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190657210Washington 1906. Paperback. Fair. 28p. Wrapper. 22cm. Cover worn. Approximately 3cm. sliced off right side of front cover. Laid in are half a dozen blank forms for requesting membership in the Queen of Sheba Chapter No. 3 and a dozen blank forms for the same chapter directing payment of death benefits. <br/><br/> paperback books
20063172006. REYNOLDS Star Jones. SHINE: A Physical Emotional And Spiritual Journey To Finding Love. NY: Collins 2006. 8vo. cloth & boards in dust jacket. First edition first printing. Signed by Star Jones on the half-title page. Books signed by the co-host of the popular day-time television show "The View" are uncommon. Fine in d/j. $85.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19041008268vo promotional pamphlet original printed wrappers. Some soiling to covers some aging to contents; otherwise very good. This promotional and schedule brochure for the White Star Line was published eight years before it launched the Titanic. In addition to providing a schedule for the ships making the Liverpool to New York run it also announces new service to Boston from Liverpool. A list of first class passengers aboard the S.S. Cedric from New York to Liverpool July 22 1904 is included. The front wrapper has an illustration of the White Star logo and the rear cover has a small route map with space to record some comments. books
193443131Great Britain: Cunard White Star 1934. Oblong 8vo unpaged; chiefly color and black and white illustrations some photographic; decorative borders in yellow and silver; original tan staplebound decorative wrappers stamped in red and gilt; "Ships--Queen Mary" in ink at top of upper cover withdrawn rubberstamp on p. 1; very good. Promotional brochure for the iconic ship which was still in preparation as of its publication: "The rooms will be perfectly satisfying to the most cosmopolitan conceptions of culture and good taste at the same time retaining the atmosphere of restfulness and comfort associated with the most dignified English country homes." <br/><br/> Cunard White Star unknown books
1980157470New York: A Wallaby Book Published by Pocket Books 1980. Octavo fourteen folded sheets and title leaf enclosed in plastic portfolio. First edition first printing with "First Wallaby printing January 1980 / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on copyright page. A fine copy. #157470 A Wallaby Book Published by Pocket Books unknown books
1944141117Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Based on John Steinbeck 1943 novella of the same name. Reference numbers are 619-53 black-and-white stamped on verso as "KEY SET" and 619-70 sepia apparently mounted for internal use. <br/><br/>The film follows a group of survivors stranded on a lifeboat following an attack on their merchant ship. Tensions are high as the group negotiates food rations and tries to plot a course to land or rescue. The film is the first in Hitchcock's "limited-setting" fims followed by "Rope" Dial M for Murder" and "Rear Window." Steinbeck who wrote the novella for the film was aggravated by the changes made to his work specifically to an African American character who he felt had been transformed into a grotesque caricature. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Florida and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with toning to one image as well as a holograph graphite notation to the other. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
12796Enterprise NX-01 ornament with display base. The battery-operated Enterprise ornament is made of pewter and measures 5½" x 3 1/8". With brown plastic base; batteries are present. When a button on the base is pressed the Captain Jonathan Archer speaks. Made in 2002 by Hallmark for Paramount. The ornament commemorates the 25th anniversary of Star Trek. The box is in perfect condition and the ship like new. There are also the original papers inside the box. Excellent condition. unknown books
1964168764Brooklyn NY: Star of Bethlehem Grand Chapter OES 1964. Paperback. 209p. lightly-soiled 11x8.5 inch glazed white wraps hinge starting mild toning else very good with numerous photos throughout. Histories officers and associated information on New York chapters of the Prince Hall related Order of Eastern Star the Masonic organization for women. Star of Bethlehem Grand Chapter, OES paperback books
192622861ENew York: United States Polo Association 1926. First Edition. Affixed to the front pastedown is the bookplate of silent film star Marian Nixon Hillman depicting a large sailing vessel cresting a wave. Illustrated with black & white photos throughout and with a fold-out detailing various polo association divisions circuit committees clubs and Army stations by circuits. Very good copy with a bit of pitting and rippling to the gilt-stamped blue cloth some minor handling and edge wear and with some occasional foxing without dust jacket. Marian Nixon 1904 - 1983 began her career in entertainment as a teen dancing in choruses in vaudeville. Her first film roles include Cupid’s Fireman 1923 with Buck Jones Riders of the Purple Sage a925 Hands Up! 1926 and The Chinese Parrot 1927. She also starred as Rebecca in the film adaptation of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1932 with Ralph Bellamy followed by Winner Take All with James Cagney John Ford’s Pilgrimage 1934 with her last film Captain Calamity released in 1936. She was married to Edward Hillman Jr. from 1929 to 1933. United States Polo Association hardcover books
