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1970réf. 167998Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actors Robert Forster and Sondra Locke. A drama about a young avant-garde filmmaker whose perfectionist qualities prevent him from succeeding in his career. Soundtrack by Bread. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1935réf. 163336N.p.: N.p. 1935. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1935 film showing directors Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur with actors Julie Haydon Nöel Coward Martha Sleeper and John Barrymore. Museum of Modern Art film library stamp on the verso. After dying in a plane crash the ghost of an acid-tongued widely hated publisher finds himself doomed to be a restless spirit unless he can find a human on Earth who can shed a tear for him. Nöel Coward's first starring film role. Although Barrymore did not appear in "The Scoundrel" he appeared in the 1934 film "Twentieth Century" written by Hecht and MacArthur. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US Precursor. N.p. unknown books
1959réf. 165054N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1959 film showing actor Noel Coward on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and provenance label on the verso. The third and final collaboration between Reed and author Graham Greene with Alec Guinness starring as a spy caught in the midst of an espionage mechanism far beyond his control. A film that predicted the onslaught of British and American espionage films and television that would follow in the 1960s. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1965réf. 161670N.p.: Planet Film Distributors 1965. British front-of-house card from the 1965 British film. Provenance stamp on the verso on two labels obscuring a previous provenance stamp. A secret vampire cult which has a headquarters under a graveyard in the small village of Brittany searches for human sacrifices. Shot on location in Finistere France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing edgewear and faint toning at the extremities. Planet Film Distributors unknown books
2019réf. 16617New York: Oxford University Press 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv 487pp. Very mild creasing and shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in beige cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Gentle bumps to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the eighteenth century many Western European writers viewed the Ottoman Empire with almost obsessive interest. Typically they reacted to it with fear and distrust; and such feelings were reinforced by the deep hostility of Western Christendom towards Islam. Yet there was also much curiosity about the social and political system on which the huge power of the sultans was based. In the sixteenth century especially when Ottoman territorial expansion was rapid and Ottoman institutions seemed particularly robust there was even open admiration. In this path-breaking book Noel Malcolm ranges through these vital centuries of East-West interaction studying all the ways in which thinkers in the West interpreted the Ottoman Empire as a political phenomenon - and Islam as a political religion. Useful Enemies shows how the concept of 'oriental despotism' began as an attempt to turn the tables on a very positive analysis of Ottoman state power and how as it developed it interacted with Western debates about monarchy and government. Noel Malcolm also shows how a negative portrayal of Islam as a religion devised for political purposes was assimilated by radical writers who extended the criticism to all religions including Christianity itself. Examining the works of many famous thinkers including Machiavelli Bodin and Montesquieu and many less well-known ones Useful Enemies illuminates the long-term development of Western ideas about the Ottomans and about Islam. Noel Malcolm shows how these ideas became intertwined with internal Western debates about power religion society and war. Discussions of Islam and the Ottoman Empire were thus bound up with mainstream thinking in the West on a wide range of important topics. These Eastern enemies were not just there to be denounced. They were there to be made use of in arguments which contributed significantly to the development of Western political thought.Publisher. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv 487pp. Very mild creasing and shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in beige cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Gentle bumps to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the eighteenth century many Western European writers viewed the Ottoman Empire with almost obsessive interest. Typically they reacted to it with fear and distrust; and such feelings were reinforced by the deep hostility of Western Christendom towards Islam. Yet there was also much curiosity about the social and political system on which the huge power of the sultans was based. In the sixteenth century especially when Ottoman territorial expansion was rapid and Ottoman institutions seemed particularly robust there was even open admiration. In this path-breaking book Noel Malcolm ranges through these vital centuries of East-West interaction studying all the ways in which thinkers in the West interpreted the Ottoman Empire as a political phenomenon - and Islam as a political religion. Useful Enemies shows how the concept of 'oriental despotism' began as an attempt to turn the tables on a very positive analysis of Ottoman state power and how as it developed it interacted with Western debates about monarchy and government. Noel Malcolm also shows how a negative portrayal of Islam as a religion devised for political purposes was assimilated by radical writers who extended the criticism to all religions including Christianity itself. Examining the works of many famous thinkers including Machiavelli Bodin and Montesquieu and many less well-known ones Useful Enemies illuminates the long-term development of Western ideas about the Ottomans and about Islam. Noel Malcolm shows how these ideas became intertwined with internal Western debates about power religion society and war. Discussions of Islam and the Ottoman Empire were thus bound up with mainstream thinking in the West on a wide range of important topics. These Eastern enemies were not just there to be denounced. They were there to be made use of in arguments which contributed significantly to the development of Western political thought.Publisher. