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19081002643London: Blackie & Son 1908. First edition of Florence Harrison's In The Fairy Ring a collection of original fairy poetry accompanied by vibrant full-color plates with additional line drawings on every page. A boy falls into the hands of trolls pixies take over one household's chores a fairy replaces mortal children with changelings and a girl interviews the Man in the Moon: "no one thinks for the gold I fling / To send me a brave balloon; / Though the lovers gaze and the poets praise / My ways in many a rune / They never try till the day they die / To bring the Man from the Moon." A sought-after illustrator in the Pre-Raphaelite vein Harrison is celebrated for her contributions to books by Alfred Tennyson Christina Rossetti and William Morris as well as her original work. A near-fine example of a Golden Age classic. Quarto measuring 10.5 x 8.5 inches: 63 1. Original ivory cloth decorated in gilt pictorial endpapers all edges gilt. Twenty-four full-color plates illustrations throughout text. Light scattered foxing heavier to first and last pages rear endpapers toned corners lightly bumped. Blackie & Son unknown books
1928133223N.p.: N.p. 1928. Two vintage oversize photographs from the first stage production of "The Front Page" in 1928 showing two different trio shots of the reporters who grace the majority of the play. The first photo a double weight 8 x 10 by Florence Vandamm with her blindstamped name on the recto shows Lee Tracy later played by Rosalind Russell onscreen Osgood Perkins and Frances Fuller. The second a oversize 11 x 14 uncredited but by White Studios in New York City shows the star Walter Baldwin later played by Cary Grant onscreen Osgood Perkins and Lee Tracy. Both photographs with numerous annotations and stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Excessively rare photographs from the first staging of the play that made Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur famous. The play would be published the same year in book form by Covici-Friede and was the basis for three films: The Front Page" in 1931 with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien "The Front Page" in 1974 with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and most famously the classic screwball comedy "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in 1940. N.p. unknown books
1960133256N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1962 film by photographer Andre Marinie. A candid on-the-set photograph of the film's reclusive director Robert Bresson behind the camera typically pensive and with cigarette in hand. Marinie's stamp and stamp from the film's production companies Agnes Delahaie Productions and Consortium <br/>Pathe on the verso. <br/><br/>Linda Rasmussen at AllMovie notes: "Characteristically breaking with tradition director Robert Bresson presents a realistic unique view of the life and death of Joan of Arc. Using a script based on the actual transcript notes taken during her trial Bresson focuses on the psychological and physical torture that Joan had to endure showing how these techniques were used to break her resolve and cause her to eventually recant her faith. <br/><br/>"With impeccable historical accuracy Bresson re-creates the story of the peasant girl who after leading an unsuccessful revolt against the government was brought to trial convicted of heresy and burned as a witch. However Bresson shows Joan Florence Carrez as a woman more sophisticated and calculating and less naive than she has normally been represented. His Joan while more real is no less heroic than the traditional Joan."<br/><br/>In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
192919847New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. Very Good in Fair dj. 1929. 2nd printing. Hardcover. book is lightly worn with a touch of dust-soiling and faint spotting on the top edge of the text block; the jacket alas is badly compromised due to a large chunk having been torn away from the top left corner of the front panel taking with it about half of the title. "Body horror" novel about the psychological havoc wrought upon a famous pianist when his hands mangled in an accident are surgically replaced by those of a recently-executed murderer. Originally published in France in 1920 the novel was first filmed as a 1924 silent in Austria directed by Robert Wiene of "Caligari" fame; subsequent movie versions acknowledging the source novel were MAD LOVE 1935 starring Colin Clive and Peter Lorre and THE HANDS OF ORLAC 1960 with Mel Ferrer and Christopher Lee. It was also unofficially remade without source attribution as HANDS OF A STRANGER 1962 and is often acknowledged as an inspiration for the 1946 thriller THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS. Rare in the dust jacket this example of which apart from the noted large missing piece is virtually unworn and is a great candidate for professional restoration. Alternatively one could take the much less expensive approach of obtaining a beautiful facsimile of the original jacket from the well-known purveyor of such things; details upon request. . E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. hardcover books
