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1969144659New York: Jerome Hellman Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to the film's still photographer Ron Munkasci with this name in red holograph ink at the top right corner of the title page.<br/><br/>Based on the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy about an unlikely friendship between a would-be gigolo and an ailing con artist. Cornerstone film of the New Hollywood cinema nominated for seven Academy Awards winning Best Adapted Screenplay Best Director and Best Picture. <br/><br/>Set in New York City shot on location in Miami Manhattan and Big Spring Texas. <br/><br/>Dark blue titled wrappers noted as DRAFT SCREENPLAY at the bottom right and with the logo for JEROME HELLMAN PRODUCTIONS at bottom center. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Waldo Salt novelist James Leo Herlihy producer Jerome Hellman and director John Schlesinger noted as "A JEROME HELLMAN-JOHN SCHLESINGER PRODUCTION." 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with some offsetting to the title page due to a newspaper clipping still present laid in wrapper Very Good plus.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Jerome Hellman Productions unknown books
180934489London: William Miller 1809. Hand-colored aquatint by Daniel Havell. Sheet: 21 1/4 x 29 inches. Mild bubbling in places. This view of Cairo from a hilltop near the Citadel shows Old Cairo with its walls domed buildings and minarets. Across the Nile in the hazy distance are the pyramids of Giza. Heny Salt later returned to Cairo as consul-general for the British. Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington R.A. and in 1800 of John Hoppner R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited the Cape India Sri Lanka and in 1805 Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is from a work titled Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and displays great artistry by both Salt and his engravers.<br/> <br/>Abbey 515. William Miller unknown books
180929143London: William Miller 1809. Hand-colored aquatint by D. Havell. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches. In this large panoramic view Salt demonstrates the appropriateness of the sobriquet "City of a Thousand Minarets". In the foreground is the great Sultan Hussan Mosque one of the largest mosques in Cairo. As we look through the streets towards the distant Nile we see many neighborhood mosques and holy places. Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington R.A. and in 1800 of John Hoppner R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited the Cape India Sri Lanka and in 1805 Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is from a work titled Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and displays great artistry by both Salt and his engravers. William Miller unknown books
18099205London: William Miller 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by J. Bluck after Henry Salt on wove paper. A lyrical South African view from the 'Roode Zand' Red Sand Pass inland from the Cape of Good Hope.<br/> <br/>Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington R.A. and in 1800 of John Hoppner R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited the Cape India Sri Lanka and in 1805 Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is from a work titled Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and displays great artistry by both Salt and his engravers.<br/> <br/>Abbey Travel II 515 no.3. William Miller unknown books
180923839London: William Miller 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by J. Bluck after Henry Salt on wove paper. Image size: 16 3/4 x 23 1/4 inches. A splendid aquatint portrait of the Great Pagoda of Thanjavur.<br/> <br/>Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington R.A. and in 1800 of John Hoppner R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited the Cape India Sri Lanka and in 1805 Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is from a work titled Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and displays great artistry by both Salt and his engravers. Brihadishvara Temple at Thanjavur is an 11th century pyramidal temple in southern India.<br/> <br/>Abbey Travel II 515 no.3. William Miller unknown books
1963151483Tooele County UT: N.p. 1963. Archive of 163 vernacular photographs including 145 in color and 18 in black-and-white capturing the 1960-1963 National Speed Trials commonly known as Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Housed in 17 yellow envelopes with dates and names of racers written in holograph ink annotation to the rectos. <br/><br/>Offered with the archive is a brand new set of the two-volume Bonneville National Speed Trials references covering 1949-1958 and 1959-1968 respectively. The set is new and still in shrinkwrap.<br/><br/>In the early 1960s wealthy California car owners began to experiment with surplus jet engines to boost the horsepower of their cars creating distinctive bootlegged hotrods referred to as jet cars or jets designed specifically for the compacted salt surface of the flats. <br/><br/>The photographs in the archive document many early iterations of these unusual and profoundly dangerous vehicles with a particular focus on racers from southern California including Art Arfons' 8000-horsepower Cyclops which set a record for an open-cockpit vehicle 342 mph which still stands today and Mickey Thompson's Challenger I the first car to record a top speed of 400 mph. Also notable are several photographs of the streamliner entries of the Summers brothers in 1961 1962 and 1963 whose streamliner Goldenrod would go on to hold the land speed record from 1965 to 1991. <br/><br/>As a whole the photographs are bright and well-executed clearly shot with a racing insider's eye for detail. Photographs from the perspective of Speed Week attendees are scarce owing to the relatively remote locale and complete absence of accommodations for spectators making the images in the archive an uncommon intimate record of several pivotal years in the history of hotrod racing.