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191926766Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1919. First Edition. Small octavo 18.75cm.; original off-white pictorial boards printed in red and black; 4123pp.; illus. At head of upper cover: "More Fun by Ring W. Lardner." Spine quite toned some discoloration to boards due to dusting shallow loss to spine crown. Still Very Good. Apparently issued without dust jacket BRUCCOLI & LAYMAN A9. Collection of humorous stories and sketches all of which were originally published in the Red Book Magazine. Bobbs-Merrill Company unknown books
1975132298Poland: ZRF 1975. Original Polish A1 poster circa 1975 for the 1974 US film. Artwork by Mieczyslaw Wasilewski. <br/><br/>Academy Award-winning Best Sound thriller about a construction engineer Hestonand his possessive wife Gardner who insisted on doing her own stunts. The engineer Graff has an affair with Denise Marshall Genevieve Bujold the widow of a coworker. Graff's wife Remy puts into action several plans to keep Graf from seeing Denise but everything comes to a halt when a devastating earthquake rips through Los Angeles. One of few films to be released in "Sensurround" sound where theater seats would actually vibrate at a low frequency to mimic the "feel" of the film. <br/><br/>22.5 x 32.25 inches. Faint stains to one edge else Near Fine. ZRF unknown books
1923159253New York: The Macaulay Company 1923. Original American Edition. Hardcover. NF contents; VG covers; Good DJ with some fading to spine a bump to upper outer front corner and small tears to head/tail of spine. Moss green cloth/boards; black lettering. Moss green dj with black lettering including an excerpt from the dedication to H.G. Wells. All edges painted green. 308 pages with no illustrations. A scarce copy of the American English edition of Renard's early sci-fi novel originally published in France as Le Docteur Lerne. "The publication of Renard's first sf novel in 1908 Le Docteur Lerne Doctor Lerne gained him rave reviews and launched him into the limelight of Parisian literary circles. Although strongly derivative of Wells' The Island of Dr Moreau 1896-an influence openly acknowledged by Renard in his dedication-Le Docteur Lerne extrapolates the notion of biological engineering much further than Wells all the way into the fantastic. After years of experimentation in grafting animal parts to plants and vice-versa producing at times some quite amazing results Dr. Lerne begins interchanging brains between animals between humans and even between animals and humans. As a result of these experiments he ultimately learns how to project his own mind and spirit into other animate and not-so-animate objects like people trees and even an automobile. The narrative itself is recounted in the first person by Dr. Lerne's visiting nephew Nicolas: he gradually in detective-like fashion uncovers the truth of his uncle's experiments and his reactions to them range from morbid curiosity to outright horror. Part of the originality of the tale however is not in the sometimes outlandish plot sequences but in the manner in which they are told. The originality of this novel is two-fold: in its sf eroticism and in how it portrays the mind-body split through narrative point of view. One example: Nicolas is forced to have his brain exchanged with that of a bull. Following the surgery the young man must now struggle to acclimate himself to the alien: not only to his new bovine body and instincts but also to seeing his old self as the "other"-especially when the latter makes overtly sexual advances toward "his" mistress. Another example: later in the text after receiving his own brain back again the narrator is in the throes of a steamy sexual interlude with his aforementioned mistress when he suddenly feels the presence of another person's identity intruding into his mind and taking over his body: it is Dr. Lerne who gazing through a peephole nearby decides to become a more-than-first-hand observer to the proceedings. Such risqué subject matter and offbeat points of view in Le Docteur Lerne-continually oscillating as it does between the vicarious and voyeuristic-make it a quite original sf text and one that foreshadows other erotic science-fiction works by writers like Philip José Farmer Robert Silverberg and Kate Wilhelm published over a half century later. Of course if one were to judge Renard's Le Docteur Lerne from its only-available English translation New Bodies for Old one would never have the opportunity to read such passages. They are not there. In fact this translation seems to aptly exemplify the marketplace strategy known as "bait-and-switch." On its intentionally provocative dust jacket after the title "Maurice Renard's Startling Novel New Bodies for Old or The Strange Experiments of Dr. Lerne" the publisher chooses to quote the most enticingly suggestive portions of the author's dedication to Wells: "When Fortune.allowed me to discover the subject of this allegorical novel I felt bound not to set it aside because of a few audacities which a faithful rendering involved. Far from desiring to arouse.instinct in my reader and amuse him with scandalous descriptions my work is addressed to the philosopher." But when one then reads the actual narrative one discovers that all such "audacities" and "scandalous descriptions"-i.e. all passages of sexuality like those I have discussed-have been thoroughly and meticulously excised. Despite its cover's subtle promises of titillation the content of Renard's book has been truncated so as not to offend its anglophone audience's supposed sense of moral propriety." - by Arthur B. Evans from depauw.edu. The Macaulay Company hardcover books