19141312024Blackie and Son Limited London 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good in a good dust jacket. The Jacket is very rare. The spine of the dj is separated from the front and back covers and there are a few tears; good condition; dj missing front and back flap. Book in very good condition. 20cm-26cm with 194 pp. 16 richly colored tipped-in plates by Florence Harrison. The book is further enhanced by many more of her decorations/illustrations. Blackie and Son Limited, London hardcover books
1912232876New York: Caldwell 1912. First. hardcover. very good. Harrison Florence. Illustrated with 12 mounted color plates protected with lettered tissue; 10 black & white plates and many vignette illustrations. 142pp. 8vo gray cloth pictorial stamped in gilt with an elaborately gilt spine very light wear to corners; uncut edges t.e.g. New York: H.M. Caldwell no date 1913. First American edition.<br/><br/> By the English Pre-Raphaelite illustrator of poetry & children's books. This was Blackie's gift book of the year in 1912. The American edition less common contains two additional color plates.<br/><br/> Caldwell unknown books
1929153293New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd 1929. Octavo pp. 1-6 1-265 266: colophon original orange cloth spine panel stamped in black. First edition. A weird mystery thriller with murder seemingly committed by supernatural means. Bleiler 1978 p. 157. Not in Reginald 1979; 1992. Hubin 1994 p. 642. Cloth just a bit dusty a nearly fine copy in nearly fine pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Tony Hughes with faint vertical crease at center of spine panel and a couple of small insect holes along rear flap fold. #153293 Payson & Clarke Ltd unknown books
190343655N.p. New York 1903. Pen and ink on illustration board signed "Florence Scovel Shinn" at bottom captioned dialogue at bottom in light pencil printer's annotations front and rear in colored pencil sticker of "the Century Company" on rear. 1 vols. 13-1/4 x 10-3/4 inches. Small chips at outer edges not into image. Pen and ink on illustration board signed "Florence Scovel Shinn" at bottom captioned dialogue at bottom in light pencil printer's annotations front and rear in colored pencil sticker of "the Century Company" on rear. 1 vols. 13-1/4 x 10-3/4 inches. Interesting drawing by Florence S. Shinn 1871-1940 popular New York illustrator of "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" and William Dean Howells' "The Flight of Pony Baker" as well as an author in her own right. unknown books
1947145972Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1947. Revised First Draft script for the 1948 film. With faint holograph pencil annotations and watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY throughout.<br/><br/>Based on the 1946 Broadway play and a prequel to the 1941 film "The Little Foxes." In the fictional town of Bowden Alabama the wealthy Hubbard family holds onto their old-South prominence and prestige through exploitation and cruelty. A searing portrayal of racism and class privilege in the post-Civil War American South.<br/><br/>Set in Alabama. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7494 dated June 9 1947 with credits for screenwriter Vladimir Pozner. Title page integral to the front wrapper. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the left edge bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
19143607London: Medici Society 1914. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe n full brown morocco with raised bands to spine attractive gilt tooling to all faces including blossom motif at all four corners on both covers gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt all others untrimmed. With a frontispiece portrait bound in on a cloth hinge. One of a limited run of 50 copies on handmade paper and one on vellum printed by the Riccardi Press Fount this example being on paper. Front flyleaf removed. Binding is near fine. <br/><br/> Medici Society hardcover books
