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1950324443London: Victor Gollancz 1950. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth spine titled in black. Very good plus copy in worn dust jacket faded flapfolds split old cello repairs to verso. Ticket of Mitchell's English Book Store Buenos Aires. Signed at the back Jorge Luis Borges Adrogué 1950. With another family signature at front. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Borges was an attentive and discriminating reader of detective fiction and in April 1952 lectured on "The detective novel from the origins to the present day" at the Asociación Argentina de Cultura Inglesa. Victor Gollancz unknown
1929132582D. Appleton & co 1929-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 4x0x7. Signed by Author. Signed by author Roselle Mercier Montgomery in blue ink just months before her death on front free endpaper under the inscription "Awarded to Miss Jean Foster March 14 1933. Contributor of greatest number of acceptable verses for Poetry Contest sponsored by Mason St. and Havemeyer P.T.A. Judged by: Roselle Mercier Montgomery signature".Rare FIRST edition FIRST printing denoted by a 1 on last page of text. NOT A REPRINT. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and design on front cover. Spine is faded and worn at top edge. Text block is clean except for two small x's on the table of contents. Pages are tanning especially around the edges but show no sign of foxing. No tears corner creases or other defects noted. Unconditional money back guarantee. D. Appleton & co hardcover
1936167956Naini Tal: privately printed 1936. I was able to visualize the cure for many of the anxieties now threatening to overwhelm the hopelessly inadequate staff First edition of this scarce minutely detailed account of two important and underreported campaigns to protect British interests from German influence in Persia and Afghanistan written by an intelligent and observant officer. We have traced a single institutional copy only Imperial War Museum. Commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1900 Colonel Routh 1882-1962 subsequently served in India transferring to the Indian Ordnance Department in 1908. He served in East Africa 1914-16 Mesopotamia 1916-18 and in the final months of the war as Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services for "Dunsterforce" and the South Persia Field Force. His distinguished military career in India ended on his retirement in 1936. Fluent in Arabic Persian and Urdu he was an active member of the Royal Central Asian Society. These two parts belong to Routh's War Memoirs of Eastern Campaigns a multi-volume continuously paginated series also covering his service in East Africa Mesopotamia and Waziristan. In the first concerning Dunsterforce Routh analyses the inception of the campaign comments on Dunsterville and his staff and explains the changing operational role that required his logistical expertise: "Dunsterville a fine Russian scholar of the Indian Army arrived in Basra en route to North Persia in Jan. 1918. His choice of staff had naturally fallen mainly on Colonials whose ribbons indicated a high degree of gallantry but complete ignorance of the east and its tongues and methods of working. There were so many points of similarity with my past campaign in East Africa that I was able to visualize the cure for many of the anxieties now threatening to overwhelm the hopelessly inadequate staff attempting to administer the Force. Knowing Persia and the Persians it seemed to me that an urgent need was an organized system of equipping the growing military personnel" pp. 292-4. In his narrative of operations an appealing 20-page section "Circumstances leading up to the appointment of D.A.D.O.S." describes his work in Persia with the intelligence officer Gerard Leachman Sir Arnold Wilson and Gertrude Bell. "It was one of Miss Bell's foibles to despise the shallow soldier in his superficial outlook on life" p. 327. Part II on South Persia covers September-October 1918 when the two brigades at Bushire were organized to open a cart road to Shiraz on the Central Persian Plateau. Routh recounts the ordnance situation on his arrival and provides extracts from his diary and other materials. Octavo 239 x 157 mm. With 3 mounted folding mimeographed maps 2 with hand colouring tipped-in letterpress form for local purchase of stores; tables in text. Original brown cloth recently rebacked and re-cornered in dark half calf front board with title in gilt on red label cream endpapers. Binding a little rubbed and marked contents toned one map and first and last leaves with a little browning: very good. hardcover
