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1914ref. ABE-1790936838455An irreplaceable primary source document for institutional special collections Sinologists and Asian art historians this monumental archival discovery represents Langdon Warner's personal presentation master copy of his 1914 report to the Smithsonian Institution proposing a permanent American archaeological institute in Peking following a 15-month survey across Europe and Republican China. Bound carbon-copy typescripts 28.321.6 cm in original quarter calf boards binder: 28.922 cm leaves punched and secured by string featuring very occasional annotations and corrections in both manuscript and typewriter. The volume collation comprises 227 leaves total typed to rectos only: i title/cover sheet with Warner's autograph MS title 137 pp. Main Report i Part II Suggestions and Recommendations 51 pp. 55 including 4 extra bis leaves for pp. 17–20 6 pp. Itinerary 1 blank flyleaf and 26 heavy watermarked interleaved sheets with 48 tipped-in original silver prints with typed captions. While the quarter calf boards show natural age-toning and shelfwear the internal contents remain remarkably crisp and firm with bright photographic prints. Distinct from the machine-typed institutional copy at the Smithsonian Institution Archives SIRI: 283452 this primary master volume features Warner's handwritten title and signature in dark ink on the title page—"Proposed American School of Archaeology in Peking. Report of Langdon Warner." verified against contemporary holographs at the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. The 48 tipped-in silver prints capture crucial East Asian heritage sites prior to mid-20th-century destruction and looting notably documenting the Kung Hsien Cave Temples with its cliff Buddhas in pristine state the Kaifengfu Iron Pagoda Hei Hsih Kwan Ming Tombs Changtefu Temple and Angkor Wat. Excellent unbroken provenance is established by the original blue inkstamp to the title page verso dated January 5 1942: "Gift Mrs. Mitchell Carroll" wife of the General Secretary of the Archaeological Society of Washington. The text foundational to Republican-era Sinological record chronicles Warner's high-level consultations with European Sinologists including Aurel Stein Paul Pelliot Edouard Chavannes and R. L. Hobson as well as diplomatic engagements in China with figures such as President Yuan Shikai laying out the strategic blueprint for American archaeological and ethnographic expansion in Asia. More photos available upon request. Executive Committee of the Proposed American School of Archaeology in Peking, Smithsonian Institution, 1914 hardcover
1882ref. 182650London: B. S. Williams at the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries 1882-97. Orchidelirium First edition of this magnificent work one of the great orchid books of the 19th century. The Orchid Album was published at the height of the "orchidelirium" that had been building in Britain for some decades until it seized the imaginations of late Victorian horticulturists in the same way that the tulip craze inflamed the minds of collectors in Golden Age Holland. The British horticultural writer Anna Pavord notes: "some of the grander Victorian growers such as the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth in Derbyshire and the Duke of Northumberland at Syon House in Middlesex employed their own collectors but orchid fanciers like John Day acquired their best treasures at auction. Nurserymen such as James Veitch Conrad Loddiges and Benjamin Samuel Williams of the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries in Upper Holloway regularly sent consignments of orchids to be auctioned by Messrs Stevens of King St Covent Garden. It was in their sale room that after an epic battle with a fellow enthusiast Sir Trevor Lawrence a contemporary of Day's acquired the one single plant of Aerides lawrenciae imported by Frederick Sander from the Philippines". The stunning plates are the work of John Nugent Fitch 1840-1927 the nephew of Walter Hood Fitch. His "work was more flamboyant than that of such predecessors as Ehret Redouté or the Bauer brothers combining botanical accuracy with a flair for page design. In Britain and Europe he had little competition being rivalled only by the Frenchman Alfred Riocreux" ODNB. Bibliographies call for 528 plates but overlook the fact that the only folding plate which appears in Volume I is double-numbered as 9-10. This is a complete set and includes the four-page obituary for Benjamin Samuel Williams in Volume IX. 11 vols 315 x 240 mm. With 527 fine hand-coloured lithograph or chromolithograph plates by John Nugent Fitch one double-numbered folding plate in Vol. I some with tinted backgrounds. Contemporary half dark green morocco spines with raised bands gilt-lettered direct in two compartments gilt floral device in others boards ruled in gilt marbled boards and endpapers marbled endpaper vols. I-IV grey; V-VI dark green VII-IX light blue top edges gilt. Bookplates and shelf marks of Reeves Library Westminster College Missouri gifted by Carl F. Setz. Bindings refurbished small nick to fore edge of vol. V endpapers of vol. VII with minor abrasions with free endpaper detaching but holding and a few minor text repairs starting before title of vol. XI occasional foxing or faint marginal damp staining: a very good copy. Nissen 2107; not in Plesch or Pritzel. Anna Pavord review of "A Very Victorian Passion: The Orchid Paintings of John Day" in The Independent 29 May 2004. hardcover
