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1940réf. 29887New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Good dj. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. good sound copy with some light dust-soiling to the top edge of the text block; the jacket is heavily edgeworn scuffed and rubbed with some internal brown-tape reinforcement/repair along the top and bottom edges a bit of paper loss at the top of the spine and some soiling to the rear panel. First adventure and last for detective Marty Cohen "who had made Law Review at Columbia and who had his eye on the office of District Attorney" and who is described on the jacket copy as "a combination of Sherlock Holmes and Clark Gable." The pseudonymous writing duo soon went their separate ways Wilson as a novelist and Polonsky as a screenwriter/director whose career was eclipsed by the Hollywood blacklist. . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1979réf. 8232Philadelphia: Dropsie University 1979. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. xvi 462pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Frontispiece portrait. Dedication page includes photograph of the late Professor Solomon Zeitlin. Collection of articles on biblical studies and medieval Jewish history put together for the seventieth anniversary of Dropsie University now the University of Pennsylvania's Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Authors include Louis Finkelstein Robert Gordis Solomon Grayzel Leo Jung Guido Kisch Nahum M. Sarna and Georges Vajda. Articles are in English Hebrew and French. Tail of spine bumped. Front cover board lightly marked. Overall in very good condition. Dropsie University hardcover books
1980réf. 29006New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394508297 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine slightly spine-sunned dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her small and unobtrusive inventory number on front paste down; Photographs by Abraham Menashe revealing the dignity courage and grace inherent in the lives of those who a both mentally and physically handicapped capturing moments of innocence struggle determination accomplishment and joy ; B&W Photographs; Oblong 4to . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1983réf. 21582New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394529308 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine sunned dust-jacket with finish stamp to verso. From the collection of Betty Anderson legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her small and unobtrusive inventory number; This book tells the story of Menashe a Jewish man who has a deep connection with prayer. Menashe's journey takes him from his childhood in a religious home to eventually discovering his own personal way of prayer. Through his experiences Menashe learns the importance of prayer and how it can help him connect with his Creator. The Face of Prayer is an inspiring story that will leave readers with a deeper understanding of the power of prayer.; B&W Photographs; 8vo . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1943réf. 27301Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Good dj. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. a good sound copy with only light shelfwear an ex-rental library book The Dobrin Libraries Los Angeles but marked as such on by a faint rubber-stamp on both the front endpaper and overlapping the rear pastedown/jacket flap; the jacket is a little edgeworn with a vertical scratch in the front panel and a narrow strip of tape across the base of the spine; it's also mostly backed neatly with brown paper which has discolored about a 1-1/2" strip along the edges of both inside covers and has been trimmed to a size about 1/4" shorter than the book itself. Future blacklistee Polonsky's first novel under his own name about an oil tanker on a dangerous journey through German-submarine-infested waters from Galveston to New York. The primary characters are a magazine feature-writer accompanied by an "incredibily attractive and talented" woman news photographer futher described as "brittle successful and lovely." Polonsky's biographers call the novel as "his major literary contribution to the war effort" and one contemporary reviewer noted that it had "all the sure-fire ingredients" for a movie scenario although his career as a screenwriter wouldn't really start up until after the war -- "action brawls intrigue and suspense" -- as the aforementioned pair uncovered a Nazi plot to scuttle the vessel midway through its voyage. . Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1996réf. 26188Northridge CA: The Center for Telecommunication Studies/California State University. Near Fine. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket as issued very nice copy tight and clean with just a touch of wear to the extremities minor staining on front pastedown. Film as Literature Series Series B&W photographs The screenplay to Polonsky's great 1948 film classic starring John Garfield in one of his signature roles. The screenplay actually credited to Polonsky and Ira Wolfert author of the source novel "Tucker's People" is supplemented by extensive annotations a biographical interview with Polonsky a critical commentary by John Schultheiss and a Polonsky filmography and bibliography. . The Center for Telecommunication Studies/California State University hardcover books
1967réf. 92250The Hague:: Kruseman. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. Text is in Dutch. 100 black and white illustrations. Limited facsimile of the 1732 edition: this copy is number 147. A few light stains on fore and bottom edges of text block else very good in a burgundy leatherette binding with gilt lettering borders and design. Housed in a very good light dust soiling illustrated slipcase. . Kruseman, hardcover books
1992réf. 505636Minnesota: Milkweed Editions 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Faint crease on cover slightly sunned spine near fine. Author's first book. Publisher's promotional material laid in. Milkweed Editions unknown books
réf. 5884NY PUTNAM 1978. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, PUTNAM, 1978 unknown books
