1959rif. 165837N.p.: N.p. 1959. Set of 35 vintage snapshot-size photographs from the 1959 film. Photos are a mix of candid shots test shots publicity shots on the set shots and continuity shots. To our knowledge snapshot-size reference photographs were utilized only by Twentieth Century-Fox during a period roughly between 1940-1965 and are very scarce. Based on the 1958 novel by Rona Jaffe. An exposé of the personal and professional lives of three young women who share an apartment in New York and work together at a Madison Avenue publishing firm. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in New York. 4 x 5 inches. All photos Near Fine or better. Twilight Time. N.p. unknown books
1931rif. 76443Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1931. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Small owner label on the front fly else fine in a modestly spine-tanned else very near fine dustwrapper. The first American appearance of the author's first novel published three decades earlier in Germany based on his long experience living in Italy. Mann was the elder brother of Thomas Mann. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1966rif. 35898Cincinnati: Jewish Publication Society 1966. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. XI 1 574pp in English 346pp Hebrew text XLI 1 255pp in English 239pp Hebrew text. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece in second volume. In the last years of his life Jacob Mann 1888-1940 embarked on the study of one of the most difficult branches of Hebrew literature the Midrashim. In his work "The Bible as read and preached in the Old Synagogue" he tried to establish the dependence of the Midrashim from the chapters of the Torah and from the haftarot which were read on the Sabbath on cycles of three and one-half years respectively. The first volume of the book was published in 1940. Material left by Mann for the second volume was prepared for publication by Isaiah Sonne; after the latter's death the work was continued by Victor Reichert; it appeared in 1966. Text in English and Hebrew. Slight wear to covers. Inscriptions from previous owners on front free endpapers. Overall in good condition. Volume I was owned by Morton M. Applebaum a prominent Reform rabbi who served on the Executive Board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and was on Hebrew Union College's Board of Governors. Jewish Publication Society hardcover books
2003rif. 324751Boston: Bulfinch 2003. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Mann Sally. Illustrated with 85 of Mann's beautifully printed tritone photographs and 1 four color photograph. Slim oblong 4to gray cloth d.w. small faint stain on rear panel and front flap creased. Boston: Bulfinch Press 2003. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed at dated by Mann on the title page: "To. with best wishes Sally Mann 2003" Bulfinch unknown books
1936rif. 542975Wien: Bermann-Fischer Verlag 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 752 4pp. Off-white or buff linen cloth stamped in black and gilt. A bit of soiling at the bottom left of spine and on the rear panel very good lacking the dust jacket. Third volume of the tetrology. Bermann-Fischer Verlag hardcover books
1987rif. 171544N.p.: N.p. 1987. Final Draft script for Season 2 Episode 1 of the 1986-1988 television series. Originally aired September 22 1987 on NBC. An early screenwriting effort for film director Michael Mann who went on to create "Miami Vice" followed by a legendary film career. Series following a detective with plans to stop a mobster in 1960s Las Vegas. In this episode the detective has to protect a Senator who investigates the mob and an actress who has ties to the mob. Set in 1960s Las Vegas. Generic brown manila wrappers with tape affixed to the front wrapper indicating the series and episode titles in manuscript ink and with credits in manuscript ink for screenwriter Peter Lance. Title page present dated 7/24/87 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Peter Lance. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/17/87 and 7/24/87. Pages Fine wrapper Fine internally bound with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1848rif. 53652Boston: William B. Fowle 1848. 8vo pp. 31 1; fine copy in original printed green wrappers. First published in Washington the same year but with only 20 pages here "revised and improved in better style and in larger type than any previous edition." This edition is also Mann's final text. 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. William B. Fowle unknown books
1866rif. 63212Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street 1866. 8vo pp. 120 8 ads; wrappers wanting removed from binding; very good. At head of title: "Trial life and execution of Anton Probst." "Anton Probst was one of those mass murderers who in a single stroke obliterates a group of people. The Deering family of six plus a hired boy and woman guest were all brutally hacked to death by him . After his execution the doctors had a field day with his cadaver putting it through all kinds of tests including one to test the theory that the retina of the eye of dying persons retains the last image seen. His head and right arm later appeared in a New York museum of anatomy and science" McDade. McDade Annals of Murder 775. T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street unknown books