1874ref. 7227London: George Routledge and Sons 1874. First UK edition. Fine. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full brown morocco with double gilt rules on the boards and spine compartments. Top edges gilt marbled end papers. A Fine copy complete with all half-titles. Clean and fresh throughout. A few leaves in volume 3 a little bent at the lower margin. Otherwise an exceptional copy inside and out. "The Gilded Age a period of gross materialism and blatant political corruption in US history during the 1870s gave rise to important novels of social and political criticism. The period takes its name from the earliest of these The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner. The novel gives a vivid and accurate description of Washington DC and is peopled with caricatures of many leading figures of the day including greedy industrialists and corrupt politicians" Britannica. Among these notable "robber barons" were recognizably John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie Cornelius Vanderbilt and J.P. Morgan. Fine. George Routledge and Sons unknown
1954ref. 55808New York: Simon and Schuster 1954. First edition. Very good. Lavishly inscribed association copy with multiple drawings from the surrealist master - signed to movie studio mogul Jack Warner and his wife. Jack Warner 1892-1978 was the legendary co-founder and CEO of Warner Bros. Studios which produced such classic films as THE JAZZ SINGER 1927 the first feature-length "talkie" LITTLE CAESAR and PUBLIC ENEMY 1931 THE MALTESE FALCON 1941 CASABLANCA 1943 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951 THE SEARCHERS 1956 MY FAIR LADY 1964 and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF 1966 as well as innumerable other iconic films. By the time Dalí inscribed this copy in 1954 the two had already known each other for at least a decade. In 1944 Dalí had come to Hollywood to work on the Hitchcock film SPELLBOUND for which the artist contributed a pioneering dream sequence. By 1945 Warner had commissioned Dalí to paint portraits of both Warner and his wife Ann with Dalí actually living with the couple while he completed the works Sperling and Millner 269. This unconventional arrangement in fact led to a now-famous meeting between Dalí and Walt Disney an encounter that resulted in "a lifelong friendship between the man behind the mouse and the painter of melted clocks" Jukareddy. At a dinner party hosted by Warner Dalí and Disney were introduced and hit it off so well they began a collaboration that would eventually result in the production of "Destino" a six-and-a-half-minute surrealist animated film: "Dalí and Disney immediately connected and an overjoyed Dalí accepted Disney's proposal to collaborate on a surrealist animated short. Over the next eight months they created more than 200 storyboard sketches" ibid. A work of myth-making and fame-enhancement as much as anything Dalí's whimsical MUSTACHE finds him and his mustache answering questions "Your mustache looks so rigid - how does it react to the winds of public opinion" with playful responses "She bends" all accompanied by surrealist photographs and photo collages. A close and important association between these two titans with among the most elaborate and exuberant Dalí inscriptions we've seen. Original black-and-white pictorial boards. No jacket as issued. 126 pages. Illustrated throughout with photos of Dalí by Philippe Halsman. Preface by Dalí with a "Postface" by Halsman plus publisher's notes "on how some of the photographs were made." Inscribed in year of publication by Dalí to Jack Warner and his wife Ann across the front pastedown and endpaper: "Pur sic a pun / Prince des Gouts Felines / Jack / ei / Anunshka / L'amour de sur tout / Dalí / Gala / 1954. Roughly: "Purr for the Prince of Feline Tastes Jack and Ann Love above all." Dali has added numerous figures including a crown a shooting star a drawing of two figures dancing in a desert plus three scurrying ants and a moon playing a trumpet overhead. Chipping to head of spine with top centimeter or so of spine beginning to separate but holding. Some toning to endpapers and some starting at gutter before title-page. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Simon and Schuster unknown
