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19262310964New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1926. Large Softcover. Near Fine. Minor general wear. 1926 Large Softcover. 18 pp. The story of the film adaptation of Wallace's classic tale of a man who must become a gladiator to save his soul. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production. Directed by Fred Niblo. A short history of this mighty production with many scenes from the photodrama and with portraits of the characters. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer paperback books
1988151634Lambertville New Jersey: Optique Gallery Press 1988. Hardcover. VG-/VG-. First page of one copy carries lavish signature of architect-former owner; gutter twixt pp. 12 & 13 is slightly soiled from a bookmark once left behind; otherwise clean. Other copy is clean and tight with some minor shelf wear to dj. Gray cloth bright blue & color illus. dust jacket 58 pp. 28 color plates 20 BW illus. Considers the life and work of Polish-born American artist Ben Solowey 1900-1978. Consists mostly of an illustrated text by Abraham A. Davidson. Includes a bibliography and more than 40 examples of the artist's work. A nice introduction to this artist. Optique Gallery Press hardcover books
198623621NY: Bloch Publishing 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. 257pp. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Bloch Publishing hardcover books
1960215156Jerusalem: Bamberger & Wahrman 1960. First edition. Double column text. xi English xx Hebrew 208 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Cloth. Fine in very good dust jacket with loss on back panel. First edition. Double column text. xi English xx Hebrew 208 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Bamberger & Wahrman unknown books
1787WRCAM51205Norwich 1787. 24pp. Dbd. Minor toning light foxing. Very good. In a blue cloth clamshell case gilt leather label. A rare and important Bickerstaff's almanac containing the first printing of the famous Abraham Panther Indian captivity. Titled "A Surprising account of the Discovery of a Lady who was taken by the Indians in the year 1787 and after making her escape she retired to a lonely Cave where she lived nine years" the captivity narrative covers pages 19-24 of the almanac. The captivity account was found to be fictional but was nonetheless popular and reprinted more than twenty times between this first appearance and 1814. Rare with only three copies reported in ESTC. EVANS 20875. DRAKE 416. TRUMBULL 1846. VAIL 767. SABIN 93891. AYER SUPPLEMENT 13. JONES CHECKLIST 608. ESTC W25617. hardcover books
19323396Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders 1932. 1st edition. Green cloth binding. Overall VG section of spotting/dampstain to lower edge of rear board. 454 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> W. B. Saunders hardcover books
18583208bdLondon: Longman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts 1858. First Edition. Two volumes. Octavo bound by Thomas Beet of Conduit Street in full tree calf calf labels gilt-decorated spines marbled edges 451 pp 436 pp. Very Good; front joint of Volume I a bit tender light shelf wear. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858. First Edition. unknown books
19682309637Mentor 1968. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Front wrapper creased wrappers rubbed ink stamp on front wrapper verso pencil name on blurb page. 1968 Mass Market Paperback. 718 pp. Fiction poetry autobiography and criticism reflecting a potent force in American writing today. Authors include: Richard Wright James Baldwin Malcolm X LeRoi Jones Langston Hughes Ralph Ellison Arna Bontemps W.E.B. DuBois Gwendolyn Brooks Margaret Walker. Mentor paperback books
1931233868New York: Forverts 1931. Five-volume autobiographical work in Yiddish by the Jewish socialist and longtime editor of the Forward. Two volumes have internal rubberstamps of a Yiddish club with the author's initial on the spine as if for shelving in the club's library; another volume has a private ownership stamp two others are unmarked. Forverts unknown books
192635002Nyu York New York: Forverts" Asosieyshon 1926. First Edition. Octavo 22cm. Gilt-decorated russia over boards; 515pp; 16 inserted leaves of photographic plates halftones. Generically inscribed "With Compliments" by Cahan on front endpaper. Bit of erosion to spine ends and board exteremities; still a tight VG or better copy. First volume of Cahan's autobiography which appeared in five volumes between 1926 and 1931. Uncommon signed copy of Cahan's monumental autobiography this initial volume chronicling his childhood and young adulthood in Lithuania up to his arrival in New York in 1882. Cahan 1860-1951 was unquestionably the most influential Jewish-American intellectual of his time reaching through his editorship of The Jewish Daily Forward a daily audience of millions of Yiddish-speaking readers and establishing that paper's reputation as one of the leading voices of socialism in the United States. Forverts" Asosieyshon unknown books
1947145154Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1947. Vintage linen backed keybook photograph of cinematographer James Wong Howe actress Lilli Palmer and members of the crew on the set of the 1947 film noir. Holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Considered by many to be amongst the best boxing films of all time as well as one of the great 1940s noirs. "Body and Soul" tells the story of a man who became a successful boxer to support himself and his mother after his father is killed but who realizes that he has slowly lost his integrity somewhere along the way. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for two others. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown books