1850rif. 62509Boston: Redding and Company 1850. Opposing the Extension of Slavery in the Territories with Interesting Provenance Boston edition of a speech by Horace Mann before the United States House of Representatives in which Mann declares his opposition to the extension of slavery in the territories. Horace Mann 1796-1859 was an education reformer politician and abolitionist from Massachusetts. In 1848 following the death of John Quincy Adams Mann was elected to the U.S. House to serve out the remainder of Adams's term. For more than a decade Mann had fought for education reform as secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education and he hoped his seat in Congress would give him the opportunity to bring about reform at the national level. Instead however Mann found himself preoccupied with what was perhaps the most pressing political issue of the day: slavery and its extension in the territories. This is the subject of the present speech given on the floor of the House of Representatives on February 15 1850. In it Mann states his opposition to slavery and its extension on moral and legal grounds. Embracing "the epithet 'Free-Soiler'" Mann insists that he "will engage in any honorable measure most likely to secure freedom to the new Territories" and "resist any and every measure that proposes to abandon them to slavery." Mann goes on to adopt the rallying cry "No more slave Territories no more slave States." Given the South's ultimatum of extension or secession Mann closes with what turned out to be his most forceful – and most controversial – statement: "In conclusion I have only to add that such is my solemn and abiding conviction of the character of slavery that under a full sense of my responsibility to my country and my God I deliberately say better disunion - better a civil or a servile war - better any thing that God in his providence shall send than an extension of the bounds of slavery." Much to Mann's disappointment later that year saw the passage of the Compromise of 1850 which not only failed to prohibit slavery's extension in the territories but worse still Mann thought included the Fugitive Slave Act which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners while denying them the rights of habeas corpus and a trial by jury. Mann's outspoken opposition to the act as well as his criticism of fellow Whig Daniel Webster who helped broker the compromise cost Mann the party's nomination for his congressional seat in 1850. However in a turn of events that in retrospect made his comments from the previous February about being a "Free-Soiler" seem prophetic Mann managed to secure the Free Soil nomination before going on to win reelection by a landslide. This copy bears the bookplate of Walter L. Pforzheimer 1914-2003 a lawyer intelligence officer and book collector. Pforzheimer was one of the founders of the Central Intelligence Agency having served as an Army Air Force intelligence officer and worked on a number of operations for the Office of Strategic Services - the forerunner to the C.I.A. - during World War II. Among these was an operation called the "Yale Library Project" a mission for which Pforzheimer as a member of the Yale Library Associates used his role as a cover to launder money for the O.S.S. In 1956 Pforzheimer founded the C.I.A.'s Historical Intelligence Collection and went on to serve as the collection's first curator. The rear wrapper of this Boston edition notes other speeches on slavery published by Redding and Company including by Henry Clay John C. Calhoun and William Seward. Another edition of Mann's speech appeared the same year in Washington D.C. and the speech was reprinted the following year as part of a collection of Mann's speeches on the subject. A powerful speech attacking slavery from one of the most contentious legislative sessions in the history of the United States Congress. Original printed brown wrappers. Rear wrapper detached but present. Wrappers chipped tanned and soiled. Text lightly soiled with some handwritten textual corrections in ink. Small blue bookplate of Walter L. Pforzheimer on rear of front wrapper see below. Good. LIBRARY COMPANY AFRO-AMERICANA 6323. DUMOND p.77. ANB 14 pp.424-27. Ernest Cassara "Reformer as Politician: Horace Mann and the Anti-Slavery Struggle in Congress 1848–1853" in Journal of American Studies Vol. 5 no. 3 December 1971 pp.247-63. Robin W. Winks Cloak & Gown: Scholars in the Secret War 1939–1961 2nd ed. New Haven 1996 pp.116-51. unknown books
1949rif. 160938Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. A part-time mail carrier decides to steal what he believes to be $200 from a lawyer's office on his mail route but ends up taking thousands pulling him into a shadowy world of crime and deceit. Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell's second pairing following the noted 1948 noir "They Live By Night" directed by Nicholas Ray. Shot on location in New York City. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970rif. 69529Seattle WA: University of Washington Press 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. SIGNED. Unpaginated. Quarto 28cm. 1/4 white paper with black boards. Title stamped in black ink on spine. Spine just a touch rolled. Head of boards sunned. Dust jacket is a bit toned and soiled. Signed by Imogen Cunningham on the title page. Cunningham was a highly awarded photographer primarily known for her shots of urban landscapes nudes and nature photography. This book represents the first full-length treatment of her work presenting 94 of her finest photographs dating from 1901-1970. University of Washington Press hardcover books
