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1973rif. 140946622New York: Walker and Company 1973. First American edition. First American edition. 192 pp. with illustrations. Bound in navy cloth with silver spine lettering. Fine in dust jacket with a hint of toning else Fine. An uncommon book about the search for a Loch Ness Monster-type cryptid in Scotland's Lake Morar. Walker and Company unknown books
1934rif. 164247N.p.: N.p. 1934. Vintage reference photograph from the 1934 film showing actors Clark Gable and Joan Crawford canoodling while Robert Montgomery looks on. French mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the 1933 Broadway play by Edward Barry Roberts and Frank Morgan Cavett about a years-long love triangle between three friends. Crawford's first of nine collaborations with screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1934rif. 164247N.p.: N.p. 1934. Vintage reference photograph from the 1934 film showing actors Clark Gable and Joan Crawford canoodling while Robert Montgomery looks on. French mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the 1933 Broadway play by Edward Barry Roberts and Frank Morgan Cavett about a years-long love triangle between three friends. Crawford's first of nine collaborations with screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1946rif. 30925London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1946. First edition. Small neat inked name and date to upper front free end paper mild toning to end papers and text block small booksellers ticket to bottom of front paste down some fading to cloth edges and spine a good copy in a good dust jacket with dust soiling chips with loss to corner tips and spine ends affecting title lettering. 30925. Octavo pp. 1-6 7-151 152: blank cloth. The third Gervase Fen novel. "The climatic scene revolving around a chase to catch the criminal is so powerful so moving that Alfred Hitchcock borrowed it to use as the windup in his film Stranger on a Train." - Pronzini and Muller 1001 Midnights The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction p. 173. ".if one accepts the books in the spirit in which they were written they are splendid examples of the detective story as great entertainment. The amuse they shock and they surprise." - Pederson ed. St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers 4th ed. pp. 255-257. Reference: Hubin p. 200. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Adey Locked Room Murders and Other Impossible Crimes 1991 533. . Victor Gollancz Ltd unknown
2006rif. 1784371092Don Montgomery 2006. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Second printing. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Clean cover and content pages. New protective Mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Don Montgomery hardcover
1912rif. 69820New York:: George Doran Company 1912. First edition. Publisher's decorated cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. A fine bright and unworn copy; in the scarce jacket which is a bit dust-soiled and has a few tiny closed tears. Quite attractive. 4to. Illustrated throughout by James Montgomery Flagg. George Doran Company, hardcover
1944rif. 596911Washington D.C.: Office of Economic Stabilization 1944. Unbound. Fine. WWII propaganda poster. Approximately 20" x 28". Neat folds as issued tiny tears at a couple of folds else fine. Poster features a typical Flagg Uncle Sam dispensing sage economic advice. Also issued in a more common smaller version. Office of Economic Stabilization unknown
1944rif. 596911Washington D.C.: Office of Economic Stabilization 1944. Unbound. Fine. WWII propaganda poster. Approximately 20" x 28". Neat folds as issued tiny tears at a couple of folds else fine. Poster features a typical Flagg Uncle Sam dispensing sage economic advice. Also issued in a more common smaller version. Office of Economic Stabilization unknown books
1948rif. 156004N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage reference photograph of William Wyler visiting the set of the 1948 film talking to director Fred Zinnemann and actress Jarmila Novotná between takes. A young Auschwitz survivor searches for his mother in the years following World War II. Actor Ivan Jandl was presented with a special juvenile Academy Award but was unable to travel to the US to receive the award due to restrictions by the communist government of his native Czechoslovakia. Shot on location in postwar Germany in Ingolstadt Munich Nuremberg and Würzburg. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners and bottom edge. N.p. unknown
1948rif. 156004N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage reference photograph of William Wyler visiting the set of the 1948 film talking to director Fred Zinnemann and actress Jarmila Novotná between takes. A young Auschwitz survivor searches for his mother in the years following World War II. Actor Ivan Jandl was presented with a special juvenile Academy Award but was unable to travel to the US to receive the award due to restrictions by the communist government of his native Czechoslovakia. Shot on location in postwar Germany in Ingolstadt Munich Nuremberg and Würzburg. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners and bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
1882rif. SKU1018991John Wilson and Son 1882. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. John Wilson and Son; Cambridge 1882. Hardcover. First edition. Very Good some soiling to leather/slight wear to extremes/trace foxing to page edges in full polished brown tree calf leather edges gauffered 5 raised bands 6 compartments deep red leather label in second one with title others embossed and gilt ruled both front and rear panels are gilt lined embossed with a nice gilt embossed emblem of Apollo on front cover teg others very slightly deckled. 4toquarto or approx. 9.5 x 12 inches 330pp. appendix. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. John Wilson and Son hardcover
1618rif. 69391Johnstown New York Feb. 16 1814. framed. A little age-toned; bur fine. 5-1/2 x 7 inches. The carriage operator was Amaziah Rust who was vindicated in an 1803 N.Y. Supreme Court decision of the charge of having extorted $11 in attorney's fees. unknown
rif. KIBO67692Ephesus Yayinlari n/a. n/a Ephesus Yayinlari unknown
1825rif. 68479Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The author's first novel. Accomplished in a number of fields including politics music geology and art Lauder 1784-1848 is considered one of the most successful literary imitators of his friend Sir Walter Scott. 12mo three volumes. In period full ruled blue calf bindings with elaborate gilt and blind stamping red morocco spine labels marbled endpapers and ribbon markers. The armorial bookplate of John Waldie and a related label appear on each front pastedown. The spines are moderately sun faded with some occasional edgewear; otherwise very good. Wolff 3952. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co hardcover