1857CRTeMART11<p>London & New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company 1851-1857. 1857. 6 Volumes in 12 preliminary matter for the six volumes bound in at end. 4to. engraved title 32 engraved portraits & views the portrait of Banks supplied & 39 double-page Tallis maps with outline hand-colour drawn & engraved by J.Rapin. text in double columes. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth some fraying to corners & joints & chipping to spine ends 2 covers with modest stains plates with significant foxing & some with marginal dampstaining the maps clean. "A work of extraordinary research reference and completeness upon colonial matters and policy." Hocken The volumes provide information on the history topography geology government population industry and trade of Australia New Zealand British India South Africa the West Indies Gibraltar Hong Kong Canada with separate chapters on Canada East and West Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Newfoundland Vancouver's Island and Hudson's Bay Territory &c. TPL 3009. Mendelssohn III 269-70. See Sabin 44908 Hocken p. 56 & Ferguson 12306. Hardcover. Good.</p> London & New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, [1851-1857?]. hardcover
1949mon0000055505comet books 1949T. paperback. Good. 0.5000 in x 6.9000 in x 5.2000 in. Digest size pb with nice cover art. comet books paperback
1960157365N.p.: N.p. 1960. Archive of 19 photographs of mid-century jazz and blues icons by noted jazz photographer Burt Goldblatt all but one with his credit stamp on the verso.<br /> <br /> Included are photographs of Wes Montgomery Woody Herman 4 Ron Carter Dexter Gordon Lionel Hampton 2 Johnny Hodges Milt Jackson 2 "Cannonball" Adderley Maxine Sullivan Nat Adderley 2 Bud Freeman Monk Montgomery Buddy Montgomery Phil Woods and others.<br /> <br /> Goldblatt is known for his photographic work for album covers from the late 1950s to 1960s. His credits include photo artwork for LPs by Billie Holiday Herbie Mann Carmen McCrae and others.<br /> <br /> 18 of the photographs with Goldblatt's stamp on the verso in various stamp formats over a 30-year period all from his archive. <br /> <br /> 18 of the photographs approximately 8 x 10 inches 2 approximately 5 x 7 inches.<br /> Very Good to Near Fine one with a vertical crease Phil Woods.<br /> <br /> Please note: copying for re-sale is illegal and no commercial rights are included in the sale of these vintage prints. Copyright remains with cBurt Goldblatt/CTSIMAGES. N.p. unknown
1850145271London: The London Printing and Publishing Company nd. 1850s. Hardcover. Very good. 6 vols. in 3 books: xxiv 744; ii 384 ii 188; 564 ii 172 p. 29 cm. Engraved title in vol. 1. 32 engraved portraits and views. 39 double-page Tallis maps with outline hand-colour drawn and engraved by J. Rapin. Text in double columns. Rebound in half brown leather with brown cloth by Keith Felton. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. 4 raised bands on spine gilt trim. Some rubbing and scratches to cloth. Corners worn. A few scuffs to leather spines and a few small black marks. Former owner's bookplates on front pastedowns. Vol. I has repaired edge to frontispiece. Some light dampstains to edges of book 2's frontispiece. <br/><br/>These volumes provide information on the history topography geology government population and industry of the Empire. I. British North America. Vol. II. Australia. Vol. III. New Zealand Tasmania Etc. Vol. IV. Africa and the West Indies. V. British India. VI. Ceylon East India and Mediterranean Settlements. Montgomery was a civil servant who served as Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1845. He was a founding member of the Statistical Society of London 1834 the Colonial Society 1837 and the East India Association 1867. TPL 3009. Mendelssohn III 269-70. See Sabin 4498 Hocken p. 56 & Ferguson 12306. The London Printing and Publishing Company hardcover
46524By Montgomery Martin Esq. late Treasurer to the Queen at Hong-Kong; and member of Her Majesty's Legislative Council in China. London and New York : The London Printing and Publishing Company J. & F. Tallis circa 1851. Six volumes bound in twelve which are labelled as 'Divisions' quarto publisher's original gilt-lettered and decorated red cloth each volume skilfully rebacked some loss to the cloth on the spines the title pages to the six volumes i. British North America; II. Australia; III. New Zealand Tasmania etc.; IV. Africa and the West Indies; V. British India; VI. Ceylon East India and Mediterranean Settlements bound at the rear of Division XII so that the owner can bind the set into six volumes to their style publishers printed advertisement on the pastedown of Division I announcing that the set would be 'completed in eight Divisions' in fact there were twelve publisher's advertisements; paginated as follows: Division I : ii - publisher's advertisements; engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Elizabeth; engraved title page; engraved portraits of Sir Walter Raleigh and Francis Bacon; tissue guards pp. xxiv; 168; with four fine steel engraved double page maps of The World; British America; East Canada and New Brunswick; and West Canada each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division II : iv - publisher's advertisements; engraved portraits of Queen Anne Prince Rupert William Pitt Sir Francis Drake; tissue guards pp.169 - 360; with two fine steel engraved double page maps of North America; Nova Scotia and Newfoundland each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division III lettered on spine 'Australasia' : viii - publisher's advertisements; viii - advertisements for emigrants packet ships to Australia Australian banks and general retailers; engraved portraits of Captain Cook Sir Joseph Banks William Pitt; tissue guards pp. 361 - 568; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Eastern Hemisphere; Australia; and New South Wales each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division IV lettered on spine 'Australia' : viii - publisher's advertisements; engraved portraits of Horatio Viscount Nelson; Richard First Earl Howe; John Locke; tissue guards pp. 569 - 744; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Western Australia Swan River; Part of South Australia; Victoriaor Port Phillip each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division V lettered on spine 'N. Zealand &c.' : xiv - publisher's advertisements and notice on the Abolition of a Duty on Paper; engraved portraits of Admiral Lord Hawke; Samuel First Viscount Hood; Augustus Viscount Keppel; tissue guards pp. 1 - 192; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Van Diemen's Land or Tasmania; New Zealand; Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific Ocean each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division VI lettered on spine 'British Possessions in Pacific' : xvi - publisher's advertisements; engraved portraits of King Charles the Second; Lucius Carey Viscount Falkland; tissue guards pp. 193 - 384; with four fine steel engraved double page maps of Western Hemisphere; South America; Falkland Islands and Patagonia; and The World on Mercator's Projection shewing the voyages of Captain Cook round the world each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division VII lettered on spine 'British Possessions in Africa' : xii - publisher's advertisements; engraved portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby; tissue guard pp. 1 - 208; with five fine steel engraved double page maps of Africa; Cape Colony; Natal and Kaffraria; Western Africa; Islands in the Atlantic each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division VIII lettered on spine 'British Possessions in the W. Indies' : xii - publisher's advertisements; engraved portrait of George Lord Rodney; tissue guard pp. 1 - 188; with five fine steel engraved double page maps of West India Islands; Jamaica; Central America; British Guayana; Isthmus of Panama each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division IX lettered on spine 'British Possessions in Asia' : xii - publisher's advertisements; engraved portraits of Robert First Lord Clive; Sir William Jones; Charles Marquis Cornwallis; tissue guards half-title title page pp. 1 - 180; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Asia; British India; Cabool The Punjab and Beloochistan each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division X lettered on spine 'British Possessions in Asia' : x - publisher's advertisements; engraved portraits of a statue of The Duke of Wellington; a statue of The Marquis of Wellesley; George Clifford Earl of Cumberland; tissue guards pp. 1 - 180; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Northern India; Southern India; Overland Route to India; each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division XI lettered on spine 'British Possessions in Asia' : xii - publisher's advertisements; engravings of Lord George Russell; a group of portraits of nobility; The Siege of Mooltan 1849; The surrender of two sons of Tippoo Sultan; tissue guards pp. 373 - 564; with two fine steel engraved double page maps of Tibet Mongolia and Mandchouria; Independent Tartary each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division XII lettered on spine 'British Possessions in the Mediterranean' : xii - publisher's advertisements; engravings of Gibralter; Valletta; Corfu; tissue guards pp. 1 - 172; six title sheets bound at rear; six leaves of indices for the six volumes; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Ceylon; Malay Archipelago or East Indian Islands; British Possessions in the Mediterranean each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. A fine complete set of Martin's encyclopaedic survey of The British Empire at its height in the Victorian era with portraits engraved scenes and 40 highly detailed hand coloured steel engraved maps by Rapkin. Provenance : Several volumes are inscribed with the previous owner's name 'Richard R. Montgomery' dated 1953 who we can assume is a relation of Robert Montgomery Martin. hardcover
