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197714733Austin: Place of Herons Press 1977. Paperback. v 68p. preface very good first edition trade paperback in red pictorial wraps. This first book of poetry by the California Chicana author won the UC Irvine Chicano Literary Prize. Place of Herons Press paperback books
194919188The University of Minnesota Press 1949. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good . The 1949 1st edition of this early biography of one of the great children's authors and illustrators of the 20th century Wanda Gag "Millions of Cats" "Snippy and Snappy" "Gone Is Gone" etc. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp price-intact VG dustjacket with light rubbing to the panels and very light wear at the spine ends. Octavo 231 pgs. plus Index. <br/><br/> The University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
19562022New York: Oxford Univ. Press 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. Orozco Jose Clemente. 308 pages. Thirty-two half-tone illustrations including reproductions of a few of Orozco's less well-known works and several early photographs of the artist which have never been printed. FREITAG 7166. Oxford Univ. Press hardcover books
19153185Zarephath NJ: The Pentecostal Union Pillar of Fire 1915. Octavo 213 pages plus advertisements. First edition. Black and white illustrations throughout. Alma White 1862-1946 was the founder and bishop of the Pillar of Fire Church she became the first female bishop in the United States in 1918 noted for her association with the Ku Klux Klan and her feminism anti-Catholicism anti-Semitism anti-Pentecostalism and racism. In Why I do Not Eat Meat White argues that "the eating of flesh was detrimental to spiritual growth" and offers scriptural evidence to support a meatless diet. In her claims that the Lord prefers a fleshless diet White argues the health and economic benefits for consumers. A five-page addenda offers quotes from various sources supporting the abolition of a meat-diet. Brown boards titled in black with some corner bumping otherwise very good. The Pentecostal Union (Pillar of Fire) hardcover books
1997149094Los Angeles California: The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles 1997. Hardcover. G Page margins are tanned; text and illus. are good. Color pictorial boards unpaginated color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1997-1998 exhibition of artwork by contemporary Cuban artist Kcho born Alexis Leiva Machado 1970. With an essay by Alma Ruiz and an introduction by Paul Schimmel an exhibition history a selected bibliography and a variety of full-color illustrations of Kcho's creativity. Uncommon. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles hardcover books
1994228933New York Atheneum 1994. 1994. First edition so stated. 8vo. Illustrated by Antonio Martorell. Pictorial dust jacket designed by Ann Bobco unclipped. Fine. 75 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Alma Flor Ada on the front free endpaper: "To . lovers of books grateful for your efforts to facilitate the magical encounter between children and books! Alma Flor Ada.". Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York, Atheneum, 1994. hardcover books
1992287983Berkeley. : Ten Speed Press. 1992. . 1st Edition. Hardcover quarter red cloth over red boards. . A near fine copy in a very good dustjacket with a small closed tear at the top edge. . folio. Large book requires extra postage. Ten Speed Press. hardcover books
196033258Boston: Beacon Press 1960. Second edn. 8vo pp. 340 index. Publisher's cloth a very good copy. Inscribed by the author. Laid in is a publicity order form for the book with blurbs by Arthur Schlessinger Pearl Buck and reviews. Beacon Press unknown books
1948151557Los Angeles: Vanguard Films / Selznick Studio 1948. An archive four scripts two pre-production and two post-production from the 1947 film. The two pre-production scripts both dated April 17 1947 and "Compiled From the Novel" are a nine page "Description of Settings and Props" and a twelve page "Costumes." The two post-production scripts are a 115 page Dialogue Cutting Continuity script dated February 19 1948 and a five page "Trailer" Dialogue Cutting and Continuity script dated February 27 1948. Each bound in titled wrappers.<br/><br/>Anthony Keane Peck is a married British lawyer who falls in love with the woman he is defending a woman who happens to be accused of poisoning. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ethel Barrymore.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Cumbria England.<br/><br/>Description of Settings and Props compiled from the novel. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 26 dated April 17 1946. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 9 leaves with last page of text numbered 7. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three metal brads.<br/><br/>Costumes compiled from the novel. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 22 dated April 17 1946. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 12 leaves with last page of text numbered 10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three metal brads.<br/><br/>Dialogue Cutting Continuity for the film. Light blue titled wrappers dated February 19 1948. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL 7 PAGE 18. Mimeograph duplication rectos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with small closed tear at top bound at top with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Dialogue Cutting Continuity for the Trailer. Light blue titled wrappers dated February 27 1948. 5 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL 1 PAGE 5. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine saddle-stapled at the top edge.<br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby US. Spicer US. Vanguard Films / Selznick Studio unknown books