ref. WALTER-FILM002150No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print Vintage original 41 x 81"" 103 x 203 cm. three sheet poster USA. Steve McQueen Robert Vaughn Jacqueline Bisset Don Gordon Robert Duvall dir: Peter Yates; Warner Brothers. The classic 1960s action-crime thriller with an iconic performance by Steve McQueen playing the San Francisco cop who becomes obsessed with finding the underground leader responsible for the deaths of witnesses in his protection. Here is one of the finest and most rare posters for this classic title. This example does not appear to have ever been used. Prior to expert linen backing it showed only very minor shelf wear and shows just minor shelf wear such as three minor fold juncture separations a bit of creasing at the very edges and a few minor spots of soiling in the white background. What makes this poster particularly desirable is the fact that the colors match correctly although this poster does not turn up much -- when it occasionally does very often the bottom section has colors which are misaligned with the rest and that most often requires restoration with paint. This copy is unrestored with great nicely matched colors and all the very minor original issues have been attended to in conservation. The poster is now just about as clean and bright an example as possible FINE. 10000.00 unknown books
2001ref. CBS-9781861521613Sp Cengage Learning 2001. New. Sp Cengage Learning unknown
2002ref. Manohar-9781861521613Thomson 2002. Hardcover. New. Thomson hardcover
1851ref. 139641New York: George P. Putnam 1851. Only "surpassed by Uncle Tom's Cabin in sales and popularity" First edition of Susan Bogert Warner's first novel written under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Wetherell in bright condition. Warner 1819-1885 began writing The Wide Wide World in 1848. It was to become one of the most popular American novels of its time however initially had difficulty finding a publisher. "Even when George P. Putnam accepted the novel for publication in 1850 largely because his mother was enthusiastic about the manuscript he initially printed only 750 copies; two years later the novel was reprinted for the fourteenth time and for decades to come only Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin surpassed Warner's first novel in sales and popularity" ANB. Henry James wrote admiringly of the work in the Nation in 1860 praising Warner's realistic depiction of rural life. This copy is in the third state listed in BAL without the printer's imprint on the copyright page and the final signature of vol. II being 154; the order of priority given as "probable". Blanck notes in his juvenilia bibliography Peter Parley to Penrod that as in the present copy "in first printed copies the folio at p. 157 vol. I and the folio at p. 34 vol. II are misplaced and appear at the inner portion of the page rather than at the fore-edge" Blanck p. 4. 2 vols octavo. Original green morocco-grain cloth titles and decorative motifs to spine in bronze covers stamped in blind within double-rule frames yellow coated endpapers BAL binding b no priority. Spines gently cocked and a little sunned faint spotting to joints touch of wear to tips occasional foxing; a very good copy indeed. BAL 21253; Jacob Blanck Peter Parley to Penrod: a bibliographical description of the best-loved American juvenile books 1938. hardcover
ref. WALTER-FILM000776No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 14 x 36"" 35 x 90 cm. insert poster USA. Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford Angie Dickinson Richard Conte Cesar Romero dir: Lewis Milestone; Warner Brothers. OCEAN'S 11 has in time become a mythic film with its portrayal of mid-century Las Vegas and its cast of all the varied members of the famous Rat Pack. Here they are walking down the Las Vegas strip in this delightful poster. Poster was folded but the fold creases are very light there is minor corner wear some creasing along the top right edge side a bit of soil near bottom right corner ABOUT FINE. -movieposter -oceans11 -ratpack -lasvegas unknown books
ref. 109155Oxford Basil Blackwell 1936. . First edition first impression inscribed by the author; 8vo; colour frontispiece 8 plates in black and white previous ownership inscription to front pastedown; publisher's burgundy cloth gilt lettering to spine with the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket closed tear to front panel loss to corners and foot of spine slight spotting and soiling else very good. First edition of Rex Warner's first novel lengthily inscribed by him in blue ink to the front pastedown: 'Poor old / RCBM 1934 in another hand / was compelled by financial difficulties to sell this lone book written in 16 days. It was since acquired by Mr C.L. Greenwood when flushed by illusory triumphs at imperfectly understood games is dedicated to him by a grateful but athletically inferior author. / Rex Warner'. This volume is number eight in the scarce Basil Blackwell series Tales of Action by Men of Letters in which the publisher made the bold experiment of commissioning swashbuckling adventure stories for young adults from scholarly types like the classicist Warner. Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1936. hardcover
2000ref. 290134Chinese People s University Press; 1 August 1. 20 2000-01-01. hardcover. Used - Good. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Hardcover. Pages Number: 6120 Language: Chinese. Publisher: China Renmin University Press; 1 August 1. 2008. International Encyclopedia of Business Administration to cover all the management of modern management constitutes an important issue as the goal. 750 entries by centralized authority. and dynamically reflects the development of modern management theory and practice course. Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. Chinese People s University Press; 1 (August 1. 20 hardcover