9563One of the most successful television shows of all time. Original Vintage copy of Star Trek - The Next Generation First Season Playback Schedule. 3 pages no date. Signed "Bob Justman". Justman was associate producer and later co-producer of Star Trek. In excellent condition. unknown books
200923015ELos Angeles: Paramount Pictures 2009. Original World Premiere Movie Invitation for the film Star Trek dated April 30 2009 to be screened at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The invitation is in two single sheets each measuring 3 3/4†x 9†with the top portion’s ‘Star Trek’ lettering cut out so that the silver lettering of the second sheet shines through. Includes the original envelope. In fine condition. Star Trek was directed by J.J. Abrams and stars Chris Pine as James T. Kirk Zachary Quinto as Spock Karl Urban as Bones Zoe Saldana as Uhura Simon Pegg as Scotty John Cho as Sulu Anton Yelchin as Chekov and Bruce Greenwood as Pike. The film won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Makeup and was nominated for Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1978407203New York: Random House 1978. A fine complete unused copy. 11.75 x 8.5 inches. 32 pages. Complete with all color cut outs preserved in unused pages. Stapled as issued in pictorial wrappers. The book allows readers to cut out and make: Rs-D2 C-3P0 X-Wing Plane Landspeeder Energy Pistol Lightsaber TIE Fighter and Sandcrawler. Designed by Ib Penick illustrated by Patricia Wynne instructional drawings by Charlotte Staub. <br/><br/> Random House unknown books
20109294Toronto: Self nd circa 2010-2012. First Thus. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Tight bright and unmarred. Taped bindings over printed paper wraps color inkjet reproductions. 8vo. Var. pag. Illus. <br/><br/>"A 10-part zine series telling StarÂ’s short stories of survival sex work over the course of two years." From the author Self paperback books
1968132378New York: Stuart Millar Productions 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. <br/><br/>Based on George Plimpton's 1966 book. Alan Alda in his first starring role plays Plimpton who has put himself into the sports arena writing about his experiences. He's entered the ring with a professional boxer and pitched in an All-Star game. He decides to try his hand at being the quarterback of a professional football team and he gets his opportunity with the Detroit Lions. While everyone involved agrees to keep his secret feigning time spent as a semi-pro in Canada it soon becomes clear that he is clueless on the field. Eventually he earns his teammates' respect and even gets to play in an exhibition game. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York Missouri and Florida. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for writers Roman and Plimpton. 132 leaves mimeograph duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 131. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stuart Millar Productions unknown books
1954008118New York: Tannen Music Inc. 1954. SIGNED by Grandpa Jones in ink on front cover. Born Louis Marshall Jones 1913-1998 in Kentucky Grandpa Jones cut his first country music recording in 1943 with Merle Travis. By 1946 he was appearing on the Grand Ole Opry and later he was a fixture on the TV show "Hee Haw". Near Fine a few small rubs and slight discoloring to covers. A great country music collectible would make an excellent framed piece. . SIGNED. First Edition. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tannen Music, Inc. Paperback books
1979149612US: AG Enterprises 1979. Vintage poster for the independent Spanish-language 1979 film. <br/><br/>Written directed produced and starring popular Cuban comedian Alvarez Guedes a farce about an attempt to create an organization of all the various Hispanic peoples in the United States despite their cultural differences. <br/><br/>26. x 37.25 inches. Bright and Near Fine with light bruising to the top edge. Folded as issued. AG Enterprises unknown books
3223Covington Ky.: The Company . . Large 8vo buff stiff wrappers front printed No other catalogues located; not in McKinstry. Founded in 1890 by German immigrants who came to this country in 1865. Coal wood and gas stoves of all descriptions Covington, Ky.: The Company, . unknown books
1958143902Paris: Comedie-Francaise 1958. Collection of 19 original studio still color transparencies from the 1958 French film here under the original French title. Starring actors Meyer Seigner Marie Sabouret and Micheline Boudet figure prominently in the images in lavish period costumes. A few have cropping annotations either on the glassine sleeve or on an affixed glassine slip. Laid in is a signed typescript letter from "Y. Guillot" addressed to Gay Lussac at Cinedis the film's distribution company and dated 1960. Guillot was "Le Chef du Service des Editions" and he thanks Lussac for sending him "ektachromes" from the film promising to include images in upcoming issues of his publication. Housed in an original French Crumiere paper photo box with annotations in holograph ink and pencil on the lid. <br/><br/>Based on Moliere's 1670 five-act play "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme" about social climbing and the bourgeois personality. Seigner plays Jourdain middle-aged and aspiring to aristocracy. He learns fencing dancing music and philosophy constantly making a fool of himself. The second adaptation of Moliere's play after Humberto Gómez Landero's "El gran Makakikus 1944 and preceding Roger Coggio's "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" 1982. <br/><br/>18 transparencies 3.25 x 4.5 inches 1 two-frame transparency 2.25 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine glassine sleeves with light soil. Letter Very Good plus folded twice. Box Very Good overall. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Comedie-Francaise unknown books
