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1929ref. 30431Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good. c.1929. First Edition. Hardcover. lacking the original dust jacket but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing modest shelfwear age-toning to edges of text block one-time owner's name printed neatly on front endpaper; contemporary newspaper clipping about the author's death laid in at the rear of the book SIGNED on the tipped-in limitation page by the author this being copy no. 271 of the limited/numbered edition. The author's first and only novel a tale set in Scotland Moon's birthplace about the travails of a girl born under the cloud of uncertain patrimony was the source for the hit 1930 film MIN AND BILL although the focus of the movie was shifted to the protagonist's grandmother played by Marie Dressler. The adaptation was co-written by one of M-G-M's top screenwriters Frances Marion who was a close friend of Moon's and to whom the novel is dedicated. Moon herself did some screenwriting in the 1920s at Famous Players-Lasky and M-G-M although the description of her on her Wikipedia page as "one of the earliest and most successful female screenwriters" seems a bit of an embellishment. The book was a critical sucess and a best-seller but Moon unfortunately didn't live to also experience the success of the movie: she died of tuberculosis in May 1930 about six months before its release. Many years later it was revealed to Richard de Mille the son of William C. de Mille director Cecil's older brother that Moon was his birth mother the product of her affair with his father; he subsequently wrote a book about it entitled "My Secret Mother Lorna Moon." NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing. Signed by Author . The Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover books
1949ref. 188141949. Moon Bucklin. The Darker Brother 1949 brought Moon's 1943 novel of a Black Florida family's migration to Harlem into the postwar mass-market paperback trade centering the racial discrimination Ben encounters after moving North. The novel follows Ben from Florida to Harlem where expectations of greater freedom confront housing employment and interpersonal racism; his later military service returns him to the segregated South. Published originally during World War II the narrative placed these experiences within the movement of African Americans from the South to northern cities and the persistence of racial discrimination beyond the Jim Crow South. Moon Bucklin. The Darker Brother. New York City: Bantam Books November 1949. Bantam edition. First paperback printing. 246 pp. Original pictorial wrappers. 8vo. No dust jacket as issued. The front wrapper depicts Ben and his fiancée Birdie on a Harlem street confronted by a white man clutching papers with buildings and street activity visible behind them. Red blue and gold dominate the illustration. Across the upper margin appears the publisher's line "He came up North for freedom and got---Harlem!" The rear wrapper announces "Born the Wrong Color" in red lettering and summarizes Ben's experiences of racial prejudice. The cover's language and confrontation scene recast Moon's novel for the postwar paperback market by emphasizing racial conflict as its principal selling point. First published by Doubleday Doran in 1943 The Darker Brother follows Ben his mother and sister from Florida to Harlem and traces the consequences of racial violence and discrimination as Ben searches for work plans a future with Birdie and enters military service. Contemporary reviews recognized race relations as the novel's central subject while Moon continued addressing racial discrimination in A Primer for White Folks 1945 and The High Cost of Prejudice 1947. The 1949 Bantam edition is particularly revealing for the history of African American representation in popular publishing: its wrapper converts a novel about Black migration and racism into the visual and promotional vocabulary of the mid-century paperback juxtaposing the promise of northern freedom with the publisher's stark Harlem street scene. Minor creasing to the lower right corner of the front wrapper and minor chipping to the spine neither affecting text or illustration; internally clean and overall very good condition. unknown books
1971ref. 167739Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 "surrealist documentary" rock film showing Frank Zappa. In 1970 Zappa completely re-formed the Mothers of Invention to include drummer Aynsley Dunber jazz keyboardist George Duke and three members of The Turtles. Zappa began to write a film for the new lineup and recorded "Chunga's Revenge" 1970 with them as a "preview." Subsequently Zappa met conductor Zubin Mehta and worked with him to produce a concert in May 1970 wherein the Los Angeles Philharmonic was augmented by the Mothers or vice versa as you like and referred to this as "the second preview." The film itself shot in a week at Pinewood Studios outside London was a tripped-out documentary about life as a musician on the road and Zappa characteristically chose an eclectic group of celebrities to join the proceedings including Theodore Bikel Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. The resulting soundtrack is a matter of debate among Zappa enthusiasts but is notable for its orchestral finale "Strictly Genteel" a touchstone for the variety of classical music experimentations Zappa would subsequently pursue. