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19044178Paris: Les Cent Bibliophiles 1904. 4to cream wrappers with embossed design covering both covers in pink green and gilt. Professionally rebacked in compatible paper. Included is the contemporary marbled board portfolio into which the book had been bound presumably for the original owner Maurice Quarré a member of the French bibliophile with his bookplate laid in. With announcement from L'Estampe Originale listing this work as appearing next. Scattered minor foxing; a very pretty copy. Seventeen embossed designs in color "estampes modelées" by Pierre Roche. These are sculptural relief engravings apparently from plaster models according to Gordon Ray printed with touches of color in a process called gypsography. Roche a pupil of Rodin was a noted sculptor medallist and ceramist. This is the first use of relief illustrations in a book and the first use of Auriol Italique type which combine for a beautiful mise-en-page. This exquisite Art Nouveau book captures the celebrated American artiste whirling in here diaphanous veils lit by colored spotlights. Loïe opened her own special theater at the 1900 Paris World's Fair and called her performance "la danse serpentine." A vibrant homage to the dancer who fascinated the world and a bibliographic and technical tour de force. Ray The Art of the French Illustrated book p. 480. Illustrations can be found on my website by clicking on Catalogue 31 item 51. . Embossed Wrappers. Fine. Illus. by Pierre Roche. 4to. Les Cent Bibliophiles Paperback books
2015140941098Cologne: Taschen 2015. First Edition. Fine. Signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock copy #1481 of 1972 copies in the limited first edition. 310 pp. Pictorial boards housed in original pink box. Fine. Sealed in unopened paper wraps as new; box opened to photograph contents and reclosed. The early years of glam pioneer / master of reinvention David Bowie as witnessed by his official photographer issued in a deluxe limited edition signed by the late musician. Taschen unknown books
1760263025Babylon Paris 1760. First. hardcover. fine. Two parts in one volume. 16mo old calf later rebacked in leather; marbled end-leaves & edges. Babylon i.e. Paris 1760. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> A fantasy voyage comparable to Gulliver's Travels and often considered an early work of science fiction predicting both photography and television. Early writing on the title page identifies the author as "M. Tiphaigne Medecin" and notes that the title is an anagram of his name.<br/><br/> unknown books
176052879Babylone Paris: n. p. 1760. First edition. 16mo. Part I 2 176 pp; Part II 2 174 pp. Contemporary full mottled calf with the spine in six gilt-decorated compartments; hinges partially cracked but firm; rubbing at the edges and chipping at the corners. Moderate foxing or soiling. A near very good copy. "In 1760 the French writer Charles François Tiphaigne de la Roche wrote a novel that today would be considered science fiction. Titled Giphantie an anagram of his name it describes his imaginary travels. He was lifted into the air and transported half unconscious to a beautiful garden in a strange land. There he met a Spirit who said 'I am the Prefect of this island which is called Giphantie.' With the Prefect as guide Tiphaigne explored the wonders of 'the island.'" In GIPHANTIA Chapter XVII Part I The author prophecies the fixing of transient images of nature by the action of light. "Thou knowest that the rays of light reflected from different bodies make a picture and paint the bodies upon all polished surfaces on the retina of the eye for instance on water on glass. The elementary spirits have studied to fix these transient images: they have composed a most subtle matter very viscous and proper to harden and dry by the help of which a picture is made in the twinkle of an eye. They do over this matter a piece of canvas and hold it before the objects they have in mind to paint. The first effect of the canvas is that of a mirror; there are seen upon it all the bodies far and near whose image the light can transmit. But what the glass cannot do the canvas by means of the viscous matter retains the images. The mirror shows the objects exactly; but keeps none; our canvases show them with the same exactness and retains them all. This impression of the images is made the first instant they are received on the canvas which is immediately carried away into some dark place; an hour after the subtle matter dries and you have a picture so much the more valuable as it cannot be imitated by art nor damaged by time." See PHOTOGRAPHY: ESSAYS & IMAGES 1980 edited by Beaumont Newhall p. 13-14.<br/><br/>This is considered a cornerstone book in any collection of photographic literature and photography's first fictional work.<br/><br/>The English edition of a year later is titled: GIPHANTIA: OR A VIEW OF WHAT HAS PASSED WHAT IS NOW PASSING AND DURING THE PRESENT CENTURY WHAT WILL PASS IN THE WORLD.<br/>Roosens and Salu No. 10421. <br/><br/> n. p. unknown books
