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196128963New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. c.1961. 2nd printing. Hardcover. nice-looking copy only minimal shelfwear to book; the jacket is very slightly edgeworn but still bright and attractive. Memoir by the woman who worked in the White House as a maid and seamstress for thirty years -- as did her mother before her with a ten-year overlap. "Through the sharp eye of her sewing needle Mrs. Parks sizes up the First Ladies from Mrs. Taft to Mrs. Eisenhower as hostesses fashion plates collectors interior decorators and managers of the world's most famous mansion. The author examines everything pertaining to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from the various rooms and their collections to the still active ghosts of Abe Lincoln Dolley Madison and Abigail Adams. She details the more amusing headaches of the Secret Service in dealing with cranks crackpots and would-be assassins and describes some of the more extraordinary gifts that the Presidents have received." The kind of memoir of which we will certainly see no more. . Fleet Publishing Corporation hardcover
1961019638NY: FLEET PUB. CORP. owner's name nice collectable copy! . VG. Hardcover. 3RD PRINTING. 1961. FLEET PUB. CORP. hardcover
1925mon0000211140Heinemann 1925-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. 1926 hardback without dust cover. Clean copy sound binding. Heinemann hardcover
192425607Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company. Good. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket sound but worn copy bumping/exposure of boards at all corners light dampstaining to spine; the tipped-in folding map between pages 10 and 11 is present and in excellent condition. 3 color plates 6 halftones 9 photogravures INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page: "To Paul Bern / with the good wishes / of the author / Robert Flaherty / New York City / Jan 4th 1927." Flaherty's 1922 film NANOOK OF THE NORTH was the most acclaimed documentary of its time -- a time before "documentary film" even existed as a defined genre. Although the passage of time and the revelations of scholarship have diminished and somewhat tarnished Flaherty's reputation NANOOK itself remains an impressive cinematic achievement even if OK some scenes were staged. Three of the book's four sections deal with Flaherty's earlier expeditions into the Hudson Bay region as an explorer and prospector in the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway during which time he learned about the lands and people and conceived the idea of capturing them on film. Parts I-III are: The Discovery and Exploration of the Belcher Islands; Winter on Wetalltok's Island; The Exploration of Northern Ungava. Only Part IV entitled "Films" is specifically about the making of NANOOK which began in 1913 but was beset with difficulties including the destruction by fire in 1916 of 30000 feet of Flaherty's already-exposed film. His account here is somewhat thin on specifics like dates as he chose instead to concentrate largely on his interactions with the Eskimos specifically Nanook himself whose name wasn't actually Nanook at all but never mind. The book's inscribee Paul Bern 1889-1932 has misfortunately gone down in Hollywood history as Jean Harlow's suicidal husband but prior to that he was one of Irving Thalberg's right-hand men his personal assistant in fact and later a producer at M-G-M. In January 1927 Bern was nearing the end of a two-month sojourn in New York on assignment for Thalberg; per a contemporary press report he "saw every current Broadway play during his visit conferred with many noted writers and entered into negotiations for the screen rights of several stories and novels." Flaherty for his part had been in demand following the great box-office success of NANOOK then as now nothing quite caught Hollywood's attention as strongly as an unexpected money-maker and had dipped his toe in the movie colony's pool turning out a South Seas-set narrative documentary MOANA for Paramount; by the time of its release in January 1926 he had moved to New York where he was working when presumably Bern came calling. Whether or not securing Flaherty's services for M-G-M was a specific agenda item it's quite possible that one of the novels to which Bern nailed down the rights was Frederick O'Brien's 1919 book "White Shadows in the South Seas" and it was that very project later in the year for which Flaherty did indeed return to Hollywood -- albeit briefly before M-G-M shipped him off to Tahiti to shoot the film from which production he was later fired but that's another story. Whether these events actually link up neatly in a single chain is open to speculation but in any case the inscription in this book represents a notable crossing of paths by one of the cinema's towering figures -- the father of the documentary film more or less -- and one of Tinseltown's most tragic figures who would a few years later die by his own hand purportedly after just two months of marriage to the luminous Jean Harlow. Bern was known to be a cultured and well-read man with an extensive library; this particular book ended up probably after Bern's death in the hands of his friend and fellow M-G-M producer Carey Wilson from whose estate we obtained the book. Signed by Author . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
