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1977réf. TB26019Hartford: The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society of Connecticut 1977. First Edition. Fine perfect bound within heavy paper printed wraps. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued. 51 pages of text illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Although based on the facts known about the life of Nathan Hale some portions of this title have been fictionalized. The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society of Connecticut paperback books
1958réf. 197125Los Angeles: One Inc 1958. Magazine. 32p. including covers 5.5x8.5 inches very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story: "The Ambiguous Heroes of John Horne Burns" by Daniel H. Edgerton. Also: "I Missed You" a poem by Joyce Field. "Leopard On a Spot" by Dan Martin. Editorial recollection of the beginning of ONE at the Dalton Street House at 27th in West Los Angeles with accompanying photo. One Inc. which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one" was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene leading to a four-year legal battle chronicled in its pages that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors. One, Inc unknown books
1997réf. 532808Philadelphia: Banshee Press 1997. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. 47pp. Fine. Poems by Jared Carter Michael Waters Denise Duhamel Alan Britt Karen Blomain Joyce Odam David Kirby Joseph Farley Art Beck Ann Menebroker Kent Taylor Tom Devaney and Robert Peters. Banshee Press unknown books
1974réf. 325353New York: McKay-Washburn 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Fine in a very good soiled dustwrapper. McKay-Washburn hardcover books
1992réf. 325241Laguna Beach: Rus Calisch/Orange County Blade 1992. Magazine. 48p. includes covers 8.25x10.5 inches articles news events photos local ads classifieds very good LGBTQ magazine in stapled glossy wraps. LGBTQ magazine in the heart of Conservative California. HIV/AIDS info politics entertainment literature finance etc. Gay Pride Issue. Also: Women's Health The FBI's Gay Files. Rus Calisch/Orange County Blade unknown books
1996réf. vas719Portland Oregon: Timber Press 1996. Sponsored by The Kenya ORchid Trust and The Kenya Orchid Society. Octavo black boards hardcover gilt letters map illus. endpapers xv 176 pp. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with sunned spine. From dust jacket: Situated astride the Equator Kenya is one of the most beautiful countries in Africa. From the idylic white beaches of coral sand facing the Indian Ocean to the snowfields at the top of Mt. Kenya more than 5000 metres above sea level it is a land of great diversity wild landscapes and abundant wildlife. The flora too is very varied. Among the trees and shrubs of the forests and bush and in the extensive grasslands nearly three hundred different kinds of orchids can be found. This is the first book devoted to the orchids of Kenya. It deals with all the epiphytic species the lianes in the genus Vanilla and finally the terrestrial kinds. They are all described in a logical and comparable way. Approximately two-thirds of the species are illustrated in colour many of them in close-up. An important chapter describing the work on orchid conservation at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi is also included. The text describes each species where it grows in Kenya and when it flowers. Other countries in Africa where each can be found are also mentioned. For each of the 50 genera and species are provided. In conjunction with the photographs and descriptions these keys will enable everyone with an interest in these fascinating plants to identify those they find in Kenya today. The book will also be useful to orchid enthusiast living in or visiting other parts of Africa because many of the species are widespread in the continent. Growers of African orchids in many other parts of the world will find the wealth of information it contains invaluable. Timber Press, 1996. Sponsored by The Kenya ORchid Trust and The Kenya Orchid Society. hardcover books
1950réf. 165992Universal City: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage Halloween-themed publicity photograph of actress Joyce Holden dressed as a witch painting a jack-o-lantern. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Holden worked as a Universal contract player appearing in over 30 films throughout the early and mid-1950s before retiring from acting in 1958. She is today best remembered for her screen debut in "The Milkman" 1950. 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. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1925réf. 29280Paris 1925. 1 "Mon jour terreste diminue" a setting of Paul Claudel's poetry for voice and orchestra. Six pages musical partition in red and black ink with hand written cover and a formal dedication to Adrienne Monnier. Signed at the end and dated June 1920 and 2 "Finale des Choeurs pour un exposition Coloniale. A la mémoire de Joseph Conrad et ses navigateurs" Six pages musical partition in pencil with title and annotations in ink. 350 x 270 mm. Inscribed by Benoist-Méchin to Adrienne Monnier. Before becoming a politicianthe young Benoîst-Méchin tried his hand as a composer. He was not yet 20 years old when he wrote the first piece. At Adrienne Monnier's request he also translated the "Penelope" section of Joyce's "Ulysses" for which he supplied musical notation that Joyce had photographed and used in print. When he was an official in the Vichy government Benoîst-Méchin was able to use his influence to have Sylvia Beach released from internment. unknown books
