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1959réf. 170456N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film showing rock-and-roll icons Ritchie Valens and Jimmy Clanton chatting over a record player. Provenance label on the verso. Valens' only film appearance released months after his death in a plane crash alongside Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper and the final film of American disc jockey Alan Freed. Freed would later become embroiled in a "payola" controversy that would end his career. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1679réf. 720741679. Victims of the Popish Plot of 1678 Trials. Popish Plot. Green Robert d.1679 Defendant. Henry Berry Henry d.1679 Defendant. Hill Lawrence d.1679 Defendant. The Tryals of Robert Green Henry Berry and Lawrence Hill For the Murder of Sr. Edmond-bury Godfrey Knt. One of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex; At the Kings-Bench Bar at Westminster Before the Right Honourable Sir William Scroggs Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Court And the Rest of His Majesties Judges There; On Monday the 10th of February 1678/9. Where Upon Full Evidence They Were Convicted And Received Sentence Accordingly On Tuesday the Next Day Following. London: Printed for Robert Pawlet 1679. iii 92 pp. With an imprimatur leaf. Folio 11" x 7". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards negligible light fading to spine. Moderate toning to text minor stains and spark burns to a few leaves light soiling to title page "4" in tiny hand to its upper margin. $450. DESCRIPTION TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION. Only edition. One of the cruelest hoaxes in British history and the inspiration for a wave of anti-Catholic violence the Popish Plot was the invention of Titus Oates an Anglican clergyman and his friend Dr. Israel Tonge a cleric and passionate anti-Catholic. They pretended to have discovered a Jesuit plot to assassinate the King massacre Protestants and set James Duke of York the King's Catholic brother on the throne. The trial of Green Berry and Hill was one of its most shameful episodes. In October 1678 Godfrey a justice of the peace to whom Oates first described the plot was found dead in a ditch apparently the victim of murder. The Catholic community was blamed and Green Berry and Hill were eventually hanged for his murder. Many questions about this case remain however including the exact circumstances of Godfrey's death. One theory holds that Godfrey was killed by Oates and his supporters to underpin their own invented plot another that he was murdered for reasons unconnected with any Catholic plot. It is also possible that Godfrey committed suicide; when his body was found it was manipulated to fit the plot scenario. In any event Godfrey was buried in an elaborate funeral as a martyr to the Protes. unknown books
1987réf. 014339Harmony Books 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation By Author. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine copy In Like Jacket First Edition/First Printing Rare Presentation Copy."Best Of Life Mary Ervin Chuck Berry." Very Scarce Signed Beautiful Copy.Comes with Ticket For a Signing at Circus Circus Las Vegas. Harmony Books Hardcover books
1960réf. 68345Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1960. First edition. 204 pp. Small ink dot on bottom edge else very near fine dust jacket with light wear along bottom edge and crown of spine. Berry’s first novel. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, unknown books
1970réf. 68031Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1970. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good -. SIGNED. 145pp. Octavo 21 cm 1/4 black cloth over brown boards. Black topstain. Title stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Extremities a bit faded. Spine ends bumped. In a price clipped dust jacket with a sun toned spine and a small loss at the foot of the spine. Signed by the author in black ink on the front free endpaper. A first edition of Wendell Berry's book-length essay about racism. The Village Voice refers to this work as "One of the most humane honest liberating works of our time." From the dust jacket- "If the white man has inflicted the wound of racism upon black men the cost has been that he would receive the mirror image of that wound into himself. I want to know as fully and exactly as I can what the wound is and how much I am suffering from it. And I want to be cured. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
2003réf. 376000New York: Alfred A. Knopf Borzoi Book 2003. First edition. Illustrated throughout. 4to. Black cloth spine lettered in silver; faded slightly to top of boards light offsetting from dust jacket. Inscribed in black ink to title page. A near fine copy in like dust jacket with holographic illustration to front panel. First edition. Illustrated throughout. 4to. One of the most significant books on biology and genetics. Inscription reads "For Jan from Jim Alfred A. Knopf, Borzoi Book unknown books