1976Embry 159990U. of New Mexico Press 1976. First edition first printing. Inked name and place else fine in near fine price clipped dust jacket in mylar cover. U. of New Mexico Press, 1976. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1865106234<p>Newspaper folio 21" x 28" eight columns 4 pp. Chips and folds in margins center page crease folded a couple of holes at folds with some loss some soiling aging and darkening; otherwise fair to good. Dated May 31 1865 this local Boston paper carries two stories about the Lincoln assassination. Both articles start on front page. The first discusses the trial of the conspirators and the second deals with the trial also but presents information about the individuals involved. Back page has the usual ads. </p> books
186222179<p>"<i>We cannot escape history… In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free… We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.</i>"</p><p>One month before signing the Emancipation Proclamation the president proposes colonization and his plan for compensated emancipation discusses foreign affairs reports on progress of the Pacific Railroad the war and finance. This rare "<i>Sentinel Extra</i>" broadsheet apparently unrecorded in OCLC has other news of the day on the verso including a fantastic article quoting General Meagher's reaction to the resignation of several officers after McClellan was removed.</p> <b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Broadsheet <i>"Sentinel Extra"</i> place unknown ca. December 2 1862 9⅛ x 24 in. 2 pp.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Excerpt:</b></p><p>"<i>The suspension of specie payments by the banks… made large issues of United States notes unavoidable. In no other way could the payment of the troops and the satisfaction of other just demands be so economically or so well provided for… A return to specie payments however at the earliest period … should ever be kept in view. Fluctuations in the value of currency are always injurious… Convertibility prompt and certain convertibility into coin is generally acknowledged to be the best and surest safeguard against them; and it is extremely doubtful whether a circulation of United States notes payable in coin and sufficiently large for the wants of the people can be permanently usefully and safely maintained…</i></p><p><i>There is no line straight or crooked suitable for a national boundary upon which to divide…Among the friends of the Union there is great diversity of sentiment and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race amongst us… emancipation will be unsatisfactory to the advocates of perpetual slavery but the length of time 37 years in Lincoln's compensated emancipation proposal should greatly mitigate their dissatisfaction. The time spares both races from the evils of sudden derangement… while most of those whose habitual course of thought will be disturbed by the measure will have passed away before its consummation. They will never see it. Another class will hail the prospect of emancipation but will deprecate the length of time. They will feel that it gives too little to the now living slaves. But it really gives them much. It saves them from the vagrant destitution which must largely attend immediate emancipation in localities where their numbers are very great and it gives the inspiring assurance that their posterity shall be free forever… Let us ascertain the sum we have expended in the war since compensated emancipation was proposed last March and consider whether if that measure had been promptly accepted by even some of the slave States the same sum would not have done more to close the war than has been otherwise done…</i></p><p><i><b>Fellow-citizens we cannot escape history.</b> We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. <b>The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We—even we here—hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.</b></i>"</p><p><b>Additional Content Below Lincoln's State of the Union</b></p><p>Three news items cover the bottom half of the third column verso.</p><p>The first discusses the three top western cities as grain shippers Chicago Milwaukee and Toledo. The numerical measurements of the grain are counted in bushels. Chicago tallied a total export of <i>Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Barely</i> which amounted to <i>55526816</i> bushels. Milwaukee totaled <i>14869625</i> bushels. Toledo totaled <i>18667817</i> bushels.</p><p>The second re-prints news from <i>Liverpool Journal of Commerce</i> published on November 11th regarding the British government's adherence to neutrality policies.</p><p>The third reports on Gen. Thomas Meagher's reaction to the resignation of some of his officers after Gen. McClellan was removed from his command of the Army of the Potomac:</p><p>"<i>Commanding a brigade composed principally of Irish soldiers the Brigadier-General considers it not out of place to remind them that the great error of the Irish people in their struggle for an independent national existence has been their passionate and blind adherence to an individual instead of to a principle of cause. Thus for generations their heroic efforts in the right direction have been feverish and spasmodic when they should have been continuous equable and consistent.</i>"</p><p><b>Thomas Francis Meagher</b> 1823-1867 was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848. After being convicted of sedition he was first sentenced to death but received transportation for life to Van Diemen's Land in Australia. In 1852 he escaped and made his way to the United States where he settled in New York City. At the beginning of the American Civil War Meagher joined the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of brigadier general. He was most notable for recruiting and leading the Irish Brigade U.S. 69th Infantry Regiment New York State Volunteers and encouraging support among Irish immigrants for the Union. He had one surviving son from his first wife.</p><p>Following the Civil War Meagher was appointed acting governor of the Montana Territory. In 1867 Meagher drowned in the swift-running Missouri River after falling accidentally from a steamboat at Fort Benton.</p> books
