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1990réf. 54482New York: Florence Anthony Enterprises Inc 1990. First Edition. Quarto 27.5cm; photo-illustrated wrappers stapled; 80pp; illus. Light wear to extremities some mild wrinkling to lower rear corners due to moisture; Near Fine. Debut issue of this short-lived sports entertainment magazine established by African American author editor and publicity consultant Florence Anthony. Contents include feature articles on Darryl Strawberry Magic Johnson Deion Sanders Butch Lewis Michael Spinks George Foreman and others. OCLC notes a single holding for any issues LC. Florence Anthony Enterprises, Inc unknown books
1910réf. 44643n.p.: n.p. 1910. Very good. Original draft entirely written out by hand of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY. While Florence Barclay was working on this manuscript she was in the midst of a life-changing experience: her romance novel THE ROSARY had just become one of the biggest blockbuster novels of the Edwardian era. It was not only a runaway bestseller for years on end but also parodied by PUNCH made into at least five films and described by the Queen of England herself as her favorite book of the year. According to Rachel Anderson it was "said to have been read and wept over by every housemaid in the British Isles." THE MISTRESS OF SHENSTONE was something of its sequel featuring characters first introduced in THE ROSARY. THE MISTRESS OF SHENSTONE is an exquisite romance between a widow and the man who accidentally killed her husband: like THE ROSARY it combines a moving arc of emotional development with an alluring charisma between the main characters. When Barclay arrived in the United States for a book tour of SHENSTONE she was greeted as a celebrity much in the way that Charles Dickens had been on his first trip to the country. In addition to photographers and journalists she was met right off the boat by a crush of fans holding welcome banners. This experience was so unlike what was expected for English authors in the period that her daughter makes special remark upon it in her biography of the author: "To English readers it may seem a surprising outburst and very different to anything that can be imagined as taking place in England by way of reception accorded to a private individual" 220. In 1921 SHENSTONE also became the first of Barclay's books before THE ROSARY to be turned into a film. This manuscript offers a window into the writing process of a famous romance author at the height of her power. In addition to the entire base text in Barclay's hand essentially every page is revised in the same hand in some cases extensively. Common editorial markings include crossed out words and sentences some replaced with new text additions to punctuation and rearranged phrases. It is illuminating to compare the manuscript itself with the details of Barclay's writing as described in her daughter's book LIFE OF FLORENCE L. BARCLAY 1921. In seeking to champion her mother as an author for "ordinary readers" her daughter asserts that Barclay "had no eye to the literary connoisseur the seeker after mere artistic effect" 242. Yet many of the revisions made by Barclay in this draft suggest that she cared much more about the art of her work than the biography claims. Altered words often reflect the author's stylistic refinements seeking a more accurate or elevated word in place of the original e.g. "empty" changed to "desolate". Other changes show a focused eye for paring down. For instance "she poured out the doctor's tea" and "passed it across the folding tea table between them" has been changed simply to "handed it to him." These decisions reflect more than a desire to "supply them her readers with that they wanted" 242: they show an author spending hours refining her craft. A manuscript offering the opportunity to research further into the working process of a major popular romance writer - a topic that has thus far been rarely recorded or studied. 9'' x 6.75''. 386 individual lines sheets thread-bound by hand with pink ribbon filled out in pencil on rectos only. Text begins with Chapter I "On the terrace of Shenstone" and ends with the phrase sentence of the final chapter "Mrs. Jim Airth" in larger script an effect reproduced in the printed final. Editorial markings throughout. Housed in later waxed canvas wrapper with two printed labels "The Mistress of Shenstone" and one handwritten annotation "1st M S of Mistress of Shenstone." Provenance: by descent from author's family. n.p. unknown books
1897réf. 29161London: George Routledge & Sons Limited 1897. Very good plus. First edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of simply rhyming verses about the everyday life of little children at the turn of the century - quite scarce in this condition. 9.25'' x 8''. Original cloth spine paper pictorial boards. Illustrated throughout cw: depiction of golliwog doll. 62 2 pages. A bit of rubbing and light soil to boards hinges starting to crack but still firm. George Routledge & Sons, Limited unknown books
