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1961Best.-Nr. 48422Iowa City: Prairie Press 1961. Broadside approximately 13½" x 9" printed in black blue and red on wove paper; old bookseller's description taped to verso and from whence the following comes else fine. "Nowhere on this broadside does it show that it was printed at the Prairie Press but it is pictured in the article "Carroll Coleman on Printing - Excerpts from a 36-Year's Correspondence with Emerson G. Wulling" Books at Iowa no. 23 1975. In a personal conversation Carroll Coleman told me that he had always admired this quote and as he had just acquired Eric Gill's "Joanna" type he decided to make the first use of it for the body of this broadside." This is a distinct edition from that of the same text which is twice folded and printed on two sides. Not in Cheever. Prairie Press unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 83536Berkeley: Free University of Berkeley 1970. First Edition. Quarto 27cm. Pictorial staple-bound wrappers; 56pp; illus. Light wear to covers; text slightly age-toned; Very Good. Course catalog and prospectus for the Free University of Berkeley presented in the format of an underground comic zine. The course descriptions are by various illustrators none of whom appear to be credited. The Free University allowed students to register for "any number of courses" for a one-time registration fee of $10. Instructors worked on a volunteer basis; among the subjects offered were self-defense dance beekeeping body massage yogurt and "theory of orgasm" though not included in the catalog we imagine the practicum must have been interesting. The FUB ran from 1966 to 1972. Free University of Berkeley unknown books
1931Best.-Nr. 2351723Garden City New York: The Crime Club Inc. / Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1931. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First American edition. Lacks jacket. Spine leans forward slightly otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight pages clean bright and unmarked. 1931 Hard Cover. 273 pp. 8vo. The ransacked flat and the garroted body meant a simple burglary to Scotland Yard. but the Yard overlooked the innocent bit of rope that Roger Sheringham found. The seventh Roger Sheringham mystery novel by popular British crime writer Anthony Berkeley Cox who wrote as Anthony Berkeley Francis Iles and A. Monmouth Platts. The Roger Sheringham stories were Berkeley's most popular mysteries though he also wrote quite a few stand-alones. The Crime Club, Inc. / Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover books
1939Best.-Nr. 137986Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1939. Vintage photograph from the 1939 film musical based on the 1937 Rogers and Hart Broadway musical play of the same name. With a printed snipe on the verso along with the stamp of Culver Pictures photo bureau a date stamp of "Dec 1939" and manuscript annotations regarding layout. Rooney and Garland sing "God's Country" from the finale of the musical in a scene spoofing Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the FDR's fireside chats. This scene was cut from the film after Roosevelt's death and believed lost until it was rediscovered and restored in 1990s. Rooney received a Best Actor nomination for his role in the film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good. Pinholes to the corners with pinholes at the corners and light wear to the margins. Hirschhorn p. 167. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1931Best.-Nr. 49831New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1931. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1931. First Edition stated. Octavo 19cm; publisher's cloth binding; 290pp. Cover has minor shelfwear; crown and foot of spine rubbed; corners lightly bumped. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Overall in Very Good condition. Published as part of Harper's "Sealed Mystery" series in which books were published with the last few chapters sealed with a thin paper sheet stating "If you can resist the desire to know the outcome of this story return the book to your bookstore with the seal unbroken and your money will be refunded." Alas the reader of this volume could not resist and seal has been broken but the blue tissue paper remains intact. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 21337Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. Near Fine. 1933 c.1932. Early printing. Hardcover. lacking the original dust jacket but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing nice clean copy spine very slightly turned extremely light wear to extremities. "This is the story of Lina Aysgarth who after eight years discovered that she was married to a murderer. It is not a shocker or a detective story but a brilliant disquieting frightening study of a charming and thoroughly evil murderer." A Haycroft-Queen Cornerstone title and the basis for the 1941 Alfred Hitchcock film SUSPICION with Cary Grant as the charmer and Joan Fontaine as his milk-fed and very anxious bride. NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing. . Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. hardcover books
