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195660 pages. Features: Editorial - Liberty is a Necessity; *Gorgeous* two-page colour photo ad for General Motors features the 1956 Checrolet Bel Air 4-door sports sedan, Star Chief 4-door Catalina, Oldsmobile ninety-eight deluxe holiday sedan, Buick Roadmaster 4-door Riviera and Cadillac Sedan de Ville; The super-bomb stalemate between NATO and the Soviets; The Bennett Brothers - Archie, David and Jacob - are Canada's Biggest Landlords - photos and feature article by Peter C. Newman; Nice one-page colour photo ad for the 1956 Plymouth V-8 with push-button transmission; Industrial Quebec - Part V of Bruce Hutchison's "The Unknown Country"; The Battle over Report Cards - in the new-style reports a child competes with himself - not against others - with photos and comments from L.B. Bissell, Dorothy Millichamp, Harold Whitley, A.E. O'Neill, Mary Mahon and N.V. Scarfe; The Man with the Acres of Lambs - William Hayward's 7500 sheep in B.C. - article with great photos; Who Would Marry a Riverman? (short story); The Rise and Fall of Canadian runner Tom Longboat - The Bronze Mercury (a Maclean's flashback to 1906); How to Survive a Children's Birthday Party; Truly magnificent 1956 Plymouth/Dodge/De Soto/Chrysler/Imperial colour-photo centrefold ad features huge photo of tail fin with fashionable lady and large plane in background; Nice colour one-page ad for the Ford Monarch; Attractive full-page colour ad for the De Soto Fireflite V-8, 4-door sedan, with push-button transmission; Nostalgic ad for Labatt's IPA features photo of farmer Howard Ella of RR#3 Weston, Ontario; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1922Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Michel the Spy - a remarkable WWI character; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part II - "Shooting" big game with a camera - article with great photos; A Bid for a Bride - love finds a way in the lonely outpost of Mersa Matruh, Egypt; Four-Figure Milestones; Seeking Six Million Pounds - recovering gold and silver from the White Star liner 'Laurentic' which was sunk off the coast of Ireland in January 1917; Through the East By Air - Part IV - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; Diamond Cut Diamond - farmhand matches wits with farmer who cheats his men of their wages; Adrift in Mid-Air - French artilleryman M. Clinckmaille was carried high in the air by a runaway observation balloon - suspended by his leg!; Restoring the Dead to Life! - The Secrets of Katsu, known to the Japanese for two thousand years, but jealously guarded from the outside world - fascinating article with photos; A Race for Life in Death Valley - The ordeal of two motorcyclists who attempted to drive through Death Valley during the hottest month of the year - article with great photos; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part IV - A trap is set for George Keene; Magalloway's Grizzly - life and death encounter with a Wyoming rancher; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1946Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: awarding of Distinguished Flying Cross to Flt.-Lieut. Gordon Smith; Excellent photo of Vancouver radiotelephone operators at work; Long Distance Load in '44 set new record - statistics; Radiotelephone saves 3 lives when tug sinks; Annie Gillman - never late for work in 38 years as operator; Telephone Trouble - by Francis Aldham of the Vancouver Daily Province; Forty Miles of Telephone Bills - reprinted from the December 1944 issue of Western Business and Industry; Harold Morse retires; A few lines from the front lines - portions of letters from telphone employees on active service; Large black and white reproduction of B.C. Tel. Victory Bond advertisement featuring Winston Churchill; Expansion Programme will fall short of needs - with drawing of new central office building at Tenth Ave. and Yew St.; Digits control names of new Central Offices; Report shows phone situation still serious - no prospect of relief in near future; Al Miller retires after 36 years of service; Popular chief operator, Edna Green, resigns; Farewell to Don (Mac) McAuley; Photo of the "Kamloops Kid" - Dave Wilkie; Photos of Sports Starlets; A Telephone Man in the Navy - a lengthy letter to the editor from Elect. Lieut. N.J. Dunlop, R.C.N.V.R.; Article - Two Million Wait for Phones in North America, and relevant B.C. Tel advertisement; Cover photo of U.S. Army Bronze Star recipient Staff Sgt. Robert Creech; Photos of the three Stephan sisters who are operators; Photo of war shortage billboard; Voices with smiles - article from the Vancouver Daily Province by Gordon McCallum; Article - $64 question in the telephone business; Plagued by Shortages - article from the National War Finance Committee; article and photo - Pup Flies Atlantic with Flt. Lt. Gordon Heselton; Article on Robert Garnett Tatlow, Vancouver Pioneer; B.C.'s First Emergency Phone Call - Pants