1962ref. 94020Gallery. New. 1962. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 65 pages; illustrated mostly in black and white. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Gallery hardcover
1962ref. 94021Gallery. New. 1962. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 65 pages; illustrated mostly in black and white. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Gallery paperback
ref. WALTER-FILM000493No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 81 x 41"" 203 x 103 cm. three sheet poster USA. Clint Eastwood Andrew Robinson John Vernon Reni Santoni Harry Guardino dir: Don Siegel; Warner Brothers. The now classic crime thriller about San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan who has little regard for rules but who gets results. In this tale he is tracking down serial killer Scorpio who snipes his victims at random. Clint Eastwood in his iconic role of the paradoxical Dirty Harry basically an outlaw but deeply moral at the same time only won the role because originally-cast Frank Sinatra injured his hand. One of the best poster images for this great film and one of the hardest to find with its life-size image of Harry holding up a gun. On linen. There has been a little touch-up along fold lines and to relieve a couple of marginal stains VERY GOOD-FINE. unknown books
ref. 37484Oxford: Privately Printed for Presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club 1910. Folio 374 x 275 mm lx2 56 2 iv 2pp. with coloured frontispiece and 238 pages of collotype facsimile half red morocco by Bayntun of Bath spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartment lettered in gilt direct t.e.g. uncut a very nice copy. "The Benedictional is one of the most magnificent of the tenth-century English manuscripts; it had been one of the most important and most discussed exhibits at the Society of Antiquaries Exhibition in 1896 and its reproduction and the introductions by Warner and Henry Wilson were a major event in the study of palaeography and liturgiology."Barker. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Phythian-Adams. Barker 156. Oxford: Privately Printed for Presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club, 1910 hardcover
1918ref. 374343New York: Warner M. Van Norden 1918. First Edition. Illustrated. 148pp. Small handbill by Norden tipped to the rear pastedown. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's grey cloth lettered in red staining wear at board edges. Staining. First Edition. Illustrated. 148pp. Small handbill by Norden tipped to the rear pastedown. 1 vols. 8vo. A very rare early twentieth-century illustrated directory of Chinese businessmen in New York with detailed biographical information. Preceding the directory is a section on Chinese farmers in America; the final section of the book comprises "Glimpses of China" as photographed by the author Warner M. Van Norden. Warner M. Van Norden unknown
ref. Z1-F-078-00137Alfred Music. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Alfred Music unknown
1984ref. 50872London England: Weidenfeld & Nicholson / Royal Academy of Arts London. As New. 1984. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Pages unmarked tight to spine - 123 works catalogued. Many color and black & white illustrations. Among the artists represented: Edward Lear W. H. Hunt Gerome Guillaumet Fromentin and others. -- with a bonus offer-- May be either: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition . Weidenfeld & Nicholson / Royal Academy of Arts, London paperback
2000ref. 290151Tsinghua University Press; 1 January 1. 1901 2000-01-01. hardcover. Used - Good. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Hardcover. Language: Chinese. Publisher: Tsinghua University Publishing community; 1 January 1. 1901. Encyclopedia of International Business Management 2nd edition Thomson Learning Group mandated by the Tsinghua University Press in China not including Hong Kong and Macao Administrative Region and China Taiwan. the book version 1 reference in the field of business a leading position in the U.S. Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. Tsinghua University Press; 1 (January 1. 1901) hardcover
1801ref. 3865A scarce book of country excursions taking in some of the most striking landscapes and great houses within a day's journey of Bath. Three excursions are presented in the course of four letters with each excursion illustrated with a small part-page engraved map. The author describes in detail the landscapes cities and great houses along the way with plentiful information about the history of the towns gardens and architecture visited. Of particular note are Longleat Stourhead Fonthill and Wardour Castle. 