193260001932 les cahiers verts 1932 In12 broché 338 pages
197932838Atlanta: Nexus Press 1979. Hardcover. Very good. 60cc. 15pp contained in cloth backed wooden boards with string tie. . Few small stains to boards and title leaf contents have some handling wear but all are present and in very good condition. One of the more uncommon productions from the press and one that if used to its full potential will result in inevitable destruction of the object itself. <br /> <br/><br/>From directions for Use: "This book contains 15 leaves of different materials including the printed leaves. These leaves plus the covers can be played in different ways by: striking scraping rubbing engraving crumpling tearing breaking snapping etc.A performance may begin with one or more books with or without adding other instruments voices or actions." Nexus Press hardcover books
193175107London: William Heinemann 1931. Maroon coloured boards with gilt lettering to front and spine small stain to reading edge of front board spine lightly sunned closed edges and endpapers lightly browned/spotted pp clean unmarked pp secure in binding. First Edition. Hard. Good. 8vo. William Heinemann Hardcover
1931040171NY: DOUBLEDAY & DORAN. FACSIMILE SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO FRONT PASTE-DOWN . VG. Hardcover. 1931. DOUBLEDAY & DORAN hardcover
1991162196Hermosillo: El Colegio de Sonora 1991. Paperback. 286p. introductory materials conclusions bibliography footnotes tables text in Spanish very good first edition trade paperback of 1000 copies in printed wraps. El Colegio de Sonora paperback books
199628716Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal/Méridien Couverture rigide illustrée Montréal 1996
0359086098.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
89527Madrid, Istituto Espanol de Arqueologia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas 1985, 275x210mm, 131 páginas, semi percalina. Etiqueta de clasficacion pegada el la espalda del libro. Timbro de bibliotoca. Ejemplar bello. Tapa superior del libro consevada.
2000131840Perrin 2000 In-8 cartonnage éditeur souple 23,0 cm sur 14,6. 425 pages. Très bon état d’occasion.
200047477Perrin, 2000, in-8°, 425 pp, 36 photos sur 16 pl. hors texte, reliure souple illustrée de l'éditeur, bon état
6313rassemblés et présentés par Marie Madeleine Martin in 12 broché carré,faux-titre,titre,396 pages en partie non coupé,Pierre Caillier Genève 1949 premier tirage à 5950 exemplaires
1978563HCoJO 76 1978. 1st Édition Limitée et Numérotée. Hardcover. Fine. Type: Book Type: Limited Edition Édition française limitée-numérotée: 1400/1600 vol.1: 'Organisation': 618 pp. vol.II: 'Installations': 239 pp. vol.III: 'Résultats': 697 pp. cadmium red cloth bdgs with blind-stamped front boards white-stamped spines. Abundantly illustrated with full colour & b/w phototypes diagrams and figures published in 1978 as a post-mortem to the entire process of bringing the Games to Montreal with all the attendant architectural conceptions contruction of the sites and the conduct of the Games proper. A very hefty set in a cadmium red cloth hardcase white-stamped on one surface. N.B.: while the volumes are in absolutely FINE condition the hardcase is scuffed at edges with a closed tear at one of the top edge.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS vis Canada Post Expedited; FREE OF CUSTOMS OR DUTY CHARGES. CoJO 76 hardcover
196445835Ville de Montréal/City of Montreal Couvertures rigides Montréal 1964
052593Paris Monum, Editions du patrimoine 2005 in 4 (27x21) 2 volumes brochés, couvertures illustrées à rabats, sous étui cartonné illustré de l'éditeur, 495 pages (pagination continue). avec 455 illustrations. Collection ''Cahiers du patrimoine''. Précieuse documentation sur les édifices publics, militaires et religieux de la ville, du XVIe siècle à nos jours. Très bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
199652834Albin Michel, 1996, fort in-8°, 504 pp, préface de Philippe Masson, biblio, index, notes, sources, broché, couv. illustrée, bon état, envoi a.s.
19487384Editions André Bonne, 1948, fort in-8°, 571 pp, fac-similé d'une note du maréchal Pétain en frontispice, sources et références, index, broché, bon état
194856244Editions André Bonne, 1948, fort in-8°, 571 pp, fac-similé d'une note du maréchal Pétain en frontispice, sources et références, index, reliure demi-percale chagrinée cerise, dos lisse avec titres dorés (rel. de l'époque), bon état
1948148119Couverture souple. Broché. 571 pages.
8684P., André Bonne, 1945 ; in-12, broché. 571pp. Plis au dos.
20132090502113711477Not Available 2013. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
199815437Carte Blanche In-4 oblong Dust Jacket in fine condition Cloth N.p. 1998
