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1984140060Los Angeles: Orion Pictures 1984. Vintage French moyenne poster for the 1984 US film. Winner of eight Academy awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay and both Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor. <br/><br/>Adapted from Peter Shaffer's 1979 play of the same name the film presents a fictionalized account of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life as well as that of his "rival" Antonio Salieri. <br/><br/>Set in Vienna shot on location in Prague Kromeriz and Vienna. <br/><br/>24 x 32 inches folded. Near Fine with two small stains to the verso. <br/><br/>Ebert II. Orion Pictures unknown books
1961048191London etc.: Abelard-Schuman 1961. vii 370p. b/w front. slightly chipped dj. Abelard-Schuman unknown books
1937D4334Paris: Obelisk Press 1937. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps; 5 loose gatherings pp. 40 3 plus frontispiece. From a limited edition of 200 numbered copies this one out of sequence and unnumbered though inscribed by Miller in the year of publication on the FFEP: "To Anne Poor from Henry Miller Paris 8/15/37 p.s. Jetzt musste die Welt versinker! Et comment!" Anne Poor like Miller was a painter. Wraps heavily chipped and water-stained; frontispiece water-stained on the verso though perfectly presentable. <br/><br/> Obelisk Press paperback books
1969154259University of Pittsburgh 1969. Softcover. VG- Ex-gallery with spine label and few interior marks; photocopy does not include the 150 illus. in the original document. Dissertation. Photocopied from micofilm by UMI. Black paper wraps 229 leaves no illus. Dissertation. Analyzes chronologically the life and work of American artist William Merritt Chase 1849-1916. Addresses the artist's importance at the time of his death. Includes the text of two unpublished speeches by Chase. Unfortunately the accompanying illustrations were not included in the copying process. University of Pittsburgh paperback books
189222436City of Washington: The Smithsonian Institution 1892. First Separate Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. First Separate Edition. 1-24 pages plus 5 plates and original printed wrappers. Folio 9 3/4 x 13 inches. Top page edges uncut an unread copy. Wrappers have been professionally restored and reattached with missing paper filled in correcting a common failing of this title. The wrappers are often chipped and/or detached with large pieces missing due to the thin almost ephemeral nature of the binding. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge number 842. Wrappers. "Michelson was the first American citizen to win the Nobel prize for his 'precision optical instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations conducted therewith'.He was clearly recognized as one of the foremost experimental physicists of the nation." - DSB <br/><br/>"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 was awarded to Albert A. Michelson "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid". Nobel Prize d o t org. The Smithsonian Institution unknown books
191031962Berlin: Adolf Eckstein 1910. 46.5x30cm. Includes biographical cover page. Fine condition. Adolf Eckstein unknown books
1964286413Honeywell 1964. paperback. very good. Illustrated. Tall thin 4to printed wrappers; covers edgeworn. Printed by Lund Press for Honeywell 1964. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Facsimile reprint of A. A. Michelson's handwritten notebook describing his experiment that determined the speed of light. Present is the printed biographical and explanatory insert.<br/><br/> Honeywell unknown books
1950131050Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1950. Revised First Draft Continuity script for the 1951 film. Included is an index to the script breakdown detailing various scenes and script page numbers with revisions. Copy belonging to Dane Anderson an uncredited member of the crew with his name on the front wrapper of the script breakdown and annotations throughout in holograph pencil. File copy rubber-stamped on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on Weidman's 1937 novel and Vera Caspary's loose adaptation. Harriet Boyd Hayward is a fashion designer who partners with Teddy Dailey whom she loves and Sam Jaffe and starts a new business dedicated to selling affordable women's dresses. A rival fashion company lead by Noble Sanders momentarily distracts Harriet but at the last minute she realizes her true devotion to Teddy and Sam. <br/><br/>Screenwriter Polonsky was blacklisted shortly after the film's release refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers rubber-stamped as REVISED FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper copy No. 3 and production No. 2446.8 dated August 4 1950. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated August 4 1950 noted as Revised 1st Draft Continuity with a credit for screenwriter Polonsky. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 168. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Script Breakdown: self wrappers as issued. 88 leaves dated 10/2/50 mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1955208269New York: Harper 1955. Reprint. paperback. very good. Illustrated. 27 pages tall slim 8vo original printed wrappers. New York: Paul Hoeber/Harper & Brothers 1955. Very good.<br/><br/> Reprinted from Psychosomatic Medicine Vol. XVII No. 6 November-December 1955. Presentation by the author Bernard Meyer.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
