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19071776Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1907. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Charming and acclaimed collection of early 20th century children's stories and poems complete in 10 volumes. 1907 stated first edition limited to 1000 copies. All vols. VG in their uniform brown cloth with brown paper spine labels. Each volume clean and bright and internallly free of any markings. A bit of light fraying along the spine crowns of several of the volumes and very minor light wear at the tail of the spines of several volumes. Nonetheless very presentable and attractive. Octavos roughly 5000 pgs. all told. Deckled fore-edges and bottom-edges. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1930152279N.p.: Caddo Company 1930. Vintage program for the premiere of the 1930 Pre-Code film which was famously held as a gala event at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.<br/><br/>Howard Hughes' most expensive and ambitious production a story about World War I combat pilots today still a dazzling work of blockbuster action and actual aerial biplane footage. Originally conceived as a silent film and then retooled as a talkie in the wake of "The Jazz Singer" 1927. Most of the film is shot in black and white but one sequence is in color-the only color footage ever released of actress Jean Harlow before her untimely death. <br/><br/>8.75 x 11.75 inches bifold. Very Good with a few light dampstains to the front wrapper and a short closed tear to the bottom fold. Caddo Company unknown books
1930148911Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1930. 16 page vintage program for the 1930 film announcing its showing at Broadway theaters in New York with abundant black and white photographs of actors aerial stunts and Howard Hughes throughout.<br/><br/>Hughes' most expensive and ambitious production a story about World War I combat pilots today still a dazzling work of blockbuster action and actual aerial biplane footage. Originally conceived as a silent film and then retooled as a talkie in the wake of "The Jazz Singer." Most of the film is shot in black and white but one sequence is in color-the only color footage ever released of actress Jean Harlow before her untimely death. <br/><br/>James Whale was hired by Hughes to direct the talking sequences Whale's first major effort in Hollywood but the overall production took so long that Whale's subsequent directorial effort "Journey's End" was released first.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Card wrappers saddle stapled 5 x 6.5 inches. 16 pages. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
193027300Mount Morris IL: Techni-Craft Pubishing Co. 1930. A fine copy. Scarce. 27300. Octavo single issue cover by Ruger pictorial wrappers. Bedsheet size pulp magazine. Fiction by Arthur B. Reeve Craig Kennedy Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg Luther Trant THE BISHOP MURDER CASE part three by S. S. Van Dine David H. Keller M.D. Robot cover illustration for the story "The Robot Terror" by Melbourne Huff. An interesting story as it features a remote controlled killer robot. An early use of this theme. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 467-470. Techni-Craft Pubishing Co. unknown
193534728Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1935. Mild tanning to text paper mild edge wear with some trims small separation at lower left edge a nearly fine copy. 34728. Octavo single issue cover by John Howitt pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Flame Master" with Norvell Page writing as "Grant Stockbridge." The character was established to be a direct competitor to Street and Smith's Shadow magazine. After Doc Savage and The Shadow this was the most popular hero character. The Spider character was considered one of the most brutal and violent of the pulp era. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazines pp. 521-527. Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 602-604. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
192727651Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1927. Text paper tanned but supple mild edge wear closed edge tears creasing small chip lower right front corner slight loss at head of spine rear cover soiled a very good copy. 27651. Octavo single issue cover art by C. C. Senf. pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn H. P. Lovecraft "The White Ship" Edmond Hamilton Eli Colter and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
