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1836010043New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1836. Second Edition. Old Calf. Good -. Covers detached but all plates extant. Hand colored fold out map of old Massachussets. Great breaker for the map and the woodcuts. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber unknown books
607277not signed on a 3/4 length shot of Warner Baxter in costume as The Cisco Kid held back by Edmund Lowe with his six gun drawn from the 1931 film "The Cisco Kid." Photograph is by Hal Phyfe with his logo in the lower corner and his rubberstamp on the back that reads: "Exclusive Portrait for Fox Films Corporation Please Credit Hal Phyfe" on heavy weight stock; matte finish; 10" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
607276not signed on a 3/4 length shot of Warner Baxter in costume as The Cisco Kid six gun drawn on Edmund Lowe who is holding him back about to draw his six gun from the 1931 film "The Cisco Kid." Photograph is by Hal Phyfe with his logo in the lower corner and his rubberstamp on the back that reads: "Exclusive Portrait for Fox Films Corporation Please Credit Hal Phyfe" on heavy weight stock; matte finish; 10" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling. Provenance: from the estate of producer Alex Gordon. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
18946043841894 1894. "Chas. Dudley Warner" in purple fountain pen ink on paper watermarked "Original Culter Mill" Hartford January 17 1894. 4 3/8" x 7"; 1 page with integral leaf; 1894. To an unknown recipient: "Here is the autograph of Yours sincerely Chas. Dudley Warner Hartford Jan. 17 1894.". No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 1894 unknown books
1902WRCLIT68661New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1902. Green cloth decorated in gilt t.e.g. others untrimmed. Some soiling to cloth and top edge endsheets a bit foxed else very good and reasonably bright. First edition of this posthumously published collection. Introduction by Hamilton Wright Mabie. A very good association copy inscribed by the author's widow Susan Lee Warner to Warner's friend and the minister who officiated at his 1900 funeral "Joseph H. Twichell from his affectionate S.L. Warner 1902." BAL 21222. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1883002422Cortland NY: The Standard Power Printing Establishment 1883. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 3/4; pp. 1 4-14; beige stiff card stock wraps printed in black; age-toning and a bit of foxing to wraps; small chip to lower corner of front wrap; occasional spots of foxing to pages; illustrated with numerous woodcuts including in-line and full-page plates; overall in very good condition. The business was established in 1860 in New York by Wyllys H. Warner and passed under the control of Bates and Johnson in 1880. The company's self-feeding boiler was patented in February of 1883 and later that same year was installed as part of its steam-heating system in the iconic Manhattan Company and Merchants' Bank Building on Wall Street. The booklet described and illustrated the parts of the apparatus its method of operating the advantages of using it etc. The Standard Power Printing Establishment paperback books
2430New York London and Montreal: The Abbey 1900. . 8vo red cloth stamped in white on spine and in white and black on front cover bottom front cover bumped. FIRST & ORIGINAL EDITION--Not a reprint. Eleven holdings in OCL. Warner P. Sutton 1849-1913. As a young man Sutton taught school in Watervliet and Ludington Michigan. In 1875 he went to Saugatuck as superintendent of schools where he taught three years and that year through his friend Senator Thomas White Ferry he was appointment as Consular Agent at Matamoros Mexico; he later became Consul and then Consul General at Nuevo Laredo. Mexico serving in these offices for fifteen years 1878 to 1893. during the terms of Hayes Garfield Arthur Cleveland and Harrison. In 1889 he was called to Washington by Secretary of State Elaine to act as secretary of the American delegation to the first Pan-American Conference. His greatest effort was given to improving commercial and friendly relations between the United States and the Latin republics. After leaving the Consular service Sutton e practiced International law the most notable of which was the Cheek case against the King of Siam which he won. During the Spanish-American War he served under General Miles in Puerto Rico after which he retired to his home in Saugatuck "The Beeches". New York, London and Montreal: The Abbey, [1900]. hardcover books
