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1896ref. 58645London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1896. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Maroon cloth hardcover with gilt spine-titles; viii1-372pp; two frontispiece maps one folding. Mild external wear and soil occasional pencil marks to margins still a sound and attractive Very Good copy. Still one of the most reliable and detailed day-by-day chronologies of events before during and after the Paris Commune. Swan Sonnenschein & Co unknown books
1877ref. 720201877. One Copy Located in North America None in Great Britain Broadside. Execution. March Henry 1827-1877. Execution of H. March The Wymondham Murderer. Henry March was Executed for the Murder of Thomas Mayes And Henry Bidewell At Wymondham By Beating Them to Death with a Bar of Iron. Wymondham Norfolk England: S.n. 1877. 10" x 7-1/2" broadside mounted on 10-1/2" x 8" thick-paper sheet seven-stanza verse text in two columns below headline columns and headline separated by rules typographical ornaments at end of verses. Light browning light edgewear to broadside a minor tear and a small chip near its upper-right corner. $950. Marsh and Bidwell worked at a forge owned by Mays. When Mays announced he was retiring and selling the forge both men learned they were going to lose their jobs. Marsh an employee for 37 years was particularly upset. While out on an errand Mays went to a pub. He returned to work drunk and got into an argument with Bidwell. Enraged he beat him to death with a heavy iron bar. A servant saw the attack and notified Mays. When he entered the forge Marsh killed him with the same bar. First line of the verses: "The bell has ceased tolling Henry March is now dead. His body's now lying in its cold narrow bed." This is a rare item. OCLC locates 1 copy Washington State University. No copies listed on Library Hub. unknown books
1975ref. 139699N.p.: American International Pictures AIP 1975. Three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1975 film. An aging movie star pining for his lost days of fame throws a lavish Hollywood party in an attempt to pique the interest of some big shot producers. However the party flops resulting in an orgiastic and murderous free-for-all. Set in Hollywood shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Fine with a stamp to the verso of each. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1935ref. 152334N.p.: N.p. 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing Greta Garbo as Anna Karenina on the train voyage home draped in furs and wistfully looking out the window. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the classic 1877 novel by Leo Tolstoy about a young woman whose loveless marriage leads her to begin an affair with a dashing Czarist officer. Set in St. Petersburg. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly creased at the corners else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1930ref. 148911Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1930. 16 page vintage program for the 1930 film announcing its showing at Broadway theaters in New York with abundant black and white photographs of actors aerial stunts and Howard Hughes throughout. Hughes' most expensive and ambitious production a story about World War I combat pilots today still a dazzling work of blockbuster action and actual aerial biplane footage. Originally conceived as a silent film and then retooled as a talkie in the wake of "The Jazz Singer." Most of the film is shot in black and white but one sequence is in color-the only color footage ever released of actress Jean Harlow before her untimely death. James Whale was hired by Hughes to direct the talking sequences Whale's first major effort in Hollywood but the overall production took so long that Whale's subsequent directorial effort "Journey's End" was released first. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Card wrappers saddle stapled 5 x 6.5 inches. 16 pages. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1969ref. 150712Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. Based on Elmore Leonard's 1969 novel. A Vietnam veteran with a shady past falls into a secretary's scheme to steal $50000 from the owner of a California farm. Set and shot on location in Carmel and Monterey California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1969ref. 150714Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1969 film. Based on Elmore Leonard's 1969 novel. A Vietnam veteran turned migrant farm laborer falls into a secretary's scheme to steal $50000 from the owner of a California farm. Set and shot on location in Carmel and Monterey California. 10 x 8 inches. Seven Near Fine one Very Good plus with a small closed tear with accompanying creasing to the right edge. Grant US. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1947ref. 145972Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1947. Revised First Draft script for the 1948 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations and watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY throughout. Based on the 1946 Broadway play and a prequel to the 1941 film "The Little Foxes." In the fictional town of Bowden Alabama the wealthy Hubbard family holds onto their old-South prominence and prestige through exploitation and cruelty. A searing portrayal of racism and class privilege in the post-Civil War American South. Set in Alabama. Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7494 dated June 9 1947 with credits for screenwriter Vladimir Pozner. Title page integral on the front wrapper. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the left edge bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1978ref. 141900Leigh-McLaughlin / Atlantic Releasing Corporation 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Gilroy was a writer for screen stage novels film producer and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "The Subject Was Roses" in 1965. An autobiographical tale of an American screenwriter living in Paris who has an affair with a British aristocrat. Set in and shot on location in Paris. Brown untitled wrappers manuscript ink notation of underlined title. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 148. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus prong binding. Leigh-McLaughlin / Atlantic Releasing Corporation unknown books