193019557New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1930. 3rd printing. Hardcover. minor wear at spine ends top corner slightly bumped vintage price sticker from The White House San Francisco department store on rear pastedown; jacket a bit edgeworn short closed tear and associated diagonal crease at bottom of front panel light soiling to rear panel. Dutton Clue Mystery Series Mystery tale with a Parisian setting about "a young Frenchman of good family whose engagement to Gilberta Laval a lovely exquisite girl is poisonously opposed by Madame De Prasse and her idolized and gay son Lionel." By the author of "The Hands of Orlac" and "New Bodies for Old." Not a book you'll see every day of the week or maybe even once a year especially in such decent condition. . E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. hardcover books
1958605491<p>12" x 9 1/8". 1 page introduction by Buddy Adler. Illustrated with b/w halftone photographs. Text in Japanese with some English titles. Original stiff color wrappers with 20th Century-Fox emblem. Very good. 24 pages original stiff wrappers. Films including: "A Farewell to Arms"; "Peyton Place"; "South Pacific"; "The Enemy Below"; "Fraulein"; The Long Hot Summer"; "The Hell-Bent Kid"; "The Young Lions"; "The Gift of Love"; "De Luxe Tour"; "Compulsion"; "The Roots of Heaven"; "The Big War"; "The Jean Harlow Story"; "Jean Christophe"; "Tender is the Night"; "Mary Magdalene"; "Gemma Two-Five"; "The Captive"; "At The End of the Santa Fe Trail"; "Glory Pass"; "The Barbarian"; "A Certain Smile"; "The Diary of Anne Frank"; "Ten North Frederick"; "The Bravados"; "Rope Law"; "The Sound and The Fury"; "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness"; "The Hunters"; "Blood and Sand"; "Mud on the Stars"; "These Thousand Hills"; "Oh Promised Land"; "Bachelor's Baby"; "The Wandering Jew"; "The Day of the Outlaw"; "Rally Round the Flag Boys"; "Colors of the Day"; "Holiday for Lovers"; "Can-Can"; "The Blue Angel"; "How to Rob a Bank" and "The Best of Everything". Provenance: from the estate of Buddy Adler.</p> 20TH CENTURY-FOX paperback books
180948268London: Printed for Samuel Tipper Leadenhall Street. W. Flint Printer Old Bailey 1809. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Title leaf detached. Age-toning light dusting. Signet stamp "G with crown" to t.p. Withal a VG copy. 2 18 pp. 7-7/8" x 5" <br/><br/>OCLC & COPAC only show one institutional holdong of this pamphlet: the British Library; Printed for Samuel Tipper, Leadenhall Street. W. Flint, Printer, Old Bailey unknown books
1959605492<p>12 1/8" x 9 1/8". Profusely illustrated with b/w halftone photographs. 1 page letter from Buddy Adler. 24 pages original glossy blue pictorial stiff wrappers white spiral binding. Fine. Double-page layout of 20th Century-Fox producers and directors including: Buddy Adler; Jerry Wald; Darryl F. Zanuck; Jack Cummings; David O. Selznick; Elia Kazan; Samuel E. Engel; Mervyn LeRoy; Walter Wanger George Cukor; Blake Edwards Rouben Mamoulian; Jose Quintero et al. Double-page layout of 20th Century-Fox appeal-packed product promises entertaining in 1960 including: "High Time"; "Sons and Lovers"; "The Story of Ruth"; "Journey to the Center of the Earth"; "From the Terrace"; "Sink the Bismark"; "Let's Make Love"; "Wild River"; "Cleopatra"; "Requiem for a Nun"; "The Best of Everything"; "Return to Peyton Place" et al. Double-page layout of 20th Century-Fox roster of International stars including: Bing Crosby; Deborah Kerr; Shirley MacLaine; Frank Sinatra; Rod Steiger; Elizabeth Taylor; Gene Tierney; Ingrid Bergman; Montgomery Clift; Joan Crawford; Clark Gable; Susan Hayward; Rita Hayworth; Jennifer Jones; Shirley Jones; Marilyn Monroe; Paul Newman; Gregory Peck; Edward G. Robinson; John Wayne; Orson Welles et al. Double-page layout of 20th Century-Fox's new talent development program including: Pat Boone; May Britt; Joan Collins; Martha Hyer; Hope Lange; Carol Lynley; Jayne Mansfield; Don Murray; Sheree North; Suzy Parker; Elvis Presely; Lee Remick; Joanne Woodward Dana Wynter et al. Provenance: from the estate of Buddy Adler.</p> 20th Century-Fox paperback books
1971Embry 117637Freshet Press 1971. Limited edition 213/350. Fine in fine slipcase. Blue leather decoratively gilt in publisher's slipcase. Signed by author. Freshet Press, 1971. Limited edition 213/350. hardcover books
