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1985Best.-Nr. 171512Universal City: Universal City Studios 1985. Revised Draft script for Season 2 Episode 8 of the 1984-1989 television series. Originally aired November 22 1985 on NBC. A groundbreaking television show developed by filmmaker Michael Mann one of the first to embrace a specifically 1980s aesthetic in music fashion and lifestyle and one of the first to explore the cynicism moral ambiguity and futility of the War on Drugs. In this episode the Lieutenant reunites with his old army buddy discovering he has since married a woman who is wanted by the KGB. Winner of four Emmy Awards. Set in and shot on location in Miami. Generic Brown external wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper indicating the series and episode title and with credit for screenwriter John Leekley written in manuscript ink. Blue titled internal wrappers with manuscript ink annotation indicating the series and episode title with credits for screenwriter John Leekley. Title page present dated 11/11/85 noted as Rev. with credits for screenwriter John Leekley. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/08/85 and 11/11/85. Pages Fine external wrapper Very Good plus internal wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong binding. Universal City Studios unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 171306Universal City: Universal City Studios 1984. Revised Draft script for Season 1 Episode 3 of the 1984-1989 television series. Originally aired October 5 1984 on NBC. A groundbreaking television series developed by filmmaker Michael Mann one of the first to embrace a specifically 1980s aesthetic in music fashion and lifestyle and one of the first to explore the cynicism moral ambiguity and futility of the War on Drugs. In this episode the detectives have to work with a petty criminal to try and catch the suspects in a series of drug-related murders. Winner of four Emmy Awards. Set in and shot on location in Miami. Generic black manila wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper upon which the title and a credit for Joel Surnow are written in manuscript ink. Title page present dated 8/1/84 noted as EN Rev. with credits for screenwriter Joel Surnow. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine silver prong binding. Universal City Studios unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 171515Universal City: Universal City Studios 1986. Revised Draft script for Season 3 Episode 5 of the 1984-1989 television series. Originally aired October 24 1986 on NBC. A groundbreaking television show developed by filmmaker Michael Mann one of the first to embrace a specifically 1980s aesthetic in music fashion and lifestyle and one of the first to explore the cynicism moral ambiguity and futility of the War on Drugs. In this episode officers try to take down a local youth drug gang. Winner of four Emmy Awards. Set in and shot on location in Miami. Generic Brown wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper indicating the series and episode title and with credit for screenwriter Dennis Cooper written in manuscript ink. Title page present dated 8/09/86 noted as Rev. with credits for screenwriter Dennis Cooper. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated 08/09/86. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 159186Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film. With mimeo snipes affixed to the verso and provenance stamps on the verso. Based on the 1959 play by Jean-Paul Sartre. A dying man invites his family to his home where they discover dark secrets about his past. Set in Germany shot on location in Hamburg Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 000392New York: Limited Editions Club 1962. hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Felix Hoffmann. Two quarto volumes 7" x 10-7/8" bound in linen shelfback with the title stamped in gold on a gray-green label of Italian Roma paper and boards covered with a smoke-brown mould-made French paper impressed with a design by Max Caflisch. Illustrated with 53 wood engravings including 10 full page printed in three colors by Felix Hoffmann. Copy #1098 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
2012Best.-Nr. 138555St. Louis Missouri: Saint Louis Art Museum 2012. Hardcover. VG / VG. Color illus. dj.; Brown-yellow cloth over boards; 360 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name which was organized by the Saint Louis Art Museum and The National Gallery London; Includes five essays including "A Tribute to the Homeland--Barocci and Urbino" by Andrea Emiliani "Perfecting the Light: Barocci's Red Outlining Technique" by Claire Barry; Wonderfully illustrated; Heavy. Saint Louis Art Museum hardcover books