1992réf. 161314N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage oversize portrait photograph of author Joyce Carol Oates. Dated October 24 1992 in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto with Oates' name and a credit for photographer Geraint Lewis. Layout annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. In 1992 Lewis released her novella "Black Water" based on the real-life 1969 Chappaquiddick incident involving US senator Ted Kennedy. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1933réf. 162038Universal City: Universal Pictures 1933. Vintage keybook publicity photograph of actress Joyce Compton in a fur-lined jacket and silk dress circa 1933. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Joyce Compton appeared extensively in films from the mid-1920s through the 1950s most notably in "Bedtime Story" 1941 and "Christmas in Connecticut" 1945. 8 x 10 inches. Good with an inch-long closed tear on the right edge and light creasing at the bottom right corner. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975réf. 209706PA: Know 1975. Softcover. Very Good. Later. Paperback Very good in wrappers. Cover rubbed with sticker. Know unknown books
1929réf. 22015Paris: Shakespeare And Company 1929. First edition. One of 96 numbered copies printed on Arches paper. Our Exagmination contains brief quotations from Work In Progress including a passage concerning Swift and blindness which was not later incorporated in Finnegans Wake. The ‘Letters of Protest' are reputed to have been written by Joyce himself. Slocum & Cahoon B10. Also includes Samuel Beckett's first appearance in print his essay on Joyce entitled "Dante Bruno Vico Joyce." The present copy belonged to Mogens Boisen the Danish translator of Ulysses and is inscribed to him by Sylvia Beach. It also includes two letters from him to a former owner explaining the circumstances whereby he was given the book. Small chip from rear wrapper front wrapper lightly creased otherwise a fine copy with two copies of the publication announcement preserved in a folding board box. 8vo original printed wrappers. Small chip from rear wrapper front wrapper lightly creased otherwise a fine copy with two copies of the publication announcement preserved in a folding board box. Shakespeare And Company unknown books
1929réf. 25938Paris: Shakespeare and Company Sylvia Beach 1929. First edition. 3-194 2 p. 191 x 140 mm. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Original printed paper wrappers. Copy no. 60 of 96 numbered copies printed on Arches paper. Mogens Boisen's copy the Danish translator of Ulysses inscribed to him by Sylvia Beach and with two letters from him to a former owner explaining the circumstances. Small chip from rear wrapper edge light creasing on front wrapper otherwise a fine copy. In a folding box with the announcement. "Dante.Bruno. Vico.Joyce" published here constitutes Samuel Beckett's first appearance in print. Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach unknown books
1929réf. 48822Paris: Shakespeare and Company Sylvia Beach 1929. Very Good -. Paris: Shakespeare and Company Sylvia Beach 1929. First Edition regular paper issue. Octavo; printed wraps; 194pp. Chipped at extremities; split along top portions of joints; staining and rubbing; a Good to Very Good copy. Samuel Beckett's first book appearance a collection of essays published by Sylvia Beach on the "work in progress" which would become Finnegan's Wake. Carlton Lake No Symbols Where None Intended. University of Texas at Austin 1984; no. 1; Slocum B10. Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach unknown books
1929réf. 2621Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1929. First edition. 194 pp. Original printed wrappers with cover design by Sylvia Beach. Top edge uncut and unopened. Some slight overall soiling to the wrappers slight chipping to the lower edge of the spine. Chemised in a custom slipcase. One of 96 numbered copies on Verge d'Arches the numbered copies are twice as thick as the ordinary edition due to the paper used. Various tributes and studies of Joyce's Work in Progress which was published ten years later as Finnegans Wake. As Beach wrote "these were writers who had been watching Work in Progress from the beginning each seeing it from his own angle but interested in Joyce's experiment and friendly towards it." Beckett's first appearance in book form with texts by Marcel Brion Frank Budgen Stuart Gilbert Eugene Jolas Victor Llona Robert McAlmon Thomas McGreevy Elliot Paul John Rodker Robert Sage and William Carlos Williams. With letters of protest by G.V.L. Slingsby and Vladimir Dixon reputed to have been written by Joyce himself. Slocum & Cahoon B10. Federman & Fletcher 1. Wallace B11. Shakespeare and Company unknown books