190340361<p><b>1903 1ed Robin Hood Merry Men Little John Friar Tuck Sheriff Nottingham Tappan</b></p><p>Rivaling only the tales of King Arthur no other English legend is better known than that of Robin Hood. This delightful printing of the classic '<i>Robin Hood</i>' is wonderfully retold by Eva March Tappan. Included throughout is the charming artwork of Charlotte Harding. </p><p>Contents include: "Robin and the Merry Little Old Woman" "Robin Goes A-Fishin'" "Robin Hood and Little John" "The Birth of Robin Hood" "Little John Learns a Trade" "Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow" "Robin and the Tinker" "Robin Hood and the Stranger" "Robin Hood and the Butcher" "Robin's First Day" "Robin Goes to a Wedding" and much more.</p><p>Item number: #40361</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>TAPPAN Eva March; HARDING Charlotte Illus.</p><p><b><i>Robin Hood His Book</i></b></p><p>Boston: Little Brown and Company 1903. First edition.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete</p><p>o xiv 267 5</p><p>o 14 illustrations 6 in color</p><p>· Language: English</p><p>· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p>o Pictorial cloth</p><p>· Size: ~8.25in X 6in 21cm x 15cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>40361</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
in-4, pp. 88, leg. cart. dec. coeva Vignetta in rame al front. con stemma araldico. Con 2 tavv. al fine raff. monete. Ranghiasci p.74: "Opera tratta dal tomo III dello Zanetti sulle Zecche d'Italia". Lozzi 1575. Canterzani 2. Bell'esempl. [371]
in-4 ant., pp. (16), 287, (6), leg. m. perg. coeva, c. dec. ai piatti e tass. al d. Tagli spruzzati. Belliss. esempl. su c. forte. Lozzi 5714. Melzi III, 187. Platneriana p. 402. [062]
in-4 ant., pp. (16), 287, (6), bross. orig. con cornici xilogr. ai piatti. Una delle opere fondamentali sulla storia urbinate in cui sono presi in considerazione i personaggi eccellenti nelle diverse vie del sapere. Ediz. orig. Con indici al fine. Al verso del front.: "Questo Commentario è stato pubblicato all'occasione di un'accademia di belle lettere ed arti sugli Uomini illustri Urbinati, la quale hanno avuto l'onore di dare al pubblico gli scolari di Umanità e di Rettorica del Convitto e Scuole di Urbino....". Lozzi 5714. Melzi III, 187. Platneriana p. 402. Belliss. esempl. su carta forte. [285]
4° pagine 446,(6) più 5 tavole fuori testo (2 ripiegate) mezza pelle recente con punte, titolo oro al dorso. Conservata brossura originale a stampa. Bell'esemplare in barbe. Prima edizione rarissima. Sconosciuta allae biografie locali. Clio p.2738 (collazione accurata)
1908201H0831New York: Munn & Company. Good. 1908. First Edition. Paperback. Pages 81- 120 plus xx pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Ad for the Clinton Fireproofing System includes great photo of the mansion of Mr. Spreckles under construction in San Francisco; "Overloch" - The fountain of the formal garden; "Overloch" The Country Home of John A. Burnham Esq. Wenham MA; The Disposal of Bric-A-Brac; Residence of Van Wyck Rossiter Esq. Nyack NY; Fences in Towns and Villages; Illumination at Mount Vernon; The Summer Home of Spencer Hall Esq. Water Witch NJ - Built in the Mission style of Architecture; Planning a Country Home; The House Roof and It's Garden - a neglected opportunity / a successful house-top garden; The Historic Wentworth House at Little Harbor NH owned by Mr. J. Templeman Coolidge Jr. of Boston MA; Three Pennsylvania Houses designed by Mr. D. Knickerbacker Boyd of Philadelphia; The Plant and the Season; Fantastic back cover ad for Pacific Mail S.S. Co. of San Francisco promotes their boat service from San Francisco to Hawaii Yokohama Nagasaki Shanghai Hong Kong and Manila; and more. Printed on glossy stock. From a bound volume. Complete and unmarked with Average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; American Homes and Gardens Magazine March Mar. 1908 Volume V No. 3 - "Overloch" The Country Home of John A. Burnham Esq. Wenham MA Ad for the Clinton Fireproofing System includes great photo of the mansion of Mr. Spreckles under construction in . Munn & Company paperback
1329822A watercolor landscape by California-born artist James March Phillips 1913-1981. Condition: very good with no apparent flaws. Currently housed in a protecting frame but can be shipped without.<br /> <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Dimensions<br><br /> <br /> frame w 17 in x h 14 in<br><br /> painting w 12.75 in x h 9.25 in. 1329822. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. unknown books
188179409Tours: Alfred Mame et fils 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto: xv 1 735 1 pp. with a frontispiece and 5 full-page plates all chromolithographs with captioned tissue guards as well as 29 full-page plates all steel engravings with captioned tissue guards and 114 chapter heads tails and textual illustrations all wood engravings. In the publisher's dark red morocco spine over dark red diagonal fine-ribbed cloth binding designed by Auguste D. Souze with black and gilt-stamped ruled borders ornamental frame with circular ecclesiastical vignettes and mottoes conjoined "PX" device field for oval ornamental frame with vignette of mounted Saint Martin with supplicant and titling banner on the front panel; five raised bands blind and gilt-stamped ruled head and tail bands ruled compartments with floral decorations and circular ecclesiastical devices and ruled compartments with titling on the spine; and black and gilt-stamped ruled borders ornamental frame with circular ecclesiastical vignettes and mottoes conjoined "PX" device field all repeating the front with an ornamental cross on the rear panel. All edges gilt with buff endpapers black and gold-printed with a floral ornamental diamond pattern. Armorial bookplate of Francis Baron Houtart on the front pastedown. The boards are lightly edgeworn with a little bit of rubbing along the joints. Better than very good. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. Alfred Mame et fils hardcover
