SS Mariposa S SABAA
1969ref. 6441San Francisco: Matson Navigation Lines 1969. Bifolium 30.5 cm x 45.5 cm printed in color with wraparound cord and printed paper insert. Nice condition. Near fine. Forty-ninth State Dinner menu from the S.S. Mariposa while it was enroute from Victoria BC to Juneau Alaska on August 15 1969 that features clipper ship cover art. The S.S. Mariposa was one of the four luxury liners in Matson's 'White Fleet' which were designed by William Francis Gibbs and also included SS Malolo SS Matsonia and SS Lurline. Mariposa was identical to Matsonia and very similar to Lurline. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
1969ref. 6442San Francisco: Matson Navigation Lines 1969. Bifolium 30.5 cm x 45.5 cm printed in color with wraparound cord and printed paper insert. Nice condition. Near fine. Captain's Farewell Dinner menu from the S.S. Mariposa while it was enroute from Seattle to San Francisco on August 21 1969 that features clipper ship cover art. The S.S. Mariposa was one of the four luxury liners in Matson's 'White Fleet' which were designed by William Francis Gibbs and also included SS Malolo SS Matsonia and SS Lurline. Mariposa was identical to Matsonia and very similar to Lurline. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
1972ref. 6445San Francisco: Matson Navigation Lines 1972. Bifolium 30.5 cm x 45.5 cm printed in color. Nice condition. Near fine. Dinner menu from the S.S. Mariposa while it was enroute from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro on May 16 1972 that features nice cover art. The S.S. Mariposa was one of the four luxury liners in Matson's 'White Fleet' which were designed by William Francis Gibbs and also included SS Malolo SS Matsonia and SS Lurline. Mariposa was identical to Matsonia and very similar to Lurline. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
1929ref. 31311New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket a good sound copy lightly shelfworn tiny area of scarring and residue on spine from label removal a bit of dust-soiling to top of text block spine slightly turned; bookplate of longtime MGM producer/writer Carey Wilson on front pastedown bookseller's label from the famous Satyr Book Shop Hollywood on rear pastedown. fold-out illustration of murder building The fourth Philo Vance mystery which became the third Philo Vance film -- the first produced at MGM after two outings at Paramount and the only one in which Vance was portrayed by Basil Rathbone. The book's original working title had been "The Mother Goose Murder Case" but it was changed before publication reportedly due to the publishers' concern that it would be mistaken for a children's book. Although this copy was once part of the personal library of MGM producer/writer Carey Wilson there's no indication that he was involved in any way with the studio's film version. . 1929. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1927ref. 572271New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Photoplay edition. Frontispiece and three stills from the film. Owner name spine with a ¾" abrasion affecting the title boards lightly worn about very good lacking the dust jacket. The second Philo Vance mystery a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Book features stills from the memorable film featuring William Powell as Vance and Louise Brooks as "The Canary. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1970ref. 61310NY: AMS Press 1970. First printing of this second revised edition originally published in 1900. xi 411 pp. Light toning to endpapers else near fine in full cloth. No dust jacket. NY: AMS Press hardcover books
1963ref. 17107New York: Frederick Ungar 1963. 8vo pp. xxii 2 266; very good copy in jacket. Frederick Ungar unknown books
1932ref. 367851Park Place New York: Stellar Publishing Corporation 1932. Softcover. Good. Magazine. Cover puzzle and interior illustrations by Frank R. Paul. Quarto. Illustrated perfectbound wrappers. About very good with toned pages moderate wear along the spine and at the extremities and bookstore stamp on front wrap. Contributors to this issue include Stanton A. Coblentz Paul Bolton S.S. Held Arthur G. Stangland Henrik Dahl Juve Francis Flagg George Henry Weiss P. Schuyler Miller and Otfrid von Hanstein. Stellar Publishing Corporation unknown books
1977ref. 139788Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1977. Seven studio still photographs from the 1977 film. A young orphan raised by his dysfunctional hillbilly family befriends a goofy dragon in this live-action animated musical. It was the first animated Disney film in which none of the legendary "nine old men" were involved in the animation process. Ken Anderson created the beloved dragon loosely modeling him after historical Asian imagery. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Poor with a synopsis typed on the verso of three a stamp to the verso of three and light warping overall. Soiling red manuscript annotations and dampstaining throughout. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1970ref. 160267Beverly Hills CA: Produzioni Associate Delphos / United Artists 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. During World War II a group of American soldiers are dropped behind German lines to blow up a dam but all but one of them are caught and killed. The sole survivor is picked up by a group of kids who want in on sabotaging the Nazis. Set in Northern Italy shot on location in Gazzola Italy. 8.25 x 6.75 inches trimmed. Very Good plus with creasing along the top and right edges and some slight wear to the finish. Produzioni Associate Delphos / United Artists unknown books
1961ref. NF0772JESUS SAYS TO YOU McGraw Hill 1961 first edition fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. From the library of S.S. Kresge with his anno-tations throughout in pencil. McGraw Hill unknown books