<br/><br/>Photographs 5.75 x 3.5 inches envelopes 7.5 x 4. Some photographs with faint adhesive residue to the versos else envelopes and photographs generally Near Fine.<br/><br/>Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1814283518London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co 1814. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Near Fine binding. A First Edition copy of the record of Henry Salt's journey along the Red Sea coast. In 1809 Henry Salt traveled through the Horn of Africa on a diplomatic trip to Abyssinia. Sent by the British Government to cultivate friendly relations and assess the state of the country he would never reach the king of Gondar but delivered the presents of arms and ammunition to the Ras of Tigre while also documenting and sketching his experiences with the peoples along the Red Sea coast. Collates complete with 2 vignettes 34 copper engraved plates 4 fold-out maps and one large hand colored map. Four centimeter closed tear at the middle of the right edge of the hand colored map. Newly bound in period quarter calf binding over brown paper covered boards. Red morocco label and raised bands. Included with the book are the original paper covered boards which were returned by the binder. Some foxing to the plates. Long closed tear on pages 405/406 with an old repair using paper patches now toned not affecting the text. With deckled edges. The full-page illustrations were made by Charles Heath from original sketches by Salt who had studied to be an artist before his career as diplomat. With a lengthy linguistic dictionary in the appendix of the local tribes of East Africa. After publication of this work Salt would return as Consul-General of Egypt and direct excavations at Thebes and Abu Simbel. An attractive copy in exceptional condition. Dictionary of National Biography 701-702. Near Fine binding. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co unknown books
1814314823London: F.C. and J. Rivington 1814. First edition. With 28 engraved plates on 27 leaves 7 engraved maps and charts on 6 sheets including 4 folding and 1 hand-colored and 2 vignettes. xi 5 506 lxxv pp. 4to. Contemporary brown russia neatly rebacked. Fine copy. First edition. With 28 engraved plates on 27 leaves 7 engraved maps and charts on 6 sheets including 4 folding and 1 hand-colored and 2 vignettes. xi 5 506 lxxv pp. 4to. A fine copy of this important work by Salt on his two years journey to Abyssinia. "On 2 March 1809 Salt sailed on a mission from the British government to Abyssinia to carry presents to the king and report on the state of the country. Owing to factious unrest he was prevented from going to the king at Gondar and was obliged to deliver the presents instead to the ras of Tigré. While in Abyssinia he made many observations on the geography the customs of the people and the flora and fauna. He brought back many specimens including a previously unknown dik-dik . In 1812 he was elected one of the very few honorary members of the African Association in acknowledgement of information he had procured in its interest. In 1814 he published A Voyage to Abyssinia which was received with some acclaim" ODNB. Salt was subsequently appointed consul-general in Egypt and played an important role in fostering Egyptology financing the excavations of Belzonia Caviglia and d'Athanasi. Blackmer 1479; Czech African p. 141; Fumagalli 139; Gay 2683 F.C. and J. Rivington unknown books
1860WRCAM55487Salt Lake City: Deseret News Print 1860. xxiiixliv756pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards spine gilt. Small dampstains to titlepage and gutter of first few leaves; light mostly marginal tideline near top corner of text throughout and in lower corner of last several leaves. Occasional creasing or wrinkling a few occasional pencil marks. Very good. The first edition of the new charter of Salt Lake City passed on January 20 1860 and an uncommon imprint from the press of the Salt Lake City Mormon-owned newspaper the DESERET NEWS. In the two years previous to this new charter the whole of the Mormon community in Utah was recovering from the Utah War which saw an increased United States government influence and presence in the territory. The present work includes a membership list of the Salt Lake City Council lists of city officials four major sections and indexes to those four sections. <br> <br> The first prominent work printed here is the United States Constitution with the twelve Amendments passed up until that time. This work was not printed in the 1859 edition of the 1851-53 Salt Lake city charter but is added here. The second major work is the "Act to Establish a Territorial Government for Utah." This act which provided for the establishment of all aspects of the Utah government and delineated the boundaries of the territory was first published in 1852. <br> <br> The third and most important text printed here is the "Charter of Great Salt Lake City" beginning on page xxix. This is the first edition of the new city charter for Salt Lake City presumably passed in response to the changes wrought by the Utah War. The Charter is comprised of "An Act Incorporating Great Salt Lake City" and is laid out in eighty- eight sections and invests most of the power for regulating the city in the City Council. This differs from the earlier city charter which was comprised of only fifty-three sections most passed in 1851 with five passed in 1853. The