1972réf. 59570Lexington KY: King Library Press 1972. First Edition. Large 8vo pp. 26 untrimmed. One of only 100 copies this is number 71 bound in paper covered boards and paper label. A fine copy. Freedman A18. Printed by apprentices at the press of Gravesend. The frontispiece is Joseph Bernard Hoeing's map "Mountain Passes." It was published in 1889. Berry wrote the "Civilizing the Cumberlands a commentary. King Library Press unknown books
1939réf. 5098N.p. but New York City 1939. Very good. 20pp. of mimeographed text printed on rectos only stapled. Some dust-soiling and uneven toning to outer leaves soft central vertical fold throughout. A rare annual report authored by L.L. Berry secretary-treasurer of the New York-based Missionary Department of the A.M.E. Church for the year 1938-39. Llewellyn L. Berry 1876-1954 was born in Hampton Virginia and graduated from Hampton Institute. He served as pastor of various A.M.E. churches in North Carolina and Virginia between 1908 and 1933 before spending the last twenty-one years of his life as Secretary-Treasurer of his denomination's Home and Foreign Mission Department. The present report contains an opening message by Berry as well as sections on missionaries who have passed away in the last year "Visits to the Foreign Field" reporting on official visits to "all the mission fields in Africa" a separate section on the group's "Cuban Mission" which Berry attended a section on the the Voice of Missions the organization's official periodical and more. Most of the latter half of the report is comprised of a detailed financial report of the Missionary Department before Berry adds an optimistic conclusion. According to OCLC Columbia University is the only institution holding any annual reports from Berry with copies from 1933-34 and 1940-48; we could locate no institutional holdings for the present year. unknown books
1973réf. 161105Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1973. Eight vintage borderless reference photographs and a pressbook from the 1973 documentary film showing Bo Diddley 2 Chubby Checker 2 The Shirelles 3 Bobby Comstock and Comstock Limited. A celebration of 1950s rock 'n' roll music using both archival footage from the era and contemporary concert footage and focusing largely on Black musicians from the era. Features performances by Chuck Berry Little Richard Fats Domino Chubby Checker Bo Diddley The Shirelles The Coasters Bill Haley and the Comets Bobby Comstock and Comstock Limited and others. Photographs 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus. Pressbook 11 x 17 inches folded twice vertically and once horizontally. Very Good with bruises and faint dampstaining on the right edges. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1870réf. 12823Newnan Ga: October 1 1870. Broadside 7.75 x 9 inches with engraved vignette at center. Old folds moderate foxing and dust-soiling light staining. Short closed tear to bottom edge. Overall very good. A delightful mid-19th-century Georgia railroad broadside advertising changes to the ticketing system for one of the southern rail lines owned by William Byrd Berry. Here rates for travel between Berry's hometown of Newnan and Carrollton or Bowdon are specified and the rates for children under the age of 10 are noted as half price. Further the broadside stipulates baggage is capped at fifty pounds and the excess will be charged "Express rates." The work is signed in type by "W.B. Berry & Co." and dated October 1 1870 in Newnan. The text is enhanced with a striking central vignette of a locomotive pulling several railcars through a mountainous region. William Byrd Berry 1831-1902 was a prominent businessman and landowner born and raised in Newnan Georgia. He served as president of various banks and was involved in a number of railroad interests in the state. As far as we can tell the present broadside is unrecorded. October 1 unknown books
1928réf. 5777Joliet IL: P.F. Volland 1928. Near fine in very good box. First edition thus of these two rare Volland titles originally issued separately in 1922 and 1923 beautifully illustrated by Erick Berry and in the rare original box. 9.75'' x 8.75''. Original pictorial boards with black cloth spine. In original box. Illustrated by Berry in color and black and white. Light edgewear and soil to boards. Moderate soil and flap repairs to box. P.F. Volland unknown books
1960réf. 30611Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1960. First edition first prnt. Signed and dated "2/27/06" by Berry on the title page. Cloth spine ends lightly wrinkled and minimal shelfwear; dustjacket with minimal edgewear mostly at spine ends small chip at one corner and front panel bottom edge two small tears and few soil spots on rear panel. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Berry's first book. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
1990réf. 551482Frankfort Kentucky: Gnomon 1990. Hardcover. Fine. First edition limited issue. Slim octavo. Red cloth over boards with embossed leather spine label. Illustrated. A fine copy. Number 17 of 50 copies bound by Mary Southworth and Signed by Berry on the limitation page. Poetry. Gnomon hardcover books
