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2008ref. 51890Cologne: TASCHEN 2008. Near fine in near fine jacket. Signed first edition of this companion book to a traveling exhibition on the development of the noted environmental art duo's never-to-be-realized installation. Profusely illustrated with sketches photographs plans and more. 10.5'' x 11.25''. Original white paper boards blue-lettered front and spine. In original color pictorial jacket no price as issued. Off-white endpapers. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. 180 pages. Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude to half-title. Jacket with faint rubbing. Touch of offsetting to front board. Interior clean vibrant. TASCHEN unknown books
2013ref. 49662New York: Harper 2013. Near fine. Uncorrected proof of this novel of the persistent connections birthed from an act of kindness in WWII - part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments Powell's Books Portland has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series a subscription-only selection of specially-produced typically limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature Claire Messud George Saunders Michael Chabon Annie Proulx Donna Tartt J.M. Coetzee Jeffrey Eugenides Jonathan Franzen Siri Hustvedt and publishing McSweeney's Graywolf Algonquin. Installments commonly include a specially slipcased recent release as well as one of more promotional titles usually ARCs or like but sometimes advance excerpts. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original wrappers. 214 pages. Rear wrapper with a touch of soil. Tight. Harper unknown books
1946ref. 46978New York: Simon and Schuster 1946. First edition. Near fine in very good plus slipcase. First printing of this collection of notable operas including "Don Giovanni" "Lohengrin" "Faust" and "Carmen" with atmospheric illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. Rafaello Busoni was the son of the envelope-pushing pianist Ferruccio Busoni making him well-suited to illustrate these famous operas. 12'' x 8.5''. Original color pictorial wrappers. Illustrated in black white and red. 404 pages. In original blue cardboard slipcase with color pictorial onlay. Slipcase with light edgewear small closed crack near outer edge; a bit of lifting to spine. Wrappers with a bit of edgewear mild sunning to spine. A hint of soil to first leaf. Tight. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1979ref. 45883New York: Harper & Row 1979. Very good plus in very good plus jacket. First edition of the selected correspondence between two major midcentury literary figures whose long-standing friendship became public over their "embittered 1965 debate" on Nabokov's translation of a Pushkin novel. 9'' x 6.25''. Original blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. In original unclipped $15.00 brown typographic dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Gold endpapers fore-edge machine deckle. xii 346 pages. Spine of book and jacket sunned else clean and sound. Harper & Row unknown books
1972ref. 41505New York: Theatre Arts Books 1972. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket. First edition of this uncommon history covering the first 90 years of the important performers' charitable organization. Inscribed by the author Louis M. Simon with inscriptions and signatures from all additional special contributors listed to title page including: Nedda Harrigan Logan Jean Loggie Ruth Gordon and Cornelia Otis Skinner. Gordon won the 1969 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Rosemary's Baby. 9.25'' x 6.5''. Original brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. In original unclipped $10.50 illustrated dust jacket. xiv 274 pages. Inscribed by Simon in year of publication with additional signatures from four named contributors to first endpaper: "For Jerome Schrettner - / A new friend but a good friend / of the Actors Fun. / Sincerely / Louis M. Simon / December 1972." Jacket with trace wear. Cloth bumped at lower right. Otherwise bright clean sharp. Theatre Arts Books unknown books
1940ref. 38674New York: E.P. Dutton 1940. First printing. Near fine in very good plus jacket. First edition of this story featuring a blue spotted horse named Alexander his friends Aloysius a clown and Penny and a Scottish Guardsman as they have adventures getting to the North Pole. 8.75'' x 5.75''. Original orange cloth. In original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with full page color lithographs as well as black and white lithographs by Howard Simon. 120 pages. Jacket with light edgewear. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1990ref. 171474Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1990. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 6 of the 1984-1991 television series here under working title "When the Shark Bites" originally aired October 31 1990 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode the police Captain attempts to protect his father after discovering his connections to the mob. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 5707 dated September 14 1990 with credits for screenwriter Simon Muntner and director Peter Crane. Title page integral with front wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered "47/48". Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated 09/14/90. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown books
2006ref. 17010London: Folio Society 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase some rubbing. Brown cloth with brown ink and silver gilt lettering and designs. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Folio Society hardcover books
1961ref. 152418N.p.: N.p. 1961. Draft script for the 1962 film. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. Doon Spile a mute escapes from the asylum he has been committed to and encounters his estranged nephew Leroy in the woods. When Leroy almost drowns while swimming in the lake Doon overcomes his fear of water and rescues the boy only to be misinterpreted by a mob as hurting the boy. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1991ref. 171426Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1991. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 21 of the 1984-1991 television series. Originally aired April 5 1991 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode the officers uncover a money laundering scheme after a series of robberies. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers production No. 5721 dated February 15 1991 with credits for screenwriter Simon Muntner and director Gus Trikonis. Title page integral with front wrapper. 68 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated 02/15/91. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown books
1972ref. 149278Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 film. Based on the 1930 autobiography "My Early Life" by Winston Churchill. Richard Attenborough's star-studded historical drama depicting the childhood and early life of Winston Churchill Simon Ward from his schooldays service as a cavalry officer in India and Sudan his years as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War to his first election to Parliament. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Wales England and Morocco. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with some rubbing at folds and faint creasing. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 149170Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. Based on the 1966 play by Neil Simon. All American Southern girl Amy Cooper Sandy Duncan moves to San Francisco to train as an Olympic swimmer and catches the eyes of two struggling hippies living in the bungalow next door. Set in San Francisco California. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with a 1 x .5 inch chip to right margin. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 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