1924Best.-Nr. 268329Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. hardcover. near fine. Slim 8vo 70 pages khaki cloth backed boards. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. First Edition. Near Fine. Printed by the author at the Merrymount Press. Signed presentation by Updike. Laid in is a 2 page A.L.S. and stamped envelope from Updike dated Dec. 16th 1935. Harvard University Press unknown books
1924Best.-Nr. 252927Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. First. hardcover. near fine. Slim 8vo 70 pages khaki cloth backed boards. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1924. First Edition. Near Fine. Printed by the author at the Merrymount Press. Signed inscription by Updike " who wishes this book was a better exponent or example of what it commends in book-making!" Laid in are a T.L.S. & a T.N.S. from Updike on the Merrymount Press letterhead. Harvard University Press unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 27608New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good dj. c.1933. Reprint. Hardcover. nice tight clean book with just a touch of shelfwear; the jacket is modestly edgeworn very slight paper loss at base of spine a few short closed tears at the top and bottom edges of the front panel with the one at the bottom having also occasioned some creasing and a tiny surface-scrape in the upper right area of the front panel. "Another page from the career of Mr. Roger Sheringham whose proclivities in the direction of beer and criminology have given him an international following. It concerns the unfortunate sequence of events which began with one of the most extraordinary of murders and involves Sheringham for the firt time in his career on the side against the police." Berkeley who also wrote as "A.B. Cox" and "Francis Iles" featured Sheringham in ten novels published between 1925 and 1934 of which this was the ninth. It was also published in England under the title "Jumping Jenny." . Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1952Best.-Nr. 318724New York: Edmund C. Berkeley and Associates 1952. First edition. 34 pp. 4to. Plain printed wrappers. Near fine. Contemporary ownership ink stamps to front cover back cover and title page. Provenance: Ink stamp of Samuel Jacobs__; Bookplate of Erwin Tomash. First edition. 34 pp. 4to. Edmund C. Berkeley and Associates unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 340242London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. Printed wrappers bound into full blue cloth with leather spine label gilt. Bookplates of Eva La Gallienne and the Civic Repertory Theatre else very near fine. Daughter of the poet Richard Le Gallienne Eva was a distinguished actress producer and director. She founded the Civic Repertory Theatre in New York in the 1920s. In 1964 she was presented with a special Tony Award celebrating her 50th year as an actress and honoring her work with the National Repertory Theatre. In 1977 she won a Theatre World Special Award and in 1986 she received the National Medal of Arts. A play about Florence Nightingale that was the basis for a 1951 film directed by Herbert Wilcox and featuring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding. Victor Gollancz Ltd hardcover books
1969Best.-Nr. 180251969. Distributed by the Radical Student Union at UC Berkeley. Outcry! from Occupied Berkeley. Vol. 2. May 1969. Quadruple folded. This newsletter gives the chronology of the clash over People's Park that occurred on May 15 1969 which was precipitated by the University's desire to turn a lot near campus that it had razed and purchased into a sports arena. The University aggressively acquired this land and razed the buildings on it due to concerns about growing crime. However in the months that followed hippies and other people in the community started to repurpose the land which had fallen into disrepair to create a community space with functional gardens and leisure areas and thus People's Park was born. The Park was soon enclosed and patrolled by National Guardsmen until the tension reached a fever pitch on May 15 when an Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy fired upon a peaceful onlooker James Rector who later died from his wounds. This newsletter gives this history in greater details and calls upon people to rally to People's Park. It denounces capitalist property relations the Vietnam War and imperialism police brutality and sexism. On verso is a print of a fist emerging from a rose that has sundered the earth around it with the slogan "Let a thousand parks bloom." In very good condition. unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 203271971. Radical Activist Newspaper Berkeley Tribe Vol. II No. 27 Issue 79: January 22-29 1971. San Francisco: Red Mountain Tribe Press. 23 pages. Measures 12" x 17". Radical Activist Newspaper from Berkeley covering a variety of civil rights issues cultures race relations LGBTQ communities and other various causes and groups. This issue has extensive articles on an oil spill by the Golden Gate Bride prison conditions for minority groups an update on Angela Davis and her conviction and a a Chicano "brother" in prison discussing harsh conditions and experiences. Also included are articles of protest against the Vietnam war instances of police brutality articles on addiction and substance abuse movie reviews music reviews and an article about Korea's capturing of the Pueblo ship. Pages are clean with minor wear around edges. Overall in very good condition. unknown books