1950réf. 147783Los Angeles: United Artists 1950. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 film. A young woman visiting her aunt in California finds herself attracted to her aunt's neighbor a wealthy man unexplainably plagued by bad luck. Set and shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint toning. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward. United Artists unknown books
1926réf. 26761New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. c.1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. original orange cloth with front-cover illustration; no dust jacket light external soiling modest wear to extremities except for heavy wear to bottom right corner of front cover board exposed front hinge a bit weak. cartoon drawings Humorous pieces with a serious edge or maybe vice versa highlighting "the plight of men nowadays i.e. the 1920s due to the new status of women. Life has changed for men since the time when the whole world was neatly divided into masculine and feminine spheres. The one hundred per cent HE of the Victorian era has passed and to keep pace with the feminine revolution men must find a new pattern of masculinity." At casual glance this book might look like it belongs on the Humor shelf but Mrs. Seabury wasn't exactly kidding around: an active journalist and suffragist she was a member of the Greenwich Village-based radical feminist debating society Heterodoxy was editor for several years during the 1910s of a magazine called "The Woman Voter" and wrote extensively on what today would be called "gender issues." Most possibly all of the 23 essays in this volume had appeared in such periodicals as Harper's McCall's and The New Republic. . Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1927réf. 149917Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1927 silent film showing actress Carmel Myers and vaudevillian-cartoonist Bert Levy here visiting the set in a cartoonist capacity. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A light romantic comedy following a young woman who blackmails her prospective beau into marriage. Now considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly worn to the bottom left corner and top edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1872réf. 242124London: Richard Bentley 1872. Second edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's gilt-stamped maroon cloth. Very Good lendinbg library lael removed on upper cover of each volume. Second edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 1761 second edition; Wolff 4849 Richard Bentley unknown books
1981réf. 20066New York: Holiday House 1981. First printing. Fine in about-fine jacket. Signed first edition of this adorably macabre picture book for older readers featuring a boy whose imagination is stimulated by reading lots of comic books. 6'' x 7''. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in black. In original unclipped $7.95 green pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Gorey with full-page black-and-white images facing each page of text. 64 pages. Signed by Gorey on the title page crossing out his own name. Slight sunning to jacket spine. Holiday House unknown books
1972réf. 150489N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Federico Fellini demonstrating how to stab Julius Caear Feodor Chaliapin Jr. on the set of the 1972 film. "Peter W. Engelmeier provenance label on verso. A semi-autobiographical impressionistic portrait of Rome featuring two contrasting sections one based on Fellini's first journey to the city as a young man under Mussolini the other featuring scenes of contemporary city life. Set and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 848. Eureka! 86. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1920réf. 19634London: Joseph Johnson 1920. Very good. Terrific large-format Peter Pan imitation in which two children grow wings and have an adventure with fairies. 11'' x 8.25''. Original cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Anderson with 12 full-page color plates and line illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Some rubbing to boards subtly infilled one dark spot to rear board. Interior with light foxing and toning. Bright. Joseph Johnson unknown books
1907réf. 17839London & New York: Blackie & Caldwell 1907. Near fine. First edition American issue printed on dark green paper that contrasts vividly with the tipped-in color plates in Harrison's distinctive style. Given the clear Pre-Raphaelite characteristics in her work it is unsurprising to note that she was the first woman to be a commercial illustrator for the work of Christina Rossetti - indeed it was in part due to the success of RHYME OF A RUN that the Glaswegian publisher Blackie asked her to take on a major project. One of Harrison's particular touches is the heavy black outlines around characters giving her Art Nouveau-influenced illustrations an effect not unlike stained glass. It is thanks to the work of book collector Mary Rosalind Jacobs that Florence Harrison was identified only in the 21st century as the Australian-born Florence Susan Harrison not the English artist Emma Florence Harrison. A beautiful copy of Harrison's second book scarce in the American issue and in this condition. 9'' x 11.25''. Original green pictorial cloth gilt. Green patterned endpapers. Printed on heavy dark green paper. Illustrated by Harrison with elaborately ornamented title page lettered in red 21 tipped-in color plates 10 full-page black-and-white designs and many black-and-white vignettes. A bit of the creasing to some plates as in virtually all copies due to a finishing fault with the publisher. Faint spotting to rear board and very minor rubbing to extremities. Blackie & Caldwell unknown books