194414708JNew York: Simon & Schuster 1944. Two copies of this book one belonging to Fredric March and the other to his wife Florence Eldridge. The poem was written during World War II and was presented in adapted dramatic form several times over the NBC radio network. The copy belonging to Fredric March is a second printing and is signed by him in pencil on the flyleaf - Fredric March November 1944. With some pencil notes by him referring to the text. At a later date the author has inscribed the book to his friend - For Fred March - Concerning whose reading of this poem words fail me - Russell Davenport. On the death of President Franklin Roosevelt in April 1945 the NBC Radio Network had March give a dramatic reading of the poem as part of its tribute to the fallen wartime President. The first printing copy belonging to Florence Eldridge is heavily annotated by her in pencil for an earlier radio reading in which she acted. Her copy is a first printing and inscribed by the author - For Florence Affectionately Russell Nov 30 / 44 And don’t for Dec 11!. There is an Autograph Letter Signed by Russell Davenport to Eldridge taped to the front pastedown tape browned dated December 12 1944 written after her radio reading - Dear Florence- This is just a little note wholly inadequate to express my appreciation for all your effort and care in the reading of My Country. You gave a superb performance. If there is ever anything that an unlikely scrivener can do in return you know where to come. Let me see you soon. Affectionately Russ. Both books are enclosed together in a custom clamshell box. Russell Davenport 1899-1954 was a very interesting man and close friend of the Marchs. As Wikipedia notes he “.served with the U.S. Army in World War I and received the Croix de Guerre. He enrolled at Yale University and graduated in 1923 where he was classmate of Henry Luce and Briton Hadden who founded Time magazine. While at Yale he became a member of the secret society Skull and Bones. In 1929 he married the writer Marcia Davenport; they divorced in 1944. He joined the editorial staff of Fortune magazine in 1930 and became managing editor in 1937. At age forty-one he turned to politics and became a personal and political advisor to Wendell Willkie. Willkie was the Republican nominee for the 1940 presidential election and lost the election to Franklin D. Roosevelt. After Willkie's death in 1944 Davenport became a defacto leader of the internationalist Republicans. Following World War II he was on the staff of Life and Time until 1952.†Simon & Schuster unknown books
19483001471948. fine. Very scarce T.L.S "Florence Ryerson Clements" 4to. 1 page Los Angeles October 15th 1948 to her literary agent concerning the licensing of her plays in small part: "We have an offer of $500 for the Bedfellows and I was at first inclined to refuse. Quoted what you said about Harriet. They agreed with you about Harriet but wanted to do the broadcast of Bedfellows because they thought it would help it from the exploitation angle. They have I understand some scheme in mind for having a thirty-day limit on the broadcast and then getting the film. I suppose. to show to theatre managers ahead of the road show." Boldly signed and in excellent condition. From the archive and papers of Samuel French & Son's.<br/><br/> RYERSON Florence 1892 - 2013 1965 American playwright best remembered as the co-author of the screenplay for the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz. Her contributions were numerous including the creation of the multi-roles of actor Frank Morgan who played the Wizard and Ryerson's invented character Mr. Marvel. She also focused the story almost entirely on Dorothy's desire to return home and the Wicked Witch's desire to possess the Ruby Red Slippers. It was her script that introduced the blatant "There's No Place like Home" motif to the film: In order to return to Kansas Dorothy must click the Ruby Red Slippers together and say three times; "There's No Place Like Home". It was also her idea that Dorothy first melted the Wicked Witch by accident because the witch was attempting to set fire to the Scarecrow an idea that preserved Dorothy's purity of motive.<br/><br/> unknown books
1983151277London: The Other Cinema 1983. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1983 French documentary film. With printed label snipes on the verso specific to the film's UK release.<br/><br/>A loose experimental meditation on memory told through the stream of consciousness of a world traveler. <br/><br/>Shot in Japan Guinea-Bissau Cape Verde Iceland Paris and San Francisco. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. The Other Cinema unknown books
1907289595London Glasgow Dublin Bombay & New York; New York Boston: Blackie & Son Ltd; H. M. Caldwell Company 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Complete with 21 tipped in color plates and a few additional text illustrations. Short tear to the bottom corner of the second plate with no loss and mainly affecting the border only. Some rippling to a few of the plates. Spot of discreet repair to the top edge of the front board by a conservator using sympathetic Japanese tissue. Oblong green cloth with lettering and illustration in gilt black gray and orange. Very Good binding. Blackie & Son Ltd; H. M. Caldwell Company unknown books
