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1970139098Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Original one-sheet US poster for the 1970 UK-US film. Style B variant. <br/><br/>Based on Doyle's eponymous sleuth. Holmes Stephens eagerly takes the case to search for Gabrielle's Page missing husband. The clues somehow lead to Loch Ness and the mysterious lake monster a 30-foot model director Wilder had constructed. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Scotland notably at Loch Ness. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded as issued. A few central pinholes else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1985216637Washington DC: Sun & Moon Press 1985. Hardcover. 396p. foreword preface illustrations by Barnes commentary index fine first edition in lavender cloth boards and gilt fine unclipped dj. Her interviews with writers artists filmmakers and theatre artists from 1913 to 1931. Sun & Moon Press hardcover books
1993189313Mendocino CA: Mendocino Community Center 1993. 18p 5.5x8.5 inches poetry by gradeschool students in Mendocino very good chapbook in stapled wraps. A pleasant professional production in fine clean shape. A fundraiser thought up by contributor Bayer proceeds to local Parks and Rec. Mendocino Community Center unknown books
17647Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Group of three opera scores by Alban Berg owned by the American composer David Diamond and all blind-stamped with Diamond's name to the title page. Included are: a piano score to Wozzeck Wien: Universal Edition 1931. P. N. 7382. 231 pp. Hardcover quarter green leather with green cloth boards; very good. Dated Rome 1952 on the front free endpaper and with a few notes in Diamond's hand to the title and first pages; a piano score to Lulu Wien: Universal Edition 1936. P. N. 10745. 317 pp. Hardcover quarter imitation leather with patterned paper boards; very good. Dated on a free rear endpaper: Florence June 1953. With a review of Lulu at the Metropolitan Opera in 1977 laid in and a piano score to Lulu Act III Wien: Universal Edition 1978. P. N. 10745B. 528 pp. Softcover very good. Dated Munich July 20 1983 on the inside back cover.<br style="">From the collection of David Diamond considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation. He enjoyed wide success in the 1940's and 1950's before the serial and modernist trends largely pushed him into the shadows. The New York Times described him as "part of what some considered a forgotten generation of great American symphonists including Howard Hanson Roy Harris William Schuman Walter Piston and Peter Mennin." Among his many close friends in the world of music were Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein.<br style=""> hardcover books
1988143665New York: Monthly Review Press 1988. 184p. wraps 8.5x11 inches very good. Monthly Review Press unknown books
198868643New York: Monthly Review Press 1988. 184p. wraps 8.5x11 inches rear wrap slightly creased previous owners name on half-title page. Monthly Review Press unknown books
1964136035N.p.: Lopert Pictures Corporation 1964. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the set of the 1964 film. Director Billy Wilder shown with Kim Novak. Based on the 1945 Italian play "L'ora della fantasia" by Anna Bonacci. <br/><br/>A jealous piano teacher playing host to an infamous nightclub singer sends his beautiful wife away in the hopes of keeping the lecherous singer from seducing her. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Lopert Pictures Corporation unknown books
1959149646Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film showing saxophonist Joe in disguise as millionaire Junior Tony Curtis in the process of tripping Sugar Marilyn Monroe on the beach. <br/><br/>Billy Wilder's masterful classic comedy widely considered one of the funniest films of the 20th century following two men who witness the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and must masquerade as women in an all-female jazz band in order to evade the mobsters on their trail.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert I. United Artists unknown books
1981145696Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Shooting Script for the 1981 film.<br/><br/>Based on a play by French playwright Francis Veber and on the 1973 French-Italian film "L'emmerdeur." A professional killer going by the name of Trabucco Matthau on his way to "take care of" a gangster bumps into a forlorn man named Victor Clooney Lemmon. Clooney's wife has left him for the head of a sex clinic Dr. Zuckerbrot Kinski. Trabucco sets up his rifle in a hotel room ready to make the hit but is interrupted by Clooney trying to hang himself in the adjoining room. Trabucco briefly stops Clooney from hanging but he gets away and climbs onto the ledge of the hotel window. When Victor finds out that his wife is filing for divorce he again attempts suicide the doctor and his wife following. They try to stop Victor with a sedative but stick Trabucco with the needle instead. The two men are left hopeless but Victor promises to help Trabucco with his hit. <br/><br/>Set in Banning California shot on location in Hawaii and Riverside California. <br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper dated October 19 1981 with credits for director-writer Wilder writer Diamond and producers Bernheim and Weston. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Wilder and Diamond and for writer Veber. 97 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Photo Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1966136089Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1966. Collection of five vintage borderless black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1966 film. All photographs show Billy Wilder giving direction including scenes in a bedroom on a football field in a cemetery and more. <br/><br/>Walter Matthau won an Academy Award for his role in the film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
