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1974ref. 150864N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Robert Bresson and crew on the set of the 1974 film with two provenance stamps of film scholar and author "J. P. Berthome" on verso. Bresson's bloody take on the King Arthur legend was an expansion of the aesthetic he had already developed where the violence that was once implied became a reality-though certainly still quite surreal. Shot on location in Noirmoutier-en-L'Ile France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 606838Berkeley California: Shameless Hussy Press 1977. Softcover. Fine. First printing. Small quarto. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Fine. A children's story written by the daughter of Shameless Hussy Press founder and poet Alta Gerrey. An uncommon book. Shameless Hussy Press unknown books
1973ref. 86024New York: Atheneum 1973. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.5cm; black paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; pink topstain; dustjacket; 67-288pp. Signed by the author on the title page dated 2007. Pink topstain very slightly dulled else a fresh Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $6.95 showing light wear to spine ends and corners; Near Fine without the usual fading to the spine. The French Nobel Prize-winner's fifth novel originally published as La Guerre in 1970. "In War he has a young female heroine Bea B. wander through a maze of peace war and the mess of modern cities. As we read Bea B.'s wonderful wide-eyed internal babble and her scraps of poetry jottings and letters in a diary she carries in her air-travel tote bag Bea B. becomes the perfect foil for the modern apocalypse she stumbles through.as Bea B. wanders through a territory that is presumably Vietnam - and permanent legacy of ten thousand years of war - at the same time she is emotionally walking through France and Europe" Solomon Barbara. "Only the words intact." The New York Times July 15 1973. 86024. Atheneum unknown books
ref. 437703New York: Random House 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed thus near fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. A stage hit which was closely recreated on screen. Simon also wrote the screenplay Gene Saks directed both the play and the film and most of the cast returned save for Art Carney who was replaced by Jack Lemmon in one of his classic pairings with Walter Matthau. The film also featured several baseball players in cameos including the great Roberto Clemente in his only film appearance. Later the basis for the popular television series with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. A nice copy of a scarce first edition. Random House hardcover books
1962ref. 150192Paris: Dalmas 1962. Five vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1962 unfinished French film two showing actors Dorothy Dandridge Alain Delon and Yona Levy one showing Dandridge and Levy one showing Dandridge and Delon and one showing producer Raoul Levy and actor Gregoire Aslan. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamps of Westport Public Library and Dalmas agency. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A dramatization of famed Italian explorer Marco Polo's visit to East India left incomplete due to producer Raoul Levy running out of money early on in production. Shot on location in Belgrade Yugoslavia and Venice Italy. Two 10.75 x 8.25 inches one 8.25 x 9 inches one 8.25 x 11.75 inches and one 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall two with faint toning on the recto. Dalmas unknown books
1967ref. 171801N.p.: N.p. 1967. Four vintage transparencies from the 1967 film. Adapted for the screen by Neil Simon from his 1963 play about newlyweds: he of course a cautious reserved lawyer and her obviously a carefree spontaneous young woman trying to make it work in a tiny apartment in Greenwich Village. Mildred Natwick received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1845ref. 25498New York: Published for the Author 1845. Architecture Manual With Plates An original American manual of architectural detail. The fine plates depict geometrical patterns for the design of staircases. "The methods herein laid down by the author are entirely new and of his own invention." Very scarce. Contemporary calf. Spine chipped leather worn. Hinges cracked but covers still hanging by cords. Minor occasional foxing. Internally quite clean. Overall good. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 45-1902. hardcover books
1681ref. 783291681. London: Richard and Edward Atkins 1681. 3rd ed. London: Richard and Edward Atkins 1681. 3rd ed. A Working 17th-Century Law Library Copy: Degge's Parson's Counsellor 1681 with Continuous Adlington Family Provenance Degge Sir Simon 1612-1704. The Parson's Counsellor With the Law of Tithes or Tithing. In Two Books. London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires 1681. Octavo 6-1/2" x 4"; 165 x 101 mm xxxii 421 35 pp. Two parts each with title page. Pagination continuous. Contemporary calf boards ruled in blind with corner fleurons spine with raised bands and blind fillets gilt-edged boards. Rubbing to boards and extremities; spine ends chipped and corners worn. Rear joint starting; hinges cracked but holding. Ownership inscriptions of Thomas Adlington dated 1765 and 1795 to endpapers and leaf Ee2v. Interior with light toning and occasional soiling; minor dampstaining and foxing. Small tears to fore-edges of first few leaves; larger tear to A5 no loss. Small holes to bottom margin of A8. Partial crack to text block between Ee8 and Ff; binding remains secure. Brief later annotation to p. 227. A very good