176113462London: Printed for Robert Horsfield 1761. First English edition. 16mo. Part I 130 pp. dated 1761; Part II 126 pp. dated 1760 1 p. advert. Contemporary full calf with the spine expertly repaired; board edges are rubbed. Previous owner's name on endpaper few light pencil notations light foxing and offsetting to endpapers and tile page from the binder's glue. See PHOTOGRAPHY: ESSAYS & IMAGES 1980 edited by Beaumont Newhall p. 13-14 "In 1760 the French writer Charles François Tiphaigne de la Roche wrote a novel that today would be considered science fiction. Titled Giphantie an anagram of his name it describes his imaginary travels. He was lifted into the air and transported half unconscious to a beautiful garden in a strange land. There he met a Spirit who said 'I am the Prefect of this island which is called Giphantie.' With the Prefect as guide Tiphaigne explored the wonders of 'the island.'" In GIPHANTIA Chapter XVII Part I The author prophecies the fixing of transient images of nature by the action of light. "Thou knowest that the rays of light reflected from different bodies make a picture and paint the bodies upon all polished surfaces on the retina of the eye for instance on water on glass. The elementary spirits have studied to fix these transient images: they have composed a most subtle matter very viscous and proper to harden and dry by the help of which a picture is made in the twinkle of an eye. They do over this matter a piece of canvas and hold it before the objects they have in mind to paint. The first effect of the canvas is that of a mirror; there are seen upon it all the bodies far and near whose image the light can transmit. But what the glass cannot do the canvas by means of the viscous matter retains the images. The mirror shows the objects exactly; but keeps none; our canvases show them with the same exactness and retains them all. This impression of the images is made the first instant they are received on the canvas which is immediately carried away into some dark place; an hour after the subtle matter dries and you have a picture so much the more the valuable as it cannot be imitated by art nor damaged by time." This is considered a cornerstone book in any collection of photographic literature and photography's first fictional work.<br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 10421. <br/><br/> Printed for Robert Horsfield unknown books
1802LD1833Weimar: Bureau de l'Industrie 1802-1804. Hardcover. Very Good. Atlas volumes; four bound together in one with a total of 73 plates. Vol. I: 12 plates one folding. Vol. II: 23 plates on 19 sheets. Vol. III: 24 plates 1-12 13a 13b 14-23. Vol. IV: 14 plates 1-7 8a 8b 9-13. A few maps lightly soiled and wrinkled along the edges but overall contents are nice and clean in worn scuffed binding. <br/><br/> Bureau de l'Industrie hardcover books
1956142863Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. <br/><br/>Based on the 1956 autobiography of the same name by Colonel Dean E. Hess a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War. Hess was a technical advisor for the film and the gold flying helmet Rock Hudson wears was his personal possession. A poster for "Battle Hymn" appears outside the movie theater in the 1959 pilot episode of The Twilight Zone "Where Is Everybody"<br/><br/>Set in 1950s Westhampton Ohio and Seoul shot on location in Seoul South Korea and Nogales AZ. <br/><br/>Navy full calf binding without paper wrappers as issued. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Charles Grayson. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 123-A. Mimeograph duplication with pink blue white revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/29/56 and 4/23/56. Pages Near Fine presentation binding Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1900WRCAM54627Seattle; Skagway 1900. Twelve photographs each approximately 4 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Overall very good. A collection of photographs taken by Seattle photographer Frank La Roche. La Roche 1853- 1934 a Philadelphia native transplanted to the Northwest established a photography studio in Seattle in 1889. He undertook many trips to Alaska documenting the Klondike Gold Rush at length from 1897 to 1899. This group contains images of Juneau Sitka Fort Wrangell here spelled Wrangle and Taku Glacier. Two images are of Chilkat Tlingit Indians and one photo of the Seymour Rapids in British Columbia is also included. Each is numbered and captioned in manuscript or in print within the negative. Exemplary images from this noted landscape photographer of Alaska and the West. unknown books
