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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
réf. 14606n.d. Pen and ink heightened with white on board. 1 vols. Image approimately 5 x 4 inches. Matted. Thomas H. Pen and ink heightened with white on board. 1 vols. Image approimately 5 x 4 inches. unknown books
1996réf. 17281Edmonds: Holmes Publishing Group 1996. First Edition. Staplebound. Fine. Edited by Darcy Kuntz. About Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed. Square and firmly bound with two staples clean internally. Volume six in the Golden Dawn Studies Series. Holmes Publishing Group unknown books
1971réf. 132532New York: Eugene O'Neill Theatre 1971. Draft script for the 1971 Neil Simon play. Copy belonging to actress Tresa Hughes who played the part of Jessie with her annotations in blue ink red ink green ink and pencil on 28 nearly consecutive pages. Opened at the Eugene O'Neill on Broadway on November 11 1971 for a run of 4 previews and 798 performances. Hughes was nominated for a Tony award for Best Actress for her role in the 1961 production of "The Devil's Advocate." Green studio wrappers with credits for playwright Simon. Title page present dated September 1 1971 with credits for playwright Simon. 126 leaves mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold screw brads. Eugene O'Neill Theatre unknown books
2005réf. 17587Sequim: Holmes Publishing Group 2005. Second Edition. Staplebound. Fine. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Darcy Kuntz. Fine. Clean card covers. Firmly bound with two staples clean internally. Golden Dawn Studies Series 7. Holmes Publishing Group unknown books
1972réf. 127087N.p.: Fanfare Films 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 film. A Black cop tolerates his fellow white officers' disrespect and racism as well as disdain from his community for joining the force but is finally pushed over the edge after being passed over for a promotion. He goes on a violent personal crusade punctuated by psychedelic fever dreams including himself as a famous astronaut. Shot on location in Washington DC and Los Angeles. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with pinholes to the corners dampstaining to the left side folds with two small accompanying chips and a closed tear to the center left margin. Fanfare Films unknown books
1922réf. 126253Culver City CA: Selznick Pictures 1922. Vintage hand-tinted half sheet poster for the lost 1922 silent film. Conway Tearle starrs as Russell Carrington a man who accepts a murder charge to protect Rita the woman he loves played by Florence Billings and flees to a fishing village where he falls in love with the town belle Dorothy played by Winifred Westover. Shot on location in Fort Lee New Jersey. 26.25 x 20 inches margins slightly trimmed down from 28 x 22 inches see image. Very Good with moderate edgewear including loss to the top and bottom right corners several closed tears to the margins and one 2.25 inch closed tear to the top center. Selznick Pictures unknown books
1940réf. 158569N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage photograph of journalist and progressive activist Florence Welch and famed milliner Mr. John at a nightclub along with an unknown woman circa 1940s. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Welch worked as a newspaper journalist and activist for women's suffrage in Topeka Kansas later moving to California and marrying prominent artist and writer Rob Wagner. In 1929 the pair founded "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine that often published interviews and articles concerning progressive and radical topics in Hollywood. Welch was also an early supporter of writers William Saroyan and Ray Bradbury publishing their work extensively in the magazine. After Wagner's death Welch would remarry early aviator James L. Breese with whom she lived in New Mexico and California until her death in 1959. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners even age toning and a couple tiny splashes on the recto. N.p. unknown books
1935réf. 164515Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph of Florence Rice from the 1935 film with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe on the verso. Not to be confused with the 1925 silent film directed by Al Rogell and starring Reed Howes and Mildred Davis. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. A scientist invents a "superspeed" formula for race cars that everyone is soon fighting to own. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1935réf. 164512Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Vintage publicity photograph of Norman Foster Florence Rice and Victor Jory from the 1935 film with a two stamps on the verso including one stamp crediting photographer" Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe under the working title "Song of the Damned" on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. In a remote cottage Florence Rice eagerly awaits the arrival of her father Victory Jory and Norman Foster escapees from the French penal colony Devil's Island. After Foster arrives with the news Rice's father was killed the two begin to fall in love until Jory shows up several days later. