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1993ref. 210790Chicago IL: The Arts Club of Chicago 1993. First edition. Softcover. Retrospective exhibition on Fluxus. Features an introduction and essay by Hannah B. Higgins and with additional essays by Simon Anderson Karen Moss Eric Anderson and Ina Blom. Includes some black and white illustrations. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. The Arts Club of Chicago unknown books
1979ref. 211270New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1979. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 346 pages. The correspondence of Nabokov and Wilson between 1940 to 1971 edited annotated and with an introductory essay by Simon Karlinsky. A tight near fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with a small tape shadow to the verso of the spine from an old dust jacket protector. Harper & Row, Publishers unknown books
ref. 146815N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television series composed entirely of fictitious newspaper clippings telegrams letters and various correspondence between the characters. Robin and Jennifer form The Friday Girls a service for-hire which performs any task that in their own words "takes too much time or too much 'know how' for the client" involving them in a variety of strange and idiosyncratic adventures. Set in Beverly Hills CA. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present noted as A TV Series Premise with credits for screenwriters Rebecca Drenick Marla Simon and Halle Mandel. Approximately 40 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with faint rusting to the binding of the front wrapper and a few leaves likely from a paper clip bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
2013ref. 9033194London: Random House 2013. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by author on title page. Illustrated in color and black and white. 6 x 9 1/8 inches. 878 pages plus preface. Random House hardcover books
1999ref. 9033345London: Folio Society 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. First Folio Society edition. One of two volumes. Edited and introduced by Magnusson illustrated by Noyes. Translations by Hermann Pálsson Magnusson and Paul Edwards. Bound in quarter blue leather with spine stamped in gilt and cloth illustrated in blue red and silver. Comes in matching board slipcase. Illustrated endpapers blue topstain. Beautifully illustrated throughout in color by Noyes. Includes Audun's Tale Grænlendinga Saga Eirík's Saga The Tale of Thorstein Stangarhögg Staff-Struck Egil's Saga Hrafnkel's Saga Eyrbyggja Saga Vopnfirdinga Saga Bandamanna Saga Gunnlaug's Saga The Tale of Thidrandi and Thórhall Njál's Saga and a glossary of characters and places appearing in the sagas. A beautiful book. 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. 809 pages. Folio Society hardcover books
2016ref. 9033344New York: Liveright/W.W. Norton 2016. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited and introduced by Catapano and Critchley. Includes essays by a number of writers. 6 x 9 inches. 794 pages plus introduction. Liveright/W.W. Norton hardcover books
2003ref. 9033362London: Folio Society 2003. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. First Folio Society edition. Includes Aristotle's Ethics Cicero's On the Good Life Lucretius' On the Nature of Things Plato's Republic and Seneca's Letters from a Stoic. All volumes feature gorgeous frontispiece engravings by Simon Brett replicated on the covers. Bound in quarter black leather stamped in gilt with boards wrapped in Brett's illustrations. Comes in a matching brown board slipcase stamped in gilt. Various translators. Volumes include introductions prefaces notes appendices suggestions for further reading. A spectacular set in excellent condition. 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Folio Society hardcover books
2012ref. 88606Cologne Germany: Taschen 2012. Nigel Holmes' Map of Infographia fold-up poster laid in. Folio 37.5cm; navy blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 480pp; colorful illustrations including fold-outs throughout. Text in English French and German. Faint sunning to lower front board margin else Near Fine. Dustwrapper has trivial surface wear with tiny tears to spine panel edges; Very Good. Collection of infographics with essays by Richard Saul Wurman Simon Rogers and Paolo Ciuccarelli. English revision by Chris Allen German translation by Ursula Wulfekamp and Karen Waloschek and French translation by Aurélie Daniel. 88606. Taschen unknown books
1864ref. 88674London: John Russell Smith 1864 but later. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover; gilt spine titles; xii1-390pp; chromolithographed frontispiece; text illus. Undated ca 1920s reissue comprised of British sheets with distribution slug of Empire State Book Co. below publisher's imprint. A well-preserved copy gently worn to board edges; gilt bright on spine text sturdy and unmarked; Very Good. John Russell Smith unknown books
1998ref. 9033474Woodbridge Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Beautifully illustrated throughout with crisp reproductions in black and white. Color frontispiece. 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. 367 pages. Antique Collectors' Club hardcover books
1975ref. 88706Santa Cruz California: Kayak Books Inc 1975-1977. First Edition. Seven Issues including two issues of no.37 all stapled softcovers. Seven Octavo issues 22cm; pictorial paper wrappers; 67pp; 67pp; 68pp; 67pp; 68pp; 68pp; 68pp; black-and-white illustrations throughout. One of the two no.37 issues has been inscribed by John Digby at his contribution. All issues lightly tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil; overall Very Good. Collection of verse published 'more or less' quarterly with contributions by Albert Goldbarth Richard Grossman Stephen Dobyns and Robert Bly. 88706. Kayak Books Inc unknown books
2016ref. 9033557New York: Oxford University 2016. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. lllustrated throughout in color. 6 x 9 1/4 inches. 602 pages. Oxford University hardcover books
1972ref. 85257New York: Atheneum 1972. First American Edition. Octavo 21cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 67-3191pp. Signed by author with 2009 date on title page. Lightly faded topstain with trace shelf-wear else Near Fine. Dustwrapper designed by Stanley Chapman unclipped priced $6.95 tanned with peeling to upper rear corner light folds to flaps and creases and tiny tears to spine ends and extremities; Very Good. First published in France as Le Livre des Fuites 1969 Clēzio's novel focuses on Young Man Hogan and his adventures through danger. 85257. Atheneum unknown books
2011ref. 207173London: Dewi Lewis Publishing 2011. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 168 pages. Features texts by David Campbell and a conversation betwen Paul Lowe and Simon Norfolk. This book features images taken by Norfolk in 2010 as he followed in the "footsteps of the 19th century Irish photographer John Burke." A collection of 100 color and duotone images. A fine copy in boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Norfolk on the half title page. Dewi Lewis Publishing unknown books
