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13002Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Fantastic original press photograph ca. 1960 of two men playing rock music and dancing in an English church. Press caption on the verso reads: "Keeping abreast of the times are the mobile missionaries of the Methodist Church in the Doncaster area. During a Sunday afternoon service-with-a-difference at the Parkside Church near Doncaster the Rev. Brian Webb takes to the piano and colleague and fellow caravanner Cyril Blount gives a performance of Rock 'n' Roll to the congregation." In fine condition. 20.5 x 25.5 cm. unknown books
198653919NY: Morrow 1986. Second printing. 8vo pp. 311. Notes. Illustrated with photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Edges of cover slightly bumped o/w a nice copy in little scuffed and chipped dj. Morrow unknown books
3747n.p. n.d. 4to trimmed and measuring 21 x 21.5mm. approx. 100 words stains from previous mount on verso else a very good example; in French. Offering apologies on behalf of a Dr. Walker for not having sent Vol. 6 of an unnamed work and saying that he has been preoccupied with scientific questions. <br/><br/> unknown books
1964140685Cannes France: N.p. 1964. Original souvenir programs and film credits material showcasing some of the films from the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It was this festival the seventeenth one to be held that the award name was changed from the Palme d'Or to the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film the name used until 1974 when it returned to its former title. French and English language. <br/><br/>Films represented in the collection include George Roy Hill's "The World of Henry Orient" Gianfranco Mingozzi's "I mali mestieri" 1963 documentary of the city of Palermo Gyula Macskassy and Gyorgy Varnai's "1 2 3." Hungarian short film on mathematics Nobuko Shibuya's Grand Prix award winning "The Price of Victory" Japanese volleyball documentary Glauber Rocha's "Black God White Devil" a Brazilian Western. Also included is a credit sheet detailing a special showing of "Naissance du Cinema" a documentary about Louis Lumiere held in the Grand Hall at the festival presented on the centennial of Lumiere's birth. <br/><br/>Programs and credit sheets housed in a "Henry Orient" promotional folder. Near Fine overall. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. 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
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
1938010803NY: Dodd Mead 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /VG. First edition in book form. Uncommon title of mystery writer Roche 1883 - 1935 published posthumously in 1938 after its original serialization in Collier's Magazine in 1930-31. Title page shows 1938 with copyright page dating 1930 and 1931 with no additional printings indicated. Light brown cloith dark brown stamped titles front and spine in black/ white / gold pictorial dustjacket. No names bookplates or inscriptions. DJ Unclipped. The collectible copy. Dodd Mead hardcover books
200230269New York: Broadway Books 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Thick hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 681 pp. The complete history of The Dead written by their official historian and publicist. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by McNally in year of publication to Al Aronowitz the rock music underground journalist. Aronowitz is mentioned on pp 439 - 440 of this volume. Nice association. Broadway Books hardcover books
2009430122009. ISBN-13: 9781584776604; ISBN-10: 1584776609. The First English Treatise to Draw on American Decisions and Treatises Hazlitt William and Henry Philip Roche. A Manual of the Law of Maritime Warfare Embodying the Decisions of Lord Stowell and Other English Judges and of the American Courts and the Opinions of the Most Eminent Jurists: With an Appendix of the Official Documents and Correspondence in Relation to the Present War. Originally published: London: V. & R. Stevens and G.S. Norton 1854. XXVI V-XVI General Editor's Foreword XVII-XXVI introduction xvi 457 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a new introduction by William E. Butler John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Vinogradoff Institute at the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law and Emeritus Professor of Comparative Law at University College London; Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. ISBN-13: 9781584776604; ISBN-10: 1584776609. Hardcover. New. $35. A title in the Lawbook Exchange series Foundations of the Laws of War Joseph Perkovich General Editor. Written to fulfill a need created by the Crimean War this book summarizes the principal topics relating to maritime warfare. Beyond its utility as a guide to this area as interpreted by an agent of the leading naval power of the nineteenth century it is historically significant because it is the first English treatise to draw on American court decisions and the writings of James Kent and Henry Wheaton. unknown books