1925WN36345New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1925. Vol. 1 has splashed lower cover and Vol. 3 has small splash on upper cover. Some spine end wear otherwise very clean and tight. . First Edition. Cloth Backed Boards. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Lewis Historical Publishing Co. Hardcover books
180036704New York: Isaac Collins 1800. Two volumes each in full sheep with gilt-lettered red morocco spine titles front board of volume 1 detached but present; other hinges starting. lxxviii 440 2 blanks; 464 16 pp.<br/><br/> "One of the most extraordinary and instructive narratives in the world" Sabin from a quotation by Sir James Mackintosh. First printed in London in 1694.<br/>Evans 37441. Sabin 25352. Isaac Collins unknown books
1929WOL750New York: The Macmillan Company 1929. The front pastedown and endpaper have damage to lower corner. A little foxing throughout . The yellow cloth boards are slightly soiled and spine has some mottling. A little rippling of lower edge of last third of book but no staining. Based on Spanish gardens and patios a good backgrounder and idea source. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Ralph L. Reaser. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
19002303473Albany: J.B. Lyon Company Printers 1900. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. All maps included. Volume 2 good only spine and top page corner stained spines lightly toned ink name and stamp on front endpapers endpapers lightly foxed volume III map pocket torn across middle. 1900 Large Hardcover. Complete three volume set. 1462 pp. paginated continuously. Original blue-grey cloth gilt titles decorative emblem on front board of each volume. A detailed history of the involvement of New York State regiments in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War with photographs of the various monuments erected in their honor. J.B. Lyon Company, Printers unknown books
1448New York Bonanza Books 1985. Lrg 4to. Hard Cover with DJ. Book Condition: Very Good. 9¾" - 12" tall. AL5 -. Revised and annotated by J. P. Brooke-Little Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. unknown books
199921078Portland: Oasis Press 1999. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Sold here together are 14 issues of Oasia: B-Side Series poetry broadsides. Each issue is one large sheet folded once to form a four page booklet. All are in fine condition. All were published in slender editions of 50 trade copies and 26 lettered. This grouping is all from the trade editions except for the Arielle Greenberg Signed Letter M and Mitch Highfill also Signed Letter M. All published between 1999 and 2000 and edited by Stephen Ellis. <br/><br/> Oasis Press paperback books
WALTER-FILM000491No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Stephen Boyd Raquel Welch Edmond O'Brien Donald Pleasence Arthur O'Connell dir: Richard Fleisher; Twentieth Century Fox. The visual effects and art direction were presented with Academy Awards for this 1960s science fiction adventure. Most of the action took place inside a microscopic submarine injected into the bloodstream of a diplomat. The sub carries a team of scientists who have the task of helping the man who is suffering from a blood clot to the brain. In the still are CIA agent Grant Stephen Boyd and his assistant Cora Raquel Welch. The original attached paper blurb is on the verso. Very light wear ABOUT FINE. unknown books
1971WALTER-FILM000355Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white print still photo USA. Gene Hackman dir: William Friedkin; Twentieth Century Fox. <br /><br />After directing a few previous films <i>The French Connection</i> was a massive success and propelled William Friedkin into the front ranks of directors. <br /><br />This is a great behind-the-scenes photo of him next to the camera on set FINE. Twentieth Century Fox books
WALTER-FILM000570No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 10 x 8"" 25 x 20 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print photo USA. Tom Ewell Jayne Mansfield Edmond O'Brien Julie London Ray Anthony dir: Frank Tashlin; Twentieth Century Fox. Jayne stands at her dressing room holding her Chihuahuas who are wearing sweaters which she knitted for them according to the attached typed paper blurb at the bottom of the still -- and we know that studio publicity never made such things up!. The film was considered Jayne's film debut though she had appeared in a few films already and starred on Broadway. A down-and-out gangster hires an alcoholic press agent to make his blonde bombshell girlfriend into a recording star despite the fact that she has no talent. Grand comedy vehicle for Jayne. There are several pinholes at each of the four corners and minor wear VERY GOOD-FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000374No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 10 x 8"" 25 x 20 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Shirley Temple Lionel Barrymore Evelyn Venable John Lodge Hattie McDaniel Bill Robinson dir: David Butler; Twentieth Century Fox. Wonderful publicity portrait of one of the finest dance teams in movie history. Temple and Robinson were cast for the first time together and became movies' first interracial dance couple. This story set during the American Civil War is most famous for the staircase dance they do together which they are demonstrating here. Still is coded 92/208. Slight curling and minor corner wear NEAR FINE. unknown books
