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198251219Boston: Little Brown 1982. First Edition 18th printing. 8vo pp. 420. A nice copy in little chipped and worn price clipped dj. Signed by the author on the title page and inscribed: "For my friend Bill Smith who helped introduce me to Robert Herrick with good rembrance of how we bestirred the bear in Budapest. In the blood. 15 Nov 85" An exploration of back roads and forgotten towns across America and meetings with the people living there. William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield Louisiana. He was brought up at Jefferson Barracks Missouri south of St. Louis. Smith received his A.B. and M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and continued his studies at Columbia University and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Smith is the author of ten collections of poetry of which two were finalists for the National Book Award. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970. Little Brown unknown books
19566053361956. not signed on one 8x10 sheet featuring Marlon Brando practicing with different pose in each shot from the 1956 film "The Teahouse of the August Moon." Photographs are on one 8" x 10" single weight sheet; very good staple holes in upper and lower margin; 1956. Test photos are rare and probably one of a kind!. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
199132473Berkeley: North Atlantic Books 1991. First edition. Cloth fine in lightly used dust jacket. <br/><br/> North Atlantic Books hardcover books
199234538London: Macmillan 1992. Hardcover. Very good. xvii 236pp index. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1983235809Madison: University of Wisconson Press 1983. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Hundreds of black & white photographic illustrations. 346pp. 4to rust cloth d.w. Madison: Wisconsin 1983. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.<br/><br/> University of Wisconson Press unknown books
19781215387Springfield IL: Charles C. Thomas 1978. Quarto; vg/good; dj. white spine wih green titles; HB green cloth spine with silver titles; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block clean; hand notes on ffep; 190 pp.; illus. 452 plates some with color; endpapers toning starts; binding slightly askew; dj sunned; chipping and short tears; spot staining; else very good. 1215387. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Charles C. Thomas unknown books
199919640Buenos Aires Argentina: Banco Velox 1999. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black cloth gilt lettering color DJ. 237 pp. Profuse color and bw plates. Text in Spanish Prilidiano Pueyrredon: Cultural Artists Project of Mercosur. One of a beautiful series of books on Latin artists--includes a biographic section chronology and vast selection of stunning annotated plates. Banco Velox hardcover books
1987111456Birmingham: Classics of Ophthalmology 1987. hardcover. fine. Illustrated. 2 vols. in one. Thick 8vo full rust leather decoratively gilt spine and covers a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Ophthalmology 1987. Fine.<br/><br/> Facsimiles of the 1894 and 1877 editions respectively.<br/><br/> Classics of Ophthalmology unknown books
198517751985. WACKERBARTH Horst. LEAST HEAT MOON William. THE RED COUCH: A PORTRAIT OF AMERICA. Photography by Kevin Clarke and Horst Wackerbarth. NY: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions 1985. Quarto red cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Clarke on the half-title page. An interesting culmination of the four years spent by Clarke and Wackerbath traveling the United States with an eight-foot long red-velvet sofa. Near fine; very minor wear price-clipped d/j. $85.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1998166218Urbana and Chicago IL: University of Illinois Press and Canal Corridor Association 1998. First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. 216 pages. Prologue by Tony Hiss. Essays by Emily J. Harris. Epilogue by William Least Heat-Moon. A terrific collection of black and white images by Edward Ranney. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Ranney on the title page and also signed and inscribed by him on the front free endpaper and additionally signed there as well by Emily Harris. University of Illinois Press and Canal Corridor Association unknown books
193220730Los Angeles: The Phoenix Press 1932. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Quarter printed cloth over boards. Very good. Some foxing toning to boards. Endpapers lightly foxed with trivial touches throughout text block but mostly clean throughout. 68pp. <br/><br/>Scarce book by the Chinese author in a lovely edition. With an introduction by Manly Hall and another by George Sterling who discusses Kwan's play "The Sword of Heaven." The Phoenix Press hardcover books
