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1924réf. 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
1934réf. 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
1934réf. 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
1955réf. 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 Grieving withdrawn widow Serefina Magnani apprehensively considers an affair with truck driver Alvaro Burt Lancaster after she learns of her late husband's infidelity.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
1954réf. 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
1994réf. 37357Pennsylvania: The Press of Appletree Alley 1994. Hardcover. Fine. Holmes Linda. Holmes Linda. Hardcover. Number 33 of 150 copies. This is a delightful book that draws together letters and writings of Morris Elizabeth Yeats and George Bernard Shaw taken from a collection at the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library at Bucknell University. In his introduction Dr. Charles W. Mann describes the letters of Morris Elizabeth and W.B. Yeats as the "active engaged thoughts and hopes of some of the most gifted literary bookmakers of their time." The letters offer new insights into the relationship of W.B. Yeats to his sister Elizabeth's Cuala Press and the role of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson in the binding of Kelmscott Press books. Morris's close friend Shaw is represented by his wonderful essay 'The Author's View: A Criticism of Modern Book Printing." Linda Holmes provided 10 charming wood engravings. Printed in Van Dijck and Caslon types on Rives Heavyweight paper. Bound in Morris's Liberty blue and white willow pattern cloth with a black leather spine label. In about fine condition. Measures 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 44 1 pages. MOR/070124. The Press of Appletree Alley hardcover books
1925réf. 166083N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage reference photograph of director Earle Rodney with a camera crew on the set of the 1925 short film setting up a shot with actors Bobby Vernon and Frances Lee. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. An American infantryman attempts to reunite with his sweetheart in Paris but instead finds himself the object of affection of the "Darling of Paris"-and the object of ire of her boyfriend. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a small bruise at the center top margin. N.p. unknown books
1834réf. 1358309Louisville: Wilcox Dickerman & Co 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xi 396 pages; In Very Good Minus Condition. Bound in 20th century full paneled imitation period full tree calf paneled covers with gilt borders and spine labels with gilt lettering; Boards show light plus wear to top and bottom edges; Textblock has significant uneven age-toning to edges moderate plus foxing to pages interiorly a dampstain along the fore-edge up to p. 9 creasing to corners of several pages and significant foxing to frontispiece and titlepage; Top edge of titlepage has been repaired; RW Consignment. Howes B-1059. 1358309. Special Collections - Downstairs. Wilcox, Dickerman & Co hardcover books
1838réf. 35636Boston: Dutton and Wentworth State Printers 1838. Stitched 75pp. Untrimmed scattered foxing Good. 'Senate.No. 26' at head of title. When Mann took office as Secretary the free public school system was characterized by "short school terms dilapidated and unsanitary school-houses untrained and underpaid teachers and irrational methods of teaching. He brought to his new duties such a degree of courage vision and wisdom that during the brief twelve years in which he held office the Massachusetts school system was almost completely transformed" DAB. This first Report was significant for its "presentation and discussion of school problems of crucial importance. The needs and remedies growing out of these problems are set forth with convincing clearness and with the fervor of a prophet and reformer" Id. Edward Everett was President of the Board of Education whose membership included Mann Jared Sparks and Robert Rantoul Jr. FIRST EDITION. AI 51561 5. Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers unknown books
1972réf. 161480New York: Norman Rosemont Productions 1972. Draft script for the 1973 television movie originally aired on April 24 1973 on ABC. Production memo and seven-page shooting schedule laid in. An American officer is sentenced to permanent exile from his homeland after being court-martialed for conspiring to attack and annex Mexico with Aaron Burr. Shot on location in Newport Rhode Island in Niagara New York and in Mystic Connecticut. Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 14 1972 with credit for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus moderately edgeworn with splashes affecting the final ten leaves and rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Norman Rosemont Productions unknown books
