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1882réf. 1411206Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo 185 pages. In Very Good minus condition. In full green cloth binding with gilt titling to cover and spine; text block with gilt top edge. Boards show rubbing along all edges with bumping to fore corners. White scuff on rear board. Spine is cocked. Text block is moderately worn and toned along edges with lighter toning throughout. Interior clean. Shelved in Room A. 1411206. Special Collections - Upstairs. Houghton Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1859réf. 1411214Boston: Prentiss Sawyer & Company 1859. Second Edition. Hardcover. 6mo 54 2 pages plus frontispiece. In contemporary full leather binding with gilt titling on cover; gilt ruled borders to boards with gilt roll along edges; gilt decoration to spine; and gilt text block edges. In Good condition. Moderate wear to boards with rubbing along joints and on edges. Text block edges show small scuffs and light soiling. Splitting to hinges. Contemporary photo and gift inscription "For the dear grandson" on the front free endpaper. Heavy soiling in the gutter of pages 50/51; last signature is loose. Interior otherwise clean. Shelved in Room A. This book printed for the Harvard University graduating class of 1829 consists of songs and poems written by the members of the class. 1411214. Special Collections - Upstairs. Prentiss, Sawyer, & Company hardcover books
1896réf. 1407100San Franciso: William Doxey 1896-1897. Hardcover. Octavos Two Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. 24 issues bound together in publisher's tan cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Light foxing and discoloration to cloth. Bumping to corners of boards. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown in both volumes. Previous owner's drawing on front free endpaper in Volume I with crayon markers appearing on various pages. Heavy age toning with light foxing throughout interior of each. Shelved in Case 0. 1407100. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. William Doxey hardcover books
1930réf. 1416339Ultraphon Swing Decca Columbia Brunswick Polydor 1930s. Collection of nearly 3000 Django Reinhardt 78rpm shellac and 33rpm vinyl records. The collection includes 2500 total 78s of which there are 521 unique discs with the remainder being duplicates. Includes recordings on a variety of labels Swing Ultraphon Dial Decca Brunswick Columbia and many more and captures some of Django's earliest 1930s recordings. In addition to the single 78s the collection includes three 1940s 78rpm four-disc sets 3-4 copies of each. Finally there are 356 33rpm LPs and 9 Django Reinhardt LP box sets. All 78rpm records are sleeved and the majority have an additional thin cardboard jacket for extra protection. This collection belonged to a dealer and a detailed inventory is available upon request. And of course feel free to reach out and schedule an appointment to view in person as this collection is only available through local pick-up. Thank you. 1416339. Special Collections - Upstairs. Ultraphon, Swing, Decca, Columbia, Brunswick, Polydor unknown books
1939réf. WALTER-FILM007843Various. No binding. Near Fine. New York Los Angeles: Various 1939-1945. Group of 8 vintage original variously sized single and double weight black-and-white photos including 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm and 7 x 9" 17 x 22 cm. Most have date/photographer stamps on verso as well as original paper publicity blurbs and newspaper clippings. Overall near fine. Jerome Kern 1885-1945 is best known as a pioneering American composer who transformed musical theatre by integrating songs into coherent plots. He famously composed the 1927 masterpiece Show Boat and its enduring standards like "Ol' Man River" and wrote hundreds of pop and jazz hits for the Great American Songbook. Kern's contributions span both Broadway and Hollywood shaping the structure of the modern musical. Throughout his career Kern composed over 700 songs used in more than 100 stage and film works. Many of his compositions transcend their original contexts and are celebrated jazz and pop standards. During the teens and 1920s Kern composed for countless stage shows. Once Hollywood found its voice during the 1930s and 1940s Kern shifted to Hollywood composing iconic soundtracks for movie musicals. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for others and is considered one of the most celebrated figures in the history of American popular music. In 1945 MGM began filming a musical biography of his career. He died in New York City soon after visiting the set of the film. Wikipedia Included are: a double weight portrait from the 1930s; Kern working on manuscripts at home in 1943; with Arthur Freed Lucille Bremer Kay Thompson Lennie Hayton and Robert Alton visiting MGM during pre-production of Till the Clouds Roll By; and at home alone and with his daughter in 1939. Various books
