Bartlett E. G.Livre Rare Book
1963Best.-Nr. R260254520Denoël. 25 décembre 1963. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos lisse, Intérieur frais. 237 pages augmentées de nombreux dessins en noir et blanc dans texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
Best.-Nr. EXE003d1Illustrated by a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. Bartlett, Esq. London, George Virtue, 1836. In-8 , Plein veau, dos lisse , tranches dorées. Bien complet de ses 106 planches.
2007Best.-Nr. UBARKOI00hcWiley 2007. Very Good. Bartlett R. D. Koi for Dummies. Bartlett Patricia. Hoboken New Jersey: Wiley 2007. 272pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Wiley paperback books
1880Best.-Nr. 60678Philadelphia: Everts & Peck 1880. First Edition. Large 4to pp. 564. Rubbed leather back cloth a very good clean copy. Very heavy postage extra. Includes a history of the county and towns therein as well as hundreds of biographical sketches and many beautifully engraved tissue protected portraits of prominent citizens of the county. Everts & Peck unknown books
1916Best.-Nr. 12838New York: Robert H. Dodd 1916. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in off-white side-stapled paper wraps with black title to front panel. Edgewear to wraps. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. 40 pages. Books on Books. BOB1/3112. Robert H. Dodd paperback books
1931Best.-Nr. 171519New York: Sheftel Press 1931. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the dedication page: "To my excellent friend Charles A. Toompas / with compliments of author / E.A. Bartlett." Toompas has added his own signature just below with the date July 23 1935. With black-and-white photographic illustrations. An early work of true crime describing the life crimes and psychology of Dutch-American serial killer Harry F. Powers. Powers was the subject of much contemporary media fascination and was widely known as the "Bluebeard of Quiet Dell" due to his tactic of luring his victims using "lonely hearts" advertisements. His crimes served as the basis for Davis Grubb's 1953 novel "Night of the Hunter" adapted for film by Charles Laughton in 1955. Very Good plus lacking the dust jacket. Front hinge shaky slight lean spine ends and corners lightly rubbed with an additional owner name in manuscript ink possibly a variation on Toompas' name to the front endpaper. Rare. Sheftel Press unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 148994Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1939. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1939 film. With a manuscript ink annotation to the verso noting the date 11-22-39. A police lieutenant finds himself torn between the demands of his fiancee and his job on the homicide squad. 9.5 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus overall with light adhesive residue to the verso. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 214046Rockford IL: Rockford Art Museum 1988. First edition. Oblong softcover. 12 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 9 through February 14 1988. Features text by Donald Bartlett Doe. Includes 10 black and white images a checklist and list of previous exhibitions and other biographical information. A clean very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Rockford Art Museum unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 210249New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1994. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 167 pages. Monograph on the art work of American artist Jennifer Bartlett. Features text by Deborah Eisenberg. Includes 50 illustrations with 24 in color and a checklist. A fine copy in silk covered boards and in a near fine printed acetate dust jacket with some slight rubbing. Harry N. Abrams, Inc unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 14592Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edited by Robert Bartlett Haas. Limited to 750 copies. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket unclipped $10.00 bumped at the eges. Quarter green cloth with blue paper on the boards faded at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound foxed at the top edge clean internally. A collection of Stein's previously uncollected works many of which were originally published in magazines literary journals and periodicals. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1968Best.-Nr. 207231Washington D.C.: The National Collection of Fine Arts by The Smithsonian Institution Press 1968. First edition. Oblong softcover. 156 pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition that ran October 10 through November 24 1968 Essays by Martin Friedman Bartlett Hayes and Charles Millard. Includes numerous black and white and some color illustrations. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some of the usual fading to the spine and some other minor wear and from the library of Lucas Samaras with estate stamp to the front free endpaper. A solid look at this important American artist and photographer. The National Collection of Fine Arts by The Smithsonian Institution Press unknown books
1935Best.-Nr. 164460Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Collection of ten vintage photographs from the 1935 film including one keybook photograph and six double weight photographs including one taken on the set. All photographs with studio stamps crediting photograph Ray Jones on the verso and nine with mimeo snipes on the same. The collection includes one keybook photograph of Katherine Alexander one double weight photograph of Claudette Colbert and Michael Bartlett on the set four publicity photographs of Edith Fellows two being double weight photographs and four reference photographs three being double weight photographs. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Claudette Colbert stars as an extraordinarily competent secretary who marries her boss-only to discover taking care of him at home proves much more challenging than taking care of the office. 8 x 10 inches to 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine overall. Byrge and Miller. The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 210079Los Angeles CA: Fine Arts Production Committee University of California Los Angeles 1954. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog. 47 pages. Features an introduction by William Carlos Williams along with essays by Bartlett H. Hayes Jr. and Frederick S. Wight. Includes a few color and numerous black and white illustrations a chronology list of previous exhibitions selected bibliography and a checklist. An about very good copy in stapled wrappers with some wear/splitting along the spine and other light wear. Internally a clean copy. Fine Arts Production Committee, University of California Los Angeles unknown books
1948Best.-Nr. 164600Universal City: Universal Pictures 1948. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film showing Indian-American actor Sabu Dastagir commonly known by the mononym Sabu. Loosely based on Jim Corbett's 1944 book "Man-Eaters of Kumaon" a collection of stories about the dangerous tigers of the Kumaon region of India. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 165889Universal City: Universal Pictures 1929. Two vintage double weight publicity photographs of Joseph Schildkraut at his home one featuring his then wife Elise Bartlett by photographer Ray Jones 1929 each with mimeo snipes studio stamps crediting photographer Jones and "1929" date stamps on the versos and one with an additional provenance and collation stamp on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Austrian-American actor Joseph Schildkraut appeared in 66 films from 1915 to 1965 and is best known for his Academy Award-winning performance in "The Life of Emile Zola" 1937 and as Otto Frank in "The Diary of Anne Frank" 1959. Schildkraut was married to actress stage and screen actress Elise Bartlett from 1923 to 1930. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with tiny scratches to the upper left else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