1993réf. 140947936Stuarts Draft VA: Self Published 1993. First Edition. First and only edition of a tally of hairy manlike creature sightings in the Eastern regions of the US. Signed by author Rick Berry on the title page and inscribed to "Fellow Fortean" Tom Benson. viii 3 10 - 164 1 pp. Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Very Good with very light soiling to wraps and cup ring to front wrap; spine uncreased. A scarce book especially signed. Self Published unknown books
1964réf. 140947051New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc 1964. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. viii 56 pp. Bound in publisher's light brown paper covered boards over light gray buckram with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight lean to binding small stain to foredge and light toning to contents. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine and rubbing to extremities front joint has small closed tear at foot; toning to top edge of flap and verso. The pastoral poet's third book scarce signed. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc unknown books
1966réf. 41722Chapel Hill NC: Lillabulero 1966. Very Good. Chapel Hill NC: Lillabulero 1966-1974. Fourteen issues in thirteen volumes complete. The first two volumes in tall folio format 36.5cm the third through fifth issues slightly shorter 33cm and the final eight issues in octavo format 24cm; all issues bound in pictorial card wrappers yapp edges; illus. throughout. Moderate wear to margins especially to the larger format issues else a Very Good and sound set. Complete collection of this poetry and literature magazine the brain child of young Russell Banks while a student at UNC Chapel Hill. Contributors included the leading and up-and-coming poets of the day including Robert Creeley Charles Simic W.S. Merwin Wendell Berry Jim Harrison and in the final issue Louise Gluck. While some of the individual issues are quite common complete sets are rare. Lillabulero unknown books
1927réf. 02323SLIDE TRANSPARENCIES utilized in movie houses mostly during the silent film era Radio Mat Slide Co. ca. 1923 -1935 9 full color transparencies in fine condition. The set of slides consist of: NEVADA by Zane Grey -a Paramount Release; THE COVERED WAGON -a Jesse Lasky Paramount film; THE LONE EAGLE -an Emory Johnson production from Universal about the heroes of the air; MOULDERS OF MEN -a Joseph P. Kennedy release yes that same Joe Kennedy who did indeed produce motion picture films while sleeping with Hollywood Stars like Gloria Swanson and you thought Jack thought of it first sired a U.S. President etc.; THE WHITE BLACK SHEEP -An Inspiration Pictures Release starring Richard Barthelmess; JESSE JAMES -a Paramount film with Fred Thompson; THE COAST OF FOLLY -a Paramount Film with Gloria Swanson; STAGE STRUCK-another Paramount Film with Gloria Swanson and finally a slide for THE NEW 70 WILLYS-KNIGHT SIX -an ad for this magnificent automobile. Radio Mat Slide Co. 1927 unknown books
1909réf. 399497Lumberton N.C.: Lumbee Publishing Company / Freeman Printing Company 1909. Softcover. Near Fine. Fourth edition of the Norment account; and first edition with the updated history of Robeson County with particular emphasis on the Tuscarora and Lumbee Indians by Olds. Octavo. 192pp. illustrated from photographs. Illustrated printed brown wrappers. Slight loss at the spine ends but a handsome else near fine copy. Henry Berry Lowrie of mixed Native American Portuguese and probably African-American blood was made an outlaw in part to escape conscription in the Confederate forces in the Civil War and for possessing firearms which mixed race people were forbidden to own since the Nat Turner Rebellion and led a gang of similarly stigmatized blacks and Native Americans in North Carolina and was considered something of a Robin Hood figure. After the War Lowrie and his gang while by no means angels engaging in robbery and murder of establishment figures fought against the reinforcement of white supremacy by reconstruction officials and gained the sympathy and protection of the non-white population. While most of the gang was eventually killed or captured Henry Berry Lowrie's fate in true legendary fashion was disputed: some saying he died cleaning his shotgun others that he escaped and was occasionally seen in the area. This initial account by Mary Norment whose husband was killed by the Lowries while unsympathetic is nevertheless compelling. Usually found rebound and this copy is very scarce the wrappers. Lumbee Publishing Company / (Freeman Printing Company) unknown books
2018réf. 48213Irvine CA: Suntup Editions 2018. Near Fine/Near Fine. Irvine CA: Suntup Editions 2018. Limited Artist Edition of 1250 copies signed by Rick Berry and Dave Christensen at colophon. Quarto; illustrated dust jacket; red cloth boards stamped in black and gilt; 291pp. Frontispiece; black and white and color illustrations. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Touch of rubbing to edges of dust jacket; a few scuffs to slipcase else Fine. Suntup Editions unknown books