1940ref. 148777London: Ealing Studios 1940. Vintage reference photograph from a circa 1965 re-release of the 1940 film by Seven Arts Productions see logo at the bottom right margin showing actors Paul Robeson Jack Jones Simon Lack and Charles Williams. An African American miner from West Virginia arrives in a small town in Wales looking for work and soon wins the respect of the tight-knit mining community therein. Purportedly Robeson's favorite film in which he appeared far ahead of its time with regards to its treatment of racial harmony and the working class. Set and shot on location in Wales. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 373. Ealing Studios 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
1990ref. 171498Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1990. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 15 of the 1984-1991 television series. Originally aired January 30 1991 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode a friend of a new officer comes to report on a story on the police in Los Angeles. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Pink titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 5714 dated November 20 1990 with credits for screenwriter Simon Muntner and director Corey Allen. Title page integral with front wrapper. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated 11/20/90. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown books
2024ref. 17698London: Simon & Schuster 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Cindy Lee Wright. Cindy Lee Wright. First Edition. Hardcover. 8.75" x 5.5". 276pp. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards gilt lettering to spine. Jacket presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Signed by the author on the title page. First UK edition first printing with full number line present. Sprayed edges matching dust jacket design. From the publisher: Can you tell a tomato from a grape Lawn from an oak tree Then congratulations - you are a botanist.Self-confessed bad birdwatcher Simon Barnes thought he knew nothing about plants. He didn't object to trees are interesting because birds perch in them; plants are useful as they create habitats and birds live in habitats. But while admiring the tenacity of some sea kale and yellow-horned poppy to thrive on an inhospitable shingle beach he was struck by a truth - it all begins with plants.In this funny and inspiring book Simon Barnes tells the story of a lifelong relationship with plants and the realisation of the fact. Taking us from thinking ourselves ignorant about plants to gently starting to observe seasons patterns and places Barnes guides us on a journey to better observing the beauty and diversity of the natural world.Both a primer on how to appreciate the plants around us and an exploration on how they make our external and interior worlds How to be a Bad Botanist opens our eyes to the wonders around us. Plants are everywhere in every part of your life and you know more than you think. 8.75" x 5.5". 276pp. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards gilt lettering to spine. Jacket presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Signed by the author on the title page. First UK edition first printing with full number line present. Sprayed edges matching dust jacket design. From the publisher: Can you tell a tomato from a grape Lawn from an oak tree Then congratulations - you are a botanist.Self-confessed bad birdwatcher Simon Barnes thought he knew nothing about plants. He didn't object to trees are interesting because birds perch in them; plants are useful as they create habitats and birds live in habitats. But while admiring the tenacity of some sea kale and yellow-horned poppy to thrive on an inhospitable shingle beach he was struck by a truth - it all begins with plants.In this funny and inspiring book Simon Barnes tells the story of a lifelong relationship with plants and the realisation of the fact. Taking us from thinking ourselves ignorant about plants to gently starting to observe seasons patterns and places Barnes guides us on a journey to better observing the beauty and diversity of the natural world.Both a primer on how to appreciate the plants around us and an exploration on how they make our external and interior worlds How to be a Bad Botanist opens our eyes to the wonders around us. Plants are everywhere in every part of your life and you know more than you think. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
2021ref. 17720Oakland: PM Press 2021. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound clean internally. A collection of translations of Springer's controversial essay an "internationalized heavy-metal rant against the all-powerful ideology. PM Press paperback books
2018ref. 169815Athens: The George Economou Collection 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Text in English. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The George Economou Collection in Athens from June 18 2018 through April of 2019. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. The George Economou Collection unknown books
1964ref. 167846Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 television movie originally aired on October 31 1964. Based on the 1955 Eleazar Lipsky story "Tiger in the Night" about the legal fallout from a deadly barroom brawl. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
2014ref. 170719Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 2014. Table Draft script for Season 8 Episode 3 of the 2007-2019 television series. A long-running sitcom set in Pasadena following a pair of physicist roommates their nerdy friends and their across-the-hall neighbor an attractive waitress. In this episode Howard is asked to throw the first pitch at a baseball game in Los Angeles while Leonard and Penny compete with Sheldon and Amy for "superior relationship." Originally aired on September 29 2014 on CBS. Lime green titled wrappers dated August 27 2014 and noted as TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriters Steven Molaro Steve Holland Maria Ferrari and others. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1968ref. 161785N.p.: RAF Industries 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film one with a provenance stamp on the verso. Louie and Nick are two hoodlums who assault naive and unsuspecting women when they aren't hanging out at the local go-go bar. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. RAF Industries unknown books
1973ref. 132534New York: Eugene O'Neill Theatre 1973. Final Draft script for the 1973 musical play. Copy belonging to actress Tresa Hughes with her annotations throughout. "The Good Doctor" opened on Broadway November 27 1973 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and ran for 208 performances closing on May 26 1974. Hughes was nominated for a Tony award for Best Actress for her role in the 1961 production of "The Devil's Advocate." Winner of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Frances Sternhagen and nominated for three others including Best Original Score Peter Link and Neil Simon Best Featured Actor in a Play Rene Auberjonois and Best Lighting Design Tharon Musser. Mustard yellow Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated November 27 1973 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for playwright Neil Simon and author Anton Chekhov. 85 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold screw brads. Eugene O'Neill Theatre unknown books
1992ref. 167898N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1993 television documentary film originally aired on March 14 1993 on Thirteen/WNET. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 168141Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1982. Two vintage reference photographs from a 1982 re-release of the 1979 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1977 Broadway play by Neil Simon about the whirlwind romance between a widower and a divorcée. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Marsha Mason. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