1947réf. 16351New York: Capitol Publishing Company 1947. Near fine. Charming mid-century Santa novelty featuring the classic Victorian poem in the form of a Santa Claus shape book - with a beard made of real cotton. 11.25'' x 9.75''. Original spiral-bound color pictorial boards die-cut in the shape of Santa on a sleigh. Illustrated in color by Florence Kent. 24 pages including boards on card stock of varying thickness. Minor edgewear and soil. Capitol Publishing Company unknown books
1962réf. 149466N.p.: Agnes Delahaie Productions 1962. Vintage borderless photograph of Florence Delay as Joan being led to trial from the set of the 1962 film. Seen is the back of Robert Bresson's head wearing his signature straw hat behind the camera. French studio stamp reading "Le Proces de Jeanne d'Arc" on the verso. Linda Rasmussen at AllMovie notes: "Characteristically breaking with tradition director Robert Bresson presents a realistic unique view of the life and death of Joan of Arc. Using a script based on the actual transcript notes taken during her trial Bresson focuses on the psychological and physical torture that Joan had to endure showing how these techniques were used to break her resolve and cause her to eventually recant her faith. "With impeccable historical accuracy Bresson re-creates the story of the peasant girl who after leading an unsuccessful revolt against the government was brought to trial convicted of heresy and burned as a witch. However Bresson shows Joan Florence Carrez as a woman more sophisticated and calculating and less naive than she has normally been represented. His Joan while more real is no less heroic than the traditional Joan." 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Agnes Delahaie Productions unknown books
1885réf. 242017London: W. Stevens 421 Strand 1885. First edition. No. 30 in The Family Story Teller Series. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stiff gray paper over boards. Very good. First edition. No. 30 in The Family Story Teller Series. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wolff 7052 W. Stevens 421, Strand unknown books
1947réf. 145972Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1947. Revised First Draft script for the 1948 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations and watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY throughout. Based on the 1946 Broadway play and a prequel to the 1941 film "The Little Foxes." In the fictional town of Bowden Alabama the wealthy Hubbard family holds onto their old-South prominence and prestige through exploitation and cruelty. A searing portrayal of racism and class privilege in the post-Civil War American South. Set in Alabama. Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7494 dated June 9 1947 with credits for screenwriter Vladimir Pozner. Title page integral on the front wrapper. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the left edge bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1937réf. 238492Boston: American Photographic Publsishing Co 1937. Eleventh Edition. Illustrated. 247 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth. In dust jacket with some staining at edges dust jacket only Good. Eleventh Edition. Illustrated. 247 pp. 1 vols. 4to. American Photographic Publsishing Co unknown books
1936réf. 654761936. 1936 Pardon for an African-American Issued by the Governor of Texas Texas. Murphy Florence. Conditional Pardon for Florence Murphy from a Conviction of Assault to Rape. Austin December 18 1936. 14-1/2" x 9" blue-backed legal-sized sheet headed "Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas. Signed by Governor James V. Allred and Secretary of State B.P. Matocha state seal affixed. Negligible wear rust marks from staples and paper clips. $350. Murphy an African-American was convicted of assault to rape in 1933. His pardon which notes the several appeals for clemency sent on Murphy's behalf refers specifically to a letter from District Attorney H.H. Wellborn "who states he was never satisfied about this negro's case that since his conviction certain things have come to light which leave him in doubt as to this negro's guilt that if he is guilty he has been punished sufficiently and that some of the best white citizens of his county are of the same opinion he is. unknown books
1909réf. 265953Boston: Dana Estes 1909. First Edition. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown pictorial cloth. Fine in Very Good pictorial dustjacket with chips. First Edition. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From the Introduction: "We of the Anglo-Saxonrace still believe in slaying the fatted calf to which there is surely no objection.In the sudden deveolpment of enormous wealth in our own country there is some danger that we shall be dazzled by the pomp and display of of the very rich and lose sight of the true nature of hospitality." Cahpter on the Country Hostess Picnics House-OParties Dances Women's Club etc. Dana Estes unknown books
