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1972011229New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 255pp. Limited to 350 copies. The present copy is # 345 Signed by the author and with an inscription "To/S. T." Illustrated by Joe Beeler. Stories of horses and Texas. A fine copy bound in 1/4 green cloth over beige cloth stamped in gilt spine lettered and decorated in gilt with original mylar jacket in illustrated slipcase. An exceptional copy. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
193952301New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; gold cloth with titling and author's initials stamped in blue on spine and front cover; navy blue topstain; dustjacket; x4655pp. Trace of staining to endpapers from binders glue else a fresh Fine copy with the topstain notably unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.75 with light wear to spine ends and extremities and a few faint stress creases on rear panel; still a well-preserved example Very Good. Volume containing seven short novels all centered around the "miracles that have occurred in our modern cynical scientific world" from rear panel. The Viking Press unknown books
192475422Chicago: Pascal Covici Publisher 1924. Octavo pp. 1-12 1-211 212: blank note: first leaf is a blank preceding half title leaf twelve full-page illustrations by Anthony Angarola original decorated black cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold top edge stained gold over red other edges untrimmed pictorial endpapers. First edition. Limited to 2000 numbered copies of which 1900 were offered for sale by subscription only. The sequel to FANTAZIUS MALLARE: A MYSTERIOUS OATH 1922 "set in a phantasmagoric private universe in which fragments of Mallare's shattered psyche appear as characters awaiting the arrival of the god Synthemus whose advent proves to be not quite what they had anticipated. Both novellas are deeply felt exercises in sarcastic fantasy which contrast very markedly with Hecht's carefully commercial and saccharine romance MIRACLE IN THE RAIN 1943." - Barron ed Fantasy and Horror 1999 5-133. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 3-170. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 109. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II pp. 535-38. Bleiler 1948 p. 146. Reginald 07024. A fine copy in fine pictorial jacket with 16 mm closed tear at lower spine end and small internal mend. A sharp copy uncommon in this condition. #75422 Pascal Covici Publisher unknown books
192475423Chicago: Pascal Covici Publisher 1924. Octavo pp. 1-12 1-211 212: blank note: first leaf is a blank preceding half title leaf twelve full-page illustrations by Anthony Angarola original decorated black cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold top edge stained gold over red other edges untrimmed pictorial endpapers. First edition. Limited to 2000 numbered copies of which 1900 were offered for sale by subscription only. The sequel to FANTAZIUS MALLARE: A MYSTERIOUS OATH 1922 "set in a phantasmagoric private universe in which fragments of Mallare's shattered psyche appear as characters awaiting the arrival of the god Synthemus whose advent proves to be not quite what they had anticipated. Both novellas are deeply felt exercises in sarcastic fantasy which contrast very markedly with Hecht's carefully commercial and saccharine romance MIRACLE IN THE RAIN 1943." - Barron ed Fantasy and Horror 1999 5-133. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 3-170. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 109. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II pp. 535-38. Bleiler 1948 p. 146. Reginald 07024. A fine copy in fine pictorial dust jacket with faded gold spine lettering. A sharp copy uncommon in this condition. #75423 Pascal Covici Publisher unknown books
1964139444Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor John Wayne on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso in German language with a rubber stamp crediting the "Black Star" press agency of London and a paper label crediting Hipp-Foto in Berlin. <br/><br/>Based on a story by Philip Yordan and Nicholas Ray. Matt Masters Wayne is an aging Wild West circus performer with his own show a show that would benefit from an international tour. He also aims to find his lost love Lili Hayworth so they can reunite and she can rekindle her relationship with her daughter Toni Cardinale. With accidents and mishaps prevailing including a dangerous fire Matt is able to land the circus at the palace of an Emperor where Lili and Toni perform a death-defying trapeze act. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Spain France and England. <br/><br/>7 x 9.25 inches. Light wear at the edges else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1997217542Chelsea Michigan: Cumberland Presbyterian Resource Center distributor 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Inscribed. Inscribed by the author: "To Thelma Allen -- with deep appreciation for the life of both you and M. F. and for the ministry of both of you. Joe Ben". There is also an note on a yellow self-adhesive note which reads "I don't expect you to read this but want you to have a copy since M. F. indicated interest in it. May God bless you and yours."; Maroon Cloth. Very Good binding. Cumberland Presbyterian Resource Center [distributor] unknown books
