CUTLER ElvinABAA
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198017571Idaho: n.p. 1980. Fine in lightly varnished plywood boards bound with two metal hinges along the spine gutter with a photograph adhered to the front cover. Unique vernacular photo album and scrapbook detailing the small town racing culture of Rupert Idaho. Extraordinarily lavish in size and execution the album features photographs by Dr. Elvin Cutler a photography hobbyist of local notoriety recognized for his images of the Minidoka Speedway its drivers and attendees. Includes 89 original color and black-and-white photographs ranging in size from snapshot to 8 X 10 inches with several larger format prints. Many have been signed by the photographer with his nickname "Doc"; several others have been annotated with humorous captions written underneath. The book was assembled by members of the town's Magic Valley Stock Car Racing Association and presented to Cutler as a sign of their gratitude and appreciation for his relentless documentation of the Minidoka Speedway with various pieces of ephemera including newspapers clippings and flyers from the racetrack adhered to the album's pages. Contents are housed in an extravagant handmade plywood book hinged and bolted along the spine gutter. A remarkable collection of amateur photography and vibrant portrait of one of the defining pastimes and national obsessions of small town USA notable for its stunning photographic compositions and idiosyncratic homespun design. Fine in lightly varnished plywood boards bound with two metal hinges along the spine gutter with a photograph adhered to the front cover. [Idaho: n.p. unknown books
1919WALTER-FILM002220Vintage original script USA. Studio mimeograph brad bound printed wrappers 113 pp. with many pages of revisions on pink paper dated 1/19/73 JUST ABOUT FINE. <br /><br />"Sets out to tackle. 'the subject of the black pimp his rise and fall '. The movie '. wants to show us the effects of a decadent capitalistic system that pushes certain black men into a life of crime."" Bogle p. 229 '<br /><br />Film is also notable sadly as the penultimate screen performance by the magnificent actress Diana Sands who portrays a prostitute determined to prevent a younger woman from falling into the clutches of the lead character. Universal paperback books
1985158448Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1985. Softcover. Fine internally; small ding to lower right corner of front cover; art museum ex-lib. copy with back bar code blind stamp on title page. White wraps with bw image and cranberry lettering. 58 pp. with 49 bw figures. From the Preface: "Dumbarton Oaks possesses a small but first-rate collection of ivories carved in the Mediterranean area between the second and fifteenth centuries of our era. . . . The aim of this booklet is . . . to examine the nature of ivory and to consider it as both a substance displaying certain consistent characteristics and as a material of varying availability treated by craftsmen in various and peculiar ways." Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications no. 8. Dumbarton Oaks, Research Library and Collection paperback books
1984112357Annapolis: Naval Institute Press 1984. Third edition of Cutler's masterwork on the history of the American clipper ship revised to include his Five Hundred Sailing Ship Records of American Built Ships. Large octavo original cloth cartographic endpapers illustrated. From the library of of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Jacket design by Melbourne Smith. Jacket cover painting The Sea Witch by Richard Linton. Carl Cutler spent his life studying clipper ships and the exploits of the hardy men who took them over the world. Ships like the Sea Witch Flying Cloud Champion of the Seas and Red Jacket ruled the seas for more than a decade establishing records yet to be broken for their speedy runs across the Atlantic and Pacific around Cape Horn and on to China and India. This the third edition published over 50 years after the first includes Cutler's Five Hundred Sailing Ship Records of American Built Ships a premier reference on the subject. Naval Institute Press hardcover books
19662033Boston: Little Brown And Company 1966. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. Inscribed first edition of No Time for Rest by National Security Advisor Robert Cutler. Octavo 421pp. Blue cloth title in gilt on spine. Wear to cloth spine. Stated "first edition" on the copyright page. In publishers dust jacket very good condition retail price on front flap toning to spine and some wear along the top edge. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of National Security Advisor Gordon Gray Alexandra Beebe. Inscription reads: "For lovely Alexandra Beebe with Christmas affection from the author. Robert Cutler. 1966." The author of this book Robert Cutler was the nation's first national security advisor serving President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Little, Brown And Company unknown books