penultimate section of the present work section 87 repeals and replaces the earlier charter. <br> <br> The charter sets the boundaries for the city and gives the city the authority to control all manner of issues related to city management and maintenance such as organizing the city setting electoral guidelines for city officials eminent domain business licensing and regulation public cleanliness providing police and fire departments regulations for tobacco and liquor and many others. Section 26 even outlaws "playing at ball" or flying a kite. <br> <br> The fourth and longest section of the work is entitled "Ordinances of Great Salt Lake City" and consists of fifty-eight specific rules regulating elections creating city offices naming the streets dividing the city into wards providing for water defining police duties collecting taxes creating schools governing distribution of liquor regulating city quarantine setting penalties for criminal activity and more. Interestingly Section 3 of the Ordinances prohibits any officer or soldier of the United States Army from holding office or voting in Salt Lake City unless they live in the city; the Mormon population in Salt Lake City seems to have had enough of the American military by 1860. A short Appendix prints six more ordinances passed later in 1860 including one governing the discharge of firearms and another stipulating a $100 fine and six months in jail for operation of a brothel. Revised ordinances for the city would be published in 1875 and amendments would be added to the city charter beginning in 1862 but the latter essentially remained in effect until statehood in 1896. <br> <br> Not in Flake or Draper. OCLC records just twelve institutional copies. A scarce work under-represented in Mormon bibliographical literature. SABIN 75840. OCLC 2872974. Deseret News Print hardcover books
180917298London: William Miller 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt on wove paper watermark 'J Whatman'. View of the British colonial island St. Helena prior to its becoming Napoleon's last residence<br/> <br/>Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington R.A. and in 1800 of John Hoppner R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited India Ceylon and in 1805 Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is from a work titled Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and the artistry displayed by both Salt and his engravers is in many cases more than a match for the Daniell's images.<br/> <br/>Abbey Travel II 515 no.5. William Miller unknown books
1970146086New York: Pressman Williams 1970. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Gregory Sandor with his name in holograph pencil on the verso of the title page and holograph pencil annotations throughout.<br/><br/>Danielle is a beautiful model separated from her conjoined twin Dominique. When her neighbor an aspiring journalist suspects Danielle of a brutal murder the horror of Danielle's disturbing past begins to surface. Director Brian De Palma based his original story on a Life magazine article about conjoined twins in the Soviet Republic who had been successfully separated but were experiencing psychological problems as a result of the operation. <br/><br/>With its use of visually dense point-of-view and split-screen camera techniques "Sisters" is one of De Palma's earliest forays into erotic voyeurism as a conduit for psychological horror paving the way for a string of idiosyncratic psychosexual projects in the ensuing years such as "Obsession" 1976 "Dressed to Kill" 1980 "Blow Out" 1981 and "Body Double" 1984 among others. Given its focus on the anxiety of the gaze "Sisters" can also be read as an homage to Alfred Hitchcock-openly referencing "Rope" 1948 "Rear Window" 1954 and "Psycho" 1960-and indeed the film was even scored by Bernard Hermann a frequent musical collaborator for Hitchcock's films.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>Maroon titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1970 with credits for screenwriters Brian De Palma and Louisa Rose. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Arrow 1578. Criterion Collection 89. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Pressman Williams unknown books
1973146780N.p.: Paramount Pictures 1973. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1973 film.<br/><br/>Based on Peter Maas' 1973 biography "Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System" about a plainclothes police officer who exposes corruption in the New York City Police Department only to face harassment and threats from his fellow officers.<br/><br/>Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Screenplay.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>82 x 24 inches. Rolled. Very Good plus overall with no restoration. Lightly soiled with a few pin holes in upper right of image two holes about 1/8" one small closed tear in bottom margin and 1 chip in the upper right margin bright and unfaded.<br/><br/>Eureka! #79. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1938140293Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Based on the short story "Private Pettigrew's Girl" by Dana Burnet and published in "The Saturday Evening Post" on September 14 1918. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with holograph pencil annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Jimmy Stewart plays an idealistic soldier who convinces a Broadway star Margaret Sullavan to pretend they're dating in order to impress his other soldier friends. Meanwhile Sullivan's manager Walter Pidgeon has always been in love with her and objects to the pair's closeness even as they decide to get married before Stewart is shipped out to France. Stewart and Sullivan pull off surprisingly believable roles for a plot of such sickly sweetness in this their second on-screen pairing. <br/><br/>The third film based on Burnet's "Saturday Evening Post" story the first two being the 1919 George Melford silent film "Pettigrew's Girl" and Richard Wallace's part-talkie "The Shopworn Angel" 1928 starring Gary Cooper. Set in New York. