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2005WRCLIT70991Brooklyn: Ugly Duckling Presse 2005. Pictorial hand-bound wrappers. First edition thus. One of 300 copies. This poem is a line- for-line collaboration by two poets that investigates the idea of living and thinking together. Fine. Ugly Duckling Presse unknown books
19501219686New York: American Numismatic Society 1950. First Edition Thus. Octavo; 41pp; XVIII plates; softcover wraps; some moderate external wear and soiling; some splitting and spine paper loss at crown; library embossing on title and a few text/plate pages; contents generally good. #424JPH. Spine; black text on tan buff paper. 1219686. JPH Numismatic Collection. American Numismatic Society unknown books
1976147460Studio City CA: EMI Television Programs 1976. Two Revised draft scripts Part I and Part II comprising the complete script for the 1977 television film which was broadcast in two parts on CBS on April 13 and 14 1977.<br/><br/>First script titled "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" on front wrapper and titled "'Howard The Amazing Mr. Hughes' Part I" on first page of script has several annotations on front wrapper. In holograph ink on top left is written "Prod Thur 11/18/76" center right is the name "Tommy Lee Jones" with phone number below not in Jones' hand and an "I" immediately following title as well as a "9" in holograph pencil on upper right corner. Script contains two title pages of two revisions first yellow page has the underlined name "Norma" preceded by an asterisk as well as two underlines below the text "REVISED" on lower left in red holograph ink. The second pink title page has "33" on the upper left and a "Part I" on top center left in holograph pencil. Four pages contain strikes in holograph ink. Script contains a few copied annotations on the first 3 pages of script revision date some action changes and a strike with date "Tues 12/21/76."<br/><br/>Second script "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes Part II" has "33" on upper left of title page and "Part II" top center in holograph pencil. Three pages contain copied annotations revision date character direction and dialogue and a strike with date "Tues 12/21/76."<br/><br/>Based upon the 1972 Howard Hughes biography "Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" by Hughes' long-time associate Noah Dietrich and AP Hollywood correspondent Bob Thomas. The first of several film depictions of Howard Hughes as an young obsessive perfectionist and an elderly hypochondriac. An early break through role for Tommy Lee Jones.<br/><br/>"Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes" script:<br/>Tan titled wrappers. Two title pages present one dated November 26 1976 the other dated November 16 1976 both noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter John Gay and authors Noah Dietrich and Bob Thomas. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/5/76 and 12-20-76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>"Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes Part II" script:<br/>Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 16 1976 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter John Gay and authors Noah Dietrich and Bob Thomas. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 117A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/5/76 and 12/20/76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. EMI Television Programs unknown books
1787256660New York: Samuel Loudon 1787. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 2 plates one torn and one edgeworn and 1 table torn and with some paper loss. 602 pages with continuous pagination. Thick 8vo contemporary leather-backed boards with red label well-worn but sound and attractive. New York: Printed by Samuel Loudon and sold for the printer by Messieurs Berry and Rogers Hodge Campbell Allen and Greenleaf December 1787 - July 1788. 8 of 12 issues bound together. First editions. Some light toning and foxing and a handful of contemporary ink marginalia still a very good copy of these scarce American periodicals edited by Noah Webster. OCLC list NO physical copies in any library.<br/><br/> Issues include: moral fiction curiosities travel descriptions of unusual or exotic places science religion biographical anecdotes poetry etc. A section of European and American current events marriages and deaths concludes each issue.<br/><br/> Samuel Loudon unknown books
1826288356New York: The Sunday School Depository 1826. First Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. An uncommon hymnal designed for the use of mariners -- "necessary wherever public worship is held for the benefit of this valuable class of our fellow-men and by mariners themselves when 'afar off at sea'". Compiled by the founder of American Baptist Publication Society and the father of Noah Davis who taught Moral Philosophy at the University of Virginia for decades in the post-Civil War era. Japanese tissue paper repair to the top edge of the spine; lacking the endpapers and final page of the index. Mottled calf with red leather label on the spine. 4 293 1 pp. AI 24307. Good binding. The Sunday School Depository unknown books