1876ref. 45411New York: D. Appleton 1876. Hardcover. Good. Reprint. Owner name some foxing else good plus. D. Appleton hardcover books
ref. 21294New York: Beadle & Adams Publishers Nd. Wraps. Orig. illustrated stapled wrappers. Fine. 28 pages. 28 x 21 .5 cm. Beadle's Dime New York Library. Vol. I. No.3. Illustrated. Clean fresh copy. 20th century facsimile. Beadle & Adams, Publishers unknown books
1945ref. 582640New York: Pocket Books Inc 1945. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Slightly cocked wrappers moderately worn spine lightly sunned very good. Pocket Books #305. Pocket Books, Inc unknown books
1970ref. 205802Ann Arbor: University of Missouri Columbia 1970. paperback. near fine. 220pp. 12mo paper wrappers spine slightly faded and creased a few small white specks on back cover top corner on front cover very slightly bumped. Ann Arbor MI: University of Missouri 1970. A near fine copy. A facsimile copy of a doctoral thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia unknown books
1968ref. 581731New York: Burt Franklin 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Spine ends lightly bumped with spine mildly cocked near fine without dust jacket as issued. Burt Franklin hardcover books
ref. 462531958: Cambridge MD Cornell Maritime. Revised and enlarged edition. VG in chipped dj. . 1958: Cambridge MD Cornell Maritime. Revised and enlarged edition. VG in chipped dj. b/w plates ills/ 4to. 221 pp. . Cambridge, MD unknown books
ref. 464401958: Cambridge MD Cornell Maritime. Revised and enlarged edition. VG in chipped dj. . 1958: Cambridge MD Cornell Maritime. Revised and enlarged edition. VG in chipped dj. b/w plates ills/ 4to. 221 pp. . Cambridge, MD unknown books
1959ref. 6435San Francisco: Matson Navigation Lines 1959. Bifolium 30.5 cm x 45.5 cm printed in full-color. Nice condition. Near fine. Dinner menu from the S.S. Matsonia while it was enroute from San Francisco to Honolulu on July 7 1959 that features nice cover art by Louis Macouillard. The S.S. Matsonia was one of the four luxury liners in Matson's 'White Fleet' which were designed by William Francis Gibbs and also included SS Malolo SS Mariposa and SS Lurline. Matsonia was identical to Mariposa and very similar to Lurline. Louis Macouillard 1913-1987 was an acclaimed watercolorist known for his marine and travel themed work. He was a graduate of the Art Students League of New York and the California Guild of Arts and Crafts. "You hear a kindly fuzzy haired Fijian roar with laughter as he plays a sharp game of cricket. And you find it hard to believe that his grandfather was a fierce barbarian. You see in Suva a modern capitol of British Oceania. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
1953ref. 5248Honolulu: Matson Navigation Lines 1953. Bifolium 35 cm x 53 cm printed in full-color. Nice condition. Near fine. Dinner menu from the S.S. Lurline that features cover art by Eugene Savage. There were four ocean liners christened S.S. Lurline by Matson Lines these menus were for the fourth ship with that name. The S.S. Lurline was a luxury ocean liner that would take passengers from the American West Coast to Hawaii and Australia. The Hawaiian port was Honolulu where most passengers would disembark the ship and make a beeline for Matson's renowned Waikiki hotel and resort the Royal Hawaiian. Eugene Francis Savage 1883-1978 was a trained sculptor and artist who was primarily known for his large murals. Savage was commissioned by Matson Navigation Lines to paint nine large 4' x 8' Hawaiian themed murals that were intended to be displayed on Matson ocean liners. These murals were completed in 1940 but due to American involvement in World Ward II the ships were dedicated to the war effort and the murals were never installed. In 1948 the Murals were used as covers for the menus on the S.S. Lurline. "When Captain James Cook British Royal Navy on January 20 1778 first came upon the Sandwich Islands later named Hawaii he was at the height of his fame as a navigator and explorer. But to the islanders Captain Cook was far more than that. He was an incarnation of their god Lono come in a floating temple to visit them from the great beyond. At his first landing on the island of Kauai they fell prostrate along the path and worshipped him as a deity. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
1929ref. 361380New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprinted March 1929. First edition printed February 1929. Owner's decorative bookplate on front pastedown along with small bookstore label edges bumped light stains on scratches to the black cloth boards else very good lacking the dustwrapper. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1928ref. 538850New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition second issue. Two faint stains on front board else near fine lacking the dust jacket. The third Philo Vance novel filmed in 1929 by Frank Tuttle with William Powell as Vance Eugene Pallette as Inspector Heath and Jean Arthur as Ada Greene. Two sisters shot mysteriously in the night. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1930ref. 539922New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition. Heavy chipping along the joints of both boards owner label on front pastedown with owner blindstamp on title page tiny hole in one leaf not affecting text good only in a rubbed and soiled very good dust jacket with an interior dampstain on the spine and several interior tape repairs. Basis for the 1936 British film with Wilfred Hyde-White playing detective Philo Vance and with a script by Selwyn Jepson. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
ref. 9413Boston: 1868. 6th edn. 8vo Pp. 141. Bookplate. VG copy. Interesting drama of the new woman. 1868 unknown books
1968ref. 279183New York: Burt Franklin 1968. Hardcover. Fine. First of the reprint edition. Fine without dust jacket as issued. Burt Franklin hardcover books
