1926rif. 33991St. Louis: Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company 1926. Near fine. First edition of the first book in the elven series the origin and life of the Twinkies illustrated in rich color and much detail. 8.25'' x 5.75''. Original color pictorial paper boards. Color pictorial endpapers. Lavishly illustrated by Henderson throughout. 32 pages. Small part of top edge of rear cover abraided else clean and bright. Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company unknown books
1927rif. 29063n.p.: n.p. 1927. About fine. Large fairy watercolor ink and tempera image used as the wrap-around cover image of TWINKIE TOWN TALES Book No. 2. Henderson adds a rainbow aplomb to this series of fairy-like creatures by author Carlyle Emery. Depicted is a grand feast of the Twinkies: 19 of the cherubic elves are sitting at a table feasting on cake and a cherry larger than their heads. The vibrant image is carefully laid out to consider the final format with the visible interest concentrated on the right-hand side which would become the front cover. The image appears greatly reduced on the book published in a small format 8.5'' tall by St. Louis by Hamilton Brown in 1927. 18'' x 26'' image; 27'' x 36'' frame. Original painting professionally matted and framed not examined outside frame. Title lettering in the upper right corner reading "Twinkie Town Tales BOOK 2." A couple minor scratches to frame; art beautiful. Accompanied by a first edition copy of the book. n.p. unknown books
2007rif. 149820np: Einar Hansen 2007. First edition. Small oblong hardcover. Text features an essay by Angus Carlyle as well as his interview of Hansen. A collection of 39 color images by Hansen. A near fine copy with a very slight bump to the base of the spine in a near fine dust jacket with a corresponding bump. Signed by Hansen. Uncommon thus. Einar Hansen unknown books
1955rif. 257741Kew Richmond Surrey 1955. Each on a single folded "Aerogramme" sheet addressed by Cockerell on verso; one page each. 8vo. Very good. Each on a single folded "Aerogramme" sheet addressed by Cockerell on verso; one page each. 8vo. Charming letters from the aging museum director collector and calligrapher to his American counterpart Paul Standard founding member of the Typophiles and champion of calligraphy. In the first Cockerell expresses his delight on receiving the news that he "will have the great pleasure of seeing you and Mrs. Standard here in June - by the same post came one from RUTH DRAPER saying exactly the same thing . I shall be delighted to show you my Bembo ms and other fine specimens of Italian calligraphy." In the second Cockerell touchingly apologizes for his tardiness in answering: "I am going through rather a tiresome phase of my malady Old Age which makes me lethargic and rather disinclined to answer letters . Stella dear I think of you lovingly and wish speedy completion to your new book with much applause to follow. Dear Paul I feel that we understand each other and have a mutual affecton which wll not wear thin ." In the last letter Cockerell is glad to know that "'Italian Food' by Elizabeth David has been an acceptable addition to Stella's culinary library . Also I was glad to have news of STANLEY MORISON for whom I have great admiration . BR is another old and dear friend to whom I am glad to have had my recalled - He is maturing but I believe he's not eager to grow old - what a lot he has done for printing both in America and here .". unknown books
1885rif. 229257London: Chapman and Hall 1885. The Ashburton Edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait to volume I numerous plates throughout the set. 17 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters blue morocco and marbled boards gilt spines raised bands t.e.g. Fine handsome set. The Ashburton Edition". Engraved frontispiece portrait to volume I numerous plates throughout the set. 17 vols. 8vo. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1895rif. 18800New York: Home Book Company 1895. Later Edition. Cloth. Very good. Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle from the library of Martha Truman the mother of President Harry S. Truman. Twelvemo 403pp 8. Green cloth title stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Notable wear to hinges leaves in delicate condition. Ownership inscription on the front free endpaper: "Mattie Truman / 1895." Martha Ellen "Mattie" Young Truman 1852-1947 was the mother of President Harry S. Truman. She was the mother of three children Harry John Vivian and Mary Jane Truman and remained a central figure in the Truman family into her son's presidency. She died in 1947 during Harry Truman's first elected term as president and is buried in Jackson County Missouri. Home Book Company unknown books
rif. 166272Iver Heath Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 1998. Revised Draft script for the 1999 film seen here under the working title "Bond 19." Copy belonging to visual effects technician Brian Smithies with his name in manuscript ink on the first page of the script and his annotations on several script pages denoting scenes utilizing visual effects. Numeric watermark on each script page. During an assignment to protect a late billionaire's daughter from her father's killers James Bond uncovers an international scheme to increase petroleum prices by way of a nuclear disaster. The nineteenth film in the James Bond series and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the titular MI6 agent. Shot on location throughout Spain France Azerbaijan Turkey and the UK. Self wrappers. Title page replaced with a memo revision page dated December 4 1998. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with 16 pink revision pages bound in at the beginning of the script dated December 4 1998. Pages Very Good plus bound with a silver prong with light rust near the binding and moderate dampstaining on the first page of the script. Pinewood Studios unknown books