copy. $450. Third Edition. First published in 1676 Degge's Counsellor remained the preeminent practical manual for the English clergy and their legal advisors for nearly 150 years. Written by a prominent barrister and Royalist judge rather than a theologian the work is celebrated for its pragmatic secular approach to church law. It was instrumental in redefining tithes-originally a religious offering-as a strictly enforceable legal property right under common and statute law. This 1681 edition was published during a period of intense legal refinement following the Restoration. It includes substantial additions over the first edition reflecting the evolving court precedents that sought to stabilize the Church of England's financial footing. A critical feature of this edition is the "Catalogue of Dissolved Monasteries" which identified lands exempt from tithe payments-a vital reference tool for 17th and 18th-century land disputes. This copy features a notable generational provenance within a documented London legal family. The rear endleaf contains the inscription of Thomas Adlington fl. 1765 an attorney active in the mid-18th century. The front free endpaper and leaf Ee2v bear the signatures of his successor Thomas Adlington fl. 1795 a partner in the prom. unknown books
1852ref. 23412London: Publishing Office 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Three bound volumes 13" x 8.5" covering the full years of 1846 624 pp index 1850 624 pp and 1852 816 pp. All bound in original three-quarter leather and marbled boards -- all with considerable wear to boards with scuffing and staining to leather much of the marbled paper worn or torn away. 1846 volume has a cracked rear hinge and 1852 has a broken front hinge otherwise internals are very good. The Builder was founded in 1842 or 1843 sources differ by Joseph Aloysius Hansom 1803 -1882 a British architect and inventor of the Hansom cab. Architect George Godwin 1813-1888 took over as editor in 1844 and developed the magazine into "the most important and successful professional paper of its kind with a readership well beyond the architectural and building world. Each weekly issue carried detailed reports of new building works and architectural debates plus articles on history archaeology and the arts. Above all The Builder was known for its campaigns for health and housing reform. Godwin wrote first-hand reports on slum overcrowding and its results. He supported architectural remedies such as improved housing by charitable trusts public baths and wash-houses and pavilion-plan hospitals but equally he believed in improvement through individual perseverance and effort. As editor Godwin is reputed to have written much of each issue himself assisted by a staff of no more than five. He took a particular interest in the quality of the illustrations used relying mainly on wood-engravings but later introducing photo-lithography and other photo-mechanical processes. Among the illustrators he relied on were H. W. Brewer John Brown Worthington G. Smith and Benjamin Sly" ODNB entry on Godwin. Renamed Building in 1966 the magazine is still published today and is described in Wikipedia as "one of the United Kingdom's oldest business-to-business magazines. Publishing Office hardcover books
1938ref. 167754N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage oversize portrait photograph from the 1938 French film showing actors Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan. In his essay for the Criterion Collection release of the film critic Lucy formerly Luc Sante calls the film the "definitive example of the style known as 'poetic realism.' The ragged outlines the lowdown settings the romantic fatalism of the protagonists the movement of the story first upward toward a single moment of happiness and then down to inexorable doom - the hallmarks of the style had germinated in some form or other through the decade but in Marcel Carne's third feature they came together as archetypes." Winner of the 1939 Prix Louis Delluc. 9 x 11.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 245. Grant France. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1906ref. 83820City of Washington: Beresford Pr. 1906. Softcover. Fine. Stapled printed light brown wrappers. Octavo. 20pp. including three plates. Staples oxidized tiny tear on front wrap else fine. Scarce. OCLC locates three copies. (Beresford, Pr.) unknown books
1974ref. 150503N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Robert Bresson and still photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue on the set of the 1974 film with cinematographer Pasqualino de Santis just visible at the top left corner. With a provenance stamp on the verso along with manuscript ink annotations. Bresson's bloody take on the King Arthur legend was an expansion of the aesthetic he had already developed where the violence that was once implied became a reality-though certainly still quite surreal. Shot on location in Noirmoutier-en-L'Ile France. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 011454London: The Wine and Food Society 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Uncommonly found complete scarcer still in decorated cardboard slipcases which show some wear and some paper over board loss here and there. Individual volumes 8 titles to each series show the slightest edgewear top of spine internals fine apparently unused. First Series 1951 is second editon the first 1950. Second Series 1951 is a first edition. First series designed by Newman Neame Ltd; Second by The Thanet Press. The Wine and Food Society hardcover books
