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1976rif. 541716Oxford: Ziprint Parchment 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover by Jon Piper. Octavo. 43pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Near fine with some rubbing to the rear wrap. A short-lived poetry anthology edited by James Lindesay and Bruno Tolentino with a name inspired by W.H. Auden's early 1920s magazine Oxford Poetry. Contributors to this issue Lindesay Tolentino Elizabeth Jennings Sally Purcell Ruth Padel Francis Warner John Wain and many others. Both runs of this magazine and individual issue appear scarce. OCLC locate 10 assorted copies over two records. Ziprint Parchment unknown books
1988rif. 55999New York: Rizzoli 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Quarto. 223pp. Original turquoise cloth with debossed lettering on cover gilt on spine; in original color-illustrated dustjacket white lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with predominantly color photographs of exquisite jewelry some b/w throughout. "Over the last 130 years Boucheron's reputation has been synonymous throughout the world with French jewelery of the highest quality. This fascinating history centering on a dynasty of enthusiastic artist-jewelers begins in Paris with the splendors of the court of Napoleon III. progresses throughout the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods and the post-war years to culminate in Boucheron's work of the present day." Publisher. Minor wear along edges of binding. Rizzoli hardcover books
1906rif. 219188London: Novello & Co 1906. paperback. very good-. Volume XVI Dramatic Music Part I. 222 pages. Folio rebacked in brown cloth original wrappers soiled. London: Novello & Co. 1906. Nice clean text with a few penciled annotations. Novello & Co unknown books
1957rif. 276956Welwyn Garden City Herts: The Broadwater Press Limited 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition preceding the Sagamore trade edition. Octavo. 66pp. Red cloth gilt without dustwrapper as issued. Near fine with the gilt lettering a bit faded. A satire of T.S. Eliot printed for private circulation. American poet Harold Moss's copy with his ownership signature. The Broadwater Press, Limited hardcover books
1929rif. 71036Singapore: Kelly & Walsh Limited and at Shanghai and Hongkong 1929. First edition 8vo pp. 6 43 5; frontispiece 2 plates and a few illustrations in the text; near fine copy in original orange and gilt brocade cloth printed paper label on upper cover with a small scar at the top of the front board; preserving the original pictorial dust jacket on the spine of which an early owner has written the title and author. Also with a neat gift inscription on the front pastedown. Kelly & Walsh, Limited and at Shanghai and Hongkong unknown books
1993rif. 171234Burbank CA: MFS Productions Inc 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1994 television film here under working title "My Father's Son." Copy belonging to an unknown cast member inscribed by director-star Beau Bridges. With production documentation laid in. A family is torn apart when a farmer is suspected to have murdered his wife and his son is picked to lead the investigation. Green titled self wrappers noted as REVISED GREEN on the front wrapper dated May 28 1993 with credits for screenwriter Ken Hixon. Title page integral with front rapper with three title pages laid in corresponding with previous revision pages dated variously between May 11 1993 an May 26 1993. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between Apr 28 1993 and 5/28/93. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. MFS Productions Inc unknown books
1978rif. 85573London: John Calder 1978. First U.K. Edition. First impression. Inscribed on title page: "To Edward" signed undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xv765pp. Mild soil to text block edges; faint reading crease to spine still solidly Very Good. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced £15 at base of front flap crisp and clean with just a trace of wear along upper extremities Near Fine. A major work of postructuralist literary analysis expanded from Cixous' 1968 doctoral dissertation L'Exil de James Joyce ou l'Art du remplacement. This translation originally appeared in the U.S. in 1972. An elusive title quite uncommon signed. John Calder unknown books
1962rif. 158729Iver Heath Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 1962. Shooting script for the 1963 British film. A young woman moves to the countryside in order to start a new job as a district nurse and must face the suspicions of the local townsfolk who distrust her due to her age. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows no holdings. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. Tall tan titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 19th October 1962. Title page present dated 16th October 1962 with credits for novelist Joanna Jones and screenwriter Norman Hudis. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with a silver prong. Pinewood Studios unknown books