197923695New York: Viking 1979. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF/VG faint edgewear/spine slightly sunned. Unpaginated. Illustrated by the author. 8vo. <br/><br/> Viking hardcover books
1992UBURSAC00KTOffice of History Sacramento Air Logistics Center 1992. Fine. Burns Judge K.; Diamond. Sacramento Air Logistics Center in Desert Shield / Desert Storm. McClellan Air Force Base CA: Office of History Sacramento Air Logistics Center 1992. Indexed. 4to. Wrappers. Book condition: Near Fine. 4 Volume set in slipcase. SM-ALC Historical Study No. 100. Office of History, Sacramento Air Logistics Center unknown books
78943New York: Diamant Typographic Service Inc n.d. stiff paper wrappers plastic spiral binding. Type Specimens. 4to. stiff paper wrappers plastic spiral binding. 22 pages. Slightly faded covers. Diamant Typographic Service, Inc unknown books
20019004051N. p: Scribner's 2001. Fine Condition. Manuscript draft bound in white wrappers with the spine taped in black and with the front cover stamped in black. The book measures 8.5 inches by 11 inches. <br/><br/> Scribner's unknown books
2005UDIALAS00LRScribner 2005. Fine. Diamant Anita. The Last Days of Dogtown. New York City: Scribner 2005. 263pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine with light bumping to corners. Scribner hardcover books
19972260224Picador 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 10th anniversary edition. Lightly rubbed. 1997 Trade Paperback. 321 pp. "Her name is Dinah. In the Bible her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father Jacob and his dozen sons. Told in Dinah's voice this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood Picador paperback books
195316155N.P.: Diamant Typographic Service 1953. boards. 16mo. boards. 30 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. The Eighth book in the Diamant Classics series. A compilation of writings by Diamant published as a tribute on his death. Diamant Typographic Service unknown books
19426433Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1942. First edition. Octavo 8 226pp. A fine non-fiction interpretative essay on Mexico through the character of the author's maid and her extended family. Illus. by John Cosgrave including color endpapers. Very nice copy in likejacket. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown books
69406hardcover. illus. 8vo cloth chipped d.w. Boston 1942.<br/><br/> unknown books
1942289775Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1942. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated. 226 pages. 8vo. stamped red cloth slightly edge-worn wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin The Riverside Press 1942. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown books
2003031874NY: Basic Books. 2003. Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen. Remainder stripe; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Basic Books hardcover books
2003Embry 173052Basic Books 2003. First edition first printing. Fine in fine faintly rubbed dust jacket in mylar cover. Signed by the author. Basic Books, 2003. First edition, first printing. unknown books
19892303969New York: Lyle Stuart / Carol Publishing Group 1989. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Top edge lightly foxed. 1989 Hard Cover. xvi 233 pp. Much of the Revolutionary War took was fought along the Hudson River-which for five years was successfully blockaded by American forces by means of a massive chain across the river at West Point. Here is this important story vividly and dramatically told from logs diaries letters and with many rare illustrations.In an almost magical sense the reader is drawn back to the time when the country drew its first breath.-The New York Times. Brings to life an extraordinary chapter of the Revolution.-Washington Post. The best account to date of the Revolutionary War activity in the Valley.-Hudson Valley Regional ReviewMeticulously researched. Reads like good historical fiction.-American History Lyle Stuart / Carol Publishing Group unknown books
198550441bdHarrison NY: Harbor Hill Books 1985. First Edition. Octavo orange cloth hardcover illus. endpapers 160 pp. Fine in a Very Good mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: How much more can one say about a man who was an engineer botanist surveyor seaman explorer linguist cartographer writer poet artist and engraver -- and a highly controversial military figure in the early days of the Revolution Obviously a lot. YUet it may come as a surprise to learn that this is the first full-length biography of the life of Bernard Romans -- preeminent colonial explorer/cartographer who sacrificed a Crown “pension†to throw in his lot with the patriot cause. He originated the march on Fort Ticonderoga usurped by Colonels Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold and designed and partially built the first patriot fort along the Hudson at West Point. In between Romans found time to compile and engrave countless maps and write two important books -- now among the rarest volumes of Americana -- A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida and Annals of the Troubles in the Netherlands: From the Accession of Charles V Emperor of Germany. Harbor Hill Books, 1985. First Edition. hardcover books
198799117New York: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation 1987. xvi 292p. second printing dj. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation unknown books
