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1820ref. 763501820. Ellis Charles. Ellis Charles. Influential English Treatise on Tithes and Tithing Degge Sir Simon 1612-1704. Ellis Charles Editor. The Parson's Counsellor; With the Law of Tithes and Tithing. In Two Books. With Great Additions. London: Printed for Charles Hunter 1820. xix 543 4 pp. With 4 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Later morocco gilt title and date to spine endleaves renewed. Light rubbing to joints front joint just starting at head library bookplate and small circular shelf label to front pastedown. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing ink library stamp to title page and several other leaves. $150. Seventh and final edition. This influential and oft-cited treatise was first published in 1676. It is divided into two books. The first addresses the procedures parson and vicars must follow to obtain a preferment the duties imposed by a preferment and various regulations clergymen must observe. The second outlines various tithes offerings mortuaries and other church duties relevant canon common and statute laws and courts and suits involving tithes. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations 2:97. unknown books
2012ref. 591752012. ISBN-13: 9781616192655. ISBN-10: 1616192658. Greenleaf Simon. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown and Company 1899. 3 Volumes. cxxxiv 994; xcvi 638; xliv 544 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616192655. ISBN-10: 161619265. Paperback. New. $150. Reprint of the sixteenth and final edition. First published between 1842 and 1853 Greenleaf's was the first important American treatise on evidence and the standard work for nearly half a century. John H. Wigmore edited this edition when he was writing his own great treatise on this subject. It marks the transition from Greenleaf on Evidence to Wigmore on Evidence. "Until the appearance of Professor Greenleaf's Treatise upon Evidence the Bar in the United States was wholly dependent upon English works for information in this department of the law." J.G. MARVIN Legal Bibliography 1847 347-348 citing earlier eds. SIMON GREENLEAF 1783-1853 was a lawyer and law professor who succeeded Joseph Story as Dane Professor of Law at Harvard University. In addition to his treatise on evidence he was the author of The Testimony of the Evangelists Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice 1874 and a revision of William Cruise's A Digest of the Law of Real Property 1849. JOHN HENRY WIGMORE 1863-1943 was educated at Harvard University and Harvard Law School. After a period of private practice in Boston he was recruited as a legal advisor to the Japanese government and assigned to teach law at Tokyo's Keio University from1889 through 1892. He returned to the United States in 1893 to join the faculty of Northwestern University Law School where he spent the rest of his professional career. He was a prolific author. In addition to his scholarship on evidence Wigmore edited several volumes of historical Japanese legal documents and published notable works on comparative and international law. unknown books
1977ref. 350087Iowa City Iowa: In The Light 1977. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. Cover by David Key. Quarto. Stiff stapled wrappers. A bit of wear at the extremities and toning on the rear top edge near fine. Contributions include Neil Hackman Rose Lesniak Steve Toth Art Lange Walter Hall Simon Schuchat Liz Zima John Sjoberg Arnold Aprill Joffre Stewart Allan Kornblum Chuck Miller and Darrell Gray. OCLC locates no copies. In The Light unknown books
1968ref. 158766Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1968 film. On the back of one photograph is the stamp of the Silver Screen Archives in New York. Photographs housed in a brown paper envelope as issued. Based on Evelyn Waugh's debut novel "Decline and Fall" 1928. A man is unjustly dismissed from Oxford University for indecent behavior and finds employment at a boys' private school in Wales where he meets a young woman. The two are set to married until he is arrested for involvement in her white slavery operation. Set and shot on location in Hertfordshire and London. Two photographs are 8 x 10 inches and one photograph is 10 x 8 inches. Two photographs Fine one photograph Near Fine with brief wear along the right edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1797ref. 132939London: George Nicol 1797. hardcover. good. 8vo original leather backed marbled boards; worn. London: George Nicol 1797. Good. Simon Fraser Lord Lovat a Scottish Jacobite intriguer was the last man to be beheaded in The Tower. George Nicol unknown books