'I am now to introduce you to one of the most splendid mansions in the kingdom Fonthill the seat of Mr. Beckford; where expence has reached its utmost limits in furniture and ornaments; where every room is a gold mine and every apartment a picture-gallery' p. 119. The description of Beckford's library is alas rather brief: 'The library is a large room filled with choice and expensive books; and decorated with appropriate paintings on the ceiling' p. 126. Warner also visits 'new' Wardour Castle - it was built in the 1770s - and gives a room by room commentary of the architecture furniture and paintings. Or particular interest is his description of the chapel: 'From this apartment we are carried into the western gallery of the chapel; a structure that displays superlative taste and magnificence. Crimson furniture and gilded ornaments produce an immediate striking coup d' œil; but when the decorations are examined individually the splendour and expence become more perceptible. Three immense pictures by Rubens cover the southern wall of the chapel; and one by this artist and another by Guido of the same majestic size are their opposite companions. The altar-piece is a Dead Christ by Cades. A large gallery is constructed at the western end superbly fitted up for Lord Arundel and his party; a second at the east end of the north side for the choir; and a third at the east end of the north side for the accommodation of visiters sic. Benches occupy the middle of the chapel for the reception of the domestics and such of the villagers as profess the Romish faith; for there is a Catholic seminary here the pupils of which punctually attend at morning and evening prayers. The eastern end of the chapel recedes into a semi-circular form through the windows of which light is admitted; but as these are placed high and consist of coloured glass the effect is extremely striking and solemn. The central window exhibits Angels and the awful Tetragrammaton from which is an emanation of glory. Brought forward from the eastern end sufficiently to allow the processions around it stands the Altar a most costly piece of workmanship fixed on a splendid sarcophagus of ebony; and constructed of porphyry agate and amber. A magnificent crucifix of silver surmounts the altar; and two censers of solid gold embossed with silver suspended over it pour through the chapel odiferous clouds of ever-burning frankincense. Every thing around indeed evinces that the Romish ritual is observed here with the utmost vigour and magnificence; and doubtless the celebration of its higher offices amid such seducing objects must act with infinite force upon the imagination. The effect produced by the externals of worship every man experiences who attends our Cathedral service which has not been stripped of so much of its lace as the common parochial ritual; how much then must this be increased when aided by exquisite examples of sculpture and painting; amid the strains of angelical music the glare of unnumbered lights and the Hallelujahs of numerous multitudes! The tamest fancy must be roused by such a scene and the coldest heart warmed into transport … It is but proper to add that the attendance of strangers at the service in Wardour chapel is considered as a compliment and every convenience provided for their accommodation' pp. 137-141. Richard Warner was an antiquary and an Anglican clergyman originally from the coastal town of Lymington in Hampshire. He became curate to Wililam Gilpin whose influence can be clearly seen in the present work dedicated to walking and the natural beauties of the west country. Warner obtained his first position in Bath in 1794 and remained there for some years writing a number of topographical works and a gothic novel Netley Abbey 1795 inspired by local ruins. He was a friend of Wordsworth who collected Warner's picturesque writings alongside those of Gilpin and who is known to have dined with him in Bath. In his lifetime Warner was mostly known for his controversial pacifist sermons and writings: it is thought that Blake was referring to Warner in the lines 'ask him if he is Bath or if he is Canterbury' in Jerusalem as claimed by David Erdman. Although this copy is in a later nineteenth century binding and was bound without the half-title a previous owner - possibly from the 1840s or 1850s perhaps contemporaneous with the binding and the newspaper cutting - has added an engraved portrait a Latin celebration of Bath an engraving of Farleigh Castle and a newspaper cutting referring to Paul Methuen of Corsham. OCLC lists BL University of Edinburgh the Natural History Museum and the Rubenianum in Antwerp only. Crutwell & G.G. and J. Robinson
ref. WALTER-FILM000350No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 41 x 27"" 103 x 68 cm. one sheet poster USA. Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Agnes Moorehead Bruce Bennett Tom d'Andrea; dir.: Delmer Daves; Warner Bros. A much darker journey into the film noir realm for Bogart and Bacall than their early wildly successful BIG SLEEP this time from a lurid David Goodis novel of a man Bogart wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife rescued by a concerned courtroom spectator Bacall and who must change his notorious face through back-door plastic surgery in order to find the real killer. One of the truly great films of this now-revered genre as well as one of the best period films set in and depicting San Francisco. Bogart hid is face from camera for more than half of the film something which did not please WB head Jack Warner! The film fell off at the box office as it was released right at the time that the Bogart's received negative press because of their support for the Committee for the First Amendment during the heated House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. Beautiful rich color rare on this poster which has been mounted on linen. There has been just minimal fold and corner touch-up minor crease at bottom left corner and a few scuffs in white background addressed NEAR FINE. unknown books