torn by Dog; Construction photos of 'Cedar'; War's End Brings Record Long Distance Load; Heading Back to Normal - but still a long way to go; Death removes Ernest F. Helliwell; Radiotelephone service to the rescue; Photo of phone installer Charlie McAndrew, and the billboard which used the photo; Photos of North Vancouver staff and facilities; Secret of wartime 'what-is-it' building on Seymour finally revealed - photos and two-page article; 5 excellent pages of photos and article on the building of the Pacific Communications System, 'One of our Biggest War Jobs'; Daisy Bonde retires; Excellent photo of B.C. Telephone's 'Sky Riders', dangling 350 feet in the air over Rock Creek Canyon; 3 more billboard photos; We are establishing an F.M. Radio Network; We subscribed nearly $2,000,000 to the war effort; Farewell to Miss Mary Lloyd, Ernest Cole and William Silver; Many photos of employees knitting; Trail operators at work; Eighteen Thousand Calls a day - article; New record for telephone calls in 1945; Difficulties of supply situation again stressed in telephone company's annual report; Charlie McAndrew has installed 40,000 photos; Cupid is main cause of our traffic problems - article; Only photo available of Vancouver's first telephone exchange, established in 1885 in Tilley's book store, on the east side of Carrall St.; PNE float; Alma open house; Hastings Hay Ride; Better phone service to central B.C. points Book
1778ref. 8728Paris, Veuve Duchesne (Imprimerie Cl. Simon de Clousier), 1778 ; six tomes, in-8 ; plein veau fauve, dos à nerfs décorés et dorés, pièces de titre havane et de tomaison vert-sapin, triple filet doré d'encadrement des plats, filet sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; (4), XVI, 594, (4) ; (4), 600 ; (4), 479, (1 bl.) ; (4), 462 ; (4), 472 ; (4), 524 pp. ; portrait par Pougin de st Aubin pour l'effigie et Marillier pour le décor, gravé par N. Le Mire en frontispice du tome 1er ; 2 figures en second frontispice du tome 1er et en frontispice du tome 2, gravées par L. Halbon et Le Beau d'après Marillier et tirées des pièces "L'Oracle" et "Les Grâces".
ref. 11533Paris, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1903. Grand in-4, n.p., couverture illustrée rempliée, dos muet, (14) pl. h-t, nombreuses illustrations dans le texte (couverture légèrement frottée, quelques pages se désolidarisent). Joint : le prospectus de souscription.
1956ref. 150328Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of actor Dean Martin on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamp of Paramount photographer Jack Harris on the verso. Two men arrive in a small western community hoping to avenge the deaths of their fathers and eradicate the town's lawless criminals. The penultimate musical comedy film collaboration between Martin and Jerry Lewis. Shot on location in Arizona. 13.5 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the bottom edge. Pitts 3040. Paramount Pictures unknown
1956ref. 150328Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of actor Dean Martin on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamp of Paramount photographer Jack Harris on the verso. Two men arrive in a small western community hoping to avenge the deaths of their fathers and eradicate the town's lawless criminals. The penultimate musical comedy film collaboration between Martin and Jerry Lewis. Shot on location in Arizona. 13.5 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the bottom edge. Pitts 3040. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1993ref. 93131993. Shatner William. Contract granting Interplay Productions license to use recorded scripted material associated with Star Trek characters dated October 19 1993 documents the formal extension of television-era science fiction performance into the rapidly expanding computer software and video game industry of the early 1990s. Best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek Shatner's authorization reflects the increasing commercialization and technological adaptation of established media franchises during a period when interactive entertainment was emerging as a major cultural and economic force. The agreement explicitly grants "license to use recorded scripted material read by you for use in connection with computer software products incorporating any of the 'Star Trek' characters" establishing a direct connection between actor performance rights and digital media production. Shatner William. Contract. October 19 1993. Agreement between William Shatner and Interplay Productions. The document formalizes the licensing of Shatner's recorded voice work for incorporation into software products tied to the Star Trek franchise indicating the growing role of recognizable character continuity in early multimedia development. Signed prominently in blue ink "William Shatner" the contract preserves both the legal framework and the commercial language governing intellectual property use during a transitional moment in entertainment media. Produced at a time when franchises increasingly migrated from film and television into interactive formats this agreement situates Star Trek within broader developments in digital storytelling licensing practices and the integration of celebrity performance into gaming environments. Such contracts mark the early infrastructure of cross-media franchising that would come to define late twentieth-century entertainment economies. Light handling wear; clean and legible; signature bold. Overall very good condition. unknown