1848Best.-Nr. 53917Washington: printed by J. & G. S. Gideon 1848. First edition 8vo pp. 20; self-wrappers. Mann was elected to Congress in 1848 to fill the vacancy left by the death of John Quincy Adams. This is his first speech to Congress and it left a mark advocating Congress's right and duty to exclude slavery from the territories and in a letter in December of that year he said: "I think the country is to experience serious times. Interference with slavery will excite civil commotion in the South. But it is best to interfere. Now is the time to see whether the Union is a rope of sand or a band of steel. printed by J. & G. S. Gideon unknown books
1846Best.-Nr. 16563Boston: Redding & Co 1846. 32pp bound in modern marbled wrappers. Good. Mann who entered the copyright attacks free traders. Allies of the southern planter class they would "reduce the people of the free States.to the amount that barely sustains life" "to the level of the pauper laborers of Europe." American manufactures will suffer "stagnation that must follow a transfer of our work to the workshops of Europe." This "will curtail the profits of our capitalists and thereby put a period to the extension of railroads and other operations that employ many laborers whence the motive to stimulate emigration will be greatly weakened." FIRST EDITION. AI 46-4413 4. 359 NUC 0176397 3. Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker BEAL. Redding & Co unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 130297Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1975. Early Draft script for the 1977 film issued roughly two years before the film's release. Accompanied by a typed letter signed from a woman at the Paul Kohner agency to actress Maria Schneider. Based on the 1964 novel by Joanne Greenberg written under the pseudonym Hannah Green. One of the great unsung literary adaptations of the 1970s taking a terrifically complex novel about a young woman who has completely retreated into fantasy following the death of her sister. A film that suffered inevitable comparisons to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" but actually far more internal and horrific an actor's film brought to life by Bibi Andersson and a young Kathleen Quinlan. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Tan titled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present with credits for novelist Green and screenwriter Mann. 102 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. New World Pictures unknown books
2013Best.-Nr. 55202Bologna: Alleged Press / Damiani 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Small Folio. 159 1pp.; 4 plates of color photographs. Original black half cloth over photo-illustrated paper-covered boards with white lettering on cover and spine. Photo-illustrated endpapers in color. Signed by Gusmano Cesaretti on title page. Beautifully illustrated with b/w photo-reproductions and four plates of color photographs three of them double page. Includes interview of Gusmano Cesaretti by Aaron Rose and index of images at rear. "A modest but astonishing book on the graffiti culture of East LA in the early 1970s was my most exciting discovery in the preparation of "Art in the Streets" the exhibition that Roger Gastman Aaron Rose and I curated for the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles in 2011. Nearly forty years after it was made Gusmano Cesaretti's work remains fresh and revelatory. Looking at his images we are still entering a secret world. Gusmano's special rapport with his subjects that allowed him such direct access also remains after the passage of four decades. Alleged Press / Damiani hardcover books
2000Best.-Nr. 1412395Westport CT: Greenwood Press 2000. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xvi 366 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is navy and green with silver lettering. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Soiling to front and back boards. Soiling to text block. Shelved in Case 1. 1412395. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Greenwood Press hardcover books
1804Best.-Nr. M15034Boston:: Printed for Young & Minns Printers to the State 1804. 1804. 24 cm. 51 1 pp. Later marbled wrappers; text-block edges "thumbed" and spotted foxed. Bookplate of Frederick A. Frye. Very good. Rare. The author won the Boylstonian Prize for 1803 with this work. "Cholera infantum" refers to an outdated term for a severe diarrheal illness affecting infants historically prevalent in hot humid conditions. / James Mann was a prominent American military surgeon particularly known for his service during the War of 1812. He was the Medical Director of the Northern Army during that conflict where he managed hospitals established new ones and oversaw the care of soldiers. His experiences and observations were later documented in his book "Medical Sketches of the Campaigns of 1812 13 14." / The author was a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. See: Joseph I. Waring "American Pediatric Writings of the 18th Century" JAMA Pediatrics vol. 130 No. 7 July 1976. Printed for Young & Minns, Printers to the State, 1804. unknown books