1786WRCAM31033Paris 1786. 4386683pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf spine gilt. Hinges expertly repaired. Internally tight and very good. A long and comprehensive French-language almanac of America Asia and Africa and the European colonies there. Of special interest are several lists giving the names of the colonial administrators and military officers of numerous French colonies in the Caribbean and South America. Also included in this edition is the text of Poncelin's RECUEIL DIPLOMATIQUE. which collects laws and arrets pertaining to European colonies in the Americas. "It appears by a note on the back of the title that this work was edited by M. Poncelin de la Roche-Tillac sic. It was continued annually" - Sabin 1783 edition. Sabin notes that he saw none dated later than 1787 but that it may have been continued until 1791. OCLC locates only two copies of this edition both in French institutions and Echeverria and Wilkie add only the British Library and John Carter Brown Library. Scarce. BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION 370. ECHEVERRIA & WILKIE 786/54. SABIN 941 note. CIORANESCU XVIII 50984. OCLC 25612843. unknown books
1802262991Baltimore: Printed for Thomas Andrews & Butler. W. Pechin & S. Sower 1802. First American edition of the author's first published work. iv 7-172; 155 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound to style in quarter brown calf and marbled boards preserving contemporary red morocco spine label. Foxing throughout very good. First American edition of the author's first published work. iv 7-172; 155 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Author's First Book. Garside Raven & Schowerling: 1789:64 mentioning this edition and another in NY in 1802 ; Loeber and Loeber pp. 1134 Location: NUC InND Loeber coll; Block p. 200; Summers p. 163 first edition; Printed for Thomas, Andrews & Butler. W. Pechin & S. Sower unknown books
199720547EBoston: Little Brown 1997. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author / photographer Jim Marshall to the great comedian and actor Billy Crystal. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “For Billy Crystal - Please enjoy. Jim Marshall 3-9-99.†With two autograph letters signed by Marshall to Mr. Crystal on Marshall’s personal printed stationery. The first is dated 3-9-99 and accompanied this copy of the book. It reads in full: “Dear Billy Your phone call meant so much to me & Kirk - not many people take the time. Please accept my own very humble picture of Joe DiMaggio and the not so humble ‘Not Fade Away’ - my first major book. I look forward to meeting you & showing you the photos in jazz set. Also thanks for all the laughs all these years. Take care Jim Marshall.†The second letter is dated 5-May-01 and reads: “Dear Billy Talk about a home run - 61 was out of the park. Thank you so very much for the way you did it on every level & the love you put into it. Please accept these 3 photographs of Joe DiMaggio that I took after he had retired much after for you and 1 each for the men who played Mickey & Roger. It’s my very humble way to say thank you. Jim Marshall.†61 is the baseball film directed by Billy Crystal about the 1961 season in which Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle competed to break Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record. In it Roger Maris is portrayed by Barry Pepper and Mickey Mantle by Thomas Jane. Fine fresh copy in a fine dust jacket. Little Brown unknown books