197131321Bracknell: Town & Country Press 1971. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with a small bump to one corner. 52 pp. Illus. with b/w photos1 reproduction and 1 map. Sm. 4to. Town & Country Press unknown books
198481889Miami: Pegasus Publishing 1984. 28p. 5.5x8.5 inches personal inscription signed by the Cuban American poet illustrations very good chapbook in stapled white pictorial wraps. Pegasus Publishing 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
1828M12311Philadelphia:: Carey Lea & Carey 1828. 1828. Second American edition. Small 4to. xxiii 25-600 16 ads. pp. Index errata slip; foxing. Original gilt-stamped calf leather spine label; upper joint starting spine head worn corners showing. Ownership signature Brinton Library rubber-stamp. Good. Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828. hardcover books
1979WRCLIT68860Salisbury CT: Lime Rock Press 1979. Folio 355 x 280 mm. Bifolia and mounted photographs laid into cloth-covered clamshell box. About fine with the prospectus laid in. First edition regular issue. Illustrated with twelve original black & white photographs 250 x 175 mm each mounted on board accompanied by descriptive text. One of 75 numbered copies with the text printed on Stonehenge Rag Paper with each photograph captioned and signed by the photographer on the mount and signed again on the colophon. A photographic exploration of Acoma its environs its people and the distinctive pottery they produce accompanied by descriptive text. Lime Rock Press hardcover books
1992S11387Seville:: Algaida/INTA 1992. 1992. 2 volumes. 8vo. 199; 217 pp. Original black-stamped black cloth dust-jackets in silver-stamped black cloth publisher's slipcase; jackets slightly creased case lightly bumped. Bookplates of Boston University Professor of History Thomas F. Glick and Burndy Library. Near fine. ISBN: 8476473982 ISBN: 8476473990 Algaida/INTA, 1992. hardcover books
199922835NY:: Schirmer Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0028648668 . Black and white photographs. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Schirmer Books, hardcover books
1966148667London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 128 pages. A collection of poems. A very good plus copy with some slight bumping to the top corners in a bright very near fine dust jacket with light tapping to the top corners. A fresh copy. Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd unknown books
1966404711966. ROCHE Paul. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. London: Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd. 1966. 12mo cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Roche on the front endpaper: "for Eleanor Patterson- friend of one of the most interesting poets of several generations- Edna St. Vincent Millay- in the hope that one day she might come to one of my own readings. and that meanwhile something in this book might wound and illuminate and delight. Paul Roche. March 21st 1967." Near fine; soiling d/j. $85.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1966696London: Duckworth & Co 1966. 1st edition boards with dust jacket. The author's first book. Though born in India this English author and his American wife were close friends with Sylvia Plath. Tiny closed tear to jacket else a fine copy in like jacket. Duckworth & Co unknown books
1968153898New York: Weybright and Talley 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 205 pages. Roche's first major collection of poetry published in the U.S. An about near fine copy with some light soiling to the page edges in a very good plus dust jacket that has some minor edge wear. Weybright and Talley 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
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
197613884Boston: Twayne. Fine. 1976. Hardcover. 080576223X . Number 380 in the Twayne's World Authors Series. First printing. Fine in green cloth. No dust jacket as issued. . Twayne hardcover books
1983UROCAME00fpDevin-Adair 1983. Very Good. Roche George. America By The Throat: The Stranglehold of Federal Bureaucracy. Old Greenwich CT: Devin-Adair 1983. 190pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and short closed tear on back top edge. White areas of cover slightly yellowed. Devin-Adair hardcover books
20079008154New York: Sotheby's 2007. 1st. paperback. Fine Condition. Auction catalog of 160 lots with detailed descriptions and provenance. <br/><br/> Sotheby's paperback books
