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195332384New York: Pellagrini and Cudahy 1953. First edition. Boards slight shelf wear on bottom edge otherwise a fine copy slight spotting on the inside of the fine unworn dust jacket. Inscribed by Weegee "to George Sakal who sold me my first 35 m.m. camera and showed me how to use it -- Many Thanks. Weegee / Worlds Greatest Photographer /1954" <br/><br/> Pellagrini and Cudahy hardcover books
2476New York Pellegrini & Cudahy 1953. 4to. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto. Original quarter yellow cloth black boards titles to cloth in black. With the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. dust jacket rubbed and creased to edges chip to upper corner price of 5.00 not clipped. First Edition. The follow-up to Weegees infamous Naked City. unknown books
197055792London: Souvenir Press. Very Good. 1970. Paperback. Paperback 4 x 7" Author inscribed to James Thurber's Wife Helen very good. . Souvenir Press paperback books
1946151667N.p.: Vanguard Films 1946. Draft script for an unproduced film by screenwriter Mel Dinelli of note as the screenwriter of Robert Siodmak's 1946 Academy Award winning Horror Noir "The Spiral Staircase" Ted Tetzlaff's 1949 Film Noir "The Window" and Fritz Lang's 1950 Crime Noir "House by the River."<br/><br/>Based on the classic 1940 comic fantasy novel by Frank Baker wherein the titular 'fictional' character created as a prank by protagonists Norman and Henry suddenly appears in real life and proceeds to wreak havoc on their lives.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with rubber-stamped copy number dated May 15 1946 with credits for screenwriter Mel Dinelli. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page integral with first page. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 180. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Vanguard Films unknown books
1946WRCLIT67660Culver City: Vanguard Films 1946. 1180 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers. Upper wrapper chipped at brads and detached otherwise very good. An unspecified draft of this fully developed adaptation to the screen of Baker's 1940 supernatural fantasy. Baker wrote his own adaptation for a 1950 BBC television broadcast starring Margaret Rutherford which was in turn translated to performance at the Royal Court Theatre Club in London. However we find no record of an actual film adaptation. In the 15 years following WWII Dinelli was associated as writer with a number of filmed thrillers and noir-staples including THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE and THE WINDOW. BLEILER SUPERNATURAL 77. Vanguard Films unknown books
1947WRCLIT67669Culver City: Vanguard Films 1947. 1180 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers with rubber-stamped script number. About fine. A rerun from original stencils of an unspecified draft dated 15 May 1946 of this fully developed adaptation to the screen of Baker's 1940 supernatural fantasy. Baker wrote his own adaptation for a 1950 BBC television broadcast starring Margaret Rutherford which was in turn translated to performance at the Royal Court Theatre Club in London. However we find no record of an actual film adaptation. In the 15 years following WWII Dinelli was associated as writer with a number of filmed thrillers and noir-staples including THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE and THE WINDOW. BLEILER SUPERNATURAL 77. Vanguard Films unknown books
1946WRCLIT67668Culver City: Vanguard Films 1946. 1180 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stencil printed wrappers. Upper wrapper chipped at brads and detached with several tears at edges else very good. An unspecified draft of this fully developed adaptation to the screen of Baker's 1940 supernatural fantasy. Baker wrote his own adaptation for a 1950 BBC television broadcast starring Margaret Rutherford which was in turn translated to performance at the Royal Court Theatre Club in London. However we find no record of an actual film adaptation. In the 15 years following WWII Dinelli was associated as writer with a number of filmed thrillers and noir-staples including THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE and THE WINDOW. BLEILER SUPERNATURAL 77. Vanguard Films unknown books
7887Jazz Singer. Signed Check dated June 9 1989. Made payable for the amount of $256.45. Signed in blue "Mel Torme." A great example of an authentic signature on a check. unknown books
1982140011Oakland: Mel Mason for Governor Campaign Committee 1982. Single sheet folded to make 4-page brochure with candidate's photo on front. The black Trotskyist city councilman from Seaside CA ran on a platform opposing US intervention in El Salvador anti-nuclear weapons/power and full employment. Mel Mason for Governor Campaign Committee unknown books
198265409Los Angeles: Mel Mason for Governor Campaign Committee 1982. 1p. flyer 8.5x11 inches printed two sides. The black Trotskyist city councilman from Seaside CA ran on a platform opposing US intervention in El Salvador anti-nuclear weapons/power and full employment. Mel Mason for Governor Campaign Committee unknown books
1989165650Washington DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 1989. First edition. Exhibition brochure for a show that ran February 1 through April 23 1989. Single sheet folded twice to create 6 pages. Text by Ned Rifkin. Includes 4 illustration with 2 in color list of previous exhibitions selected bibliography and checklist. A near fine copy. Uncommon. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden unknown books