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 2268 and production No. 25077 dated 3/16/38 with credits for producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz and screenwriter Waldo Salt. Distribution receipt laid into the script. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973144811Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1973. Draft script for the 1975 film. <br/><br/>Based on the the 1939 novel by Nathanael West and equal to it as a dark funny and ultimately devastating commentary on the Hollywood system and its effect on the lives and dreams of those caught up in it. Nominated for two Academy Awards considered by many to be Donald Sutherland's finest performance and one of the most underrated films of the 1970s. <br/><br/>Teal studio wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Waldo Salt novelist Nathanael West producer Jerome Hellman and director John Schlesinger. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/31/73 and 10/12/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
181619413Philadelphia: M. Carey; Boston: Wells & Lilly pr. by Lydia R. Bailey 1816. 8vo 23.5 cm 9.25". 24 454 pp.; fold. map. illus. <br><br>First U.S. edition and printed by Lydia Bailey following the London first of 1814. Salt a British traveller and Egyptologist first visited Ethiopia in 1805 and returned in 1809 on a diplomatic mission intended to promote ties between the British government and the Emperor of Abyssinia. The Voyage gives Salt's observations of Ethiopian customs manners dress cuisine and music along with the factual details of his diplomatic achievements or lack thereof in terms of concrete agreements followed by an appendix comparing vocabulary words from various languages spoken along "the Coast of Africa from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt with a few others spoken in the Interior of that Continent" p. 395.<br>Â Â Â Â This is an untrimmed copy in original boards with 24 pages of advertising for Carey publications bound in at the front of the volume. The preliminary map engraved by John Bower has hand-colored border lines; this American edition does not call for the plates found in the English first but does include in-text depictions of several "Ethiopic inscriptions. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 33864; NSTC 2S3118; Library Company Afro-Americana 9080; Nipps Lydia Bailey 157; Clarkin 932. Publisher's quarter tan paper over light blue papercovered sides; front cover detached and back joint cracked binding spotted paper cracked and split along spine spine label now absent and replaced with hand-inked title spine with later paper shelving label. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated 1829. Half-title with portion of outer margin torn away not touching text and laid in. Map lightly foxed with two short tears along folds. Pages age-toned with occasional spots of foxing. M. Carey; Boston: Wells & Lilly (pr. by Lydia R. Bailey) hardcover books
197820364ELos Angeles: Jerome Hellman Productions A Hal Ashby Film / United Artists N.d. 1978. Original 132 page shooting script for the award-winning film Coming Home screenplay by Waldo Salt and Robert Jones. Bradbound in stiff red paper covers with the title gilt-stamped to the front. With a hint of use else fine. The film was directed by Hal Ashby and stars Jane Fonda Jon Voigt Bruce Dern and Penelope Milford. The film won 3 Oscars: Best Actor in a Leading Role Voigt Best Actress in a Leading Role Fonda and Best Writing Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. And it was nominated for Best Picture Best Director Best Actor in a Supporting Role Dern Best Actress in a Supporting Role Milford and Best Film Editing. It also won 2 Golden Globes: Best Actor - Drama Voigt and Best Actress - Drama Fonda. With 4 nominations: Best Motion Picture - Drama Best Director - Motion Picture Best Actor in a Supporting Role Dern and Best Screenplay. The film tells the love story between a woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam Fonda who falls in love with another man Voigt who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there. Jerome Hellman Productions (A Hal Ashby Film) / United Artists unknown books
180981318London: William Miller 1809. Very Good. Hand-colored aquatint print now in a modern frame under glass. Image size approximately 61 x 42cm. This is Plate No. XV from "Twenty-Four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon Abyssinia and Egypt" which was published in 1809. <br/><br/> William Miller unknown books
201711344Rockport ME: Stagenhoe Press 2017. Artist's book one of 10 copies deluxe issue with an original cyanotype printed on vellum laid into the clamshell box from a total issue of 15 #10-15 without cyanotype and in slipcase all on BFK Rives each signed and numbered by the artist in the colophon. Page size: 8 x 8 inches; 8 leaves 16pp; including colophon. Bound by the artist: drum-leaf binding of blue-grey cloth over boards with tan cloth spine duotone print artist self-portrait used throughout book edged in tan inset into front panel housed in blue-gray cloth over boards custom-made clamshell box by Richard Reitz Smith lined with blue cloth printed with darker blue small images of telephone spine with title and artist printed on spine small phone stamped on front panel. Printed letterpress by the artist in Baskerville Old Face and Century Schoolbook at Maine Media College in a variety of point