2001ref. 1001503New York: The Vendome Press 2001 First U.S. edition. Boards. Quarto. With 300 color illustrations. Fine in fine d.j. Beeleigh Abbey Markenfield Hall Bingham's Melcombe Wolfeton House Mapperton House Beckley Park Highfields etc. The Vendome Press, hardcover books
1860ref. 168830Paris: Caillet 1860. hardcover. good. 40 linear drawings in black & white short oblong 4to red cloth pictorial cover in gold and black slightly rubbed at extremities of spine scattered foxing lacks fly-leaf. Paris: Caillet 1860. Good. With the ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro. Caillet unknown books
1969ref. 164085N.p.: RAF Industries 1969. Vintage 45 RPM vinyl record of radio spot announcements for the 1969 film. Red label variant. Rare. An awkward young man makes a deal with the devil offering his soul for youth beauty and power-but all at a cost. 7 inches. Fine with nominal surface wear housed in a Fine brown paper sleeve. RAF Industries unknown books
1959ref. 62314London: Anthony Blond 1959. First edition. 247 pp. Very near fine in fine dust jacket. Raven's second book a spy thriller. Young 3208. London: Anthony Blond unknown books
1959ref. 84848London: Anthony Blond 1959. Uncorrected proof. 254 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Author and title inked to spine. Holograph notes presumably a reviewer’s on the verso of the last leaf. Young 3212. London: Anthony Blond unknown books
1961ref. 38704London: Ararat Publishing Society Ltd 1961. Second enlarged edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto. 238 pp. Introduction with Arabic numerals as pagination 524 pp. of text with Hebrew pagination and index. Blue cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Nachman Krochmal was an important figure in the Eastern European Haskalah best known for his “Moreh Nebuhei Ha-Zaman.” As a religious moderate he attempted to reconcile 19th century thought particularly that of Hegel with traditional Judaism. Also included are letters and Krochmal's abridgement of the biblical commentary of Abraham ibn Ezra. Illustrated with four b/w facsimile photographs of Krochmal's home his grave a plate commemorating his death a letter in his handwriting and two documents. Facsimile of his signature from his original stamp on front endpaper. Text in Hebrew. Binding with light wear along edges and spine. Binding in good interior in very good condition. Ararat Publishing Society, Ltd hardcover books
1979ref. 157103Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film showing actor Richard Pryor behind the camera. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life. Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
1971ref. 162328N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actor Michael Brandon in the back of a taxi driven by a scruffy-looking bearded Robert De Niro. Based on Roger L. Simon's 1968 novel "Heir" about a wealthy American couple whose relationship is gradually soured by the woman's increasing drug use. Set and shot on location in Oyster Bay and New York City and in Venice. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 151057Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1973. Vintage borderless compilation photograph of six Saul Bass title designs and portrait of Saul Bass to promote the 1974 Bass directed film. Bass' title designs shown are "The Man with the Golden Arm" "Carmen Jones" "Anatomy of a Murder" "Bonjour Tristesse" "Exodus" and "Seconds." Mimeo snipe affixed to verso and folded over recto. Bass' first and only directorial effort now a cult favorite which was featured on Season 1 Episode 9 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" which aired on January 15 1989. Ants suddenly begin building strange towers and geometric designs in the Arizona desert and begin to exhibit greater intelligence threatening the scientists studying them and ultimately all of humanity. Set in the Arizona desert shot on location in Rift Valley Kenya and Eloy and Yuma Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1116. Paramount Pictures unknown books
2009ref. 1010156London: Headline 2009. First edition first prnt. Limited issue of 75 numbered copies signed by Scarrow on the title page. Copy #68. Issued with one ms page with Scarrow's holograph corrections and also signed by him. The page is folded in half as issued. Spine topedge with small creases; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Scarrow's ninth novel in his Marco & Cato "Roman Series." Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Headline hardcover books