198884078NY:: Garland Publishing. Fine. 1988. Hardcover. 0824051408 . Complete in two volumes. First edition thus. Both volumes are fine in tan cloth. No dust jackets as issued. ; 1152 pages . Garland Publishing, hardcover books
1952142221London: Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. 1952. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Curtis Warren 00. The third book in the "I.R.C." series an incredibly bad space opera trilogy set in the future. "Absolute rubbish from start to finish" - Harbottle and Holland A299. Reginald 09317. Not in Clarke Tale of the Future 1978. Wrappers rubbed at edges old cellophane tape reinforcements at spine ends a very good bright copy. Scarce. #142221 Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. unknown books
193226989Los Angeles: The Phoenix Press 1932 1932. First American edition. Mattila B77; not in BAL under Sterling. Binding a little darkened worn and creased in the upper corner; a good sound copy. 8vo original tan cloth spine pale green paper boards Chinese characters and western lettering in red. Frontis portrait. 24 poems and two short plays by Moon Kwan a native of China who attended USC in Los Angeles and UC Berkeley. Along the way he befriended Witter Bynner to whom one of the poems is addressed and George Sterling who wrote the introduction to the plays among other members of the literati and he worked as a technical advisor to D. W. Griffith on his film Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl. Kwan returned to Hong Kong in the 1930s where he worked in the film industry. This Los Angeles edition is one of two that appeared in 1932 or slightly later; the other with six additional poems was published in Hong Kong and is not dated. <br/><br/> Los Angeles: The Phoenix Press, 1932 unknown books
198116672Matrix/Delpire 1981. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1981 stated 1st American edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp Near Fine dustjacket with just the slightest touch of scuffing to the panels. Oblong quarto the text translated from its original French by Enid Kirshberger. <br/><br/> Matrix/Delpire hardcover books
199376637Arlington VA.: Nature Conservancy. Very Good. 1993. Limited Edition 1/500. Softcover. This work is soft-bound in brown handmade paper wrappers with a printed paper label on the upper cover. The string binding is solid. The contents are bright and generally clean but with old damp-staining to the lower outer corners of the wrappers which is visible on the bottom and outer edges of the pages. This work is a Limited Edition 1/500 and is signed by all three authors Bill McKibben Terry Tempest Williams and William Least Heat-Moon on the final page. Laid-in at the front is a photograph of Terry Tempest Williams which is signed/inscribed by Williams. This item is scarce in the trade. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. . Nature Conservancy paperback books
1971137953Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1971 "surrealist documentary" rock film. The still depicts composer/screenwriter Frank Zappa conducting and singing. <br/><br/>In 1970 Zappa completely re-formed the Mothers of Invention to include drummer Aynsley Dunber jazz keyboardist George Duke and three members of The Turtles. Zappa began to write a film for the new lineup and recorded "Chunga's Revenge" 1970 with them as a "preview." Subsequently Zappa met conductor Zubin Mehta and worked with him to produce a concert in May 1970 wherein the Los Angeles Philharmonic was augmented by the Mothers or vice versa as you like and referred to this as "the second preview." <br/><br/>The film itself shot in a week at Pinewood Studios outside London was a tripped-out documentary about life as a musician on the road and Zappa characteristically chose an eclectic group of celebrities to join the proceedings including Theodore Bikel Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. The resulting soundtrack is a matter of debate among Zappa enthusiasts but is notable for its orchestral finale "Strictly Genteel" a touchstone for the variety of classical music experimentations Zappa would subsequently pursue. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
1981PB43575Matrix/Delpire Lausanne 1981. Fine. First Edition 9.25 in. x 11.75 in. 94 pages Cloth Dust Jacket First United States edition. 8. Matrix/Delpire, Lausanne hardcover books
1981163662Paris: Delpire 1981. First edition. Oblong hardcover. Text in French with a foreword by Daniele Sallenave. A collection of 94 color and black and white images by Moon that are often ethereal and otherworldly. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that is light rubbed and with a few small scratches and some minor wear. Still a pleasing copy of this terrific book. Delpire unknown books