1784WRCAM51647Paris 1784. 25111pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf spine gilt rebacked with original spine laid down all edges stained red. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light tanning otherwise internally tight and very good. A long and comprehensive French language almanac of the Americas Africa Asia and the European colonies there expanded from previous editions. Of special interest are several lists giving the names of the colonial administrators and military officers of numerous French colonies in the Caribbean and South America. Also contains a description of each American state as well as lists of military officers and members of Congress. Writing of the 1783 edition Sabin says "It appears by a note on the back of the title that this work was edited by M. Poncelin de la Roche-Tillac sic. It was continued annually." He also notes notes that he saw none dated later than 1787 but that it may have been continued until 1791. Poncelin de la Roche-Tilhac 1746-1828 was a French lawyer and counsel for the French admirality who maintained correspondence with several important American figures including Benjamin Franklin. BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION 358. ECHEVERRIA & WILKIE 784/83. SABIN 941 note. CIORANESCU XVIII 50984. unknown books
1832265137London: De La Rue Cornish & Rock 1832. 22 original drawings numerous plates some hand-colored pasted-in on variously colored leaves some with embossed frames by De La Rue & Co London manuscript verses throughout. 57 ll. Square 8vo. Contemporary dark purple morocco covers embossed in blind with large die of a rococo frame design surrounding a central diamond gilt-ruled border spine embossed in blind by a die with a cathedral design titled in gilt and signed by the binder "De La Rue Cornish & Rock" on the spine a.e.g. pink moire pastedowns. Very slight rubbing to binding edges light dampstaining to a few leaves endpapers evidently removed. 22 original drawings numerous plates some hand-colored pasted-in on variously colored leaves some with embossed frames by De La Rue & Co London manuscript verses throughout. 57 ll. Square 8vo. De La Rue Cornish & Rock Embossed Album. A commonplace book of particular interest for its embossed binding manufactured by De La Rue Cornish and Rock. From 1829 through 1832 Thomas de la Rue 1793-1866 partnered with Samuel Cornish and William Rock to manufacture cards embossed papers and playing cards. "De La Rue produced a number of fine albums annuals etc stamped on the back and sides with very finely executed blind imprints ." Ramsden. The De La Rue company still in operation is now one of the world's largest printers of commercial notes and paper. For binding cf. Maggs 1212 II no 241; Ramsden London Bookbinders p. 59 De La Rue, Cornish & Rock] unknown books
1957136403Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. In Selznick Studio wrappers with the insignia on the front wrapper. An original production script with a perforated distribution leaf preceding the title page. <br/><br/>The second film version of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick. Frederick Henry Hudson is an American serving in the Italian Army during WWI where he meets Catherine Barkley Jones a Red cross nurse. They have a torrid affair which results in pregnancy. The two gradually lose contact with one another. But Henry makes it to Switzerland where Barkley is hospitalized. The baby is stillborn and Barkley dies shortly afterward. <br/><br/>Set in Europe shot on location in Italy. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Hecht original director Vidor and producer Selznick. Title page present dated 1957 with a credit for screenwriter Hecht. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 173. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Davenport p. 122. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970151354N.p.: N.p. 1970. Archive of 32 vintage photographs documenting the October 20 1970 collision of two trains along the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line in Raytown Missouri. Also included in the archive is a single broadside reward poster offering $5000 for information pertaining to the accident. <br/><br/>According to a contemporary newspaper article which appeared in nearby Jackson County's Independence Examiner the accident was believed to have been caused by juvenile vandalism to a nearby track switch. The collision and subsequent derailment resulted in the death of one engineer whose partial body is visible in several photographs. <br/><br/>The photographs in the archive range from close-up shots of the mangled train cars and tracks to distance views of the surrounding woods. Frequently displayed in the images is a small handwritten police chalkboard noting the date location and case numbers. A vivid and interesting look at investigative photography and railway disasters in the late twentieth century. <br/><br/>Photographs 10 x 8 inches housed in a manila envelope with the logo of Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co. on the top left corner. Reward poster 9 x 12 inches. Poster and photographs generally Near Fine envelope Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1759262724Amsterdam: Arkstee & Merkus 1759. hardcover. very good. 2 parts bound in 1 volume 2 paginations xii 244 iv 294pp. Copperplate frontispiece with astrological globe.Part I Visions of Ibraim Arab Philposopher; Part II Travel to Limbo. 