1843rif. 14445London: Chapman and Hall 1843. First English Edition Early Printing. Full calf. Near fine. An early printing of the first English edition of Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle finely bound by Mudie. Octavo iv 299pp 1. Full calf wavy border stamped in blind to covers with thin gilt trim. Five raised bands title in gilt over brown morocco label. Marbled edges with matching marbled endpapers. Bound by Mudie. "1843" printed in square brackets on title page lacking the first printing Roman Numerals. Solid text block rubbed corners and spine. Some foxing and marks to front cover. BAL 5194. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1965rif. 147218Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1965. First Draft script for the 14th and final episode of the first and only season of "Blue Light" originally aired on ABC on May 18 1966. With manuscript ink annotations to the cast list noting the names of prospective actors for each role. An American spy living in Germany during World War II receives orders to kill a scientist who appears to be completing an atomic bomb for the SS but soon realizes the man may be working against the Nazis after all. Set in Germany. Red titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated DECEMBER 22 1965. Title page present dated December 22 1965 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Harold Livingstone. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
rif. TK0340London:: Chapman and Hall no date. Small 8vo. 235 1 pp. Early full dark burgundy with gilt stamping Cheltenham Training College on upper cover; extremities worn. Ownership signature of David Thomas Merthyr Lydirl 7/9/47. Good. Printed Robson and Sons printers Pancras Road N.W. Chapman and Hall, [no date]. unknown books
1889rif. 6403London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co 1889. Fine. Sixteenmo 6 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches; 157 x 93 mm. vi 306 1 imprint 5 blank pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Title-page printed in red and black. Bound ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son stamp signed in gilt on lower turn-in. Full antelope crushed levant morocco covers decoratively ruled in gilt surrounding a very elaborate floral design in pointillé spine with five raised bands similarly decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt-ruled board edges full dark blue morocco liners elaborately decorated in gilt blue watered silk end-leaves top edge gilt. A wonderful example of the art of 'pointillé'. The Scottish author critic and thinker Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 was a major influence on Victorian society. His novel Sartor Resartus translated as The Tailor Re-tailored among other variations is a satirical look at the work of a fictional philosopher Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. Intriguing in its form the book is structured from the prospective of a skeptical English reviewer consumed by Teufelsdröckh's book Clothes Their Origin and Influence. In crafting Sartor Resartus Carlyle drew on a range of literary influences: Goethe Hegel Sterne and Switft. Carlyle's complicated text not only critiques academic writing and materialism but offers meditations on the meanings of symbols and the search for truth. Although first started as an essay the project eventually developed into a novel which was first published serially in Fraser's Magazine 1833-34. Fine. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co unknown books
1817rif. 66566Carlisle: printed and sold by B. Scott; sold also by J. Richardson and W. Clarke London; and A. Constable and Co. and Oliver and Boyd Edinburgh 1817. Foolscap 8vo pp. 6 192; original drab paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine upper board stained joints starting spine label chipped; a good copy. A poem on the early history of the area around Gilsland village. The author's only work. printed and sold by B. Scott; sold also by J. Richardson and W. Clarke, London; and A. Constable and Co., and Oliver and Boyd, E unknown books
1849rif. 57716Philadelphia: Horatio N. Joy & Co 1849. 12mo pp. 84; original printed tan wrappers; tear in front wrapper neatly closed on verso spine partially perished; all else very good. We have been unable to identify the American editor. Not in NUC. LSU Rutgers and Penn State in OCLC. Horatio N. Joy & Co unknown books
1903rif. 6016Canton Pennsylvania: The Kirgate Press 1903. Edition limited to 640 copies this one of 500 on Old Stratford paper 8vo pp. 142 2; title page printed in red and black; lightly rubbed but generally a very good sound copy in original green cloth paper label on spine. This copy with a presentation from the publisher/printer "To Henry F. Cunningham with the constant friendship of his octagonal friend Lewis Buddy III. The Kirgate Press unknown books
1881rif. 1246731881. London: Longmans Green and Co. 1881. 2 vols. 8vo xi 3 338; vi 341 pp. Frontispiece. Finely bound without the ads in half calf and marbled boards backstrips gilt-tooled marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Bindings a little scuffed but respectable scattered foxing bookplates depicting an angler after Thomas Bewick of Richard Ormond of Tynemouth in each volume. § First edition published a month after Carlyle's death and scandalous at the time for the candor with which he ruminated on his poor treatment of his wife Jane. The bookplate is after Thomas Bewick signed "C.Naish" and was #187 in the Grolier Club catalogue of an exhibition of angling bookplates held June 6 to September 7 1918. unknown books
