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1934144598Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1934. Draft script for the 1935 film. In a custom quarter leather clamshell box.<br/><br/>The second of two films based on Liam O'Flaherty's 1925 novel the first being Arthur Robison's 1929 British feature about a former Republic Army member during the Irish War of Independence who turns in one of his comrades to the British in order to use the bounty money to book passage to America for himself and his girlfriend who has been forced into prostitution. <br/><br/>Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay Best Director and Best Actor for McLaglen nominated for two others including Best Picture. Screenwriter Dudley Nichols became the first person to decline an Academy Award when his refused his Oscar due to an ongoing dispute between the Screen Writers Guild and the Academy though he would eventually claim it three years later. <br/><br/>Detached green wrappers noting the title screenwriter and director on the spine in holograph ink. Title page integral with first page of text with credits for screenwriter Nichols and novelist O'Flaherty. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good side-stapled. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1935146988Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1935. Two vintage oversize double weight photographs from the 1935 film. <br/><br/>The second of two films based on Liam O'Flaherty's 1925 novel the first being Arthur Robison's 1929 British feature about a former Republic Army member during the Irish War of Independence who turns in one of his comrades to the British in order to use the bounty money to book passage to America for himself and his girlfriend who has been forced into prostitution. <br/><br/>Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay Best Director and Best Actor for Victor McLaglen nominated for two others including Best Picture. Screenwriter Dudley Nichols became the first person to decline an Academy Award when his refused his Oscar due to an ongoing dispute between the Screen Writers Guild and the Academy though he would eventually claim it three years later. <br/><br/>11 x 14 inches with irregular margins. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1988152773Los Angeles: Avenue Pictures 1988. Final Shooting script for the 1989 film. <br/><br/>Gus Van Sant's directorial debut and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade following the exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. <br/><br/>Set in the Pacific Northwest. <br/><br/>White generic Avenue Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 9/08/88 noted as Final Shooting Script with credits for director Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Dan Yost and story credits James Fogle. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 9-27-88. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Spicer US. Avenue Pictures unknown books
1942121307Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Revised Final Script for the 1942 horror film based on the 1936 novel by Jessie Douglas Kerruish. <br/><br/>A well-crafted and in some ways superior variation on Universal's "Wolfman" films of the 1930s and 1940s released as a double-feature with the equally intriguing "Dr. Renault's Secret" in 1942 in the heat of the studio's incredible run of horror classics. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers stamped REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped project No. 801 and copy No. 139 and dated July 30 1942. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Hayward and Jacoby. 108 leaves mimeograph duplication with a few blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/3/42 and 8/5/42 Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with one fingernail-size bruise on the front panel yapped edges and a couple of short closed tears internally bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
192654664Paris: René Kieffer 1926. No. 92 of 550 copies. Illustrated with woodcuts after drawings by George Bruyer. 1 vols. 11-1/4 x 8 inches. Bound in full brown pigskin embossed and stamped with an abstract design on both covers spine similarly stamped and lettered in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. with the binder's ticket of RENé KIEFFER on verso of flyleaf. Fine copy in beautiful binding. No. 92 of 550 copies. Illustrated with woodcuts after drawings by George Bruyer. 1 vols. 11-1/4 x 8 inches. René Kieffer unknown books
1845257861Paris: Belin-Leprieur 1845. Frontispiece and 25 engraved plates on chine-collé illustrations to text throughout. Large 8vo. Publisher's full pebble-grained brown morocco covers blocked in gilt with a decorative floral border flat spine blocked and titled in gilt. Frontispiece and 25 engraved plates on chine-collé illustrations to text throughout. Large 8vo. A ninteenth-century edition of La Bruyère's classic work of sarcastic portraiture in the publisher's deluxe binding. Belin-Leprieur unknown books
1697294463Brussels: Jean Leonard 1697. hardcover. very good. Woodcut vignette engraved portrait. Thick 12mo 622 pages full contemporary calf with ornately gilt spine well-rubbed and spine ends worn but still sound and attractive. Brussels: Jean Leonard 1697. Dernier edition revue corrigee & augmentee. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Early heraldic bookplate.<br/><br/> Jean Leonard unknown books
