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1858007985London: John Russell Smith 1858. John Lyly Lilly or Lylie c. 1553 or 1554 - November 1606 was a English writer poet dramatist and courtier best remembered now for his plays. V. 1. John Lilly and his works. Endimion. Campaspe. Sapho and Phao. Gallathea. Notes. --v. 2. Mydas. Mother Bombie. The Woman in the Moone. Love's Metamorphosis. Notes. xxxii 298 284 pp. Two volumes in Fine binding signed Matthews William Matthews 1822-1896 the most prominent American bookbinder at that time of full polished calf the backs with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt and with intricate gilt tooled decorations ornate inner gilt dentelles marbled end papers the top edges gilt. Near Fine scant small rubs front cover Vol.I a bit toned. A quite lovely set of an uncommon title. Library of Old Authors. . First Edition. Full Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Russell Smith Hardcover books
198413771No Place: Open Head Arts 1984. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Special double issue on outlaws and sex art core images. An international magazine devoted to mail art. One of 60 hand-numbered copies. With numerous tipped in original pieces. About very good condition. No listings found in WorldCat. <br/><br/> Open Head Arts paperback books
20738EBeverly Hills CA n.d. First Edition. Joe May was the original producer on the silent film version of Hungarian Rhapsody. In the 1940s as an escapee from Nazi Germany he attempted this eventually unproduced sound remake. Present here is the original 40 page typescript for the sound treatment. The original silent film Hungarian Rhapsody also known as One Against Three was released in 1928 directed by Hanns Schwarz starring Lil Dagover Willy Fritsch and Dita Parlo. Bradbound. Very good slightly used copy with some minor creasing and repair to the final page. With a printed label from Joe May’s Hollywood agents affixed to the upper left corner of the front cover: “Submitted by Phil Berg - Bert Allenberg Inc. 9484 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills Vivian Gaye Oxford 3131.†Film director and producer Joe May 1880 - 1954 was born Joseph Otto Mandel and became one of the pioneers of German cinema. In 1917 May gave Fritz Lang one of his earliest breaks in the film industry as screenwriter on the film Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub Wedding in the Eccentric Club and Lang also worked on other May films at this time. unknown books
19565549Washington D.C. 1956. Two sheets of White House stationery each 23.5 x 16 cm. though with different typographic treatments of header. The first sheet is a letter from Mary Jane McCaffree White House Social Secretary during the Eisenhower administration. The letter is addressed to Ferdinand Sperl General Manager of the Hotel Pere Marquette in Illinois who apparently informed the Eisenhowers of his hobby of collecting menus during a Presidential stay at the hotel. Interestingly Ms. McCaffree indicates the Whitehouse does not use printed menus for guests attending meals but she does include a sample menu for a White House formal dinner. The second leaf contains the sample menu. In a printed envelope from the Hotel Pere Marquette with typed short description on the verso. One corner of the letter crimped otherwise fine. unknown books
1800008141London: G. G. and J. Robinson 1800. Three volumes in contemporary mottled calf black morocco title labels and small red morocco volume labels with gilt decorations back remnants of small prior owner labels front paste downs. Very Good light rubbing at corners moderate toning. "Moore was a man of the pre-revolutionary eighteenth-century world and he describes that world and the irruption into it of revolutionary types with few prejudices and few illusions but with a sustained dry humour and a crisp ironical touch which me meet again only in Jane Austen." W.L. Renwick. Block p.165. Summers p.428. A handsome and well-bound set. . First Edition. Mottled Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G. G. and J. Robinson Hardcover books
1853CAT000172London: Chapman and Hall 1853. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Original green cloth wear at head of spine corners a little bumped mild uniform age toning to pages. "Simplified for the benefit of the most unlearned." A wide collection of French mostly bourgeois cookery that attempts to make a case for French cuisine. "Frogs: Like the preceding receipts this is a dish not palatable to English tastes from prejudice; but that once conquered will be found delicate and good." Oxford Appendix. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000172. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