2003réf. 71661Burton: Subterranean Press 2003. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. #388 of 1250cc signed by Joyce on the publisher's limitation page. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Subterranean Press hardcover books
1970réf. 529325New Brunswick New Jersey: Partisan Review 1970. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. 471-585pp. Subtle impressions from someone using it as a writing surface on the front cover else fine. Poetry short stoires art by Joyce Carol Oates Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Philip Guston Michael Harrington Howard Zinne Irving Weinman Russell Banks George Levine et al. Books reviews of The Lives and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger by Cecil Brown: Maureen Howard; Local Anaesthetic by Gunter Grass: Richard Howard"; and more. Partisan Review unknown books
2012réf. 206668Santa Barbara CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art 2012. Hardcover. VG some shelf wear and residue on front cover otherwise excellent. White boards with black and yellow design white and black text on cover. Interior pages not spine bound to boards. 4 5-160 pp. Features bw and color illustrations. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Pasadena to Santa Barbara: a selected history of art in Southern California" organized by Julie Joyce and presented at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art February 11-May 6 2012. Santa Barbara Museum of Art hardcover books
1966réf. 187029Whittier CA: Constructive Action 1966. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Pages yellowed from age. Covers worn very lightly. Constructive Action unknown books
1966réf. 212288Whittier CA: Constructive Action 1966. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Pages yellowed from age. Covers worn very lightly. Constructive Action unknown books
1966réf. 212289Whittier CA: Constructive Action 1966. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Pages yellowed from age. Covers worn very lightly. Constructive Action unknown books
1966réf. 146984Whittier CA: Constructive Action 1966. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Pages yellowed from age. Covers worn very lightly. Constructive Action unknown books
1957réf. 447978Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A free adaptation for the theater by Mary Manning. Ownership signature of actor Michael Clarke-Laurence. Fine in a very good or better dustwrapper with faint toning on the spine. Letter laid in from director and screenwriter Mary Bute on the stationary of Expanding Cinema to Michael Clarke-Laurence offering him a part in the adaptation. Bute eventually directed the film in 1966; it was awarded as Best Debut at the Cannes Film Festival; Clarke-Laurence did not appear in it. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1966réf. 140604Los Angeles: Expanding Cinema 1966. Shooting final for the 1966 film. Copy belonging to actor Peter Haskell with his manuscript annotations throughout and his shooting schedule laid in. Mary Ellen Bute's final film and the first cinematic adaptation of James Joyce's masterfully complex work of fiction. Shot over a two year period Bute was tasked with transforming Joyce's impenetrable prose without losing any of the work's surreal lyrical essence. The subsequent film maintains the original novel's oneiric style. Bute and her husband Ted Nemeth were longtime collaborators and Nemeth worked as both cinematographer and producer of the film. In 1965 it was honored at the Cannes Film Festival as Best Debut and remains Bute's sole feature length film. Shot on location in New York City and Dublin. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present dated March 4 1963 and December 3 1962 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriters Mary Ellen Bute Romana Javitz and T. J. Nemeth Jr and editor A.I.M.S. Street. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication with onionskin revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Some pages detaching and wrapper slightly cracked. Bound internally with prong binding. Expanding Cinema unknown books
1986réf. 537669New York: New York University 1986. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Guest edited by Howard Norman. Perfectbound wrappers. 130pp. Spine lightly sunned else fine. Poetry short stories and more by David St. John Carol Snow Raymond Queneau Charles Bernstein Boris Pasternak Daniel Hoffman Jennifer Clarvoe Herbert Morris Suzanne Gardinier Lydia Davis Paul Lake Richard Jones Lisa Lewis Martin Greenberg Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Norman Finkelstein Clark Coolidge Jane Mead Christopher Benfey Russell Banks Sven Birkerts Wendy Lesser and John Berger. New York University) unknown books