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1891Best.-Nr. 29399London / New York: Hildesheimer & Faulkner / Geo. C. Whitney 1891. Very good plus. Striking chromolithographed shape book of the classic nursery rhyme with cover image of a realistic late Victorian shoe. 6.25'' x 8.25'' approx. Original thread-bound stiff paper wrappers. Illustrated by Berkeley with lovely chromolithographs. 14 pages. A couple creases and nicks to wrappers. Light foxing to leaves. Marvelously intact. Hildesheimer & Faulkner / Geo. C. Whitney unknown books
1725Best.-Nr. 371588London: H. Woodfall 1725. 24pp. 8vo. Nineteenth century half red morocco and marbled boards minor wear. Numerical stamp on verso of title bookplate. 24pp. 8vo. Proposes the creation of a college in Bermuda for training young American Indians to serve as missionaries throughout the British colonies. First published the year prior. Scarce. ESTC T14337; Sabin 4878 H. Woodfall 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
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
1971Best.-Nr. 48627Gillingham Dorset: The Blackmore Press 1971. VG 1st edition inscribed by author. . Gillingham Dorset: The Blackmore Press 1971. VG 1st edition inscribed by author. 21.5 cm. XIV pp. 282 pp. b/w plates. . The Blackmore Press unknown books
Best.-Nr. 83078Berkeley: Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original silkscreen in red printed on white poster paper measuring 77.74cm x 58.5cm 29" x 23". Short repaired tear in left margin; hand-inked date 7/2/70 at upper right else Near Fine. Unlike the majority of BPPW posters this one is not printed on repurposed computer paper but rather on higher-quality poster paper in a larger than usual format. One of some 600 designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop a student anti-war graphics collective over the course of the 1970 academic year; on average fewer than a few hundred copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. Not in Williams. unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. 164978London: Chivers / Black Dagger Crime 1997. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. As New. Near Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Unaccountably scarce. Chivers / Black Dagger Crime 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
1970Best.-Nr. 55917Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in black and burnt orange on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring 38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". Thin strip of toning a few tiny splits; Near Fine. Among the most striking designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970 depicting a young Vietnamese boy carrying his baby brother on his back. On average fewer than 100 copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. This variant not in WILLIAMS 4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970 - see p.118. 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
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
1932Best.-Nr. 156657London: Victor Gollancz 1932. First UK Edition and true first. Basis for Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 classic film noir "Suspicion" starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Book has a tiny nearly imperceptible tear at the front hinge. Jacket is slightly sunned at the spine with only a few nicks and tiny closed tears plus a few small archival tape mends to the verso. Scarce in jacket. In a custom maroon quarter-leather clamshell box. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949 p. 20. Victor Gollancz unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 52602Alameda CA: Ankh Press 1998. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 26cm.; Purple illustrated wraps; 50pp.; small faint corner bend light rubbing. Near Fine. Sphinx takes its characters and the reader on a whirlwind tour of history as it was and as it might be if a ruthless and brilliant man went back in time and shaped reality to suit himself. The players in this fantasy include Darrel the successful young Black lawyer Shanae his African-American supermodel fiancee Bill the good old boy who goes from wino to politico to human sacrifice on the wheel of time Heather the icy blonde prosecuting attorney whose penchant for domination finds a vent in the New Reality of Los Angeles 2000 where slavery has made a comeback in a big way and Antoine the fierce Creole aristocrat who steals an alien artifact of great power and uses it to fulfill his lust for control for wealth and most of all for Shanae. from the publisher. Ankh Press unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 35425Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in black on white repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring ca.38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". A Fine copy / A. A simple powerful anti-war image by an uncredited Berkeley student. The image is reproduced from a 1968 AP photograph of the bodies of US Marines on Hill 689 in Khe Sanh South Vietnam. The poster "is an indirect invocation of the political order in the United States and for those who remember a reminder that both Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Richard Nixon in 1968 won the presidency with promises of peace - which were then contradicted by their actions." Benson Thomas W. Posters for Peace: Visual Rhetoric and Civic Action. 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. Not individually listed in OCLC though we note copies held at Yale and Penn State. WILLIAMS 28. Berkeley Political Poster Workshop unknown books
Best.-Nr. 9052Cambridge Harvard University Press 1934. Together "WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF BOOKS PRINTED AT THE PRESS 1893-1933" by Julian Pearce Smith. First edition. One of 500 copies. Very good condition. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1934 unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 233150The University of North Carolina Press 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x0x9. NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE PAPERBACK EDITION! Hardcover Second printing published in 1975 with a dust jacket. Both jacket and book show little wear. They are Clean have a good binding with no marks or notations. Prompt shipping. S.U. The University of North Carolina Press hardcover books
1943Best.-Nr. UCHAJAC00drpHoughton Mifflin 1943. Very Good. Chase Richard. The Jack Tales. Williams Berkeley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1943. 202pp. Illustrated. Glossary. 8vo. Blue 1/4 cloth. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges. Gift inscription on title page. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. UJAMCOR00drpUniversity Press of Virginia 1994. Very Good. James William. The Correspondence of William James: Volume 3. Skrupskelis Ignas K.; Berkeley Elizabeth M. Charlottesville VA: University Press of Virginia 1994. 517pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Red cloth. Book condition: Very good with bumped spine ends. Marginalia on a few pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges. University Press of Virginia hardcover books
1934Best.-Nr. 599147Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. With a bibliographical list of books printed at the press 1893-1933 by Julian Pearce Smith. Small quarto. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Owner name on the front pastedown spine ends gently bumped a few faint scratches near fine lacking the dust jacket. Limited to 500 copies. Harvard University Press hardcover 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
1972Best.-Nr. 162093N.p.: Kirt Films International 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Documentary on the history of pornography in Holllywood including interviews with the owner of a topless/bottomless bar a gay church adult filmmakers adult bookstore owners and patrons and adult film stars. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Kirt Films International unknown books
1935Best.-Nr. 161360N.p.: N.p. 1935. Final script for the 1935 film seen here under the working title "Romance in a Glass House." Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the front board. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. A famed stage diva wants her untalented lover as her leading man. To prevent this from occurring the producers select a handsome novice from the streets and declare him the new contracted lead in their production. Bound in full red leather with gilt titles on the spine and front board. Distribution page present stamped copy No. 4 noted as FINAL with receipt removed. Title page present dated 6/25/35 with credits for screenwriters Jerry Wald Julius J. Epstein and Robert Hardy Andrews. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine binding about Fine. N.p. unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 161361N.p.: N.p. 1938. Revised Final script for the 1938 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the front board. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. A nightclub manager's secretary falls in love with a little-known bandleader her boss has booked to temporarily stand in for Rudy Vallee but her boss objects to the romance. Bound in full red leather with gilt titles on the spine and front board. Distribution page present dated 3/24/38 stamped copy No. 116 and noted as REV. FINAL with receipt intact. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 167568Universal City: Universal-International 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing a humanoid monster in the Arizona desert. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A tarantula escapes from a remote desert laboratory growing in size as it travels wreaking havoc on the townspeople. Featuring an early uncredited appearance by actor Clint Eastwood. Set in the fictional town of Desert Rock Arizona shot on location in Apple Valley and Lucerne Valley California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 167577Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing scientists in hazmat suits preparing to confront the insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A volcanic eruption in the South Seas frees a long-dormant 200-foot-tall mantis which proceeds to make its way to the US. Filmmakers constructed a 200-foot-tall mantis for the film from papier-mâché with a hydraulic system in addition to two smaller models for different flying or walking effects. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