1950Best.-Nr. 28032Kokomo IN: Recreational Reading 1950. Very Good. Kokomo IN: Recreational Reading 1949-1950. Five octavo volumes 9.25" x 7"; 130pp each. Pulp magazines. Illustrated paper wraps. Each volume with shallow chips and tears along edges with a few larger chips to rear of Feb. issue no loss of text and some general light creasing and smudging to surfaces. October issue shows a long clean tear running down all but the last 3" of the front spine and another running 3" up along spine at bottom back a rubberstamped date and faded number in pen on front panel and a bit more general surface wear. Spines variously creased and faded with a few chipped away at edges. Three issues with tape reinforcement to cover interiors along edges. Pages toned Feb. and Apr. more lightly so but unmarked. Bindings are sound. Complete run of the short-lived pulp named to surf the popularity of the six-years-deceased Merritt. The magazine reprinted three works by Merritt -- Creep Shadow! novel "Three Lines of Old French" short story and The Faced in the Abyss novella -- as well as a biographical portrait in the final October issue. The run also included Max Brand's as George Challis The Smoking Land Jack Mann's The Ninth Life George Allan England's The Elixir of Hate Jack Williamson's "Racketeers in the Sky" art by Virgil Finlay Paul Calle H.R. Van Dongen and a letter to the editor by an opinionated and question-brimming 15-year-old Robert Silverberg among others. The magazine folded before a planned sixth issue was finished. Recreational Reading unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 171549N.p.: N.p. 1987. Revised Draft script for Season 2 Episode 3 of the 1986-1988 television series. Originally aired October 20 1987 on NBC. With revisions by Michael Mann prior to developing "Miami Vice" and moving on to a massive film career. Series following a detective with plans to stop a mobster in 1960s Las Vegas. In this episode the detective sets up a sting operation to catch a family involved in the marijuana trade. Set in 1960s Las Vegas. Generic brown wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper with manuscript ink annotations indicating the series and episode titles and with credits for screenwriter Tom Towler. Title page present dated 8/21/87 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Tom Towler. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/18/87 and 8/21/87. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 202004New York: Robert Mann Gallery 1992. Limited. paperback. near fine. Siskind Aaron. Illustrated with handsomely printed b/w photographs. 51pp. Short slim 4to glossy pictorial wrappers one corner gently bent otherwise a fine copy. New York: Robert Mann Gallery 1992. A near fine copy. Limited edition -- number 451 of 1000 copies. Robert Mann Gallery unknown books
1934Best.-Nr. 37613Karlsbad: Verlagsanstalt "Graphia 1934. First edition. Paperback. fair to g. Quarto. 76 4pp. Original printed wrappers. Set up on March 21 1933 the Oranienburg concentration camp was an early concentration camp and one of the first detention facilities established by the Nazis when they gained power in 1933. It held the Nazis' political opponents from the Berlin region mostly members of the Communist Party of Germany and social-democrats as well as a number of homosexual men. It was established in the center of the town of Oranienburg when the SA took over a disused factory possibly a brewery. Prisoners were marched through the town to perform forced labor on behalf of the local council. The prison was taken over by the SS on 4 July 1934 when the SA was suppressed by the regime. It was closed and subsequently replaced in the area by Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1936. Gerhart Seger a Social Democrat who was able to escape at the end of 1933 reported on the situation in this book and thus contributed to the Oranienburg Concentration Camp becoming a worldwide symbol of Nazi terror. Wrappers sunned and creased along edges. Head of spine chipped. Folding mark at center slightly affecting pages throughout. Text in German. Wrappers in overall fair interior in good to good condition. Verlagsanstalt "Graphia paperback books