264394Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin. hardcover. A few text engravings. viii 1 10-165pp. 1 page of publisher's ads correct pagination. 16mo contemporary calf head of spine lightly worn corners worn and bumped last page chipped in margin several pages with small tears in the right margins calf rubbed light foxing to many pages. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin n.d. circa 1800.<br/><br/> The twenty-fifth Connecticut edition.<br/><br/> Hudson & Goodwin unknown books
182258417Brattleborough Vt: Holbrook & Fessenden n.d. 1822. 8vo pp. 168 including frontispiece 8 woodcut illustrations in text decorative woodcut border on title; original cloth-backed paper-covered boards; contemporary signature on front board of Silvester Barns; covers soiled some water-staining; ink stain on rear board; pages toned; hinges starting; binding firm. Skeel tentatively dates this as 1822 "because it is virtually identical with the Brattleboro 1821 edition and because 1822 is the only gap in a series of Dated Brattleboro editions appearing annually." Skeel 195; American Imprints 19235. <br/><br/> Holbrook & Fessenden, n.d. hardcover books
1843262665Wells River: Ira White 1843. hardcover. good. Frontis. and several text engravings. 168pp. 18mo original calf-backed boards boards worn and lightly soiled scattered light foxing. Wells River VT: Ira White 1843.<br/><br/> Ira White unknown books
1828100584<p>Small 8vo leather spine cloth with cardboard covers 168 pp. Spine ends chipped and worn front joint cracked and tender corners showing covers a little warped some aging browning and staining but internally in very good condition. Noah Webster 1758-1843 first introduced his spelling book in 1783 and it would become the basic schoolbook for children in early 19th century America. Revised many times by Webster it would teach generations of Americans how to read and spell. </p> Robert H. Sherburne, books
2007231297New York: Atria Books 2007. Hardcover. 290p. signed by the author very artfully on title page very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Atria Books hardcover books
1989Embry 150487U. of South Carolina 1989. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. U. of South Carolina, 1989. First edition, first printing. unknown books
189134655New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1891. 1st Edition. Yellow cloth binding with gilt title lettering and brown and silver graphic stamped to front board and spine. Slight lean sunning to spine off-set to title page. A VG copy. 10 252 2 balnk pp. 16 b/w inserted plates. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons 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
1986244805Washington DC: the Journal 1986. 44p. 5.5x8.5 inches articles poetry letters very good booklet in stapled pink decorative wraps. Articles on AIDS STD's Being Alone Valentine's Day etc. the Journal unknown books
19501216103American Antiquarian Society 1950. First reprint from proceedings;. Octavo ephemera; VG/no DJ; covers have minimal soiling; paper slightly faded; pp. 12; #424JPH. 1216103. JPH Numismatic Collection. American Antiquarian Society unknown books
19699003672New York: McGraw-Hill 1969. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original black cloth with the front cover stamped in blind and the spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> McGraw-Hill hardcover books
185713194.1New York: D. Appleton & Co. 346 & 348 Broadway 1857. 'The Latest Revised Edition'. Circa late 1850s See Skeel p. 129. Brown cloth spine with printed blue printed paper-wrapped boards. VG some edgewear/stains to front board/period pos. 2 168 2 pp. 2 pp advert at front & rear. Advert eps. Illustrated with cuts. 6-7/8" x 4-3/16" <br/><br/> D. Appleton & Co., 346 & 348 Broadway hardcover books
18434964Montpelier VT: E. P. Walton n.d. but after 1843. Last Revised Edition. Acceptable/Published in the year of the author's death. 12mo 18 cm; 168 pages. Woodcut frontispiece title page with woodcut ornamental border and seven woodcut vignettes in text. Bound in quarter cloth over printed boards with title page reproduced on upper board. Worn and thumbed yet sound and entire. E. P. Walton hardcover books
199543743Austin Texas: W. Thomas Taylor 1995. 1st edition thus 1/50 cc. Cf. Basic Texas Books 189; Bradford 5116; Final Howes S733; Graff 3872; Rader 2948; Sabin 85099 for the 1st editiion of 1900. Specially bound in tan quarter leather over decorative paper boards. A Fine copy. Accompanied by the original Taylor 6/14/94 sale invoice for this book. xvi 293 3 pp. Original piece of Texas currency "One Hundred Dollars" housed in pocket at back. Frontispiece. Royal 8vo. 10-1/4" x 7-1/8" <br/><br/>Smithwick a blacksmith moved to Texas in 1827 served in the war for Texas independence and later as a Ranger though leaving the state in 1861 as he had Union sympathies. The volume includes anecdotes on James Bowie Sam Houston Stephen Austen David G. Burnet Gail Borden Padre Michael Muldoon R.M. Williamson and others. Dobie calls this work "The best of all books dealing with life in early Texas." Jenkins says it's "the most fun to read." This edition adds scholarly commentary by its editor with this specially bound version of the edition with the real Texas currency being relatively uncommon on the market. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover books