193822890Tijuana Baja California Mexico: Ruben D. Luna. Very Good. 1938. Number 159th. Stapled wraps. bound with a single staple in the center of the spine age-browned and somewhat fragile due to cheap pulp paper but otherwise in quite nice shape with just one little tear at the rear hinge and a diagonal section across the top corner of the front cover that's a little extra-browned. advertisements 12-page advertising handout touting the many excellent and duty-free bargains to be had by "Mr. Tourist" in the fine shopping emporia just over the border in Tijuana. Issued with "the approval of the Tijuana National Chamber of Commerce" the array of goods advertised in its pages runs the gamut: Oriental rugs lounging robes briar pipes cashmere sweaters French perfumes German cameras silk and rayon pajamas Swiss watches and more! The entire issue consists of advertisements except for the editorial/advisory matter explaining among other things the $100 limitation on goods to be taken back into the U.S. which appears on the front page under the headline "Tijuana Offers the Best Merchandise" and promises that the reader/shopper will find in the city "a veritable Exposition of articles from all parts of the world which can be obtained at prices astoundingly low." There are large ads for Mexicali Beer advising the buyer to accept no imitations and to "have bottles opened in your presence" a bookstore called "Cultura" offering "Spanish translations of the best foreign writers" the Original Caesar's Cafe and Restaurant and of course a couple of marriage and divorce bureaus. An ephemeral publication if there ever was one and the survival of a never-been-folded example is all the more remarkable; an OCLC search turns up absolutely nothing although it's entirely possible that there are special collections holdings in Mexico or elsewhere of this publication. But I wouldn't bet my last tamale on it. . Ruben D. Luna paperback books
1962140044Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film. <br/><br/>Four street urchins bet weekly on the horse races and decide to steal a dime from the church one week in order to allow Jesus to be a partner in their scheme. They win an exorbitant amount only to have the winning ticket float away on the breeze. <br/><br/>Set in Tijuana Mexico. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 17 dated July 30 1962 with credits for screenwriters Laslo Vadnay and Hans Wilhelm. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated August 6 1962. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1930151434Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1930. Two vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1930 film one showing actors Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler and one showing Dressler alone. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Lorna Moon's 1929 novel. A beleaguered dockside innkeeper Dressler tries to protect and raise her young adopted daughter while loving and frequently fighting with an alcoholic fisherman Beery who resides at the inn. A wildly successful sharp drama co-written by two successful female screenwriters at the height of their careers Frances Marion and Marion Jackson. <br/><br/>10 x 13 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and slightly wavy. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
193110609Chicago: Self Published 1931. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. One page handwritten letter to Phyllis Abell of Vanity Fair discussing her request for a photo of Willard showing his hobby. "Well my two hobbies are my kids and golf - I play with the children much better than I play golf". SIGNED both as Frank Willard and Moon Mullins. Folded for mailing else very good condition. Letter is dated December 9 1931. Written on Chicago Tribune stationary. Willard's signature is uncommon. Self Published paperback books
2000007757Chicago: Badpress Books 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition of this full color 152 page book on stamp art by these two artists. This is one of a tiny number of hardbound copies and has been SIGNED by both artists on a special tipped in page with Badpress blindstamp to lower section. Quite rare and beautiful. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> Badpress Books hardcover books
2000171397Minneapolis MN: Weinstein Gallery 2000. First edition. Oblong softcover. Number 34 of 200 copies from a total edition of 250. Text by Ilona Suschitzky and Moon. Includes 32 images of dolls in suggestive images. A fine copy in wrappers in a very near fine cardboard slipcase. Signed by Moon on the limitation page. A beautifully printed book that despite the limitation this is fairly uncommon. Weinstein Gallery unknown books