190112975New York London and Bombay: Longmans Green & Co 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Florence K. Upton. A solid presentable copy of the 1901 1st edition. Tight and VG small chip at the front endpaper rear endpaper torn and re-taped in its pictorial boards with light soiling to the panels and very light staining along the rear panel's upper tip. Oblong octavo wonderfully illustrated in rich color by Florence K. Upton the verses supplied by her mother Bertha Upton. The 6th title in this legendary early 20th century children's series. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
190212974London: Longmans Green & Co 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Florence K. Upton. The 1st edition of this early installment in the legendary "Golliwogg" series c. 1902. Wonderfully illustrated in rich color by Florence K. Upton verses by her mother Bertha Upton. An oblong quarto solid and VG in its pictorial boards with light soiling to the panels. The binding is very firm the color illustrations are uniformly clean and bright. A handsome very presentable copy. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
190212976London and New York: Longmans Green and Co 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Florence K. Upton. A tight well-preserved copy of the 1st edition of this early entry in the legendary turn-of-the-century "Golliwoggs" series c. 1902. Solid and VG in its wonderful pictorial boards with light soiling to the panels. Lavishly illustrated in color by Florence K. Upton the verses supplied by her mother Bertha Upton. Oblong octavo the rich illustrations uniformly bright and clean. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green and Co hardcover books
1945009623This legal-size envelope is addressed to "Frank Perry American Civilian Internee Held by Japan / in Zentsuzi War Prison Camp / Zentsuzi Skikoku Island Japan / Via: New York N.Y." The return address on reverse is "Mrs. Florence E. Perry 77 Carmelita St. / San Francisco California". It is franked with a pair of 3-cent Presidential Jefferson horizontal- coil stamps Scott #842 canceled with a New York city machine postmark dated 17 March 1945. U.S "Examined By" censor tape with purple text reading "11877 / U.S. Censor" has resealed the left edge of the envelope. A Japanese blue censor handstamp with three Japanese characters reading Ken'etsuzmi censored and an addition orange-red oval Wada censor mark are applied below the address. No contents; envelope only. <br /><br />Perry was an American civilian radio operator who worked on Guam at the time of the Japanese invasion which began on 8 December the day after the infamous sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. During the assault Perry was shot in the back by Japanese solders and paralyzed from the waist down. After being treated at the captured American Naval Hospital on Guam Perry was shipped to the Zenstsuji Prison Group complex near Hiroshima and survived the war. <br /><br />A photostatic copy of a reference document accompanying this envelope states that "This item was bought from Tom Jackson. It was given to him in the camp in Japan." Jackson was a former British airman who had been captured on Java and imprisoned at Zentsuji Sub Camp No. 2 Innoshima Island. <br /><br />At their peak the Zentsuji camps held about 5500 British Australian and American prisoners during the war. Little has been published in English about them however the Gibbs Report stated that prisoners worked as laborers in nearby shipbuilding facilities. For more information see Mansell's <i>Capture: The Forgotten Men of Guam</i> Niiyama's "British POW Leaves Diary. . . at The Chugoku Shimbun Hiroshima Peace Media Center online C<i>enter for Research: Allied POWs Under the Japanese: Zensuji Camp Shikuko 1942-1945 and Hiroshima POW Camp #5-B Innoshima</i> Department of the Army All -Japan POW Camp Group History and Gruenzner's<i> Postal History of American POWs. . . .</i> <br /><br />Quite a scarce item documenting the imprisonment of a paralyzed American civilian in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. books
