761 résultats
1846réf. TB31670Hartford Conn.: H. S. Parsons & Co. 1846. Third Edition of 1846. Very good in its original full leather covered boards with extensive gilt tool work and gilt text on the spine with the edges of the text block marbled. An octavo of 8 by 5 inches with rubbing to the boards and the edges of the boards The contents are mildly foxed in the margins throughout. The fold-out map is missing. 624 pages of text illustrated a frontispiece and from "numerous" woodcut engravings. The first edition of this title was published in Hartford in 1840 and contained only 576 pages. Howes B-124 H. S. Parsons & Co. hardcover books
1938réf. 5014181938. "Warner Baxter" in dark blue fountain pen ink on 3/4 length shot wearing a plaid sport coat over a light color sweater vest and polka-dot silk tie with his left arm leaning on the upraised let. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; 8" x 10"; very good. 1938. Signed and inscribed: "To Stanley with heaps of good wishes always Warner Baxter 1938.". No Binding. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. unknown books
1936réf. 21927New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1936. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; orange cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 324pp 2. Hint of darkening to spine boards slighlty dusty with foxing to endpapers and some vertical streaking to preliminary pages; Very Good. The Arthur Hawkins-designed dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.00 lightly shelfworn with small bruises at mid-spine and front panel with two stains along lower edge of same; Very Good or better. Bentley's follow-up to his 1913 novel Trent's Last Case co-written with his friend H. Warner Allen. HUBIN p.31. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
réf. 605753"Ellen Olney Kirk" in black ink on bifold leaf 4 1'2" x 6 7/8" 1 1/4 pages. Germantown June 6 n.y. Very good old tape on top of page 3 from pervious mounting. To Miss Swift: In part: "Your note reaches me just as I am on the point of leaving. . .for a week - but in order to allow your request. . .I seize a moment to sign myself. . .". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1985réf. 141557Berlin: Silent Night GbR 1985. Draft script for the 1988 film. Here under the working title "Silent Night." The true story of how Father Joseph Mohr an Austrian priest falls in love with a prostitute hopes to reform her does not and ends up composing the popular Christmas hymn "Silent Night" with schoolteacher Franz Gruber in 1818. Set in Austria. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Monica Teuber. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Silent Night GbR unknown books
1905réf. 40461Little 1905. WARNER Anne. THE REJUVENATION OF AUNT MARY. Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1905. Small 8vo pictorial brown cloth stamped in green black & white. Lengthy signed presentation from Warner on three front pages about the origin of the book dated July 5 1906- quite interesting!! Very Good bookplate on front pastedown; some wear & soil; hinges cracked but still tight. $175.00. Little unknown books
1940réf. 65683New York NY: Friendship Press 1940. First edition. 8vo. 95pp. Rust brown cloth with illustration of children gathering beans on front cover. Corners worn covers slightly soiled. Birthday inscription. Signed by the author and dated March 1940. On the verso of the title page it states: "Plans and procedures for using Children of the Harvest will be found in 'A Primary Teacher's Guide on Migrants' by Armilda B. Keiser." Gertrude Warner in her introduction to the book directed to her young readers asks them to think about how food their family buys gets onto their pantry shelf: "When you eat these things next time just stop a minute and think about the people who picked them." She suggests it might be children just about their age and that if they would like to do something to thank those children they can write to the Council of Women for Home Missions in New York City for instructions on how to send thank-you presents to the children who work in the fields. Friendship Press unknown books
2014réf. RWOLDOC00drpDynamite 2014. Very Good. Wolfman Marv. Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze Archives One. Goodwin Archie; Warner John; Macchio Ralph. Mt. Laurel: Dynamite 2014. 510pp. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped corners. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. In DJ protector. Dynamite hardcover books
1993réf. 29800San Francisco: Norman Publishing 1993. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good. First Thus. Variously paginated. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Thick small 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. Nicely produced much better than other catalog reprints. 2 volumes containing reprints of 17 Queen catalogs. Minor overall wear from use. Cloth. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the Queen company and their wares. Individual catalogues are expensive to buy when you can find them - we've been working on our own original set for 20 years and haven't done it yet. Norman has done a service to the scholarly community by gathering and publishing them in one place. Deborah Warner has written an excellent nearly 50 page long introduction. "17 different rare illustrated instrument catalogues and circulars published between 1887 and 1890 in the following fields:. Volume I: Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Microscopes and Accessories Magnifying Glasses Stereoscopes Graphoscopes etc. 1890 Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Ophthalmological Instruments Spectacles and Eye-Glasses 1889 Illustrated Catalogue of Instruments used in Physical Optics 1888 Astronomical Telescopes Transit Instruments Helioscopes Micrometers Chronographs and Clocks Objectives and Oculars etc. 1889 Illustrated Catalogue of Terrestrial Telescopes Telescope Stands Eye-Pieces Achromatic