297 résultats
1987152039N.p.: N.p. 1987. Shooting script for the 1988 film. Presentation copy belonging to actress Ricki Lake with her holograph annotations throughout and xerographically duplicated inscriptions to Lake as intended when the script was bound from director John Waters actors Divine Shawn Thompson Debbie Harry Pia Zadora and others bound in before the script. With several production documents bound in after the script including a 34-page shooting schedule call sheets contact information for cast and crew and maps of Baltimore and a thank-you letter to Waters from Lake. <br/><br/>Cult independent director John Waters' most enduring film following a kindhearted "pleasantly plump" teenager who becomes an overnight sensation on a local television dance show and subsequently uses her newfound fame to speak out in support of integration. Basis for the Tony Award winning 2002 musical and subsequent 2007 film adaptation directed by Adam Shankman and starring Nikki Blonsky Michelle Pfeiffer and John Travolta. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Baltimore Maryland.<br/><br/>Black full leather binding with gilt titles and rule and Lake's name to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1987 noted as Shooting Script with credits for director John Waters. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. With a small label to the bottom right corner of the inside front wrapper noting custom binding by Ronnie Gousman. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1905005958Paris: Calmann-Lévy 1905. FIrst Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Marbled boards. Original wraps bound in. . Very Good. A special copy given to Mary Jacobson who was France's fiancee at the time and thus outside the limitation of 300 with qualities straddling two of the limitation tranches. With an original pencil sketch of Jacobson by Chahine. Also all 28 illustrations are rendered hors-texte in two states one being the cancel. 4to. 28.5 by 21.5 cm. 186 pp. Followed by two states of plates. <br/><br/> Calmann-Lévy hardcover books
19393147771939. 8 x 10 inches. Small blemish at upper right colored-in two old mounts on verso otherwise fine. 8 x 10 inches. Inscribed photograph of African-American television theater and film pioneer Ethel Waters 1896-1977 depicting her in one of her most famous roles and inscribed: "To Alice with the same devotion Hagar has for Lissa and you have for Natalie I have for you Ethel Waters." The photograph shows Waters as Hagar in the Broadway production of Mamba's Daughters 1939 a role which was adapted specifically for her by Dorothy and Dubose Hayward from their novel of the same name; it has been cited as the first dramatic starring role for an African-American actress ANB. On June 14 1939 Waters became the first African-American to host a television program when NBC broadcast "The Ethel Waters Show" a one-hour variety program which included a scene from Mamba's Daughters. <br/>The Alice of the inscription is Alice D. Laughlin 1895-1952 muralist engraver and designer who co-founded with designer Natalie Hays Hammond 1904-1985 the Stage Alliance which produced "Six Miracle Plays" directed by and starring Martha Graham at the Guild Theater in 1933. Hammond and Laughlin together with Phyillis Connard constituted a small colony of women artists in Gloucester Massachusetts at the Hammond compound designed by architect Eleanor Raymond. <br/>Ethel Waters first made a name for herself as a blues singer on the club circuit; her stage career began when Irving Berlin cast her in As Thousands Cheer 1933 after hearing her perform "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club. In 1949 she became the second African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award Best Supporting Actress for her role in Pinky. WITH: Autograph letter unsigned 6 pp to Natalie Hammond unknown books
1938224905New York 1938. Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Docketed in pencil on verso giving the name of the sitter the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XN 27". Matted. Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. unknown books
1940219122New York 1940. Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Docketed in pencil on verso giving the name of the sitter the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XVII s 8". Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Matted and framed unknown books
1938211857New York 1938. Gelatin silver print half-length frontal. 1 vols. 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Atelier stamped on verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten 146 Central Park West Cannot be reproduced without permission" and docketed by Van Vechten in pencil recording the subject "Ethel Waters" date and identification number "XIV:11. Gelatin silver print half-length frontal. 1 vols. 14 x 11 inches. Large intimate portrait of the great jazz singer and actress gazing soulfully up at the photographer. Taken in the year of her appearance in Carnegie Hall. Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS 1978. unknown books