2014réf. 1408095Ontario Canada: Kipling Gallery; Museum Cerny 2014. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto 170 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's decorated paper boards. Spine black with white lettering. Shelved in Artist Monographs. Text in English French Italian and German. 1408095. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Kipling Gallery; Museum Cerny hardcover books
1979réf. 206760New York: Viking 1979. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Soyer Raphael. Translated by Rebecca S. Beagle and Rebecca Soyer Introduction by Peter S. Beagle. Illustrated by Raphael Soyer. 17 black & white illustrations. viii 70pp. 8vo cloth d.w.; lightly worn along top edge and corners. New York: Viking Press 1979. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Signed by the illustrator on the half-title. Viking unknown books
1952réf. 79016Meriden 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. photos unpaginated. 28cm. No Jacket. hardcover books
1968réf. 104662London: Feffer & Simons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A Fine first printing of the first edition in Near Fine dust-jacket; Our Children of the Sun is a Suite of Eight Inca Legends translated by Merritt Moore Thompson. Each legend is about a different event or person in the Inca's history. The legends are: 1 The Creation of the World 2 The Battle of the Sun and Moon 3 The Journey of the Condor 4 The Legend of the Sun and the Moon 5 The Legend of the Andes 6 The Legend of the Mountain of the Sun and the Moon 7 The Legend of the Sun and the Wind 8 The Legend of the Moon and the Wind; 8vo; $7.00 . Feffer & Simons hardcover books
1896réf. 817511896. Maslan Ben A. Seattle attorney former owner. Maslan Ben A. Seattle attorney former owner. Watt Francis. The Law's Lumber Room. London: John Lane 1896. 139 pp. Octavo 4-1/2" x 7". Cloth uncut edges. Moderate shelfwear some fading to spines. Owner bookplate Ben A. Maslan to front pastedown. Internally clean. A good copy. $50. From the library of Benjamin Abraham Maslan 1901-1979 the great bibliophile and a leading Seattle attorney. Contents: Benefit of Clergy.; Peine Forte et Dure.; A Passage in Shakespeare Fines and Recoveries; The Custom of the Manor.; Deodands.; The Law of the Forest.; Par Nobile Fratrum John Doe and Richard Roe; Sanctuary.; Trial by Ordeal.; Wager of Battle.; The Press Gang.; Sumptuary Laws. unknown books
1960réf. 07668A NOTE ON SOLOMON NUNES CARVALHO AND HIS PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Plantin Press 1960 first edition fine in wraps. 1/350 copies. The Plantin Press paperback books
1946réf. 06545THE FOX WOMAN & THE BLUE PAGODA New Collector's Group 1946 first edition a near fine copy. 1/1000 copies illustrated by Bok. New Collector's Group unknown books
1993réf. 304064New York: Hyperion 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Hyperion hardcover books
1911réf. 1388428Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1911. Hardcover. Octavo 243 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth with gold print. Wear to spine caps and corners light shelf wear. Text block has tinted top edge. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1388428. FP New Rockville Stock. The Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover books
1987réf. 153170N.p.: N.p. 1987. First Draft script for an unproduced film. The white heir to a substantial fortune wakes up one day to discover that his skin has rapidly darkened leading his family to mistake him for an African American and subsequently disown him. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Abraham Eban. Title page present dated August 1987 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Abraham Eban. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine black tape binding. N.p. unknown books
1960réf. 209395London: Marlborough 1960. Softcover. VG: Warping toward the top of the book. Some wear to the edges and corners. Clean body pages and solid binding. A yellow matte casebound book with white text on the front cover. Unpaginated; profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Marlborough paperback books
1942réf. 44239New York: Cuneo Eastern Press 1942. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Boards lightly rubbed else fine without dustwrapper. (Cuneo Eastern Press) hardcover books
1946réf. 1416485London: Wm. Heinemann Medical Books 1946. Hardcover. Octavo iv 257 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards in blue cloth gold print; wear to spine caps and corners toning to spine mild shelf wear. Text block has spotting to top edge tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates photographs drawings NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K ND-K. 1416485. FP New Rockville Stock. Wm. Heinemann, Medical Books hardcover books
1943réf. 27370New York: Froben Press 1943. Second edition revised and reset first published 1936 8vo pp. 1 119; frontispiece facsimile and 28 full-page portraits in the text; minor wear to extremities and vertical "stripe" of water damage on back cover otherwise a very good copy. A brief "General Survey" of pediatrics followed by chronologically arranged chapters and capped by four special interest chapters: "Pioneers in Infant Feeding" Investigators of Alimentary Disturbances in Infancy" "Pioneers in the Study of the History of Pediatrics" and "American Pioneers of Pediatrics." Also with table of "Outstanding Contributions of American Pioneers." Garrison-Morton 6357. Froben Press unknown books
1833réf. 31283Philadelphia: James Kay Jun. and Brother 1833. First Thus. Large octavo 22.5cm.; full contemporary speckled calf two black gilt spine labels; 557pp. Boards a bit shelf-worn with old soil spots corners lightly bumped textblock a bit foxed and soiled numerous contemporary and later 1930s ownership inscriptions to front endpapers else a Very Good example. "University Edition" - bottom spine label. Collected lectures delivered by Blair during his tenure as the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh first published in London in 1784 shortly after the author's retirement. James Kay, Jun. and Brother unknown books
réf. 292160hardcover. near fine. 67pp. 8vo cloth. Hartford: Privately Printed 1922. Near Fine. unknown books