1880170909006New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. ix 188 6pp. Original brown cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt yellow endpapers. Housed in a plain brown cloth slipcase. Very Good or better with some rubbing and scuffing to cloth slight lean to spine former owner's bookplate on front paste down a few reading smudges. An attractive unsophisticated copy of the early baseball novel written by a friend of Abraham Lincoln's and set in Brooks' boyhood town of Castine here called "Fairport" Maine in the 1840s. Among the ways in which it was ahead of its time is its sympathetic includion of a young African-American baseball player. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
18802156New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1880. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. Bound in original brown pictorial gilt cloth; illustrated with a black and white frontispiece. This title predcedes by four years "Our Baseball Club and How it Won the Championship" by Noah Brooks. The second and last chapters describe games between the Fairport Nine and a team made up of working class youth. One game continues through the bottom of the ninth even though the home team has won. The main character Billy Hetherington is best friends with Sam Black who is black and also the team's star left fielder. Expert repair to spine ends new endpapers; minor age-toning to text but overall a very attractive copy of an early baseball rarity. Housed in a custom mococco backed slipcase. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
20042308309New York: Three Rivers Press 2004. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Ink name on endpaper. 2004 Trade Paperback. In Adams Three Rivers Press paperback books
180882504New York: D. Longworth 1808. First edition of "the most important Jewish lay leader of the early 19th century" Mordecai Noah's early play published when he was only 23 years old. 12mo bound in modern calf gilt titles to the spine lacking the 2 advertisement leaves called for by Singerman. In near fine condition. Rare. Born in Philadelphia on July 14 1785 Jewish American playwright diplomat and journalist Mordecai Manuel Noah became the most important Jewish lay leader in America in the early 19th century and the first Jewish American to reach national fame. After studying law in Charleston South Carolina Noah moved to New York where he founded and edited The National Advocate The New York Enquirer later merged into the New York Courier and Enquirer The Evening Star and The Sunday Times newspapers. A prolific writer he also enjoyed the reputation of being the most popular American playwright in early 19th century America with his Fortress of Sorrento She Would Be a Soldier and The Seige of Tripoli attracting wide audiences. D. Longworth unknown books
182157146Boston: West & Richardson; Joseph T. Buckingham; & Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf 1821. Ten issues in all 8vo the first two issues with some worming; all else generally very good in original printed blue wrappers. Worcester 1758-1837 was a fifer in the Revolution and later a clergyman who "came to regard war whether offensive or defensive as unjustifiable" see DAB. A pioneer of the American peace movement in December 1814 he published A Solemn Review of the Custom of War under the pen-name Philo Pacificus "still considered one of the best pieces of anti-war literature ever committed to print and as relevant today as then. In 1815 he founded the Massachusetts Peace Society serving as its secretary until 1828. From 1819 to 1828 he tirelessly edited The Friend of Peace a quarterly periodical of the Society as well as wrote most of its content. In 1828 the Massachusetts Peace Society merged with the newly formed American Peace Society" Wikipedia. Among the contributors besides Worcester himself are Thomas Jefferson and John Jay each contributing letters William Cowper a poem "Pity for Poor Africans"; and extracts from William Penn and Benjamin Franklin etc. Most inside front wrappers and the back wrappers are generally advertising Worcester's text books geographies spellers gazetteers etc. as well as other books published by West & Richardson Joseph T. Buckingham and Cummings & Hilliard. Present in this gathering are: Vol. VIII - XII Boston 1817-1818; Vol. II nos. 3-5 Cambridge 1819; Vol. II no. 12 an Vol. III no. 1 Cambridge 1821. Several of the issues bear the ownership signature of the deacon and sawyer Eleazar Spofford for whom see Wikitree.com. <br/><br/> Hilliard & Metcalf unknown books
1831009835Concord NH: Printed by Luther Roby 1831. Presumed First Edition. Calf. VG-. 32mo original or contemporary calf gilt lines to spine 9 10 - 128pp lackling endpapers. Title page and four tables with woodcut border woodcut eagle top half page 9. Some contemporary names in ink on front pastedown and pencil on title page and rear pastedown. Some wear to calf largely at spine ends and corners. Text spotted here and there. Overall a sound attractive copy. Printed by Luther Roby unknown books