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1967ref. 08489THE STAR-SPANGLED GIRL Random House 1967 first edition fine in vg dust-wrapper. Authors SIGNED book-plate laid in. Random House unknown books
1809ref. NF3334ELEMENS D'ANALYSE GEOMETRIQUE ET D'ANALYSE ALGEBRIQUE APPLIQUEES A LA RECHERCHE DES LIEUX GEOMETRIQUES Paris : J.J. Paschoud 1809 first edition xii 309 pp. some rubbing/scuffing to the fore edge corner tips with light wear to the front lower fore edge corner tip some rubbing/scuffing to the spine hinges as well as some wear to the head of the spine else a tight vg copy with near fine contents bound in full leather which appears contemporary with publication and with the three geometric fold-outs at the rear present and in fine condition. J.J. Paschoud hardcover books
1966ref. 11160THE ODD COUPLE Random House 1966 first edition near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Illustrated with photos from the play. Authors SIGNED book-plate laid in. Random House unknown books
1966ref. NF1756MARINA CVETAEVA HER LIFE AND ART University of California Press 1966 first edition fine in vg dust-wrapper with 2 small chips. University of California Press 1966 unknown books
1998ref. 192100New York: Vintage Books 1998. Softcover. Very Good. First Vintage Books edition. Trade paperback. 616pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Wrappers rubbed else very good. Vintage Books unknown books
1683ref. 1361807London: Rich. Royston 1683. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 245 pages; G; Bound in brown leather; Bumping and rubbing to corners rubbing along edges splitting along front joint tearing at tail edge of spine slight splitting along rear joint bowing to rear cover; Textblock has age toning brown marks along front and rear endpapers likely from leather rubbing foxing to some pages; RWO. Shelved in Room x. 1361807. Special Collections - Downstairs. Rich. Royston hardcover books
1667ref. 1345343London: printed by Anne. Maxwell. for F. Tyton at the three Daggers in Fleetstreet 1667. Hardcover. Octavo 64 446 2 20 88 pages; VG; Bound in full modern diced calf paneled spine label with gilt titling; Spine tanned; small dent to top edge of text block from b1-c4 causing miniscule tear; '4' in ink to title page; text block age-toned. JR Consignment. Shelved Room X. ESTC R217882; Wing P823. "Aqua genitalis: a discourse concerning baptism" has separate dated title page register and pagination. 1345343. Special Collections - Downstairs. printed by A[nne]. M[axwell]. for F. Tyton, at the three Daggers in Fleetstreet hardcover books
1796ref. 46441Paris: Bossange Masson et Besson 1796. Very Good. Paris: Bossange Masson et Besson 1796. Six volumes in three; small octavos 16cm; contemporary blue-green paper-covered boards red and black gilt-lettered spine labels; frontispieces at head of four volumes two hundred and seventy-two 272 steel-engraved plates collated presumed complete. Boards scuffed at margins with exposure at corners contemporary Lille bookseller ticket to pastedown of Vol. I/II early 20th century 1914 ex libris to front pastedown of Vol. V/VI; a Very Good clean and sound set in a pleasing binding most like the original temporary boards. Bossange, Masson et Besson unknown books
1989ref. 1395799London: Fleetway Publications Limited 1989. Softcover. Graphic novel 8.75 Width x 11.75 Height Inches unpaginated. In Good plus condition. Paperback binding. Spine white with black lettering. Covers have modest wear including slight soiling some instances of scratches/scuffs and slight edge wear. Text block has slight wear including light soiling to the fore edge. Illustrated. Signed by Simon Bisley. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Oversized Ephemera Shelf. 1395799. FP New Rockville Stock. Fleetway Publications Limited unknown books
2001ref. 102186Waterbury CT: Mattatuck Museum 2001. Softbound. VG. Color illustrated oblong wraps. 44 pp. 31 mostly color plates. An uncommon title on an artist upon whom little is written. Wonderful color plates. Mattatuck Museum paperback books
1976ref. 27946London: British Film Institute. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. minor handling wear only tiny smudge at edge of rear cover. Trade PB Contents: "Introduction" by Hala Salmane; "Historical Background" by Salmane; "On Colonial Cinema" by Salmane; "The Word Brother and the Word Comrade" by René Vautier; "Structures of Algerian Cinema" by Salmane; "The Birth of Algerian Cinema" by Salmane; "Cinema Djidid" by Guy Hennebelle; "Reflections on the Algerian Cinema" by Ali Mocki; "Documentation." Quite a lot packed into just 58 pages -- although the editors in their Preface do state that "this booklet does not pretend to be a comprehensive study of Algerian cinema. It aims rather to provide some basic information to introduce British audiences to a national cinema which is little known outside French-speaking countries." . British Film Institute paperback books