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1863ref. 30892London: Hatchard & Co 1863. First edition 8vo pp. 27 1; bound with: Moon A Second Defence of the Queen's English. London: Hatchard & Co. 1863; pp. 38; bound with: Opinions of the Press for both of the foregoing 1 leaf each; bound with: Just published . Poems: by G Washington Moon pp. 4 ostensibly an advertisement but including two poems one entitled "Deeds not Words." Later wrappers; very good. Apt criticism of the Dean's infamous essay which Moon found to be riddled with structural and grammatical inaccuracies. This pamphlet had no small influence was later expanded with A Second Defense. Hatchard & Co unknown books
1930ref. 151434Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1930. Two vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1930 film one showing actors Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler and one showing Dressler alone. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on Lorna Moon's 1929 novel. A beleaguered dockside innkeeper Dressler tries to protect and raise her young adopted daughter while loving and frequently fighting with an alcoholic fisherman Beery who resides at the inn. A wildly successful sharp drama co-written by two successful female screenwriters at the height of their careers Frances Marion and Marion Jackson. 10 x 13 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and slightly wavy. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1981ref. 12488Matrix Robert Delpire 1981. Cloth. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY SARAH MOON on the half-title. A pristine copy to boot of the 1981 stated 1st American edition. Fine in a bright Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto Moon's evocative sensual photographs thruout. Matrix (Robert Delpire) unknown books
1968ref. 161710N.p.: Cambist Films 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 US English language release of the 1962 Argentinian film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. Mexican prostitute Cora reminisces on her life and how she got to where she is. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Argentina. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cambist Films unknown books
2002ref. 626571Cobleskill NY: Anna Kaufman Moon 2002. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Oblong quarto. 120pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers. Foxing on front cover and spine very good. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Graham Hodges see pg. 89 - Abbie Hoffman Anna Kaufman Moon". Recipient Hodges is the prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects particularly the African-American experience. A self-published photography book of candid shots of people and places around New York City. Moon's photographs have appeared in Abbie Hoffman's book Steal This Book along with The New York Times Life Magazine Newsweek posters and many other publications. Hoffman is included in this collection as well as a photo of James Earl Jones from 1965. Scarce. OCLC lists 6 copies. Anna Kaufman Moon unknown books
1932ref. 40540n.p.: n.p. 1932. Very good plus. Matted watercolor of two children served seed cakes. Grace and Carl Moon both white wrote and illustrated a number of picture books about Native Americans particularly about the Pueblo and Navajo peoples. This original work was reproduced in the 1932 picture book THE BOOK OF NAH-WEE by Grace Moon with Carl Moon as illustrator. A copy of the book is included here. Carl Moon was also a noted photographer of Native Americans and was commissioned by the Fred Harvey Company in 1907 to photographically document the Native communities of the southwest. Mat 6.25'' x 9.75'' visible image 2.5'' x 5.75'' piece 2.5'' x 6''. Single piece of paper with ink and watercolor drawing hinged onto card. Matted in white. One hinge has cracked. Sharp and bright. n.p. unknown books
1981ref. 175687Providence: Matrix 1981. Limited. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Sarah Moon. Translated from the French by Enid Kirshberger. Illustrated with 94 photographic images some colored. Oblong 4to olive green cloth d.w. Providence: Matrix/Delpire 1981. First American edition. Near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper slightly worn at extremes. limited edition - one of only 100 signed copies. Matrix unknown books
1961ref. 158005N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage reference photograph of director Roger Corman and cinematographer Floyd Crosby capturing a scene with Vincent Price on the set of the 1961 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story about a young Englishman who travels to Spain to investigate his sister's death. The second Poe adaptation released by American International Pictures following Corman's "The House of Usher" in 1960. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light toning and wear on the corners. N.p. unknown books
