1938réf. 164624Universal City: Universal Pictures 1938. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1938 film showing actors Beryl Wallace and Dick Purcell. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the credit stamp of studio photographer Ray Jones. Two discharged Marine pilots sign on as airborne policemen for a dictator of a small South Sea island eventually finding themselves at odds over their shared affection for a beautiful woman. 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. 9.25 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1937réf. 148098Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1937. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1937 film two showing actors Jane Wyman and William Hopper and one showing Wyman and actors Berton Churchill Dick Purcell Archie Robbins and Raymond Hatton. A family of con artists decide to stage a sham public wedding to make money off the ticket sales not counting on the bride actually falling in love with the groom. Jane Wyman's first starring film role. Set in New York. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. Two Very Good plus with light edgewear and toning and one Very Good with a small open tear to the bottom right corner. Warner Brothers unknown books
2013réf. 216120Swindon / London: National Trust / Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers 2013. Softcover. VG. Inscribed by Purcell. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 160 pages : illustrations chiefly color portraits ; 27 cm. National Trust / Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers paperback books
1932réf. 152592Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage press portrait photograph from the 1932 film showing actress Polly Moran. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript ink annotations and a written date of 3-13-32. A beautiful socialite pretends to have fallen in love with a weird plumber in order to make her lover jealous. MGM's first attempt to pair actors Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante as a comedy team followed by "Speak Easily" 1932 and "What-No Beer" 1933. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned and soiled. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1972réf. RCIXEXI00fpDavid Lewis 1972. Very Good. Cixous Helene. The Exile of James Joyce. Purcell Sally A.J. New York: David Lewis 1972. 1st edition. xv 765pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Former owner's notes in two small sections of text. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Top edges rubbed with tiny tears and small losses. Tears along edges of spine with losses on head of spine and in title area. David Lewis hardcover books
1866réf. 2353161Cleveland Ohio: Walsh & Lavelle 1866. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Light 1 inch spot on rear board corners a bit rubbed front and end matter foxed pencil name on front endpaper. Binding tight and square text clean bright and unmarked. 1866 Hard Cover. xxiii 461 pp. Brown cloth gilt titles gilt and black decorations top edge gilt engraved frontispiece and plates. MacLeod traces the emergence and development of Marian devotion across the North American continent. MacLeod a Catholic priest and author explores how the veneration of the Virgin Mary shaped the religious and cultural landscape from colonial times through the first half of the nineteenth century. Walsh & Lavelle hardcover books
2015réf. 2354094Dublin: Four Courts Press 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x2x9. First edition. Light edge wear two light creases to jacket bottom edge lightly soiled. Binding tight and square pages bright and unmarked. 2015 Hard Cover. xxvii 537 pp. This volume contains contributions from leading scholars working at the forefront of Irish medieval studies. It includes essays on archaeology ecclesiology hagiography medieval history genealogy language literature and toponymy. Subjects explored include: Latin and learning in early medieval Ireland; the historical context of early medieval literature; Viking armies and the importance of the Hiberno-Norse naval fleets; Ireland and its connections with the Scandinavian world; recent studies of wooden and Romanesque churches in pre-Norman Ireland; the coming of the Anglo-Normans; hitherto unpublished Anglo Norman charters; the origin and function of medieval rural deaneries; secular and ecclesiastical histories of later medieval Kilkenny; and the 'named son' in 16th-century Ireland. Four Courts Press hardcover books
1976réf. 42138Las Vegas: Nevada Publications 1976. First printing. Hardcover. vg. 1/200. Folio 12 1/4 x 9 1/4". 63 17pp. Original gilt-stamped grey cloth with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Limitation page signed by both the author and the artist. Original etched frontispiece hand-numbered 74/190 and signed by Roy E. Purcell. Illustrated title page. Book housed in its original gilt-stamped brown cloth slipcase. "The Cerbat Mountains and other barren ranges in western Arizona along the Colorado River offer to the inquisitive visitor a wide range of unexpected experiences. Tucked away in several canyons are the skeletal remains of abandoned mines and towns. Delight in making friends with these desert ghosts awaits the traveler who can discriminate between solitude and loneliness. Illustrated with stunning color illustrations and etchings by Roy E. Purcell as well as numerous "period photographs of the families who lived in this isolated area the small towns with their general stores and saloons and the men who endured the daily drudgery of mine work this book serves as a reminder of the hardships faced by those seeking a living in this remote western area of our country in the late 19th century." From the Publishers. Minor shelf-wear to slipcase. Slipcase binding and interior in very good condition. Nevada Publications hardcover books