1957réf. WALTER-FILM007842Various. No binding. Near Fine. New York Los Angeles: Various 1957-1978. Archive of 13 vintage original mostly 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm one is 7 x 9" 17 x 22 cm black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photos. Most have attached paper blurbs on verso as well as date/photographer stamps. Many were used for publication. General use wear overall near fine. The great American writer and public intellectual Gore Vidal 1925-2012 was known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. While fiercely progressive his traditionalist streak and elitist literary sensibilities sometimes led him to call himself a "small-r conservative" in the classical sense. He passionately wanted to "conserve" the original constitutional republic and hated what he saw as the decay of traditional American institutions free speech and personal liberty. Wikipedia Five are portraits; some include Vidal at work dated between 1960 and 1975; at work and in social situations between 1957 and 1970 including with Cyril Ritchard on Visit to a Small Planet; at the premiere of Romulus; with Edie Adams at opening of The Best Man in 1964; with the cast of Weekend in 1970; and on a Laugh-In TV special in 1978. Various books
1959réf. 1415929New York: The Macmillan Company 1959. Hardcover. Octavo xv 691 pages. In Good minus condition. Blue cloth boards with red label and gilt lettering. Bumping to spine and corners. Substantial cocking to spine. Boards show substantial scuffing and staining but are sturdy. Toning to page block and faces. Shelved ND-M. 1415929. FP New Rockville Stock. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
réf. SKU1020675New York's Genealogical and Biographical Society. Hardcover. Good. B005F62P02 1920. Blue cloth boards have minor wear to the corners clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Covers the Presbyterian Church in Newton NY Reformed Dutch Church and Presbyterian Church Records at Smithfield PA Clove Dutch Reformed Church Records of Clove Valley NJ. S.U. New York's Genealogical and Biographical Society hardcover books
réf. WALTER-FILM007846Various. No binding. Near Fine. New York Los Angeles: Various ca. 1954-1982. Set of 7 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm and 7 x 9" 17 x 22 cm black-and-white glossy photos. Overall near fine. Eartha Mae Kitt 1927-2008 was an American singer actress activist and civil rights advocate. Known for her distinctive singing style and 1953 hit "Santa Baby" Kitt's career spanned film theater cabaret music and television. Kitt faced ostracization for her mixed-race heritage claiming she was conceived through rape. She toured internationally in her late teens with a dance company eventually settling in Paris where she became a popular nightclub singer. Wikipedia Rising from extreme poverty in South Carolina to global superstardom she broke racial barriers in entertainment established foundations to help at-risk youths and used her massive platform to tirelessly advocate for civil rights and LGBTQ equality. As an example Kitt worked closely with the NAACP and actively fundraised for the 1963 March on Washington demonstration. In the weeks leading up to the historic day she joined a prominent committee of Hollywood figures -- including Charlton Heston Judy Garland and Marlon Brando -- to plan and publicize their participation in the massive civil rights gathering. Library of Congress Research Guides Included here: Kitt recording an early record album ca. 1953; a headshot mid-to late-1960s; receiving mail in 1968 regarding a speech she made at a Ladybird Johnson event; on stage ca. 1970; with her daughter in 1976; a 1976 candid; and celebrating with Dorothy Lamour who had opened a cabaret act in NYC in 1982. Various unknown books