1993ref. 93131993. Shatner William. Contract granting Interplay Productions license to use recorded scripted material associated with Star Trek characters dated October 19 1993 documents the formal extension of television-era science fiction performance into the rapidly expanding computer software and video game industry of the early 1990s. Best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek Shatner's authorization reflects the increasing commercialization and technological adaptation of established media franchises during a period when interactive entertainment was emerging as a major cultural and economic force. The agreement explicitly grants "license to use recorded scripted material read by you for use in connection with computer software products incorporating any of the 'Star Trek' characters" establishing a direct connection between actor performance rights and digital media production. Shatner William. Contract. October 19 1993. Agreement between William Shatner and Interplay Productions. The document formalizes the licensing of Shatner's recorded voice work for incorporation into software products tied to the Star Trek franchise indicating the growing role of recognizable character continuity in early multimedia development. Signed prominently in blue ink "William Shatner" the contract preserves both the legal framework and the commercial language governing intellectual property use during a transitional moment in entertainment media. Produced at a time when franchises increasingly migrated from film and television into interactive formats this agreement situates Star Trek within broader developments in digital storytelling licensing practices and the integration of celebrity performance into gaming environments. Such contracts mark the early infrastructure of cross-media franchising that would come to define late twentieth-century entertainment economies. Light handling wear; clean and legible; signature bold. Overall very good condition. unknown books
2003ref. 10229Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and uniformed green dust jackets. Minor wear around jackets otherwise a clean set with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce. Tomo I 1782-1912 Tomo II 1947-2004 9.25 x 12.25 in 23.5 x 31 cm Popular hardcover
1997ref. BN42244Star Trek Ge Fabbri Ltd. 1997. 1997. Die offiziellen Star Trek Fakten und Infos Heft 1 bis 304 = komplett 19 Sammelordner Ge Fabbri Ltd. Science-Fiction Die Offiziellen STAR TREK Fakten und Infos Hefte 1-304 in 19 Ordnern Science-Fiction Die Offiziellen STAR TREK Fakten und Infos Hefte 1-304 in 19 Ordnern Die offiziellen Star Trek Fakten und Infos Heft 1 bis 304 = komplett 19 Sammelordner Ge Fabbri Ltd. Star Trek Ge Fabbri Ltd. unknown
193988 pages. Features: Vogue's-Eye View of Summer Fashions; New fashions, pleasures, and politics in Paris today; Waists dwindle at Paris Mid-Seasons - great Horst photos; Murder in the Art Galleries; One-page colour portrait of Mrs. Edgar Scott (Number 6 in a series); Cherchez la femme - an illustrated article on lipstick; Beautiful one-page color-illustrated ad for Bergdorf Goodman features lady seated by cabana with white dog; Random notes on waists, women and what-not; Summer Stock; This Summer's Debutantes - photos of Colette Gay, Mary Steel, Elizabeth Gibson, Rosamund Reed, Marjorie Flagg, Margaret Harper, Mary Filley, Elizabeth Kean, Dorothy Blackwell, Margot Finletter, Ann Wickes, Elizabeth Putnam and Barbara Iselin; Photos and brief write-ups of Barry Fitzgerald, Patricia Collinge, Morris Carnovsky, Hal Sherman and Sam Jaffe; House of Jewels at the Fair - with lovely one-page color photo; Color-illustrated article on 'Color - for the sand and sea'; Gorgeous one-page color photo of model in blue and white-striped dress in front of green-striped backdrop; Country Dinner - skirts or trousers?; Italy sends fashions to the Fair; Young ideas for your home life; Good for your Game - golf fashion photos; Picasso, Degas and Zola - samples of their photography; Come to Lunch on Sunday; Great photos of how a woman should look - and not look - when seeking a job; Two gorgeous one-page photos of models with little waists in dinner wear; Designs for dressmaking; Shop-hound's Early Crop; Discoveries in Beauty; Augustus John; For Mothers of Tomorrow; Cast on these sweaters; and more. Ads: Color photo ad for Cannon towels inside front cover; Bonwit Teller (shoes); Two-page ad for Lucien Lelong Carefree Perfume and Cologne; Two-page ad for the Cunard White Star and its vessel the Mauretania which will make her maiden voyage from New York on June 30th; Great one-page color-photo ad for the La Salle five-passenger four-door touring sedan (green); One-page photo ad for Oldsmobile cars; Imra; Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics; Fantastic one-page ad for the new Lastex Pagan Charm Girleiere by Formfit; Campbell's Consomme (Soup); Pond's Cold Cream - featuring photos of Lady Rosemary Gresham of England, the Hon. Ann Schaughnessy in Montreal, Mrs. Robert W. Armstrong of Toronto, the former Ann Clark (now a Roosevelt), the Lady Cynthia Williams and Mrs. Nicholas R. du Pont of Wilmington; Gorgeous two-color one-page ad for Lentheric fragrances; Old Gold Cigarettes - with photo of World's Fair Gown; One-page two-color Helena Rubenstein lipstick ad introduces new color 'Sporting Pink'; Nice one-page two-color ad for Bourjois's Mais Oui fragrance; Le Gant's "Sta-up-Top"; Revlon cream nail enamel; Tasteful leggy one-page ad for Bellin's Wondersteoen magic hair eraser; One-page ad by Japan's Board of Tourist Industry promotes tourism to that country; Fantastic color ad inside back cover features the Lincoln Zephyr V-12 in a desert scene; Nice color-photo Fisher Body ad on back cover features seaman standing by lady in red Pontiac. Faint hand-written name upon front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Short openings at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1926ref. 61673New York & Detroit MI: Durant Motors Inc. April 1 1926. 8vo. 154 pp sections unpaginated others separately paginated. including Retail Order Forms in duplicate on pink & beige-coloured paper with carbons perforated prospect forms. With numerous colour plates black & white photo plates text illustrations. Simulated textured green-brown flexible calf 6-ring binder raised embossed lettering in blind on front cover minor shelfwear rubbing slight age toning faint tidemark to upper fore-edges of a few plates still a VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce dealership salesmen’s hand book for Durant Motors Star Four Star Six automobiles and commercial vehicles introducing their newly introduced 6-cylinder engine. The Star Six produced 40 horsepower and had a 107-inch wheelbase with models including the Star Six Touring Star Six Sport Coupe Coupe Coach Roadster Landau and Sedan all designed and priced to compete with similar Chevy and Ford Models. Durant Motors was founded in 1921 by William Durant after he lost control of General Motors and in the subsequent years built and sold cars assembled from parts manufactured by other suppliers with the intent of building a company that rivaled GM and Chevrolet. This salesman’s hand book describes and illustrates the Durant “New Star Four” Model F which when introduced in 1925 featured the Continental 35 horsepower engine and was very popular. This salesmen’s book includes specific Retail Order forms detailing the price of car freight financing insurance how to push sales through garage owners cultivate Star Car owners as rolling advertising salesman 129 Star Quality Features over competitor’s automobiles low operating costs and pushing the newly introduced Compound Fleetruck commercial truck vehicles. Along with specifics on the factory sales organization the dealership sign is depicted along with specific instructions on developing service/lubrication schedules with new others. This line-up continued into 1927 but Durant began running into capitalization problems and sold his Flint MI plant to GM and in 1927 sold his Long Island City plant to Ford and suspended the Durant Motor Car production in 1927 although the Star continued to be produced with over 70000 sold in 1927. Sales continued to drop in 1928-1929 and by 1932 ceased production and by 1932 Durant was wiped out by the Great Depression. No copies in Worldcat; See: Pat Foster After Being Ousted from GM Billy Durant Aimed for the Skies Hemmings July 11 2024; John B. Rae The Fabulous Billy Durant Business History Review Vol. 32 No. 3 Autumn 1958 pp. 255-271. Durant Motors, Inc., unknown
2024ref. CBS-9781032052724Taylor & Francis Np ExclusiveCbs 2024. New. Taylor & Francis Np Exclusive(Cbs) unknown
2024ref. CBS-9781032052724Taylor & Francis Np ExclusiveCbs 2024. New. Taylor & Francis Np Exclusive(Cbs) unknown