76169Washington and London: M. Walter Dunne n.d. early 20th century. cloth pages bound with rivits. folio. cloth pages bound with rivits. 155 pages with 75 facsimiles. Abridged one volume edition. Contains 75 of the 150 facsimiles issued in the 2 v. edition published in 1901 which was an unauthorized reproduction of the "Facsimiles of royal historical literary and other autographs in the Department of manuscripts British Museum" London 1895-99. cf. Library Journal 1901 v. 26 p. 376. "Special introduction" not included in this edition. Loose in binding with rear hinge torn. Loosely inserted is a commemorative book label which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale. M. Walter Dunne unknown books
19259019089London: Chatto & Windus 1925. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original blue & black patterned cloth over boards green spine label stamped in green. Spine and edges are partially faded as usual with this edition. Some shelfwear to extremities. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
189349857Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin 1893. A reprint of the book first issued in 1877. 8vo pp. Volume I: ix 2 290 pp. Volume II: 2 291-568 pp. 215 photogravures with tissue guards one loose quarter bound in red with green cloth sides with gilt decoration. Covers little soiled staing to the foredges of the preliminary matter. A good set. An account of Warner's 1875 tour in Egypt Palestine Syria Lebanon Cyprus Rhodes Turkey and Greece. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
195786095NY:: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. B000IN48XE . A novel. Stated first edition. Very good in a very good fading along the spine and spine edge of the front panel price clipped dust jacket. . W. W. Norton & Company, hardcover books
1984TB31822Middletown Conn.: The Greater Middletown Preservation Trust 1984. First Edition. Very good in yellow-brown cloth covered boards with dark brown text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 by 8 inches with rubbing and wear to the head and heel of the spine and a prior owner's address label on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket but laid-in at the front of the book is a notice indicating that there was a printing delay preventing the dust jacket from being issued with this copy. 379 pages including an index architectural glossary a list of Haddam's historic buildings bibliography chapter notes and text. Illustrated from black and white photographs throughout and maps. The Greater Middletown Preservation Trust hardcover books
19793856West Kingston R. I.: Donald M. Grant 1979. Octavo illustrations by J. K. Potter cloth. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Tymn ed Horror Literature 4-181. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #3856 Donald M. Grant unknown books
1997915671London: Cape. 1997. The hardcover issue. Fine in a fine dust jacket but for creases to the flaps. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Cape hardcover books
1946146461Universal City: Universal Pictures 1946. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1946 film. With a single holograph pencil annotation to the first page.<br/><br/>A reporter believes a long-dead woman's soul has been reincarnated into a black cat which seeks justice for her wrongful death.<br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers noted as CONTINUITY AND DIALOGUE / MASTER COPY on the front wrapper noted as production No. UF069 and charge No. 575. Title page present dated APRIL 17 1946 noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE with credits for director Erle Kenton actors Noah Beery Jr. Lois Collier Paul Kelly and other cast members. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a strip of faint toning to the front wrapper and light rust to the rear wrapper binding bound at the top edge with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
19162199327G.P. Putnam's Sons 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Burd Clara M. First edition. Binding repaired edge wear nickel-sized ink spot on front cover pencil marks on several pages. 1916 Hard Cover. 212 pp. 8 3/8 x 6 1/2. Child sleeping on moon on front cover gilt titles & top page ridge. A scarce collection of twelve nights worth of bedtime stories with illustrations by Clara M. Burd. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
195417150New York: General Teleradio Inc. 1954. First Edition. Very good. 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record housed in blank paper sleeve with accompanying script typed 8.5" x 11" approx. recto only. Soil to label. Script torn at top left corner with mild loss. Sleeve toned with splitting at edges. Very good overall. <br/><br/>Vinyl recording of a radio spot advertisement for HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE the 1954 adventure film starring Burt Lancaster in the south pacific. The script plays up the exotic location of the film using "native drums" as background music with linnes like "cameras invaded secret native compounds peered at mystic rites weird ceremonies wild and primitive maiden dances." An interesting example of film promotion and exploitative exoticism. General Teleradio Inc. unknown books
