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1933146070Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. First Draft script for the 1933 film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>Lt. Henry Crocker a blithe Royal Air Force pilot realizes that the constant violence of war is beginning to take a harsh toll on Lt. Jerry Young his flying ace buddy who is showing signs of cracking up. When Young breaks down and eventually commits suicide Crocker decides to stage his death as an in-air combat casualty in order to save his friend's reputation. The script's original ending seen in this early version depicted Crocker years later as a bedraggled old man homeless and alone staring at a memorial plaque with an epitaph praising Young's heroism. <br/><br/>Tall peach titled self wrappers noted as FIRST SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 451 dated January 30 1933 with credits for screenwriters Bogart Rogers and Seton I. Miller. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeographed on peach stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with creasing to the top left corner of the rear wrapper side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1945141195London: The Fortune Press 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 111 pages. An about good copy with creasing to the bottom corner of pages particularly pages 43 through 65 in a very good lightly soiled dust jacket. The Fortune Press unknown books
1945WRCLIT52111London: The Fortune Press 1945. Gilt cloth. First edition the variant with fore and bottom edges trimmed. A nice copy in dust soiled and worn pictorial dust jacket. D'ARCH SMITH FORTUNE PRESS 373. The Fortune Press hardcover books
1945WRCLIT52110London: The Fortune Press 1945. Gilt cloth. First edition the variant with fore and bottom edges untrimmed. A nice copy in dust soiled and smudged cream pictorial dust jacket. D'ARCH SMITH FORTUNE PRESS 373. The Fortune Press hardcover books
194013408New York & London: Alfred A. Knopf 1940. 428 pages; portrait of the author on back dustjacket panel; "First American Edition" stated on copyright page; From the dustjacket information: ".With a matchless craftsmanship and a poet's insight she unfolds a story that breathes with the essence of the theater."; some edge tips wear rubbing to dustjacket back panel with closed edge-tear; volume in very good condition. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
197880061978. Softcover. VG very slight wear to covers. Color wraps. 128 pp. 25 bw 39 color plates. This collection contains paintings by some of America's finest artists from colonial times to mid-20th century--together for the last time before being auctioned. Lists 63 works each of which is described. unknown books
37385.1Oakland California: Oakland Chinese History Research Committee n. d. 1st edition ca 1982. SIGNED by Mar after his printed signature concluding the Preface. Black buckram cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering. VG a bit cocked/VG some wear/spine panel sun-tanned with chip at spine panel crown. viii 112 pp. Includes bibliographical references pp. 107-109. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> [Oakland Chinese History Research Committee] hardcover books
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
190776999Cambridge: Houghton & Mifflin Company. Near Fine. 1907. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 15 volume complete set in original 8 3/4 by 6 inch brown cloth bindings with printed paper labels to the spines; this is #271 of 1000 in the limited edition. Modest rubbing private collector's bookplate in each volue much of the contents unopened -- Near Fine condition. . Houghton & Mifflin Company hardcover books
196723673Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co 1967. 1st edition. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. VG/VG pc/edgewear. 76 pp. Illustrated by Anne Anderson. 4to. <br/><br/> Chilton Book Co hardcover books
1969150714Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1969 film. <br/><br/>Based on Elmore Leonard's 1969 novel. A Vietnam veteran turned migrant farm laborer falls into a secretary's scheme to steal $50000 from the owner of a California farm.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Carmel and Monterey California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Seven Near Fine one Very Good plus with a small closed tear with accompanying creasing to the right edge. <br/><br/>Grant US. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1969150712Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. <br/><br/>Based on Elmore Leonard's 1969 novel. A Vietnam veteran with a shady past falls into a secretary's scheme to steal $50000 from the owner of a California farm.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Carmel and Monterey California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Grant US. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1982WRCLIT37789Burbank: Warner Bros. Television 1982. 1120 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in decorated studio wrappers. Title lettered across lower edge a few stray marks and corner creases to wrappers very good. A final shooting script for an evidently unproduced television adaptation of March's classic horror drama via the intermediary adaptations by Anderson and Mahin. A later 1985 adaptation did appear on television but it was scripted by George Eckstein. Kobritz had earlier adapted King's SALEM'S LOT to the small screen. Warner Bros. Television unknown books
