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198320135ELondon: Bodley Head / Columbia Pictures 1983. Second printing. Signed and inscribed by the author Richard Attenborough and by the actor Ben Kingsley who had the title role in Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi with both of them winning Oscars for their work. Inscribed on the half-title by Richard Attenborough: “For Josephine with best wishes Richard Attenborough. 83.†and just above by Ben Kingsley: “Best Wishes Josephine Ben Kingsley.†Fine in a fine dust jacket. The making of the award-winning film Gandhi. Extensively illustrated in color and black & white with an excellent text. The film was internationally recognized and rewarded including winning eight Oscars: Best Picture and Best Director Attenborough Best Screenplay John Briley Best Actor in a Leading Role Kingsley Best Cinematography Best Art Direction - Set Direction Best Costume Design and Best Editing. And it was nominated for three more: Best Makeup Best Music Original Score Ravi Shankar & George Fenton and Best Sound. Bodley Head / Columbia Pictures unknown books
189825244London: Leonard Smithers 1898. No. 22 of 1000 copies on Art Paper. Frontispiece five initial letters and cover designs by Aubrey Beardsley. 1 vols. 4to. Original blue cloth blocked in gilt with Beardsley's designs on upper and lower covers slight cover wear else fine and attractive. No. 22 of 1000 copies on Art Paper. Frontispiece five initial letters and cover designs by Aubrey Beardsley. 1 vols. 4to. Beardsley's Last Book. Beardsley had intended a series of 24 drawings for Jonson's Venetian comedy but died before completing it at the age of 26. Leonard Smithers unknown books
189817992London: Leonard Smithers 1898. One of 1000 copies on Art Paper this copy un-numbered. Frontispiece five initial letters and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. 1 vols. 4to. Original blue cloth blocked in gilt with Beardsley designs on upper and lower covers one corner bumped and light wear to extremities else fine and attractive. One of 1000 copies on Art Paper this copy un-numbered. Frontispiece five initial letters and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. 1 vols. 4to. Beardsley's Last Book. Beardsley had intended a series of 24 drawings for Jonson's Venetian comedy but died before completing it at the age of 26. Leonard Smithers unknown books
195314274New York: Pantheon / Bollingen Series XXXV 1953. First Edition. Quarto 25cm. Cloth-backed tan linen boards stamped in gilt; xxxii 423pp; tipped-in color frontispiece & 68 leaves of plates. Inscribed on front endpaper by artist Ben Shahn to his wife Bernarda dated 1955. Minor external wear; internally clean and unmarked; Near Fine lacking the dustwrapper. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with estate label tipped on to front endpaper. Very nice association copy of Maritain's treatise on the relationship between art and spiritual experience a theme which played an ever-increasing role in Shahn's work in the 1950s and 60s. Pantheon / Bollingen Series XXXV unknown books
195469774New York: Simon and Schuster 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The author recounts his childhood education and career as journalist playwright and screenwriter describes famous political and literary acquaintances and examines U.S. efforts to aid Jews in Nazi Germany and after the war in Israel. Textual photographs. Octavo. Original green paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine with gilt titles. A bit of wear to the corners which are slightly showing. Some general shelfwear to the dust jacket with neat brown paper reinforcement to the verso; else very good. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1930152279N.p.: Caddo Company 1930. Vintage program for the premiere of the 1930 Pre-Code film which was famously held as a gala event at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.<br/><br/>Howard Hughes' most expensive and ambitious production a story about World War I combat pilots today still a dazzling work of blockbuster action and actual aerial biplane footage. Originally conceived as a silent film and then retooled as a talkie in the wake of "The Jazz Singer" 1927. Most of the film is shot in black and white but one sequence is in color-the only color footage ever released of actress Jean Harlow before her untimely death. <br/><br/>8.75 x 11.75 inches bifold. Very Good with a few light dampstains to the front wrapper and a short closed tear to the bottom fold. Caddo Company unknown books