18503448Great Britain 1850. Comprised of 88 manuscript pages of mathematical definitions tables methods and exercises in a single hand with the ownership signature of "Caroline Waters Age 16 yrs" to the front endpaper. Marbled paper vernacular binding measuring 8 x 12 inches and stitched at spine. Caroline's metric measurements and English currency reveal her to be a student somewhere in the UK. Though the commonness of her name and the absence of a specific date prevents us from locating her in genealogy records the manuscript she left behind reveals much about how and why girls of her age and class were being taught arithmetic.<br/><br/>Caroline's elegant practiced hand suggests that she is a member of the rising middle class and the opening of the book suggests that she is a beginning to intermediate mathematician. At the top of the first page she defines Arithmetic as "the art of computing by numbers" which "has five principal sic rules for this purpose viz. Numeration Subtraction Addition Multiplication and Division." Using this definition she divides her notebook into a section for each providing a definition for that principle plus clear-cut examples of its use in both Simple and Compound formats. Numeration Subtraction and Addition are grouped together at the front; and after these sections conclude Caroline enters in Practical Questions in Compound Addition and Subtraction. These involve word problems involving the exchange of money and the calculation of wet and dry weights cloth measurements and time. She then mirrors this with Multiplication and Division before adding sections on Decimal Fractions more Practical Questions and sections on Federal Money and Simple Interest.<br/><br/>The organization of the manuscript suggests that Caroline copied it out for continued reference where sections are easy to locate and problems clearly illustrate each of the principles. And the emphasis in sample problems on currency conversion monetary exchange and banking implies that her family in some way wanted her to be aware of these concepts.<br/><br/>An exceptional and rich document Caroline's notebook is a rich resource for study including but not limited to the history of women's education middle class education women's domestic use of mathematics women in business paleography genealogy gender studies. unknown books
1868252925New York: Moorhead Simpson & Bond 1868. First. hardcover. very good-. By an Officer of the U. S. Army. 4 plates. xv 219pp. 3pp. of publiisher's ads. 12mo modern black cloth small light dampstain to some top margins a few pages with light foxing to margins upper right corner margin chipped on last page of publisher's ads. New York: Moorhead Simpson & Bond 1868. First Edition<br/><br/> Presentation copy from the author William E. Waters. The inscription is on the front flyleaf which was dampstained but the inscription is not smudged and is legible. William E. Waters was an assistant Army surgeon who kept a diary while traveling from St. Louis to Camp Douglas near Salt Lake City and while being stationed at Camp Douglas in 1867. This book is based on that diary and a series of letters he wrote while in the Utah territory. Pages 106 to 202 are his impressions of the Mormons their Church doctrines and polygamy. The first half of the text is a narrative ".of an Overland Expedition which crossed the plains from Leavenworth via the Black Hills and Bridger's Pass to the Salt Lake Valley." Eberstadt 106:323. Howes W-157.<br/><br/> Moorhead, Simpson & Bond unknown books
1970135190Baltimore: Dreamland 1970. Original flyer for the 1970 film. From the collection of frequent Waters collaborator Alan Rose. <br/><br/>A flyer for the premiere private screenings of Waters' second feature film. The flyer notes that there are to be 9 screenings on April 10 11 and 12 1969 shows at 8PM 10PM and midnight at the First Unitarian Church "new location this year" at the corner of Charles and Franklin Streets in Baltimore Maryland. The only copy we have ever encountered. <br/><br/>8.5 x 11 inches xerographically duplicated. Fine. Dreamland unknown books
