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1977rif. WALTER-FILM005289Warner Brothers. No binding. Near Fine. Burbank: Warner Brothers 1977. Vintage original press kit 12 x 9" printed folder ten photos approximately 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm. laid in along with twelve loose inserts between 1 and 4 pp. each. One page of text tanned overall NEAR FINE or better. Richard Pryor starred along with Pam Grier in this film about African American race car driver Wendell Scott. The studio was promoting this as Pryor's first starring role. Warner Brothers books
1900rif. 510626New York: National Institute of Arts and Letters 1900. Unbound. Very Good. Broadside. Measuring approximately 14" x 19¾". Backed onto acid-free Japanese tissue. A bit of light creasing a couple of short tears and tiny chips very good. A scarce broadside printing president Charles Dudley Warner's address before the first public meeting of the National Institute of Arts and Letters; he speaks at some length about copyright law as well as the relationship between publishers and authors "and I mean the the author and not the mere craftsman who manufactures books for a recognized market". The National Institute of Arts and Letters was formed by members of the American Social Science Association in 1898 and merged with the American Academy of Arts in 1976 to form what is now known as the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Warner was an essayist novelist and friend of Mark Twain with whom he co-authored the The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Not in OCLC or BAL. National Institute of Arts and Letters unknown books
1912rif. 11267London: Trustees of the B.M. Horace Hart 1912 First edition. Half red morocco over red cloth boards gilt spine top edge gilt. Folio. Spine slightly faded three ownership signatures bookplate. A very good clean copy. Donati Bib. Miniat. I 388. Trustees of the B.M. [Horace Hart], hardcover books
1927rif. 013463Glenn Scobey Warner 1927. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy First Edition.Classc on Modern Football Excellent Fresh Copy. Glenn Scobey Warner Hardcover books
1928rif. 71181New York: D. Appleton and Company 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a very attractive about fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny nicks. A novel set in London about the lost chapters in the lives of men and women. Bellah is best known for the western movies that were based on his stories including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Fort Apache and Rio Grande as well as several screenplays he wrote including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. A lovely copy. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1957rif. 561433New York: Comet Press Books 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with toning rubbing and edgewear. Author's first book. Comet Press Books hardcover books
1991rif. 169054N.p.: Castle Rock Entertainment 1991. Rainbow Revision Shooting script for the 1992 film. Copy with the marker annotations of "Set Copy / Please Do Not Take" written on the front wrapper and a manuscript marker annotation of copy number "193" on the top of the title page. Billy Crystal's directorial debut about the rise and fall of a standup comedian named Buddy Young Jr. The film was adapted for the stage in 2021 with Crystal reprising his performance as Young. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 26 1991 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters Billy Crystal Lowell Ganz and Babloo Mandel. 155 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/27/91 and 10/31/91. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Castle Rock Entertainment unknown books
1940rif. 146331Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final draft script for the 1940 film. Notation on front wrapper in manuscript purple ink adding ."9A" to the production number. Notations in manuscript pencil in script adding tics to dialogue and names on the verso of pages. Laid in are 3 blue "retake" pages dated after principal photography had been completed. A remake of T. Hayes Hunter's 1920 silent film of the same name. Irving Pichel's "Earthbound" finds Nick Desborough Warner Baxter called away from his honeymoon with Ellen Andrea Leeds for business in Paris only to find his ex-mistress Linda Reynolds Lynn Bari sent the telegram. Linda rejected by Nick shoots and kills him and her husband Jeff Henry Wilcoxon is arrested and tried for the crime. Nick's ghost helps guide Ellen to clear Jeff and convict Linda so he can rest in peace. Set in Paris and Switzerland. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 33 and production No. 1884 dated January 12 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated January 12 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Samuel G. Engel. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with Blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/15/40 and 2/21/40 with laid in Blue Retake pages dated 3/1/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962rif. 172439N.p.: N.p. 1962. Collection of 81 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 UK film noir. Based on the 1959 novel "Sleep Long My Love" by Hillary Waugh. Police uncover a mutilated corpse and try to uncover her identity as well as her killer's. Set in Brighton England shot on location in East Sussex and London England. 8 x 10 inches. Curling at the edges and some images with toning else About Near Fine. Grant UK. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