1984ref. 26869London: Methuen. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. only minor wear to book page edges somewhat age-tanned; jacket lightly worn along top edge one small tear and some associated minor creasing at top right corner of rear panel. B&W photographs The first half of the book is an account of Callow's acting career; the second half "attempts to describe what it is actually like to be an actor in the present day theatre." Laid in is Callow's printed calling card. . Methuen hardcover books
1987ref. 324811New York: That New Magazine 1987. Newspaper. 48p. folded tabloid newspaper articles stories reviews interviews ads personals event listings very good on newsprint. Interviews with the artists involved with the films "Maurice" "A Room With a View" and the ballet company Original Trockadero Gloxina Ballet. That New Magazine unknown books
2000ref. 35642Chicago: Bad Press Books 2000. Very Good . Chicago: Bad Press Books 2000. Stated First Edition; published in a run of 5000. Folio 31cm; 152pp. Without dust jacket as issued. Publisher's illustrated boards; cream endsheets with publisher's blindstamp. Color illustrations throughout. Boards bumped at spine ends and corners. Binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages clean. Very Good or better. Signed without inscription by both authors at ffep. Collection of comical postage stamps designed by the same-named artist-publisher pair. Many stamps were used to successfully transmit mail to the delight of their designers and dismay of the US Postal Service. Bad Press Books unknown books
1989ref. 28009New York: The City University of New York. Very Good. 1989. Number 7. Journal. minor wear at edges and extremities a small array of light abrasion marks near top of front cover short diagonal bend at top right corner of front cover and first few pages. B&W photographs A special issue devoted entirely to the work of Orson Welles. Contents: "Orson Welles: An Introduction" by guest editor Willilam G. Simon; "Between Works and Texts: Notes from the Welles Archive" by James Naremore; "Orson Welles and the Hollywood Industry" by Douglas Gomery; "Orson Welles Beginning to End: Every Film an Epitaph" by Paul Arthur; "Interpreting CITIZEN KANE" by Noel Carroll; "Welles Before KANE: The Discourse on a 'Boy Genius'" by Robert Sklar; "Orson Welles as Performer" by Michael Anderegg; "Incompletion Simulation and the Refusal of the Real: The Last Films of Orson Welles" by Scott Bukatman. The latter section is a "Dossier on IT'S ALL TRUE" consisting of three articles: "Orson Welles Brazil and the Power of Blackness" by Robert Stam; "Context for an Unfinished Text: Towards an Understanding of IT'S ALL TRUE" by Susan Ryan; "IT'S ALL TRUE as Document/Event: Notes Towards an Historiographical and Textual Analysis" by Catherine Benamour. And finally: "Orson Welles: A Catalogue of Works." including films he directed unrealized film projects film acting appearances films he narrated and his radio television and theatre credits. . The City University of New York unknown books
1988ref. 22720Winston-Salem NC: Jargon Society 1988. First edition. Jargon 63. Text by JW on front flap of jacket. Jaffe B63. Inscribed by the author on a preliminary leaf: "Simon Cutts July 10th 1989 Corn Close. Fine copy. 8vo illustrated original cloth dust jacket. Fine copy. Jargon Society unknown books
1945ref. 14120London: Faber and Faber 1945. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. xiv 137 pages. First edition printed at the Curwen Press in England. Spine age-darkened minor rubbing and tears to the jacket. Else a near fine copy. Excellent one volume look at typography. Spine of jacket slightly age darkened with spotting at bottom. Price clipped. Faber and Faber unknown books
1995ref. 011225Cambridge MA: Candlewick Press 1995 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. A child's experience of a rainy day with nice watercolor artwork. Originally published in 1954 with different illustrations.This copy is inscribed by the illustrator Alexi Natchev. Inscribed By Illustrator. First Thus. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Alexi Natchev. Small 4to. Candlewick Press unknown books
