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1968rif. 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
rif. 5845Livingston Montana Yellowstone National Park and other locales 1916-1918. Oblong 4to 7.5" x 11.25" flexible brown leather with embossed landscape scene on front cover cord ties at spine. 167 photographs mostly silver prints approx. 2.5" x 2" to 6" x 8" 7 images hand-tinted 2 photos laid-in; 2 photos dated 1916 in pencil in image another photo inscribed in ink "Bayonet Practice Camp Lewis 1918." Front paste-down inscription in white ink reading: "Joseph F. Scherieble Livingston Mont." Scherieble's ownership label on front paste-down as well. Some images captioned in white ink on the mount; a few photos with white ink borders. An appealing album of 167 photos documenting the Livingston Montana scene and Yellowstone National Park as well as Wrangel Island Alaska; Petersburg Alaska; Seattle and Tacoma including photos taken at Camp Lewis a World War I training camp in Tacoma. Compiled by Joseph F. Scherieble 1895-1953 this album mainly consists of photos he apparently took himself on various outings and occasions. Included here are many lovely shots of wildlife in the region including white tailed deer antelope elk buffalo big horn sheep and bear. Also featured are fine images of landmarks in Yellowstone and the surrounding area including Tower Falls Grasshopper Glacier in Park County Montana "Lava Arch" Roosevelt Arch in Gardiner Hymen Terrace "Scenes on Emigrant Gulch" Yellowstone Falls Tower Falls Corwin Hot Springs Mt. Baldy Old Faithful and Old Faithful Camp moody views of the Yellowstone River at night and so forth. The subjects of the photos taken in Livingston include a train station a steam shovel the bridge across the Yellowstone River local characters friends and family. A few images show Scherieble and a group of men hunting. Several photos included here were taken by commercial photographers whose names and inventory numbers in the negative have been obliterated-apparently an attempt by Schereible to 'integrate' them. In one instance the name of Yellowstone photographer W. S. Berry can still be made out and a few other images included here were likely taken by him as well. Concluding the album are a number of images of west coast subjects all evidently taken when Schereible traveled that way to train at Camp Lewis. These include photos of Ballard Bridge in Seattle; Point Defiance Park Tacoma etc. as well as views taken at Wrangel Island and Petersburg Alaska. These shots are followed by forty-six images documenting Scherieble's time at Camp Lewis. Scherieble was evidently a graduate of Gonzaga University and had family in the Pacific Northwest. CONDITION: Very good minor wear to covers color-tinted photos faded occasional minor wear to photos discoloration to a few images. Livingston, Montana, Yellowstone National Park, and other locales, 1916-1918 unknown books
1798rif. 20808London: Printed For T. Cadell Jun and W. Davies 1798. Second edition. Hardcover. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Fine. 56 pages. 21 x 13 cm. With folding copper-engraved plan of the Battle of the Nile also called the Battle of Abu Quir one of Nelson's greatest victories restoring the British presence in the Mediterranean and dooming Napoleon's venture in Egypt. Sir Edward Berry 1768-1831 was captain of the flagship during the battle and when Nelson was wounded prevented him from falling by catching him in his arms. Berry afterwards published the above work anonymously. Berry is said to have been the only officer in the navy of his time except vice-admiral Collingwood who had three medals having commanded a ship in three general actions -- the Nile Trafalgar and St. Domingo. The DNB calls this work "a pamphlet which under the special circumstances of its authorship is of singular interest and value." Clean fresh copy with plan in excellent condition. Printed For T. Cadell, Jun, and W. Davies hardcover books
1977rif. 71944San Francisco: Sierra Club Books 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 228pp. Large octavo 25 cm Bound in navy cloth with title stamped in white ink on spine and blind stamped on front board. Light rubbing and bumping at the spine ends and corners of the covers. Spine just a tad rolled back. In the printed dust jacket with a couple of very short closed tears to the edges and a very minor gouge to the surface of the rear panel. Signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. Berry's powerful and eloquent argument that good farming is a cultural development and spiritual discipline including valid criticism of the environmentally irresponsible agribusinesses of the modern world. Sierra Club Books hardcover books