1990159051Chicago IL: Roger Ramsay Gallery 1990. First edition. Exhibition brochure for a show that ran May 4 through June 27 1990. Single sheet folded twice to create 6 pages. Text by Geoffrey Young. Includes 3 illustrations with 2 in color. Scarce with only 2 copies listed in OCLC. Roger Ramsay Gallery unknown books
2010406343San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery 2010. A fine copy. 11 x 9 inches. 77 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original acrylic cover with image cloth spine pictorial board rear cover. "In the mid- to late 1960s Bochner became deeply involved with photography producing a groundbreaking group of photographs that hover tantalizingly between painting and photography. Mel Bochner: Photographs and Not Photographs presents reproductions of these early works as well as the artist's classic 1970 essay "Misunderstandings A Theory of Photography" and a selection of wall drawings and paintiings" the publisher. <br/><br/> Fraenkel Gallery hardcover books
2006162708Chicago IL: The Art Institute of Chicago 2006. First edition. Exhibition brochure for a show that ran October 5 2006 through January 7 2007. A single long sheet folded 5 times to create 12 pages. Includes 7 illustrations along with a chronology. A very near fine copy. Scarce ephemera. The Art Institute of Chicago unknown books
1985159723Pittsburgh PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press 1985. First edition. Softcover. 80 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 1 through December 22 1985. Exhibition organized by Elaine A. King. Features the text of an inverview of Bochner by Charles Stuckley. An about good copy in wrappers that are lightly soiled and with some splitting. A solid reference copy. Carnegie Mellon University Press unknown books
2002102314New Haven CT: Yale University Press 2002. First edition. Softcover monograph. A clean unread copy in stiff French style illustrated wrappers. A lovely production. Yale University Press unknown books
200210381New Haven London and Cambridge: Yale University Press and Harvard University Art Museum 2002. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Fine copy in stiff cardboard wrappers with french flaps. 186 pp. Essay by Elisabeth Sussman. <br/><br/> Yale University Press and Harvard University Art Museum paperback books
197124653Kingston R.I.: University of Rhode Island 1971. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Wide stapled booklet. 8 unnumbered pages including covers. Published to coincide with an exhibition of Bochner's work at the University of Rhode Island in 1971. Near fine condition. Booklet measures just under 8" square. With black and white illustrations and reproductions of pages of text from the artist's journals. A scarce catalog from early in the artist's career. University of Rhode Island paperback books
201530877New York: Craig F. Starr Gallery 2015. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine/near fine. Wide paperbound volume in printed dustwrapper. Unpaginated catalog from a 2015 exhibition. Brief essay by Jeffrey Weiss. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated. Craig F. Starr Gallery paperback books
195340274New York: Provisional Committee to Free Steve Nelson 1953. 30p. wraps paper slightly browned. Seidman F125. Provisional Committee to Free Steve Nelson unknown books
195348333New York: Provisional Committee to Free Steve Nelson 1953. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 30pp. Very Good. SEIDMAN F125: 'Denunciation of the trial and 20-year sentence of Steve Nelson Pittsburgh Communist leader. Provisional Committee to Free Steve Nelson unknown books
1317265New York: Book Collectors Society. Limited. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; Hardcover; Limited 122/250 Navy blue leather spine with gold designs and text; Boards strong minor shelf wear to the head of spine and exterior top edge; Text block has some minor age-toning minor discoloring to end papers pages otherwise legible; 157p. 1317265. FP New Rockville Stock. Book Collectors Society hardcover books
1949105554New York: Book Collectors Society 1949. limited No. 69 of 250. Hardbound. VG. Gilt embossed heavy padded leather. 157 pp. Book Collectors Society hardcover books
169623New York: Book Collectors Society. Limited to 250 numbered copies of this edition. VG- slight wear to outer front hinge and uneven spotting to front and rear covers. Blue leather with gilt embossed design. Marbled endpapers silk ribbon top edge gilt. 157 pp. illustrated in bw. Essays include: Many Occasions -- Beauty in art and nature -- Poetry : The sacred fire: an essay on the nature and phases of English poetry -- The arts in the modern world -- The artist and his subjects -- The artist and his materials -- The artist and society -- The artist as visionary -- Visual arts -- Art and science -- The painter's purpose and the public taste -- Sculpture and modelling -- A porcelain group -- Tradition and change in t he art of the potter -- The art of the glass-maker: a survey -- The Theatre -- A Note on Nijinsky and the paradox of acting and dancing -- The Garden -- End of the year. Includes illustrations by T A Stephenson Thomas Martyn Pablo Picasso Giovanni Bellini Eric Ravilious Hans Bellmer Franz Anton Bustelli Henry Moore Eric Maclagan Arnold Machin Bernard Leach Viktor Lindstrand Tom Hill Keith Murray R A Malby Mori Ippo Baron de Meyer. Book Collectors Society hardcover books
198537491New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good. c1985. 2ND AMERICAN. Hardcover. 0312512813 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. ; 216 p. ; 22 cm. Signed by author. . St. Martin's Press hardcover books