1934140940830New York: Henry Holt and Company 1934. First American Edition. Very Good. Complete in five volumes. All first American edition first printings in their rare dust jackets. Very Good condition overall. Some chipping to jackets former owner's notes in pencil on verso of rear flaps. Vols. I & II have slight wave to text Vol. 1 has a single archival tissue mend to verso. Vols I & III spines are sunned. Vol. II jacket has single archival tissue mend on verso. Vol. IV spine lettering rubbed. Vol. V rear hinge cracked jacket price-clipped. An attractive set of the epic novel by the Nobel-winning French writer published in the US over a span of nine years. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1898229390London Leonard Smithers 1898. 1898. First "Beardsley" edition. Thin 4to. Essay on Jonson by Vincent O'Sullivan; essay on Beardsley by Robert Ross. Frontispiece drawing 5 vignettes and the upper cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Original gilt stamped aquamarine cloth upper cover with elaborate gilt stamped floral design and bevelled edges gilt stamped vignette on back cover with publisher's name and date stamped in gilt at bottom of spine uncut and partly unopened light wear to spine ends corners slightly bumped. Very good. 195 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Number 33 of 1000 copies "printed for England and America". Laid in loose is a 4to proof on Japan vellum of the illustration at p. 147. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Leonard Smithers, 1898. hardcover books
11262Greenhaus Ben. Greenhaus Ben American 1908-1951. WENDELL WILLKIE STEPPING OUT OF A CAR. Mounted gelatin silver photograph of Willkie presumably during the campaign of 1940. c. 12 x 10 inches mounted to 20 x 16 inches. The verso with the photographer's stamp Greenhaus photographed for the New York Times and a label of the Press Photographer's Association of New York stating that this photograph was included its Sixth Annual Exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry Rockefeller Center NY March 29 to April 27 1941. Wendell Willkie 1892-1944 was a lawyer and utilities executive who was the Republican candidate for the US Presidency in 1940. The sandwich mount is not archival showing some discoloration at the bevel and chipping at the edges but the photograph appears to be in very good condition. unknown books
1982146481N.p.: N.p. 1982. Original handwritten manuscript for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is an undated revision page as well as a receipt from Fisher Graphics itemizing two copies of the script be printed and collated.<br/><br/>Based on the 1968 novel "Legion of Outcasts" by Nick Hurk and Ben Roberts Davis writing as Hurk Davis. A Dutchman living in Paris joins the French Foreign Legion where he is shipped off to fight in the Algerian Civil War quickly captured by enemies and held as a prisoner of war for six months.<br/><br/>Set in Algeria the Netherlands and France.<br/><br/>Green card wrappers. Title page present dated Jan. 7 1982 with credits for screenwriters Nick Hurk and Ben Roberts Davis. 233 leaves with last page of text numbered 225. Handwritten rectos only with undated yellow revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1852WRCAM26488Louisville Ky 1852. 25535pp. Antique-style half calf. Folding frontispiece map. Scattered foxing and light staining. Darker persistent stain in bottom portion of second half of text. Good. A detailed history from colonial times to date of publication with much on the government institutions and resources. The map depicts Louisville and environs. HOWES C223. SABIN 11362. unknown books
192113522New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1921. First Edition. Octavo 19cm. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 409pp. In Johnson's first binding of plum cloth. A very tight fresh copy with just a few small spots of discoloration to edges of text block; Near Fine. In an attractive example of the very scarce jacket lightly dusted overall and with a few brief nicks to extremities; Very Good. The jacket rear panel bears promotional blurbs from H.L. Mencken and Burton Rascoe. HANNA 1648. COAN p.106. A very pleasing copy of Hecht's first full-length book a semi-autobiographical novel portraying the rise of a young Chicago newspaper reporter. Despite its rather frank treatment of sexual themes the novel was widely praised upon publication and launched Hecht's long prolific career as a novelist journalist and Hollywood screenwriter. <br/><br/>Merle Johnson American First Editions 3rd ed notes three states of the binding: "1 yellow stamping on plum cloth; b orange on green; c maroon on green" and says that "state a is probably correct." As noted our copy is in the plum cloth; it is stamped in a color which could arguably be called deep yellow but appears in our view to be closer to orange. Since orange ink was used on a later state of the binding we will reluctantly settle on calling this an unrecorded early variant binding as likely to be "probably correct" as is Johnson's yellow-on-plum. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