1964ref. 140570N.p.: Seven Arts Pictures 1964. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Nominated for two Oscars including Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Based on Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey's 1962 novel of the same name. A Cold War political thriller about an attempted coup in the US government. Although the pentagon expressed a dislike for the film President John F. Kennedy was encouraging even assisting in its production by arranging a visit to his home in Hyannis Port when the crew needed to shoot outside the White House. Shot on location in Arizona California Virginia DC and France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Newman Pg. Spicer US. Seven Arts Pictures unknown books
1981ref. 31221Houston TX: Rice Museum 1981. Softcover. VG appearsto be a new copy. White ill. stapled wraps. 46 pp. Profuse bw plates. Comprised mostly of illustrations of notable photographs and brief annotations. Rice Museum paperback books
1928ref. 11060New York: Covici-Friede 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to 275 copies signed by March on the limitation page. Illustrated by Alexander King. Very Good in a Fair slipcase rubbed at the edges split at the bottom joint. Quarter beige cloth with patterned paper on the boards paste-down label on the spine. Square and firmly bound scar inside the front board from a removed bookplate clean otherwise. March's novel-length poem about race and corruption in early 20th-century boxing. Adapted into the 1949 Robert Wise-directed film of the same title. Covici-Friede hardcover books
1939ref. 11059New York: Covici-Friede Publishers 1939. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Trade Edition. Limited to 2000 copies. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase some scuffing to the paper. Beige cloth toned at the spine. Square and firmly bound scar inside the front board from a removed bookplate clean otherwise. March's controversial book-length poem about Prohibition-era partying. Covici-Friede Publishers hardcover books
1994ref. 192723New York: Pantheon 1994. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A magical pairing of March's classic text with illustrations by Spiegelman. A clean very near fine copy in blue printed wrappers. Uncommon in this format. Pantheon unknown books
1968ref. 9428Cleveland: The Bond Wheelwright Company 1968. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Introduction by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated by Paul Busch. Fine in a Very Good jacket clipped generally rubbed a few closed tears. Grey cloth lightly toned with black ink lettering on the spine and design on the front board. Square and firmly bound clean internally. A collection of two of March's hard-hitting Prohibition-era novels the latter of which was adapted into the 1949 noir film of the same title. The Bond Wheelwright Company hardcover books
1994ref. 195883New York: Pantheon 1994. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A magical pairing of March's classic text with illustrations by Spiegelman. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some slight foxing to the top edge of the pages and in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Spiegleman on the front free endpaper. A lovely copy. Pantheon unknown books
1994ref. 8149London: Picador 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Introduction by Ivan Klima. With a TLS from the managing editor on Picador letterhead to Steven Moore of the Dalkey Archive laid in. Fine in an about Fine jacket unclipped £17.99 lighly pushed at the head of the spine. Black boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound clean internally. A collection of writing produced in sixteen former Communist countries with this book representing the first English translation of many of the writers' works. Picador hardcover books
1952ref. 7473Boston: Little Brown & Co 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Good jacket unclipped $3.00 generally toned a closed tear at the top edge of the front panel shallow chips at the edges. Brown boards bumped at the edges and corners with green ink lettering on the spine. Bound with some reading wear and a forward lean bookplate inside the front board clean otherwise. March's novel about a Christian missionary sent to an island in the South Pacific where he encounters "the cult of Rahabaat. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1949ref. 72710London: Poetry London 1949. September. 32 pp. Covers soiled else very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Keith Douglas Franciszka Themerson Donald Davie and others contribute. London: Poetry London, unknown books
1993ref. 160164Palma De Mallorca: Galeria Ferran Cano 1993. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog. Brief text in English French and Spanish by Cristofol Timoner and Joan Sastre. Includes numerous color illustrations and two translucent sheets with black and white illustrations. A very good copy in wrappers with some tanning to the translucent sheets. Otherwise a clean copy. Galeria Ferran Cano unknown books
1989ref. 160626Palma De Mallorca: Galeria Ferran Cano 1989. First edition. Oblong softcover. Includes 11 color illustrations and a list of previous exhibitions. A near fine copy in wrappers. Scarce with no copies listed in OCLC. Galeria Ferran Cano unknown books
1946ref. 66546Washington DC: Library of Congress 1946. Second printing. xix 146 pp. Fine in two-part cloth binding with gold stamping to spine. t.e.g. A facsimile of the 1488 edition with an introduction by Elizabeth Mongan. Washington DC: Library of Congress hardcover books
1949ref. 147468Chicago IL: Henry Regnery Company 1949. First edition. Hardcover. A symposium on T.S. Eliot with contributions by Conraid Aiken W.H. Auden Clive Bell Lawrence Durrell Wyndham Lewis Marianne Moore Edwin Muir and numerous others. A tight close to near fine copy in yellow cloth boards with some minor fading to the spine. No dust jacket. Henry Regnery Company unknown books
1945ref. 141195London: The Fortune Press 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 111 pages. An about good copy with creasing to the bottom corner of pages particularly pages 43 through 65 in a very good lightly soiled dust jacket. The Fortune Press unknown books
1994ref. 9032601New York: Pantheon Books 1994. Fine. Signed by Spiegelman. Large-scale facsimile of a single illustrated page of "The Wild Party" by March. Printed on heavy paper in three colors with large Spiegelman drawing in black and white across top half black text by March on white background below. Spiegelman's large signature at bottom. Thich gray border. Includes presentation letter from Pantheon Books and original cardboard shipping box from Random House. 18 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches. Pantheon Books unknown books