1910ref. 13268St. Louis MO: Lambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Co 1910. Lithographed map 21.5 x 22.25 inches printed in black and red. An attractive map of the great state of Texas created by the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway to promote their regional lines and encourage immigration. The map includes the company's railway lines coming down from Oklahoma and snaking through the central-eastern portion of the state down to the Gulf Coast. Steamship lines are indicated to various locations from Galveston. Within the area of the state locations are shown for areas adapted to certain crops and general regional elevation and rainfall figures are also printed sporadically across the state. This version of the map was distributed "Compliments of Lone Star Immigration Co." The top left usually where an inset map would be printed includes promotional text about the company: "Lone Star Immigration Co. Sells irrigated farms in the 'Magic Valley' of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas where 'Home' means health and comfort. Low round trip excursion rates via the M. K. & T. in our private Pullman Dining Cars on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Write our nearest office for literature and further information." Similar but shorter promo text appears in the lower left corner. OCLC reports about a dozen copies of some version of the map sponsored by different land and development companies with no holdings of this particular map from the LSIC. Lambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Co unknown
1910ref. 13268St. Louis MO: Lambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Co 1910. Lithographed map 21.5 x 22.25 inches printed in black and red. An attractive map of the great state of Texas created by the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway to promote their regional lines and encourage immigration. The map includes the company's railway lines coming down from Oklahoma and snaking through the central-eastern portion of the state down to the Gulf Coast. Steamship lines are indicated to various locations from Galveston. Within the area of the state locations are shown for areas adapted to certain crops and general regional elevation and rainfall figures are also printed sporadically across the state. This version of the map was distributed "Compliments of Lone Star Immigration Co." The top left usually where an inset map would be printed includes promotional text about the company: "Lone Star Immigration Co. Sells irrigated farms in the 'Magic Valley' of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas where 'Home' means health and comfort. Low round trip excursion rates via the M. K. & T. in our private Pullman Dining Cars on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Write our nearest office for literature and further information." Similar but shorter promo text appears in the lower left corner. OCLC reports about a dozen copies of some version of the map sponsored by different land and development companies with no holdings of this particular map from the LSIC. Lambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Co unknown books
1856ref. 848061856. Two Sensational Trials from Nineteenth-Century London in a Notably Handsome Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding Trials. Palmer William 1824-1856. Illustrated and Unabridged Edition of The Times Report of the Trial of William Palmer For Poisoning John Parsons Cook At Rugeley. From the Short-Hand Notes Taken in the Central Court from Day to Day. London: Ward and Lock 158 Fleet Street 1856. 184 pp. Woodcut folding frontispiece. Woodcut text illustrations. Bound with Star Mother Mary Joseph Defendant. Kennedy Mary Magdalen Sister Defendant. The Great Convent Case: Saurin v. Star & Kennedy. Tried Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn in the Court of Queen's Bench February 1869. Containing the Speeches of Counsel on Both Sides And the Evidence in Full of the Various Witnesses Corrected from the Short-Hand Writer' Notes. Together with Copies of the Writ of Action The Pleadings Issue Record Names of Jurymen And Other Particulars Only to be Found in this Work. London: Ward Lock And Tyler Warwick House Paternoster Row 1869. ii 174 2 pp. Main text followed by 2 pp. of advertisements. 4 added woodcut portrait plates of principal parties Saurin Star Kennedy Matthews from another account of the case. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4"; 20.95 x 13.33 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlets bound into later morocco signed binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe blind rules to boards raised bands and gilt fillets ornaments title and publication date to spine gilt rules to pastedowns marbled endpapers. Moderate toning to interior browning to a few sections of Palmer trial creases and a few minor tears to edges of its folding plate minor stains from laid-in plants to a few leaves offsetting to margins of a few leaves at front and rear of text block. Very good copies in a well-preserved notably handsome signed binding. $750. Only editions. This volume contains accounts of two sensational trials from nineteenth-century London. Also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners Palmer was a physician who abandoned his practice to own and breed racehorses which often put him in financial difficulty. A first-rate sociopath he saw murder as a way to restore his finances. In order to collect on their life insurance policies he poisoned his brother wife his moth. unknown