1845163008New York: Daniel Fanshaw Printers 1845. Original Edition not a reprint. Paperback. Fair. Complete but with covers detaching soiling to covers and foxing to pages. Pages corners curled. No extraneous marks. Green wraps with black lettering. 40 pp.; no illustrations. Cover title reads "Dr. Messer's Discourse on Domestic Feeling." Important to New Brunswick NJ and the Reformed Church in America. Daniel Fanshaw (Printers) paperback books
1910WRCAM52703New York 1910. 65pp. plus photographic frontispiece portrait. Original printed wrappers. Corners somewhat worn. Internally clean. Very good. Prospectus for the quite rare visual biography THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN made up of prints from the photograph collection of Frederick Hill Meserve. Meserve purchased nearly the entire Brady archive of Lincoln material and arranged for facsimiles of the numerous photographs to be published in the advertised volume which was limited to 102 copies. The book was published the following year. Meserve is considered to be the first great American photograph collector and he amassed the definitive collection of Abraham Lincoln photographs during his pursuits. The collection is now at Yale. <br> <br> A rare piece of printing in and of itself with a photographic frontispiece portrait of Lincoln. unknown books
1946158348New York: New Collectors Group 1946. Large octavo illustrations by Hannes Bok cloth. First edition. First binding of tight weave mesh black cloth. Of two states issued simultaneously this one has the illustration of a nude man on page 19. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1166. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 744. In 333. A bright nearly fine copy in very good unprinted tan paper dust jacket with a touch of wear at edges. #158348 New Collectors Group unknown books
1947WRCLIT65940New York: New Collectors' Group 1947. Quarto. Black cloth lettered in gilt with title in three lines.Plates. Text in double columns. Foretips slightly bumped otherwise a very good or better copy without the unprinted dust jacket. First edition first state of the binding. One of 1000 numbered copies in addition to an unknown number of out of series copies. This copy has the cancel copyright notice affixed to the verso of the title. In addition to contributing the illustrations Bok completed the work writing chapters 8-27. CURREY p.364. BLEILER p.138. New Collectors' Group hardcover books
19261326570New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1926. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine brown with orange print; Boards in brown cloth with orange print wear to corners and spine caps fading to spine mild shelfwear; Text block has tanning to endpapers mild age-toning to paper clean text; vi 326 pages. 1326570. FP New Rockville Stock. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1928163209New York: Boni and Liveright 1928. Octavo pp. i-iv v vi-viii 9-310 311-312: blank note: last leaf is a blank original tan cloth front panel stamped in red and gold spine panel stamped in red top edge stained red. First edition. First printing with "B&L" monogram on copyright page and no statement of printing. A mystery thriller in the mode of Sax Rohmer concerning Satan an unusual criminal mastermind who rules a band of thieves bound to his service by an elaborate game. The Boni and Liveright edition was reprinted at least twice and the novel was frequently reissued by various publishers in several formats through 1955. "7 FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN one of Merritt's most financially successful works appeared in ARGOSY ALL-STORY in five issues in 1927. Based upon Robert Barr's "A Game of Chess" it is his only pure mystery. Although it contains neither the fantasy nor the occult elements that characterize his earlier novels it is an intriguing tale containing an interesting plot and one of the most sinister villains in mystery fiction." - Foust p. 48. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 558. In 333. Bleiler 1948 p. 199. Reginald 10068. Hubin 1994 p. 569. Neat contemporary owner's signature dated March 1928 on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in good four-color pictorial dust jacket priced $2.00 on the front flap with wear and shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips. rubbing along folds and several closed tears with internal tape mends. #163209 Boni and Liveright unknown books
1985161986Philadelphia: Oswald Train: Publisher 1985. Octavo pp. 1-10 11-399 400: blank illustrations cloth. First edition. Miscellany edited with 145-page bio-critical introduction by Sam Moskowitz. Collects six fictions including a third ending for Dwellers in the Mirage twenty-six poems letters by and to Merritt articles by and about Merritt photographs of Merritt and his associates and other material. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 8-66. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #161986 Oswald Train: Publisher unknown books
1936163744London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1936. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-ix x-xii 1-274 275 276: printer's imprint original blue boards front and spine panels stamped black. Later edition. Movie tie-in edition with film still reproduced on the front panel of the dust jacket. "Celebrated weird mystery novel of witchcraft and deadly little dolls." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 155. Filmed in 1936 as "The Devil Doll" directed by Tod Browning screenplay by Garrett Fort Guy Endore and Erich von Stroheim with Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan in lead roles. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-146. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1160. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 552. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I pp. 181-83. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 138. Reginald 10058. Spine panel sunned several spots on boards a very copy in poor photo-illustrated dust jacket with wear and shallow chipping at edges and tape along top and bottom edges. #163744 Methuen & Co. Ltd. unknown books