1786réf. List3855Worcester Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas 1786. 12 pp measuring 9 ½ x 6 inches. Toned with wear and damage to edges but entirely legible; excellent. Massachusetts printer and newspaper publisher Isaiah Thomas published The Worcester Magazine between 1786 and 1788 after suspending his weekly Massachusetts Spy in protest of a tax on newspaper advertisements enacted in Massachusetts to pay off Revolutionary War debt. The Magazine printed the same news as the Spy but also commentary on the progress or lack thereof towards a US Constitution. Offered here is a copy of The Worcester Magazine from the second week of May 1786. Alongside a history of the Revolutionary War from the British Annual Register regular news and blurbs about effeminate men and "deceived" young ladies the newspaper comments on the Congress of the Confederation: "A correspondent wants to know how long the wise men of America will suffer fools to guide the national helm . It is equally shameful and astonishing that America after conquering all her enemies . should by withholding the necessary powers from Congress languish in disjointed poverty and thereby invite the insults of all the rascals in creation. Such inconsistent unnational conduct demonstrates the want and necessity of a MASTER; and if much longer persisted in will produce ONE. . If they have not the virtue to be freemen let them be slaves and lick the dust of a tyrant's foot. ." At the foot of the final page is a request for Massachusettsans to "instruct their Representatives" to have the "unjust or impolitick" tax on newspaper advertisements repealed. . Isaiah Thomas unknown books
1921réf. List3870Chicago Illinois 1921. In the From Day to Day at School memory book designed by E.V. Lodron and published by Barse and Hopkins New York. 8vo red cloth 37 pages of writing with eight illustrations. Spine broken and detached and boards quite worn fair; contents foxed with stains and wear very good plus. Overall very good minus. The 1921 memory book of Virginia Shay a graduating student at the all-girl St. Mary High School in Chicago. According to the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society St. Mary was the first central Catholic high school for girls in the US and at one point was the largest. Shay's book contains messages from fellow students mainly wishes to be remembered from fellow graduating seniors. It is highlighted by eight illustrations done by fellow students all signed by the artists and generally quite competently done. Alice Kearns's three drawings are fashion illustrations including tennis and beach outfits; Mareta O'Shea's is an automobile scene and the remainder-by Mary Clarke Ruth Anne Cleary and Marguerite Thometz-are portraits. The illustrations exhibit the visual culture of young women coming of age early in the Roaring Twenties. unknown books
1904réf. List3876Carlisle Pennsylvania: Carlisle Indian Industrial School 1904. Nine issues. 12 x 18 inches folio folded as issued. Generally folded vertically twice with some wear and tearing at folds; toned with wear and damage especially to margins. Very good. The Red Man and Helper a newspaper published by Carlisle Indian Industrial School had several iterations first published under the title Eadle Keatah Toh 1880-82-Lakota meaning roughly "morning star" the title was an interesting choice for the newspaper of a school where only the English language was allowed. It was published as The Morning Star then The Red Man: His Past Present and Future until "His Past" was removed in 1888; then The Red Man until 1900 when it merged with The Indian Helper running as The Red Man and Helper from 1900 to 1904.1 The contents with contributions from students educators and other publications generally concern the value of an off-reservation Euro-American education and the capabilities of Indigenous students to assimilate into the Euro-American way of life. Offered here are nine issues of The Red Man and Helper: Vol. I no. 30 Feb. 8 and 15 1901 Vol. II no. 48 July 11 1902 Vol. III no. 1 Aug. 15 1902 Vol. III no. 40 May 29 1903 Vol. III no. 42 June 12 1903 Vol. V no. 38 May 20 1904 Vol. V no. 39 May 27 1904 Vol. V no. 40 June 3 1904 and Vol. V no. 41 June 10 1904. Note that these are enumerations for The Red Man and Helper; each edition also provides a separate enumeration indexed to the first edition of The Red Man. Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center hosts digitized copies of the school's publications and OCLC finds physical holdings of two editions Vol. XVII no. 39 and Vol. XIX nos. 47-48 at Gettysburg College. Of interest to historians of Carlisle and the assimilationist project. 1 Jennifer Bess "Casting a Spell: Acts of Cultural Continuity in Carlisle Indian Industrial School's the Red Man and Helper" Wicazo Sa Review 26 no. 2 Fall 2011: 13-38. . Carlisle Indian Industrial School unknown books