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1964réf. 164256N.p.: N.p. 1964. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film including one of director Jean-Luc Godard pushing longtime cinematographer Raoul Cotard seated in a wheelchair on the set. Layout annotations in ink and pencil on the versos and one with a Télérama stamp. Godard used a cameraman seated in a wheelchair instead of a camera dolly in several films including "Breathless" 1959. During a period of romantic tumult a woman discovers she is pregnant with two possible fathers. After premiering at the Venice Film Festival the film was briefly banned in France for its scandalous depiction of infidelity and was only passed by the censors after forcing Godard to make several small changes including changing the film's title from "The Married Woman" to the slightly less inflammatory "A Married Woman." Four photographs 7.25 x 9.5 inches one photograph 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Masters of Cinema 80. N.p. unknown books
1979réf. 166570Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1979. First US Edition. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers. University of California Press unknown books
1970réf. 162260Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film showing actress Susanne Benton. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A drama about a young avant-garde filmmaker whose perfectionist qualities prevent him from succeeding in his career. Soundtrack by Bread. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1990réf. 803841990. McAree Noel. Murderous Justice: A Study in Depth of the Infamous Connemara Murders. Limerick Ireland: Wildshaw Books 1990. 232 pp. illustrations. Softcover minimal wear to corner of front wrapper. Else fine. $50. The ferocious massacre of a Galway family in the late 19th century left in it's wake a veil of mystery which until now has appeared impenetrable. With this book Noel McAree has brilliantly succeeded in peeling aside the layers of myth and misguided belief which were the result of cynical distortions and devious manipulation of the truth by many of those involved in the affair. Publisher's description. unknown books
1978réf. 162390N.p.: N.p. 1978. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. A Belgian filmmaker travels across western Europe to promote her latest film encountering a wide range of figures both strangers and important people from her past along the way. Set and shot on location in Belgium France and West Germany. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse 19. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1971réf. 162328N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actor Michael Brandon in the back of a taxi driven by a scruffy-looking bearded Robert De Niro. Based on Roger L. Simon's 1968 novel "Heir" about a wealthy American couple whose relationship is gradually soured by the woman's increasing drug use. Set and shot on location in Oyster Bay and New York City and in Venice. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960réf. 163032N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless portrait photograph of playwright director and musician Noël Coward circa early 1960s. With the label of PIX agency on the verso along with a stamp crediting photographer Horst Tappe and the stamp of Westport Public Library. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 7.75 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
2002réf. 16022Los Angeles: University of California Press 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv 454pp. First edition with full number line indicating first printing. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign a.d. 364-78. Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians Isaurians and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled tortured and executed in his religious persecutions. Valens had not however entirely failed in his job as emperor. He was an admirable administrator a committed defender of the frontiers and a ruler who showed remarkable sympathy for the needs of his subjects. In lively style and rich detail Lenski incorporates a broad range of new material from archaeology to Gothic and Armenian sources in a study that illuminates the social cultural religious economic administrative and military complexities of Valens's realm. Failure of Empire offers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man and shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands.Publisher. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv 454pp. First edition with full number line indicating first printing. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign a.d. 364-78. Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians Isaurians and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled tortured and executed in his religious persecutions. Valens had not however entirely failed in his job as emperor. He was an admirable administrator a committed defender of the frontiers and a ruler who showed remarkable sympathy for the needs of his subjects. In lively style and rich detail Lenski incorporates a broad range of new material from archaeology to Gothic and Armenian sources in a study that illuminates the social cultural religious economic administrative and military complexities of Valens's realm. Failure of Empire offers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man and shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands.Publisher. University of California Press hardcover books
1815réf. 1717131815. GOUFFE Armand. Les jeux des jeunes garcons representes par un grand nombre d'estampes accompagnees de l'explication des regles de fables inedites et d'anecdotes. 24 engraved and coloured plates. Small oblong 4to 205 x 233 mm. red half-cloth with corners and marbled paper boards. Paris: Nepveu Libraire 1815. A delightful and complete set of twenty-four plates in exquisite contemporary hand colouring depicting young boys playing a variety of games. The plates are described in the Bibliotheque Nationale catalogue as being the work of Noel Jeune which he made to accompany the work by Armand Gouffé. In immaculate condition. Extremely rare. OCLC lists copies at NYPL and UCLA both with text. Provenance: Félicie Meunié d'Hostel 1843-1935 with her engraved bookplate. hardcover books