1960réf. 133256N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1962 film by photographer Andre Marinie. A candid on-the-set photograph of the film's reclusive director Robert Bresson behind the camera typically pensive and with cigarette in hand. Marinie's stamp and stamp from the film's production companies Agnes Delahaie Productions and Consortium Pathe on the verso. Linda Rasmussen at AllMovie notes: "Characteristically breaking with tradition director Robert Bresson presents a realistic unique view of the life and death of Joan of Arc. Using a script based on the actual transcript notes taken during her trial Bresson focuses on the psychological and physical torture that Joan had to endure showing how these techniques were used to break her resolve and cause her to eventually recant her faith. "With impeccable historical accuracy Bresson re-creates the story of the peasant girl who after leading an unsuccessful revolt against the government was brought to trial convicted of heresy and burned as a witch. However Bresson shows Joan Florence Carrez as a woman more sophisticated and calculating and less naive than she has normally been represented. His Joan while more real is no less heroic than the traditional Joan." In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1928réf. 133223N.p.: N.p. 1928. Two vintage oversize photographs from the first stage production of "The Front Page" in 1928 showing two different trio shots of the reporters who grace the majority of the play. The first photo a double weight 8 x 10 by Florence Vandamm with her blindstamped name on the recto shows Lee Tracy later played by Rosalind Russell onscreen Osgood Perkins and Frances Fuller. The second a oversize 11 x 14 uncredited but by White Studios in New York City shows the star Walter Baldwin later played by Cary Grant onscreen Osgood Perkins and Lee Tracy. Both photographs with numerous annotations and stamps on the verso. Excessively rare photographs from the first staging of the play that made Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur famous. The play would be published the same year in book form by Covici-Friede and was the basis for three films: The Front Page" in 1931 with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien "The Front Page" in 1974 with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and most famously the classic screwball comedy "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in 1940. N.p. unknown books
1954réf. 130802New York: Croydon Books 1954. First Edition. First Edition a paperback original. Digest size. A chauffeur's "services" are requested by several man-hungry women around town. Cover art by Bernard Safran who also did nice work for Pocket Books. Light rubbing at the spine ends else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers. Scarce. Schreuders UK p. 222. Croydon Books unknown books
1984réf. 584111984. Cohen Jerome A.; Timothy A. Gelatt; Florence M.L. Li translators. The Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law of The People's Republic of China. Beijing: Foreign Langues Press 1984. ii 298 pp. Paperback. Light wear small old price tag affixed on upper front cover a very good copy. $15. Represents the first complete set of English translations of China's two basic laws on criminal law and procedure enacted in 1979 which are fundamental to an understanding of China's socialist legal system. Contains an English-Chinese and Chinese-English Legal Glossary at pages 252 to 298. unknown books
1895réf. 243578London: F.V. White 1895. Second edition. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Second edition. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Originally published in 1893 under the title A Passage through Bohemia in three volumes. Glover/Greene 449; Wolff 7045 note F.V. White unknown books
1935réf. 11678New York: Beautician Publications 1935. Second Edition. Partially Revised by Members of the Staff of Inecto Inc." Seventh Printing. Illustrated. 1 vols. 12mo. Original black cloth. Second Edition. Partially Revised by Members of the Staff of Inecto Inc." Seventh Printing. Illustrated. 1 vols. 12mo. Signed on the flyleaf: Florence Ernestine Wall Personal Copy" and with her marginal notes thorughout. Inscribed on p. iv: "To Miss Florence E. Wall - It is my great pleasure to do what one seldom has an opportunity to do: - To present an "autographed" copy of a book to its author! Ralph L. Evans Feb 12 1936.". Beautician Publications unknown books
1905réf. 213819London: A. & C. Black 1905. First edition. xii 262 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three-quarter green morocco marbled boards a.e.g. Spine tanned light rubbing to extremities else Fine. Bookplates of Edward Lawrence and Carrie Estelle Doheny. First edition. xii 262 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A. & C. Black unknown books