198041765New York & Washington: Mobilization Against the Draft 1980. Offset lithographed poster in colors 60cm x 45.5cm ca 24" x 18". Slight edgewear with small closed tear and crease at upper right margin away from central image; Very Good. Striking graphic produced for the anti-conscription rally in Washington D.C. of March 22 1980 - a seminal punk-era event that attracted more than 30000 marchers many of them young men of high school age who had been mobilized by President Jimmy Carter's proposal to reinstate Selective Service for all U.S. males age 18 and older. The design striking in its graphic simplicity marks a clear shift away from the political graphics of the Sixties and Seventies towards a more postmodern industrial aesthetic that would become a hallmark of much 1980s graphic design. Scarce; not at CSPG; OCLC one copy only Museum of Modern Art. Mobilization Against the Draft unknown books
1851240597Boston: Perkins and Whipple 1851. Hard Cover. Good binding. Scant underlining in text. Notes on rear endpaper. Brown embossed cloth binding. Boards soiled and circular dark stain on rear board in middle. Corners bumped with loss of cloth at tips. Tears and chips at top and bottom of spine with some loss of cloth. Previous owner name. Good binding. Perkins and Whipple unknown books
16696728baX3Leyden Netherlands: Hackiana 1669. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Roman history; philosophy; 818p.; 19.7cm; full old leather worn; front hinge cracked; engraved t. p. added; index; author Roman consul; one of earliest references to Christians in letter to emperor Trajan; Kasper von Barth 1587-1658; Francois Baudouin 1520-73; August Buchner 1591-1661; Isaac Casaubon 1559-1614; Joan Maria Catanaeo d.1529; Henri Estienne 1531-98; Joannes Fredericus Gronovius 1611-71; Janus Gruterus 1560-1627; Konrad Rittershausen 1560-1613; Joannes Veenhusen 17th century; Gerardus Joannes Vossius 1577-1659; bookplate. Hackiana Hardcover books
198715550JLos Angeles: Edward R Pressman Film Corporation / Writer’s Artists Agency August 11 1987. Original 122 page revised first draft screenplay in printed agency wrappers. Working draft script for the acclaimed 1990 motion picture directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Glenn Close Jeremy Irons Ron Silver Uta Hagen and Christine Baranski. The film is the courtroom tale of law professor Alan Dershowitz’s defense of Claus Von Bulow who was accused of attempting to murder his wife Sunny putting her into a coma. Fine condition. Edward R Pressman Film Corporation / Writer’s Artists Agency unknown books
1963151297Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film showing actors Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress. With cropping annotations in holograph pencil on the verso along with a provenance stamp.<br/><br/>Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown books
1750292361London: Henry Lintot 1750. Third Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. The set in two volumes in worn period calf with morocco labels. With loss to the leather and wear at the extremities. Volume I is lacking at least the last leaf of the Index with significant damping to the Index as well. Lacking the front endpaper as well. Volume II appears to be complete. ESTC T97037. Good binding. Henry Lintot unknown books
1902249680London: William Blackwood and Sons 1902. First edition. Numerous photographic illustrations folding map of Kashmir large folding map at back. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth. Covers a little bumped and rubbed some small discolorations on pastedowns small trace of scuffing or rodent damage to cloth on top edge of back board approx. two inches. Very good. First edition. Numerous photographic illustrations folding map of Kashmir large folding map at back. 1 vols. 8vo. An engrossing account of the author's travels and sport in some of the least hospitable untravelled regions of Central Asia including the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau: big game shooting Russian intrigue privations triumphs trophies and other adventures in the lands of eternal snow.<br/><br/>The second portion of the book is a discussion of the political implications of the "great game."<br/><br/>Uncommon. Czech Asia pp. 173-4 William Blackwood and Sons unknown books