20151320904New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc 2015. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; red spines with white text; no jackets; 7 volumes; formerly Library of Congress; cloths have minimal wear to exteriors; LOC stickers to rear; strong boards; text blocks show very little wear; LOC stamp to exterior head edges and title pages; profusely illustrated; text pages clean; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. Shelved above science. 1320904. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Nova Science Publishers, Inc hardcover books
1933140139Los Angeles: Fox Film 1933. Revised Shooting Final script for the 1933 film. <br/><br/>Based on the Broadway play by John L. Balderston an American Howard sails to England to marry his cousin follow the American victory in the war of independence. 149 years later his descendent with the same name also played by Howardinherits his house in England and finds his diary which magically transports him back to his forebear's era where he must adapt to an earlier period with its own customs. This film was believed lost until it was rediscovered in the 1970s. Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Actor. <br/><br/>Set in England. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as Revised Shooting Final on the front wrapper dated April 11 1933. Title page present noted as Final Revised Shooting Script with credits for playwright John L. Balderston screenwriters Sonya Levien and John L. Balderston chief camerman Ernest Palmer sound engineer Joseph E. Aiken art director William Darling dialogue director George Hadden wardrobe William Lambert film editor Margaret Clancy technical advisor Lance Baxter assistant director William Tummel and director Frank Lloyd. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Fox Film unknown books
1977135322Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1977. Final Draft script for the November 7 1977 television episode "The Crypt" season 1 episode 7 of the science fiction series "Logan's Run." This episode is based on an original story by Harlan Ellison. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member named Chuck Sereci with his name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Logan Harrison and his partner Jessica Menzies-Urich discover an underground room a crypt with six cryogenically frozen survivors of the nuclear holocaust. Logan and Jessican attempt to rescue them in the midst of a series of earthquakes. <br/><br/>"Logan's Run" 1977-1978 was a short-lived but notable sci-fi television series based on the 1967 novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Logan a rebellious law enforcement agent and his partner Jessica the series main characters are nearing the age of 30. In their futuristic society the age of 30 is considered one's deathbed so the two go on the run to find sanctuary and freedom from the dystopian society. <br/> <br/>Harlan Ellison had been writing for television since 1963 "Ripcord" and wrote for several notable series including "The Outer Limits" "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." "Star Trek" "The Twilight Zone" and "Babylon 5" and its many spin-offs. The story "The Crypt" was finally published in the 2013 collection "Brain Movies: The Original Teleplays of Harlan Ellison Volume 5."<br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 3304 dated September 2 1977 with credits for story writer Ellison and screenwriter Hayes. Title page integral with front wrapper. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
169956019Paris: Chez Charles Osmont 1699. First edition. Title page with printer's device. 11 leaves 382 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf gilt spine leather label marbled endpapers. Fine. First edition. Title page with printer's device. 11 leaves 382 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Posthumous attack on the quietists by the immortal author of Les "Caractères" de Thèophraste 1688. After his death in 1696 La Bryère's work was completed by the editor Louis Ellis du Pin who wrote the final two dialogues "pour remplir le dessein de l'Auteur" and had them published. Brunet III: 723 Chez Charles Osmont unknown books
188517401New York: Scribner & Welford John C. Nimmo London Ballantyne Press 1885. One of 300 copies printed. This is number 46. 24 Etchings by B. Damman and V. Foulquier plates on tissue tipped in. 1 vols. 8vo. Black morocco gilt cornerpieces. Upper joint neatly repaired some light rubbing and light offsetting else a good handsome copy of this work. One of 300 copies printed. This is number 46. 24 Etchings by B. Damman and V. Foulquier plates on tissue tipped in. 1 vols. 8vo. This was originally published in 1688 as "Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec avec les Caractères ou les Moeurs de ce siècle." The original contributions by La Bruyère are primarily observations on character and conduct describing portraits of people and their failings many were thinly disguised descriptions of living people. It was first translated into English in 1699 and is credited with greatly having influenced the English essayists of that time. Scribner & Welford, John C. Nimmo, London [Ballantyne Press] unknown books