18525759New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. 1852. First Edition/Pirate Edition. Hardcover. Good Textblock Very Good. No DJ. Moderate shelf/edge wear fraying at head and tail tips through light toning at spine minor soiling to boards corners gently bumped light foxing at preliminaries minor cutting error at 181/2 edge only else tight bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards gilt lettering in blind decorative elements decorative/advert endpages blue ink decorative borders and ads for various Cornish titles. Small 8vo. 238pp. <br/><br/>Unusual little tome of early crime fiction and one of only 5 or 6 known copies bound in red boards typically found in brown boards. "Waters" was the pseudonym for William Russell one of the earliest crafters of detective fiction in the UK. The first "official" printing was in London under a slightly different name in 1856 and then in the US later that year. This printing was apparently a pirate edition preceding the official by an inexplicable 4 years Waters Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer. London J&C Brown 1856. Queen's Quorum 2. Hubin 1994 p. 843. Noted flaws notwithstanding a rather handsome copy of this very scarce title rare in red boards. Cornish, Lamport & Co. hardcover books
1969110611Los Angeles: National General Pictures 1969. Final shooting script for the 1970 film "Darker than Amber" based on the 1966 novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his series character Travis McGee. Written for the screen by Ed Waters and starring Rod Taylor and Theodore Bikel. Boldly SIGNED by Rod Taylor on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Notable as the only feature film adaptation of MacDonald's wildly popular Travis McGee series long unavailable on any kind of viewing format. Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Carribean cruise to bring the killer to justice. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Waters and novelist MacDonald marked "FINAL" and dated 28 Jan. 1969. 114 pages all white. Pages and wrapper both in Fine condition. A fresh copy of an extremely scarce MacDonald item. National General Pictures unknown books
19860317701986-1987. A collection of letters from Waters mostly to his literary agent Joan Daves as well as related ancillary materials showing Waters at work in the after-market for his writing with opportunities for later editions and film versions. Waters wrote primarily about the American Southwest in particular the Native American experience. His father was part Cheyenne. The first typed letter signed is from Waters to his agent Joan Daves dated August 24 1986 and concerns Lesley Ann Warren's interest in optioning the film rights to The Woman at Otowi Crossing and the contract for publication of a hardcover illustrated edition of The Man Who Killed the Deer. It is stapled to a copy of the contract with numerous marginal corrections and a retained copy of Daves' reply agreeing with Waters that the intended publisher Gibbs Smith had overreached in the contract. An included exchange between Daves and Gibbs Smith posits a simpler agreement while a retained carbon shows Daves reaching out to Ohio University Press to confirm they had no claim to hardcover rights. The second typed letter signed is from Waters to Keith Sabin in Daves' absence and is dated September 29 1986 and describes the purchasing history of Flight from Fiesta and the current unwelcome "blitz" he Waters is undergoing from Ritz Productions regarding theatrical rights. Waters encloses an initialed copy of the letter he wrote to Ritz Productions redirecting their overtures to Daves upon her return from Europe. Both of these letters are stapled together with retained copies of both Sabin's and Daves' replies as well as a retained copy of an earlier letter from Sabin to Waters saying they had been approached by Ritz and the initial contact letter from Ritz with an unsigned agreement for Right of First Refusal. Also included is a letter from Fiesta publisher Clark Kimball to Daves recommending the production company. The fourth typed letter signed from Waters to Daves dated April 29 1987 again describes the publishing history of Flight from Fiesta and informs Daves that the publisher Clark Kimball has been approached by CBS-Columbia regarding film rights and he includes Kimball's letter. Attached are the retained copies of letters from Daves to both Waters and Kimball admonishing all that Kimball has no role in film rights for the title and a later letter from Kimball acquiesces. The fifth typed letter signed from Waters to Daves August 3 1987 delineates an additional inquiry regarding a film option for Flight from Fiesta and several leads on optioning The Woman at Otowi Crossing should Lesley Ann Warren's option expire. Waters takes Daves to task for not responding to offers already presented for not keeping him informed and for being about to depart for Europe leaving him without representation: "I don't like to end our agent-client relationship after so many years but if the overload of work at this crucial time is too much for you I don't see any alternative." A copy of a letter to Waters at about this point from Alton Walpole shows one of the interested parties facing obstacles bringing Otowi Crossing to the screen. Also a letter to Daves from The University of Nevada thanks Daves for sending financials on Ohio University Press's Frank Waters: A Retrospective Anthology included but bemoans how infrequent the agent's communiques have become. However the Daves-Waters agent-client relationship was ongoing in October: in the sixth typed letter signed in this archive Waters informs Daves of yet another inquiry for Flight from Fiesta and asks her advice about payment on an opportunity he has to write the text for a book of photographs to be published by Arizona Highways likely Eternal Desert published in 1990. As mentioned many of the letters are stapled; most are folded for mailing; in some instances they bear the agency's routing marks or highlighting. The lot as a whole is near fine. No Binding. Near Fine. unknown books