195823711London: Collins 1958. Montgomery Bernard Law The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery Collins 1958. First Edition and dual signed by Montgomery of Alamein and Spike Milligan the latter with a lengthy inscription and occasional text annotations. Red cloth boards with gilt lettered spine and the supplied dust wrapper. Minor rubbing to base of spine and chipping to extremities of jacket. Internally occasional minor spotting. A very good copy. A fascinating and unique dual signature example of the biography of the man who won the second world war. Signed 'Montgomery of Alamein FM November 1958' and below 'I wrote- enclosing this book. Saying- I had done his bidding during the war. Would he now do mine and sign this book. Within 48 hours it was signed and returned. S Milligan'. In addition to Milligan's inscription he has also annotated the first photo page opposite p.40 which depicts a young Montgomery his father and his mother. He writes beneath the image of Montgomery's father 'A cnt' his mother 'A monster' and next to an image of a child Montgomery 'Ok->'. Cunt has been drawn over in purple pen possibly by the recipient of the book who didn't enjoy Milligan's use of language. Additionally on page 152 where Montgomery has published a letter written to him by a private attached to 8th army in Libya which is gushing over Montgomery's message to the troops a while before. Milligan has written 'Grovel Grovel'. Milligan had seen significant action during the second world war fighting both in the North Africa Campaign as a signaller and was appointed lance bombardier. He was wounded at the battle of Monte Cassino and saw out the war playing jazz guitar and performing comedy for the troops. He wrote several autobiographies of his time during the war including Monty: His Part in My Victory and the humorous annotations and irreverent inscription regarding Montgomery are very much in keeping with Milligans life. An amazing association Collins hardcover
19390209271939. Framed Art. Not examined out of frame but appears to be Fine. James Montgomery Flagg. Fine ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR Self-Portrait depicting Flagg wearing a trenchcoat and a fancy women's Easter hat while holding a flower with the pencil caption by Flagg in the right margin: "Ap. 9 1939. I JOIN THE EASTER PARADE ON 5th." Visual image size is 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" matted and framed to an overall size of 14-1/2" x 16." A striking self-deprecating portrait of the artist. Not signed but in Flagg's inimitable style and from the archive of Willis Birchman: author illustrator and friend of Flagg's with whom he had an extensive correspondence. Birchman and Flagg worked together on the book FACES & FACTS BY & ABOUT 26 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS. <br/><br/>Flagg the epitome of the bohemian artist was a master of portrait studies and incisive caricatures. He created many posters for the government and is best known for his famous "I Want You" Uncle Sam recruiting poster an American icon. He was elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1980. unknown
19230007012ASEA ABOARD THE S.S. MONGOLIA EUROPE. Good. 1923. On offer is a fascinating original manuscript travel journal of a young woman's ocean cruise from New York to Europe and a month-long tour of the continent. What makes this journal particularly interesting for the reader should they be researchers or historians of America's post World War I ascendancy is the specific regard the author has for America's social construct in the era of the Roaring 20s. The author is Virginia L. Montgomery writes very well though with a certain air of haughtiness or arrogance to her writing as examples below will illustrate. In some respects it is an unabashed cry of American exceptionalism exemplifying the term 'Ugly American'. In the 19th century Mark Twain wrote about The Innocents Abroad and perhaps it is no coincidence that Montgomery refers to herself and her 2 travelling companions as "the Innocents' " p. 8 Montgomery travels with her sister Maude and a girlfriend Vergue Criswell. They are referred to in the journal as M and V but are identified from the passenger manifest included within. From the very limited information available about Criswell we may suppose that they are in their mid-to-late 20's and living in the Providence RI area. In her opening 'Introduction' she maintains that they will have a right to "crow over our less fortunate neighbours". In the 2nd paragraph she states "There is more Tradition behind the rising curtain of civilization in America than in any other country in the world. . Was there not more Tradition in the valiant little band of Pilgrims . than in the mighty efforts of Alexander.' She ends the Introduction with this exclamation: Tradition backed by the principles of right and justice has made America the greatest country in the world. No wonder it will be hard to judge Europe by American eyes and morals. And so the perspective of this journal is cast. She describes in detail their journey across the Atlantic on board S.S. Mongolia. Their descriptions are colourful and include a significant amount of commentary not flattering about crew and other passengers. Our especial cabin steward a little sawed off wizened she-man named Pierre or Harry was most solicitous. p. 6 The Captain appeared today and I wasn't particularly impressed. So did the ship's doctor a broken down rummy effect and the purser a sissy looking fellow as full of conceit as the ocean is swells. Germans and English! Ye Gods What a mixture! Thank God I was born in America! With the American complex p. 13 Although her language gets rather florid in many places her descriptions of countryside in Europe are