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1930rif. 6001881930. Softcover. Very Good. An early treatment script of the film Shanghai Express. Measuring 8½" x 11". 22 mimeographed pages printed rectos only stapled along the spine. Front page detached from staples front page and a bit of the second page with scattered ink markings moderate chipping toning and bumping along the edges thus about very good the text largely clean throughout. An early 22-page treatment script for the famed film Shanghai Express written by Harry Hervey who is generally only credited with writing the short story from which the film was based. The second page includes a list of characters which differs slightly from the film most notably a character named Laura Mason who seems to be the film's character Shanghai Lily played by Marlene Dietrich. Also different is the character Captain Esme Simpson who appears to be the film's character Captain Donald Harvey played by Clive Brook. The film directed by Josef von Sternberg and released in February of 1932 also featured noted Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong as Hui Fei. An interesting piece of Pre-Code Era Hollywood likely printed in very small numbers for a select group of people. unknown books
1930rif. 6001881930. Softcover. Very Good. An early treatment script of the film Shanghai Express. Measuring 8½" x 11". 22 mimeographed pages printed rectos only stapled along the spine. Front page detached from staples front page and a bit of the second page with scattered ink markings moderate chipping toning and bumping along the edges thus about very good the text largely clean throughout. An early 22-page treatment script for the famed film Shanghai Express written by Harry Hervey who is generally only credited with writing the short story from which the film was based. The second page includes a list of characters which differs slightly from the film most notably a character named Laura Mason who seems to be the film's character Shanghai Lily played by Marlene Dietrich. Also different is the character Captain Esme Simpson who appears to be the film's character Captain Donald Harvey played by Clive Brook. The film directed by Josef von Sternberg and released in February of 1932 also featured noted Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong as Hui Fei. An interesting piece of Pre-Code Era Hollywood likely printed in very small numbers for a select group of people. unknown
1788rif. 747801788. The Colorful Duchess of Kingston Kingston Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Duchess of 1720-1788. An Authentic Detail of Particulars Relative to the Late Duchess of Kingston. A New Edition. London: Printed for G. Kearsley at Johnson's Head No. 46 Fleet-Street 1788. ii ii 178 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Later quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt fillets and title to spine. Wear to spine ends and joints and corners which are bumped front board partially detached but secure small armorial bookplate Carlingford to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior soiling and smudges to a few leaves heavier soiling to p. 178 light soiling to title page and frontispiece which has light edgewear and a short tear to its fore-edge with no damage to image. A good copy. $650. Second edition published the same year as the first. A final edition designated the third was published in 1790. Kingston was well-known for a colorful life of romantic entanglements and scandals. When she determined to marry the Duke of Kingston Elizabeth feared the scandal of divorce from her first husband Augustus Hervey later Earl of Bristol who wanted a divorce so she instituted a suit of jactitation against him. His negative response ignored she took an oath that she was unmarried and the court so declared her. She married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 and he died in 1770 and left her a substantial estate on the condition that she remain a widow. The duke's nephew Mr. Evelyn Meadow brought suit against her for bigamy shortly after the duke's death while she was traveling in Italy. She returned to England to stand trial. Found guilty she would have been "burned on the hand" but she claimed the privilege of her peerage which served to exempt her from corporal punishment. She continued a life of travel and adventure until her sudden death in Paris in 1788. The likely previous owner of this copy was the British nobleman and politician Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford 1823-1898 who served as President of the Board of Trade and also served on the Privy Council as Lord President of the Council. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. English Short-Title Catalogue T93420. unknown books
1788rif. 747801788. The Colorful Duchess of Kingston Kingston Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Duchess of 1720-1788. An Authentic Detail of Particulars Relative to the Late Duchess of Kingston. A New Edition. London: Printed for G. Kearsley at Johnson's Head No. 46 Fleet-Street 1788. ii ii 178 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Later quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt fillets and title to spine. Wear to spine ends and joints and corners which are bumped front board partially detached but secure small armorial bookplate Carlingford to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior soiling and smudges to a few leaves heavier soiling to p. 178 light soiling to title page and frontispiece which has light edgewear and a short tear to its fore-edge with no damage to image. A good copy. $650. Second edition published the same year as the first. A final edition designated the third was published in 1790. Kingston was well-known for a colorful life of romantic entanglements and scandals. When she determined to marry the Duke of Kingston Elizabeth feared the scandal of divorce from her first husband Augustus Hervey later Earl of Bristol who wanted a divorce so she instituted a suit of jactitation against him. His negative response ignored she took an oath that she was unmarried and the court so declared her. She married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 and he died in 1770 and left her a substantial estate on the condition that she remain a widow. The duke's nephew Mr. Evelyn Meadow brought suit against her for bigamy shortly after the duke's death while she was traveling in Italy. She returned to England to stand trial. Found guilty she would have been "burned on the hand" but she claimed the privilege of her peerage which served to exempt her from corporal punishment. She continued a life of travel and adventure until her sudden death in Paris in 1788. The likely previous owner of this copy was the British nobleman and politician Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford 1823-1898 who served as President of the Board of Trade and also served on the Privy Council as Lord President of the Council. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. English Short-Title Catalogue T93420. unknown