1844269860London: Baldwin & Cradock 1844. unbound. J. & C. Walker. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 16" x 13.25".<br/><br/> This beautiful celestial map issued by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge or SDUK features the constellations of Crux Lupus Centaurus Phoenix and others circumjacent to the South Pole. The map uses the Gnomonic Projection and includes stars up to the sixth magnitude of those that can be seen with the naked eye.<br><br>Originally published by Baldwin and Cradock in October 1830 drawn by W. Newton. Constellations were drawn by W. Clarke and engraved by J. & C. Walker. Chips to right margin with minor foxing and edge wear.<br><br>The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was formed in 1826 and published low cost maps with the goal of reaching a large market while still maintaining high quality and precision.<br/><br/> Baldwin & Cradock unknown books
1844298840London: Chapman and Hall 1844. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 16" x 13 1/8".<br/><br/> This mid 19th century map of North America features the Republic of Texas the year prior to its annexation in 1845. Shows the entirety of the United States Canada Mexico and Central America until "Nueva Granada" which is now Colombia.<br><br>Published by Chapman and Hall for the S.D.U.K. The map is in good condition.<br><br> The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was formed in 1826 and published low cost maps with the goal of reaching a large market while still maintaining high quality and precision.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
1965143689San Francisco: Sexual Freedom League 1965. Original flyer from an early West Coast event by the Sexual Freedom League taking place on Saturday October 30 1965 at Union Square in San Francisco. <br/><br/>The Sexual Freedom League was founded in New York in 1963 by Jefferson Poland and Leo Koch and advocated for sexual activity and sexual political reform especially the repeal of anti-abortion and censorship laws. Jefferson Poland founded the West Coast branch of the league when he moved to the Bay area in the mid-1960s. <br/><br/>Members of the lewd satirical protest band The Fugs were known to be in attendance at the event and played the Orb Theater the previous evening and a copy of the handbill appears in vocalist Ed Sanders' book "Fug You." <br/><br/>8.5 x 11 inches. Mimeograph duplication. Light toning at the extremities and a small dampstain to one corner Near Fine. Single crease to the center. Sexual Freedom League unknown books
182061537London: John Murray 1820. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original boards uncut spine chipped with paper label. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. John Murray unknown books
1823M5111Elberfeld:: BUschler'sche 1823. 1823. 206 x 126 mm. 8vo. vi 3-202 2 pp. Bibliog. 2 engraved plates of the pelvis. Decorative paper over boards ms. paper spine label edges red; rubbed. Crainz rubber stamp on title. Very good. FIRST EDITION. This is a report on the educational establishment of obstetrics at the University of Bonn. "No more published" OCLC. Hirsch V p. 522. OCLC: NLM UChicago Harvard. PROVENANCE: Professor Franco Crainz 1913-2004 Obstetrics and gynecology university professor took his medical degree in 1936 at the University Rome the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; he was Head obstetrics-gynecology Department University Novara Italy 1956-1964 later becoming head obstetrics-gynecology Department University Rome 1972-1988. Crainz wrote on the history of medicine including a monograph: The Life and Works of Matthew Baillie MD FRS L&E FRCP Etc. 1761-1823 1995 and An Obstetric tragedy: the case of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta : some unpublished documents of 1817 1977 collected books & papers mostly Italian & European in the history of gynecology. Posthumously published was a paper with John Dewhurst "Dr John Sims. A mystery solved" BJOG 17 May 2005. BUschler'sche, 1823. hardcover books
1982694561982. Slip Opinion Inscribed by Lewis F Powell. Slip Opinion Inscribed by Lewis F Powell. An Important Supreme Court Decision Concerning the Death Penalty Inscribed by Justice Powell Supreme Court of the United States. Powell Lewis F. 1907-1998. Slip Opinion Eddings v Oklahoma Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1982. ii 12 3 1 8 pp. Complete. Presentation inscription by Justice Stevens to head of first page. Fine. $300. This decision concerned the first case since capital punishment was reinstated in which the Court overturned the death sentence of a minor stating it violated the 8th Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishments." Justice Powell wrote the opinion of the Court. Bench opinions are issued by the U.S. Supreme Court immediately after the announcement of a decision. Slip opinions are issued afterwards. Often incorporating corrections they are the first printings of a decision intended for wide dissemination and review. After that stage the revised slip opinions are added to the latest paperback volume of U.S. Reports. A year later that volume is printed in its final authoritative hardcover form. unknown books