quite colourful: The fields were a riot of color. Poppies added their crimson splashes to the gold of ripened wheat . p.26 Descriptions of museums palaces cathedrals and other points of interest are well described and can leave the reader with a sense of what conditions were like there 5 years after the WWI. This is especially so when she describes the lingering destruction from that conflict. From mid-July through mid-Aug their travels took them through France Switzerland Germany Belgium The Netherlands and finally England. The exact itinerary is included in the handwritten notes. A historian would find this an excellent first-hand account of sights and scenes in the immediate postwar years. It also gives an insight into one particular aspect of the American character especially vis-avis new or unusual people incidents or experiences. There is a typed transcription secured in a 2-ring binder. The handwritten notes are 8" by 5 inches and secured by a lace. They number 142 handwritten pages. The typed notes are secured in a hard cover 2-ring binder and amount to 85 pages. The journal is in good condition although the spine is cracked. Most pages are completely attached. The pages are 100% complete.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF VIRGINIA MONTGOMERY; MAUDE MONTGOMERY; VERGUE CRISSWELL; S.S. MONGOLIA; POST WWI EUROPE; TRAVELLING THROUGH EUROPE ROARING 20S ROARING TWENTIES AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM AMERICAN ASCENDANCY ON THE WORLD STAGE POST WWI UGLY AMERICAN INNOCENTS ABROAD AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
1960346279No place: no publisher 1960. Unbound. Near Fine. A collection of 25 decorative title cards for a range of motion pictures released between 1952 -1960. Each measures approximately 14" x 11". There is some wear to the extremities a few scattered creases and a bit of rubbing but overall near fine with surprisingly bright colors. Each card has been screenprinted on the verso of a large movie poster that was cut into sections to match the dimensions of a typical lobby card. Movie theaters would occasionally commission local sign makers to produce lobby cards for display. The production symbols on many of the cards indicate they were created in the same years as the films they represent. Among the most notable titles in the collection are: From Here to Eternity Shane Duel in the Sun Stalag 17 and Gidget. An attractive set of mid-century film memorabilia. A complete list is available upon request. no publisher] unknown
1836222555London : John Murray 1836-1840 1836. First Edition. Hardback. Bookplate to the front paste-down. Very good copies all in the original full aniline calf. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands; contrasting red & burgundy Morocco gilt-blocked labels; very impressively finished. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Physical description; 6 volumes including the scarce final volume xvi712xii760xli677viii682xvi457p. lxix197 : ill fronts map fold. plan fold. ; 23cm. Notes; Vols 2-5 published by W.H. Allen and Co. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; India - History - British occupation 1765-1947. London : John Murray 1836-1840 hardcover
1923196878Boston: L. C. Page & Company 1923. First Edition; 383d Thousandth. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Light bumping along spine crown. L. C. Page & Company hardcover
1947195821Boston: L. C. Page & Company 1947. First Edition; 914th Thousandth. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate on front pastedown owner personalization on FEP. Name on FEP backside. Chipping at spine crown/heel. L. C. Page & Company hardcover
1911LMM014Boston: L. C. Page and Company 1911 Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by George Gibbs. First edition first impression. Publisher's pale blue cloth with portrait panel affixed to front board lettered in gilt; in its original pictorial cream-colored dust jacket lettered in brown. Near fine book with a light bump to top edge of front board and a sizable crease to lower portion of title page; near fine dust jacket with shallow chipping to spine ends light spotting and soiling some edgewear and lightly nicked corners. Overall a beautiful tight and square copy. Exceptionally scarce in the original dust jacket. In The Story Girl two brothers from Toronto Beverley and Felix come to Prince Edward Island to stay with their aunt and uncle for the summer. Among the members of their new social circle is the "story girl" an imaginative cousin named Sara Stanley who captivates the group with ghost stories family lore retellings of Greek myths and other types of tales. In 1913 Montgomery published a sequel titled The Golden Road in which the characters grow up and leave the "golden road" of childhood. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Boston: L. C. Page and Company hardcover