1935rif. 158578N.p.: N.p. 1935. Vintage photograph of architect Timothy L. Pflueger civil engineer Charles H. Purcell editor and writer Rob Wagner and photographer Walter G. Swanson standing at the base of the then-incipient San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge circa 1935. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Purcell and Pflueger both oversaw the construction of the Bay Bridge-Purcell being the Chief Engineer and Pflueger serving on the committee of architects for the project. Rob L. Wagner is best remembered today as the editor and publisher of "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine published in Beverly Hills between 1929 and 1949. A lifelong Socialist and advocate for progressive causes Wagner used "Script" to give a voice to blacklisted screenwriters including Dalton Trumbo and Gordon Kahn and prominent leftists including Upton Sinclair Max Eastman and William C. deMille. While Wagner's involvement with Pflueger Purcell and Swanson is unclear it is evident that Wagner maintained many connections with powerful leaders in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the right corners. N.p. unknown books
rif. 009478Canada: The Artist Book. Near Fine. Single Sheet. SIGNED BY ARTIST. 8 7/8" x 11 7/8". Noted Canadian artist Joseph Purcell was born in Halifax Nova Scotia in 1927. He studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art becoming a professional artist around 1947. In 1953 he moved to Lunenberg and painted there the rest of his life. He is known for his landscapes and seascapes of the Nova Scotia coast. 8 7/8" by 11 7/8" paper size 8" x 11 1/4" image size on watercolor paper torn from a sketch pad signed lower right H16 in pencil lower left. A lovely bright scene of a small fishing village. The Artist unknown books
1844rif. 41320London: J. Alfred Novello Music Seller by Appointment to Her Majesty 69 Dean Street Soho. R. & E. Willliamson Sculpt. Lambeth 1844. 4 volumes. Tall folio. Half black leather with dark teal pebbled cloth boards with gilt rules to spine and edges spine in decorative compartments gilt with titling gilt marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Text letterpress titles and music engraved. Vol. I: Verse anthems in major keys 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto bust-length portrait of Purcell verso blank 1f. recto publisher's note verso blank i-xii "Life of Purcell" by Edward Holmes 1f. recto facsimile excerpt of Purcell's autograph manuscript of the anthem "My beloved spake" verso blank 1f. index 1 blank 2-160 147-158 161-312 pp. Portrait "Engraved by W. Humphreys from a drawing by Edw. Novello after the original picture by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the possession of Edwd. Bates Esqr." Vol. II: Verse anthems in minor keys 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. index 313-618 pp. Vol. III: Full anthems hymns sacred songs and Latin pieces 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. index 619-850 pp. Vol. IV: Services and chants 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto publisher's note verso blank i blank 852-954 955 blank 956-1067 i blank pp. Ex-library with bookplates of Robert Buchanan Stewart and The Episcopal Theological School Cambridge Mass. to front pastedowns of each volume occasional small blindstamps call numbers to verso of title to Vol. I and foot of spines. Bindings quite worn; uppers of Vols. II and III and both uppers and lowers of Vols. I and IV detached; spines defective with some loss. Minor internal wear; several leaves detached. In very good internal condition overall. "One of the most important 17th century composers and one of the greatest of all English composers. . Purcell began his musical career as a choirboy and remained a church musician throughout his life holding positions at Westminster Abbey as well as the Chapel Royal. Like John Blow he wrote four types of church music: services; anthems for full choir and organ or with short ensemble verse passages often called full with verse anthems; verse anthems for solo voices choir and organ; and 'symphony anthems' for solo voices choir strings and continuo which at first were performed exclusively in the royal presence though several later circulated more widely in versions with organ accompaniment only." Peter Holman and Robert Thompson in Grove Music Online An English organist composer collector antiquarian and founder of the Novello publishing house Vincent Novello 1781-1861 did much to promote the study and performance of music in 19th century England. J. Alfred Novello Music Seller by Appointment to Her Majesty, 69, Dean Street, Soho. R. & E. Willliamson, Sculpt. Lambeth unknown books