1951158058New York: Avon Publishing Company 1951. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Avon Books 392. Some lamination separation from spine panel a fine copy. A lovely copy. #158058 Avon Publishing Company unknown books
1933157781New York: Liveright Inc Publishers 1933. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-ix x xi-xii xiii-xiv 15-301 302-304: blank note: last leaf is a blank original black cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold top edge stained red other edges rough-trimmed. First edition. "Celebrated weird mystery novel of witchcraft and deadly little dolls." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 155. "Reputations come and reputations go but in the fields of science fiction and fantasy there is probably no other great reputation of the past that has suffered as much as that of A. Merritt. During the 1930's and 1940's he was widely considered the greatest fantasy writer of modern times . Is any of Merritt's work worth reading today other than as historical documents . A sense of peril emerges from BURN WITCH BURN! ." - Bleiler Supernatural Fiction Writers p. 842. Filmed in 1936 as The Devil Doll directed by Tod Browning screenplay by Garrett Fort Guy Endore and Erich von Stroheim with Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan in lead roles. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-146. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1160. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 552. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I pp. 181-83. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 138. Reginald 10058. A fine copy in bright good pictorial dust jacket with wear at spine ends shallow loss at spine folds and corner tips short closed tear at lower edge of rear panel several internal tape mends at edges and some re-coloring of black background ink. The book is quite nice and the jacket presents well overall. #157781 Liveright Inc Publishers unknown books
195186736New York: Avon Publishing Company 1951. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Avon Books 392. Tiny private owner's address sticker affixed to title page else a bright fine copy. #86736 Avon Publishing Company unknown books
195186664New York: Avon Publishing Company 1951. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Avon Books 392. Some lamination peel at fore-edges corners rubbed a bright near fine copy. #86664 Avon Publishing Company unknown books
1934163204Garden City: Published for The Crime Club 1934. Octavo pp. 1-10 1 2-301 302: blank original decorated black cloth spine panel stamped in green top edge stained green fore-edge untrimmed bottom edge rough-trimmed. First edition. "Sequel of a sort to BURN WITCH BURN! . A good mystery thriller with even some moments of humor." - Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1162. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 553. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 155. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 740. In 333. See Barron ed Horror Literature 3-146. Bleiler 1978 p. 138. Reginald 10059. A nearly fine copy in a bright very good pictorial proof dust jacket with "PUBLICATION DATE / OCT 24 1934" stamped at the bottom of the front flap. #163204 Published for The Crime Club unknown books
1932157782New York: Liveright Inc Publishers 1932. Octavo pp. 1-8 9-295 296: blank original decorated black cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold top edge stained yellow fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed. First edition. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 3-242. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1159. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 554. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 741. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 138. Reginald 10061. Tiny rubber-stamped name J. M. Walsh on front free endpaper with rubber-stamped date of receipt 9 June 1932. A fine copy in very good four-color pictorial dust jacket with some wrinkling to front panel and clipped price the price is clipped because this copy was sold resold in the UK; the book ticket of The American Book Supply Co. Ltd." is affixed to the front paste-down. Quite a nice copy. #157782 Liveright Inc Publishers unknown books
19488706N.p. n.d. Sedalia Colorado: M. Doreal 1948. Octavo mimeographed printed wrappers stapled as issued. First edition. One of the six unauthorized booklets printing Merritt's short fiction. A revision of "The Last Poet and the Robots" chapter 11 of the "Cosmos" round robin serial published in Fantasy Magazine in April 1934 first published in Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1936 and collected later in the The Fox Woman & Other Stories 1949. See also Bleiler Science Fiction: the Gernsback Years #1826. Light chipping to extremities of wrappers mostly along spine panel a near fine copy. #8706 M. Doreal unknown books
1928126207New York: Boni and Liverwright 1928. Octavo cloth. First edition. A mystery thriller in the mode of Sax Rohmer concerning Satan an unusual criminal mastermind who rules a band of thieves bound to his service by an elaborate game. Bookplate affixed to front free endpaper bookstore label affixed to rear paste-down. Some age-darkening to spine panel top edge stain has some loss of color a very good copy. #126207 Boni and Liverwright unknown books