1891Best.-Nr. 92699New York: The Berkeley Lyceum 1891. Very Good. Modest-sized broadsheet flyer. 24 cm. Text printed in red on both sides. Two horizontal creases. List of 30 "patronesses" printed on other side. The first patroness listed is Mrs. Valentine G. Hall who was the grandmother of Eleanor Roosevelt whom little Eleanor went to live after her mother's death. We were unable find information about a "Summer Home for Colored Women and Children" other than an online reference identifying it as organized in 1890. The Berkeley Lyceum unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 164825Universal City: Universal-International 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actors Alix Talton and Craig Stevens being menaced by the massive titular insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A prehistoric praying mantis is freed from the ice and wreaks havoc on the American military stationed in the northern Arctic slowly making its way south. The film utilized a giant paper mâché mantis with an internal hydraulic system for several scenes involving the creature and special effects crew also created two smaller models for scenes where the mantis walked or flew. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown books
1928Best.-Nr. 94878New York: J.H. Sears 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with some tiny nicks and tears and with a George Bernard Shaw blurb. Biographical novel about Cavell a World War I British nurse executed by the Germans for helping POWs escape novelized by Berkeley from his play and his screen-story for the 1928 silent film of the same name. Little remembered now the film was understandably controversial in its time and was suppressed in some markets and consequently a blockbuster in others. Cavell is memorialized today with a statue just off of Trafalgar Square. J.H. Sears hardcover books
1969Best.-Nr. 232621969. Student ActivismAnti-Racism UC Berkeley student organizing broadside advocating for Third World Studies and against racist education policy. "Third World students" voice a demand for "an autonomous Third World college" and the rejection of a Black Studies department "under the control of the administration." The broadside ties those demands to the School of Education and the political responsibilities of future teachers naming "the suppression of Eldridge Cleaver" as an example of how the university functioned within "the perpetuation of racist exploitation." Its argument is built section by section through "What Is Racism" "Education and Racism" "The University and Racism" "Third World Fight Against Racism" "Student Teachers" and "The Education Caucus" moving from campus labor and admissions policy to housing wage inequality Vietnam era military service and public school teaching. Student Teachers: Support the Fight Against Racism. Education Caucus. Berkeley circa 1969. Mimeographed leaflet 2 pages on one sheet printed recto and verso 8.5 x 14 inches. The text opens by stating that "for nine months Third World students on the Berkeley campus have been negotiating with the administration" then argues that administrative concessions left control of curriculum and hiring in university hands. Subsequent sections sharpen that claim through specific figures and institutions asserting that Black people make "on the average $2500 less a year than do white workers" that "44% of black people live" in inadequate housing and that "over 70% of the combat deaths of California in Vietnam are chicano and black." The School of Education material is especially pointed arguing that future teachers receive "no courses dealing with the basis of racism or with ways of realistically combatting racism in the public schools" and calling on student teachers to "boycott all classes on campus" and join picketing "at the Sather Gate picket line from 11:00-2:00 every day." The leaflet closes with meeting information for the Education Caucus and three telephone numbers for organizing support. The piece belongs to the Berkeley strike wave that produced the most consequential campus battle over Third World Studies and Ethnic Studies in the United States. By directing an appeal to student teachers invoking New York teachers' strikes and proposing "a 199 course next quarter" and ultimately "a permanent course on racism and teaching Third World students" it documents a concrete goal of anti-racist student protest to improve the training and awareness of educators in racial inequality. Light toning and a few light ink marks; clean and sound overall; overall very good condition. A Berkeley student broadside linking the Third World Liberation Front strike to teacher training curriculum and the formation of anti-racist educational practice. unknown books
1900Best.-Nr. 36719New York London: Geo. C. Whitney Hildensheimer & Faulkner 1900. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A die cut shape book in the shape of a shoe bound with cord and tassle. Chipping and wear to edges of both covers with a few creases to rear cover. The cord has pulled out of several pages and at some point the book was resewn with thread; however the pages were rebound out of order. The title page is near the end of the book and one additional page is out of order but no missing pages. Pen marking to one page smudge marks and soiling to other pages. Short closed tear to one page. Includes 6 chromolithographs and 6 sepia illustrations. A well loved copy of this classic children's tale. 14 pages. CHILD/080923. Geo. C. Whitney, Hildensheimer & Faulkner paperback books