1975rif. 171783N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1975 French film showing Delphine Seyrig reclining while Claude Mann and Vernon Dobtcheff intently look on. During monsoon season in Calcutta in the 1930s the French ambassador's wife struggles with boredom and malaise while the men around her struggle to contain their lust for her. Followed by a sequel "Her Venetian Name in Deserted Calcutta" in 1976. 9 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn. N.p. unknown books
1965rif. 132240Germany: Atlas Films 1965. Original German A1 poster for a 1965 re-release of the 1930 German film. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. Marlene Dietrich became an immediate international star on the strength of her performance as the temptress Lola Frohlich in Josef von Sternberg's classic tale of love and obsession. Professor Immanuel Rath Emil Jannings is a strict and humorless schoolmaster who is shocked when he discovers the boys in his class have been spending their time at a sleazy cabaret called The Blue Angel where an entertainer named Lola Dietrich keeps the men in thrall and sells suggestive postcards of herself. "The Blue Angel" was shot in both German and English language versions; the German is preferable as most of the cast were obviously more expert in that tongue. Dietrich introduced what would become her theme song "Falling In Love Again" in this film. 23 x 33 inches folded. Several short tears at the edges light rubbing. Very Good plus overall. Atlas Films unknown books
1972rif. 598628Cambridge Massachusetts: The Red Prison Movement/Hovey Street Press 1972. Softcover. Near Fine. Second printing expanded from 64 to 120 pages. Small quarto. Illustrated from black and white photographs with color centerfold designed by Rafael Morante for OSPAAL. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Short tear at the crown tiny soil mark on front cover near fine. A tribute to Soledad Brother George Jackson by Red Prison Movement activist Eric Mann. The Red Prison Movement/Hovey Street Press unknown books
1979rif. 279280New York 1979. unbound. near fine. Important letter providing an extensive biographical history of his experiences with European Theater but more importantly defining his goals for the establishment of his lifelong dream in setting up an "American Theatre Training Institute 4 pages 11 x 8.5 inches New York City May 15 1979 to Maria Piscator co-founder with husband Erwin of the Dramatic Workshop which helped launch the careers of Marlin Brando and Tony Randall in small part: ".First here is a compact statement about the American Theatre Training Institute ATTI.which is still the story of a long and as yet unfulfilled desire. In our talk you seemed to respond to the idea of ATTI so hear goes.My major concentration is to develop ATTI so that it can help to continue to create for our country an artistically trained corps of theatre people equipped with a fully professional solid education in theatre arts and techniques -- acting voice speech movement gymnastics history of theatre literature art music etc. -- for a sufficient period of time to provide each one of them with a firmly-based strong and structured craft that will fully prepare them for their profession in the same way that the best European theater people are proudly certain of their craft." Note: Boston University is the repository of Paul Mann's personal papers. Near fine Condition. Canadian-American film and theatre actor best remembered for his development of Method Acting in America through his founding of the prestigious Actors Workshop. Alumni included Ruby Dee Ossie Davis Cicely Tyson Sidney Poitier Al Lewis and Vic Morrow. unknown books
2015rif. 626558New York: Little Brown and Company 2015. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 482pp. Illustrated from photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Sally Mann on the title page. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1997rif. 1363720New York: Edwynn Houk Gallery 1997. First Edition 1/3000 copies. Softcover. Quarto 59 pages; VG-; spine plain grey; mild shelfwear and rubbing; signed flat on the title page by Sally Mann; shelved case 11. 1363720. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Edwynn Houk Gallery unknown books
2003rif. 324791Boston: Bulfinch 2003. hardcover. fine/fine. Mann Sally. Illustrated with 85 of Mann's beautifully printed tritone photographs and 1 four color photograph. Slim oblong 4to gray cloth d.w. just a touch scuffed. Boston: Bulfinch Press 2003. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed at dated by Mann on the title page: "To. good caretakers with thanks Sally Mann 2003" Bulfinch unknown books