2009rif. 29401Hastings-on-Hudson NY and MA: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano 2009. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. A nearly complete run of the valued Rittenhouse journal Volumes 1-23 comprising of 68 of 70 issues. Lacking only Vol 19 issues 61 and 62. Publisher's original printed wraps. Illustrated. Occasional soiling to the wrappers generally near fine condition. Vol 1 #1 & 3 Vo 12 #1 are dampstained. Vol 16 #2 has a marginal tear not affecting text. Otherwise copies are bright and clean. Published from 1986 through 2009 by the Coffeen's and Ray Giordano both dealers in scientific instruments. Edited by and with articles written by experts in the field. A useful and little known reference for this field. Postage will be additional for this heavy set. Wraps. This journal aims to increase and diffuse knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Through its 23 years of publication the journal has covered areas including mathematical optical and philosophical instruments chemical physical and electrical apparatus sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. An electronic index to this journal and the topics covered are available online or by request. PROVENANCE: The reference library of collectors and dealers Anne and Don Wing of The Mechanick's Workbench. David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano unknown books
1995rif. 166024N.p.: Dark Horse Entertainment 1995. Draft script for the 1996 film with rainbow revisions. Based on the comic book character created by Chris Warner first appearing in the 1993 comic "Comic's Greatest World: Steel Harbor" and on the "Barb Wire" series published from 1994 to 1996. Pamela Anderson stars as the titular Barb a nightclub owner in a fictional coastal California town "the last free city" in the US which has been divided by a Second Civil War. When Barb's former lover now a freedom fighter arrives at the club asking for help Barb finds herself thrust onto the political stage. Largely panned by critics upon release the film has since attracted a cult following. Shot on location in Long Beach California and Pascagoula Mississippi. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 07/03/95 with credits for screenwriters Chuck Pfarrer and Adam Rifkin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 06/08/95 and 07/03/95. Pages slightly wavy else Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Dark Horse Entertainment unknown books
1874rif. 020942Hartford: American Publishing Company 1874. Hardcover. Library bookplate on the front pastedown with gift label below and small ink stamp of donor on front endpaper; unobtrusive blindstamp on front blanks title page and several pages following; contents very clean. Binding is tight and but for very minor fraying at the spine tips and a small section of the spine discolored is in very nice condition. About Fine. Original gilt-decorated black cloth. Early but not first printing of Mark Twain's first novel its title giving name to the peculiarly American era it describes. Illustrated with plates and engravings. BAL 3357. Issue without ads at rear. Though the title page is dated 1874 it otherwise matches with all of BAL's first issue points but for two: pages 352 and 353. This copy also with the first issue of page vii Eschol Sellers page 246 and page 280; other points are later issue. Both hinges cracked but tight the front reinforced internally with binder's tape. American Publishing Company hardcover books
1921rif. 003812Tarrytown NY: Bartlett Orr Press Privately printed 1921. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Folio. 36 by 26 cm. 135 pp. 54 photographic plates 16 of which are in color. The porcelain and jewelry specimens are mostly done in color. Among the arts treated in this lavish book are pottery and procelain jades and crystals bronzes and stone sculpture. Chinese specimens dominate followed by Japanese then Korean. The collector Worcester Reed Warner 1846-1929 was a trained mechanical engineer astronomer entrepreneur and business executive and a philanthropist. The company he co-founded Warner & Swazey manufactured machine tools but was best known for making astonomical telescopes. The cover is moderately soiled but still handsome with its centerpiece gilt Chinese symbol. Within the book is clean and tight. Bartlett Orr Press (Privately printed) unknown books
1931rif. 167296Los Angeles: Fox Film 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1931 film showing actor Warner Oland in costume as Charlie Chan accompanied by Chang Apana the real-life Chinese-Hawaiian detective who inspired the character. Printed mimeo snipe and Fox Film stamp on the verso. Based on Earl Derr Biggers' 1929 novel. The second film to feature Oland as Chan and the only known surviving film of the first five films in the series. Shot on location in Honolulu Hawaii. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Fox Film unknown books