1849012511Calcutta: Calcutta Published by Order of the Honorable the Lieutenant Governor North-Western Provinces;.Printed by J. C. Sherriff Bengal Military Orphan Press. 1849. Book measures 31x25.cm. Collation 4 iii1124 cxxxiii 2211pp 9 coloured folding maps 8 coloured single page maps. Bound in period or early cloth paper title label. Cloth rubbed wear on corners & edges of boards. Binding in good firm condition. Internally previous owners bookplate 1 map has a short closed tear. Pages and maps in very good clean condition. A good solid clean copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good. Quarto. Calcutta Published by Order of the Honorable the Lieutenant Governor, North-Western Provinces;.Printed by J. C. Sherriff, Bengal Hardcover
1960352440Montgomery AL: Montgomery Council on Human Relations 1960. 19 mimeographed sheets. 14 x 9 inches. Stapled at top left. Final leaf detached. Minor chips to first leaf. Provenance: Alfonso and Lucy Campbell. 19 mimeographed sheets. 14 x 9 inches. The Montgomery Council on Human Relations a local branch of the Alabama Council on Human Relations was an integrated community-organized group which was dedicated to the advancement of racial justice through legal means formed in opposition to such groups as the anti-Civil Rights White Citizen's Council. The present mimeographed newsletter by the MCHR reprints news stories related to the Bessemer grand jury indictment of Robert Hughes in a case related to what would become New York Times v Sullivan. OCLC records no examples of newsletters by the MCHR.<br /> <br /> Alfonso and Lucy Campbell attended Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and became friendly with the King family. Both became deeply involved with the Montgomery Improvement Association and during the bus boycott Alfonso served as co-chair the Montgomery Improvement Association's Transportation Committee and chair of the Purchasing Committee. In 1964 the Campbells moved from Montgomery to Virginia when Alfonso became Assistant Dean of Men and Lucy a staff librarian at Hampton Institute. Montgomery Council on Human Relations unknown
1916019096Toronto: McClelland Goodchild & Stewart Limited 1916. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small octavo. The first of Montgomery's books to be published by a Canadian publisher this is one of her most sought-after titles rarely found in a dust jacket even one as weary as this specimen oddly it is easier to find a signed copy than one with a jacket. Collects more than 90 poems by the author of 'Anne of Green Gables' most of which were published in almost two dozen Canadian and American magazines. Green cloth w/gilt cover/spine lettering 159 1 pages. Bumped corners light edgewear gilt almost entirely flaked from spine about a third flaked from front cover previous owner's name to front end paper dust/lightly tanned edges. The jacket is in two pieces separated at left front panel/right spine edge w/rubbing chipping/tears to corners short edge tears 2" tear to top of rear panel sun-darkened spine 1"-deep chip to top spine remains of presumed Christmas gift sticker to spine. Additional scans available on AFB site. McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Limited Hardcover
196315769JLos Angeles: Chrislaw Productions 1963. Original 139 page final shooting script bradbound in blue printed studio wrappers. Signed on the title page in blue ink by the film’s star Henry Silva using his name as well as that of his character Johnny Cool. Accompanying is the screenplay creation archive belonging to the film’s producer Milton Ebbins consisting of 335 pages of drafts and rewrites used in creating the screenplay consisting of original ribbon typescript carbon typescript and typed pasteups. With extensive pencil rewrites corrections and commentary about the direction of the screenplay on many of the pages. Very good condition. Considered one of the classics of neo Film Noir the film was directed by William Asher and starred Henry Silva in the title role Elizabeth Montgomery Richard Anderson Jim Backus Joey Bishop Sammy Davis Jr. and Telly Savalas. The film tells the story of the lives and loves of Italian and American gangsters. A very strange and usual crime film that is even more remarkable in that director William Asher is best remembered for previously directing the largest number of episodes 107 of the great comedy classic - I Love Lucy. Filming Johnny Cool was a 180 degree turn for the director. An amazing archive showing in detail the details and lengths that were taken to craft the screenplay and such a collection is rarely found dealing with a significant film. Chrislaw Productions unknown
161327Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Accented in 22kt gold printed on archival paper with gilded edges smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Owner bookplate on Anne of Green Gables front pastedown and 3rd FEP. Superficial scratch along Anne of Avonlea top text block edge.; First Easton Press Edition. Easton Press hardcover
180998618London: Printed for R. Bowyer The Proprietor 1809. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Large quarto. Sympathetically rebound in later period-style quarter morocco and marbled papercovered boards with dark red spine label. Engraved title and 12 plates. Some staining and foxing to the title and plates smudging to the front fly else a handsome very good copy. A volume of poems commissioned by the London publisher Robert Bowyer to celebrate Britain's abolition of the slave trade. Work p. 309; Sabin 50145. Printed for R. Bowyer, The Proprietor hardcover