1936158787Newtonville Massachusetts: John Cutler 1936. Softcover. G Covers have a stain on rear and insect or feline wear at two places on the front; book block edges are only slightly soiled; otherwise crisp and clean inside. Beige stapled paper wraps 47 pp. one BW illus. A poltiical satire featuring the fictitious leader Fol De Rol who may bear some slight resemblence to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and who served as U.S. President from 1933-1945. Told as history and includes a rhyming ditty. A rare piece that could well apply to the 21st century. John Cutler paperback books
199966849Privately Printed 1999. First Edition. Spiral bound. Very good. Limited to 1000 copies. An accomplished Aikidoist and a noted artist render in words and drawings the relationship between movement and breath that is at the heart of the discipline. The text is printed in three colors: wine red dark blue and dark green. Oblong quarto. Original spiral bound paper wrappers. Some mild edgewear; else very good or better. Privately Printed unknown books
1943D6165New York: Macmillan 1943. Ninth printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on upper board and spine. Spine and edges of boards lightly scuffed; spine tips and corners bumped. Bookplate and bookseller's ticket on front paste-down; discreet ownership markings on front and rear endpapers; otherwise internally bright and clean. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
19662034Boston: Little Brown And Company 1966. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Inscribed limited edition of No Time for Rest by National Security Advisor Robert Cutler to his successor on the National Security Council Gordon Gray. Octavo 412pp. Blue cloth title in gilt on spine. In publishers dust jacket fine condition. Inscribed by the author to: "Gordon and Nancy with Love Robert Cutler. Sept. 1966" Additional handwritten limitation by the author: "A copy of this Special Edition 2000 copies presented by the Latin American Development Fund Bank for construction and public relations." A unique association copy from two influential figures of the 20th century. The author of this book Robert Cutler was the nation's first national security advisor serving President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The recipient of this book National Security Advisor Gordon Gray served every president from Harry S. Truman through Gerald R. Ford. He served as the Secretary of the Army under President Truman. Under President Eisenhower Gray served as the head of the Office of Defense Mobilization and later as National Security Advisor. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1961 shortly before Eisenhower left office. From 1961-1976 he served on the president's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Gordon Gray passed away in 1982. Little, Brown And Company unknown books
1930406845New York: G. P. Putnam's 1930. Some light wear at corners a few leaves roughly opened with short tears but otherwise a very clean and handsomely bound copy. 4to 26.5 x 19.5 cm. xxvii 380 pages. Color frontispiece and plates with captioned tissue guards. Specially bound presumably a gift binding in quarter green morocco decorated paper boards the spine gilt-lettered and with gilt dolphin tool top edges gilt others untrimmed "C.B.F.B. 1934" stamped in gilt on front turn-in. First edition. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam's hardcover books
193053539New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1930. Green cloth binding Very Good condition no jacket. . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
196132892Annapolis MD: United States Naval Institute 1961. Hardcover. Very good/Very good-. Annapolis MD: United States Naval Institute 1961. Foreword by Chester W. Nimitz. Signed by the author. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 672 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Off-white cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards and edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket very lightly worn and soiled with closed tear to spine. Interior clean and bright; quite sound. Very good/Very good-. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply United States Naval Institute hardcover books
1933JC2841London: George G. Harrap & Co. 1933. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Pictorial cloth. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with his bookplate on the FFEP. Fairbanks 1909-2000 was an American actor his credits include Gunga Din and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. famously played ZORRO. <br/><br/> George G. Harrap & Co. hardcover books