1993ref. 154398Berkeley: Inter-Relations 1993. Volume 1 Issue 3 of Frank Moore and Linda Mac's post-porn zine with performance artist and pro-sex activist Annie Sprinkle featured on the cover. Texts by Moore Veronica Vera R. Dixi Cohn Sprinkle Merle Tofer Luna Sanguine and Dorothy Jesse Beagle with art/photography by Wink Van Kempen Robert Mapplethorpe Sprinkle LaBash Mac Trunz Amy Ardrey and Jan Deen. Laid in is a subscription postcard which reproduces the issue's cover art. "The Cherotic rEvolution" underground zine published from 1991 to 1999 by performance artist and activist Moore featured articles essays and art regarding porn politics capitalism and art. Near Fine in side-stapled self wrappers. Front wrapper with small tear at lower spine and a faint crease to the lower right. Inter-Relations unknown books
1968ref. 618003New York: The Crisis Publishing Co. Inc 1968. Softcover. Near Fine. Periodical. Octavo. 140 2 pp. Illustrated. Address label of Warren Morgan of Baltimore see below on the lower wrap causing a bit of light rippling. Light wear and a bit of light marginal foxing near fine. Issue of the important NAACP magazine founded by W.E.B. Du Bois published the month of Dr. King's assassination. Given the fact that they had almost no time to prepare this issue prints a memorial cover portrait an editorial titled "The Martyrdom of Martin Luther King Jr." and "NAACP mourns loss of Dr. King" in the "Battlefront section" alongside several articles that must have already been slated for publication. The intrepid B.T. Enterprises of Cleveland Ohio has also taken out a half-page ad selling memorial medals honoring Dr. King. This issue was mailed to Warren Morgan of Baltimore a civil rights activist who was also sadly the victim of racial violence: according to a March 1964 article in The New York Times Morgan at that time the head of Students Action for Equality at Maryland State College and six other African-American students were invited by the pastor to Easter Service at a White Methodist church and three of them were attacked after the service by a dozen young White men. Warren was hospitalized with a fractured cheekbone. Warren would go on to receive his doctorate at Oklahoma State University and work as the Vice President of Student Affairs at Florida A&M University and Dean of Student Affairs at Benedict College among others. An important copy of an important magazine with a powerful association. The Crisis Publishing Co., Inc unknown books
ref. 58495Photograph. Good. 4 1/4" x 6 " 13" x 15" in mat. There is a dampstain to the top edge of the mat measuring 6 1/2" x 2 1/4" inches. Karl Moon photographed Hopi Navajo and Apache Indians from his studio in New Mexico. He was a contemporary of Edward Sheriff Curtis and friend of John Muir John Burroughs and Theodore Roosevelt. unknown books
ref. 58496Photograph. Very good. 4" x 6" 12 3/4" x 15" in mat. Karl Moon photographed Hopi Navajo and Apache Indians from his studio in New Mexico. He was a contemporary of Edward Sheriff Curtis and friend of John Muir John Burroughs and Theodore Roosevelt. unknown books
2008ref. 203706London: Thames & Hudson 2008. Slipcased. VG: The slipcase has been reinforced on all edges with black fabric tape and the upper spine piece has been ripped down the middle. The glue has dried on two of the inside reinforcement walls and they have come loose. Sticker at the base of the spine of the slipcase. Stickers at the base of the spine on every book. Stamp on the title page of each book. Stamp on either the back free end page or the back inside cover of each book. Due date card and sticker on the back inside cover of every book. The DVD is present in the pocket on the back inside cover of book five. Stamps on top text blocks of all books.DZespite these visual flaws this is a very seldom used set of books and are tight and clean. Five books inside of a black slipcase. There is a square cutout in the spine of the slipcase presumably to look like a camera viewfinder. Books one two and three are dark gray paperbacks with heavy textured paper. Book four is the same paper material but it is red. Book five is the only hardback. It is black and there is a DVD pocket with DVD on the back inside cover. "Sarah Moon is a contemporary photographer of international renown. A former model she has taken award-winning photos for such magazines as 'Vogue' 'Harpers Bazaar' and 'Nova.' This work includes an example of Moon's cinematic work. It features commentaries on her work in still and cinema photography." Thames & Hudson unknown books
1973ref. 73120Tokyo: International Cultural Foundation 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with rubbing to the edges and extremities. This copy belonged to sociologist and anthropologist Dr. Ashley Montagu and includes laid in materials pertaining to the controversial association of the International Conferences on the Unity of the Sciences with Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. The items present include a typed letter Signed by Dr. Montagu stating that he refused to lend Moon any legitimacy by attending the conferences and noting that he had advised the organizer Nobel laureate Prof. Eugene Wigner of the same a typed letter Signed by Nobel laureate Robert S. Mulliken and by several others -- including Amitar Etzioni who later withdrew from the conference -- advising invitees to the Fourth International Conference that there was no religious agenda in question and a typed letter Signed by Moon himself written on the letterhead of the International Cultural Foundation presenting this copy of the 1973 proceedings. Also present are Vol. XXI No. 45 of the Princeton Spectrum newspaper featuring Allen Tate Wood's article "The Dark Side of Sun Myung Moon" a New York Times clipping in which Prof. Kai Nielsen offers reasons why scholars should shun conferences sponsored by Moon and a magazine article listing some of the scientists who chose to attend the fourth annual conference as well as some of those who stayed away. International Cultural Foundation hardcover books