1966réf. 614878New York: Octagon Books 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition with a new preface and additional chapter by Bond. Octavo. xxxvi 531pp. Red cloth gilt. Modest wear tiny ink spot at the spine base and the endleaves a bit foxed a very god or better copy issued without dust jacket. Octagon Books hardcover books
1959réf. 160610Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1959 film all four showing actress May Britt dancing in a cabaret. One with a French Twentieth Century-Fox stamp on the verso. A little-seen American remake of Josef von Sternberg's 1930 German film based on the 1905 novel "Professor Unrat" by Heinrich Mann. A tale of the destruction that obsession can cause about a German high school teacher who falls for a traveling showgirl marries her and is then shunned by his community slowly losing all of his dignity. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned with brief wear at the corners. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1958réf. 168476Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film showing Tina Louise buried partially in the sand. Just as Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel was met with scrutiny and censorship upon its publication the film adaptation twenty-five years later met with similar disapproval. Scenes involving actresses Louise and Fay Spain were perceived as obscene the film was said to call marital fidelity into question and even worse portrayed a popular uprising of mill workers. Many theaters either banned the film entirely or admitted only moviegoers ages 18 and up. Though written by Ben Maddow a blacklisted radical leftist documentary and poetry writer screenwriting for the film was attributed to Philip Yordan a writer often credited for scripts written by blacklisted authors. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1798réf. 15192Wrentham: Nathaniel Heaton Jun. 1798. 32pp. Disbound scattered foxing else Very Good. "One of the most notable surgeons of his day" DAB Mann became an army surgeon at age twenty during the Revolution and served in the War of 1812. He "visited Shays's camp during the rebellion of 1786-'7 in order to report to Gen. William Shepard" Appleton; and wrote the highly esteemed Medical Sketches of the Campaigns of 1812. Howes M258. Mann traces the 'Masonic Art' to its beginnings: "as soon as order began and harmony was spoken into existence by the Supreme Architect of the universe the pillars of the masonic fabric were erected." Masonic history is discussed in a highly learned manner; much comment is provided upon Robison's work. FIRST EDITION. Evans 34043. Sabin 44328n. Nathaniel Heaton Jun. unknown books
1934réf. 470226Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition second printing clothbound issue published in the same year as the first printing with 1934 on title page and stating 'Elfte bis funfzehnte Ausgabe' on copyright page. 12mo. 343pp. Tan cloth stamped in gilt. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket which is rubbed and evenly faded on the spine. The second volume in the Joseph series. An uncommon title in dust jacket. S. Fischer Verlag hardcover books
1958réf. 150167N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage borderless photograph of actress Sophia Loren on the set of the 1958 film. With a Photoplay Library stamp on the verso along with the stamp of photographer Bill Avery and manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1924 play. A greedy New England farmer marries for a third time after working his first two wives to death. Trouble ensues when his new wife a headstrong Italian woman begins an affair with his youngest son. Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1962réf. 167657Copenhagen: Politikens Presse Foto 1962. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1962 Danish film. Printed mimeo snipes in English affixed to the versos along with the stamps of Politikens Presse Foto and Agence France-Presse. Not to be confused with the 1962 British crime thriller directed by Peter Maxwell. Based on South African writer Nadine Gordimer's 1958 novel "A World of Strangers" about a white liberal Englishman who befriends a Black man after moving to Johannesburg only to realize that their friendship carries unforeseen consequences for them both. Shot on location in Johannesburg. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Lightly foxed on the margins and versos else about Near Fine. Politikens Presse Foto unknown books
2006réf. 169869Paris: Taschen 2006. Hardcover. First French Edition. Text in French. An in-depth overview of the work of noted auteur Michael Mann illustrated with numerous black-and-white and color photographs. Rear board slightly bowed else about Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Taschen unknown books