1961128445New York: Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor 1961. Draft script for the 1961 play. Brief annotations in holograph pencil and ink on the title page. <br/><br/>Chayefsky's play previewed on Broadway on November 8 1961 opened the following day an for over 200 performances and closed on June 2 1962. He was nominated for a Tony Award as were producers Coe and Cantor. <br/><br/>Gideon Campbell witnesses the Angel of the Lord March who enlists him to perform a miracle in battle and to kill an idolatrous Hebrew. Gideon refuses and suggests that his pity for man is above God's law. God begrudgingly concedes. <br/><br/>Basis for Wilhelm Semmelroth's West German film 1966 and for George Schaefer's Emmy nominated television movie 1971. <br/><br/>Black titled wrappers with paper title label on the spine. Title page present undated with a credit for playwright Chayefsky. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-2-41 Act 2 Scene 2 Page 41. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor unknown books
In 8, pp. (8) + 462; (4) + 148; (2) + 150; (2) + 98; (2) + 40. M. pl. coeva (cons. la br. ed.). Poche spelature al d. I provvedimenti piu' rilevanti per le Marche entrate a far parte del Regno d'Italia furono del commissario generale straordinario per le province marchigiane Lorenzo Valerio, che opero' dal settembre 1860 al gennaio 1861. La regione Marche venne divisa in quattro province, sopprimendo due delle precedenti delegazioni pontificie (Camerino e Fermo) e attribuendo Gubbio all'Umbria. Importante raccolta delle leggi emanate dal commissariato di governo. Un completo indice finale elenca in ordine alfabetico centinaia di nomi di cittadini interessati ai provvedimenti.
Mm 315x430 Volume rilegato che raccoglie le annate 1893-1895 del periodico mensile di pp. 216, con numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero e tavole in prevalenza in bianco e nero. Legatura assai allentata, con pagine parzialmente distaccate, ma opera completa. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
TITOLO COMPLETO: La Galleria di Minerva overo notizie universal, di quanto è stato scritto da Letterai d'Europa non solo nel presente secolo, mà ancora ne' già trascorsi, in qualuque materia Sacra, e Profana, RETORICA, POETICA, POLITICA, ISTORICA, GEOGRAFICA, Cronologica, Teologica, Filosofica, Matematica, Medica, e Legale, e finalmente in ogni Scienza, e in ogni arte sì Meccanica come Liberale. Tratte da libri non solo stampati, ma da stamparsi ove oltre à quanto insegnano gli Atti di Lipsia, e d'Inghilterra, l'Effemeride di Germania e la Biblioteca Universale di Francia, ed i Giornali de' Letterati d'Italia, saranno inserite nuove curiosità, ed insegnamenti, A PROFITTO DELLA REPUBBLICA DELLE LETTERE con intagli de' Rami opportuni e fuoi lochi. TOMO QUATTRO, Con Indice di quanto si Contiene distribuito per ordine di Materie. Consacrata all'Illustrissimo, Et Eccellentissimo SIgnor Vincenzo Gradenigo, Procurator di San Marco Dignissimo.<BR>In Folio (32,5x22,5 cm); (2) 360 pp. Con numerosi errori di numerzione. Bella legatura coeva in cartoncino molle. Piccolo tunnel di tarlo nel margine bianco delle ultime due carte. Piccolo tarlo al margine bianco del frontespizio che presenta, sempre nel margine bianco un leggerissimo alone d'umidità che prosegue nelle prime 100 pagine, mai fastidioso od intenso. Nel complesso buono-ottimo esemplare. Alcune illustrazioni nel testo. Quarto volume di questa celeberrima "rivista" di lettere, scienze ed arti, fra i primi esempi di giornalismo italiano, organo di un’accademia di eruditi, fra cui eccelle quell’Apostolo Zeno che avrà non poca importanza nel giornalismo letterario del Settecento. La Galleria di Minerva uscì in sette volumi fra il 1696 e il 1717. L'opera è oggi ricercata per la presenza in vari numeri di prime edizioni di diversi celebri scienziati e letterati. Questo quarto volume contiene fra le altre opere: - Giovanni Maria Lancisi, Del modo di filosofare nell’Arte Medica, e si prova che per la medicina razionale è meglio servirsi della filosofia sperimentale che di qualunque altra. Discorso detto nell'anno 1693. 1° edizione. - Varii scritti riguardanti il modo di realizzare una biblioteca. - Francesco Arisi, Cremona Letterata. - Hieronymo Renda.Ragusa, Siciliae Bibliotheca Venus. - Ambrosio Brigento Mantovano, Glossographia Onomatographia... - Baruffaldi giorgio ferrarese, Lettera intorno ad un'antica Inscrizione che trovasi nella Marca in Monte Giorgio. Marche, Ascoli Piceno. - Vari scritti sulle medaglie. - Scaramucci Batista, sopra un'idrofobo divenuto tale coll'impeto dello sdegno, Macerata. - Parunli Naturae miraciuli Phaenomena circa lachrymam vitream. - Francesco Dini, De Antiquitatibus Umbrorium Thuscorumque sede et Imperio. - Spiegazione del modo ritrovato, e sperimentato per ricuperare le Navi naufragate. - Varie lettere ed estratti di Antonio Vallisnieri. BUONA COPIA. GOOD COPY.