1990343921990. Softcover. VG light corner bumping. Brown wraps. Unpaginated. 8 color plates. Essay by Barry Walker and lavish illustrations. unknown books
1990339621990. Softcover. VG. Black wraps. 36 pp. Numerous bw and color plates. Checklist lists 52 works. Paintings by Stephen Gambill Ed Gearke Betty Mobley Greg Reuter Nora Sendejar and Anne Wallace. unknown books
1949147468Chicago IL: Henry Regnery Company 1949. First edition. Hardcover. A symposium on T.S. Eliot with contributions by Conraid Aiken W.H. Auden Clive Bell Lawrence Durrell Wyndham Lewis Marianne Moore Edwin Muir and numerous others. A tight close to near fine copy in yellow cloth boards with some minor fading to the spine. No dust jacket. Henry Regnery Company unknown books
1948WRCLIT70006London: Editions PL 1948. Cloth. Portrait. First edition of this fine festschrift including contributions by Auden Aiken Moore Lewis Betjeman Durrell Spender Muir and many others. Very good or better in good example of the fragile dust jacket with some fraying to extreme edges and rubbing to rear panel. Editions PL hardcover books
1948WRCLIT27101London: Editions PL 1948. Cloth. Portrait. Very good or better in good example of the fragile dust jacket with some fraying to extreme edges and rubbing to rear panel. First edition of this fine festschrift including contributions by Auden Aiken Moore Lewis Betjeman Durrell Spender Muir and many others. Editions PL hardcover books
1949184154Henry Regnery Company 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1949 first edition hardcover with dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are clean has a good binding. Dust jacket shows moderate chipping and wear but is now wrapped in a protective mylar cover. Pages show light tanning previous owner's name on front free endpaper no other marks or notations. HB HS Henry Regnery Company hardcover books
2002326892002. Softcover. VG. White ill. wraps. Unpaginated. 10 color plates. Includes essay by Beth Finch. unknown books
1990335371990. Softcover. VG light scuffing to cover. Navy stapled wraps. 36 pp. Numerous bw and color plates. Contributions by Josh Decter and Jock Reynolds. unknown books
194838079London: Percival Marshall 1948. Spritsail barges were coastwise cargo-carriers still active in at the time this book was written. Includes a chapter on how to make models of these craft. First edition in lightly worn dj. 6 304 pp. b/w and duotone plates. Percival Marshall unknown books
19381342638New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; First edition; G; Hardcover; Spine orange with black print; Boards in orange cloth with black print light wear to spine caps light toning to spine else clean and strong; Text block has blue tinted top edge clean and tight; vii 376 pages. 1342638. FP New Rockville Stock. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
20041005812004. VG. Color illustrated covers. 330 lots listed most illustrated. unknown books
1935181829Baltimore: Waverly Press 1935. Hardcover. VG light shelfwear to boards light age toning previous owner's name inscription and book plate on ffep pages are otherwise very clean and clear. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; xiii 55 pp 5 pp of bw plates. "The list is not exhaustive--it does not include the special type forms and techniques of the painting of faces and of such individual plants and flowers as the bamboo plum and orchid which have their own disciplines. It does not include the terminology of asethetics or any inquiry into the history of either the terms or the ideas materials and practices they represent. It is the outgrowth of practical inquiry rather than of systematic literary searching". -- Preface. Contents include: Preface -- I. Materials -- II. Forms of paintings -- III. Subjects -- IV. Classification by techniques -- V. Brushwork and composition -- VI. Trees: type forms and special techniques -- VII. Rocks and mountains: type forms and special techniques -- VIII. Water: type forms and special techniques -- IX. Clouds: type forms and special techniques -- X. Figures: type forms and special techniques -- XI. Seals and signatures -- XII. Mounting -- Alphabetical list of terms defined. Waverly Press hardcover books