1952rif. 629692Providence Rhode Island: Walter V. Clarke Associates 1952. Softcover. Near Fine. First editions. Slim octavos. 11-29 pages each. Stapled wrappers. Each with the owner name and stamp of a noted American psychologist on the front cover else about fine with a tiny bit of tanning and soil. Only Clarke's pamphlet is dated but the others are almost certainly contemporary; if dates were given in OCLC they support that. Six very uncommon pamphlets published by Walter V. Clarke Associates founded in 1948 and still around today. Clarke noticed that new hires with similar background often produced different results and sought to create metrics to determine an employees best fit. Essentially an integration of social or behavioral psychology with business practices the five "Vectors" are: Assertiveness Sociability Calmness Conformability and Conscious restraint. The pamphlets one by Clarke and five papers given at annual conferences are: 1. BLUMER Cecil C. Salary Structures and Policies. 13pp. Paper presented by Blumer who was the Director of Industrial Engineering for the National Metal Trades Association to the Conference of AVA Analysts October 10 1953. No separate copies in OCLC. 2. CLARKE Walter V. One Man's Opinion: A Manual for the Oral Interview. 11pp. No separate copies in OCLC. 3. HAYAKAWA Dr. S. I. The Semantic Barrier: A Theory of Personality and Communication. 18pp. Talk presented at the 1954 Confrerence of AVA Analysts. Dr. Hayakawa who was later a university professor and U.S. Senator is described as "One of the leaders in the science of Semantics at the present time." Four copies in OCLC. 4. HILL Prof. E. Arthur. The Proof of the Pudding. 23pp. Talk presented at the 1952 Conference of AVA Analysts. Hill was a mathematics professor with "a long background of teaching statistics." No separate copies in OCLC. 5. MALONEY Dr. Martin. Are They Listening An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Semantics. 14pp. Talk presented at the 1953 Conference of AVA Analysts. No separate copies in OCLC. 6. WARNER Lucien. Innocent Traitors. 29pp. Talk given in September 1953 "to a group of industrial and business executives attending the Conference of Activity Vector Analysts. . This group of executives was assembled for one common purpose-the better understanding of human behavior." Warner was a professor of psychology at Claremount Men's College. Just over a dozen copies in OCLC. Six early and very uncommon papers seeking to integrate psychology into business practice. Walter V. Clarke Associates unknown books
1936rif. 10594McFarlane Ward McFarlane and Japan Society of New York 1936. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A wonderful Presentation copy: INSCRIBED BY LANGDON WARNER TO ERIC GILL THE GREAT BRITISH PRINTMAKER AND TYPEFACE DESIGNER AND SCULPTOR AND STONECUTTER -- AND KEY FIGURE IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT. A solid well-preserved copy to boot of the 1936 1st edition. Tight and VG with light foxing at the endsheets in a bright price-intact VG- dustjacket wth light wear at the spine ends and light creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panle edges. Still though an attractive presentable copy. Thick quarto 55 pgs. of text plus 85 crisp black-and-white plates. Signed by Author. McFarlane, Ward, McFarlane and Japan Society of New York unknown books
1898rif. 140313New York: The International Society 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. Charles Dudley Warner edition limited and registered. Complete in 45 volumes. Quartos. Green cloth boards with paper spine label untrimmed pages and top edge gilt. The set has toned spine labels and light touches of scattered wear; two volumes have abraded corners and two others frayed at the crown still a very nice near fine set. The International Society hardcover books
1836rif. 433505New Haven and Hartford: John W. Barber and A. Willard 1836. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Thick octavo. viii 9-560pp. Illustrated by 180 engravings six plates lacking the map. Full brown leather with gilt-stamped black leather spine label gilt-tooled on board edges. Owner's name inked on blank preliminary pages foxed with hints of dampstaining in margins hinges cracked leather is dry and worn and chipped a good only copy lacking the rear fly and the fold-out map. Barber a notable engraver unwittingly became the state's historian while traveling through Connecticut. He spoke to the local townspeople collected documents made sketches of important locations and buildings. This book has been called "the first popular local history published in the U.S. John W. Barber and A. Willard hardcover books
1874rif. 21493Hartford: American Publishing Company 1874. First Edition second issue. Illustrated by Hoppin Stephens Williams White and others. 1 vols. 8vo. Original publisher's sheep black leather spine labels lettered in gilt front cover rehinged else fine. First Edition second issue. Illustrated by Hoppin Stephens Williams White and others. 1 vols. 8vo. With a page of octavo manuscript in Warner's hand about 130 words concerning the character Philip Sterling with reflections on the fairer sex "It is probably on account of the lack of enterprise in women that they are not as fond of stock speculations and mine ventures as men. It is only when woman becomes demoralized that she takes to any sort of gambling.". BAL 3357 American Publishing Company unknown books
