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1924013368Houghton Mifflin 1924. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Tenth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy in a Near Fine Jacket. Matching 10 Printing. Rare in This Condition. Very Rare In DJ. Beautiful Fresh Copy With Jacket Just About Fine Iconic Movie of The Same With Errol Flynn. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
198923136Toronto: Lumiere Press 1989. Fine in quarter bound natural linen and paper over boards. Limited Edition. Octavo. Number 155 of 170 numbered copies; SIGNED by the photographer Rafael Goldchain the book's publisher and designer Michael Torosian and finally by anthologist and author Alberto Manguel who contributes the introduction. With 12 tipped-in color plates shot in Mexico and Central America between 1986-1987. The seventh book published by Lumiere; perhaps the most underrated title in the series. Toronto: Lumiere Press unknown books
187987070Madrid: Suarrez 1879. First Edition. hardcover. very good. 407pp. 8vo 1/2 modern blue morocco; pencil marks in margins. Madrid: Victoriano Suarez 1879. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> On Cuba and Puerto Rico. Presentation copy from Eduardo Dolz one of the contributors. This edition not in Palau.<br/><br/> Suarrez unknown books
1971140061New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1971. Octavo cloth-boacked boards. First edition. Signed by Lafferty on the half title page. The author's second collection of short fiction. Collects sixteen stories including "Continued On Next Rock" a 1970 Nebula nominee. See Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-622. Review slip laid in. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #140061 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
186935191London 1869. Color and b/w plates. xiv-833 pp. First edition of the great Confederate sea-raiders memoirs of his adventures aboard the dauntless Alabama. The book was first issued in London because of Great Britains sympathies with the Confederacy. This edition is famous for its handsome colored lithograph plates. A good copy in lightly worn original cloth with gilt cover decoration. Pages are somewhat tanned but the color lithographs have retained their brilliance. books
186338740Cali: No publisher/printer 1863. 8vo 20.3 cm; 8". 1 p. <br><br>Because the Franciscans would not swear to submit to the demands of the law cited in the title above the Franciscans are leaving Cali and the republic. Ortiz the Guardian of the now-exiled Franciscans asks the citizens not to pray for the Order but to pay for the themselves and their children living under a vane perfidious and deceitful government. Dated in the text "26 de mayo de 1863."<br>Â Â Â Â Searches of WorldCat NUC and COPAC fail to find any copy reported at all but we know of a copy awaiting cataloguing in a U.S. library. As issued. Very good. No publisher/printer unknown books
2550A grouping of sixteen holiday cards sent by the famous artist Raphael Soyer. Some of them have inscriptions inside by Raphael or his wife. Most of these appear to have been sent in the Sixties and Seventies. All are in fine condition. unknown books
1834D6891London: William Charlton Wright n.d. 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf gilt-stamped ornament on raised bands and in spine compartments inside gilt dentelles t.e.g.; 12mo 4.25 x 7.25 inches; pp. i-vii 1 blank 3-220 plus full-color folding frontispiece. Light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; tiny chips at spine tips. Frontispiece torn along creases leaving 2 whole and intact panels bound in and the rest detached but complete and laid-in. An easy repair. The rest of the text block is nice and bright with just a few instances of some very faint foxing. A nice copy of an uncommon title. <br/><br/> William Charlton Wright hardcover books
1802WRCAM32884London: I.R. Smith 1802. Handcolored mezzotint 17 1/2 x 19 inches. Small tear in lower margin slightly affecting image and caption. Minor edge wear and dust soiling. Mounted on heavy card. Fair only. Archivally matted protected with mylar sheet. Later issue after the first of 1789. A striking mezzotint engraved by J.R. Smith after a 1785 painting by Joseph Wright showing an Indian woman looking out over a serene ocean while her deceased husband's tomahawk war club and quiver hang above her on a dead tree. In the background a steaming volcano and thunderclouds complete the pastoral scene. When the painting was first exhibited in 1785 this description accompanied it: <br> <br> "This picture is founded on the custom which prevails among the savage tribes of America where the widow of an eminent warrior is used to sit the whole day during the first moon after his death under a rude kind of trophy formed by a tree lopped and painted; on which the weapons and martial habiliments of the dead are suspended. She remains in this situation without shelter and perseveres in her mournful duty at the hazard of her own life from the inclemencies of the weather." <br> <br> Though Wright never travelled to America he depended heavily on James Adair's HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 1775 for anthropological information for this painting. The original remains at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Quite rare. Not on OCLC. I.R. Smith 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
188763484Baltimore MD: Baltimore Publishing Co 1887. Later edition first published under another title in 1869. Large 8vo. 833 pp. Chromolithographic plates portrait plates etc. Howes S-286. Nevins I P. 233 for the 1869 edition: "A first-hand subjective account by the captain of the C. S. Sumter and Alabama; interestingly written." Owner's name crack at head of spine else a very good copy. Publisher's brown three-quarter leather rubbed edges and corners bumped and marbled boards gilt title ornaments and rules between raised bands on spine marbled endpapers and edges. 9965. <br/><br/> Baltimore Publishing Co hardcover 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
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
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