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195040946St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. Slightly warped and canted with rubbing to cloth. Hinges tender but holding. Pencilled price to ffep else unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . C. V. Mosby hardcover
193719137Henry Holt and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Rare. Maroon cloth over is stained with wear to corners and caps but bright and in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs clean and in very good condition. Former owner's small bookplate affixed to front paste down and dust jacket flaps are tipped onto paste downs. Pages are lightly toned but clean and very good. . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1957300051New York: Mcgraw-hill 1957 New York: Mcgraw-hill 1957 Association copy from library of the late Nunnally Johnson Nunnally Johnson wrote and directed the film "Three Faces of Eve" in 1957 for Twentieth Century Fox. from a true case study of multiple personalities presented in this book . Text is clean tight unmarked slightly tanned. Green boards are VG. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ASSOCIATION Copy. Second Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Authors. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Mcgraw-hill hardcover
192486969London: Thornton Butterworth 1924. Second impression. Hardcover. Good. Jacket artwork by Abbey. First edition second impression. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket priced 7/6. Set in Southeast Asia<em> The Black Parrot</em> is a romantic adventure novel that follows an American protagonist through the exotic landscapes of the Golden Chersonese modern-day Malaysia. The narrative weaves themes of colonial intrigue and the allure of the Orient. Inscription to front endpaper some foxing and minor marking; cloth slightly sunned at spine corners some spotting; jacket with some wear & tear some loss to head of spine. Thornton Butterworth hardcover
192351318New York & London: Century Co 1923. First edition of the author's second book; 8vo pp. 10 3-337 1; original pictorial black cloth stamped in yellow and orange; spine a bit faded; a good sound copy. This copy with a long inscription from the author "To - the 'Lonely Lady' Mary Frances Buffum who if she shall read the neat volume of my juvenilia will find her personality pressed into the pages - just as a flower is pressed between the pages of a book . Meanwhile may this stir faint and perhaps poignant memories of certain days in the brutal white-hot glare of the Indian Ocean . Harry Hervey." <br/><br/> Century Co hardcover books
193391694New York: Farrar and Rinehart Inc 1933. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Edge wear. Corners bumped. Spine shows staining. Soiling to front and rear panels. Toning to pastedown and front end page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc hardcover
193327294New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. FIRST EDITION. First issue with "found" repeated on page 397 line 22. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a few tiny nicks and tears. A crisp tight copy of this large volume. <br/><br/> Farrar and Rinehart unknown books
1938147687Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. <br/><br/>Harebrained comedy wherein international golf champion Richard "Ricky" Carrington Jr. Ray Milland returns home to New York with his new Parisian wife Julie Olympe Bradna only to find his parents arranged a financially motivated marriage for him to his childhood friend the wealthy heiress Auriol Marsden Irene Hervey.<br/><br/>Self wrappers front wrapper dated August 16 1938 rubber-stamped production No. 1569. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered J-10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with two staples.<br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. Paramount Pictures unknown books
195511217St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company 1955. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Second printing. Octavo 596pp. About very good in the publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in silver. Inner hinges tender but holding and rubbing to extremities else a nice celan copy internally. This copy SIGNED on the front paper: "Louise and Hervey Cleckley" though both names are present the inscription is in one hand and it matches other examples of Hervey's exactly. Uncommon signed this was Cleckley's landmark study of psychopathy and antisocial criminal behavior. Cleckley later co-wrote the screenplay for "The Three Faces of Eve." His body of work though obviously much improved on by later researchers is the basis for the modern study of psychopathic criminal behavior. The C. V. Mosby Company hardcover
194198529New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Very near fine in an about very good dustwrapper with some modest chipping on the front panel. Murder and romance at a mysterious citadel in the West Indies. Frances Marion was the dedicatee of the book. Hervey placed most of his works in "exotic" locales. The classic film Shanghai Express was based on another of his stories. This copy with a warm full-page Inscription by the author noting "this the first inscribed copy of 'School for Eternity.' G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1957164297N.p.: N.p. 1957. Two vintage reference photographs of actress Joanne Woodward on the set of the 1957 film-one showing Woodward with Lee J. Cobb the other showing Woodward with David Wayne. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso.<br /> <br /> Based on the case of Chris Costner Sizemore a woman believed to have dissociative identity disorder then called multiple personality disorder. Woodward received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