In-4° (cm. 28x21), pp. (12), 167, (1), 2 belle VIGNETTE incise in RAME nel testo: una piccola (anello con nervature; una grande quasi a piena pagina (staua acefala - di Augusto?) con lorica scolpita e panneggio, incisa da Bartolomeo RICCI; con menzione dell'altezza), oltre 20 VIGNETTE in legno con riproduzioni di antiche epigrafi e inscrizioni, numerosi grandi CAPILETTERA figurati, testatine e finalini ornamentali in xilografia. Ttiolo a penna coevo su etichetta al dorso, che è appena scurito. Sito ed origine. Etimologia, Memorie ed antichità di Cupra. Estensione, borgate e sepolcri. Edifizj pubblici. S'illustra una ISCRIZIONE, vari frammenti, ed un'anticaglia. Tempio della Dea [sabina] Cupra. Il culto dei Siculi per la dea CDupra (Giunone?), gli ETRUSCHI ecc. Prima edizione nella variante B: Questo es. NON reca l'antiporta col ritr. del Card. De Zelada, ma l'opera uscì in due versioni: una col ritratto in antip. e la vignetta in rame al frontespizio e gli ornam. n.t. calcogr., come precisato in ICCU; e una, come la nostra, probabilm. senza antip. e sicuram. con grande fregio xilogr. (non vignetta calcogr.!) al front. e con gli ornamenti interni anch'essi xilografici, anziché calcogr. (la variante B del front. è debitamente segnalata da ICCU, attestata alla Casanatense). Superbo es. nella LEGATURA coeva ma probabilmente editoriale, in cartonato ricoperto di gaia e notevole carta decorata a fogliami giallo-oro, frutti neri su fondo a segmenti rossi. Bei TAGLI a marmorizz. maculata policroma. Freschissimo immacolato, e, in questa variante B della 1.a ed., molto più raro della variante con ritratto. COLUCCI, il "Muratori dell Marche".
193653363Berlin, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1936. 4°. Mit Titelbild, 17 Textabbildungen, 70 Tafeln nach Aufnahmen von Charlotte Rohrbach u. einem gefalt. Plan des Reichssportfeldes. 43 (1) S., 1 Bl., OLwd. m. illustr. OUmschlag.
