean copy of the 1869 1st edition with mounted frontis photographic portrait of Admiral Farragut. Solid and VG in its gilt-decorated front panel. Decorative blindstamping as well to the panels bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Thick octavo 464 pgs. all edges gilt. Former owner name and date at front preliminary. "Our Admiral's Flag Abroad" <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam & Son hardcover books