19566492New York: Oxford University Press 1956. First edition. Octavo pp vii suite of photos 308. Reed was close friend of Orozco's and his first biographer 1932. This is an update done after the author's death in 1949. Very good in very good dust jacket. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press unknown books
1971149566Spain / Puerto Rico: Argos SLPC / Producciones Dulzaides 1971. Vintage poster for the 1971 Spanish / Puerto Rican co-production. <br/><br/>After her brother dies a woman must take care of her niece the result of an extramarital affair with a woman of color. <br/><br/>26 x 36.5 inches. Very Good plus. Pinholes to the corners and light chipping with some text affected. Argos SLPC / Producciones Dulzaides unknown books
1980390398San Francisco 1980. Unbound. Fine. Photomechanically reproduced flyer on 8.5" x 14" paper. Fine. An original flyer promoting Ultrasheen Elements of Style and Soul Rebels at the Savoy with collage art of guns and JFK Jr. unknown books
197862980Har-Ma Press 1978. cloth. Har-Ma Press. small 8vo. cloth. 411 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 100 numbered copies on 12 Point Centaur "in a corner of the garage on a minipress made by Harold F. Smith; type set by Alma Smith. Inscribed by the authors to previous owner on front free endpaper with a personal bookmark laid-in. Har-Ma Press unknown books
191656068Zarephath New Jersey: The Pentecostal Union 1916. First Edition second printing. 8vo. green pictorial cloth; 209 pages & 11-page catalog in rear. Thirty- Six Photographic Illustrations. Very Good covers nice with some wear spine; contents clean & tight; ink name & date -1914-front endpaper. <br/><br/> The Pentecostal Union hardcover books
192924904Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good in Good dj. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. price-clipped book is moderately worn top front corner bumped with slight fraying to cloth exposing board a bit light rectangular stain from removed label on front pastedown; jacket has various chips along top and bottom edges and at corners. Biography of a pioneering advocate for women's rights "the outstanding figure in the movement for the higher education of women in America . . . the first woman to make definite experiments to prove the female mind capable of comprehending higher studies and the first woman publicly to take a stand for the higher education of women." Among her many accomplishments Willard 1787-1870 founded the first school for women's higher education in the U.S. the Troy Female Seminary in Troy New York later renamed the Emma Willard School and still in operation today as a college-prep day and boarding school. She also wrote a number of geography and history textbooks the latter of which somewhat radically for their day chronicled the achievements of women as well as men and promoted the idea that the status of women in a given society was the primary measurement of whether that society could be described as "civilized." . Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
192136839New York: Cupples & Leon Company 1921. 1st printing presumed. Red paper wrapped boards with color pictorial onlay & black stamped lettering to front board. White dust jacket which replicates binding design/graphic. Pencil pos to ffep. A VG copy in a similar jacket. 48 pp. Illustrated by Richard Hudson with 8 pictures in full color & numerous intratextual b/w line drawings. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>A childrens tale based on Beatrix Potter's character Peter Rabbit. Cupples & Leon Company hardcover books
197718120103n.p.: The Private Press of Alvin S. Fick 1977. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps. Fine. One of 70 copies not stated miniature book 20 pp. letterpress printed. A perfect Christmas keepsake which is how this was presented as set forth in the introduction Alma and Al Fick wrote beginning with: "When Christmas approaches we hike the seventy-nine acres of this old farm to select a Christmas tree". and ending with " 'The Pine' in miniature book form brings you our warmest holiday greetings."<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: String-bound cardstock covers decorated on the outside to appear as wood-grain the front cover with the title in green and a small stylized Christmas tree in green spine with green lettering small stylized trees one green one red facing the title page title page in red and black small stylized tree in red on the verso of the title page volume opens with an introduction by Alma and Al Fick as referred to above followed by the five-stanza poem "The Pine" by George S. Bryan; per the colophon "was printed from handset Palatino and Garamond types in October 1977 on a 72 years young foot powered Pearl press which has been a faithful servant of this private press for a quarter century. The paper is Pericles Opaque Plus"; oblong miniature book 2" by 2.5" 20 pp. one of 70 copies not stated. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine overall the cardstock covers clean and with only a minute amount of wear to the corners a strong square text block the string binding solid the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; still with that "tight" feel of an unopened book a wonderful example. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Private Press of Alvin S. Fick unknown books