1988184109New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation 1988. Hardcover. VG-/VG- ex-library with stamps and labels on dj block and end papers. Book is otherwise very clean and clear. Red cloth boards with silver lettering; blue dj with white lettering and color illustrated mylar cover; 304 pp; profusely illustrated in color and bw. Catalog of an exhibition held at Guggenheim Museum New York 1988. This collection of texts reconsiders Albers in a larger art historical context and uncovers his vibrancy and independence from traditional modes of abstraction. The catalogue accompanied a posthumous exhibition of Albers work and boasts a wealth of literature as well as over 200 color and black-and-white images from throughout Albers's entire oeuvre. Accompanying these stunning images are essays by Neal Benezra Mary Emma Harris Charles E. Rickart and Nicholas Fox Weber. The catalogue also includes a selected exhibition history bibliography of works on and by the artist and a chronology with photographs of the Albers at various stages of life Publisher description. Contents include: Preface and acknowledgments / Diane Waldman -- The artist as alchemist / Nicholas Fox Weber -- Josef Albers : art education at Black Mountain College / Mary Emma Harris -- A structural analysis of some of Albers's works / Charles E. Rickart -- New challenges beyond the studio : the murals and sculpture of Josef Alberts / Neal Benezra. Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation hardcover books
WALTER-FILM002165No binding. Fine. Photo Vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. photo USA. Warner Oland Stepin Fetchit dir: Louis King; Fox. Stepin Fetchit as ""Snowshoes"" a typical example of the demeaning racial stereotypes which he regularly portrayed on screen. FINE. unknown books
180882807London: William Miller 1808. First. hardcover. very good-. Frontispiece portrait foxed 2 li 277 clviii pp appendix. Tall 4to attractively bound in full contemporary brown diced calf well-rubbed and with both joints starting. London: William Miller 1808. First edition - Large Paper copy with wide margins. Overall a very good- copy with a minimal foxing.<br/><br/> In this posthumously published work the celebrated Whig politician claimed that the chief aim of James was the establishment of civil despotism rather than the overthrow of the church of England. - Lowndes I p.827; DNB VII p.551.<br/><br/> William Miller unknown books
1801WRCLIT61839London: Printed by S. Hamilton . 1801. 76pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Slight tanning to top margin of title else about fine though wanting the half-title. First edition. "When Addington succeeded Pitt in February 1801 Fox determined to test the feeling of the house by joining in the debate on Grey's motion on the state of the nation on 25 March. He spoke with much ability on the dispute with the northern powers the ill-success of the war and the rights of catholics warmly vindicated the character of the Irish people and made a sarcastic reference to the new chancellor of the exchequer. The motion was rejected and he declared that he should not attend again that session except to uphold Tooke's claim" - DNB. NSTC F1262. Printed by S. Hamilton ... unknown books
36757FOX Frank. SWITZERLAND. London: Adam and Charles Black 1914. 8vo. Cloth. x 203 pages 1 map 32 colored plates. First edition. Very good. unknown books
195310362EBoston: Little Brown 1953. First Edition. Fine in a very good lightly used dust jacket with a faint 1 1/2†circular mark on the front panel and a tiny bit of rubbing and edgewear. The front panel of the dust jacket is a graphic illustration of a man half-concealed in the shadows watching another man fall from a third story open window. The book’s printed dedication is to Raymond Chandler. Little, Brown unknown books
1908D15135New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo publishers gilt stamped and decorated original red cloth. A gorgeous copy the gilt still bright; binding and text block tight clean and fresh. First printing of the author's most acclaimed novel a best seller in its time with numerous stage and screen adaptations including a 1923 Cecil B. DeMille film and a 1936 adaptation directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda and Fred MacMurray. The Mrs. J. Insley Blair copy with attractive Blairhame bookplate. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