1761rif. 7777London: Published by R. H. Laurie; 53 Fleet Street and Bowles & Carver 1761. Mezzotint. New state ii/ii with the publication line altered. Inscription reads as follows: " J. Reynolds pinx.Cha Corbutt fecit./ Strive not TRAGEDY nor COMEDY to Engross a GARRICK who to your NOBLEST CHARACTER does EQUAL HONOUR./ Reddere Personae scit convenientia cuique./ Published by R.H.LAURIE; 53 Fleet Street and BOWLES & CARVER St. Pauls Church Yard London Price 6s.". In good condition apart from a small section of paper loss in the upper margin not extending into the image and two small skillfully mended tears on the bottom margin. Images size: 13 1/8 x 16 inches. One of the most famous portraits of the actor David Garrick by Sir Joshua Reynolds. David Garrick 1717-1779 was perhaps the most influential actor in the English theater. He successfully took on all aspects of theatrical production including actor manager playwright publicist and theatre advocate. He displayed an amazing range by convincingly playing parts in every genre from comedy to tragedy history to farce. From 1747 until his retirement in 1776 he was the manager of Drury Lane where he initiated many improvements: he introduced concealed stage lighting removed spectators from the stage and cultivated a naturalistic style of acting. Garrick was acutely conscious of the value of pictures as advertisements. He sat for every painter of note many of whom are now little more than names. He was painted in oils and in watercolours drawn in pencil and in pastels modelled in wax and in terracotta; his likeness even appeared on medals Wedgewood china and playing-cards. This portrait by his friend Reynolds demonstrates in a mildly humorous way the actor's talents and character; posed between Tragedy and Comedy Garrick is depicted the master of both. Garrick's broad smile and Tragedy's melodramatic stance note the dagger at her waist favor Comedy. Reynolds' painting was a huge public success and inspired many prints and paintings pirated prints of the image even made their way to the streets of Paris. The popularity of this image is a testimony to Garrick's fame and to Reynolds' talent. University of Florida website Penny An interesting derivative of this scene is Shakespeare Nursed by Tragedy and Comedy a beautiful stipple engraving based on a painting by Romney. Penny Reynolds 42; Chaloner Smith British Mezzotinto Portraits 31 this state not recorded; Russell English Mezzotint Portraits and their States 31 this state not recorded; Hamilton Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Renolds p.29; Lennox-Boyd Theatre: the Age of Garrick p.108; O'Donoghue Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. in the British Museum 52. Published by R. H. Laurie; 53 Fleet Street, and Bowles & Carver unknown books
1957rif. 276957Welwyn Garden City Herts: The Broadwater Press Limited 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition preceding the Sagamore trade edition. Octavo. Red cloth gilt without dustwrapper as issued. The gilt lettering is a bit faded a faint dampstain on the boards a very good copy. Complimentary slip from Myra Buttle laid in. A satire of T.S. Eliot printed for private circulation. Laid in is a one page Autograph Letter Signed to Buttle from English author and drama critic Charles Purdom in the year of publication whose arch tone sounds like he was in on the joke: "Dear Miss Buttle You were a very good girl to send me a copy of The Sweeniad & not at all an ordinary girl to have made so well deserved an examination of the great Sweeney. It is writing of himself at his best. Similar personal attention to his so-called plays would be much appreciated by me. He is the nothingness of our age great ability with waste of soul. Your book gave me great pleaseure. I hope you are sleeping well. Yours sincerely C.B. Purdom." Also laid in is a similarly arch two page Autograph Letter Signed from "Myra Buttle": in part "How very kind of you to write to me so encouragingly about The Sweeniad!. Perhaps one of these days I may have a bang at the so-called plays too. The Response I am getting is very heartening Bertrand Russell is enthusiastic. Graham Greene surprisingly enough sends me a post-card with 'Bravo' on it." Buttle goes on to reveal the answer to a riddle in the text. The Broadwater Press, Limited hardcover books
1845rif. 375903New York: John C. Riker 1845. 20 of 36 lithographed views. Plus 8 pencil drawings on 6 sheets being based on the lessons one signed C.W.T. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. Publisher's marbled slipcase color lithographed label on the upper cover slipcase split at joints. 20 of 36 lithographed views. Plus 8 pencil drawings on 6 sheets being based on the lessons one signed C.W.T. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. An extremely rare series known to Drepperd only from the first part of which he found only a single example. "This set of drawing cards is so rich in American views that it is comparable to a miniature Currier and Ives portfolio . these same views are to be found in finished but unsigned paintings by mid-nineteenth century American amateurs ." Drepperd. Purcell served as the drawing master at the Mechanic's School and in 1841 was awarded a prize for the best water color drawing at the the American Institutute Annual Fair. In all Purcell issued six parts in the series under the general title The Artist's Class Manual each offered for sale priced separately. An 1847 advertisement by the publisher John C. Riker in The American Bookseller's Complete Reference Trade List details each part's composition: "No. 1 contains a series of elementary and cottage drawing lessons consisting of fifty cards . No. 2 consists of thirty-six cards . subjects elements of landscape drawing exhibiting varieties of trees with their characteristic foliage . No. 3 consists of thirty-six cards . 