1960rif. 168477N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1960 film showing Lee Remick and Montgomery Clift. Based on Borden Deal's 1957 novel "Dunbar's Cove" and on William Bradford Huie's 1942 novel "Mud on the Stars." In 1937 the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority's land purchasing office faces off against powerful generations-old landowners who refuse to sell their properties. Set and shot on location throughout Tennessee in Cleveland Bradley County and Charleston and on Coon Denton Island on the Hiwassee River. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1960rif. 168477N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1960 film showing Lee Remick and Montgomery Clift. Based on Borden Deal's 1957 novel "Dunbar's Cove" and on William Bradford Huie's 1942 novel "Mud on the Stars." In 1937 the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority's land purchasing office faces off against powerful generations-old landowners who refuse to sell their properties. Set and shot on location throughout Tennessee in Cleveland Bradley County and Charleston and on Coon Denton Island on the Hiwassee River. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1909rif. 018753Boston: L. C. Page & Company 1909. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. George Gibbs. This is the 1938 47th impression of the 1909 first edition. Beautiful example of this classic. Light green cloth binding with color pastedown on front cover gilt titles on spine and front cover color frontispiece 367 pages plus eight pages of ads at back. Gift inscription neatly penned on the front pastedown otherwise fine. Dust jacket has light wear along edges dj in a protective mylar sleeve. L. C. Page & Company hardcover
1917rif. B7319Toronto: McClelland Goodchild and Stewart. 1917. Spine lightly sunned lower hinge broken interior clean and crisp. . Binding: Full purple cloth boards. Upper with illustrated title paste-down. Front edges uncut. Notes: Very good example. Ownership inked to front free endpaper. Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE 1874 – 1942 published as L. M. Montgomery was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels essays short stories and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories 500 poems and 30 essays. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success; the title character orphan Anne Shirley made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Most of the novels were set on Prince Edward Island and those locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site—namely Green Gables farm the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park. Size: 8vo. 200 x 130 mm Pages: 346 pp. Category: Book Literature; McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart. hardcover
1961rif. 166640N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1961 film showing actors Marlene Dietrich and Spencer Tracy with director Stanley Kramer and other crew members on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A dramatization of the 1947 Judges' Trial one of twelve US Nuremberg Military Tribunals held from 1946 to 1949 to decide the fate of individuals accused of crimes against humanity for their involvement in Nazi atrocities. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning three including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Maximilian Schell. Set in Nuremberg shot on location in Nuremberg and Berlin. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Neat pinhole at each corner else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Twilight Time 1631. N.p. unknown
1961rif. 166640N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1961 film showing actors Marlene Dietrich and Spencer Tracy with director Stanley Kramer and other crew members on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A dramatization of the 1947 Judges' Trial one of twelve US Nuremberg Military Tribunals held from 1946 to 1949 to decide the fate of individuals accused of crimes against humanity for their involvement in Nazi atrocities. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning three including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Maximilian Schell. Set in Nuremberg shot on location in Nuremberg and Berlin. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Neat pinhole at each corner else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Twilight Time 1631. N.p. unknown books
1836rif. 24868London: Whittaker & Co 1836. First edition. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Part of the British Colonial Library. Whittaker & Co unknown
1834rif. c676jJames Cochrane and Co 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Volume III only. The boards have been rebound in full leather. Internally there is light tanning and age-related marking throughout but there are no inscriptions and the pages within are neat and complete with all maps present. The binding is secure. In very good condition indeed considering the age of the book! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. James Cochrane and Co hardcover
1835rif. 97qxJames Cochrane and Co. London 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 624 pages and appendix complete. A placid copy. From the library of Kimbolton Castle at the time home of the Dukes of Manchester and also reputedly haunted by Catherine of Aragon who died in the medieval predecessor on the site. The boards have much wear knocks scuffing. The spine has wear and cracks all along the body and head and foot. However the boards and spine are effective sound steady. The end papers have storage marks and wear. The contents are pleasing and comfortably confident - especially taking the age of the book into account. The papertrims have shelving wear and tanning. The pages are healthy clean clear a little worn around the edges from handling and shelving bold companionable amenable often surprisingly fresh more than competent keen. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. James Cochrane and Co., London hardcover
1836rif. 24868London: Whittaker & Co 1836. First edition. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Part of the British Colonial Library. Whittaker & Co unknown books
1941rif. 11-4-2631Houghton Mifflin Company 1941. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 9x6x1. Maroon red cloth hardcover with gilt titles. Previous owner's name stamp is on the inside front board. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