2009rif. 203047New York: Aperture 2009. Hardcover. VG: Exlibrary book in excellent condition. Stamp on front free end page. Sticker and stamp on back pasted end page. Stamp on top text block. Gray cloth casebound book with the title in debossed black lettering down the spine. The free and pasted end pages are gray. Pages: ~64. Contains thirty-three black-and-white plates. "Mann's photographs of her husband Larry who has late-onset muscular dystrophy." Aperture hardcover books
1988rif. 49356New York: Aperture / A New Images Book 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Good to fine condition. Signed Sally Mann on title page. Quarto. 53 1pp. Original gray cloth with black lettering on spine in original photo-illustrated dustjacket black lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. "At Twelve is Sally Mann's revealing collective portrait of twelve-year-old girls on the verge of adulthood. To be young and female in America is a time of tremendous excitement and social possibilities; it is a trying time as well caught between childhood and adulthood when the difference is not entirely understood. As Ann Beattie writes in her perceptive introduction "These girls still exist in an innocent world in which a pose is only a pose-what adults make of that pose may be the issue." The consequences of this misunderstanding can be real: destitution abuse unwanted pregnancy. Mann does not deny this reality but records it both in the faces of her subjects and in written stories that accompany thirteen of the portraits adding another dimension to our understanding of "Childhood. The young women in Mann's unflinching large-format photographs however are not victims. They return the viewer's gaze with a disturbing equanimity." Publisher. Illustrated with thirty-seven striking photographs. Dustjacket with light wear along edges and lightly rubbed. Binding with very light wear along edges. Endpapers with minor sunning along edges. Interior in fine condition. Aperture / A New Images Book hardcover books
1924rif. 557577New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Two volumes. Black cloth stamped in red red and black patterned endpapers. A few pages with small stains bindings with modest general wear spines slightly faded very good lacking the scarce dust jackets. Owner name of scholar and educator Porter Lander MacClintock on the endpaper and first page of each volume. MacClintock taught at John Dewey's Laboratory School of the University of Chicago. A fictional novel chronicling the decline of a wealthy German family. This was the author's first novel and subsequent Nobel Prize winner for Literature in 1929. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1934rif. 470187Mount Vernon New York: Privately Printed 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition variant issue no priority. Octavo. 10pp. Quarter cloth and decorated silver paper-covered boards. Endpapers moderately foxed as usual else a fine copy issued without printed dust jacket. Printed for the Friends of Frederick Gould Rudge Christmas 1934". Two other issues exist one on Arnold handmade paper 60 copies printed and another with an imprint for Helen & Vernon Ives. This appears to be the scarcest of the three variants. Privately Printed hardcover books
1934rif. 470228London: Martin Secker 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition in English. Translated from the German by H.T. Porter. 12mo. 376pp. Pale yellow cloth. Fore-edge is lightly foxed else a fine copy in about very good dust jacket which is moderately worn and tanned on the pine with a two-inch tear at crown of spine which is archivally mended on verso with Japanese tissue. The first volume of the Joseph and His Brethren trilogy. Martin Secker hardcover books
1955rif. 150127Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph of playwright and screenwriter Tennessee Williams with director Daniel Mann and Anna Magnani on the set of the 1955 film. Based on the 1950 play by Tennessee Williams. Williams wrote the play for Anna Magnani to play on Broadway which she rejected because she felt she was not yet fluent enough in English. Grieving withdrawn widow Serefina Magnani apprehensively considers an affair with truck driver Alvaro Burt Lancaster after she learns of her late husband's infidelity. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Actress for Anna Magnani and Best Cinematography nominated for five more including Best Picture. Set in a small Mississippi Gulf town shot on location in Key West Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with brief annotation in manuscript ink on upper right margin small bruise on lower right margin two pinholes in lower left margin and faint creasing at the extremities. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1954rif. RWALHOR00afYale University Press 1954. Very Good. Walpole Horace. Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann. 9 Volume set. Mann Sir Horace; Lewis Editor W.S.; Smith Editor Warren Hunting; Lam Editor George L. New Haven Connecticut: Yale University Press 1954. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Very good. Bookplates on pastedowns of first three volumes. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently discolored and soiled surfaces. Lightly bumped and rubbed spine ends and edges. Spines subtly yellowed. In dust jacket protectors. First three volumes have maps as endsheets. Volumes 4-9 have plain paper endsheets. Yale University Press unknown books