2005réf. 268848Cologne: Taschen 2005. Paperback. 576p. texts in German French & English profusely illustrated with photographs of male nudes throughout history very good reissue thick octavo trade paperback 7.5x5.5 and over 2 inches thick in heavy stiff Frenchfold pictorial wraps. Signed by David Leddick. All the usual suspects from Arnold to Weber and more. Taschen paperback books
1974réf. 625999Dennis Massachusetts: Salt-Works Press 1974. Unbound. Near Fine. First edition. An assemblage of art works by Edward Gorey and other artists: pamphlets broadsides a knitted nose-warmer a pamphlet sewn into a linen bag unopened and various other what-nots all in the original illustrated shipping box. Box and edges a bit toned else about fine. Includes a folder entitled The Dead of Winter with ten separate printed art works one with the aforementioned knitted nose warmer attached three other chapbooks etc. One of 300 sets. Scarce. Salt-Works Press unknown books
2001réf. 132137Oxford England: The Walpole Society 2001. Hardcover. VG. Blue boards. 385 pp. followed by 188 bw plates. The Walpole Society was founded in April 1911 to promote the study of British art history. Contains the following chapters: "A Romantic Colourman: George Field and British Art" "Letters from William Kent to Burrell Massingberd from the Continent 1712-1719" and "Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of George Lambert". Issued only to subscribers. The Walpole Society hardcover books
1963réf. 5839Various journals 1963-1997. Fine. Folder of published papers on plant and animal toxins collected over four decades consisting primarily of offprints but also including a few articles pulled directly from the journals in which they appeared. At least one complete issue of a journal dedicated to arrow poisons. Approximately 700 pages total. Topics include toxins derived from amphibians reptiles insects anthropods fish and plants including arrow and dart poisons zombie powder botox paralysing applications insecticides and others. Complete list of authors titles and journals available upon request. unknown books
2003réf. 232904Adventure House 2003-11-25. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations tpb. LF Adventure House paperback books
2005réf. 232902Adventure House 2005-03-22. paperback. Very Good. 7x0x10. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations tpb. LF Adventure House paperback books
2005réf. 232903Adventure House 2005-02-01. paperback. Very Good. 7x0x9. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations tpb. LF Adventure House paperback books
2004réf. 232905Adventure House 2004-02-03. paperback. Very Good. 7x0x10. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations tpb. LF Adventure House paperback books
réf. 140947129San Francisco: Various. Near Fine/Very Good. 1990s to mid-2000s. An archive of roughly 643 San Francisco and Bay Area gay dance party and queer-adjacent rave hardcore health/HIV and non-profit/arts/theater music flyers handbills and event postcards plus some business cards/membership cards for bathhouse/queer spas or queer-related businesses and services with the possibility of a small number being duplicates. Approximately 60 of the cards are non-SF/Bay Area-related with many of those being approx. 30 postcards issued by German French and Dutch AIDS awareness organizations and non-profits. A handful of cards are related to Southern California New York and a few other cities. Though items date from 1977 to 2018 the bulk of the collection appears to be 1990s to mid-2000s. From full-color glossy die-cut cards to handmade photocopied handouts the collection represents a wide range of queer culture and community in the Bay Area during the 1980s-2000s. Most range from Near Fine to Very Good with occasional folding or creasing edgewear bumps or small tears. A fantastic snapshot of queer culture during a transformative time. [Various] unknown books