1856ref. 848061856. Two Sensational Trials from Nineteenth-Century London in a Notably Handsome Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding Trials. Palmer William 1824-1856. Illustrated and Unabridged Edition of The Times Report of the Trial of William Palmer For Poisoning John Parsons Cook At Rugeley. From the Short-Hand Notes Taken in the Central Court from Day to Day. London: Ward and Lock 158 Fleet Street 1856. 184 pp. Woodcut folding frontispiece. Woodcut text illustrations. Bound with Star Mother Mary Joseph Defendant. Kennedy Mary Magdalen Sister Defendant. The Great Convent Case: Saurin v. Star & Kennedy. Tried Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn in the Court of Queen's Bench February 1869. Containing the Speeches of Counsel on Both Sides And the Evidence in Full of the Various Witnesses Corrected from the Short-Hand Writer' Notes. Together with Copies of the Writ of Action The Pleadings Issue Record Names of Jurymen And Other Particulars Only to be Found in this Work. London: Ward Lock And Tyler Warwick House Paternoster Row 1869. ii 174 2 pp. Main text followed by 2 pp. of advertisements. 4 added woodcut portrait plates of principal parties Saurin Star Kennedy Matthews from another account of the case. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4"; 20.95 x 13.33 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlets bound into later morocco signed binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe blind rules to boards raised bands and gilt fillets ornaments title and publication date to spine gilt rules to pastedowns marbled endpapers. Moderate toning to interior browning to a few sections of Palmer trial creases and a few minor tears to edges of its folding plate minor stains from laid-in plants to a few leaves offsetting to margins of a few leaves at front and rear of text block. Very good copies in a well-preserved notably handsome signed binding. $750. Only editions. This volume contains accounts of two sensational trials from nineteenth-century London. Also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners Palmer was a physician who abandoned his practice to own and breed racehorses which often put him in financial difficulty. A first-rate sociopath he saw murder as a way to restore his finances. In order to collect on their life insurance policies he poisoned his brother wife his moth. unknown books
1979Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows very light scuffing to back cover, price is inked out. Author photo on back. Unpaginated, about 50 pages in large format b&w illustrations, full page, sometimes double page format, lots of deep space action. . Author was illustrator for Star Wars. Signed by author and numbered on back of title page.
1716ref. 4231Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1716 ; in-4 ; plein veau havane marbré, dos à nerfs très décoré, pièce de titre rouge, double filet doré d'encadrement des plats, roulette décorative dorée sur les coupes, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque) ; (4) ff. (titre, préface, table et privilège), 96, 279, (1) pp. (nom d'imprimeur), beau frontispice de Richardon et 54 figures dans le texte.
1993ref. 169975N.p.: Wife N' Kids Productions 1993. Fifth Draft script for the 1993 film. With extensive manuscript marker and ink annotations to the front wrapper and manuscript ink annotations to six pages. After his grandmother is murdered a nerdy repairman with a knack for invention stumbles onto a method to make his clothes bulletproof and decides to become the low budget superhero "Blankman" to help defend his neighborhood from crime. Set in New York City filmed on location in Chicago Illinois. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 20 1993 noted as 5th DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Damon Wayons "based on revisions" by Wayons J.F. Lawton and Chris Matheson and "Revised by" Wayons and Lawton. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Wife N' Kids Productions unknown
1993ref. 169975N.p.: Wife N' Kids Productions 1993. Fifth Draft script for the 1993 film. With extensive manuscript marker and ink annotations to the front wrapper and manuscript ink annotations to six pages. After his grandmother is murdered a nerdy repairman with a knack for invention stumbles onto a method to make his clothes bulletproof and decides to become the low budget superhero "Blankman" to help defend his neighborhood from crime. Set in New York City filmed on location in Chicago Illinois. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 20 1993 noted as 5th DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Damon Wayons "based on revisions" by Wayons J.F. Lawton and Chris Matheson and "Revised by" Wayons and Lawton. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Wife N' Kids Productions unknown books