196913695London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1969. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good . 1969 1st edition of this charming --and uncommon-- look at the permissive anything-goes youth culture of the London of the late 60s. Tight and VG in a crisp price-intact VG dustjacket with minor streaking to the laminate panels. Tall quarto nicely photographed thruout in crisp black-and-white by Frank Habicht. A wonderful period --and fashion-- piece along the lines of John d Green's 1967 "The Birds of Britain" <br/><br/> George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd hardcover books
1885294045London: John Nimmo 1885. hardcover. very good. Translated by Henri Van Laun. 24 etchings by B. Damman and V. Foulquier 7 full page with tissue guards. 494 pages. Thick 8vo 3/4 burgundy morocco; spine lightly faded with 2 small spots one corner rubbed internally fine. London: John Nimmo 1885. Very good.<br/><br/> Handsomely illustrated edition of fictional character studies based on actual people. One of 300 numbered copies.<br/><br/> John Nimmo unknown books
1997144948Burbank CA: New Line Cinema 1997. Collection of five vintage borderless photographs from the 1997 film. <br/><br/>Director Paul Thomas Anderson's second film bringing him to widespread acclaim about a young man's career in the porn industry during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay for Anderson Best Supporting Actress for Julianne Moore and Best Supporting Actor for Burt Reynolds reinvigorating his career. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Fine. New Line Cinema unknown books
1942131997Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Single lobby card for the 1942 film. Based on Raymond Chandler's 1942 novel "The High Window" here re-imagined as the seventh and final entry in Twentieth Century-Fox's series of films featuring detective Michael Shayne created by Brett Halliday. <br/><br/>14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with two pinholes to the center of the card a tiny closed tear to the top edge and a small chip to the lower left corner. <br/><br/>Grant p. 651. Spicer p 420. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1784JBRU001London 1784 Three volumes. Later edition. Finely bound in contemporary speckled light brown calf boards triple ruled in gilt spines decorated in gilt with gray leather spine labels lettered in gilt board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt text block edges gilt red and blue marbled endpapers. A near fine set with a touch of light rubbing to extremities small insect hole to the outside of the front hinge of each volume damp staining to frontispiece in Vol. I else very tight and clean. This volume contains Bruyère's French translation of the philosophical work Characters by the Greek philosopher Théophrastus along with Bruyère's own philosophical text. Théophrastus was a student of both Plato and Aristotle and in the work translated here presents his sketches of various types of moral character. Bruyère a moralist inspired by Théophrastus published his own set of sketches on moral character. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London hardcover books
1989145724Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Dillon on the set of the 1989 film. <br/><br/>Noted director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown books
172636162Amsterdam: Mortier 1726. hardcover. Nouvelle edition augmentee de la Clef etc. 2 vols. Thick 12mo full contemporary calf ornately gilt spines. Amsterdam: D. Mortier 1726. Very good .<br/><br/> Mortier unknown books
1885121414London: John Nimmo 1885. hardcover. Translated by Henri Van Laun. 24 etchings by B. Damman and V. Foulquier 7 full page with tissue guards. 494pp. 8vo 3/4 tan morocco; spine rubbed internally fine. London: John Nimmo 1885. Very good .<br/><br/> Handsomely illustrated edition of fictional character studies based on actual people. One of 300 numbered copies.<br/><br/> John Nimmo unknown books
2007108908Washington DC: Folger Shakespeare Library 2007. hardcover dust jacket. 10.75 x 17 inches. hardcover dust jacket. 594 pages. 3. The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 is one of the Folger Shakespeare Library's greatest treasures. Aside from Shakespeare's First Folio it is the only book in the Folger collection to have an entire exhibition devoted to it in 2004. Its 594 oversized pages depict life in Shakespeare's England in all of its brilliant complexities-from the mythical to the mundane poetical to practical religious to secular. <br /> <br /> Thomas Trevelyon the compiler was a skilled scribe and pattern-maker who had access to a stunning variety of English and Continental woodcuts engravings broadsides almanacs chronicles and emblem books which he transformed from small monochrome images into large and colorful feasts for the eyes. Ostensibly created for the entertainment education and edification of his friends and family Trevelyon's miscellany is a lifetime achievement that continues to delight and mystify modern audiences with its familiar scenes of domesticity and husbandry intertwined