1966réf. 161041Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 television film showing actors Dirk Bogarde Rosemary Harris Rachel Roberts and Ruth Gordon with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Season 16 Episode 2 of the NBC anthology series "Hallmark Hall of Fame" which aired on December 7 1966. "Hallmark Hall of Fame" is the longest running anthology series in the history of television which began airing in 1951 and is still currently in production. Based on Noel Coward's 1941 play which follows the accidental ghostly summoning of a novelist's long-dead first wife by an eccentric medium. Previously adapted for film in 1945 and 2020 and television in 1946 1956 and 1964 as well as being made into a musical in 1964 and was novelized by Charles Osborne in 2004. Set in Kent. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1939réf. 148064Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1939. Three photographs from the 1939 film including two vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph. One with a printed snipe affixed to the bottom margin of the recto. Romance blooms between two rival detectives who are forced to work together to exonerate a divorcée accused of murdering her ex-husband. 10 x 8 inches. One Very Good plus two Very Good lightly wavy with light creasing and edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown books
1939réf. 148056Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1939. Three vintage photographs from the 1939 film including two vintage reference photographs and one vintage studio still photograph. The ninth and final installment in the Torchy Blane series and the first film to feature Jane Wyman as the eponymous heroine. Blane a wisecracking reporter at the fictitious Daily Star returns to help her police lieutenant boyfriend jail a gangster. 10 x 8 inches. Two photographs Very Good plus with light edgewear one photograph Very Good with pinholes to the upper edges and light creasing and toning. Warner Brothers unknown books
1985réf. 148063London: British Broadcasting Corporation BBC 1985. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1985 television movie originally aired in the UK on November 10 1985 on BBC and in the US on March 29 1986 on PBS. Based on the 1967 play by Noel Coward about the struggle for control between a young playwright overseeing the production of his first play and a temperamental older actress cast in the lead. Set in London and shot on location at the Lyric Theatre in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light soil. British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] unknown books
1962réf. 9203New York: New Directions 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps toned and soiled lightly rubbed. Square and firmly bound clean internally. New Directions paperback books
1980réf. 158511N.p.: N.p. 1980. Two vintage borderless photographs showing French actor film critic and novelist Noël Simsolo with directors Werner Herzog and Jean-Marie Straub respectively. Two photographs glossy and one matte-finish. Two with annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso and one with annotations in manuscript ink. In addition to enjoying a successful career as a director and actor Simsolo is the author of several well-regarded works of film criticism including essays on Billy Wilder Howard Hawks Alfred Hitchcock Boris Karloff Kenji Mizoguchi Jerry Lewis Clint Eastwood and Fritz Lang. Photographs 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus one with pinholes at the bottom corners. N.p. unknown books
1962réf. 158729Iver Heath Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 1962. Shooting script for the 1963 British film. A young woman moves to the countryside in order to start a new job as a district nurse and must face the suspicions of the local townsfolk who distrust her due to her age. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows no holdings. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. Tall tan titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 19th October 1962. Title page present dated 16th October 1962 with credits for novelist Joanna Jones and screenwriter Norman Hudis. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with a silver prong. Pinewood Studios unknown books
1945réf. 150452London: Two Cities Films 1945. Vintage reference photograph from the 1945 film showing actors Rex Harrison Margaret Rutherford and Constance Cummings. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Noel Coward's 1941 play which follows the accidental ghostly summoning of a novelist's long-dead first wife by an eccentric medium. Set in Kent. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Two Cities Films unknown books
1965réf. 13289Buffalo New York: Howard Engraving & Printing Co 1965. First Edition Thus. Boards. Near fine. Album of Christmas cards designed by various artists for Howard's Engraving & Printing Co. of Buffalo New York. Square quarto 49 numbered leaves. Red album with screw post binding Howard's logo affixed to front cover. Christmas card mounted on each leaf contains 49 cards some with accompanying envelopes. Price points of cards printed along bottom of each leaf with specific charges for quantity with imprint or without. Laid-in order blank. Solid text block some wear to hinges front hinge starting to separate. Faint toning along edges small dampstain to front sheet occasional transference from card to opposite leaf. Howard Engraving & Printing Co unknown books
1950réf. 155092London: J. Arthur Rank 1950. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer J. Arthur Rank talking with actor and screenwriter Noel Coward on the set of the 1950 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of J. Arthur Rank Organization. Based on Coward's 1936 one-act play about a psychiatrist who falls in love with his wife's much younger friend leading to his growing despair and eventual suicide. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Faintly toned else Near Fine. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1975réf. 158021N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1975 French hardcore adult film. A prominent French politician is blackmailed with tapes of her son performing in pornographic movies leading her to recruit a private investigator to find and stop the culprit. Set and shot on location in Paris. 5.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Bier 161. N.p. unknown books