19723805Baltimore MD: Dreamland Productions 1972. First Printing. Handbill. Very Good. Very minor offset to printing one corner shows minor creasing else bright and unmarred. Black and white printing on newprint. 8.25x10.5" <br/><br/>This is an original handbill for the "Gala World Premiere" of John Water's Pink Flamingos at the Baltimore Film Festival III. Far more rare particularly in presentable condition than the original movie poster a wonderful addition to a serious Waters' collection. Dreamland Productions unknown books
19706994Berkeley Cal: Saint Heironymous Press 1970. Paper portfolio with thirty loose prints of various sizes. Printed cardstock folder 39 x 31 cm. with thirty prints on heavy paper. Fourth Printing of the first publication of famed Berkeley chef Alice Waters originally issued the year prior to the opening of her restaurant Chez Panisse. Waters and Chez Panisse went on to be a cornerstone of California Cuisine restaurants and is undoubtedly one of the most influential restaurants in American history. Gourmet Magazine named it Best Restaurant in America in 2001. The portfolio contains thirty recipes printed from calligraphy and with charming illustrations of David Lance Goines. One of the many collaborations between the artist and chef of the iconic Berkeley restaurant. Very near fine. With original sales invoice from the India Ink Gallery of Los Angeles to collector Mrs. F.J. Board of Stamford CT. Saint Heironymous Press unknown books
19013614London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles 1901. 7 vols. Each vol. with a hand-colored frontis. printed on silk and several plates each in 3 states including one in color. All plates with printed tissue guards. Special edition limited to 26 lettered sets. The 7 vols. are bound in gilt decorated full morocco 3 in red 2 in brown and 2 in blue as published. A.e.g. With some slight rubbing. Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles unknown books
194029379n.p. 1940. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Marginal chipping and tape-mended tears to first and last pages else very good. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Corrected Typescript of C.M. Waters's Cowboy Western Story. unknown books
193728648New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation 1937. FIRST EDITION. Tight sqaure copy nearly fine in a very good dust jacket with a handful of tiny chips at edges and a closed tear at edge of spine. Second book in Frank Waters' Pikes Peak saga set in turn-of-the-century Colorado Springs. <br/><br/> Liveright Publishing Corporation unknown books
1970CAT000712Berkeley: Saint Heironymous Press 1970. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Very Good Condition. David Goines. Mild general wear to portfolio recipes inside just about fine. 30 finely printed recipes in a variety of sizes all illustrated. A lovely and charming production. Mayonnaise Russian Beef Borscht Stuffed Grape Leaves Chicken Biryani. Size: Folio. Illustrator: David Goines. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Art & Design. Inventory No: CAT000712. Saint Heironymous Press unknown books
1898015469London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles 1898. Limited Edition. Octavo. In three volumes limited to only 100 copies this is copy #3 and is the first translation into English illustrated with 12 hand-colored plates by E.R. Hughes printed on Japanese vellum bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers spine stamped in gilt all edges gilt spine ends chipped short split to leather on upper joint of vol. I but not cracked through binding. The color plates are quite striking. A collection of Shakespearian romance novels. Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles unknown books