12mo full contemporary calf gilt spine chipped at the top front hinge dry. Amsterdam & Aleipssick: Arkstee & Merkus 1759. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> The text highlights the interest in the occultist and naturalist in the second half of the 18th century and the authors interest in the Kabbalah and hermeticism. Bookplate and small neat handwriting on fly-leaf.<br/><br/> Arkstee & Merkus unknown books
1978151600Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1978. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1978 film here under the working title "Stingray."<br/><br/>A teenage boy Mark Hamill heads to Las Vegas determined to track down his high school shop class' stolen project car a tricked-out Corvette. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in southern California and Nevada. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 506 dated March 4 1977 with credits for director Matthew Robbins and screenwriter Hal Barwood. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3-14-77 and 9-2-77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
004228Paris. Faux Lacquer. Very Good Minus. Handsome folder promoting opium as a pharmaceutical! N.d. circa 1900 to 1910. 30 by 23 cm. Tabularly-presented text is on the endpapers with four leaves of heavy blank yellow paper bound in by string. On the two page table of particular interest in our view is the drug called "Pantopon 'Roche'" whose composition is "Opium Total". Other drugs we note contain "barbiturate." The opium-connection might explain the Chinoiserie decoration of the binder. Of course the boards are also very decorative making this binder a prized promotional giveaway which we assume it would have been to the company's customers and other contacts. The Basel-based Hoffmann La Roche was founded in 1896 and soon had offices in Paris. It remains to this day a pharmaceutical giant. Minor surface loss to the black faux lacquer surface along the edges. Ink and pencil marks abounding on the yellow blanks suggesting these were used as blotter paper. Minor loss and looseness to the endpaper at the spine. <br/><br/> unknown books
18881549Casa Blanca 1888. Very good. Manuscript map 18 x 23.5 inches. Drawn in black red and blue. Previously folded. Minor soiling and wear. An attractive manuscript map depicting the topography surrounding the small Sinaloan town of Santa Anita southeast of Culiacán near El Comedero. The map is somewhat oddly oriented with due north pointing toward the lower right corner of the sheet. It shows Santa Anita at its center with mountains to its east and dry plains to the west heading toward the Pacific Ocean. Two trails labeled "Camino Nacional de Culiacan" and "Camino del Veinticuatro" connect Santa Anita to the even smaller towns of Llano and Veinticuatro at the map borders. A small section of the Rio San Lorenzo is detailed at the eastern edge of the map area for context. The map was surveyed and drawn by Ignacio L. Rocha a graduate in 1883 of the reformed Colegio Rosales first founded in 1874. Three other maps by Rocha are located in the Mexican Agricultural Archives. A neat and appealing example. unknown books
1980148840Paris: C. Darmon 1980. Collection of 16 vintage color French lobby cards from the 1980 French theatrical release of the 1980 US television miniseries. First broadcast in three parts on NBC on January 27 through 29 1980 in the US released theatrically in France.<br/> <br/>Based on the 1950 novel by Ray Bradbury. A three-episode miniseries which imagines a future world punctuated by catastrophes wherein humans land on Mars encounter a race of Martians whom they attempt to colonize unwittingly begin a global nuclear war on Earth and ultimately cause the mass devastation of life on both planets.<br/><br/>Set on Earth and Mars shot on location in the US Spain and the UK. <br/><br/>8.5 x 10.75 inches. Near Fine. C. Darmon unknown books