194432860New York: The Jockey Club 1944. Limited edition. Hardcover boards cloth spine. Very good covers lightly smudged; edges shelf scuffed as usual; spine labels stained; scattered light foxing throughout. Ca. 750p total over 130 ills. total from old photos paintings and prints 1 in color. No. 437 of 800 sets. Printed in red and black by letterpress with tissue guardsheets over the frontispieces. The first two volumes of The Jockey Club's monumental history of American Thoroughbred racing--the personalities horses farms tracks races organizations etc.--which is still unsurpassed. Amazingly this luxurious set was published during paper rationing in World War II when many publishers were forced to use thin "wartime" paper. Very large and heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering. Sold as a set. Cannot be sent outside the US. The Jockey Club hardcover
193135832Horace Liveright. Very Good in Good dustjacket. 1931. Hardcover. The book is very sound clean except for pencil name/address/date on the front endpaper that should come off well if desired. The dustjacket is bright but has average wear with some chipping at the edge more at the top of spine and creasing. The dustjacket is now protected in a new removable archival sleeve. ; "In the parched stillness of the Senegambian desert stands the prison called ironically "the Red Hotel" -- a prison confining deserters from the Legion military offenders criminals from the African labor battalions thieves murderers perverts and outcasts of all types; a grim hostelry surrounded by black villages where at night the drums of the bamboula set the air to shivering." Assumed first edition. No later printings noted. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 283 pages . Horace Liveright hardcover
1924337918New York: The Century Company 1924. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Rockwell Kent-illustrated bookplate else fine in near fine dustwrapper with some shallow chipping. Author's account of his search for romantic adventure mostly in the Orient. Many of the author's stories were made into successful movies including Shanghai Express. Lengthily Inscribed by the author in 1925. The Century Company hardcover
1931012301London: The London and Counties Press Association Ltd 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition this # 566 opf 855 copies. Large 4to brown full leather gilt-ruled and titled gte sides untrimmed 502 pp illustrated printed at The Grethan Press of the Unwin Brothers. Besides horse breeding and racing in the US the book covers South America India Australia New Zealand South Africa Canada A near fine copy. HORSES EQUESTRIAN. The London and Counties Press Association Ltd hardcover books
1957009057New York: McGraw-Hill 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near-fine copy clean and bright inside and out with slight wear at top of spine and tiny bump to top corner of front board. In a near-fine dust jacket $4.50 price intact with touch of wear at spine ends and corners trace of foxing at top of rear flap and small removed-sticker ghost at bottom of rear panel. A beautiful copy of this rather scarce title basis for the famous film that won Joanne Woodward the Academy Award for Best Actress. <br/> <br/> McGraw-Hill hardcover
1947101830New York: G. P. Putnam's sons 1947. First edition first printing. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title "For Nicholas Donkar - a personal introduction to some dark music - sincerely Harry Hervey November 1947 Savannah". Original dark blue cloth titles and decoration to spine in pink. With the pictorial dust jacket. Light partial tanning to endpapers a couple of brown specks to rear pastedown contents crisp. An excellent copy in a slightly chipped jacket with two 60 mm closed tears to rear panel. hardcover
193326630New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. FIRST EDITION. First issue with "found" repeated on page 397 line 22. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket slightly tanned at spine panel. Nice copy of this large book over 1200 pages. <br/><br/> Farrar and Rinehart unknown books
192671491New York: George H. Doran 1926. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Two volumes. Small tears at the spine ends some scuffing and modest stains on the front board of Volume One a good set lacking the dustwrappers. Intriguingly Inscribed by the author: "Cordially Inscribed for Dr. Jerome Salinger by the author. Hervey Allen. Poughkeepsie N.Y. April 2 1927." We cannot identify the recipient other than to speculate that he might have been a relative of another New York-dwelling Jerome Salinger better known as J.D. Salinger who was decidedly not a doctor and indeed would have only been eight years old at the time. George H. Doran hardcover
19311390677London: Eyre & Spottiswoode King's Printers 1931. First complete edition; Limited edition 667/900. Hardcover. Octavo Three volumes continuously paged lx 1003 pages. In Good condition. Spines are blue with gold print. Boards have mitred edges gilt heraldry on front panel. Light wear to spine caps and corners light shelf wear. Text blocks have gilt top edge. Spotting to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece in each volume 2 additional plates in first volume.<br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. <br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-volume Section. 1390677. FP New Rockville Stock. Eyre & Spottiswoode, King's Printers hardcover