réf. 140938852Portland OR: Nazraeli Press 2017. First Edition. Fine. 124 Volumes 100 titles five multi-volume deluxe sets and duplicates of several titles several labeled AP for Artist's Proof. A complete run of the celebrated series which features 100 uniformly sized books of various colors giving each artist a 16-page canvas to exhibit a cohesive body of work. Each volume is limited to 500 copies and each contains one photographic print tipped in and signed by the artist--hence the name of the series. Conceived in 1998 as a way to make original art more affordable titles were originally released in groups of four generally twice a year beginning in 2000 and ending in 2017 with most copies reserved in advance for subscribers. Complete sets of the 100 titles are uncommon as many volumes are out of print; even more uncommon are those with the deluxe box sets as few were issued toward the beginning of the series. All volumes are Fine to Near Fine. Several volumes with light spine sunning or a slight shelf lean. The deluxe sets are by John Gossage Four American Photographs Todd Hido Taft Street Eduardo del Valle & Mirta Gomez Four Sections of Time all marked as "AP" or artist's proofs Judy Gelles Beach Boxes and Emi Anrakuji e hakagi Comprised of 1. Terri Weifenbach Instruction Manual No. 1: 21. May 1995; 2. John Gossage Four American Photographs 4-volume set in slipcase; 3. Terri Weifenbach Instruction Manual No. 2: 21. April 1996 "Bee"; 4. Terri Weifenbach Instruction Manual No. 3: 25. June 1996 "Blue Sky"; 5. Chan Chao Letter from P.L.F. Burma; 6. Todd Hido Taft Street 4-volume set in slipcase; 7. Ron van Dongen Rosa Ferreus; 8. Susan Hornbeak-Ortiz True; 9. Bill Jay Bill Brandt 2 copies; one signed as usual on limitation line and there the other marked "print signed on verso"; 10. Julien Coulommier Soleil Cou Coupe; 11. Yuki Onodera How to Make a Pearl; 12. Robert Adams Alders; 13. Risaku Suzuki Fire: February 6; 14. Robert Heinecken studiesnineteenseventy; 15. Don Kirby You're not really initiated until your eyes are redder than your lips; 16. Masao Yamamoto The Path of Green Leaves; 17. Martin Parr 7 Communist Still Lifes; 18. Andreas Müller-Pohle Yumiko; 19. Sara Gilbert Cues; 20. Toshio Shibata Type 55; 21. Michael Kenna Boarding School; 22. Eduardo del Valle & Mirta Gómez Four Sections of Time 4-volume set all marked as "AP" or artist's proofs; 23. Weng Fen Sitting on the Wall & Bird's Eye View; 24. Judy Gelles Beach Boxes 1 copy 4-volume set in slipcase; 25. Naoya Hatakeyama River Series / Shadow; 26. Boomoon Kwon On the Clouds; 27. Camille Solyagua Twenty-One Red-Crowned Cranes and One Black Crow; 28. Martin Parr 7 Colonial Still Lifes; 29. Jim Stone Why My Photographs are Good; 30. Stu Levy Cranial Czar Eh; 31. Ken Ohara One; 32. Steve Pyke: Post Partum; 33. Steve Pyke: Post Mortem; 34. Joseph Mills e mars Lilly's Waist; 35. Yuichi Hibi Robert Frank A Weekend with Mr. Frank; 36. Twinkako Ishiwata-Pichler Desperately Seeking Twinka; 37. Ron van Dongen A. angustatum; 38. Junko Takahashi The Receptionist; 39. Daido Moriyama Kuchibiru; 40. Emi Anrakuji e hagaki 7 volumes included with 6 unique prints; no slipcase present perhaps as issued; 41. Michael Kenna Montecito Garden; 42. Tanya Marcuse Fruitless; 43. Stephen Shore Merced River; 44. Jesse Diamond Drum Circle; 45. Nancy Honey Poodle Parlour; 46. Lars Schwander Manuel Ãlvarez Bravo: One Day in April 1999; 47. John Divola Seven Dogs; 48. Masao Yamamoto Fujisan; 49. David Maisel Cascade Effect; 50. Rob McDonald Birth Place; 51. Netta Madahar Sustenance; 52. David Tseklenis Julius Shulman Does His Own House; 53. Joe Deal Indian Bingo; 54. Raymond Meeks Doctrine of an Axe; 55. Mayumi Lake Ex Post Facto; 56. Michael Kenna Heiden Hotel; 57. Eduardo del Valle & Mirta Gómez En Vista; 58. Edward Bateman Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny; 59. Todd Hido: Cracked Trees 2 copies one numbered the other labeled "AP" for Artist's Proof; 60. Todd Hido: Crooked Cracked Tree in Fog 2 copies one numbered the other marked "AP" for Artist's Proof; 61. David H. Gibson: Water Cascade: A Sequence; 62. Eiji Ina: Wacht; 63. Alec Soth: One Mississippi; 64. Mark Steinmetz: Italia: Cronaca di un Amore; 65. Pine & Woods: For Constance; 66. Hiroshi Watanabe: Love Point; 67. Terri Weifenbach: Some Insects; 68. Sally Mann Rob McDonald and Even Rogers: Cy's Rollei; 69. Corey Arnold: Fishing with My Dad 1978-1995; 70. Joni Harbeck & Neil Krug: Indian Girl; 71. Steve Fitch: Motel Signs; 72. Liz Steketee: Dystopia; 73. Stephen Shore: Pet Pictures; 74. Martin Parr: Seven Cups of Tea; 75. Stu Levy: Honk If You Love Stieglitz: Jerry Uelsmann A Grid-Portrait; 76. Leon Borensztein: Portraits ii; 77. Carol E. Richards: Birds Have Wings; 78. Melanie Pullen: Juliette; 79. Martin Usborne: Fox About Town; 80. Risaku Suzuki: Snow Letter; 81. John Divola: Supermarket; 82. Richard Misrach: iPhone Studies: Reverse Scrubs; 83. Dan Solomon: Witness; 84. Jim Goldberg: Polaroids from Haiti 2 copies one marked "AP" for Artist's Proof; 85. Roger Ballen: The Audience; 86. Doug Rickard: All Eyes on Me; 87. Aaron Ruell: Ten Years Too Late; 88. Alec Soth: Bogota Funsaver; 89. Steve Kahn: Corridors; 90. Daido Moriyama: Self 2 copies; 91. Katy Grannan: Lion King; 92. Michael Kenna: Kussharo Lake Tree; 93. Todd Hido: Season Road; 94. Elaine Ling: Habitacion Cubana; 95. Ed Templeton: Memories of the Salt.; 96. Ave Pildas: Bijou; 97. Javier Carrillo: Las Trocas Angelinas con sus Mercancia; 98. Gregori Maiofis: Taste for Russian Balet; 99. Tomoko Sawada: Face; 100. Gloria Katz: Souvenirs. Nazraeli Press unknown books