19342311349Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. No jacket. Paste-down endpapers soiled a few pages dog-eared. 1934 Hard Cover. xiv 253 pp. "Originally published in 1934 this is the first scientific study to attempt to understand how to breed dogs primarily German Shepherds of superior intelligence disposition and physique for use in a wide variety of working dog capacities. The Johns Hopkins Press hardcover books
1932135145Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1932. Post-production Screen Continuity script for the 1932 film. Based on the 1932 novel by Denison Clift. <br/><br/>Government agent Stephen Morrow's boss and best friend is engaged to Morrow's ex-lover a Hungarian woman who they're now investigating for the murder of an ambassador ex-spy that has been blackmailing the woman's sister. Who will win her dangerous-yet-approachable heart in the end<br/><br/>Pale blue studio wrappers dated May 19th 1932 noting footage of 6357 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus condition. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1865005763State of Connecticut County of Hartford 1865. Deed measures 8 1/2" x 14" centerfold with 2 additional folds Very Good archival tape mend verso to one vertical fold small edge tears at folds light toning. Verso has a block of 4 Washington 50 cents Passage Ticket stamps each initialed by Sessions and dated 4/15 1865. ".contains one acre more or less with the factory and other buildings standing thereon together with the water rights." The sum conveyed for the property was $5000.00. Signed by 2 witnesses and the town clerk. The J.H.Sessions & Son manufacturing company was formed in 1854 in Bristol CT. They manufactured hardware for trunks at their 273 Riverside Ave. location the abandoned building still standing today. A unique piece of Bristol history. . SIGNED. 8 1/2" x 14". State of Connecticut, County of Hartford unknown books
1971139935Norway: Shamrock Studio 1971. Vintage Norwegian one sheet poster for the 1970 UK film. Distributor annotations on the verso in holograph ink. <br/><br/>Bank-heist film following Mr. Graham Baker an assistant bank manager who meets Lady Britt Dorset Andress. They devise a plan to rob the bank involving counterfeit money and a close call with the local inspector. <br/><br/>Set in London's West End notorious for its adult film industry shot there on location. <br/><br/>27.5 x 39 inches. folded as issued with other later folds. Very Good with a few tears light toning. Uncommon. Shamrock Studio unknown books
136955hardcover. 4 color folding maps of the Battles of Gettysburg Antietam Chancellorsville and Lookout Mountain. b/w plates. 325pp. 4to original green cloth; spine ends expertly repaired cloth soiled corners bumped. Albany: J.B. Lyon 1904. First Editon.<br/><br/> Report of the dedication of a memorial to Gen. Slocum to which is added a biography of Slocum and a history of the corps he commanded.<br/><br/> unknown books
18742288751American Publishing Company 1874. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Hoppin; Stephens; Williams; White; et al. Early printing of BAL 3357. Only one imprint on title page. Includes fold-out with several Japanese tissue repairs on reverse. Rebacked with original backstrip laid down boards rubbed. 1874 Hard Cover. xvi 17-574 2 pp. 8vo. First published in 1873 The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America -- an age of corruption when crooked land speculators ruthless bankers and dishonest politicians voraciously took advantage of the nation's peacetime optimism. With his characteristic wit and perception Mark Twain and his collaborator Charles Dudley Warner attack the greed lust and naivete of their own time in a work which endures as a valuable social document and one of America's most important satirical novels. American Publishing Company hardcover books
1884BBJC11432Hartford Conn.: American Publishing Company 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's dark brown cloth stamped in gilt on upper board and spine; 8vo; pp. i-xvi 17-574 2 appendix illustrated throughout. Boards and spine lightly rubbed; spine tips and corners a little bumped and frayed. Internally clean. An excellent early copy. <br/><br/> American Publishing Company hardcover books
199713959New York: Anchor Doubleday 1997. First U.S. edition. Paperback. A fine copy in the original printed wrappers as issued. A PBO. Author's first book. This copy is signed on the title page. Basis for the cult film that starred Samantha Morton directed by Lynne Ramsay. A kind of post-punk Patricia Highsmith. A suicide a road trip a novel on a computer whose authorship changes. Better read the book before you see the film. <br/><br/> Anchor Doubleday paperback books