184530034Hardback NO DUSTJACKET ISSUED 1845 1st Edition 2nd Printing and the first to appear under Poe's name. 2 VOLS IN 1 USED VG Hardcover. Rubbing to the edges. Bound in three-quarter leather with the owner's embossed on the front IN GOLD GILT. AEG all edges gilt . Clean & tight with some foxing. Besides the second appearance in print of Poe's "The Raven" contains a number of hand-colored plates. ; Small 4to . 378 pages . RAISED BANDS ON BROWN LEATHER SPINE LITE RUB WEAR SOME SCUFF GOLD GILT Frontispiece woodblock of " Entry in Ark in b/w by Seba Smith" B&w engraved plates and hand- colored floral plates Contributions also by William Cullen Bryant Felicia Hemans Whittier Washington Irving and others Rebacked Binding WORN In Rubbed CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO LEATHER Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" is the last work in the volume pg. 376. Includes works by J. G. Whittier Seba Smith on N. American Indians John B. Newman ETC THE Original Printing of Poe's Poem Raven was also published in 1845 in another Magazine earlier in same Year. Literary Emporium Dec. 1845 is the second appearance of "The Raven" though some argue it is the first both in the same year.<br /><br /> J.K. Wellman, New York hardcover
184523360J.K. Wellman New YorK 1845. Hardback NO DUSTJACKET ISSUED 1845 1st Edition 2nd Printing and the first to appear under Poe's name SCUFFED & Rubbed CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO LEATHER Boards with Gold Gilt Design on Front WITH Gold Gilt Name Joseph D. Smalley in the Center Front Cvr Spine Titled & Lined in Gold Gilt with WEAR & SCUFF on Spine. Magazines bound into Hardback VG/Good NO DustJACKET SOLD AS-IS includes The Raven by Poe 1st edition 2nd Printing Slight Chipping Tears Corner Covers Interior Some FOXing & occassional stains. . Hinges Relatively Tight. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 in Approx Text block tight. Some scuffing to top and bottom of spine and corners. " Mrs. Sedgwick has some pieces as does Rev. T.H. Stockton and others. Many articles about women! Many about Christianity! Plus articles about a huge array of subjects! 378 pages. Some foxing an occassional light stain wear pgs. Light Aging Light Wrinkling some interior Pages O/W Nice. 8VO. Gold Gilt on Outer Pages Edges. Rebacked Binding WORN . Published in this Magazine Format which is Bound into HARDBACK BOOK In Rubbed CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO LEATHER Plain endpapers FoXed have Angel BOOKPLATE attached Endpapers Frontispiece woodblock of " Entry in Ark in b/w by Seba Smith" B&w engraved plates and hand- colored floral plates Contributions also by William Cullen Bryant Felicia Hemans Whittier Washington Irving and others Rebacked Binding WORN Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" is the last work in the volume pg. 376. Includes works by J. G. Whittier Seba Smith on N. American Indians John B. Newman ETC THE Original Printing of Poes Poem Raven was also published in 1845 in another Magazine earlier in same Year. Literary Emporium Dec. 1845 is the second appearance of The Raven though some argue it is the first both in the same year. First Edition. Full-Leather. J.K. Wellman, New YorK hardcover
1879190151London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited 1879-81. An attractive visual record of India First edition thus based on Martin's The Indian Empire 1858-61 but with a new introduction taking in recent developments in the Great Game volume III closing with the conclusion of the Second Afghan War 1878-80 and General Roberts's entry into Kandahar. The Dublin-born writer and civil servant Robert Montgomery Martin c.1802-1868 wrote extensively on colonial matters "his life was dominated by a self-appointed task - the study of the British empire which Martin saw in terms of a vast free-trade area of new territories in allegiance to the British crown" ODNB. He had first-hand experience of India moving to Calcutta in 1828 as a surgeon where for a short time he edited the Bengal Herald. All of his writings were "influenced by his practical Christianity and by his association with leading intellectuals. He opposed duelling suttee and slavery advocated the abolition of flogging and was active in the work of the Aborigines Protection Society. At a time when some questioned the value of the empire Martin was its spokesman" favouring "a reformed colonial policy" ibid. 6 vols quarto. 100 steel-engraved plates with tissue guards of portraits views and battle scenes two double-page colour maps; title pages printed in red and black; letterpress printed in double columns. Original green sand-grain cloth over bevelled boards gilt lettered spines covers with ornamental panel in black to front covers and blind to back covers yellow-coated endpapers. A few inner hinges cracked but sound closed-tears to a couple of tissue guards scattered foxing. A very good set. hardcover