1980ref. 96509New York: Samuel French 1980. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Original playscript stated published version. Quarto. Bradbound in Samuel French wrappers. Some staining on the front wrap highlighting of one part a very good copy. A three-person play this script purchased directly from one of the two understudies of the original Broadway production – thus one of five possible actor's copies. Provenance on request. Dinah Manoff won the 1980 Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance. Samuel French unknown books
1967ref. 350180New York: Random House 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slight age-toning on the boards near fine in near fine dustwrapper with a touch of rubbing. Inscribed by Neil Simon. The original New York performance featured Anthony Perkins Richard Benjamin and Connie Stevens. The Jerry Paris film featured Sandy Duncan and Tony Roberts. Random House hardcover books
1940ref. 92265New York: Samuel French 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by John Wentworth. A little foxing still fine in a very good plus dustwrapper with a little age-toning and a tiny tear. Nicely Inscribed by Simon to author James Jones: "Sat. May 12 1951. To Jimmy Jones A hard-headed writer with a conscience composed of integrity self-consciousness and respect. Best regards S. Sylvan Simon." Simon began as a theatre and radio instructor then became a Warner Brother talent scout and director of screen tests and finally a feature film director. From 1937 onwards he directed and produced numerous thrillers and light romances including The Road to Reno The Fuller Brush Man and Lust for Gold. He died very unexpectedly of a heart attack at the age of 41 just a few days after this copy was inscribed. The archive at the Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin contains correspondence between Jones and Simon. Samuel French hardcover books
1813ref. 3288871813. framed. near fine. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania April 26 1813 granting a license for a House of Entertainment with permission to serve: "Rum Brandy Beer Ale.and all other Spirituous Liquors.provided that the proprietor shall not at any time.suffer drunkenness unlawful gambling or any other disorders." boldly signed on the hinge of the embossed State seal. Simon Snyder 1759 - 1819 was the third Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania serving three terms from 1808 - 1817. unknown books
1628ref. 10791Leiden: B. & A. Elzevir 1628. Copper engraving by Simon Van der Passe. Very good condition apart from a few small tears in the margins a tinyhole in the lower left-hand corner of the image and a few light foxing marks in the margins. A fine print from the most sumptuous book on fencing ever produced which combines a strong design sense with beauty and historical importance executed by one of the greatest engravers of the day. Thibault's work was produced during a period when the Italian rapier or epee held sway. "The Italians discovered the effectiveness of the dexterous use of the point rather than the edge of the sword. By the end of the 16th century their lighter weapon.and simple nimble and controlled fencing style emphasizing skill and speed rather than force spread throughout Europe. Most of the wrestling tricks used in earlier disciplines were abandoned the lunge was discovered and fencing became established as an art" Encyclopaedia Britannica. The present image marks the zenith of the use of the epee in Europe. "In the latter half of the 17th century the sword and swordsmanship changed dramatically with a change in gentleman's dress. In France the court of Louis XIV set the fashion of silk stockings breeches and brocaded coats.As the long trailing rapier was unsuited to this form of dress fashion decreed the wearing of a light short court sword. The French style set in throughout Europe as the Italian had done earlier" op. cit. Cf. Vigeant p. 125; cf. Willems 302. B. & A. Elzevir unknown books
1628ref. 10794Leiden: B. & A. Elzevir 1628. Copper engraving by Simon Van der Passe. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and a small loss in the top margin. A fine print from the most sumptuous book on fencing ever produced which combines a strong design sense with beauty and historical importance executed by one of the greatest engravers of the day. Thibault's work was produced during a period when the Italian rapier or epee held sway. "The Italians discovered the effectiveness of the dexterous use of the point rather than the edge of the sword. By the end of the 16th century their lighter weapon.and simple nimble and controlled fencing style emphasizing skill and speed rather than force spread throughout Europe. Most of the wrestling tricks used in earlier disciplines were abandoned the lunge was discovered and fencing became established as an art" Encyclopaedia Britannica. The present image marks the zenith of the use of the epee in Europe. "In the latter half of the 17th century the sword and swordsmanship changed dramatically with a change in gentleman's dress. In France the court of Louis XIV set the fashion of silk stockings breeches and brocaded coats.As the long trailing rapier was unsuited to this form of dress fashion decreed the wearing of a light short court sword. The French style set in throughout Europe as the Italian had done earlier" op. cit. Cf. Vigeant p. 125; cf. Willems 302. unknown books