1966réf. 162336Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Collection of 17 vintage photographs from the 1966 film including two studio still photographs and 15 reference photographs. One with a mimeo snipe on the verso and all with stamps specific to the film's French release on the verso. Secret agent Derek Flint is a smooth-talking Renaissance man-martial arts master polyglot ballet dancer-who works for the international intelligence agency Z.O.W.I.E. When several fellow agents are discovered mysteriously murdered his agency tasks Flint with finding and stopping the killers leading him on a groovy wild goose chase across the world. Set in Rome Marseilles and Washington DC and shot on location in Washington DC and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1823réf. 008528Dedham: H. & W. H. Mann 1823. 1st Edition. No Binding. Fine. First edition. Octavo. Pp. 25 1 blank. Self covers. Pulled from a bound volume some remnants at spine. Some slight spotting to covers. Contemporary ink signature and comment to top border; else clean. A fine copy. Perhaps the earliest publication with Horace Mann as author. Horace Mann 1796-1859 was an American educational reformer and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education. Born in Franklin Massachusetts Mann studied at Brown University graduated with honors and then studied law. One of the early residents of Dedham Massachusetts Mann passed the local Bar and opened a law office in 1823. In only his first year in Dedham he was invited to deliver the Independence Day address. In his speech he "outlined for the first time the basic principles that he would return to in his subsequent public statements arguing that education intelligent use of the elective franchise and religious freedom are the means by which American liberties are preserved." Former President and then Congressman John Quincy Adams later read the address and "expressed great confidence in the future career of Mr. Mann". This pamphlet printed by Mann and his father is perhaps the earliest publication with Horace Mann as author. Includes a contemporary ink signature with the words "A significant work" penned in the same hand. Sabin: 44324. H. & W. H. Mann unknown books
1852réf. 61667Boston: Commonwealth - Extra at head of first column 1852. Broadsheet 22 x 15 3/4 inches printed on both sides in six columns bearing only Mann's address. Mann 1796-1859; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 1848-1853 known as the father of American public education won John Quincy Adams's seat in Congress after he died and served for five years as an anti-slavery advocate; this speech reaffirms his opposition and excoriates the political efforts at the time to silence those in both houses of Congress who supported his views especially those concerning the extension of slavery into the western territories. The "Commonwealth" was a Boston newspaper published 1851-1853 see AAS online catalogue. LCP/HSP Afro-Americana 6316 and 6321 for pamphlet printings only. No printing in Work or Blockson catalogue. OCLC locates two copies of this broadsheet in separate entries New York Historical Society Texas-Austin and a goodly number of copies from several pamphlet printings. Long tear through bottom margin into text with no loss a very good example of a rare separate printing of this important speech. Folded. 8645. Commonwealth - Extra [at head of first column] unknown books
1936réf. 542978Berlin: Fischer Verlag 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 402 5pp. Off-white or buff linen cloth stamped in black and gilt. Faintest toning bottom corner of the last three leaves torn away affecting no printing and with small stains on last leaf else near fine lacking the dust jacket. Fischer Verlag hardcover books
1954réf. 163125N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage press photograph of German writer and social critic Thomas Mann with his wife Katia Pringsheim circa 1946. Printed mimeo snipe and PIX agency stamp crediting "Life" magazine photographer Paul Dorsey on the verso. Mann and his wife moved from Germany to Switzerland after Hitler rose to power in 1933 and then from Switzerland to California in 1939. They lived in the states for the next 13 years ultimately returning to Switzerland in 1952. 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. 7.5 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1968réf. 152359Los Angeles: Cinerama International Releasing Organization 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Daniel Mann laughing with actors Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. In order to prevent their maid from leaving their employment to attend secretarial school the youngest son of a wealthy white Long Island family searches for a handsome executive to wine and dine her. Set in Long Island and New York. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the right edge with brief wear to the corners. Cinerama International Releasing Organization unknown books
1976réf. 627717Lincoln University Pennsylvania: Lincoln University 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 616pp. A bit of foxing on the page edges and endpapers else near fine in modestly rubbed very good dust jacket. A history of the traditionally Black college by Bond an author and educator who served as president of Lincoln University and who was also the father of political and civil rights activist Julian Bond. A nice copy and very scarce. Lincoln University hardcover books