1955Best.-Nr. 57622NY: The William-Frederick Press 1955. First Edition. Signed inscription from Klimbach on the front endpaper: "My best wishes- Sophie Mann Klimbach." A scarce book by the Medford New Jersey-based author. 8vo. blue cloth in dust jacket; 191 pages. Very Good covers nice; contents clean & tight ink New Medford NJ address & telephone number by Klimbach on front pastedown; few tiny tears & nicks minor browning d/j. The William-Frederick Press unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 166654Universal City: Universal Studios 1976. Draft script for the eighth episode of the fourth season of the CBS television series printed on yellow leaves which aired on November 14 1976. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri with the pencil annotation of his name on the title sheet next to his character "Lucas" credited as "Dagger's Associate" with manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Bound in preceding the script are three "Shooting Call" sheets with an additional "Shooting Call" sheet bound in following the title page with pencil annotations underlining Dimitri's name and character name on two of the sheets and a thirteen page "Shooting Schedule" dated March 12 1976. One of the most beloved police dramas in television history "Kojak" was loosely based on the 1967 book "Justice in the Back Room" by Selwyn Raab and premiered on CBS on March 8 1973 with the pilot film "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" and aired for 5 seasons and 118 episodes ending on March 2 1977. The character was revived by CBS for two television films in 1985 and 1987 and in 1989-1990 by ABC for five additional television films. Telly Savalas stars as the titular bald lollipop-sucking New York City police detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak a tough and incorruptible cop with a penchant for the expression "Who loves ya baby" Winner of two Primetime Emmy Awards. Kojak's investigation into the deaths of two longshoremen is complicated by their co-workers code of silence and desire to deal out justice themselves. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated March 1 1976 with credits for screenwriter Chester Krumholz. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered 65. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with green revision pages throughout dated 3/10/79. Pages Very Good plus with the penultimate leaf partially detached and the last leaf separated with light foxing to the front "Shooting Call" sheet bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown books
1945Best.-Nr. 343973London & Montevideo: Verlag Dinge der Zeit 1945. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 29pp. Illustrated wrappers. Clippings on the last two blanks which also bear an owner's name stamp toning on wrappers still a sound very good copy. Verlag Dinge der Zeit unknown books
1909Best.-Nr. 1517New York: Munn and Co 1909. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 1909 1st edition of this early study of ballistics and bullett flight. Well-preserved and VG in its original green cloth with bright gilt-lettering and wonderful gilt-designed front panel. Quarto 384 pgs. Former owner name on front free endpaper and subsequent former owner inscription below it. Also unobtrusive former owner blind stamp on title page. Still a very presentable and attractive copy. Munn and Co unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 80789New York NY.: Modern Age Books. Very Good. 1938. First Printing. Softcover. This book is soft-bound in red black and white printed covers with a swastika and flaming books on the upper cover.The covers show a few faint scuffs light soiling and some wear/rubbing to the edges and corners. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. . Modern Age Books paperback books
2021Best.-Nr. 201441Highland Park IL: H. George Mann 2021. Softcover. Good slight bumping on corners and spine edges slightly worn. Softcover scored and folded with color reproduction on front 392 pp. generously illustrated with BW and color reproductions. H. George Mann paperback books
1933Best.-Nr. 595914Prag: Amboss-Verlag 1933. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. Plain unprinted card wrappers. Corners nickedelse very good in attractive very good dust jacket with small chips and tears. Amboss-Verlag unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 312825New York: Brill 1987. hardcover. near fine. xvii 568 pages tall 8vo blue cloth; a few instances of neatly penciled margin notes. New York: E. J. Brill 1987. A near fine copy. Contains the Latin text with English translation on facing page.Mittelateinische Studien und Texte Edited by Karl Langosch Volume XII Brill unknown books
1950Best.-Nr. 555037New York: The Society of Pragmatic Mysticism 1950. Softcover. Very Good. First edition . 16mo. 21 1pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Laid in is a solicitation to subscribe to further lectures. Small owner name of a noted psychologist and hypnotist and a tiny chip on the front wrap with toning on both wrappers about very good. OCLC locates no copies. The Society of Pragmatic Mysticism unknown books
