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185536966Guatemala: No publisher/printer 1855 3 August. Folio 32 cm; 12.5". 3 pp. <br><br>On Gen. Cabanas his invasion forces and his territorial designs on Guatemala and Honduras. Soiled leaves no longer integral; margins torn with loss holes in text with small loss of text. A poor copy. No publisher/printer unknown books
1926291383New York.: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1926. 1st Edition. Tan cloth black titles palm tree and camel design on cover map endpapers. . Good plus covers lightly soiled. spine head slightly pulled contents very good no dust jacket. 22x15 cm. . Inscribed and signed by the author below the portrait frontis. De Nogales was a Venezuelan soldier of fortune who fought in several of the wars of the early 20th century. This is his account of his service in the Ottoman army during World War I. weight: 1.4 lb. 29 full-page photo illustrations. Charles Scribner’s Sons. hardcover books
12695Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A large manuscript sketchleaf of eleven measures written by the admired conductor and son of the violinist Jan Kubelik who was also an accomplished composer. <br><br><br />A substantial sketchleaf of an unidentified instrumental work evidenly from a working manuscript the music is written in pencil on two systems of five staves. The voices are incomplete and there is evidence of annotations and corrections throughout. On the verso he has composed two systems of two staves with further brief incomplete sketches beneath which Kubelik has signed in bold black ink. One large horizontal crease and some creasing and wear around the edges left edge rough; otherwise very good condition. 24.2 x 31.7 cm. unknown books
1967WRCLIT79956London: Jonathan Cape 1967. Cloth-textured brown boards lettered in gilt. Pale tidemark in top edge stain at spine otherwise about fine in good dust jacket with short tears and a wide-reaching tidemark at the crown of the spine. First edition in book form of the screenplay for the 1967 film starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney directed by Stanley Donen. Inscribed on the front free endsheet: "For William Fillegible who 'saw' it early Frederick Raphael June 1967." Raphael's screenplay was nominated for both an Oscar and a BAFTA award and the film opened in April 1967. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1930135111930. complete in 7 magazine issues A Novel. Illustrated by F.R. Gruger. In: The American Magazine. Springfield Ohio: The Crowell Publishing Company April-October 1930 together seven issues. Original color pictorial wrappers. First American Appearance of this historical romance complete in these seven consecutive issues of The American Magazine where the novel is illustrated by F.R. Gruger -- some full-page some even double-page. It was in 1930 that the tale was also published in book form -- by Houghton Mifflin in the US and by Hutchinson as THE MINION in the UK. Condition is remarkably very good-plus minor edge-wear especially at the ends of the spines. The lower corner of all seven front covers bears the original mailing label -- which amazingly went to six different people! -- two in Illinois plus one each in Maine Massachusetts North Dakota and Wisconsin. Quite a survival. unknown books
1981M11835New York:: Raven Press 1981. 1981. Large 8vo. xii 177 pp. Text figs. bibliog. index. Navy boards silver-stamped spine title dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the rear endpapers. Ownership signature. Fine. ISBN: 0890043183 Raven Press, (1981). hardcover books
32414Fair copy of this 12-line poem. 15 cm x 11 cm blue ink on the reverse of an invitation to the publication of Alberti's "Degli Angeli" Rome 1966 inscribed on both sides. <br/><br/> unknown books
1939260981Paris: Desclee de Brouwer 1939. hardcover. good. Portraits. 486pp. 8vo rebound in later 3/4 red morocco pencil marks in some margins with several pages underlined in the text in pencil edges of corners worn and lightly bumped morocco with some rubbing. Paris: Desclee de Brouwer 1939.<br/><br/> Volume one only. The text of this volume ends in 1819.<br/><br/> Desclee de Brouwer unknown books
185336965Chiquimula 1853 2 August. Small 4to 21 cm; 8.25". 1 p. <br><br>On the troubles with Honduras. Very good condition. unknown books
1958153406New York 1958. unbound. Inscribed sepia-toned photograph of the young Czechoslovakian conductor wearing a white tie holding a baton and standing against the backdrop of a concert hall. Addressed to conductor John Corigliano. 9.5 x 7.5 inches signed in white ink. New York 1958. Light creasing; still very good condition.<br/><br/> "To John Corigliano in remembrance of our happy collaboration most cordially Rafael Kubelik 1958--New York."<br/><br/> unknown books
199430955New York: Aperture 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Oversize hardbound photography book with essay by Michael Tournier. Near fine condition in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by the photographer on the title page. Includes some interesting male nudes in unusual positions. Signed by Author. Aperture hardcover books