1986ref. 623349Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Large octavo. 281pp. Illustrated. Full page photogravures of the Nobel recipients. Text in French and English. Fine in a very good glassine dust jacket with creases and short tears. Includes acceptance speeches and overview of the work of the recipients. Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1985. Other recipients include Klaus von Klitzing Herbert A. Hauptman Jerome Karle Michael S. Brown Joseph L. Goldstein Franco Modigliani and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Almqvist & Wiksell hardcover books
1969ref. 29077New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dj. c.1969. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. nice tight clean book with no discernible wear; the jacket is also nice and clean with just a bit of browning and slight deterioration along top edge of front flap. B&W photographs The musical version of Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning 1960 film THE APARTMENT. The original Broadway production which starred Jerry Orbach in the Jack Lemmon role as the poor schnook with the over-leveraged apartment ran for 1281 performances over the course of four seasons. NOTE that this edition as per usual practice includes the song lyrics but NOT the actual music. . Random House hardcover books
2009ref. 1411650London: Little Brown 2009. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo 405 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is blue and grey with white print. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Price unclipped: "£16.99". Boards in red cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners cocked spine. Illustrated: b&w drawings. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1411650. FP New Rockville Stock. Little, Brown hardcover books
1924ref. 215320Washington DC / Philadelphia: American Tree Association / J.B. Lippincott Company 1924. Hardcover. G. Boards have rubbing and some wear around the edges otherwise clean and unmarked. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles. iv 1 leaf 337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. American Tree Association / J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1990ref. 214162Paris France: Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux 1990. Softcover. Good- wraps are worn with creases at corners and spine edges with some minor tears pages bowed from storage pages are in good condition. Quarto. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps with white text on cover. 549 pp. Color and bw illustrations. Text in French. Contents : Jacques Tuillier - Qui fut Simon Vouet - Vouet et son atelier - Vouet et la gravure - Biographie - Fortune critique ; Catalogue - Jacques Thuillier Peintures: La Periode Italienne - La Periode Francaise - Barbara Brejon de Lavergnee - Dessins - Denis Lavalle - Tapisseries ; Bibliographie. Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux paperback books
2004ref. 178240Munich Germany: Schirmer / Mosel and D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers Inc 2004. Second Revised edition. Hardcover. VG/VG small tear in rear top of dustjacket. Quarto. Hardcover. Peach and red illustrated boards with black lettering on spine; matching peach and red illustrated dust jacket; 159 pp. w/ color illustrations/plates. "The eighty-four works in this retrospective organized by the State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg in 2003 to mark Twombly's seventy-fifth birthday were collected from the artist's studio and many have not been previously exhibited. Dating from between 1953 and 2002 the drawings embrace the entire career of one of the most important American artists alive today from his early monotypes to the major mythological cycles of later years revealing the many nuances of his aesthetic approach. This revised and expanded edition created on the occasion of the presentation of Cy Twombly: Fifty Years of Works on Paper at the Whitney Museum of American Art New York includes an essay by Simon Schama as well as a new text by curator Julie Sylvester Roland Barthes's classic 1976 essay 'Non Multa Sed Multum' and a foreword by the Whitney's director Adam D. Weinburg. Comprehensive biographical noteamerican artistss and selected exhibition history and bibliography have also been added to this edition." - dust jacket description This is the secnd revised edition. Schirmer / Mosel and D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, Inc hardcover books
1965ref. 195589New York: Harvey House 1965. Very Good. Second edition. Very good. The corners and edges of the binding are slightly worn. White spine sticker. Harvey House unknown books