190041809Denver: Halsey M. Rhoads 1900. Later printing. A very good copy small repaired tear at top small tear at bottom both in blank areas vertical and horizontal folds some minor edge wear. 1 sheet. Sheet size 17 3/4 x 14 inches. Calligraphic portrait of Lincoln in which the script of the Emancipation Proclamation forms Lincoln's image within a 9 x 11 inch decorated frame surrounded by the names of those members of Congress who voted for the resolution as an amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The original design by W.H. Pratt Davenport 1865 contained just the portrait and border Eberstadt 40 followed by this variation with the additional names 42. Only one at auction in the last forty years and that one dampstained. Quite scarce in all forms: OCLC locates five libraries with the original 1865 print 40 two with the 1865 variant 42 in the Lib. of Congress and Lincoln Memorial Library and two of this later edition: Lincoln Memorial Library and Lilly Library. See Eberstadt: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation 42. Lilly Library: Lincoln Prints 4/97. Halsey M. Rhoads unknown books
1980149081Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Vintage vernacular photo album and scrapbook by Ray Abraham a high school art teacher in Athens OH who also appeared as an extra in the film. Containing 17 predominantly color photographs of actors or crew members on location or interacting with the nearby community as well as clippings from local papers about the film signed letters addressed to Abraham from actors Robert Redford and Konrad Sheehan and other ephemera. <br/><br/>The film which was shot on location at the recently closed Junction City Prison in Ohio used locals as extras for the prison scenes and based on the newspaper clippings was a major source of excitement for the nearby towns. This extended to Abraham who apparently invited the stars of the film to attend an exhibition of his students' art work at Athens High School. While Redford declined local actor and apparent Redford look-alike James Linton caused quite the sensation among the teenagers. Altogether a detailed and charming look at the effects of a major Hollywood production on a community during location shooting. <br/><br/>Inspired by the 1969 nonfiction book "Accomplices to the Crime" by Tom Murton and Joe Hyams about abuse and corruption in the Arkansas prison system. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. <br/><br/>Scrapbook Good only with many interior pages loose or plastic sheets no longer attached. <br/><br/>Photographs variously sized most 3.5 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine. <br/><br/>Other material Very Good plus or better. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
197224735New York: Earl G. Graves Publishing Co 1972. Hardcover. xi 132p. first printing dj. Foreword by baseball hall-of-famer Jackie Robinson. African American economist. Earl G. Graves Publishing Co hardcover books
19002197274Dunlap Printing Company 1900. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lightly rubbed. 1900 Hard Cover. xxvi 227 pp. First Annual Message of Samuel H. Ashbridge Mayor of the City of Philadelphia with Annual Reports of Abraham L. English Director of the Department of Public Safety and of the Bureau of Health for the Year Ending December 31 1899. Issued by the City of Philadelphia 1900. Annual reports for the year 1899 include the following: The First Annual Message. Office of the Mayor Philadelphia April 2 1900.; Department of Public Safety.; Thirteenth Annual Report of the Department of Public Safety. Abraham L. English Director.; Bureau of Health of the City and Port of Philadelphia.; Appendix to the Report of the Bureau of Health of the City and Port of Philadelphia for the Year 1899.; Medical Inspector Division of Contagious Diseases.; Medical Inspector of the Sanitary Inspection of Public Schools.; Division of Disinfection.; Division of Bacteriology Pathology and Disinfection.; Physician-in-Charge for the Dunlap Printing Company hardcover 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
1863027103Washington D.C.: Executive Mansion 1863. Small Octavo. 4 page folded pamphlet issued to military. The large number of desertions in the Civil War was becoming epidemic. Previously they might go home to bring in a harvest to visit a wife or girl friend or simply be tired of either war or what often seemed like endless waiting for something to happen. This offered soldiers amnesty if they returned before April 1 1863. Their only penalty would be the forfeiture of pay and allowances during their absence. After that date they will be arrested as "deserters and punished as the law provides." Pages 2-3 lists 36 places where they can report. Besides those near the places of conflict it includes locations as far away as Fort Vancouver Washington Territory Fort Randall Dakota Territory Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Executive Mansion unknown books
500809from an etched portrait on a 1/2 length pose of Lincoln with full beard as President. Photograph is on the original mount. Very good. 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" ca. 1861. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