with epic Protestant and political epitomes: accounts of the rulers of England and the Gunpowder Plot descriptions of local fairs the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge and astronomy according to Ptolemy illustrations of the nine muses and the seven deadly sins of Old Testament history and household proverbs and whimsical flowers alphabets and embroidery patterns. <br /> <br /> This massive volume full of beautiful illustrations provides an exciting and unparalleled snapshot of the passions concerns and everyday interests of a highly talented London commoner and for this reason is of significant scholarly and general interest. It is a monumental work that was intended to be both studied and enjoyed its pages turned and savored. For the first time since its arrival at the Folger in 1945 a generous gift from Lessing Rosenwald this is possible thanks to state-of-the-art conservation and high resolution digitization by Luna Imaging. The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 was published in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Folger Shakespeare Library. <br /> <br /> Home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection and a primary repository for research material from the early modern period 1500-1750 the Folger Shakespeare Library is an internationally recognized research library offering advanced scholarly programs in the humanities; a national leader in how Shakespeare is taught in grades K-12; and an award-winning producer of cultural and arts programs-theater music poetry exhibits lectures and family programs. Folger Shakespeare Library unknown books
2001184981Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 2001. Hardcover. VG-/VG- ex-library with labels and stamps on spine block inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Pages are otherwise very clean and clear. Binding is tight. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; red black and white dj mylar cover; xvi 312 pp. "Historians overwhelmingly have blamed the demise of Reconstruction on the South and on white Americans' persistent racism. Heather Cox Richardson argues instead that class along with race was critical to Reconstruction's end. Northern support for freed blacks and Reconstruction weakened as growing labor interests critiqued the economy and called for government redistribution of wealth." "Using newspapers public speeches popular tracts Congressional reports and private correspondence Richardson traces the changing Northern attitudes toward African-Americans from the Republicans' idealized image of black workers in 1861 through the 1901 publication of Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery. She examines such issues as black suffrage disfranchisement taxation westward migration lynching and civil rights to detect the trajectory of Northern disenchantment with Reconstruction. She reveals a growing backlash from Northerners against those who believed that inequalities should be addressed through working-class action and the emergence of an American middle class that championed individual productivity and saw African-Americans as a threat to their prosperity."--Jacket. Contents include: Prologue: the view from Atlanta 1895 -- The Northern postwar vision 1865-1867 -- The mixed blessing of universal suffrage 1867-1870 -- Black workers and the South Carolina government 1871-1875 -- Civil rights and the growth of the national government 1870-1883 -- The Black exodus from the South 1879-1880 -- The un-American Negro 1880-1900 -- Epilogue: Booker T. Washington rises Up from slavery 1901. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1702WN15625London: F.Leach 1702. Front cover completely started inside and out and back board starting on outside but the bands hold it together. Spine ends worn and head has chips missing. Edgewear and corners bumped. Rear free end paper has corner missing. Has owner signature of ffep dated 1703 and armorial bookplate from Shadwell Court Library. All edges red sprinkle and covers have double rule around edges and triple rule and fleurons design. The spine label is not contemporary. Third Edition. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. F.Leach Hardcover books
198420869Blackheath London: The Old Stile Press 1984. First edition. Limited to 160 numbered copies printed on Zerkall mould made paper at The Whittington Press Gloucestershire and signed by the Tanners. Very fine copy. 4to illustrated with wood engravings original quarter leather & decorated boards slipcase. Very fine copy. The Old Stile Press unknown books
200510274Washington DC: Senate Publication 109-15 2005. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. The Faces Of The Senate: A Pictorial Directory of United States Senators 1789 - 2005 featuring the new senator from Illinois Barack Obama. Octavo unpaginated. Black cloth title in gilt on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Clean text throughout. A complete photographic collection of senators from each state including the new class elected in 2004. A scarce text as it was given primarily as a gift to Senate members and staff. A collection of 1838 individual images of United States Senators leaving only 46 senators without an available photograph. Senate Publication 109-15 unknown books