1910ref. 63670Album photographique pleine toile format 27 x 28 cm, drapeaux peints en plat, un bouton d'uniforme rapporté au premier plat, 37 photos format carré 21,5 x 21,5 cm : St James's Street 7 heures 1/2 du matin : La musique des Horse Guards - Les Hussards ; Les "6th Rifles" ; La Musique des Horse Guards ; Les Horse Gards le Drummer en tête ; L'Infanterie. L'automobile qui verse le sable sur le parcours ; Le défilé a commencé, les soldats des régiments d'Infanterie portent le canon du fusil baissé en signe de deuil. La foule compacte et respectueuse. Des draperies violettes ou noires à toutes les fenêtres ; Les Scott Guards ; Les Gordon's Highlanders ; L'Artillerie ; Les Hussards ; Les Life Guards ; Des Princes Indiens et des représentants des Colonies ; Lord Fisher of Kilverstone saluant le drapeau suivi des Amiraux ; Les "Blue Jackets" ; Le Duc de Norfolk saluant le drapeau. Etant Earl Marshall de la Cour par droit héréditaire, ce fut lui qui fut chargé d'organiser toutes les solennités depuis la mort du Roi et le cortège d'aujourd'hui ; Les généraux : Sir Charles Douglas. Lord Kitchener, Lord Roberts, Sir Evelyn Wood, les 3 FieldMarshall anglais ; Les représentants allemands des régiments dont le Roi était Colonel ; Les attachés militaires étrangers ; Les représentants autrichiens des régiments dont le Roi était Colonel ; "The Gun carriage" sur laquelle est drapée "The Union Jack" et l'Etendard Royal. Les couronnes royales sont posées sur des coussins ; Le chien du Roi "Caesar" conduit par un Ecossais ; Le cheval du Roi avec les bottes mises à l'envers ; Les Souverains et Princes étrangers suivent : l'Empereur d'Allemagne. Le Roi George V. Le Duc de Conaught. Le porte étendard royal ; Le trompette royal ; Grand-Duc de Hesse, Roi du Danemark ; Les Princes du Sang : Le Duc d'Aoste ; La voiture de la Reine Mary ; La voiture des Princes ; Les "Life Guards" qui ferment le cortège ; Retour à la caserne des troupes ("Life Guards", Artilleurs, Hussards, Musique de l'Infanterie, Trumpetter [ English translation : St James's Street 7:30 a.m.: The Band of the Horse Guards - The Hussars; The "6th Rifles"; The Band of the Horse Guards; The Horse Guards the Drummer in the lead; Infantry. The car that pours the sand on the course; The procession has begun, the soldiers of the infantry regiments carry the gun barrel lowered as a sign of mourning. The compact and respectful crowd. Purple or black draperies on all windows; The Scott Guards; The Gordon's Highlanders; Artillery; The Hussars; The Life Guards; Indian Princes and Colonial Representatives; Lord Fisher of Kilverstone saluting the flag followed by the Admirals; The "Blue Jackets"; The Duke of Norfolk saluting the flag. Being Earl Marshall of the Court by hereditary right, it was he who was responsible for organizing all the solemnities since the death of the King and the procession of today; Generals: Sir Charles Douglas. Lord Kitchener, Lord Roberts, Sir Evelyn Wood, the 3 English FieldMarshalls; The German representatives of the regiments of which the King was Colonel; Foreign military attaches; Representatives from regiments of which the King was Colonel; "The Gun chariot" on which is draped "The Union Jack" and the Royal Standard. The royal crowns are placed on cushions; The King's dog "Caesar" led by a Scotsman; The King's horse with the boots turned upside down; Foreign Sovereigns and Princes follow: the Emperor of Germany. King George V. The Duke of Conaught. The royal standard bearer; The Royal Trumpet; Grand Duke of Hesse, King of Denmark; The Princes of the Blood: The Duke of Aosta; Queen Mary's Carriage; The Princes' car; The "Life Guards" who ferment the procession; Return to Troop Barracks ("Life Guards", Gunners, Hussars, Infantry Band, Trumpetter ]
1911ref. 63669Album photographique pleine toile format 27 x 28 cm, armes royales peinte en plat, 52 photos format carré 21,5 x 21,5 cm : Coronation Day : Territorials. Naval School - Life Guard drumms - Life Guards Engineers - Life Guards Band - Indians - Lord Mayor, King's Staff - Duke of Fife - Horse Guards - The King and Queen's state Carriage - The cream coloured poneys - Lord Roberts - Prince of Wales's carriage - Kronprinz and Kronprinzess of Germany's carriage - Prince's carriage - Speakers' carriage - Beef eaters - St Paul's Procession : Hussars - Infantry Band - Lancers Band - Canadians - Scot Greys Band - Indian Princesses - Indians Officers - Colonel Stratford, Colonel Staig, Sir Hedworth Lambton - Blue Jacketts - The King and Queen - Duc of Theh, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Sir Evelyn Wood, Prince Arthur - Duke of Connaught - Duke of Fife - Foreign Representation - Cannon Street : Sir Edward Henty Head of the Police - Canadian - Premier of Canada - Sir Alfred Coringto General Commander of London - King and Queen with Prince of Wale and Princess Mary - Oxford Street : The King's Outriders - The King and Queen carriage - Captain Arthur Wood of the Cameronans - Cold Stream Guards Major Marker