12 elementary and 24 advanced landscapes . No. 4 contains twelve colored subjects with full instructions in the use and mixing of colors . No. 5 consists of twelve colored lessons more advanced than No. 4 . No. 6 consists of the same number of colored subjects being the finishing lessons in the art." The prices for each part ranged from .63 cents to $1.25 getting progressively more expensive for the later numbers and each was contained within a separate slipcase. Examples of various parts are located in the collections of the New York Historical Society the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Yale Center for British Art i.e. from the Paul Mellon collection. Very rare on the market. Drepperd Amer. Drawing Books p. 15 John C. Riker unknown books
1775rif. 36850London: Published by C. Shepherd 1775. Mezzotint. A fine impression of this early print of Charles Lee the famous General of the American Revolution. Public demand for portraits of Revolutionary heroes was not limited to America but spread to English and European print shops where an inquisitive audience clamored for a glimpse of the key figures of the war. Public interest reached such a frenzy that European printmakers published fictitious portraits before they had accurate likenesses of the sitters and thus many of the first English and European prints of Revolutionary colonials were completely invented. London publishers using the names C. Shepherd Thomas Hart and John Morris issued a series of mezzotints of the officers of the American Revolution none of which were taken from accurate portraits but rather were constructed on a visual formula and bore no resemblance to the individuals they claimed to be representing. Tomlinson's portrait of General Charles Lee is just such a portrait: the image bears little resemblance to contemporary accounts of his appearance and there is no record of him sitting for the artist. This portrait was executed and printed early in the war with the expectation that Lee would play a major role in the conflict an assumption based on his past military record in the French and Indian War. Although born in England Lee committed himself to the Patriot cause and soon became a leader in the Colonial army. He took part in the defense of Charleston and was a commander at the Battle of Monmouth. This is a fascinating early print of this Revolutionary general which not only records the practice of invented portraits but became a compositional model for other portraits of Revolutionary War heroes. Chaloner Smith British Mezzotinto Portraits Engraver not ascertained Class III 9; Cresswell The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints 147; George Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires.in the British Museum V 5296; Russell English Mezzotint Portraits and their States II p.450.9. Published by C. Shepherd unknown books
1762rif. 1410537London: Henry Roberts; John Welcker; H. Simmons 1762 c.1762-1775. Mixed Editions. Hardcover. Octavos four volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full leather with gilt ornamentation to edges; Rebacked with original leather to boards preserved. Spines have red and black labels with gilt titling and ornamentation. The finish of the mottled calf shows extensive craquelure with no cracking indicating structure damage. Boards have minor cracking to spines rubbing wear throughout bumping to spine ends and corners and minor chipping to fore corners. Volume 2 boards have slight cocking. Volume 3 boards have cracking to the front joint. Textblocks have illustrated frontispieces occasional light stains and offsetting and light age toning throughout. All pages are engraved. Volume 1 textblock has pencil writing to the front pastedown and a small tear to the top end of the gutter between the front free end pages. Volume 2 textblock has occasional scattered pencil marks to margins. Volume 3 textblock has a tear to the bottom margin of page 117 not impacting text. Shelved in Room A. CONTENTS: VOL I: 6 200 pages plus a frontispiece published by Henry Roberts- VOL II: 6 200 pages plus a frontispiece published in 1762 by Henry Roberts- VOL III: 6 185 190-191 188-189 186-187 192-200 pages plus a frontispiece published by H. Simmons- VOL IIII: 6 112 pages plus a frontispiece published by John Welcker. A total of approximately 600 pieces of music included herein the vast majority being one page long each illustrated with an engraved headpiece. This four-volume set comprises mixed editions with a publication date provided only for volume 2. Due to the absence of publication dates on the remaining volumes specific editions cannot be conclusively identified. "Clio and Euterpe or British Harmony" has been published by various people throughout the years beginning in 1739 until 1780. It played an important role in documenting and popularizing British musician traditions making it both a cultural archive and a practical music book for performers of the period. 1410537. Special Collections - Upstairs. Henry Roberts; John Welcker; H. Simmons hardcover books