2011rif. DADAX1241233292British Library Historical Print Editions 2011-03-01. paperback. New. 9.69x0.92x7.44. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. British Library, Historical Print Editions paperback
rif. 1241233292.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1938rif. 28575New York: The Sagamore Press 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. 258pp index illustrated A very good copy in red brown cloth without dj . Long non-authorial inscription on front fly leaf otherwise a nice tight copy. Inscribed/Signed by Lorelle & William Randolph Hearst Jr to SanfordMaybe Laddie Sanford Polo Champion and also signed by Winston Guest another Polo Champion. The Sagamore Press hardcover
1938rif. 007835Sagamore Press 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Photographs summaries and lineages of all the top horses of the day including the legend of the racetrack Seabiscuit. The year that Seabiscuit became the Horse of the Year. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Sagamore Press hardcover
1940rif. 007886The Sagamore Press 1940. Hardcover. Very Good to Near Fine. Photographs summaries and lineages of all the top horses of the day including the legend of the racehorse Seabiscuit. Over three dozen references to Seabiscuit mostly concerning horses trying to break his records. This was the year Seabiscuit finally won the Santa Anita Handicap and was the world's greatest money winner in 1940. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall The Sagamore Press hardcover
1939rif. 007834Sagamore Press 1939. Hardcover. Good to Very Good. Photographs summaries and lineages of all the top horses of the day including the legend of the racetrack Seabiscuit. The year that Seabiscuit was disabled but still more than two dozen references to the great horse including photos; 223 pp. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Sagamore Press hardcover
1939rif. 146427dagamore press 1939 hardback book in very good condition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. dagamore press hardcover
rif. SB15F-01324Sagamore Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. horse racing periodicals united states race horses A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Sagamore Press unknown
rif. SB15F-01325Sagamore Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. horse racing periodicals united states race horses A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Sagamore Press unknown
rif. SB15F-01326The Sagamore Press. Used - Good. Good condition. horse racing periodicals united states race horses A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. The Sagamore Press unknown
1948rif. 249660New York: Ralph F. Hartenstein. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. The contents of this volume are in two parts: Book I American Harness Horses and Horsemen by John Hervey and Book II American Harness Horses and Horsemen of Today edited by Edwin T. Keller. Rear cover is slightly stained front cover has a slight stain to the lower edge. Covers are slightly rubbed. Light wear to lower outer corner of rear cover. Owner's handwritten "Property of." or his name ink stamp on several pages including endpapers title page copyright page and foreword page. . Ralph F. Hartenstein hardcover
rif. 1018714685.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1834rif. 353541834 Paris - Arthus Bertrand - 1834 - 1 volume in12 broché de 210 pages + 36 pages de catalogue - Couverture imprimée de l'époque - Etat correct -
1834rif. 353551834 Paris - Arthus Bertrand - 1834 - 1 volume in12 broché de 210 pages - Couverture imprimée de l'époque - Moullures marginales au frontispice et à la page de titre - Etat correct -
1834rif. 353561834 Paris - Arthus Bertrand - 1834 - 1 volume in12 broché de 230 pages - Couverture imprimée de l'époque - Etat correct -
1834rif. 353571834 Paris - Arthus Bertrand - 1834 - 1 volume in12 broché de 324 pages - Couverture imprimée de l'époque - Etat correct -
1946rif. 32493New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. A clean tight copy of this detailed manual for the engineer. There is a large section of illustrations at the back including plenty of charts and graphs. There is a name on the first page but no other signs of use and the boards are only lightly worn. To those who order this book within the United States using standard media mail shipping a second book will be added as a bonus: Airport Engineering by H. Oakley G. Reed Shaw and John A. Dunlop published by John Wiley in 1944. This is ex-library but quite sound and loaded with great vintage photos. . McGraw-Hill Book Co. hardcover
1968rif. Q-0800700031Fleming H Revell Co 1968-06-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Fleming H Revell Co hardcover
1979rif. 24769Midland TX: Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 184 pages; Signed by J. Evetts Haley on half-title page. Price clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. ; Signed by Associated . Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library hardcover
1979rif. E3753Midland TX: Nita Stewart Haley Mem. 1979. 1st ed. . Hardcover. VG/Good. 184 pages. The book is SIGNED by J. Evetts Haley noted Texas historian who provided the introduction / foreword. Illustrated throughout with drawings by H.D Bugbee and book designed by Carl Hertzog. Index. Tan cloth-covered boards with Bugbee illustration on front and back. Brown cloth spine with gilt title. Dustjacket mimics the design of the book. VG/Good. Tight unmarked copy. Edges are faintly foxed as are the lighter parts of the dustjacket else VG. Dustjacket back panel rubbed. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: E3753. SAVE MORE Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping. Nita Stewart Haley Mem. hardcover
1979rif. 44766Midland TX: Nita Steward Haley Memorial Library 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Edited and inscribed on half-title page by B. Byron Price foreword by J. Evetts Haley. The history of a New Englander who settled in Hamilton County Texas in the 1880s and got into the cattle business studied law and became a Legislator. 184 pages. DJ price clipped spine a little faded ends and folds slightly rubbed in mylar sleeve.; 6 x 9 "; Signed by Editor. Nita Steward Haley Memorial Library hardcover