2003Best.-Nr. 200569Portland OR: Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery - Reed College 2003. First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 7 through December 28 2003 in Portland and then January 30 through March 5 2005 at the Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago. Features an introduction by Stephanie Snyder and an essay by Silas Cook. Includes numerous color illustrations a list of previous exhibitions and selected public collections. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery - Reed College unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 203166Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1976. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 207 pages. Features text by Robert Bartlett Haas. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A fine copy in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minor wear. A lovely copy. University of California Press unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 151964N.p.: N.p. 1967. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a brief typed letterdated May 14 1968 addressed to agent Irene Heymann introducing the script. A cold-hearted mob boss is jailed on a vagrancy charge and seeks vengeance upon his release. Screenwriter Sy Bartlett worked as a screenwriter and producer for four decades most notably co-writing "Sergeant Murphy" 1938 and "13 Rue Madeleine" 1946 and producing "Cape Fear" 1962. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft and Production No. 8864 dated February 17 1967 with credits for screenwriter Sy Bartlett. Title page present dated February 17 1967 with credits for screenwriter Sy Bartlett. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light creasing and wear to page 142 wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled and edgeworn bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 159870Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1929. Vintage reference photograph from the 1929 film. With manuscript pencil annotation identifying actor Walter Huston and the set as "office" on the verso. Based on the 1928 play by Ward Morehouse. A journalist does not spend enough time with his family due to his work. Shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Good with creasing pinholes in the corners one small chip at the top left corner one small tear at the top right corner associated with pinholes and adhesive residue on the verso. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 158310N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage double weight portrait photograph of playwright screenwriter and actor Bartlett Cormack circa 1930s. Stamp of Los Angeles studio photographer Ray Huff on the verso. Cormack wrote his best-remembered play "The Racket" in 1927. The work would go on to be adapted twice for film: once in 1928 as a silent film and once in 1951 as a film noir starring Robert Mitchum. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly age-toned. N.p. unknown books
1928Best.-Nr. 157086New York: Samuel French 1928. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Fritz Lang: "For Fritz Lang / Bartlett McCormack / Beverly Hills CA / 1935." Play that is the basis for the 1951 film noir directed by John Cromwell and starring Robert Mitchum Lizabeth Scott and Robert Ryan. Near Fine in a Very Good plus example of the rare dust jacket. Jacket spine lightly toned with several nicks at the extremities. The Dark Page II: 1959-1965 p. 38. Samuel French unknown books
1946Best.-Nr. 150908N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage reference photograph from the 1946 film showing actors James Cagney and Blanche Yurka. A head spy discovers one of his agents-in-training is a German mole but decides not to arrest the man instead feeding him false information in hopes of misleading the Nazis. Shot on location in Quebec Canada and Boston Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 145456Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1933. Five vintage double weight internal studio photographs from the set of the 1933 pre-code film. Manuscript annotations on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see others. High school students unite against a ruthless gang leader. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 159930London: Poetry Book Society 1977. First edition. Softcover. Includes poems by Fleur Adcock Susannah Amoore Elizabeth Bartlett Alan Brownjohn D.J. Enright Vicki Feaver John Fuller Roy Fuller W.S. Graham Thom Gunn Michael Hamburger Molly Holden Ted Hughes Andrew Motion Barry Palmer Tom Paulin Peter Reading Anne Stevenson and Hugo Williams. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Poetry Book Society unknown books
1842Best.-Nr. 52681London: published for the proprietors by George Virtue 1842. 4to 4 volumes in 13; 2 maps and over 200 fine steel engravings list of subscribers and advertisement leaves with the author's notice in the final volume. Bound with: Canadian Scenery Illustrated. Original quarter roan gilt-lettered in decorated publisher's boards; occasional spotting to edges of plates. A rare set of the two works issued together and assembled from the original parts. A most appealing set of an illustrated classic here in extended form with both the separate American and Canadian publications issued in this form as one continuous work numbered as a coherent series on the bindings. The series in this form includes over 200 steel-engraved images. The publisher's charming binding is in particularly good condition. "The New World of Columbus.its sudden rise to independence wealth and power" Author's preface is captured in this Victorian publication on the United States and "British America" Canada with fine engravings after the noted British landscape painter William Henry Bartlett. This is a wonderful illustrated romp published at a time to illustrate the last days of relative freedom of the North American native peoples Willis cites Blumenbach in analyzing the "real character of the aboriginal inhabitant" and the development of the cities on the West coast of America and unusually Lower Canada. William Bartlett "made four voyages to the United States and Canada.the fruits of which appeared in American Scenery and Canadian Scenery" DNB. The famous plates depict North American cities New York Philadelphia Boston Washington; important buildings such as the U.S. Bank the Capitol and Yale College; bridges parks falls ferries rivers; as well as fine views of Canada through Quebec Montreal Toronto and including Niagara Falls and Thousand Isles. Also included is an engraved portrait of Bartlett a map of the north-eastern United States and Lower Canada. Sabin calls Canadian Scenery "the finest of Mr. Bartlett's works." Willis's "The Literary Department" accompanying letterpress lyrically opines on the picturesque quoting Byron's Childe Harold on sighting Niagara Falls and noting that in America the traveler may imagine "an Eden newly-sprung from the ocean". Abbey 651 American Scenery; Sabin 3784 3786. published for the proprietors by George Virtue unknown books