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1935réf. 164455Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Vintage publicity photograph of Kathleen Burke from the 1935 film. Mimeo snipe and studio stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. A construction boss agrees to raise his estranged son after his ex-wife dies and is dismayed to find him reading studying and practicing violin and not at all interested in the more manly pursuits he was hoping to teach. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1929réf. 166070N.p.: N.p. 1929. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1929 pre-Code film showing actress Clara Bow in a ruffled collar. A beautiful bareback rider loves a trapeze artist but he loves two things much more: alcohol and a manipulative vamp named Zara. Actress Kay Francis' first Hollywood film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1992réf. 166408Paris: ACR Edition 1992. Hardcover. First French Edition. Text in French. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Three small spots of adhesive residue on the front flap of the dust jacket. Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. ACR Edition unknown books
1938réf. 163804N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1938 film showing actors Melvyn Douglas Florence Rice and Louis Calhern. Annotations in manuscript pencil and provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1938 novel by Marco Page about the Sloanes a pair of married book dealers who help solve a murder. The first of three films to follow the adventures of the Sloanes followed by "Fast and Loose" and "Fast and Furious" both released in 1939 although different actors played the couple in each of the three films. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1980réf. 15754Washington DC: National Institute of Education 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. First Edition. Paperback. 7 Volume Set. 9" X 6". Rubbing toning creasing soiling and bumps to covers corners and edges of paper wraps some staplebound some perfect bound. Inked notation to covers of some volumes. A touch of rust to staples at spines. Dust-spotting to edges of text blocks. Age-toning to unmarked pages. Bindings are sound. An overall solid collection of these 7 of an original 8 journals commisioned by the National Institute of Education to promote women's studies programs. The National Institute of Education which commisioned a series of eight monographs on women's studies has since March 1980 been in the publishing and distribution business mailing the 2500 copies of the monograph series and handbook both to preset mailing lists and to those who have responded to various solicited and unsolicited notices in newsletters and journals. Within colleges and universities requests have come from deans of academic affairs of undergraduate studies of extension and continuing studies of innovative programs of women and of students as well as from student financial aid officers and equal opportunity counselors. The hundreds of letters in my office support the claim that women's studies can be more integrated both with other college and university offerings especially in continuing education and with other organizations and levels of education.Letter from Mary Ann Millsap Senior Associate of the National Institute of Education. 7 Volume Set. 9" X 6". Rubbing toning creasing soiling and bumps to covers corners and edges of paper wraps some staplebound some perfect bound. Inked notation to covers of some volumes. A touch of rust to staples at spines. Dust-spotting to edges of text blocks. Age-toning to unmarked pages. Bindings are sound. An overall solid collection of these 7 of an original 8 journals commisioned by the National Institute of Education to promote women's studies programs. The National Institute of Education which commisioned a series of eight monographs on women's studies has since March 1980 been in the publishing and distribution business mailing the 2500 copies of the monograph series and handbook both to preset mailing lists and to those who have responded to various solicited and unsolicited notices in newsletters and journals. Within colleges and universities requests have come from deans of academic affairs of undergraduate studies of extension and continuing studies of innovative programs of women and of students as well as from student financial aid officers and equal opportunity counselors. The hundreds of letters in my office support the claim that women's studies can be more integrated both with other college and university offerings especially in continuing education and with other organizations and levels of education.Letter from Mary Ann Millsap Senior Associate of the National Institute of Education. National Institute of Education paperback books