1982694551982. Slip Opinion Inscribed by John Paul Stevens. Slip Opinion Inscribed by John Paul Stevens. A Supreme Court Decision Concerning Minors Inscribed by Justice Stevens Supreme Court of the United States. Stevens John Paul. Slip Opinion City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle Inc. Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1982. ii 12 3 1 8 pp. Complete. Presentation inscription by Justice Stevens to head of first page. Fine. $300. This decision overturned a vague Texas statute forbidding minors from entering an amusement center without adult supervision. Justice Stevens wrote the opinion of the Court. Bench opinions are issued by the U.S. Supreme Court immediately after the announcement of a decision. Slip opinions are issued afterwards. Often incorporating corrections they are the first printings of a decision intended for wide dissemination and review. After that stage the revised slip opinions are added to the latest paperback volume of U.S. Reports. A year later that volume is printed in its final authoritative hardcover form. unknown books
188726345Washington D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office 1887. First edition. Disbound. Disbound three tears to first leaf staple holes a few minor creases inner margin of map chipped not affecting illustrations or border two tiny holes at folds otherwise map is crisp and bright. 10 pp. map 22 cm. 8vo. Hearings on the proposed organization of the Territory of Alaska; deposition by A.P. Swineford Governor. With map. OCLC shows only 3 copies. U. S. Government Printing Office unknown books
19932316Sonoma CA: The Rare Wine Company 1993. Octavo 119 pages. Limited edition of this expanded version of the original first issued in 1943 in an edition of 200 copies. This new printing was issued in an edition of 140. The book details the membership cellar collections dinners and more of the famed Saintsbury Club. New material includes Andre Simon's 'Notes on the Wines' and A.J.A Symons description of the meetings of the Saintsbury Club with the Club des Cent the premier French gastronomic society. In half red morocco with a gilt-labled spine. With the bookplate of a previous owner John C Riely to the front pastedown. The Rare Wine Company unknown books
SKU1035337Hardcover. Good. B000BYR82S 1940. 3/4 Leather bound in purple cloth and leather. Has rubbing to the corners and spine ends with a streak of lightened color on the cloth midsection of the front board. Has a good binding name neatly marked out on the title page- few pages have marks and notations. Many pages of full page size photo's and full page size colored coat of arms. 505 pages. hardcover books
1787283947London: Printed for T. Cadell 1787. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition of Glover's epic poem The Athenaid in thirty books. Complete in three volumes. Known for his successful epic Leonidas this work was posthumously published by his daughter Mrs. Halsey. It was thrashed by the DNB which says: "His ponderous 'Athenaid'. is much longer and so far worse that 'Leonidas' but no one has been able to read either for a century." DNB VIII 7 -- reason enough for the curious to give it a shot. Portrait frontispiece. With some repair and patching to the spines. Some dampstaining and toning. Foxing to preliminaries. Mottled calf binding with black leather label devices and rules in gilt. DNB VIII 6-7. ESTC T96995. Very Good binding. Printed for T. Cadell unknown books
19215983287New York: The Authors Club 1921. 13 ½ x 9 inches. Limited edition of 251 copies decorative head and tail pieces titled in red-and-black inks preface by the editors; bound in full gilt decorated blindstamped brown morocco gilt dentelles top edge gilt edgewear and rubbing at covers and spine. 129 literary pieces with 126 signed by the authors as issued. 3 pieces were not signed due to illness. Authors include Henry Augustin Beers Richard Edwin Day William Henry Pickering Albert Shaw and others. Scarce anthology handsomely presented with tipped-in errata slip. Near Fine <br /><br /> The Authors Club hardcover books