1874rif. 3586London: Chapman and Hall 1874. First Thus. Near Fine. Library Edition. Thirty-four octavo volumes 207 x 133 mm uniformly bound by Morrell ca. 1930 in three-quarter crushed brown levant morocco over brown cloth ruled in gilt. Occupying approximately 51 1/2 inches 131 cm. of shelf space. Spines with five raised bands decoratively gilt lettered and tooled in compartments. Two volumes professionally repaired at top of spines. Engraved frontispieces and plates. The Library edition originally issued in 30 volumes 1869-71 with three additional volumes translations from the German added in 1871 and also a thirty-fourth volume as General Index . A near fine set. "In literature Carlyle was the pioneer who explored and made known the work of modern Germany. His literary judgments were penetrating and when he had a congenial subject just; and on men like Voltaire Burns and Johnson he gave verdicts that approached finality. At a historian he is in the highest rank. Bating certain unimportant errors of detail he illumined the past with astonishing insight and made his personages actual and his scenes dramatic. His style is an extraordinary farrago leaping not flowing coining strange words and performing extravagant evolutions; yet cumulatively it impresses as a great style suffused with humor irony and passion; impossible to imitate utterly personal burning and convincing" British Authors of the Nineteenth Century. Beautifully bound by W. T. Morrell on London established c. 1861 as successor to the firm begun by Francis Bedford who in turn had assumed control of the esteemed bindery of Charles Lewis. Sarah T. Prideaux in Modern Bookbindings states that Morrell had a very large business that supplied "all the booksellers with bindings designed by his men" bindings that were "remarkable for their variety and merit." Near Fine. Chapman and Hall unknown books
rif. 6681London Chapman and Hall 1895. New leatherette stamped in gilt on the spine t.e.g. xii 117 2 pp. photo-portrait frontispiece. Fine in an attractive new binding. London, Chapman and Hall, 1895 hardcover books
rif. RCARSAR00tpmWalter Scott. Very Good. Carlyle Thomas. Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh. Rhys editor Ernest. London: Walter Scott ND. 282pp. Indexed. 12mo. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Book condition: Very good with bumped corners rubbed spine head and faint soiling. The front free endsheet has a previous owner's name and a small area of insect damage. Pages are toned and the extremities are slightly faded. Walter Scott hardcover books
1938rif. RCARLAY00tpmMcGraw Hill 1938. Very Good. Carlyle Paul. Layouts and Letterheads. Oring Guy; Richland Herbert S. NY: McGraw Hill 1938. 151pp. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo. Black cloth with comb binding. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and slightly scuffed extremities. Pages are slightly toned. McGraw Hill hardcover books
1978rif. UPARPER00araGale Research 1978. Very Good. Parker J. Carlyle editor. A Personal Name Index to Orton's . Detroit: Gale Research 1978. 153pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with very light rubbing. Small stamp on front free endsheet and title page. Gale Research hardcover books
1926rif. UCARLEC00acmfDeseret News Press 1926. Good. Carlyle Thomas. Lecture on Martin Luther. SLC: Deseret News Press 1926. 45pp. 16mo. Green cloth. Book condition: Good with rubbed edges. Some stains on both panels . Signed by Heber J. Grant and Anthony W. Ivins. Deseret News Press hardcover books
2006rif. USTEGRO00vgAbingdon Press 2006. Very Good. Stewart III Carlyle Fielding. Growing the African-American Church. Nashville TN: Abingdon Press 2006. 177pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Only real blemish is the old price sticker on back cover. Abingdon Press paperback books
1926rif. UCARLEC00EFDeseret News Press 1926. Very Good. Carlyle Thomas. Lecture on Martin Luther. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press 1926. 45pp. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Typewritten 'Greetings from the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' is on front free endsheet. Deseret News Press hardcover books
1914rif. RDAVTRU00ZMDodge Publishing 1914. Fine. Davis Carlyle Channing. The True Story of Ramona. Signed copy. Alderson William A. New York: Dodge Publishing 1914. 1st edition. 265pp. 8vo. Brown illustrated cloth with gilt lettering T.E.G. Book condition: Very good with slightly rubbed edges and faded spine. Stenographic letter from the desk of William A. Alderson is mounted to rear pastedown. Gift inscription to contemporary owner by Davis and Alderson on front free endsheet. Dodge Publishing hardcover books
1931rif. 022667London: Limited Editions Club 1931. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned as almost always the case. About Fine lacking the slipcase. Small octavo 4- 5/8" x 7-1/2" bound in full blue buckram with goldstamping 396 pages. Preface by Ralph W. Emerson. Decorations by Albert Rutherston. Copy #238 of 1500 designed printed bound and SIGNED by Oliver Simon of the Curwen Press. George Macy called this one of the ten finest books of the press. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