1678ref. 824241678. Important Study of Roman and Old Dutch Law Van Leeuwen Simon 1626-1682. Censura Forensis Theoretico-Practica Id est Totius Juris Civilis Romani Usuque Recepti & Practici Methodica Collatio Qua non Tantum Ipsa Juris Romani Fundamenta Ad Rationis & Veritatis Censuram Methodice Reducuntur; Sed & ad Usum Practicum Transferuntur Interjectis Constitutionibus Decisionibus Moribus & Statutis Non Tantum Generalioribus Verum Etiam Particularibus Cujusque Fere Christianorum Gentis Regionis & Provinciae. Leiden: Apud Johannem a Gelder & Amsterdam: Apud Henricum & Theodorum Boom 1678. Two volumes bound as one each with title page. Two copperplate engravings in Vol. I. xxxvi 558 34; xii 218 22 pp. Folio 12-1/4" x 7-1/2"; 31 x 19 cm. Contemporary laced vellum hand-lettered title and small early paper shelf label to spine edges rouged. Light rubbing and soiling to boards which are slightly bowed spine ends and corners bumped vellum just beginning to crack through pastedowns. Attractive woodcut printer device to title pages head and tail-pieces. Light toning to interior more moderate toning and light foxing in a few places internally clean. $450. Third edition. Van Leeuwen was a Dutch attorney active in the Hague and Leiden who became the assistant registrar of the Supreme Court at the Hague in 1681. His reputation derives from his studies Paratitula Iuris Novissimi 1652 Het Rooms-Hollands-Regt 1664 and the present work. First published in 1662 it is an important study of Roman law and old Dutch law with an emphasis on practical use. It was published soon after Holland achieved its independence from Spain. During this period Dutch law was a complicated mixture of local and Spanish sources which often conflicted. In this work van Leeuwen restated Dutch law by removing Spanish elements and grounding it on principles derived from Roman law. It also has interesting comparisons between Dutch law Roman law and the laws of other nations. Though never highly regarded in Holland this work was translated into the principal European languages and issued in numerous editions during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was especially influential in South Africa where it was cited extensively and given a statutory place as a subsidiary authority in the South African Republic. unknown books
1918ref. 25059Washington D.C.: Byron S. Adams 1918. Second edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. 18 464pp. Original cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Simon Wolf. Two original typed letters signed by author pasted on fly leaf and on last page. Both letters are addressed to Mrs. Purvin critic at the "Sentinel". An hand-written errata letter also from Simon Wolf is pasted on inside of back board. Frontispiece portrait. Fascinating work written by Simon Wolf who was a lawyer and judge in Washington D. C. He was also an advocate for the rights of Jews especially Jews in Eastern Europe. Often Wolf would advise Presidents on Jewish matters. This volume covers presidential terms from James Buchanan to Woodrow Wilson followed by a chapter on humorous incidents. Some age wear on binding with spine age toned with remnants of sticker at lower part and minor abrasion on central part of spine. Previous owner's stamp on free front endpaper Rabbi William Mordecai Kramer. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Byron S. Adams hardcover books
1738ref. 56251Dublin: reprinted by and for George Faulkner 1738. 8vo pp. xiv 310; contemporary calf boards; 19th-century rebacking; leather scuffed around board edges; head of title page clipped and mended; otherwise very good. A fictional story about an Italian man who discovers a mythical paradise called Mezzoramia in the African desert. The author Simon Berington 1680-1755 was a Catholic priest. The title page states that the text was copied from a manuscript in St. Mark's Library in Venice but this is a fictional account; the text was initially written in English and first published in London in 1737 and received a number of reprints. reprinted by, and for George Faulkner unknown books
1977ref. 158139Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Final Shooting Draft for the 1978 film. A New Hollywood neo-noir based on Simon's 1973 novel. Moses Wine Dreyfuss is a 1960s radical-turned-private eye who is hired by Lila Anspach to investigate a smear campaign against a popular political candidate. The investigation soon becomes a murder case involving a hippie leader whose values like Wine's have been compromised over the years. Set in California shot on location in southern California. Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 02111 dated October 19 1977. Title page present noted as Final Shooting Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Studios unknown books
1810ref. 37298Dublin: Printed for the Editors by G.A. Procter 1810. Second edition. Cloth. A very good copy faintly sunned spine spine ends rubbed small chip at corner of title page contemporary corrections to two parts of the initial advertisement scattered foxing and some offsetting on plates small bookseller's gold and black label on lower front pastedown. x 180 8 13 pp. Illus. with 12 b/w plates. 4to. Originally printed by S. Powell for the author in 1749. Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 20113. Printed for the Editors by G.A. Procter hardcover books
1986ref. TB33496Seattle: Parkside Publications 1986. First Edition. Fine in burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spine and on the front board and with decorated end papers. A square small 4to measuring 10 1/4 by 10 1/4 inches. In a near fine unclipped no price dust jacket with flecking of the black color at the ends of the spine area. 251 pages including an index appendices text and illustrated with hundreds of drawings and photographs culled from over 1500 photographs loaned to the author by many enthusiasts. An exceedingly uncommon title in excellent collectible condition with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Parkside Publications hardcover books