1936ref. 149211Los Angeles: Hollywood Studio 1936. Final Shooting script for the 1936 film here under the working title "Murder in the Opera." Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone with his name in holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper. Based on the detective novel series created in 1925 by author Earl Derr Biggers. The 13th film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series to feature actor Warner Oland as the eponymous Honolulu detective. Widely considered to be the strongest entry in the series due to the casting of Boris Karloff as an amnesiac opera star involuntarily committed to a mental institution. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated August 31 1936 with credits for screenwriters Scott Darling and Chas. S. Belden story credits to Bess Meredyth and novel credits to Earl Derr Biggers. Title page integral with the first page of text as issued. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with one blue revision page dated 9/3/36. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Hollywood Studio unknown books
1930ref. 62548Hollywood CA & New York NY; Oshkosh WI & Parkersburg WV: The Strand Theatre Smoot Theatre Lincoln Theatre & Warner Bros. 1930-1934. Oblong folio. 14.5 x 11.5 in. 100 pp unpaginated. two different papers many preserved in archival mylar sleeves. With 90 original silver gelatin photographs either mounted or loose and inserted into sleeves sized from 2 x 2 in. up to 8 x 10 in. most sized approx. 5 x 7 in. many w/ photographer’s imprints 71 pieces of mounted ephemera including promotional cards souvenir promotional items such as napkins studio advertising mimeograph typescript marketing scripts lobby cards newspaper clippings and more. All leaves bound w/ brass screw posts at gutter margin many preserved in archival mylar sleeves some leaves w/ chipping & tears at fore=-edges offset tears and or reside on versos of a few photos some scuffing old glue markings cropping to some leaves still a VG artifact preserved as album. This exceptional original Warner Bros. Studio marketing photo album/scrapbook chronicles the movie industry’s system of engaging the movie-going public during the Great Depression in a form of interactive promotional live theatre to immerse them in the cinematic experience. Featuring physical props displays special lighting costumed extras studio scripts featuring a myriad of promotions the Warner Bros. Studios theatre group was able to enhance and pull in far more movie-goers and set the foundation for their marketing system in the coming decades. By using their opulent and fabulous 1920’s era created movie palaces these images capture the pre-Code sexualized Mae West in slinky costumes emblazoned on radio station cars physical stand-up showroom displays restaurant menus post-Prohibition tavern beer coasters and even pulled in local officials such as Mayor George Oaks of Oshkosh WI. Also featured here are photos and flyers for the giveaway cars tie-ins with the Oshkosh State Teachers College football team and nearby department store window displays which significantly expanded the visual and immersive experience.Of particular interest is the included and very detailed 117 step campaign script for Mae West’s iconic “I’m No Angel” featuring the titillating star as Tira the circus beauty who manages to always be mistress of the situation whether in the cage with wild beasts her boudoir filled with admirers to be bedded or even charming and seducing the judge at the end of the film with only a wiggle. The pre-Code campaign encourages the Warner Bros. Studio theatre’s to include a “Try your figure” display panel where young women would measure themselves against the busty silhouette and those that matched closest to the scantily gowned West would receive free tickets. Another stunt was setting up a “Mae West Voice Test” using a dictaphone in the lobby with a “pretty girl attendant” set up in charge to ask potential women movie-goer attendees to utter “Come up and see me sometime” and free tickets were awarded for the best Mae West imitations. Other movies featured at the Strand in Oshkosh or the Smoot & Lincoln Theatre’s in Parkersburg WV depicted here with promotions souvenirs and photographs include: “The Sea Wolf” based on Jack London’s book and which starred Milton Sills Jane Keithley and Raymond Hacket released just 1 week after Sills’ death and features stunts with potential young movie-goers to bring their Rin Tin Tin like dogs as well as airplane stunts and lobby card; or elaborate window displays and automobile floats mocked up as dirigibles and costumed extras for Frank Capra’s “Dirigible” released in 1931 and starred Fay Wray Jack Holt Ralph Graves and Hobart