1984100857New York: Holiday House 1984. Complete set of Florence Parry Heide's Treehorn trilogy signed by illustrator Edward Gorey in the first two volumes and inscribed by Heide with a sketch of a birthday cake in the third. These sly surreal tales follow a boy whose marvelous adventures his body slowly shrinking a tree sprouting dollar bills a genie offering birthday wishes escape the notice of the adults in his life who are too preoccupied with dinner plans home improvements and office hours to pay attention: "'Well I'll let it go for today' said his teacher. 'But see that it's taken care of before tomorrow. We don't shrink in this class.'" Edward Gorey's illustrations perfectly capture Treehorn's stoic self-reliance. The Shrinking of Treehorn is an early reprint in a first-issue dust jacket priced at $3.95 no blurbs. Treehorn's Treasure and Treehorn's Wish are stated first editions in first-issue jackets. A fine set signed by author and illustrator. Three oblong volumes measuring 6 x 6.75 inches: 64 64 64. Original pictorial boards original unclipped color pictorial dust jackets. Black-and-white illustrations throughout text. The Shrinking of Treehorn and Treehorn's Treasure signed by Gorey on title page; Treehorn's Wish inscribed by Heide on front free endpaper. Holiday House unknown books
1908BB059<b>HAIRE</b> C Florence:<br /><br /><b><i>SILVER LADY</i></b><i> a Fairy Tale</i>. <br /><br />Dublin: Sealy Bryers & Walker 1908. <br /><br />With 12 colored plates and text illustrations by J.M.F. <br /><br />First edition <br /><br />Square 8vo vii 119pp; pictorial stamped cloth in colors and gilt spine ends slightly rubbed minor wrinkles. Almost near-fine<br /><br />Unusual Irish fantasy with chapters titled Sea Fairies Jack Frost Enchanted Lake Hunting of the Phantom Cat &c. <br />OCLC locates copies in Trinity Dublin; British Library Cambridge Nat Lib Scotland; and Bryn Mawr. Sealy, Bryers & Walker hardcover books
19150019491915-6. Very Good. Seventeen decorated leaves with intricate hand-colored border illustrations on all of them. Included are a title page a table of contents twelve leaves with a mixture of verse and prose apercus by Cowper Marcus Aurelius Maeterlinck Chesterton Jefferies and a few lesser known writers then three leaves with borders but blanks within. These borders stand out for their variety and the panache of their execution. While a few may owe a debt to work done before such as that by Beardsley or Parrish Ms. Harper also seems to anticipate high Art Deco style and even later aesthetics than that. Ms. Harper mixes cleverly the geometric the abstract the figurative the natural. The pleasure to be derived from these borders is that from miniatures -- splashy color plates these are not! Further there is nothing corny sentimental or pedestrian about the illustrations which usher us into the little worlds of Ms. Harper's imagination. The text is also hand-written and while not calligraphic it is uniform neat and attractive. <br /><br /> books
19152179New York: H. M. Caldwell Company Blackie & Son 1915. Oblong quarto. First American. Lacks one plate. Original green cloth with charming cover illustration stamped in orange black and gold blocking gilt lettering cover and spine with vignette designs superb repeating endpaper design in shades of green. 18 stunning full-color plates mounted onto the thick card stock paper and many full-page illustrations in dark green rubricated initials all by Florence Harrison who also added the verse which appears opposite the illustrations. Lacks a plate. Some overall wear a few plates loose. Scarce. H. M. Caldwell Company, Blackie & Son unknown books
1972150489N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Federico Fellini demonstrating how to stab Julius Caear Feodor Chaliapin Jr. on the set of the 1972 film. "Peter W. Engelmeier provenance label on verso.<br/><br/>A semi-autobiographical impressionistic portrait of Rome featuring two contrasting sections one based on Fellini's first journey to the city as a young man under Mussolini the other featuring scenes of contemporary city life. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Rome Italy. <br/><br/>8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 848. Eureka! 86. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
19406028241940. "Florence Bates" in blue fountain pen ink on 1/2 length portrait with her hair up in curls and wearing three strands of pearls. Note the lorgnette type glasses Bates is holding. Photograph is on single weight stock; 7 1/2" x 9 1/2". Very good ca. 1940. Signed and inscribed: "To Martha with love Florence Bates." Provenance: from the collection of Hollywood hairdresser Martha Acker. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1934256866New York: The John Day Company 1934. Hardcover. 172p. first edition very good condition in an edge worn and chipped dj with the original flap price intact with a pencil line across it the jacket is repaired with non-archival tape. Converse active for years in the Socialist movement was the life long companion of Vida Scudder. The John Day Company hardcover books