1975réf. 161331Burbank CA: NBC 1975. Final Draft script for the twelfth episode of the thirteen episode 1975 comedy and variety show television series SIGNED on the front wrapper "Tom & Dick" by Tom and Dick Smothers with an inscription on the top left partially lost due to dampstaining "illegible Wishes from the Smothers Brothers." Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member David Carroll with manuscript marker and pencil annotations of his name or partial name "David C." on the top of the title page and two other pages with manuscript ink and marker annotations on 32 pages marking music cues. NBC's tamer and largely unsuccessful revival of CBS's 1967-1969 variety series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" which aired for thirteen episodes January 13 through May 19 1975. The episode on offer here was the penultimate episode which was taped on March 28 1975 and aired on May 12 1975 featuring guests Florence Henderson and David Gates. Of note the script is labeled as "Production #011 / Air Sequence #11" with a manuscript marker annotation of "12" over the air date of "May 5 1975." The May 5 episode of the series featured guests Kris Kristofferson Rita Coolidge and Arlo Guthrie and the episode found here featuring Henderson and Gates was aired as the twelfth episode on May 12 1975. Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 26 1975 noted as FINAL DRAFT. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout undated. Pages Very Good with dampstaining throughout and silverfish damage to the extremities of the first three leaves. NBC unknown books
1930réf. 158866New York: Vandamm Studio 1930. Vintage portrait photograph of actor Otto Kruger by the photography team of Florence and Tommy Vandamm Vandamm Studio circa 1930. Photograph with a blind "Vandamm / New York" stamp on the bottom left of the recto and a "Vandamm Studio" stamp on the verso and a label on the verso announcing Kruger in the leading role of the Broadway play "The Boundary Line" by playwright Dana Burnet which premiered at the 48th Street Theatre on February 5 1930 and ran for 37 performances closing in March 1930. The photograph was likely commissioned by the Theatre Guild which contracted Vandamm Studios to photograph all of their productions beginning in 1928. Kruger began his career as a Broadway matinee idol in the 1920s and 1930s before establishing a niche in feature films as the charming villain such as in Alfred Hitchcock's 1942 film "Saboteur" Joseph M. Newman's "711 Ocean Drive" and Douglas Sirk's 1954 film "Magnificent Obsession." Kruger starred in over 80 films between 1915 and 1964 as well as multiple television appearances in the 1950s and 1960s. The husband and wife photography team of Florence and Tommy Vandamm married in 1918 emigrated from London to New York in the 1920s due to declining business in their portrait studio following World War I. By 1928 Vandamm Studio began to dominate the field in New York after being contracted by the Theatre Guild to photograph all of their productions. Florence took responsibility for most of the portrait work while Tommy documented the stage work. The studio was closed by Florence in 1961. Vandamm Studio's work was known for their carefully planned lighting and composition and their attention to detail. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with two vertical folds and three horizontal folds cropping the face. Vandamm Studio unknown books
1940réf. 158544N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage portrait photograph of newspaper reporter screenwriter and progressive rights advocate Florence Welch circa 1940s. Annotations in Welch's hand on the verso: "Florence / 1. Welch / 2. Wagner Rob / 3. Breese Jim / How fortunate and happy I have been / Florence." Welch worked as a newspaper journalist and activist for women's suffrage in Topeka Kansas later moving to California and marrying prominent artist and writer Rob Wagner. In 1929 the pair founded "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine that often published interviews and articles concerning progressive and radical topics in Hollywood. Welch has also been credited as an early supporter of writers William Saroyan and Ray Bradbury publishing their work extensively in the magazine. After Wagner's death Welch would remarry early aviator James L. Breese living with him in New Mexico and California until her death in 1959. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1916réf. 13006London and New York: J. M. Dent & Sons LImited and E. P. Dutton & Co 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Hardcover. ".but the singing of the Ukrainian is also a precious pearl in the common treasury of mankind. It was born out of the beauty of the Ukraine and it is beautiful; it was born on the steppes and as the steppes it is wide; it was born in battles and it is free.This is Ukrainian Song." This 1916 collection of Ukrainian verse and lyric is here introduced by Ukrainian freedom fighter Pavlo Krot and spans the songbook from old pagan songs to wedding cycles from historical ballads to songs of legendary heroic outlaws with over 40 folk songs from "The Daughter of the Witch" to "Songs of the Poppy Harvest" along with verse by prominent Ukrainian poets Taras Shevchenko Stepan Rudansky and Yuriy Fedkovych ending fittingly with the Ukrainian National Anthem. This first edition is inscribed by compiler and translator Florence Randel Livesay to fellow Canadian authoress Valance St. Juste Patriarche with her bookplate and a newspaper clipping of a poem by Livesay pasted in. Signed presentation copy with inked inscription signed by Florence Randal Livesay to front free endpaper with quotes from The Times and Montaigne with pencilled name and bookplate of Valance Patriarche to front pastedown. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". 175pp plus ad for books on Russian history. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in orange cloth over boards with bouquet stamped in blind to upper board and spine lettered in gilt and decorated with flowers in kind. Mild wear to binding with faint stain to upper board small ink stains to rear board sunning to spine rubbing to corners and small neat tears and fraying to head and tail of spine. Front hinge tender. Binding remains sound. Newspaper clipping featuring a poem by Livesay with inked correction pasted in to flyleaf with toning to facing page. Title page printed in red and black. Pages are clean and unmarked. ".but the singing of the Ukrainian is also a precious pearl in the common treasury of mankind. It was born out of the beauty of the Ukraine and it is beautiful; it was born on the steppes and as the steppes it is wide; it was born in battles and it is free.This is Ukrainian Song." This 1916 collection of Ukrainian verse and lyric is here introduced by Ukrainian freedom fighter Pavlo Krot and spans the songbook from old pagan songs to wedding cycles from historical ballads to songs of legendary heroic outlaws with over 40 folk songs from "The Daughter of the Witch" to "Songs of the Poppy Harvest" along with verse by prominent Ukrainian poets Taras Shevchenko Stepan Rudansky and Yuriy Fedkovych ending fittingly with the Ukrainian National Anthem. This first edition is inscribed by compiler and translator Florence Randel Livesay to fellow Canadian authoress Valance St. Juste Patriarche with her bookplate and a newspaper clipping of a poem by Livesay pasted in. Signed presentation copy with inked inscription signed by Florence Randal Livesay to front free endpaper with quotes from The Times and Montaigne with pencilled name and bookplate of Valance Patriarche to front pastedown. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". 175pp plus ad for books on Russian history. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in orange cloth over boards with bouquet stamped in blind to upper board and spine lettered in gilt and decorated with flowers in kind. Mild wear to binding with faint stain to upper board small ink stains to rear board sunning to spine rubbing to corners and small neat tears and fraying to head and tail of spine. Front hinge tender. Binding remains sound. Newspaper clipping featuring a poem by Livesay with inked correction pasted in to flyleaf with toning to facing page. Title page printed in red and black. Pages are clean and unmarked. J. M. Dent & Sons LImited and E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
1925réf. 151005N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage borderless linen-backed publicity photograph of Florence Vidor from the 1925 silent film. A woman wants to leave her second husband a wealthy but heartless count who refuses to grant her a divorce and decides to seek help from her first husband whom she still secretly loves a well-known divorce lawyer. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1920réf. 151014N.p.: N.p. 1920. Vintage borderless linen-backed photograph of actress Florence Vidor and an unknown male actor circa 1920s. Texas-born actress Vidor began her career through the urging of her husband noted director King Vidor. She signed with Vitagraph Studios in 1916 and appeared in her breakthrough role as Mimi in "A Tale of Two Cities" that same year. She also starred in several films with her husband's production company including "The Other Half" 1919 "The Family Honor" 1920 and "Real Adventure" 1922. As with many of her contemporaries she found the transition to sound film difficult and after appearing in one talkie "Chinatown Nights" 1929 she retired from film altogether. 6.75 x 8.75 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1926réf. 151008N.p.: N.p. 1926. Vintage borderless linen-backed reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actress Florence Vidor seated at a vanity table. An aristocratic married woman falls in love with a shy trustworthy writer on a train to Biarritz to the displeasure of her unfaithful husband. Considered a lost film. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. N.p. unknown books
1925réf. 151012N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage linen-backed borderless publicity photograph of actress Florence Vidor from the 1925 film. A wealthy couple's teenage daughter discovers her parents are planning to divorce and pretends to be in love with a foolish actor in order to reunite them. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Faintly toned near the left edge else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1962réf. 151672N.p.: Agnes Delahaie Productions 1962. Three vintage photographs from the 1962 French film including two studio still photographs from the US release of the film and one borderless reference photograph. A dramatization of the imprisonment and killing of Jeanne a French peasant girl claiming to receive visions from God. Bresson's sixth release filmed in his typically spare style using non-professional performers and a screenplay drawn from transcriptions of Jeanne's trial at Rouen. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Agnes Delahaie Productions unknown books