1935ref. 16816n.p.: n.p. 1935. Fine. Large pen and ink drawing with pencil shading from SHANTY ANN by Grace Moon and illustrated by Carol Moon published in 1935 by Frederick A. Stokes. In this drawing little Ann and an older woman are cooking breakfast over an outdoor fire near their California shanty town. The patched-up house is visible in the background; there is much detail in the work. 11.5'' x 8'' image; 16'' x 12'' frame. Single image in pen and ink with pencil shading matted framed and glazed. Not examined outside frame. n.p. unknown books
ref. 324981Signed "Yaz-yah Chee" below photo on mount. Image 10 x 7 inches. Framed and glazed. Signed "Yaz-yah Chee" below photo on mount. Image 10 x 7 inches. unknown books
1902ref. 267927London: Webster and Compy. 60 Piccadilly W. 1902. Printed ledger 136 pp. accomplished in black ink in a neat hand on 95 pp. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Original half dark green morocco and marbled endsheets. Minor surface rubbing else very good. Printed ledger 136 pp. accomplished in black ink in a neat hand on 95 pp. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Record of shooting partridge pheasant hare pigeon and the occasional woodcock; with notes of ferreting and a few seasons' salmon fishing covering sport on several Scottish estates: Charlesfield Gask Auchterader Perthshire 1889-1899; Strobhall Perthshire 1900-1902; and Bachilton Perthshire 1889-1902. The total bag was nearly 3000 including 1267 partridge 863 pheasants 232 hares and 275 rabbits. Kept in a meticulous hand identifying members of the shooting parties places and occasional remarks on weather and conditions. There is a separate record of pheasants reared and shot at Gask and Stobhall at end. A single page records salmon and grilse taken at a dozen pools on an unidentified stretch of river the Earn near Gask perhaps in seven seasons. Signed by Ernest Moon on verso of flyleaf. Webster and Compy., 60, Piccadilly, W. unknown books
1929ref. 337167Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Corners rubbed else a very good or better copy lacking the dust jacket. Copy number 11 of 100 numbered copies Signed by the author as well as additionally Signed on the limitation page by actress Mary Pickford and by the book's dedicatee Frances Marion. Author's first book basis for the George Hill film Min and Bill with a screenplay by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson and featuring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery in their first foray as an unlikely romantic duo. Dressler won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Min over fellow nominees Irene Dunne Marlene Dietrich Norma Shearer and Ann Harding. The Dressler-Beery partnership proved so appealing that they were reunited three years later in both Tugboat Annie and Dinner at Eight. Lorna Moon bore a son out of wedlock to director William DeMille with the child being raised by Cecil B. DeMille. After the child was born Moon was in dire straits and her close friends Marion and Pickford helped to get the book published and successfully pushed to have the film made although Moon died soon afterward. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
ref. 229666Los Angeles: Bright Dot Publications 1980. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. Printed pictorial wrappers with color reproduction of Pritt on upper cover. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. A touching copy rich with Tracy-Hepburn associations featuring the photographs of Spencer Tracy's daughter Susie b. 1934 to illustrate the life of a favorite deaf cat. This copy is inscribed by Hepburn to her agent Freya Manston: "For Freya & her Cats "with affection "Kate" Spencer Tracy's first-born son John was born deaf; Tracy's wife Louise with Spencer's support and encouragement founded the famous John Tracy Clinic in honor of their son. It opened in 1942 the same year that Hepburn and Tracy began their legendary association. Bright Dot Publications unknown books
1929ref. 64057Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1929. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight crease on the spine else fine in a nice very good plus spine-faded dust jacket with some rubbing at the extremities. The author's first book basis for the George Hill film Min and Bill with a screenplay by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson and featuring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery in their first foray as an unlikely romantic duo. Dressler won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Min over fellow nominees Irene Dunne Marlene Dietrich Norma Shearer and Ann Harding. The Dressler-Beery partnership proved so appealing that they were reunited three years later in both Tugboat Annie and Dinner at Eight. Lorna Moon bore a son out of wedlock to director William DeMille with the child being raised by Cecil B. DeMille. After the child was born Moon was in dire straits and her close friends Frances Marion and Mary Pickford helped to get the book published and successfully pushed to have the film made although Moon died soon afterward. Extremely uncommon. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
