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1675In -4°, pp. (8), 126, (2), 200, 254 (i.e. 256). Legatura in marocchino rosso con stemma inciso ai piatti di Jacques-Nicolas de Colbert, tagli spruzzati. Al frontespizio nota di possesso manoscritta (“Bibliotheca colbertina”); ex libris “Wican free public library”. Ex libris Biblioteca Colbertina. Red morocco binding witha arms of De Colbert, marbled edges.
1968pp. 138, in 8°, rileg. in t.t. editoriale, ristampa anastatica dell'edizione del 1899
1949ref. 151739N.p.: Vanguard Films 1949. Original Spotting List script for the 1949 re-release of the 1944 film noted as "For Recut Version" and dated August 22 1949. 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. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for eight others including Best Picture Best Cinematography Best Actress Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Set in Midwest shot on location in Los Angeles. 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 Reel #16 - Page 62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound at top with two metal brads. Vanguard Films unknown books
1937ref. 150532Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1937. Vintage reference photograph of Ernst Lubitsch from the set of the 1938 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the 1921 French play "La Huitieme Femme de Barbe-Bleue" by Alfred Savoir. Previously Filmed as a silent film in 1923 now lost directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson and Huntley Gordon. The first of many collaborations between screenwriters Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. Nicole Claudette Colbert marries the wealthy American businessman Michael Brandon Gary Cooper only to learn he has been married seven times before and she is determined that there will not be a ninth. 8 x 10 inches. Faint diagonal crease near top else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1946ref. 150460Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Claudette Colbert on location for the 1946 film. Based on the obscure 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a best selling novelist who meets a Marine who she thinks is perfect for the lead in an upcoming film adaptation although he doesn't her book. Featuring an abundance of Hollywood cameos including Jack Benny Dolores Moran Cary Grant and Louella Parsons. 10 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing in corners. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
ref. 35418No binding. Very Good. 254 x 206 mm. Wearing headdress from her role in the 1934 film Cleopatra Slightly worn; remnants of mounting tape to upper portion of verso. unknown books
1946ref. 146146Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Louella Parsons rehearsing on the set of the 1946 film. Based on the obscure 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a best selling novelist who meets Marine who she thinks is perfect for the lead in an upcoming film adaptation although he doesn't her book. An abundance of Hollywood cameos with columnist Louella Parsons playing herself. 8.25 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1949ref. 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
ref. WELLER9781501169007New. New book. unknown books
2007ref. UCOLDRE00LRBkMk Press 2007. Fine. Colbert Jaimee Wriston. Dream Lives of Butterflies. Kansas City: BkMk Press 2007. 264pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. BkMk Press paperback books
1970ref. 134169Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. Set in Italy in 1944 where the entire population of a village has been massacred by the SS except for a group of young boys. Rock Hudson the only US paratrooper left alive after a failed mission to blow up a nearby dam decides to lead the boys on the mission instead. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriters Schweitzer and Colbert. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Schweitzer and Colbert. 143 leaves mimeograph duplication. Scrip bent at the foredge else pages about Fine in Very Good plus wrappers bound with three gold brads. United Artists unknown books
1945ref. 128505Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Post-production Title List for Foreign Language Versions script for the 1944 film. The popular screen team of Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray stars in this wartime farce. MacMurray is an army pilot who develops engine trouble during a vital mission. Thinking he's about to die MacMurray radios back his undying affection for his dog "Piggy." But the radio reception is fuzzy and it is assumed that he has said "Peggy"-which happens to be the character name of Colbert who intercepts the message. MacMurray survives the plane crash whereupon he is whisked back home into the arms of Peggy which is not to the liking of Peggy's gormless fiance Gil Lamb. Tall white titled wrappers dated March 28 1945. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1992ref. 48051New York: Columbia University Press 1992. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 275pp; illus. Fine in crisp near-fine dustwrapper; a new-appearing copy. Columbia University Press unknown books
ref. 41411Plate: 178x106 mm. Margin: 193x122 mm. Small chip in right margin very faint soiling. unknown books
1952ref. 9020968New York: John Wiley & Sons 1952. Hardcover. Very good/good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards cover and spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is chipped and rubbed at the extremities with one large piece missing near the head and closed tears at the edges. Previous owners name in ink on front pastedown and ffep. John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
1997ref. 9004936New York: Pantheon 1997. 1st. Paperback. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in the publisher's original blue boards with the spine stamped in silver. Pantheon paperback books
1973ref. 90693NY:: Dutton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0525229760 . Stated first edition. Foxing on top edge else very good in a very good dust jacket. . Dutton, hardcover books
1937ref. 301601Sun Valley Idaho 1937. 8vo. Fine. 8vo. SKIING & MORMONS. With sentiments signed by: Robert Young: "I aspire to your perfection in photography." Melvyn Douglas-1936 Sun Valley Wesley Ruggles: "Knowing you has been a great pleasure-Sincerely-Wesley Ruggles-1937." On verso: Helen Meinardi: " 'I met him in Sun Valley' 1937 An original by Helen Meinardi D'Arcy Rutherfurd: "Very humbly D'Arcy Rutherfurd. Sun Valley Idaho Feb. 1937." "David O. McKay. Second Counsellor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I am happy in having met you Mr. Eisenstaedt a master artist with the camera. Salt Lake City Feb. 12 1937." He was later the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints LIFE did a feature on Skiing in Sun Valley March 8 1937 with Eisie's photos. unknown books
ref. 40483Pen and ink on paper. 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Marginal binding holes else fine. Pen and ink on paper. 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Chrysler's Tex Colbert to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Colbert trained as a lawyer climbed the ladder at Chrysler becoming President in 1950 and Chairman in 1960 his tenure marked with colorful controversy leading to executive fistfights and some internal dislocations not evident in his note to Eisenstaedt: "With thanks for a delightful photographing appointment--and thanks too for the pleasant and enlightening conversation that went along with the picture taking.". unknown books
ref. 30497New York: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Third edition very good condition . Other hardcover books
1997ref. 249269New York: Pantheon 1997. hardcover. very good/very good. 599pp. 8vo blue boards d.w. New York: Pantheon Books 1997. Book Club Edition. Very good Pantheon unknown books
1948ref. 231512New York: King's Crown Press 1948. First. hardcover. very good. x 228pp. 8vo blue cloth. New York: King's Crown Press Columbia University 1948. First Edition. Very good History of the use of retaliation by nations during war and peace from the seventeenth century through World War I. King's Crown Press unknown books
1872ref. 019331Chicago: University Publishing Company 1872. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 110 pages of text. A collection of articles by various authors. Original green beveled cloth binding is rubbed at the extremities lightly shelfworn with minor flecking tiny spots of diminished coloration; protected in archival mylar. Contains 11 in-text illustrations. The front endpaper is creased the text has minor soiling to the page edges and the previous owner's name in pencil on both endpapers. First edition. University Publishing Company Hardcover books
1988ref. 701152Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1988. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin paperback books
1986ref. 701153Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1986. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin paperback books