inc. rame f. 60,5 x 42. In: Mortier P. - Nouveau Théà tre d'Italie... a La Haye
Pages 265-304. Features: Cover photo of fire damage at the English Hollywood, Elstree film studios; Photo of the archduke Otto leaving a Paris hotel; Photo of M. Flandon with prince Starhemberg; Photo of smiling Canadian Olympians offering Nazi salute as they march past Hitler during opening ceremonies of the fourth Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria; Four additional photos of the Garmisch winter Olympics; Photos with the Italians in North and South - battles on both fronts, with photo of Gen. Graziani on horse; Capt. Bligh's own account of the mutiny on the "Bounty" - a chapter from his narrative describing the whole voyage, with illustrations; Dancer Anna Pavlova's "Dying Swan" immortalized in rare sequence of 15 images; Two-page illustration of Parisien opera fashions; A new Mycenaen beehive tomb - discoveries at Berbati, near Mycenae, some of the finest painted vases to be found in Greece, in a tomb dating from about 1400 BC - photo illustrated article; Photo of state funeral of general Kondylis in Athens; Two-page centrefold illustration of Hopi Indians dancing with live and venomous snakes in their mouth and hands; Two pages of photos of naval vessels "Renown", "Greyhound", "Repulse", and "Gotland"; Photos of personalities in the news include Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, Sir C. E. Corkran, Sir Charles Ballance, Herr Gustloff (German Nazi leader in Switzerland), Dr. Wilhelm Solf, I. H. D. Rolleston, Lieut. T. Rose (record-breaking aviator), vice admiral E. R. G. Evans with Cmdr. Rudberg, Walter Runciman, commander A. D. Cochrane, members of the new Egyptian government, including Ali Pasha, and British Nurses for Abyssinia; Four amazing photos illustrate construction of the Olympic Bob-run - bricklaying with ice from a lake; One page photo portrait of the highest waterfall in the world, Gersoppa Falls, in southern India; One page illustrated ad for the Austin Sherborne car; One page illustrated ad for Kenistas cigarettes features dame Sybil Thorndike; Handsome halfpage Rolls-Royce ad; Halfpage illustrated ad for Hooper & Co.; Halfpage photo ad for Morris Motors Limited features their Big Sixes; Photo of the British Continental Airways liner "St. George"leaving Croydon as it initiates air service between London and Sweden; Colour-illustrated back cover ad for Black-and-White Scotch whisky features The Scots Guards. Centrefold holding by one staple. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
xl, 403 pages. Six maps, including two which fold out inside back board. New edition of the 1902 first edition. "In the first place [the Battle of Adowa] may rank as a peculiar phenomenon, - for it amounts to nothing less, - that a European army of about twenty thousand men should be annihilated by a native African race. To the best of my belief there is no parallel case in modern history." - Preface to first edition. Prior owner's details written atop front free endpaper. Small address ink stamp upon half-title. Armorial bookplate upon verso of half-title. Bit of writing atop recto of back free endpaper. Prior owner's name rubber stamped in several places through book. Prior owner has written a handy map list in calligraphic hand upon title page. Average wear to publisher's red cloth-covered boards which are sunned at fore-edges and backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
The second issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 114-224. Features: Canadian Curiosities - article with great illustrations; The Marvelous Feats of Juggler Ram Pershad; Earth Pyramids in the Rosengarten Mountains; "For the Company's Credit" - story of an ocean-liner race; The Queerest Monarch in the World - Mwanga, King of Uganda (illustrated article); The Wreck of the "Rising Sun" - fire at sea; Picnics in Perak - article with photo of many Malay sultans aboard elephants crossing a river; The Telegraphist of Neufchateau - true WWI story; The Romance of the Mission Field - part 1; Across the Atlantic in an Open Boat - article with photo of Harvo and Samuelson in their rowboat "Fox"; The Mysterious Tramp; Tree-Blazing - how explorers in Australia's interior mark trees to guide those who may come after them; Bagging a Man-Eater - Major A. St. H. Gibbons kills a lion to protect villagers - article with photo; "The Miracle of Moses" - the Platte High Line Canal in Colorado - article with photos; In Search of an Orchid; The Fiery Ordeal of Fiji - walking on coals (illustrated article; In the Ocean Depths - illustrated recollections of ocean diver John Pearce. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Last page is 224. It is uncertain if any pages were included after that. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Satan - story of a pet monkey in the Ivory Coast; Exploring in Brazil - photo-illustrated account of a sixteen-hundred mile trip up rapid-strewn rivers in a tiny launch through territory almost unknown to Europeans; The "King of the Clearwater" - a man claimed an area in Clearwater country, about sixty miles west of the North Thompson River, as his own and would go to any length to keep out intruders; The Ivory Raiders - Part II - a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the Swahili ivory-raiders and Turkana warriors of Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf; An Isle of Unrest - a chatty account of a little tramping holiday in Crete, with nice photos; Aquarium Adventures - remarkable stories of aquarium predicaments related by curators of various institutions; The Cat - Photo-illustrated tale from near Boise, Idaho; In Quest of the Unknown - Part IV - Photo-illustrated account of "Our adventures among the Chucunaque Indians (conclusion); The Second Touch - one of the queerest things that ever happened in Alaska; After a Native Murderer in Rhodesia - A B.S.A. Police trooper's story; On the "Devil's Staircase" - a New Zealand trapper's dangerous experience in a mountain blizzard; The Burmese Buddha - A stolen image of Buddha, stolen from the Shwe Dagon Pagoday, Rangoon, is returned after forty years; My Jungle Jaunts - Part II - An Englishwoman's experiences in Burma, with nice photos (conclusion); A Wild Goose Chase - A sportsman's account of his first experience with a wily Canada goose; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book