1815ref. 50802Paris: Chez l'auteur. 1815. Luna Calderon Nicolas. Démonstration pratique de la prophylaxis siphylitique authentiquement constatée. 52pp. Paris: Chez l'auteur . . . 1815. 197 x 127 mm. Bound with nine other works on venereal disease plus a manuscript table of contents in 19th-century sheep marbled boards spine worn and rubbed front hinge cracking. Spine title reads: "Recueil des Mémoires sur les Maladies Vénériennes." Foxing and toning but very good. From the library of Philippe Ricord. First Edition. Luna Calderon a Spanish physician claimed to have discovered an unfailing remedy for venereal disease the nature of which he declined to reveal. As described in the present pamphlet he demonstrated his remedy's effectiveness by injecting himself several times with infected material in the presence of a committee at the Venereal Hospital in Paris. Luna Calderon's Démonstration pratique is contained in a volume of 10 short works on venereal disease published between 1796 and 1815-some of them quite scarce-as noted in the list below. a. Vassal Pierre Gérard 1769-1840. Mémoire sur la transmission du virus vénérien de la mère à l'enfant. 78pp. Paris: Imprimerie de Valade 1807. First Edition. b. Société de Médecine. Instruction sommaire sur le traitement de la maladie vénérienne dans les campagnes. 4 3-48pp. Leaf A1 original 1786 title canceled. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de la République an 5 1796. Verso of the second leaf signed by Michel-Augustin Thouret 1749-1810 director of the École de Santé de Paris. Reissue of the 1786 edition with a new title and "Avertissement." Scarce with only two print copies Wellcome Library and another unidentified library cited in OCLC. c. Doueil J. F. Dissertation sur le bubon pestilential. 39pp. Paris: Devilleneuve junior 1803. First Edition. Dissertation presented at the École de Médecine de Paris by a former army surgeon. d. Cotton César-Victor. Dissertation sur les bubons siphilitiques ou vénériennes considerés dans leur simplicité et dans leurs diverses complications. 4 69 2pp. Paris: Imprimerie de Feugueray 1802. Marginal notes possibly by Ricord on pp. 36-37. First Edition. OCLC also cites a version with the imprint of Brochot père. Both versions are scarce with OCLC citing only 6 copies of the print edition all in European libraries. e. Deguerre J. J. S. Essai sur l'inoculation syphilitique. 43pp. Paris: Imprimerie de Feugueray 1803. First Edition. f. Mignard Jacques. Remarques sur les virus vénérien scorbutique et goutteux. Nouvelle édition revue corrigée et augmentee. 48pp. Paris: Chez l'auteur An 9 1800-1801. Marginal notes on the first three text pages. Later edition first published in 1795. g. Trappe. A. Dissertation sur les excroissances et les pustules vénériennes présentée et soutenue à l'École de Médecine de Paris . . . viii 69pp. Paris: Chez Gabon et Cie. An X 1801-2. First Edition. h. Tainturier. Observation médicale sur les suites très-extraordinaires d'une maladie vénérienne traitée par le mercure. 38pp. Paris: Chez Blanchon 1803. First Edition. Rare with no copies cited in OCLC. i. Leblanc R. F. Dissertation sur les maladies vénériennes des enfans nouveaux-nés et exposé des moyens curatifs. 48pp. Paris: Valade 1803. First Edition. . Chez l'auteur.. unknown books
1596ref. 39771Romae Rome: Apud Iacobum Lunam. Impensis Leonardi Parasoli & Sociorum 1596. First edition. Hardcover. poor to vg. Folio 15 1/4 x 10 3/4". 8 705 1pp. Contemporary gilt-stamped calf with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Dentelles. Striking floral design painting to paper edges with head of Christ on fore-edge. Engraved title by Francesco Villamena. Title page in red and black lettering and highlighted in gold. Decorative initials and tailpiece. Dedication to Pope Clement VIII by M. Vestrius Barbianus the Papal secretary. Printer's device on last page. Illustrated with no less than 156 magnificent hand-colored in-text engravings this monumental work is the official and complete liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. It contains the offices for sacramental and other sacred acts and ceremonies such as baptism communion confirmation ordination matrimony dedication of churches altars bells benediction of crosses sacred vestures burials coronations etc. Also includes numerous liturgical motets in Latin for Masses Te Deum and other religious ceremonies. All the engravings as well as the decorative initials and the printer's device at rear have been splendidly handcolored by a contemporary previous owner. Binding rubbed along edges. Covers detached but present. Title page repaired and re-laid. The first 24 leaves are disbound. Pages 15 to 30 heavily sunned with sporadic holes thus partly affecting text and some illustrations. Minor to moderate age-toning along paper margin for the remaining pages. Text in Latin. Binding in overall poor pages 15-30 in poor to fair the remaining pages in good to very good condition. Apud Iacobum Lunam. Impensis Leonardi Parasoli & Sociorum hardcover books