1967réf. 0000097New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc 1967. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Flat signed by author on front free endpaper. Octavo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 550 pp. Publisher's original yellow-brown cloth over board with brown and green stamping to spine. Orange endpapers. Tan dust jacket with illustration printed in brown green and white. "B.10.67" on copyright page. Binding sound and square. Tips sharp. Interior clean and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket shows three small closed tears one near lower leading corner of rear panel one at upper edge of real panel and one near upper leading corner of front panel. Creasing to head and heel of spine. Light chipping to head of spine top edge of front panel and both upper tips. Spine and edges rubbed and toned. Dust jacket now in removeable archival protective cover. Freedman A5. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc hardcover books
1971réf. 0000095Lexington KY: University Press of Kentucky 1971. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Photography by Gene Meatyard. Signed by Berry on half title. Square octavo. 9 x 8.75 inches. 96 pp plus photos. Association copy from the Estate of Robert F. Sexton M.D. Laid-in card with gift inscription from Rena and John Jacob Niles. Dr. Sexton's wife Nancy Sexton née Niles was a niece of John Jacob Niles the composer singer and collector of traditional ballads known as the "Dean of American Balladeers." Original price-clipped dust jacket with photograph on front panel. Publisher's original cream-colored cloth over board. Spine lettering gilt stamped on black field. Black & white photographic frontispiece and 48 full-page black & white photographic illustrations by Ralph Eugene Gene Meatyard. Case slightly age toned. Internally bright and unmarked. Dust jacket lightly edge-worn with minor loss at rear upper tip one small closed tear to lower front panel light toning to spine and edges creasing and small ink mark to rear panel. Dust jacket now in removable archival protective cover. Freedman A17.2. University Press of Kentucky hardcover books
1986réf. 007019New York 1986. NA. Very Good. Signed screenplay on title page by the movie's stars Bette Davis Lillian Gish Ann Sothern and Harry Carey Jr. its director Lindsay Anderson the screenplay author David Berry and producer Mike Kaplan. The screenplay was based on the play of the same name by David Berry. The story concerns two bickering elderly sisters and whether they should sell the summer cottage in Maine. The. unknown books
réf. 332414Louisville Kentucky: White Fields Press 1994. Fine. Broadside. Illustrated from a black and white photograph by Guy Mendes. Measuring approximately 15" x 35". Fine with a tiny bit of light wear. Copy "G" of 26 lettered copies Signed by Berry this copy additionally Inscribed to a noted bookseller and friend of the press: "For Gary Oleson 12/26/94." Published in Heaven Poster Series #14. OCLC locates three copies. White Fields Press unknown books
1938réf. 525640New York: Missionary Department of the A. M. E. Church 1938. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Bishop R.R. Wright Jr. Introduction by Bishop D.H. Sims. Includes contributions from other ministers. Octavo. 47pp. Illustrated from photographs including a portrait of Berry as well as buildings and parishioners overseas. Wrappers moderately soiled cover and most of textblock with a pinpoint puncture later an impression title page with a tiny stain and very small V-shaped tear with a little bit of loss affecting one word of the title very good. An uncommon illustrated account of the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s missionary travels to the West Indies South America Haiti and Jamaica. Rev. Lewellyn Longfellow Berry was born in Hampton Virginia in 1876 and served as a pastor in the Virginia Conference and the North Carolina Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church see Butt History of African Methodism in Virginia p.228. At the time of writing he was the Secretary of Missions of the A.M.E. Church. He was also the author of A Century of Missions of the African Methodist Episcopal Church: 1840-1940 and Missionary Devotional Guide 1949. OCLC locates seven copies of this travelogue. [Missionary Department of the A. M. E. Church(?) unknown books
1968réf. 161186N.p.: N.p. 1968. Draft script for the 1970 film seen here under the working title "The Scene." Copy belonging to director William Rowland with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and two revision pages and his annotations in manuscript ink throughout noting deletions scene locations and revisions to dialogue. A psychiatrist details her most outlandish cases largely involving her teenage patients and their experiences with drugs sex and politics culminating in her attempt to help her own daughter. Rowland's final directorial effort. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Yellow titled wrappers. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/26/68 and 7/3/68. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