1870316701New York: Leypoldt & Holt 1870. Third edition revised. 4 maps 3 folding and one in color 12 plates including 4 facsimile plates of Japanese woodcuts and color printing numerous text illustrations. xvi 454 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bounds in three quarters recent mottled brown calf and marbled boards maroon title label. Fine. Third edition revised. 4 maps 3 folding and one in color 12 plates including 4 facsimile plates of Japanese woodcuts and color printing numerous text illustrations. xvi 454 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Leypoldt & Holt unknown books
198928610Upperville VA: Oak Spring Garden Library 1989 1990 1997 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Important volumes chronicling the vast horticultural library Rachel Lambert "Bunny" Mellon and the high points within the collection. First Printings. Sylva: xxvii 147 pp. Pomona: xxxii 276 pp. Flora: lxxiii 427; Herbaria: lviii 394 pp. 4to. Dust jackets in mylar covers. Small tasteful library bookplate on upper left corner of front pastedown of the Herbaria volume. Interiors clean and crisp. Rare as a set. Oak Spring Garden Library hardcover books
197753520Washington D.C.: New Republic Books 1977. First edition. Illustrated. xvi 316 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Blue cloth. Fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated. xvi 316 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. INSCRIBED by Soyer on the flyleaf: "To Renee and Jack Berger in friendship / Raphael Soyer / 1977. New Republic Books unknown books
1937WRCLIT69942Madrid & Barcelona: Sindicato de Professionales de la Bellas Artes / Indus Gráficas Seix y Barral 1937. Folded leaflet. 17.5 x 12.5 cm on stiff card with pictorial top panel. Very near fine. A separate printing of Alberti's poem "Vosotros no Caisteis" in facsimile of his ms. with a French translation in type "Vous N'êtes pas Tombés" with a cover illustration signed in the image "Parilla XXXVII." This was published as an element in an interesting set of cards with a series title "Recuerdo de España" distributed for the promotion and defense of the Republic published under the direction of the Fine Arts trade union the alliance charged with some of the most important propaganda efforts during the war. The cards bear illustrations in various media and internally present both in type and in facsimile of manuscript statements in support of the cause both prose and poetry. Sindicato de Professionales de la Bellas Artes / Indus Gráficas Seix y Barral unknown books
1962140044Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film. <br/><br/>Four street urchins bet weekly on the horse races and decide to steal a dime from the church one week in order to allow Jesus to be a partner in their scheme. They win an exorbitant amount only to have the winning ticket float away on the breeze. <br/><br/>Set in Tijuana Mexico. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 17 dated July 30 1962 with credits for screenwriters Laslo Vadnay and Hans Wilhelm. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated August 6 1962. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1948147739Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1948. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. <br/><br/>Based on Raphael Blau's unpublished story. Widow Abby Abbott Loretta Young and her teenage daughter Susan Betty Lynn support themselves on a trust fund started from her late husband. In order to get Susan the needed funds to pay for college tuition Abby must enroll as well to get a needed scholarship and both end up falling for English professor Richard Michaels Van Johnson.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award.<br/><br/>Shot on location at the University of Nevada-Reno.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 186 and production No. 241 dated July 15 1948. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated July 15 1948 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Mary Loos and Richard Sale. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with creasing and closed tears at the outer edges bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1925135101925. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1925. Original black cloth lettered in red with dust jacket. First American Edition -- precedence uncertain between this edition and Hutchinson's undated one published in London. This tale has action and romance like all of Sabatini's yarns but it is unusual in that it takes place in the New World -- specifically in South Carolina during the American War of Independence. This volume is in fine condition; the color pictorial dust jacket with dramatic illustration by Frank Schoonover and bearing the proper price of $2.00 is in near-fine condition with just a trace of wear at a couple of corners. unknown books