1970130356Culver City CA: Faces Music / Columbia Pictures 1970. Six original lobby cards for the 1970 film "Husbands" directed and written for the screen by John Cassavetes and starring Cassavetes Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara. Cassavetes Falk and Gazzara play three old friends brought together by the death of a mutual pal each of whom enters into a subsequent reconsideration of his married life. <br/><br/>14" x 11." Near Fine overall tape to the versos most with pinholes. Faces Music / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1896298061London: Kegan Paul 1896. hardcover. very good. 6 volumes 12mo pages untrimmed full beige cloth spines slighty darkened rubricated titles illustrations with tissue guards. London: Kegan Paul 1896. A very nice set.<br/><br/> Kegan Paul unknown books
1903179564New York: Ribert Grier Cooke 1903. hardcover. fine. Frontispiece 58pp. untrimmed tall slim 8vo white boards. New York: Robert Grier Cooke 1903. Limited Edition.Fine.<br/><br/> One of 126 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Ribert Grier Cooke unknown books
192834426New York: Viking Press 1928. First Thus. 12mo 17.75cm.; publisher's cloth in light tan decorative dust jacket printed in brown and orange; 6187pp.; frontispiece and decorations throughout. Jacket extremities gently rubbed small chip at spine crown spine a bit toned else Near Fine in Very Good or better jacket. "A New York Theatre Guild Production" - upper jacket panel. Viking Press unknown books
1929136253London: The Blackmore Press / Harper and Brothers 1929. First Edition. First Edition preceded by a French edition titled "Le voyageur sur la terre" 1927. One of 350 copies this being No. 56 printed on watermarked Rives vellum. Quarter-bound blue cloth cream calf gilt rule top page edges and spine titles. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted bibliophile Ruth Helen Kaufmann with her bookplate on the front pastedown. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Very Good plus example of the scarce dust jacket housed in a Very Good example of the original slipcase. Jacket spine toned with a small puncture and brief chipping at the extremities. Slipcase extremities faded long split to one bottom edge. The Blackmore Press / Harper and Brothers unknown books
3675Long Island City/Syracuse NY: H. Stiefol Co N.d. Stapled booklet 32 pages. First edition. A well-designed novelty cocktail recipe book intended as a promotional device for various liquor stores. The leaves of booklet step back with an index printed on the edges. It is similar to a thumb-indexed book but with the entire page edge acting as a navigation aid. The interior of the rear wrapper includes the statement "recipes and information compiled principally from the Professional bartenders guide with the permission of the author John T. Fitzgerald .". In addition to the recipes the booklet includes general information about spirits an illustrated guide to proper glassware and one page of snacks to accompany drinking. One small stain and a bit of rubbing to the silver-printed burgundy wrappers otherwise very good. OCLC locate three copies but not under Klein's name. H. Stiefol Co unknown books
1909BBL1458Frankfurt am Main:: Louis Golde 1909. 1909. 8vo. xiv 139 100 pp. In German and Hebrew. Quarter black cloth with marbled paper boards manuscript title info on spine label; inner hinges mended with tape repair performed neatly. Burndy bookplate. Very good. Rare. Levi ben Gershon better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus or in Hebrew by the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG was a medieval French Jewish philosopher Talmudist mathematician physician and astronomer/astrologer. "Lange 1909 completed a critical edition of Maaseh Hoshev with a translation to German in 1909 but the last section of problems is completely missing and other minor omissions were caused by Lange’s lack of access to all the extant manuscripts. A critical edition of the problem section appears in Simonson forthcoming." Shai Simonson "The Mathematics of Levi ben Gershon." Mathematics Teacher Vol. 93 No. 8 November 2000. / Dr. Gerson Lange Leader of the Rabbinate in Warburg Germany & later Director of School of R. Samson Raphael Hirsch in Frankfurt am Main. Louis Golde, 1909. hardcover books
1938176425New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1938. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A classic of the Farm Security Administration era that features text by MacLeish. This book has a veritable who's who of the FSA photographers and includes black and white images by Walker Evans Dorothea Lange Margaret Bourke-White Ben Shahn Russell Lee Carl Mydans and several others. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards in an about fair dust jacket with numerous edge chips and tears and extensive tape repairs. Still a solid copy of a book that is is increasingly ucommon in any jacket. Parr Badger v1 180. Harcourt Brace & Company unknown books
1956255307New York: Labor Action Publishing Co 1956. Hard bound full run through September 24 issue along with the youth paper Young Socialist Challenge. Bound out of orders with some Sep issues mixed in with August issues : Weekly newspaper of the Workers Party in the U.S. tabloid and bound. Very yellowed throughout shelf and very edge worn moisture damage. The Workers party represented the 1940 split from the Socialist Workers Party taking most of the intellectuals and students with them. Active in the labor movement most notably on the East Coast and this is reflected throughout. Labor Action Publishing Co unknown books
