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195728672Norfolk CT: New Directions Book 1957. First Trade Edition. Octavo 23cm.; original cloth in violet pictorial dust jacket; 81181pp.; illus. Minor rubbing to jacket extremities else About Fine. Near Fine in a slightly worn and spine-faded dustwrapper. The artist's copy with Shahn estate label inside front cover but no other identifying marks or signatures. New Directions Book unknown books
195719165New York: New Directions 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gilt vellum lettered in gilt. Fine in fine slipcase. Shahn Ben. 119 pages. 27 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition copy 8 of 150 on mould-made Arches paper signed by Edward Dahlberg and Ben Shahn -- with a full-page lithograph by Shahn laid-in and forty drawing in the text. The author calls this work "a fable and not natural history.the polestar of the writer is a legendary work. New Directions hardcover books
1957172702New York: Clarke & Way: The Thistle Press 1957. Hardcover. VG. Cream boards with gilt stamped lettering. 118 pp. Illustrations. Number 134 of 150 copies signed by the author and the artist. Clarke & Way: The Thistle Press hardcover books
195725211Norfolk CT: New Directions Book 1957. First Trade Edition. Octavo 23cm.; original cloth in violet pictorial dust jacket; 81181pp.; illus. Minor rubbing to jacket extremities else About Fine. BILLINGS A7b. New Directions Book unknown books
1957JC9633New Directions 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 119 illustrated in b/w. Spine just a little sunned otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket sunned along spine and fore-edge; a few small chips and closed tears along the edges. <br/><br/> New Directions hardcover books
2005174064Oxford England: The Walpole Society 2005. Hardcover. VG. Blue and half navy boards with gilt spine lettering. 400 pp. 115 BW illustrations. Contents: Richard Symonds's Account of his Visit to Rome in 1649-1651 A Journal of a Trip Through Part of Flanders in 1726 by John Thornhill The Problem of Realism in Hamo Thornycroft's 1885 Royal Academy Lecture Membership of the Walpole Society Contents of Volumes I to LXVIII. The Walpole Society hardcover books
90911Girard Kansas: Haldeman-Julius n.d. Paperback. Very Good. 64p. Softcover in original wrapper. 13 cm. Lightly browned. Little Blue Book No. 1167. <br/><br/> Haldeman-Julius paperback books
197270622sNew York: Crown Publishers Inc. 1972. First Edition. Octavo grey cloth hardcover gilt letters xii 209 pp. Very Good with foxing age darkened spotting to endpapers and page edges in a like dust jacket. “.One of the most incredible suspense-filled tales of wilderness survival ever written. It is the amazing true story of an indomitable woman whose triumph over the dangers of Canada’s North Country are matched only by her fierce love for this beautiful and terrifying land.As a story of extaordinary adventure The Silence of the North is unequaled. But it is remarkable also in its elevating depiction of the sympathetic bond that exists not only between man and animal and amn and the earth but among all who confront nature unleashed and natural law at its most elemental.†Crown Publishers, Inc., [1972]. First Edition. hardcover books
1972280507New York: Crown 1972. hardcover. near fine/very good. Illus. 8vo gray cloth d.w. sunned on spine. New York: Crown Publishers 1972. Very good<br/><br/> Autobiography of the wife of a Canadian trapper who lived in the Canadian north country.<br/><br/> Crown unknown books
1966010466NY: NAL. 1966. Inscribed. Very good in edgeworn dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. NAL hardcover books
2014UHUGSIE00fpWestholme Publishing 2014. Very Good. Hughes Ben. The Siege of Fort William Henry: A Year on the Northeastern Frontier. Yardley PA: Westholme Publishing 2014. xxviii 337pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Westholme Publishing paperback books
195724563Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1957. First edition. SHAHN BEN. Cloth in jacket. 131 p. illus. 24 cm. The Charles Eliot Norton lectures 1956-1957; 1st edition; DJ with light wear and tears. <br/><br/> Harvard University Press hardcover books
1947151525Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1947. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>An unproduced screenplay adaptation of Ben Hecht's short story "The Shadow" in which the magician Sarastro seeks vengeance against his brother for the having taken his wife. Wikipedia attributes this script to Australian-born screenwriter and playwright Ivan Goff and his frequent collaborator Ben Roberts. While it generated interest particularly on the part of Warner Bros. it didn't see production. Both Goff and Roberts enjoyed long prolific careers as screen and television writers. <br/><br/>Light gray titled wrappers with rubber-stamped copy No. dated October 24 1947. 115 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1947WRCLIT67559Hollywood: The Writers 1947. 115 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in typescript wrappers. Script number stamped on upper wrapper very good to fine. An unproduced screenplay adaptation of Ben Hecht's short story "The Shadow" in which the magician Sarastro seeks vengeance against his brother for the alienation of his wife. The script is uncredited but at least one reference i.e. Wikipedia attribute this script to Australian-born screenwriter and playwright Ivan Goff and his frequent collaborator Ben Roberts. While it generated interest particularly on the part of Warner Bros. it didn't see production. This example copy #10 is a duplicate from the Selznick archives. Both Goff and Roberts enjoyed long prolific careers as screen and television writers. The Writers] unknown books