1982152320London: United International Pictures 1982. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1982 film one showing director Alan Parker director of animation Gerald Scarfe and cameraman John Stanier in conversation the other showing Parker and actor Bob Geldof. With printed mimeo snipes on the verso. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Based on Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera about a young rock star named Pink whose troubled childhood in 1950s England leads him into an adulthood marred by isolation and depression and eventually complete mental collapse. <br/><br/>Shot on location in London and Quebec. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches with wide bottom margins. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Ebert IV. United International Pictures unknown books
1838284577Baltimore: Printed by John W. Woods 1838. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A First Edition copy of Elder Plummer Waters' Salvation for the Chief of Sinners. the Elder was an early Baptist minister of Maryland preacher for the Fredericktown Hammond and Old Seneca Churches and a congregation in Lisbon. In his Salvation he puts forward his Baptist doctrine as well as gives an account of the opposition to his ministerial practices. He condemns the non-confrontational or purely intellectual sermons of many Maryland ministers which he likens to the dishonesty and cunning of "modern politicians." The same division on ministerial practices would eventually break the Maryland Baptists into "primitive" and "missionary" Baptists culminating in 1845. This work is perhaps an important text for examining the roots of the Maryland Baptist schism. First Edition with a partial list of subscribers to the work at the rear. Dampstaining to the bottom and top edges of the textblock and the fore edge of the preliminaries; blue spot on the bottom of some leaves; foxing throughout; nameplate on the front pastedown. Full calf with a red morocco label on the spine lettering stamped in gilt. Front board discretely reattached by a conservator. An uncommon work we locate only two copies on OCLC. Very Good. American Imprints 1838 p. 241. Joshua Warfield The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties Maryland p. 465. Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage Illinois "Church and Family History Research Assistance for Primitive Baptist Churches in the State of Maryland." Maryland Inventory of Historic Places Addendum "Columbia Primitive Baptist Church" p. 3. Very Good binding. Printed by John W. Woods unknown books
18068619Philadelphia: Published by Archibald Bartram for Thomas Dobson 1806. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. Light shelf/edge wear ffep very tender at joint owner signature at second ffep light foxing at preliminaries and minor sporadic throughout tipps gently bumped wear at head else tight bright and unmarred. 570pp; xxix; plus Plates I-XII. Illus. b/w plates. Index <br/><br/>Bell a renowned Scottish surgeon and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Bell published a number of important medical treatises and is widely considered the first Scottish scientific surgeon. In his 1796 A System of Surgery he advocated the routine use of opium to relieve post-operative pain "to be able to alleviate the misery of those who are obliged to submit to dangerous operations must afford the biggest gratification to every practitioner". Uncommon generally quite scarce complete and in the condition found here. Published by Archibald Bartram for Thomas Dobson hardcover books
1988149687N.p.: N.p. 1988. Vintage reference photograph of actors Divine and Jerry Stiller from the 1988 film. <br/><br/>Cult independent director John Waters' most enduring film following a kindhearted overweight teenager who becomes an overnight sensation on a Baltimore television dance show and subsequently uses her newfound fame to speak out in support of integration. Basis for the Tony Award winning 2002 musical and subsequent 2007 film adaptation directed by Adam Shankman and starring Nikki Blonsky Michelle Pfeiffer and John Travolta. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Baltimore Maryland.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1722228517Charlestown Middlesex Masachusetts 1722. 31 x 19.5 cm. 12 x 7.25 inches. Folio. Fine. 31 x 19.5 cm. 12 x 7.25 inches. Folio. Witnessed and signed by "Edwd. Larkin" and "Rebekah Chambers." Alos signed by Charles Chambers Justice of the Peace. unknown books
14068Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original doubleweight photograph of the celebrated American blues and jazz vocalist and actress signed and inscribed in black ink. 8 x 10 inches. Tape remnant along the left edge else in fine condition. A gorgeous image.<br>From the collection of Nat Singerman a professional photographer and co-owner of Character Arts Photo Studio in Cleveland Ohio during the 1940's and 1950's. During this period he met and befriended many jazz legends who performed at clubs in and around Cleveland and Chicago He took many photographs of performances as well as numerous candid shots taken backstage. He also hosted jam sessions and dinners at his studio where other images from the archive were shot. unknown books
