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2000165298Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 2000. Later printing. Hardcover. 264 pages. Text by Larry J. Schaaf. Includes 100 plates. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Princeton University Press unknown books
1929W9501New York: The Macmillan Company 1929. Original green cloth with gilt titling. Some overall wear but generally good. An extensive study of American life authored by the leading historians of the day. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
199120942Edinburgh: Lutton Press Morning Star 1991. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Single sheet printed on both sides. Folded several times so that it fits into a 7 x 10" envelope. Contains poems by surrealist Kurt Schwitters that have been translated by Rothenberg and Joris plus a work by Jackson Mac Low and one by Christopher Fox. Edited and designed by Alec Finlay. One of 350 copies hand-INITIALED by Finlay. Folio in fine condition. Original printed envelope is just slightly worn. <br/><br/> Lutton Press, Morning Star unknown books
178348446London: Printed for J. Stockdale opposite Burlington House Piccadilly 1783. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Some dust soiling to outer leaves else VG. 4 37 1 blank 3 1 blank pp. 8vo. 8-3/16" x 5" <br/><br/>Concerning Fox's bill for the reform of the East India Company. Printed for J. Stockdale, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly unknown books
197217610London: Jarrold & Sons 1972. Brown cloth with gilt lettering/bust of Shakespeare on front board. Dust jacket. NF/VG. 128 pp. Profusely illustrated primarily from photographs. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> Jarrold & Sons hardcover books
1984USHOMOU00AFKodansha 1984. Fine. Shoumatoff Alex. The Mountain of Names: A history of the Human Family. Fox Introduction Robin. NY: Kodansha 1984. 318pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. Kodansha paperback books
48600Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Ames Iowa: The Iowa State University Press; 1956 paperback numerous black and white photographs Very Good . Other hardcover books
1962152117Brussels: Pardon Films 1962. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. With the stamp of Pardon Films on the verso.<br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>A five-man team of astronauts is sent to the frozen planet Uranus only to discover a bizarre alien brain capable of inducing mass delusions upon its humanoid guests. <br/><br/>Set in Uranus shot on location in Denmark. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with pinholes to the corners. Pardon Films unknown books
17026781Edinburgh ca. 1702. Folio. 1 p. <br><br>The tenants of the Lovat estate petition for a delay in producing the writs and securities of their holdings as the protracted dispute between the Lovat family and the infamous Capt. Simon Fraser of Beaufort who attempted a forced marriage to the family's heiress young Amelia Fraser before successfully kidnapping and wedding her mother the dowager Lady Amelia Murray has left them in a sorry state regarding the payment of creditors.<br>Â Â Â Â Not only does this broadside touch on the common perspective of a great contemporary scandal but it is of interest for its scarcity as well. => No holdings are listed by WorldCat ESTC or NUC Pre-1956. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in ESTC. On Fraser see: Dictionary of National Biography XX 21622. Excellent clean condition with two small sewing holes at inner margin one very small spot of foxing and ink traces from printing process to outer edge. Tipped onto a leaf of 19th-century paper. unknown books
193348411Las Angeles West Branch California: Published by the Author 1933. 1st edition Ahouse A49. Orange cloth binding stamped in black. No dust jacket. Pamphlet Nr Fine. Book square & tight with modest wear & soiling. A bit of age-toning to paper. Pencil pos F. Capra to ffep. Withal a VG copy. xviii 377 1 advert pp. Laid-in pamphlet unpaginated though 8 pp. Frontispiece of Fox. 8vo. <br/><br/> Published by the Author hardcover books
1965197564Los Angeles: One Inc 1965. Magazine. 32p. including covers 5.5x8.5 inches very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. "Ka Nahona Hau'oli - a differnt kind of Hawaiian Holiday" a report by Geo. Francis on a gay summer in Oahu One Inc. which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one" was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene leading to a four-year legal battle chronicled in its pages that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors. One, Inc unknown books
192539450Boston: Charles E. Lauriat 1925. 56 pp. b/w plates. <br /><br />History of the great clipper ship including its building. Backstrip sunned else very good condition. Charles E. Lauriat books
2007Embry 121861John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2007. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1937WRCLIT70515London: Paramount 1937. 10pp. Quarto. Pictorial self-wrappers with upper wrapper bearing Paramount's standard house imagery. Heavily illustrated. About fine. Original campaign pressbook for the British release of this film adaptation of a story by Paul and Elsie Fox with the screenplay by Louis Stevens and Robert Wyler. Directed by James P. Hogan starring Dorothy Lamour Lew Ayers Gilbert Roland Lionel Atwill Anthony Quinn et al. The film is obviously set within the context of the Spanish Civil War and was touted as the "First Spanish War Romance" but the war serves chiefly as a backdrop affording little insight into the causes and events. The publicity paper however offered some dramatic period imagery. Paramount unknown books