1928Best.-Nr. 170815New York: Doubleday Doran 1928. First American Edition preceded by the First UK Edition. Basis for the 1941 film "Flight from Destiny" starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Thomas Mitchell. Moderate offsetting to endpapers boards lightly edgeworn overall Very Good plus in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Jacket spine with fading and a narrow chip to the center just affecting the H in Anthony with chipping to the spine ends and the top left corner of the front panel. Doubleday Doran unknown books
1744Best.-Nr. 113771744. BERKELEY GEORGE. Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water and Divers other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another. London: For W. Innys and C. Hitch and C. Davis 1744. 174 2 p. Removed from a bound volume. Very good. Second English edition the variant with the author's name on the title page. An investigation into the medicinal properties of tar water. A highly popular text that was reprinted many times. Keynes 67; Osler 1071; Wellcome II p. 149; NLM/Blake p. 43; Kress 4685. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 140258Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1955. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1955 film "Revenge of the Creature." Featuring a comical image of the film being shot in the water at Marineland Florida while a dolphin show takes place in the background. Half of the gathered crowd watches the dolphin show while the other half has turned to watch the Gill-man attack a diver bathing suit-clad cameramen milling about to the side. The captive Gill-man Ricou Browning falls in love with the girlfriend Lori Nelson of animal psychologist Clete Ferguson John Agar. When it inevitably escapes and unsurprisingly takes Nelson hostage the police are forced to shoot it. The first 3-D sequel to a 3-D film its far more successful predecessor "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" and the only 3-D film released in 1955. Clint Eastwood makes a hilarious uncredited appearance as an incompetent lab technician who insists a lab rat has been eaten by a cat test subject only to find the rat in his lab coat pocket. Set in Florida and shot there on location. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Mystery Science Theater 801. Universal Pictures unknown books
1752Best.-Nr. 67002Dublin: George Faulkner 1752. First Dublin edition. 12mo. 265 i.e. 262 pp. Pages 55-58 and 77-84 are cancels pages 85-86 omitted in numbering. Eleven tracts published separately 1721-1752 each with a separate title page. Includes A Proposal for the better supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations and for converting the savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be erected in the Summer-Islands otherwise called the Isles of Bermuda 1725. Berkeley 1685-1753 born in Kilkenny and an Anglican bishop served on a mission to America living in Rhode island 1728-1732 and afterward was named the Bishop of Cloyne 1734 to his death; his writings placed him among the important 18th-century British philosophers. Keynes Bibliography of George Berkeley 140. Contemporary calf rubbed some wear to joints and spine ends leather label between raised bands on spine. Very good. George Faulkner unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 55912Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in camo green on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring 38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". Some splitting along the center fold discreetly and archivally reinforced on verso; Very Good. An arresting image portraying the gears of the war machine with silhouettes of human beings inside each one and a conscience-provoking slogan. One of some 600 designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970; on average fewer than 100 copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. See WILLIAMS 32-33. 55912. Berkeley Political Poster Workshop unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 55907Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in blue on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring 38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". A Fine copy. Attractive poster featuring an altered version of the Great Seal of the United States bearing the slogan "Americans Want Peace." One of some 600 designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970; on average fewer than 100 copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. See WILLIAMS 9-10. Berkeley Political Poster Workshop unknown books
1923Best.-Nr. 600439London 1923: W. Collins Sons & Co 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Small quarto. A little offsetting on the endpapers near fine in tattered and worn good dust jacket. Contains many caricatures of English authors by Lynch. Very scarce in jacket. W. Collins Sons & Co hardcover books