1932132950London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1932. Hardcover. Good-. Ex-library with ink stamps. Perforation stamps on title page page 15/16 plate XLII and perhaps elsewhere. Several pages are loose. pg 7/8 and plates II and III have significant chipping to page edges. Plate IV does not match description and is a duplication of plate XX. Gratiane de Gardilanne; Elizabeth Whitney Moffatt. Red library buckram. 116 pp. 50 color plates. Not a numbered copy of the 520 printed. George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd hardcover books
1935777411935. BYERS Charles Alma. THE INVERNESS MURDERS. New York: The Dial Press 1935. Includes a floor plan of Castle Thor. 287 pp. 12mo. red cloth title printed in black to spine. A fine copy in an about very good dust-jacket with a bright and stylish illustration on the front panel. The jacket is creased and has several closed edgetears but very little loss; a couple of nicks at crown and some irregular chipping at heal. unknown books
1948WRCLIT68018Culver City: Selznick International Pictures 1948. Foliated by reel format. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in pale blue stencil printed wrappers. Wrappers a trace dust smudged short snag at one brad else near fine. A dialogue cutting continuity script for this adaptation to the screen of Hichens' 1933 novel. Selznick had acquired the film rights to the novel prior to its publication but submission of a preliminary script in 1934 to the Breen Office resulted in assurances that it would not pass muster according to the PCA. So the project was shelved until Selznick returned to it in 1946. It is clear that at that time scripts from the 1934 effort as well as from an adaptation attempted at MGM were consulted. Interim drafts of the script were written by Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville First Rough Draft April 1946 and James Birdie Third draft based on an adaptation by Reville August 1946 until finally in December a "Final Shooting Script" was reached with interim uncredited contributions by Ben Hecht. The final shooting script is credited solely to David O. Selznick but acknowledges dependence on the adaptation by Alma Reville. Final screen credit for the screenplay fell to Selznick and neither Hecht's nor Birdie's contributions were credited. Hitchcock directed and Gregory Peck Ann Todd Charles Laughton Ethel Barrymore in a role that earned an Oscar nomination and Louis Jourdan starred among others and a 29 December 1947 premiere brought to a conclusion the long and tangled series of attempts to bring Hichens' novel to the screen. One of a finite group of duplicates from the Selznick archive now entering the market via the Serendipity dispersal. Selznick International Pictures unknown books
196020891960. REED Alma M. THE MEXICAN MURALISTS. NY: Crown Publishers Inc. 1960. Small quarto: cloth & boards in dust jacket; 191 pages. With 175 illustrations and 16 color plates. First Edition. Reed presents the lives of the most famous Mexican muralists. Nice signed presentation from Reed on the front endpaper to talent scout and literary agent Adeline Schulberg: "Para Ad Schulberg un recuerdo de la Peregrina y Mexico- Cordialmente Alma M. Reed. Mexico D.F. Murzo 1962." Adeline Schulberg represented major Hollywood movie stars like Marlene Dietrich Frederic March and Herbert Marshall. Actress Shelley Winters was one of her discoveries. She is also the mother of author Budd Schulberg. A nice association copy! Very Good covers nice; contents clean & tight; some wear & rubbing small one-inch chip base of spine d/j. $150.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19852814251985. A substantial compendium regarding the Chattin Family; 297 leaves with family notes clippings etc. With the final 6 leaves being addendum of the Fifth Generation Mary Chattin Vaden -- with some handwritten annotations and additional information. unknown books
1925766Zarephath New Jersey: The Good Citizen 1925. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Hate GroupsKu Klux Klan Third edition stated. 7" x 5" Stapled illustrated wrappers. Very good plus: minimally worn a couple of faint stains to wrappers smidgen of loss to crown of spine. A sharp copy. The author was a feminist though she only espoused equality for white Protestant females. She founded the Pillar of Fire Church which was the only religious denomination publicly affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan. She also published two other books about the KKK as well as a monthly periodical that promoted Klan ideals. The Good Citizen hardcover books
1923290638Zarephath New Jersey 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A book of poetry by the first female bishop in the United States and founder of the racist Methodist sect the Pillar of Fire Church. Under Alma White's direction in the 1920's and 30's the Pillar of Fire Church formed a close public bond with the KKK with the aim to liberate white Protestant women while also oppressing religious and racial minorities even regularly hosting cross burning ceremonies with the Klan on Pillar of Fire properties and giving speeches at Klan events promoting white supremacy. The introduction to this volume is quite bizarre as the author focuses on her husband's conversion to the "unscriptural and Satanic" "new cult" of the Pentecostals and their subsequent estrangement. This long-form poem in rhyming iambic pentameter details their breakup in about 55 pages of text with small text illustrations plates reproducing hymns written by the author and a section of reproduced correspondence between the two at the rear. Truly a messy breakup. Red cloth with gilt lettering. OCLC notes ten institutional holdings. Very Good binding. unknown books
1999165294Tepotzotlan: Estado de Mexico 1999. Hardcover. VG. Red cloth boards with silver stamped lettering and inlaid illustration. 175 pp. Color illustrations. Text in Spanish. Government publication. Estado de Mexico hardcover books