1980réf. 1000396Boston: Godine 1980 Cloth. Oblong quarto. With 32 full-color and 15 duotone photographs. Her inventive use of Polaroid Land films take the exploration of this versatile medium into new terrain. Godine, hardcover books
2008réf. RPURSAM00araTelltale Games 2008. Good. Purcell Steve. Sam and Max: Surfin' the Highway. San Rafael California: Telltale Games 2008. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with rubbing and bumping. Laminate peeling to extremities. Yellowing and speckled stains to textblock edges. Telltale Games paperback books
1929réf. 231731Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh Limited 1929. 43p. slender hardcover decorative paper-coverd boards; spine ends chipped with an edge chip at the top of the front cover as well. Kelly & Walsh, Limited unknown books
1964réf. 595202London: Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1964. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 36pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Several chips and creased tears corners and spine ends bumped splits at the spine ends very good only. Uncommon OCLC locates no copies. Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation unknown books
1938réf. 164609Universal City: Universal Pictures 1938. Vintage publicity photograph of Mamo Clark from the 1938 film. 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. Two discharged Marine pilots Larry J. Blake and Dick Purcell sign on as airborne policemen for a dictator of banana-republic south sea island and begin fighting over the same girl Marcia Brandford before realizing they may be on the wrong side. Marguerite Mamo Clark better known as Mamo Clark or simply Mamo was a Hawaiian born actress and is best known for her debut as a Polynesian girl who marries Clark Gable in the 1935 Academy Award winning film "Mutiny on the Bounty" directed by Frank Lloyd. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1940réf. 165665Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Allan Jones Nancy Kelly Peggy Moran and Robert Cummings posed behind a large straw hat. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso referring to the film by its working title "Caribbean Holiday." Based on Earl Derr Biggers' 1914 novel "Love Insurance." The film debut of Abbott and Costello. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1944réf. 150926Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Three vintage photographs and one borderless publicity photograph from the 1944 musical film. A musical revue about a former vaudeville star who decides to try his luck at Hollywood. Notable for its extensive celebrity cameos including appearances by Orson Welles Lon Chaney Jr. Dinah Shore Noah Beery Jr. The Andrews Sisters Jeanette MacDonald and Maria Montez among many more. Set in Hollywood. Three 8 x 10 inches one 6.75 x 9 inches. Very Good plus several lightly and evenly toned one with a short closed tear to the top left corner. Universal Pictures unknown books
1965réf. 541935Santa Monica California: Earth Books & Gallery 1965. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Cover by Anna Purcell. Edited by Steve Richmond. Oblong small octavo. Stapled cardstock covers with white and blue mimeograph pages. This little magazine features the long Charles Bukowski poem with the equally long title: "Rimbaud Be Damned: I Have Withstood 99000 Seasons in Hell and I Still Look Down into This Glass Wondering Wondering." Other contributors include Doug Blazek John Buckner d.a. levy Max Schwartz William Wantling Purcell and Richmond. Earth Books & Gallery unknown books
1947réf. 46357Santa Barbara: Schauer Publishing 1947. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Owner stamp else very good plus in wrappers. Schauer Publishing unknown books
1936réf. 537632London: Kegan Paul Trench Truber & Co. Ltd 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Octavo. 261pp. Very good with ownership signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly library bookplate on front pastedown and bumping to the corners in about good dust jacket with spine toned stains and moderate edgewear. Kegan Paul , Trench, Truber & Co. Ltd hardcover books
1981réf. 8031Morongo Valley California: Sagebrush Press 1981 Limited to 474 copies. Black cloth over yellow decorative boards. . Quarto. Frontisportrait and sixteen pages of half-tone illsutrations. Contains an annotated bibliography of 113 works written and/or designed by Merle Armitage. A little fading to front cover. Very good/near fine in publisher's acetate dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: "Lucille and George—Dearest of friends Lucy the greatest vocal coach I have known—George who enjoys life and laughs at adversity—Enjoy re-meeting our mutual friend Merle…" Also with a card commemorating Armitage laid in. Also with notices of Armitage's death laid in. Sagebrush Press, hardcover books
1957réf. 105070Welwyn Garden City Herts: The Broadwater Press Limited 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition preceding the Sagamore trade edition. Octavo. 66pp. Red cloth gilt without dustwrapper as issued. Very good with the spine ends bumped and a water stain on the bottom edge of the boards. A satire of T.S. Eliot printed for private circulation. The Broadwater Press, Limited hardcover books