sizes in blue each page with a series of 4-3-2-1 dots printed in tan in lower right corner of each recto. The artist notes that her poem is "broken up throughout the book and the stilted structure of the verse speaks to the awkward nature of the phone call it describes." The words and tone of the poem are unsparing and relate the desire to be known to those closest to us and the ensuing sadness when we realize this is not possible. The author / artist takes the reader / viewer on an intimate journey highlighted by the use of her self-portrait printed as a duotone on vellum between the last two lines of the poem followed by the same image printed in pale grey with the last line of the poem below the artist's uncompromising gaze. The text is quick and to the point and relevant to us all. The elegant cyanotype printed on vellum laid into the back of the slipcase might have seemed ephemeral had the image not been so strong. Instead it is exactly the opposite. The artist's eyes force viewing and consideration of her words. Beautifully accomplished this is a wonderful example of an idea made concrete by one artist's talent. b. Stagenhoe Press unknown books
1894WRCAM35120Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk & Co. 1894. 2-952pp. including one chromolithographic advertising plate and 43pp. of advertisements printed on tinted stock. Original black half cloth gilt and boards printed with advertisements. Boards and preliminary leaves detached closed tear in cloth of spine. Plate fold strengthened. Internally fine. Overall very good. An exhaustive directory with numerous illustrated advertisements. The chromolithographic plate advertises "The Orcutt Company Leading Lithographers" and depicts a middle eastern market scene. R.L. Polk & Co. hardcover books
198422147Zurich: Parkett Verlag 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Issue number 2 of this long running art journal. This issue features collaborations with artist Sigmar Polke a piece on Gary Indiana architecture in Berlin and much more. A fine as-new copy still in shrinkwrap. By far the scarcest issue of this magazine. Original Polke multiple included. Parkett Verlag paperback books
189420183London: Elliot Stock 1894. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. xvi 2771pp. followed by 2pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board and in blind on the lower board. Top edge gilt. Patterned end papers. One of fifty numbered copies of which this is No. 6. A few spots of very light foxing light wear to the edges and hinges else a very good copy. Elliot Stock hardcover books
18274729Paris: Chez Bobee et Hingray Treuttel et Wurtz Debure Freres 1827. Hardcover. Very Good. A scarce book; only 300 copies of this French edition were printed. Scattered foxing and toning to contents but in a contemporary armorial French binding leather flaked. 6 folding lithograph plates. <br/><br/> Chez Bobee et Hingray, Treuttel et Wurtz, Debure, Freres hardcover books
1939WRCLIT61324Culver City: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Loew's Inc. 1939. 1145 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed and variously stamped studio wrappers printed label. Some small chips and tears to wrapper extremities 15 x 40 mm piece torn away from fore-edge of upper wrapper internally near fine. An unspecified - but revised and slightly extended - draft of this unproduced original though drawing on precedents screenplay by Salt undertaken rather early in his career at a point when IMDB records he had only one credited and two uncredited produced films under his belt. Another draft dated 17 days earlier is 17 pages shorter. In April 1951 Salt was called before the HUAC and then placed on the Black List. After struggling for a decade and a half with often- pseudonymous television writing and commercial work in 1969 he wrote the award- winning screenplay for MIDNIGHT COWBOY. Subsequent credits included SERPICO THE DAY OF THE LOCUST and COMING HOME. In 1987 just prior to his death he received the WGA Laurel Award in recognition of his achievements. The upper wrapper is stamped in succession noting the transition of this copy from "Temporary Complete" to "Vault Copy." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Loew's Inc. unknown books
1939WRCLIT61323Culver City: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Loew's Inc. 1939. 1128 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed and variously stamped studio wrappers printed label. Some small chips and tears to label and wrapper extremities otherwise very good internally near fine. An unspecified draft of this unproduced original though drawing on precedents screenplay by Salt undertaken rather early in his career at a point when IMDB records he had only one credited and two uncredited produced films under his belt. In April 1951 Salt was called before the HUAC and then placed on the Black List. After struggling for a decade and a half with often- pseudonymous television writing and commercial work in 1969 he wrote the award- winning screenplay for MIDNIGHT COWBOY. Subsequent credits included SERPICO THE DAY OF THE LOCUST and COMING HOME. In 1987 just prior to his death he received the WGA Laurel Award in recognition of his achievements. The upper wrapper is stamped in succession noting the transition of this copy from "Temporary Complete" to "Vault Copy." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Loew's Inc. unknown books
1975287571975. Mimeographed 118 pages plus additional revised pages dated 9/26-10 /73 pinned in plain covers. Occasional pencil marks and dog ears reveal it was obviously used at some point in production. Directed by John Schlesinger. Signed by the cinematographer Conrad L. Hall and inscribed and signed by Karen Black. <br/><br/> unknown books