1995ref. 297195Kuala Lumpur; New York: Oxford University Press 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s purple cloth with dustjacket; viii ix x ; 1; 2-234 pages including the Bibliography and Index; there are 8 unnumbered pages of plates; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~The contents are: 1. Introduction -- 2. Kingship within the British Empire before the Second World War. Rulers and Residents. Decentralization in the 1930s -- 3. The Imperfect Sovereigns: Britain the Rulers and Constitutional Development in Malaya 1942-1948. The Planning of the Malayan Union 1942-1945. The MacMichael Mission October-December 1945. The Rulers and the Creation of the Federation of Malaya January 1946-February 1948 -- 4. Sovereignty and Status: The Rulers under the Federal Constitution 1948-1955. The Appointment of the High Commissioner. The Sovereign Status of the Rulers. The Rulers and Central Government. The Rulers and State Government -- 5. Malay Kingship and the Modern State: The Development of Constitutional Monarchy in Malaya. The Rulers in Private Life. The Rulers in Public Life. The Rulers and the Independence Constitution 1956-1957 -- 6. Politicians and Princes: Challenges to Royal Authority and the Development of Malay Nationalism 1946-1957. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. Oxford University Press unknown books
1997ref. 97661NY: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 068981237X . Illustrated by David Delamare. First printing. SIGNED by Carly Simon. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ; Signed by Author . Simon & Schuster hardcover 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
1987ref. 20737Helskini: Eurographica 1987. First edition. Wrappers as new. One of 350 copies signed by the author. Eurographica unknown books
1960ref. 462945Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 349pp. Ownership stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly corners a bit bumped else about fine in lightly rubbed near fine dustwrapper. J.B. Lippincott hardcover books
1972ref. 140943812Berkeley: Galactic Approximation Press 1972. First Edition. First edition. Unpaginated. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Very Good with scuffed and soiled wraps a few pockmarks to rear wrap. A rare issue of the Aldebaran Review with poetry by children sold to benefit The People's Community School edited by a co-founder; the school lasted from 1969-1973 in Berkeley. Galactic Approximation Press 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
1964ref. 21557New York: Random House 1964. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.5cm.; original cloth-backed boards in white pictorial dust jacket; 8143pp.; photo-illustrated double title page 2 leaves of photographic plates. Jacket extremities rubbed especially at spine ends some light dust-soiling else Very Good or better in About Very Good jacket. Play illustrated with photographic still of the original production starring Elizabeth Ashley and Robert Redford who also starred with Jane Fonda in Gene Saks's 1967 film adaptation. Random House unknown books
1973ref. 529916New York: Random House 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Nominated for three Tony Awards The Sunshine Boys has been produced on stage numerous times starring Sam Levene Jack Albertson Jack Klugman Tony Randall and Danny DeVito in its various iterations. Herbert Ross directed the 1975 film starring Walter Matthau and George Burns. Burns had taken over for his ailing friend Jack Benny and at age 80 became the oldest actor to win an Academy Award launching Burns on a healthy second career. A beautiful copy. Random House hardcover books
1994ref. 13660Bethesda MD: National Press Books 1994. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Inscribed to Senator Kent Conrad first edition of We Can Do Better by Senator Paul Simon. Octavo 300pp. Blue hardcover title in silver on spine. Full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket $23.95 retail price on front flap vibrant images a fine example. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Kent Conrad - With gratitude - Paul Simon / 11-15-94 / p 28." Paul Simon 1928-2003 was an Illinois Democrat who served in the House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and in the Senate from 1985 to 1997. Simon wrote twenty-two books throughout his career and was known for his traditional horn-rimmed glasses and bow tie. In a tribute to Simon former President Bill Clinton said he was "beyond question one of the most remarkable public servants I ever knew." Kent Conrad b. 1948 served as Senator from North Dakota from 1992-2013. National Press Books hardcover books