1986réf. 115890N.p.: N.p. 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. Production assistant Cynthia Jessen's copy with her name in manuscript ink on the title page numerous lines throughout the script circled and several dog-eared pages. Not to be confused with the 1994 film directed by Robert Benton and starring Paul Newman. A young woman who is tired of her life falls for a man in a traveling Shakespeare troupe. Shot on location in Prescott and Sedona AZ. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated February 19 1986 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Beth Henley. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated March 3 1986. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1740réf. 36821London 1740. Unbound. Very Good. 1 leaf with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass intended for the accompaniment of the flute. Signed in the plate by the engraver G. Bickham. Ca 326 x 200 mm. 12.75" x 7.85" plate mark. Slightly worn; minor browning to edges; minor soiling and dampstaining. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. "Purcell was one of the most important 17th-century composers and one of the greatest of all English composers." Peter Holman and Robert Thompson in Grove Music Online. "Bickham 1706-1771 was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer first issued in fortnightly parts each containing four plates from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song . and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England and quickly produced imitators such as Lampe's British Melody engraved by Benjamin Cole." Frank Kidson et al. in Grove Music Online. A charming engraving. The Musical Entertainer is considered one of the finest 18th century illustrated books. Complete copies of this monumental work are exceptionally rare. unknown books
2017réf. 51211United States of America: University of Oklahoma Press 2017. First edition. 1160pp. Quarto 26cm; red cloth covered boards in original dust-jacket. From the publisher: On September 11 1857 a group of Mormons aided by Paiute Indians brutally murdered some 120 men women and children traveling through a remote region of southwestern Utah. Within weeks news of the atrocity spread across the United States. But it took until 1874—seventeen years later—before a grand jury finally issued indictments against nine of the perpetrators. Mountain Meadows Massacre chronicles the prolonged legal battle to gain justice for the victims. The editors of this two-volume collection combed public and private manuscript collections across the United States to reconstruct the complex legal proceedings that occurred in the massacre’s aftermath. The documents they unearthed transcribed and presented here cover a nearly forty-year history of investigation and prosecution—from the first reports of the massacre in 1857 to the dismissal of the last indictment against a perpetrator in 1896. Volume 1 tells the first half of the story: the records of the investigations into the massacre and transcriptions of all nine indictments eight of which never resulted in a trial conviction. Volume 2 details the legal proceedings against the one man indicted to go to trial John D. Lee. The editors have made the extensive transcripts of Lee’s trials available at their accompanying website. Lee’s trials led to his confession and conviction and ultimately to his execution on the massacre site in 1877 all documented here in Volume 2. Historians have long debated the circumstances surrounding the Mountain Meadows Massacre one of the most disturbing and controversial events in American history and painful questions linger to this day. This invaluable exhaustively researched collection allows readers the opportunity to form their own conclusions about the forces behind this dark moment in western U.S. history. University of Oklahoma Press unknown books
1976réf. 154235Washington DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art 1976. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on September 24 through November 21 1976. Very Good in card wrappers. Light toning overall with bumps to the top and bottom fore-edge corners affecting both wrappers and text block light creasing to the spine with small bruises to the heel and mid-spine and moderate soiling to the wrappers. Corcoran Gallery of Art unknown books
1895réf. 28192London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XIX 3 702 2 IX 1 832pp. Uncut. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spines. Frontispiece in each volume protected with a tissue-guard. First edition of this 2-vol. set biography of Cardinal Manning and his conversion to Catholicism. Manning's belief in Anglicanism was shattered in 1850 when in the so-called Gorham judgement the Privy Council successfully ordered the Church to institute an Evangelical clergyman who denied that the sacrament of baptism had an objective effect of baptismal regeneration. The denial of the objective effect of the sacraments was to Manning and many others a grave heresy contradicting the clear tradition of the Christian Church from the Fathers of the Church on and the fact that a civil secular court had the power to force the Anglican Church to accept such a heretical opinion proved to him that far from being a divinely created institution the Anglican church was merely a man-made creation of the English Parliament. Some age-wear on bindings with damp-staining on covers not affecting pages. Previous owner's stamp on inside of each free front endpaper. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Closed tear alon page 533/534 of second volume not affecting text. Bindings in overall good- interior in good condition. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