1985RSTERED01RJBPennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts 1985. Very Good. Stein Judith E. Red Grooms : A Retrospective 1956-1984. Ashbery John; Cutler Janet K. NP: Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts 1985. 239pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. Nearly square 4to. Paperback. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good with very light rubbing to extremities. Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts paperback books
1994152762Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1994. Hardcover. VG. Cream canvas olive & sage & illus. dust jacket 293 pp. 247 BW illus. 8 color plates. "The first detailed study in fifty years of Byzantine ivory carving in the tenth and eleventh centuries the era when workd in that medium reached its highest level of attainment. Unique in its aim and range this book considers how when and why the Byzantines used ivory for icons and other luxurious items. Based on direct study of the objects the book discusses more than 150 pieces and is illustrated with new photographs that are indispensable to an understanding of carving techniques and styles." dj. Princeton University Press hardcover books
193417988San Francisco: John Henry Nash 1934. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. #534/600 cc. Linen cloth spine with yellow marbled paper boards. Paper spine label. VG avg wear. x 81 pp. 4to. 11 1/4" x 8 1/4" <br/><br/>Inscribed by Cutler to 'Dick and Mrs Scollin' on the front paste-down. John Henry Nash hardcover books
199419716Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo 23.5 cm pp. 453. Blue cloth boards no jacket. Includes 89 figures appendix bibliography and taxonomic index. Boards are stained with edge and corner wear no jacket. Former owner's stamp on final leaf. Cornell University Press hardcover books
195656943Chapel Hill NC: North Carolina Collection UNC 1956. First edition of this index a reproduced typescript. 4to. 36 pp rectos only. Thornton 513. OCLC locates three copies New York Public North Carolina State Lib. of MA. Very good. Self-wrappers a bit foxed. 10286. <br/><br/> North Carolina Collection, UNC unknown books
19341822SF JOHN HENRY NASH 1934 1934. #20/600; TAN MARBLED BOARDS; SLIPCASE FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. SF, JOHN HENRY NASH, 1934 hardcover books
19341824SF JOHN HENRY NASH 1934 1934. SIGNED BY CUTLER; #503/600; NO SLIPCASE FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. Signed by Authors. F. SF, JOHN HENRY NASH, 1934 unknown books
1981130817London: Trigram Press 1981. First edition. Softcover. Introduction by Asa Benveniste. Includes poems and illustrations by Glen Baxter Ian Breakwell Ivor Cutler Anthony Earnshaw and Jeff Nuttall. A tight near fine copy in wrappers that are very lightly soiled. Trigram Press unknown books
19341823SF JOHN HENRY NASH 1934 1934. SIGNED BY CUTLER; #365/600; SLIPCASE FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. Signed by Authors. F. SF, JOHN HENRY NASH, 1934 unknown books
19346120San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash 1934 Number 205 of 600 numbered copies printed by John Henry Nash for the author. Prefatory Note by Edward F. O'Day. Quarto. x 81pp. Decorative chapter heads and initials. Cloth-backed marbled boards paper spine label. A fine copy. Compilation of 38 pieces; chiefly the author's reminiscences on various California notables Mackenzie Gordon David Starr Jordan Halsey Manwaring Martin Merle George J. Presley and others plus poems and the dramatic narrative "Traveled Roads" written in appreciation of Waldemar Young. Also includes the author's thoughts on Comradeship the Meaning of Christmas and others. A quite handsome book. Printed by John Henry Nash hardcover books
1930WN61633New York: Halcyon House 1930. Blue buckram with gilt spine lettering and decoration. Ship embossed on upper board. Top edge stained blue. Text block clean and good. Dust jacket chipped on edges with some loss of paper. Vertical creases on spine and each of the panels. An extensive history a famous epoch of American maritime history. Includes maps plans drawings photographs logs etc. First. Cloth. Near Fine/Poor. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Halcyon House Hardcover books
1930158006New York: Halcyon 1930. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece and 43 other plates including 8 in color; many ship plans. 592pp. 4to original blue cloth uncut edges t.e.g. New York: Halcyon House 1930. First Edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Halcyon unknown books
