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Abdullah, Achmed (1881-1945). American author and screenwriter, most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventureBiblio.com

TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY AMERICAN AUTHOR AND SCREENWRITER ACHMED ABDULLAH.

1930réf. 34866New York: circa 1930. 1930. Good. - 41 words typed on an approximately 10 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of his personalized letterhead. Signed "A Abdullah". Folded 3 times for mailing. There are several short tears at the folds with some light red staining below the text. There is some light soiling at bottom right and there is a crease & tear to & a small piece out of the bottom right corner. Good. Abdullah writes to future congressman Seymour Halpern that he is too busy to see anyone but "I am sending by this mail the signed picture to your friend." Achmed Abdullah who claimed descent from the Russian imperial family and was educated in England emigrated to the United States in the 1910s. He went on to become an American author and screenwriter most noted for his pulp stories of crime mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films and earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay for the 1935 film "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer". The Queens New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern 1913-1997 started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law including measures on schools housing civil rights nutrition and mental health. A Liberal he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits including painting and collecting autographs he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these he was proudest of his co-sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. New York: circa [1930]. unknown

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. · États-Unis150,00 $US≈ 134,01 €

Anonymous; Bampfylde-Moore Carew; from library of Roger de CoverlyBiblio.com

The History and Curious Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew King of the Mendicants

réf. 014098London: Robert Davies SEE PHOTOS. Very Good condition but for usual darkening of pages. Bound in simple but tasteful half morocco and marbled boards. Leather is well-preserved. Marbled paper is rubbed/chipped at extremities. No date but circa 1880-1890. Illustrated title page. Bampfylde-Moore Carew 1693-1770 was called "King of the gipsies." "His career was a long series of swindling and imposture very ingeniously carried out He continued his course of vagabond roguery for some time was convicted of being a vagrant and sentenced to be transported to Maryland. On his arrival escaped and fell into the hands of some friendly Indians. - DNB. According to Howes C132 Carew "operated confidence games among colonial suckers from Virginia to Connecticut - the memorable first of a long line of such artists who have continued to flourish in this climate." He returned to Scotland about 1745. Also described here are his picaresque adventures among gypsies on the Continent and in London. This "Popular Edition" contains "A Vocabulary of Words used by the Scottish Gipsies" "A Few Sentences in the Gipsy Language" and "A Dictionary of the Cant Language generally used by Mendicants." This edition is not cited in Black's GYPSY BIBLIOGRAPHY but seems to be an expanded edition of Black's item 768 circa 1870. This copy has the 1898 bookplate of Roger de Coverly. Could this be the bookbinder Roger de Coverly who apprenticed with Joseph Zaehnsdorf After ten years at Leighton's Coverly formed his own bindery and did work for many important clients including William Morris. Among his pupils was Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson. Copyright Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 160pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Robert Davies Hardcover

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Ferber, NatBiblio.com

I Found Out A Confidential Chronicle of the Twenties

1939réf. A35485New York: Dial Press. Very Good. 1939. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in Very Good to Near Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have somlight bumping rubbing and wear. The spine of the book has some fading and toning and the lettering on the spine has dulled not rubbed. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed with an inscription by the author on the front endpaper. There is another former owner's gift notation as well. The front endpaper also includes a smallish rectangular area with some paper loss where a former owner's address label was removed. "Having built the reputation of his New York papers on battling the power of the corrupt political machine known as Tammany Hall it was only natural that when two Tammany-backed stock swindlers went on trial in New York the Hearst papers took a serious interest in the outcome. After the defendants Fuller and McGee were acquitted in spite of what was generally considered overwhelming evidence of guilt Hearst unleashed his attack dogs. In full spare-no-expense style the mode in which Hearst was at his most dangerous as a journalist the editor of the New York American Victor Watson ordered the papers top investigative reporter Nat Ferber to get to the bottom of the case. Ferber found exactly what Hearst had hoped for: one Eddie Eidlitz a former associate of the defense lawyer William J. Fallon who had won acquittal for the Tammany swindlers. Eidlitz was willing to testify that Fallon had participated in corrupting the jury. Thus began the sensational front-page prosecution of William Fallon." This book covers a number of the famous cases journalist Nat Ferber covered over the years including the Seabury Inquiry the E. M. Fuller and Co. Bankruptcy trial Racketeer Arnold Rothstein the Brain and more. Ferber was an investigative journalist dealing with many of the most famous criminal enterprises of his day. ; Signed by Author . Dial Press hardcover

S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB) · États-Unis150,00 $US≈ 134,01 €

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