192552300New York: D. Appleton & Co 1925. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.25cm; red cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; x1881 1pp ads. Presentation copy inscribed by Hecht on the front endpaper: "For Carmel Meyers sic a jazz madonna / Ben Hecht." Spine ends gently nudged else a fresh Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $1.75 showing light wear and dustiness and a few closed tearsand attendant creases; Very Good or better. Collection of five one-act plays co-written by Goodman and Hecht with a preface by Thomas Wood Stevens. The recipient was Carmel Myers 1899-1980 a Jewish-American silent film actress and close friend of Hecht Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. D. Appleton & Co unknown books
193124930New York: Covici-Friede 1931. FIRST EDITION. The scarce first issue book with page 305/306 integral and with 34 lines of text on page 306. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket bright and crisp with only the most minor of edgewear. <br/><br/> Covici-Friede unknown books
192424926New York: Boni & Liveright 1924. FIRST EDITION. A near fine copy in a very good to near fine dust jacket missing a couple small chips at top of spine panel and a faint crease in front panel. Uncommon in jacket. <br/><br/> Boni & Liveright unknown books
100379Autograph of legendary golfer Ben Hogan double matted and framed with a photograph of him. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 15 inches. Ben Hogan discovered golf as a fifteen-year-old caddie. He turned pro at seventeen joined the tour full-time as a nineteen-year-old in 1931 and has won nine pro majors. A four-time PGA Player of the Year he is one of only four golfers to win all four professional majors. At forty-one he won five of six tournaments including the Masters U.S. Open and the British Open. unknown books
1898218058London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Limited. hardcover. Beardsley Aubrey. A New Edition with a critical essay on the author by Vincent O'Sullivan and a frontispiece five initial letters and a cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Rubricated title. 193pp. 4to original blue cloth with ornate Beardsley design in gilt just slightly rubbed; inner paper hinges neatly strengthened pages uncut and unopened. Housed in a custom cloth folder and 1/2 morocco slipcase well-worn but solid and attractive; dampstains on bottom corners. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. First edition with these illustrations. A near fine copy in a good slipcase.<br/><br/> Number 44 of 1000 numbered copies on Art Paper. This work includes the last illustrations produced by Beardsley before his death a fraction of the illustrations which the artist had originally intended for this volume.<br/><br/> Leonard Smithers unknown books
386LONDON SMITHERS 1898. #33/1000; BEARDSLEY ILLUSTRATIONS FIRST "BEARDSLEY" EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. LONDON, SMITHERS, 1898 unknown books
1946120515Los Angeles: Selznick International Pictures / Vanguard Films 1946. An archive of 3 scripts relating to an unproduced film version of "Joan of Arc" developed by Selznick International Pictures and Vanguard Films. The archive includes:<br/><br/>Early partial treatment but complete as issued for an unproduced film "Joan of Arc" written for the screen by Ben Hecht. The treatment ends with Joan being brought from her cell still in armor to see the judges for the first time. Though incomplete in terms of the story this clearly the script that was issued probably for approval toward a more fully developed screenplay for which Hecht did complete at least two later drafts. Pale green titled wrappers with title and credit for screenwriter Hecht rubber-stamped copy No. 15 and dated 10/7/46 on the front wrapper. 