1985007384Atlanta Georgia: American Library Association 1985. RARE 1985 poster published by the American Library Association featuring a Bob Fitch/Black Star portrait photograph of Dr. King with an extended handwritten quote provided by the Martin Luther King Centre Atlanta lower right corner that begins "Hence the forging of priceless qualities of character is taking place.". Near Fine a small faint crease. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 15" x 23". American Library Association books
1974142784Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1974. Six vintage promotional photographs from the 1974 film. Xerographically reproduced snipe tipped on to the verso of all but one photograph and with rubber stamp to the verso of three photos as well. <br/><br/>The 1974 adaptation of Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel has been praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Coupled with an all star cast and a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola Jack Clayton's film has cemented its place in cinema history. Winner of two Academy Awards. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York England and Rhode Island. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. All photos in Near Fine or better condition with snipe unattached from the verso of two photos. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970136064New York: National General Pictures 1970. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the set of the 1970 film. Shown are director Gene Kelly with James Stewart and Henry Fonda. <br/><br/>A revisionist Western in which James Stewart an aging cowboy inherits his brother's house of prostitution. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. National General Pictures unknown books
4111STAR OF THE WEST. Star of the West was a steamship built in 1862 by Jeremiah Simonson for Cornelius Vanderbilt and it frequently traveled to Nicaragua. In 1861 the Federal government hired her to ship supplies to Fort Sumter but it was fired on by cadets from The Citadel. D. 2pg. 8†x 12â€. June 16 1855. Punta Arenas Nicaragua. A contemporary copy of a financial agreement for the steamer Star Of The West. The document states in part “In the Article of Agreement dated March the twentieth one thousand eight hundred and fifty five entered into between me and acting legally for Michael Baker of South Dartmouth Mass as his attorney of the first part and Capt E W Turner of the Steam Ship Star of the West of New York of the second part – it was agreed to appoint Mr. Charles Morgan of New York to be the approver of the names on the ‘Bond’ for the Sum of Twenty five thousand dollars to be given by the said E W Turner pledging payment on receipt of the first sample of the ‘Guano’ at any port from the Island or Islands in the Pacific Ocean the Geographical position of which the said Michael Baker and myself have bound ourselves to furnish and have for ever transferred all right and title thereto as set forth in the Article of Agreement…â€. The document has three filing folds and some ink blotches and it is in very good condition. unknown books
199513861JLos Angeles: Paramount 1995. First Edition. This original shooting script belonged to actor John K. Shull and is signed by him and by his wife Kim Shull who was costumer on “Star Trek - Vovager.†This script is "Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Episode titled: RETURN TO GRACE.†Shull played the character “K'Temang.†Revision pages on whie paper dating 12/07/1995. 55pp. Very good condition. Paramount unknown books
1962143082Rome: G.B. Poletto 1962. Vintage press photograph showing director Luchino Visconti and stars Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale on the beach at Cannes to promote "The Leopard" with the aid of what is actually a cheetah rather than the titular big cat. With the stamp of United Press International on the verso. <br/><br/>Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of the Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Winner of the Palme d'Or and nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. G.B. Poletto unknown books
1979145288Los Angeles: California Pictures 1979. Collection of 51 vintage borderless color photographs from the 1979 film. Also included are eight large format negatives for photographs in the collection. <br/><br/>Two US Navy divers taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Philippines are forced to search for millions of dollars worth of silver that the retreating American forces dumped into Manila Bay. <br/><br/>Set and shot in the Philippines. <br/><br/>41 photographs 8 x 10 inches. Ten photographs 5 x 4 inches. Two negatives 8 x 10 inches. Five negatives 5 x 4 inches. Overall Near Fine. <br/><br/>Parish and Hill Black Action Films 159. California Pictures unknown books