Objectives and Accessories 1889 Special List of New Polariscopes and Polarizing Objects for the Use of Schools and Colleges 1887 Priced and Illustrated Catalouge of Optical Lanterns Stereopticons Photographic Transparencies and Colored Views for Luminous Projections Classified and Illustrated Price-List and Catalogue of Photographic Lenses Cameras Apparatus and Materials 1890 Catalogue of Mathematical and Engineering Instruments and Materials 1887 Volume II: Supplementary Price List of New Physical Apparatus for the Use of Schools and Colleges 1889 Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Physical Instruments Chemical Apparatus and Chemicals 1888 Description and Price List of James W. Queen & Co.'s New Automatic Air Pumps ca. 1881 Description and Directions for Use of Queen & Co.'s New Form of Toepler Holtz Electric Machine with Three Plates 1881 Catalogue and Price List of Electrical Testing Apparatus 1887 Supplementary List of Electrical Test and Measuring Instruments Standards for Electrical Comparison Laboratory Appliances Etc. 1889 Special Circular Important to Electricians Regarding the Testing and Calibration of Electrical Instruments and Apparatus 1889 Catalogue of Chemicals 1887 Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Chemical Apparatus 1888 Catalogue of Anatomical Models Charts and Osteological Preparations. Auzoux's Papier-Mache Anatomical Models Bock-Steger Models Painted in Natural Colors Human Skeletons 1886 These extensively illustrated and annotated catalogues provide the best available record of the widest range of scientific optical artistic and photographic instruments available during the latter part of the 19th century. All of the original Queen and Company catalogs are rare on the market. Few university libraries or museums own the complete range of catalogues reprinted in this collection and the condition of many of the originals has now badly deteriorated. The Norman Publishing edition printed on acid-free paper with its definitive introduction by Deborah Jean Warner is a comprehensive research tool for the history of 19th-century scientific and medical technology." the publisher. Norman Publishing unknown books
1935réf. 1950371935. "Warner Baxter" in black fountain pen ink on 3/4 length masculine portrait of Warner Baxter wearing a three-piece suit with vest silk tie and white shirt. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; 8" x 10"; very good. ca. 1935. Signed and inscribed: "To Lloyd with heaps of good wishes always Warner Baxter." Hollinger Lloyd "Holly" was a long time police guard at the MGM gate and worked for the Culver City Police Department. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1935réf. 6040511935. "Warner Baxter" in black fountain pen ink on 1/2 length handsome portrait of Warner Baxter wearing a suit silk polka-dot tie white shirt looking to the right of the camera. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; 7 1/4" x 9 1/2"; matte finish; very good traces of mounting on the verso. ca. 1935. Signed and inscribed: "For - Martha - a mighty fine little lady who has my every good wish Warner Baxter." Provenance: from the collection of Hollywood hairdresser Martha Acker. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1959réf. 594199New York: Looking Glass Library 1959. Hardcover. Good. First edition thus first published in 1950. Illustrations by Edward Gorey. 12mo. Pictorial black and gold papercovered boards. School stamp and ink blot on front pastedown with pen markings on contents page pages age-toned with dark soiling on page 29 about very good with spine ends and corners moderately chipped lacking the dust jacket. Signed by Edward Gorey on the title page. Looking Glass Library hardcover books
1841réf. TB32451Worcester Mass.: Dorr Howland & Co. 1841. First Edition. Very good in its contemporary full leather calf covered boards with faded and rubbed gilt text and decorations on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches with the leather at the head of the spine worn down to the text block and shallow chipping of the leather at the heel of the spine. There is also considerable foxing throughout the pages but none so bad as to render the text unreadable. 576 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece and throughout the text with line drawings and wood cut engravings by the author. The fold-out hand colored map following the preface has lost 2/3rds of its width which has been replaced with a color facsimile. Howes B-124 Dorr, Howland & Co. hardcover books
1841réf. 184382New York: S. Tuttle 1841. Hardcover. G Cover has fading and apparent water damage along top. Book block has age toning. Interior pages have some water staining along top edges. Inside covers and end pages have staining. Interior pages have age toning and foxing. Personal library sticker from previous owner on inside front cover. Some pencil/crayon markings from previous owner on ffep. All text and plates readable and generally clear. Brown leather boards with gilt inlay around edge. Black title blocks on spine with gilt lettering. 608 pages 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations folded map. S. Tuttle hardcover books
1938réf. 98489NY:: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good in Good dust jacket. 1938. Hardcover. A Vermont novel. The author's second book. First edition. Some unopened pages. Foxing to cloth covered boards old price sticker in rear paste-down else good in a good moderate edge wear with two small chips dust jacket. ; 278 pages . G. P. Putnam's Sons, hardcover books