193640848Bermuda: Published by the Bermuda Trade Development Board 1936. First edition no. 1391 of 2000 numbered copies. Designed and produced by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett. Printed in the U.S.A. by Edward Stern & Company Inc. Philadelphia. Illustrated with photos by David Knudsen Walter Rutherford Thurman Rotan and F.S. Lincoln and watercolors by Adolph Treidler. 94 pp. 1 vols. Imperial 4to 12-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches. Silver and turquoise cloth. Fine in slipcase. First edition no. 1391 of 2000 numbered copies. Designed and produced by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett. Printed in the U.S.A. by Edward Stern & Company Inc. Philadelphia. Illustrated with photos by David Knudsen Walter Rutherford Thurman Rotan and F.S. Lincoln and watercolors by Adolph Treidler. 94 pp. 1 vols. Imperial 4to 12-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches. "Our remoteness from the rest of the world is a wholesome and helpful infuence"<br /> <br /> Elegant large format brochure for prospective expatriates with a preface by Hervey Allen and chapters on the legal system requirements for residency the tax structure and costs of houses and servants with An Architect's View of Bermuda by Ralph Adams Cram and "A Landscape Architect Looks at Bermuda by Frederick Law Olmsted.<br /> With finely reproduced watercolors by Adolph Treidler celebrated for his posters for the Bermuda Tourist Board.<br /> <br /> "Also in Bermuda the law is the law . once on the statute books the act is enforced and obeyed. This goes for whites and blacks of all conditions and classes. Hence the slick mentality is in the wrong place in Bermuda" - from the preface. Published by the Bermuda Trade Development Board] unknown
1933315784New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. First edition first issue with publisher's monogram design on verso of title and other points. Decorations by Allan McNab. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original blue cloth dust jacket. Spine spotted jacket toned and chipped at head of spine with some loss to title. First edition first issue with publisher's monogram design on verso of title and other points. Decorations by Allan McNab. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed at length on the front free endpaper: "Autographed for H.L. Batterman Jr with cordial regards. My dear Mr. Batterman: It may interest you to know that some of the New Orleans sections of this book are to Lafcadio Hearn's descriptions of that city & also some remarks on Gothic architecture connected with the Cathedral of Burgos. This just by the way. Hervey Allen" Provenance: Henry Lewis Batterman Jr. bookplate; presentation inscription Farrar and Rinehart unknown books
1933315784New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. First edition first issue with publisher's monogram design on verso of title and other points. Decorations by Allan McNab. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original blue cloth dust jacket. Spine spotted jacket toned and chipped at head of spine with some loss to title. First edition first issue with publisher's monogram design on verso of title and other points. Decorations by Allan McNab. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Inscribed at length on the front free endpaper: "Autographed for H.L. Batterman Jr with cordial regards. My dear Mr. Batterman: It may interest you to know that some of the New Orleans sections of this book are to Lafcadio Hearn's descriptions of that city & also some remarks on Gothic architecture connected with the Cathedral of Burgos. This just by the way. Hervey Allen" Provenance: Henry Lewis Batterman Jr. bookplate; presentation inscription Farrar and Rinehart unknown
1948622007New York: Rinehart & Company 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Jacket design and frontispiece by Andrew Wyeth. Toning on the boards and endpaper thus very good in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine and tiny tears. Inscribed by Andrew Wyeth. Rinehart & Company hardcover
193640848Bermuda: Published by the Bermuda Trade Development Board 1936. First edition no. 1391 of 2000 numbered copies. Designed and produced by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett. Printed in the U.S.A. by Edward Stern & Company Inc. Philadelphia. Illustrated with photos by David Knudsen Walter Rutherford Thurman Rotan and F.S. Lincoln and watercolors by Adolph Treidler. 94 pp. 1 vols. Imperial 4to 12-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches. Silver and turquoise cloth. Fine in slipcase. First edition no. 1391 of 2000 numbered copies. Designed and produced by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett. Printed in the U.S.A. by Edward Stern & Company Inc. Philadelphia. Illustrated with photos by David Knudsen Walter Rutherford Thurman Rotan and F.S. Lincoln and watercolors by Adolph Treidler. 94 pp. 1 vols. Imperial 4to 12-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches. "Our remoteness from the rest of the world is a wholesome and helpful infuence"<br/><br/>Elegant large format brochure for prospective expatriates with a preface by Hervey Allen and chapters on the legal system requirements for residency the tax structure and costs of houses and servants with An Architect's View of Bermuda by Ralph Adams Cram and "A Landscape Architect Looks at Bermuda by Frederick Law Olmsted.<br/>With finely reproduced watercolors by Adolph Treidler celebrated for his posters for the Bermuda Tourist Board.<br/><br/>"Also in Bermuda the law is the law . once on the statute books the act is enforced and obeyed. This goes for whites and blacks of all conditions and classes. Hence the slick mentality is in the wrong place in Bermuda" - from the preface. Published by the Bermuda Trade Development Board] unknown books