réf. WALTER-FILM007845Various. No binding. Near Fine. New York: Various 1927 1941. Set of 4 vintage original approximately 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photos. All have notations newspaper clippings or ink date/blind stamp on verso. Minor use for publication overall near fine. Charles Lindbergh 1902-1974 is famous for making the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20–21 1927. Flying his custom monoplane the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris he instantly became an international hero. Over 33 hours Lindbergh flew 3600 miles to win the $25000 Orteig Prize. The flight's massive success sparked the "Lindbergh boom" which drastically increased public interest in aviation and airline stocks. Lindbergh was also famous for the tragic kidnapping of his infant son in 1932; his World War II isolationism during which he toured Nazi Germany speaking for the America First Committee; inventing the perfusion pump with Nobel-Prize winner Dr. Alexis Carrel and for winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for his autobiography The Spirit of St. Louis. Three photos are from 1927 including Lindbergh with his plane and two in a motorcade celebrating his triumph; a fourth shows Lindbergh giving a speech for an America First Committee meeting in 1941. Various unknown books
1970réf. WALTER-FILM007859Various. No binding. Fine. New York: Various 1970s. Set of 3 vintage original 5 x 7" 13 x 18 cm double weight black-and-white photos with photographer stamp on verso and 4 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photos all with holograph photographer credits on verso. Overall fine. Sylvester James Jr. 1947-1988 was a singer-songwriter primarily active in the genres of disco rhythm and blues and soul. He was known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance falsetto singing voice and hit disco singles in the late-1970s and 80s. After moving from Los Angeles he became a member of the gender-bending avant-garde drag troupe the Cockettes and then struck out on his own to a brilliant career as a solo artist. Sadly his life was cut short by AIDS. Wikipedia Various books
réf. WALTER-FILM007848Various. No binding. Near Fine. New York Los Angeles: Various 1938-1957. Archive of 11 variously-sized vintage original black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photos. Nearly all have original blurb present as well as ink date/publication stamps on verso. Some publishing use wear overall near fine. Howard Hughes 1905–1976 was an American billionaire aviator filmmaker and engineer. He is best known for his record-breaking aviation feats groundbreaking Hollywood films acquiring Trans World Airlines TWA and his transformation into a famous eccentric recluse later in life. He designed and flew an aircraft that broke global speed records. In 1938 he set a world record by flying around the world in just 91 hours. He is also famous for funding and piloting the Spruce Goose H-4 Hercules a massive wooden aircraft that remains one of the largest wingspan planes ever built. Hughes produced and directed iconic and highly controversial movies including the Academy Award-winning Two Arabian Knights 1927 and the epic aviation film Hell's Angels 1930. Another film The Outlaw 1941 is famous for other reasons. He was also widely known for dating and in some cases making stars of those actresses he featured. Because of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD chronic pain from a near-fatal 1946 plane crash and drug dependency he retreated from public view in the 1950s. He spent the last decades of his life living in almost total seclusion in luxury hotel penthouses. Wikipedia Included here: in his airplane in a car with NYC mayor Fiorello La Guardia and with Secretary of State Cordell Hull all in 1938; a rare on set photo from 1940 showing Hughes directing Walter Huston for The Outlaw; images of the Spruce Goose in 1946 and 1947; photos of him testifying during a Senate interrogation in 1947; and a candid which appears to have originated in 1957. Various books