Bosworth set against the drama of a competition by fixed-wing aircraft and dirigible airships to reach the South Pole. Other movies briefly archived in the group here feature “When Ladies Meet” released in 1933 starring Ann Harding Myrna Loy and Robert Montgomery or a couple mentions of the 1931 Bela Lugosi Dracula. The 1933 Gold Diggers is featured in several photos which starred Joan Blondell Aline MacMahaon Monica Bannister Joan Barclay and Connie Blackwood as out-of-work Broadway chorus girls. Also appearing here in approximately one fourth of the photo album/scrapbook is a similar campaign as that for Mae West for the 1932 “Fireman Save my Child!” with the wildly popular comedian Joe E. Brown starring as Joe Grant inventor fireman and baseball player offered to play in the big leagues in the film but earning more money from his inventions Again the script advises engaging the local fire department to put on stunts include the supplied advertising on their fire engines and even encourages the use of a large animatronic mechanical head of Brown in a fireman’s hat in the lobby. The movie was actually a natural fit for Joe Brown who had launched his physical comedy during the 1893 Depression by making faces at the firemen on passing coal-burning trains so they would throw coal at him to collect and sell and later worked as circus acrobat and newsboy and was a lifelong baseball fan. From 1930-July 1934 the Hollywood studios were largely self-regulating their content with continued threats by outside groups to “clean” up their movies and somehow balance the puritanical group sensibilities against the ever growing demands by audiences for movies that were daring edgy naughty and even sexualized often depicting spousal abuse sexual bondage marital infidelity free love with stars such as Mae West Norma Shearer Kay Francis Dorothy Mackaill Nancy Carroll and Constance Bennett typically depicted half-clad or in bed. At the time the movie studios and theatre’s were attempting to recoup the massive investments in transitioning to sound films and market the new technology by cultivating a sophisticated campaign system often hiring Broadway writers directors and actors to travel around and oversee their promotions productions. See: John Farr How Movies Got Us Through the Great Depression Best Movies 2024; David P. Hayes Production Code of the Motion Picture Industry 2009; Mae West Reveals Herself as a Circus Queen in “I’m No Angel” at the Paramount New York Times Oct. 14 1933. The Strand Theatre, Smoot Theatre, Lincoln Theatre, & Warner Bros., unknown
1936ref. 149213Los Angeles: Hollywood Studio 1936. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1936 film. Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone with his holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper and a typed note addressed to Humberstone from producer J.E. Grainger laid in with the script. Based on the detective novel series created in 1925 by author Earl Derr Biggers. The twelfth film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series featuring actor Warner Oland as the eponymous Honolulu detective. Blue titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated May 9 1936 with credits for screenwriters Robert Ellis Helen Logan Edward T. Lowe and John Patrick and novelist credits to Earl Derr Biggers. Title page integral with the first page of text as issued. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/16/36 and 5/28/36. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly chipped on the binding and edges bound internally with three gold brads. Hollywood Studio unknown books
1874ref. 33937Hartford: American Publishing Co. 1874. First edition mixed state as is the case with almost all copies this copy in the RARE PUBLISHER'S DELUXE BINDING. Fully Illustrated throughout with designs by various artists and with a long folding plate being the “map” of the “Salt Lick Branch of the Pacific Rail Road”. 8vo publisher's deluxe binding of three quarter morocco over cloth covered boards the joins ruled in gilt marbled end-leaves all edges marbled the spine with raised bands ruled in blind two compartments lettered in gilt. xvi 574 1 4 pp. ads. A very fine copy especially well preserved internally very fresh and clean the binding is in unusually fine and attractive condition near as pristine. Rarely seen in the deluxe binding in such pleasing condition. FIRST EDITION. The book that gave the era it’s name and Mark Twain’s first novel written in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner. Twain and Warner started this book on a dare after being teased by their wives that Twain could not repeat the success of INNOCENTS ABROAD. Twain proposed that he and Warner write a book together and “we will so interweave our work that these wives of ours will not be able to say which part has been written by Mark Twain and which by Charles D. Warner.” Not only did they fool their wives but realized halfway through that they had something well worth publishing. THE GILDED AGE was born. The tale of Colonel Sellers and the Hawkins family and their determined pursuit of Wealth--a novel for which an entire era was named. American Publishing Co. hardcover