1895réf. 295018New York: Harper & Brother Printers & Publishers 1895. First Edition. Three Quarters Leather. Good binding. Signed. 8vo; 7 1/2” x 5 1/8” rebound in 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards with gilt rule to the edges; 346 pages with frontispiece and other illustrations throughout; the front hinge has been very discreetly reinforced.~~Tipped in is an ALS from Charles Dudley Warner with interesting content regarding the naming of a character in the book. The letter is addressed to Eleanor Kilham a person of interest in her own right. A medical doctor engaged in private practice in New York at the outbreak of World War I she sailed for France on the first ship out after the sinking of the Lusitania. For her work in France she received the Medaille d’Honneur and the Medaille de Reconaissance d’Honneur. After the war she devoted herself to welfare work in New York see New York Times April 6 1937.~~The letter is dated Hartford Aug. 10 1893. It reads: “Dear Elenaor A thousand thanks for your suggestion about Jane Brown. I always did hate it. The confounded plebeian “ sound of it hampered me. Your word has given me the stimulus “ to eradicate it. Can you suggest a fitting name How would Ellen Leigh or Emiliy Leigh do It must be as un- common and yet dignified.”~~The protagonist is in fact named Ruth Leigh and one supposes that Eleanor Kilham had something to do with that.~~~~. Good binding. Harper & Brother, Printers & Publishers unknown books
1935réf. WALTER-FILM006527Warner Brothers. No binding. Near Fine. Los Angeles: Warner Brothers ca. 1935. Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Minor creases at corners minor impression from where the paper blurb was present. Near fine. All the contract stars of the golden age of Hollywood were obligated to model for fashion photography. It nearly became a second career particularly when the studio did not have a film assignment ready to go. The stars worked every day to earn their contract salary. Images such as this were used in the fan magazines for an article on the latest hat fashions. Coded A-73. The remnant traces of the original attached paper blurb are on the verso as is an ink stamp from International Newsreel Los Angeles. Warner Brothers books
réf. WALTER-FILM007565Warner Brothers. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Warner Brothers 1985. Set of six vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photos fine. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is a 1980s classic: Tim Burton's first feature film and Pee-Wee Herman's Paul Reubens big screen debut. All photos feature Reubens in the title role with several alongside his iconic bicycle. Warner Brothers unknown books
1904réf. 2803471904. unbound. near fine. 5.5 x 4-inch black-and-white photo mounted to 10 x 6.75 inches photographer Otto Sarony's embossed blind stamp on the front boldly signed on the matte: "Yours Truly Charles Warner 1904." Near fine condition. British stage actor best remembered for hanging himself in his hotel room after a performance. unknown books
1876réf. 15300Hartford: American Publishing Company 1876. Frontispiece wood engraving “The wooden man 6000 years old title vignette woodcut head- and tailpieces. Red pictorial cloth in black and gold rebacked with the original spine laid down; text is toned but clean. Bookplate of the Ladies’ Christian Union. First edition published simultaneously in Hartford by the American Publishing Company of Warner’s account of his travels down the Nile and around Egypt. This work includes detailed stories about his exploration of mosques visits to the Pharaoh tombs and interactions with local Egyptians and their culture. Through interpreters Warner spoke with everyone he could to soak up as much of the Egyptian life as possible while he traveled around what was at the time considered an unknown part of the world to many Americans. Warner 1829-1900 was an American novelist a friend of Mark Twain with whom he co-authored The gilded age. American Publishing Company unknown books
1937réf. 590135London: Boriswood 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Gutter starting small bookstore label on rear pastedown spine ends lightly bumped else a near fine copy in a very good age-toned dust jacket with small chipping and minor loss on the spine ends. Author's first book a dystopian novel. Boriswood hardcover books
1930réf. 516874London: The Cresset Press Limited 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition signed issue. Illustrations in Dry Point by I.R. Hodgkins. Quarto. 107pp. Quarter vellum gilt and marbled paper-covered boards Attractive Tiffany & Co. engraved bookplate of Joan Whitney on front pastedown Edges of the boards moderately rubbed along fore-edge else a near fine copy in publisher's matching marbled paper-covered slipcase worn at the extremities. Limited to 350 numbered copies Signed by Sylvia Townsend Warner of a total edition of 380 numbered copies. The Cresset Press Limited hardcover books
1948réf. 503333Telegram on printed Western Union form Burbank CA 1948 to Ray Bolger at the St. James Theatre in New York City: "Had first sneak preview last night of Look for the Silver Lining." Oblong 8vo 1 page. books
1924réf. 80140London: Stanley Paul and Co 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First British edition. Very good with small owner inscription on front free endpaper in a good dustwrapper with rear panel detached but still present inside book. A jazz age novel in which the heroine with her doom impending decides to live out her life in a frenzy of revelry and hectic pleasures. Basis for the 1928 silent film featuring Mary Astor and directed by D.W. Griffith-protégé Joseph Henabery. Stanley Paul and Co hardcover books
1935réf. 167569Universal City: Universal Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing a haunted Henry Hull in a laboratory set. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A British doctor is bitten by a strange animal while traveling in Tibet and begins transforming into a bloodthirsty werewolf upon his return to London terrorizing the city's inhabitants at night while desperately searching for a cure in the daytime. Considered by many to be the first feature-length werewolf movie preceding the better-known "The Wolf Man" by six years. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear along the right edge. Universal Pictures unknown books