201020264ELos Angeles: Fox Searchlight 2010. First Edition. Small format paperbound 5 1/4†x 8 1/4†419 pages. This is first appearance in book form of this screenplay specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Adapted Screenplay. Shooting script for the film The Sessions by Ben Lewin adapted from an article by Mark O’Brien. With an introductory essay by Ben Lewin. Illustrated with color stills from the film. Fine in printed wrappers. The film was also directed by Ben Lewin and stars John Hawkes Helen Hunt and William H. Macy. Helen Hunt received an Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. Fox Searchlight unknown books
195923922NY: Julian Messner 1959. 1st edition. Creme-colored cloth binding. Black dust jacket. VG cocked/VG some wear. 256 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Julian Messner hardcover books
1959001157New York: Julian Messner Inc. 1959. Softcover. Galley proof; oblong single sheets 6 1/2 x 12 tied with a string; text in a single column recto only; light age-toning to wraps; corners a bit creased; a few small nicks to bottom edge of first two pages only; 'The Sensualists' written in pencil to right edge of pages; back wrap with a thin dark line from what appears to be a removed piece of tape; overall very good or better. One of Hecht's later works published just a few years before his death. New York: Julian Messner, Inc. paperback books
1969150301N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1969 film one showing director Stanley Kramer with actors Anthony Quinn and Hardy Kruger and one showing Quinn and an unknown man playing chess on a small portable set. With the stamp of Roman Press Photo on the verso along with two printed mimeo snipes. <br/><br/>From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>Based on the 1966 novel by Robert Crichton. A group of poor Italian winemaking villagers attempts to hide their substantial stashes of wine from the newly arrived German army. <br/><br/>Set in Santa Vittoria and shot on location in Anticoli Corrado Italy. <br/><br/>One photograph 7.5 x 10.25 inches the other 7.75 x 11 inches. Near Fine one with light creasing to the top right corner. N.p. unknown books
1969150648N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Anthony Quinn and Stanley Kramer on the set of the 1969 film. Mimeo snipe and photographer "L. Trumpler" stamps on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1966 novel by Robert Crichton. <br/><br/>A group of poor Italian winemaking villagers attempts to hide their substantial stashes of wine from the newly arrived German army. <br/><br/>Set in the fictitious town of Santa Vittoria shot on location in Anticoli Corrado Capranica and Tivoli Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10.5 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
193125102New York: Vanguard Press. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very good copy in black cloth with labels pasted to spine and front board. Some wear and dulling to spine and a few very small spots on the front board. Reitman's commentary on pimps and prostitution. The former engage in the second oldest profession.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 265 pp . Vanguard Press hardcover books
19341332280Oxford: The Limited Editions Club 1934. 1158/1500. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 423; G; dark reddish orange spine with black text to paper label; no jacket; limited numbered copies; this is no. 1158 of 1500; patterned slipcase; slipcase exterior slightly sunned; some chipping to edges; panels intact; cloth wrapped in patterned paper; exterior housed in HB sleeve; sleeve partially detached at joints; some wear to sleeve exterior; mildly rubbed edges; wrapper has paper label to front; some wear to edges; sturdy boards; text block has light foxing to exterior edges; endpapers modestly foxed; mild foxing toward interior edges; deckled edges; bookplate to ffep; good binding; illustrated; signed by illustrator. 1332280. FP New Rockville Stock. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
2011150672London: Ben Janssens Oriental Art 2011. Softcover. VG. White & illus. wraps; 112 pp. color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2011 exhibition of 50 items found presumably in the scholar's desk. Includes lacquer bronze bamboo jade and more. Consists of illustrated and lengthy annotations for each item or set of items. Ben Janssens Oriental Art paperback books
1959152338London: Contemporary Films 1959. Collection of eight photographs four vintage studio still photographs and four vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1959 film. Four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso and six with the stamp of Contemporary Films. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>A newly divorced woman seeks identity and connection as she travels through the urban streets of Los Angeles. A lushly photographed entry into the cinema verite movement of the 1950s and 1960s shot by three different filmmakers over four years in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and worn to the corners. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Contemporary Films unknown books
1946134078New York: Random House 1946. First Edition. First Edition. Twenty-five short stories from authors like Dan Burnet William Chamberlain Storm Jameson Conrad Richter and more. Includes the story "A Boy in France" an early appearance by J.D. Salinger. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Bumps to the extremities. Jacket moderately toned with a large tear to the front panel and light chipping at the extremities. Random House unknown books
1945JC10715New York: Random House 1945. First Edition First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. x 448. Spine tips and corners gently bumped. Dust jacket a bit chipped and torn along the edges; two spots of soiling on front panel; not price-clipped. Includes "A Boy in France" J. D. Salinger's second book appearance. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