9 leaves mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three tarnished silver brads. <br/><br/>First Draft script by Ben Hecht. Blue card wrappers rubber-stamped Copy No. 37 with the title credit for screenwriter Hecht and date of November 12 1946 Re-run April 11 1947 on the front wrapper. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page is integral with the first page of text. 150 leaves all on white stock mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. <br/><br/>Research document for an unproduced film. A separate and rather extensive document translated by Donald M. Frame from the original Jules Quicherat French text for use in development of the film. The document is divided into two sections: 1 a 62-page section detailing the "Exposition and preliminaries of the case" and the first five sessions and 2 a 135-page section detailing the sixth session followed by several sessions both in prison and in court. Gray card wrappers rubber-stamped copy numbe with the title credit for author Quicherot and translator Frame and a date of 10/10/46 on the front wrapper. Hecht's first Treatment script for the film was submitted just three days before on 10/7/46. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page is integral with the first page of text. 197 leaves all on white stock mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. Selznick International Pictures / Vanguard Films unknown books
180913889London: B. Marshall 1809. Hand colored print engraved by R. Woodman. Image size 19 x 24 inches matted and framed to 27 x 32 inches overall. 1 vols. A few light waterstains to lower margin away from image else fine. Hand colored print engraved by R. Woodman. Image size 19 x 24 inches matted and framed to 27 x 32 inches overall. 1 vols. Large Fine Ben Marshall Sporting Print. Siltzer British Sporting Prints p. 178 B. Marshall unknown books
1954222706New York: Pantheon 1954. Limited. hardcover. fine. Ben Shahn. An Ancient Legend from the Zohar. Illustrations by Shahn printed in brown. Tall thin 8vo natural cloth with red & gilt stamped covers and spine; uncut edges. New York: Pantheon 1954. A fine copy in a slightly worn board slipcase.<br/><br/> Limited edition. Number 508 of 550 signed copies printed at the Spiral Press on Rives mould-made paper.<br/><br/> Pantheon unknown books
195428628New York: Pantheon 1954. First Limited Edition. Tall octavo. Tan rough linen boards stamped in maroon and gilt; publisher's slipcase; 45pp.; illus in text. Number 394 of 500 hand-numbered copies signed by the artist and printed at the Spiral Press. Faint scratch to lettering on spine else a Fine unworn copy in a lightly rubbed Very Good slipcase. Pantheon unknown books
195614205Cambridge: Fogg Museum 1956. First Edition. Oblong 12mo ca. 13cm x 20cm. Original pictorial wrappers; 32pp. Bernarda Bryson Shahn's copy with her ink signature to front endpaper. Mild external dusting; a Near Fine copy. Shahn's lengthy and personal exegesis of his 1948 painting "Allegory" by turns an introspective analysis of his own artistic motivations and a major statement of Shahn's esthetic philosophy. Delivered as the Charles Eliot Norton lecture for 1956. This copy from Shahn's library with Bernarda Shahn's ownership signature. Fogg Museum unknown books
1952201169Roosevelt NJ 1952. unbound. 1 page 11 x 8.5 inches Roosevelt New Jersey May 17 1952 accompanied by the original stamped and postmarked and signed envelope. Written by the Social Realism artist to a friend requesting a rain-check for dinner: "Dear Mrs. Tishman My wife and I would have loved to have dinner with you - thank you so much for asking us.Sincerely Ben Shahn." Natural folds; near fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1710precDisbound quarto; 15 x 23 cm; xii 56 pages; worn and soiled; blindstamp of Chicago Theological Seminary on title page.<br /><i>Seder Mitzvot Nashim</i> The Order of Women's Precepts by Benjamin Aaron ben Abraham Slonik of Grodno c. 1550–c. 1619 translated into Italian by Jacob ben Elhanan Heilbronn in 1614; this copy printed in Venice 1710. <br /><br />A practical and fairly sympathetic guide to women's ritual obligation first published in Yiddish in Cracow 1577 in Italian in Padua 1616. This was probably the most popular of the rabbinical guides to a woman's three ritual obligations: 1 the taking of a piece of dough before baking bread 2 the lighting of lights on the eve of the Sabbath and festivals and 3 observing the various rules of ritual purity during and after menstruation. It went through numerous editions in Yiddish and Italian through 1750. OCLC locates ten copies of this edition.<br /> Gioanni de'Paoli. Nella Stamparia Bragadina books