185736945Guatemala: No publisher/printer 1857 14 May. Small 4to 33 cm; 13" 1 p. <br><br>The president of Guatemala announces that on 1 May the forces of William Walker who were held up in Rivas surrendered and so it will not be necessary to send any more forces south. Very good condition. No publisher/printer unknown books
185736944Guatemala: No publisher/printer 1857 1 July. Small 4to 27.5 cm; 10.75". 1 p. <br><br>The president of Guatemala welcomes home the soldiers of the expeditionary force after their battles against William Walker. Very good condition. No publisher/printer unknown books
1974140062New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1974. Octavo cloth. First edition. Signed on the title page by Lafferty. The author's third collection of short fiction "sixteen stories by a satirist whose fantasies are peopled with appealing grotesqueries. R. A. Lafferty's unique imaginative world sardonic and strange is shown to its best advantage in his short fiction . In DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE SOMETHING FURTHER TO ADD we are treated to a full complement of Lafferty's malicious virtuosity and sly tomfoolery." - Greta Eisner. Includes "Mad Man" a tale of the future in which the creation of robots depends on a chemical produced only by people in furious rages and "Maybe Jones and the City" a parody of the utopian impulse in which the protagonist searches the universe for the Perfect Place. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II pp. 574-78. See Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-622. Review slip laid in. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #140062 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
18205951London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin 1820. First edition. In the wake of the classical craze inspired by the rediscovery of Pompeii and the work of Josiah Wedgwood British engraver H. Moses 1782-1870 published this catalogue of fine images of the antique vases of Sir Englefield 1752-1822 English antiquary and scientific writer. . Octavo 27cm; 60 4 pages engraved frontispiece portrait engraved title page and 39 engraved plates plate #39 hand-colored with tissue guards. Title and vignette with ornamental border. Plates dated 1819-20. Text in English and French. Followed by "Cartons done from the originals in His Majesty's collection" engraved title and 7 of 32 engraved plates w tissue guards without attribution of publisher or engraver. Followed by a single engraved plate by James Fittler dated 1797. Bound in full leather elaborately tooled in gilt and blind. Edges gilt. Joints and corners restored. Head and tail headbands perished. Plates with some foxing more on the "extra" plates at end. Printed for Rodwell and Martin hardcover books
1924312463Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1924. First U.S. edition. 8vo. Original black publisher's cloth fine. Original dust jacket in fine condition one bumped corner. First U.S. edition. 8vo. Pristine copy of the first US edition of an early Sabatini swashbuckler. First U.S. edition of this book which was first published in England in 1906. Many Sabatini titles were published in America in the 1920s after the breakaway success of his 1922 novel Captain Blood. <br/><br/>In Bardelys the Magnificent an early literary effort we follow the Marquis of Bardelys in the court of King Louis XIII of France as he wagers his entire fortune pursues the love of a Languedoc heiress and gets into repeated adventurous scrapes. A vintage swashbuckler. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
185822679Madrid: Imprenta de las Novedades 1858. Period tan qtr-leather binding with marbled paper boards. Speckled edges. Overall VG pos/one map folded irregularly. 184; 78 2; 16; 24; 39 1; 24; 23 1; 6 fold-out maps. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>8 works bound together; all scarce- no copies of any title located on OCLC. Imprenta de las Novedades hardcover books
1926312470Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1926. First U.S. edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original near fine black publisher's cloth with fine dust jacket and tight text block. First U.S. edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Winding French Revolutionary Romance & Adventure. First US edition of this book which was first published in England in 1906 by Hutchinson & Co. in 1906. Many of Sabatini's early novels were re-issued in the 1920s after the breakaway success of his 1922 novel Captain Blood. <br/><br/>Sabatini 1875-1950 was the son of opera singers and is best known today for his rollicking swashbuckling romance & adventure novels. The Trampling of the Lilies is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. It follows the path of a French revolutionary who falls in love with an aristocratic woman who saves his life. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
