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1899réf. 2348653Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company 1899. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled edges exposed a few internal holes to cloth spine pages toned binding a bit shaken but holding publisher's advertising insert entitled Best Books for Boys and Girls laid in. 1899 Hard Cover. Color frontispiece color pictorial boards engraved illustrations throughout. An illustrated collection of stories and poems for young readers by various authors including: The Mysterious Choir Boy; Fluffy's Easter Joke; Phillip de Valogne; The Sea-Serpent; The American Coracle; The Ah-Goo Tongue; Arithmetic Among the Greeks; How the News Came; The Squeaking Fern; A Boy's Ideal; The Diver; An Iconoclast; The Doll-Lady; Chin Chin Huang Ta-Ta!; Kevin the Fisher; Australian Tree-Climbing; An Old Stager; Boston's Girl-Sculptor; An Evening at Home; How Easter Came to the Little Nuremberg Maids; Egg-Rolling at the White House A Bit of Washington Folk-Lore; A Primitive Form of Vise; Upper Nine A Sleeping-Car Story; High Tea at Low Tide; A Pet Seal; How Jack Sailed with Leif Ericsson; The Pessimist; Almost a Deserter; Frog Music; A Masquerade; On the Shores of the Dead Sea; A Boy Editor and How He Runs the Sunny Hour; A Woodland Custom; The Child's Treasure; Raglan's Substitute; The Elf's Thanksgiving; The Legend of the Rhode Island Greening; Dandelion's Time; The Babies of the Zoo; The Narration of Irish Will of Galway; Somebody. Lothrop Publishing Company hardcover books
1969réf. 86212London: Frank Cass 1969. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiv 390p. Original cloth. dj. 22cm. Frank Cass hardcover books
1949réf. 151739N.p.: Vanguard Films 1949. Spotting List script for the 1949 re release of the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 novel by Margaret Buell Wilder. A family in the American Midwest struggle with their lives on the home front as the father is off at war. Set in the Midwest shot on location in Richmond Pasadena and Culver City California. Yellow titled wrappers noted as Spotting List for Recut Version on the front wrapper dated August 22 1949. Title page integral with third page dated August 22 1949 noted as Spotting List for Recut Version. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two metal brads along the top edge. Vanguard Films unknown books
1949réf. 143179Los Angeles: Selznick International 1949. Dialogue & Cutting Continuity Draft script for the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 novel "Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife" by Margaret Buell Wilder. A unique and important screenplay for a classic American war film one that addressed the plight of the families left behind in the United States during the war rather than the more common portrayal of soldiers in the field. Nominated for eight Academy Awards and won Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Set in Midwest shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers noted as Dialogue & Cutting Continuity on the front wrapper dated March 1949. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL 8 PAGE 22. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads at the head. Selznick International unknown books
1933réf. 167804Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1933. Vintage pressbook for the 1933 film. Based on the 1926 novel by Lester Cohen who also wrote the screenplay. A widowed businessman hopes to bequeath his department store to his children after his death-only to realize that they are disinterested incompetent or simply unable to manage the business. Set in Chicago. 12 x 18 inches. Ten pages side-stapled. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1947réf. 162361Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing actors Hoagy Carmichael Dana Andrews and Merle Oberon. RKO Radio Pictures stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. A beautiful socialite falls in love with a blind nightclub pianist deciding to fake her own blindness in order to get closer to him. Shot on location in New York San Francisco and San Bernardino. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1947réf. 164242Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing actors Merle Oberon and Hoagy Carmichael on the set with director John Cromwell. RKO Radio Pictures stamp on the verso crediting photographer Oliver Sigurdson. A beautiful socialite falls in love with a blind nightclub pianist deciding to fake her own blindness in order to get closer to him. Shot on location in New York San Francisco and San Bernardino. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1931réf. 165928Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1931. Two vintage reference photographs by still photographer Ray Jones from the 1931 film. 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. Paul Lukas stars as a foreign diplomat who is blackmailed by dirty cops into helping them frame prostitutes. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and each with a tiny chip to the bottom left margin. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1951réf. 162385Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1951. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1951 film showing actors Robert Mitchum and Ray Collins. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Loosely based on the 1928 film directed by Lewis Milestone in turn based on the 1927 play by Bartlett Cormack about two cops who go up against a powerful crime syndicate. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with a crease at the bottom left corner. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1939réf. 162797New York: N.p. 1939. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film showing actors Carole Lombard and James Stewart. PIX agency stamp on the verso crediting noted photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt as well as a Westport Public Library stamp. During the Depression an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered career the demands of his difficult mother and his life with his young wife and child. German-born photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was one of the original staff photographers of "Life" magazine after it was purchased by "Time" founder Henry Luce in 1936. He published nearly 2500 photo stories for the magazine with 90 of his images used for the magazine's covers but is perhaps best remembered today for the iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph. 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. 10 x 8 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 17 x 14 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1935réf. 159127Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing director Henry Hathaway and a camera crew capturing an outdoors scene. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Loosely based on Francis Yeats-Brown's 1930 autobiography. A group of British cavalrymen attempt to defend their headquarters from the rebellious Indians during the days of Crown rule in India. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Shot on location in Lone Pine Malibu and the Iverson Gorge in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1934réf. 159596London: National Film Archive 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive clubfooted young man falls in love with a mercurial tearoom waitress. A breakout role for actress Bette Davis and the first of three adaptations of Maugham's novel followed by one in 1946 and one in 1964. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown books
1936réf. 160188Beverly Hills CA: Selznick International / United Artists 1936. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and four corresponding negatives from the 1936 film. Each photograph and negative housed in a paper envelope presumably as issued. Based on the 1886 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. After a young boy's father dies he and his American mother go to England where his paternal grandfather was an Earl. Though the boy is the only heir to the title his mother is sent home until another young boy claims to be the true heir. The first film produced by Selznick International Pictures. Set in 1880s Brooklyn New York and England. Photographs 6 x 4 inches. Fine. Envelopes 5.25 x 4.25 inches. Selznick International / United Artists unknown books
1939réf. 158591Culver City CA: Selznick International 1939. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film showing director John Cromwell and crew members watching as Carole Lombard and James Stewart rehearse a scene. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. During the Depression an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered career the demands of his difficult mother and his life with his young wife and child. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selznick International unknown books
1939réf. 158589Culver City CA: Selznick International 1939. Two vintage photographs of Indian actor Sabu Dastagir commonly known only by his given name Sabu talking with British director John Cromwell on the set of Cromwell's 1939 film "Made for Each Other." Sabu who at that time was living in London was visiting Selznick International studios in Hollywood. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos of both photographs. Sabu's breakthrough performance in the 1937 British film "Elephant Boy" gained him an exclusive contract with film mogul Alexander Korda resulting in starring roles in "The Thief of Bagdad" 1940 "Arabian Nights" 1942 and "The Jungle Book" 1942. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selznick International unknown books
1958réf. 154873Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1958. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1958 film. Screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky reportedly modeled the story on the lives of Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner with elements taken from the lives of Joan Crawford and Judy Garland. An in-depth character study of a girl who overcomes her traumatic and bleak childhood and attains her dream of being an adored film star only to find her personal life miserable and unfulfilled. Featuring an outstanding and primal performance by Kim Stanley in her first film role. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Ellicott City Maryland. 27 x 41 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine with some professional restoration and repair at the original folds. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1930réf. 147544N.p.: N.p. 1930. First White script for the 1930 pre-Code film the first talking picture adaptation of Twain's novel. Screenplay divided into nine alphabetical Sequences A through J omitting I presumably as issued. The third screen adaptation of Mark Twain's 1876 classic coming-of-age novel and the first sound version. The top box office attraction of 1930 it prompted the studio to release "Huckleberry Finn" directed by Norman Taurog the following year with largely the same cast. In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. Wrapper integral with title page dated July 20 1930 noted as FIRST WHITE with credits for author Mark Twain screenwriters Sam Mintz Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt star Jackie Coogan director John Cromwell and supervisor Louis D. Lighton. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered J-6. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good detached at the punch holes with closed tears and light soiling side stapled with three staples. N.p. unknown books
1947réf. 145729Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Vintage photograph of songwriter-pianist Hoagy Carmichael from the 1947 film. With a mimeo snipe manuscript annotations and photographer and agency stamps on the verso. A beautiful socialite falls in love with a blind nightclub pianist deciding to fake her own blindness in order to get closer to him. Shot on location in New York San Francisco and San Bernardino. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1933réf. 145456Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1933. Five vintage double weight internal studio photographs from the set of the 1933 pre-code film. Manuscript annotations on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see others. High school students unite against a ruthless gang leader. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1961réf. 143496Los Angeles: Selznick International 1961. Post-production 16MM Combined Continuity script for the 1961 re-release of the 1936 film. Tall white self wrappers top-stapled dated April 21 1961 noting 4 16MM reels and 11 sections. Mimeograph duplication Near Fine. Selznick International unknown books
réf. 622722New York: Harper & Brothers no date. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Vol. I of two only. "Elucidations" by Thomas Carlyle. Small octavo. xv 560pp. Binding with moderate general wear including a tiny bit of loss at the spine ends front pastedown with modest evidence of bookplate removal a very good copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1894réf. 185207New York New York: James Clarke 1894. Hardcover. Good cloth scuffed & smudged; corners rubbed. leather spine rubbed & worn. title pg & last plate has smudges/streaked staining; otherwise remaining text appears clean & bright. oblong black cloth boards w/ gilt stamp & quarter leather spine w/ gilt printing. approx 340 unpaginated pgs of bw plates. blue marbled edges. A wonderful vintage black and white photographic tour of the American landscape. Each plate has a lengthy description. Ex-libris plate to cover pastedown. James Clarke hardcover books
1978réf. 446601Virginia Philadelphia 1978. Unbound. Very Good. An archive of 16 pieces of ephemera from Thelma Cromwell's time studying at the Booker T. Washington Night School in 1949 and later nursing school in 1956. All items are very good or better with some small tears and edgewear. A small archive following the academic career and later professional career of Thelma G. Cromwell beginning in 1949. Cromwell began her studies at the Booker T. Washington Night School in Norfolk Virginia where she studied business. A class photo and report cards from her time at the school can be seen here. In 1956 she graduated from the Jules E. Mastbaum Vocational-Technical School’s nursing program in Philadelphia. She stayed in Philadelphia and took a course in General Medical and Surgical Nursing under the Veterans Administration. Cromwell spent her career as a nurse at the Veterans Hospital of Philadelphia and certificates for her performance are featured here as well as certificates for additional training she received. A modest but interesting archive following an African-American nurse's schooling and later career. unknown books
1976réf. 45749London & NY: Tantivy Press/A.S. Barnes 1976. First edition. 192 pp w/index. Sticker removal evidence inside front and rear covers else near fine in illustrated wrappers. London & NY: Tantivy Press/A.S. Barnes unknown books
1909réf. List01125Washington: Murray Brothers 1909. 8vo wraps 25 pp. Disbound with wraps present good condition overall. Good. In 1909 after then-Senator Joseph Foraker had advocated on behalf of the soldiers involved in the Brownsville Affair a ceremony was held in his honor at the A.M.E. Church in Washington D.C. in Foraker’s honor in which he was presented with a Loving Cup by a group that included Archibald Grimke and John Wesley Cromwell. Offered here is the program from the evening which reproduces the speeches of Cromwell Grimke and Foraker in their entirety. Foraker had been portrayed by some as trying to collect African-American votes through his advocacy regarding the Brownsville case. In his speech he says “I probably ought to say in justice to myself that I never had a selfish thought in regard to that matter.” Four copies held institutionally. Murray Brothers unknown books