198130583Bearsville NY: Privately Printed 1981. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. 4to. Approximately 450 pp. Loose mimeographed sheets laid into vinyl box. This is copy #146 of an undisclosed limitation. This copy INSCRIBED by Aronowitz and dated in 2000. A collection of articles essays and the like by Aronowitz who was a rock journalist perhaps best known for his claim to have introduced Bob Dylan to The Beatles. Contents in fine condition. Vinyl box hinge has cracked and is thus in only good condition but the contents of the box are all in fine condition. Quite scarce. Only three copies found in WorldCat. Privately Printed unknown books
198722364EGarden City: Doubleday 1987. First Edition First Printing. Signed and inscribed by the author Phyllis Gates to her mother who is referenced in the first chapter ‘My Life Before Rock’. Inscribed: “To Mom Thanks for all your support! I love you Phyllis 4/24/87â€. Illustrated. Near fine copy with some minor handling in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and tears. Gates tells the story of her marriage to actor Rock Hudson whom she met in 1954 and married in November 1955 shortly after Hudson finished filming Giant. They separated a few years later in 1957 with their divorce being finalized in 1958. Rumors of Hudson’s publicly hidden homosexuality as well as the reports of Gates being a closeted lesbian circulated in the media primarily in journalist Robert Hoffer’s biography ‘The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson’ and in the gay and lesbian news magazine The Advocate. Gates 1925 - 2006 steadfastly and publicly maintained that her love of Hudson was real and denied that she was a lesbian. Rock Hudson 1925 - 1985 was the first major public figure to announce that he had AIDS. He is best remembered for his films Giant 1956 Pillow Talk 1959 Come September 1961 and on television including starring in McMillan & Wife with Susan Saint James and on Dynasty as the character Daniel Reece. Doubleday unknown books
18589321Chicago: Chas. Scott & Co 1858. Original printed wrappers 14pp. Spotted lightly worn old institutional and duplicate stamps one of which reads: "Presented by Judge and Mrs. Isaac R. Hitt Washington D.C." Isaac R. Hitt is listed on page 3 as a stockholder. Good. <br/><br/> A very scarce ante-fire imprint. "This company was chartered in January 1856 capitalized at $300000. It owned some 475 acres of coal lands in La Salle County on the Illinois Central Railroad and along the Illinois River. Chicago men who held stock in the company: James V.Z. Blaney B.S. Morris L.P. Hillard J.M. Wilson W.W. Mitchell and Charles M. Dupuy" Byrd. This Statement analyzes "the importance of cheap fuel to the City of Chicago" and the ability of the Company to provide it. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 338 2. Byrd 2962 1. 336 NUC 0412784 2. OCLC 62978823 2- Chicago Hist. Mus. Newberry 62190408 2- U IL Lehigh as of September 2019. Chas. Scott & Co unknown books
197122826Hull: Hull University 1971. First Edition. Very good. Poster silk-screened in blue gold and red. Mild wear creasing. Some rubbing. Else bright and sound. Very good. <br/><br/>Original poster for an Afro Rock event at Hull University featuring one of the most important bands of the movement Assagai. Afro Rock which had its strongest incarnation in the UK in the late sixties and early seventies combined Western rock instrumentation with African and Afro-Cuban rhythms and percussion. Assagai featured emegrees from both South Africa and Nigeria as well a Ghana; the lineup included drummer Louis Moholo trumpeter/flautist Mongezi Feza alto saxophonist Dudu Pukwana tenor saxophonist Bizo Mngqikana guitarist/bassist Fred Coker their chief songwriter and Terri Quaye — the first professional female congaist in the UK. Assagai issued just two highly-reguarded albums both in 1971 on Vertigo Records one of the few if not the only all-black band signed to that legendary rock label and this poster dates from that peak. While they broke up shortly after this gig the members went on to long careers in various other jazz and prog groups. A striking poster from this significant but poorly documented group. Hull University unknown books
177825120Genève: Du Villard fils & Nouffer 1778. First edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. 272; 334; title within printed border; woodcut ornaments; contemporary full mottled calf red and black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; short crcaks in 2 joints else generally very good and sound. Quérard II p. 440. <br/><br/> Du Villard fils & Nouffer unknown books