18732308993New York: Henry Holt and Company 1873. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Henry Holt reissue of Osgood edition. Top edge foxed. 1873 Hard Cover. 96 pp. Green cloth gilt titles blind-stamped borders. A collection of biographical sketches of the English philosopher by his contemporaries though two essays focus on Mill's career: Cairnes' His Work in Political Economy and Levy's His Work in Philosophy. Contributors include: Herbert Spencer; H.R. Fox Bourne; W.T. Thornton; Henry Trimen; W. Minto; J.H. Levy; W.A. Hunter; J.E. Cairnes; Henry Fawcett; Millicent Garrett Fawcett; Frederic Harrison. "John Stuart Mill 20 May 1806 Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
198637644Boston: Museum of Fine Arts 1986. Small 4to pp. 156. Includes short biographies. Published to accompany an exhibition. Foreword by Jan Fontein. Copiously illlustrated with reproductions in color. Paper wraps. Cover very slightly scuffed o/w a nice copy. Museum of Fine Arts unknown books
1999220556San Francisco: San Francisco Night Ministry 1999. Eight issue broken run various pagination usually between 4 & 8 pages 8.5x11 inches glossy stock some stapled articles events news photos services and resources very good newsletters. Newsletter for the San Francisco religious organization that ministers to LGBTQ and runaways homeless. Issues include: 2:1 & 2 4:1 & 2 6:1 7:1 & 11:1 March 1999 - May 2010. San Francisco Night Ministry unknown books
1994Embry 172727Munshiram Manoharial 1994. A few light marks to front panel near fine in very good lightly rubbed dust jacket in mylar cover. Munshiram Manoharial, 1994. unknown books
198416421Schwabach West Germany: Vergin' Press 1984. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . 4to. 75 pp. Literary journal published out of West Germany in 1984. Text in English. Cover collage by Ron Androla. Very good clean condition in bound illustrated wrappers. Includes poems by Bukowski Robert Peters John Taylor David Spicer and more. <br/><br/> Vergin' Press paperback books
1996USWECON00MELChrysalis Books 1996. Very Good. Swedenborg Emanuel. Conversations With Angels : What Swedenborg Heard in Heaven. Fox Leonard; Gladish David F; Rose Donald L; Rose Jonathan. West Chester Pa.: Chrysalis Books 1996. xvi 158pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Chrysalis Books paperback books
1994438Budapest 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine. Facsimile Edition of the 1844 edition. London Longman Brown Green & Longmans. Decorative cover. 24 tissue guarded & captioned photographs ca 30pp of tet in Hungarian. Ltd. ed. numbered. Slipcase. <br/><br/>This publication celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the first publication which contained the first photos from negatives. Includes the booklet laid in that was published with this edition with the English translation. 2 pieces. hardcover books
184744318London: John Murray 1847. First and only edition and one of only 500 copies printed; 8vo pp. viii 492 16-p. publisher's catalogue dated January 1847; original brown blindstamped cloth gilt lettering on spine; bottom of spine a little cracked prelims lightly foxed; a very good sound copy. A little-known work by the photography pioneer. "Talbot not only invented the negative/positive process that was the forerunner of modern photographic materials but he also produced the first books to be illustrated with photographs" Witkin & London p. 249. In this work on English etymology in which he chastens Dr. Johnson who "had no taste for etymology" Talbot details the etymologies of approximately 900 English words and proper names. Not a common book in the trade. Kennedy 8291; Vancil p. 233. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
184753117London: John Murray 1847. First edition. 8vo. vii 492 pp. with 16 pp. of advertisements dated July 1846. Publisher's cloth decorated in blind and titled in gilt on the spine. Tips slightly curled and rubbed; a clean tear at the rear joint and at the spine crown have been expertly repaired and are barely noticeable. Original owner's neat signature on the front pastedown. Polymath William Henry Fox Talbot inventor of the negative/positive photographic process the photogravure printing process which afforded reproduction of images from life to ink on paper translator of Assyrian cuneiforms and etymologist of the English language here states "in giving the opinion of previous inquirers I have frequently quoted Johnson and also Thompson's Etymons of English Words. But it is evident that Johnson had no taste for etymology so that the assistance to be derived from him is usually rather meagre."<br/><br/>Limited to 500 copies. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
2000155452New York: Aperture 2000. First edition. Softcover. 79 pages. Winter 2000. Entire issue focused on the work of photographer William Henry Fox Talbot. Includes eleven sections on his images. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. Aperture unknown books
200152259Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia: Aldeasa 2001. First edition. 4to. 381 pp 250 b&w and tinted plates from photographs. A fine copy in a lightly edge-rubbed photo-illustrated dust jacket. Published as the catalogue for an exhibition which was organized by the National Museum of Photography Film & Television Bradford England for a showing in Madrid at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia.<br/><br/>Essays in Spanish and English by Catherine Colman Larry J. Schaaf Mike Ware Michel Gray Geoffrey Batchen Gerardo F. Kurtz and Russell Roberts. With a bibliography and detailed listing for each image. <br/><br/> Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia: Aldeasa unknown books