1889rif. 595729Louisville Ky: John P. Morton & Company 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 433pp. illustrated with a frontispiece plate. In the original publisher’s brown cloth with a decorative design stamped in black silver and gold on the front cover and spine decorative endpapers. Small light institutional ink stamp on the title page corner tips gently bumped near fine. An informative early guide to homesteading written for settlers in Florida. Helen Warner was a member of the founding family of Palma Sola located on the Manatee River at the mouth of Tampa Bay which became a busy cattle lumber and trade port at the end of the 19th Century. An attractive bright copy of the first edition very scarce in the trade. John P. Morton & Company hardcover books
1836rif. 28038New Haven and Hartford: Published and Sold by John W. Barber and A. Willard 1836. Very Good. New Haven and Hartford: Published and Sold by John W. Barber and A. Willard 1836. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary gilt-tooled calf gilt spine lacking label all edges marbled marbled endpapers; 560pp.; hand-colored folding map; six plates; numerous in-text illustrations. Boards worn and scuffed with chipping to extremities split at top of spine heavier rubbing and surface fractures to spine and front board bowed towards fore-edge binding otherwise sound. Map toned with a few splits along folds else intact and sound. Ownership inscriptions of Joseph H. Clayton to endpapers along with his inscription presenting the volume to the Library of Harmony Lodge. Clayton is also listed in the subscriber list at rear with residence listed as New Haven. Very Good copy of a scarce local history uncommon with the hand-colored map. . Published and Sold by John W. Barber and A. Willard unknown books
1754rif. 14538London: Printed for the Proprietors and sold by James Hodges at the Looking-Glass facing St. Magnus Church London-Bridge 1754. Hardcover. fair. Lg. folio. 680pp. Contemporary calf encased in clear plastic by previous owner. Front board split along spine but still attached to plastic. Raised bands. Age wearing throughout binding. Chipping to head and tail of spine and front corners. Scuffing rubbing staining and discoloration to boards and spine. Hinges starting. No endpapers. Usual age browning to pages not affecting text or plates. Minor rippling to pages. Lightly foxed throughout. Ferdinando Warner 1703-1768 was a celebrated Irish preacher historian and multifarious author. Illustrated with three full page engravings. Originally this edition was published with four plates. Most likely the one missing here is the frontispiece. Binding in poor interior in very good condition. Printed for the Proprietors, and sold by James Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, facing St. Magnus Church, London-Bridge hardcover books
1949rif. WALTER-FILM007249Warner Brothers. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Warner Brothers 1949. Collection of twenty-one 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photos. National Screen Service embossed on most ink stamps on verso overall fine. Many of Ayn Rand's most dramatic story moments from this adaptation of her novel The Fountainhead are captured in this group of scene and publicity photos including the principal stars Gary Cooper Patricia Neal and Raymond Massey. Photos coded: 707-12 19 22 36 37 62 64 69 89 100 114 634 678 684 688 907 932 937 939 949 and one of Patricia Neal and Raymond Massey in the office for which the number is not visible. Warner Brothers books
1923rif. NF418713 GOLF MAGAZINES FROM 1923 THRU 1928 being 2 issues of THE AMERICAN GOLFER 1 issue of GOLF ILLUSTRATED & 10 issues GOLFERS MAGAZINE Centurion Publishers Incorporated Golf Illustrated Inc. & Golfers Magazine respectively first editions some soiling and wear and tear but overall vg issues with just about fine contents most being in color pictorial wraps. Contributions by: Walter Hagen Gene Sarazen Francis Ouimet Ring Lardner Chester G. Horton Chick Evans James Warner Bellah James Montgomery Flagg et.al. with marvelous photographs of just about anyone you can name during this era of golfing history as well as photos of famous places courses & holes not to mention those marvelous advertisements. Centurion Publishers Incorporated, Golf Illustrated, Inc. & Golfers Magazine paperback books
rif. 602719"Warner Oland" in black fountain pen on 1/2 length portrait wearing a sport coat with sweater. Photograph is on heavy stock; 5 1/4" x 9 3/4"; very good fresh; no date but circa 1932. Signed and inscribed: "Sincerely Warner Oland." Warner Oland 1897-1938 born Johan Verner Ölund October 3 1879 Nyby Vasterbottens Ian Sweden; died August 6 1938 Stockholm Sweden; the screen's most prolific Caucasian delineator of Asian characters this Swedish actor earned immortality as Earl Derr Biggers' famous Hawaiian-Chinese detective Charlie Chan. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