1980ref. 9032640Manchester UK: Manchester University Press 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bound in publisher's original purple cloth with spine stamped in gilt. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. 312 pages. Manchester University Press hardcover 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
1958ref. 167075Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film noir showing a decidedly sultry Susan Hayward. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A dramatization of the trial and execution of Barbara Graham a petty criminal and prostitute who was convicted of murdering an elderly woman. Nominated for six Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Susan Hayward. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned on the left margin of the recto. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown books
1969ref. 165065Paris: Le Spectacle du Monde 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Sammy Davis Jr. and Shirley MacLaine dancing joyfully. French agency stamps on the verso. Based on the 1966 musical which was loosely based in turn on Federico Fellini's 1957 film "Nights of Calabria." A happy-go-lucky taxi dancer dreams of romance but only meets jerks as a result of her sleazy job. Set and shot on location in New York. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Le Spectacle du Monde unknown books
2022ref. 9032782New York: Pegasus 2022. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bound in publisher's original quarter cream with tan boards and spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated with photographs and illustrations in color and black and white. 6 x 9 inches. 876 pages. Pegasus hardcover books
2008ref. 208906Madison WI: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art 2008. First edition. Small softcover. 8 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 17 through August 17 2008. Features acknowledgements by Stephen Fleischman and an essay by Jane Simon. Includes 10 color illustrations. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
1949ref. 86820New York: Community Relations Service 1949. First Separate Edition. Slim quarto 21.5cm; original photo-illustrated wrappers stapled; 23-67-8pp; illus. Toning and dust-soil to wrappers oxiation to staples a few small abraded spots along lower edge of front cover and an old faint dampstain along the right margin; Very Good. First separate printing of this important article by New York lawyer and politician Caroline Klein Simon 1900-1993 which first appeared in the May 29 1949 issue of The New York Times Magazine. After the conclusion of World War II she helped draft the nation's first state law on job bias based on race nationality or religion and was appointed the first woman member of the first State Commission Against Discrimination in the nation's history. Her article begins with the questions "What can be done to eliminate prejudice in the United States What are our chances of removing the cancer of discrimination that is so alien - and so threatening - to the American ideal" and discusses and some length the psychology of fear behind race discrimination. Through her work with the Commission she was able to remove references to race color and religion from employment applications for over 4000 businesses as well as applications requesting photographs of applicants. Uncommon in commerce with OCLC shows just 5 holdings U.Alabama Michigan State UC Davis Hagley Museum and IISH. Community Relations Service unknown books
1969ref. 45148New York: Saint Subber / Studio Duplication Service 1969. Very Good. New York: Saint Subber / Studio Duplication Service 1969. First Edition. Quarto; original buff printed post-bound card wrappers; 352826ll. printed mimeograph from typescript. Moderate wear to wrapper edges with old indentation from removed paper clip at top edge of upper cover light soil else Very Good and sound. Original working stage play to the 1969 Broadway production inscribed and signed on title page by the playwright Neil Simon the director Robert Moore and the producer Saint Subber: "Without you Jessica it wouldn't have come out this way / Saint Subber"; "Dear Jessica / Thank you for your help / Bob Moore"; "To Jessica / Affectionately / Neil Simon." Most likely inscribed to Jessica Levy the production's casting director. Offered with eight glossy stills from the original production five of which sport the rubber-stamp of Friedman-Abeles to verso. Simon's sexy comic hit ran on Broadway for 706 performances at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre starring James Coco Linda Lavin and Doris Roberts. The play was later adapted into the 1972 film of the same title directed by Gene Saks and starring Alan Arkin. Saint Subber / Studio Duplication Service unknown 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
1938ref. 164549Universal City: Universal Pictures 1938. Vintage reference photograph of actor Larry J. Blake from the 1938 film with a mimeo snipe on the verso. 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. Based on the short story "If You Break My Heart" by Steve Fisher. Sally Eilers stars as a nurse whose brother shortly after being released from prison is shot and killed in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police. Larry J. Blake a police officer is accused of shooting him but knows he didn't do it and sets out to prove it both to clear his name and because of his feelings for Eilers. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1985ref. 166435Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1985. Revised Final Draft script for the third episode of the 1985 NBC series which aired on April 12 1985. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri who played the uncredited role of the chauffeur with manuscript ink annotations relating to his character's dialog on two pages. "Half-Nelson" was an NBC detective comedy-drama series which aired for one season from March 24 to May 10 1985. Joe Pesci stars as Rocky Nelson a former New York cop trying to make it as an actor in Hollywood who works for a private security agency catering to Hollywood's elite until he gets his big break. In this episode Rocky attempts to break an auto theft ring after Kurt Bubba Smith and Beau Dick Butkus end up in jail. Shot on location in Los Angeles Beverly Hills and Southern California. Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 18 1985. Title page present dated March 18 1985 noted as REVISED FINAL with credits for screenwriter Simon Muntner and Story by Janice Hendler. 71 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with green yellow and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated March 18 1985 and March 19 1985. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