1935011637Ben Nicholson 1935. No Binding. Good. Seven b&w photographs varying in size from 4.5" x 12" to 10' x 12" each stamped on the verso "Ben Nicholson" with handwritten notations relating to subject and/or ownership as follows: painting 1935 collection W. Dacre; carved relief 1935; relief 1936; relief carved in mahogany and painted whote 1935; relief 1935 collection H. S. Ede presented to Museum of Modern Art NY; relief 1936; and painting collection of Helen Sutherland. We assume these were photos to be used in an exhibition catalogue book or some publication of Nicholson's work though we cannot identify which one. Each photo is borderless of decent quality on medium weight stock the larger ones chipped aroundthe edges here and there. Ben Nicholson unknown books
1982140740n.p.: N.p. 1982. Two draft scripts for an unproduced film. Both have a flyer for the film laid-in and are heavily notated with holograph ink and pencil. <br/><br/>Based on the 1968 novel "Legion of Outcasts" by Hurk Davis the autobiography of Peter Reeves as told to Mr. Davis who was a Dutchman living comfortably until he ran out of money and went to America to work for fifteen years. <br/><br/>Upon returning home for a family wedding Reeves is shunned by his parents yet again and he goes to Paris and eventually joins the French Foreign Legion where he trains to be a medic. Soon he ends up in the middle of the Algerian Civil War and is captured by enemies and held in a prisoner of war camp for six months. Upon his release he is required to finish his term of service with the Legion but instead he is dishonorably discharged. <br/><br/>Set in Europe and North Africa. <br/><br/>Script #1 <br/><br/>Black untitled wrappers noted as work copy #3 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated January 7 1982 with credits for screenwriters Nick Hurk and Ben Roberts Davis. 159 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication with yellow revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong binding. <br/><br/>Script #2 <br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Nick Hurk and Ben Roberts Davis and author Hurk Davis. 172 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
187560960Washington: Government Printing Office 1875. Octavo. Frontis. iv 5 -158pp. folded map of Washington D.C. Burgundy cloth faded. Front cover title stamped in gilt including owner's name Hannibal Hamlin Lincoln's first Vice-President also bears his bookstamp on front pastedown. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
1958288586Boston: Little Brown 1958. hardcover. near fine/very good-. Illustrated. 57 pages. Slim 4to. Stamped cloth covered boards faded wrappers showing some minor chips and tears. Boston: Little Brown 1958. A near fine copy in a very good- wrapper.<br/><br/> Inscribed to Shirley Hazzard and Francis Steegmuller on flyleaf: "for Shirley and Francis in ink warm ink from Alastair April 1979."<br/><br/> Little Brown unknown books
189310815Salt Lake City George Q. Cannon 1893. 1893. First edition. Small 8vo. Bibliographical references. Original gilt and blindstamped blue cloth beveled edges slight rubbing to corners and spine ends. Very good. 320 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. History of Mormonism as seen through the eyes of Charles Durant with extensive quotes from Joseph Smith and an appendix titled "What Brigham Young Said.". 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Salt Lake City, George Q. Cannon, 1893. hardcover books
1954242573New York: Pantheon 1954. hardcover. very good. 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 d.w. New York: Pantheon 1954. A fine copy in a very good price clipped dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Pantheon unknown books
1928224750Paris Galerie Charles-Auguste Girard 1928. 1928. First edition. 4to. 2 page preface by Ludwig Lewisohn. Illustrated with 24 plates. English and French text. Original tan stiff wrappers stamped in black and orange. Spine cracked sections loose else very good. Number 26 of 100 numbered copies on Arches Paper. Inscribed by Silbert on the limitation page to the photographer who worked on the book's illustrations: "To my good friend Schindele who is responsible for those beautiful photographs which adore this book from his grateful Ben Silbert Paris Oct. 1928.". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. Paris, Galerie Charles-Auguste Girard, 1928. paperback books
198624943Billings Montana: Eastern Montana College 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Signed by Steele on first leaf. Square octavo 22 cm pp. viii 44. Pictorial wrappers. Includes 30 drawings by Steele from his exhibition of 84 works that were inspired by his time as a prisoner of war in Japan during WWII. Introduction by editor Alan Newberg essay by arts professor James Todd. Steele a professor emeritus of art at the Eastern Montana College was a survivor of the Bataan Death March. Scarce. Eastern Montana College paperback books
192916034Paris: Chez J.E. Pouterman 1929. First edition thus. Stiff Wraps. Orig. blue wrappers over plain stiff wrappers. Very good. Sussan Ben R. 125 pages. 4to 25 x 18 cm. Twelve full-page color wood-cuts by Ben Sussan. Limited edition copy 136 of 205. Text in French. Clean fresh interior wide text margins slight chipping to extremities in remnants of original glassine overwrapper. Chez J.E. Pouterman unknown books
19797790Millerton. Aperture inc. 1979. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards. Oblong Folio. Revised edition. Illustrated throughout with full page monochrome photographs by Weston. A Very Fine pristine copy in a chipped Very Good dustwrapper. Aperture, inc. hardcover books