1724rif. 56279Amsterdam: R. & G. Wetstein 1724. Very good plus. Well-preserved Enlightenment-era edition of the Roman playwright - from the celebrated collection of the Duchess of Berry who famously sold her books after her failed coup in 1832. The Duchess of Berry was an important member of the House of Bourbon's royal family After her husband's assassination in 1820 the Duchess's son became the heir apparent to the French throne. But when the July Revolution of 1830 deposed the Bourbons the Duchess and her son went into exile. In 1832 however the Duchess of Berry clandestinely returned to France to lead a rebellion becoming "the most wanted woman in France" Samuels. Her coup failed and she was once again exiled; her story would later be dramatized in fiction by Alexandre Dumas as LES LOUVES DE MACHECOUL 1859. Realizing she would never return to her beloved library of some 8000 volumes at Chateau Rosny she made the decision to sell it. It was then one of the most famous libraries in France with a tremendous range in philosophy history travel science law theology fiction and theater. This copy's bookplates mark its provenance from the library of the Duchess bearing the engraved bookplate of Rosny in all three volumes. An important translation from the era's great translator Anne Dacier from the library of a great book collector the Duchess of Berry. Three 12mo volumes 6.25'' x 3.75'' each. Contemporary full calf raised bands elaborately gilt-tooled spines red and tan goatskin spine labels. Marbled endpapers red stained edges blue silk ribbon markers. Illustrated with engraved allegorical frontispiece engraved dedication headpiece and 47 plates by Picart 2 folding. 10 v-lxxxviii 511 1; 485 1; 431 1 pages. Engraved bookplate of the Bibliothèque de Rosny on front pastedowns; ink shelf notations to early blanks. Light wear to hinges and corners. Some foxing. Largely bright and clean. R. & G. Wetstein unknown books
1925rif. 1729831925. BERRY BROTHERS. Berrycraft Counter Book. 24 leaves many with tipped-on colour samples. Oblong folio 255 x 325 mm publisher's decorated cloth. Detroit: Berry Brothers 1925. A fine copy of this splendid and rare trade catalogue for paints which is not listed on OCLC. hardcover books
rif. 170959Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1978. Draft script for the 1982 television movie seen here under the working title "Sisters" Originally aired on June 7 1982 on NBC. Rare. One of only two original feature-length original screenplays written by Maya Angelou the other being the 1972 television movie "Georgia Georgia". In a small town in North Carolina a young schoolteacher's life is upended with the arrival of her younger sisters who challenge her straitlaced ultra-moral attitude towards life. Filmed in 1979 but not aired until 1982. Set in North Carolina and shot on location in Montgomery and Opelika Alabama. Blue titled wrappers dated June 12 1978 and noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 12 1978 noted as REVISED FINAL with credit for screenwriter Maya Angelou. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
1865rif. ST19156London: Longmans Green and Co 1865. FIRST EDITION. 222 x 146 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4". Three volumes extended to six. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis. EXCEPTIONALLY PRETTY CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO HANDSOMELY GILT BY MORRELL signed on front inner dentelles covers bordered with double rules raised bands spines gilt in compartments featuring drawer pull and cinquefoil cornerpieces and elegant floral centerpiece elaborately gilt inner dentelles top edge gilt other edges rough trimmed. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH MORE THAN 275 ENGRAVED PLATES 30 of them views the rest portraits four of the plates folding and eight in color. One plate with small skillfully repaired tear at fore edge a few leaves and a dozen plates with sprinkled foxing isolated light offsetting and minor stains and soiling in the text but AN EXTREMELY FINE SET THE LOVELY BINDINGS UNUSUALLY BRIGHT AND VIRTUALLY UNWORN and internally very fresh and clean. This lavishly illustrated and handsomely bound set documents the very long and meaningful life of a spinster devoted to her father and her sister—and to literature. Mary Berry 1763-1852 grew up in a family of modest fortune yet she knew a great many important people including Princess Caroline of Wales the estranged wife of the Regent their daughter Princess Charlotte and the author Mme. de Stael who described Mary as "by far the cleverest woman in England." Mary met Lord Byron and Napoleon but her greatest friend was Horace Walpole the society wit letter-writer and builder of the neo-gothic extravaganza Strawberry Hill. Walpole who met Berry and her younger sister Agnes when they were in their twenties became so fascinated by their wit and wisdom that he persuaded them to settle with their father near him at "Little Strawberry Hill" which he bequeathed to them in his will. He left them his manuscripts as well and Mary Berry became the editor of his works. She also authored a play and a study of English and French society but our collection of her journal entries and letters put together by Lady Theresa Lewis 1803-65 is Mary Berry's most enduring legacy. The journal begins when Mary at 20 sets out with her father and Agnes for a tour of Holland Switzerland and Italy where she looks at paintings attends plays and records the ups and downs of stagecoach travel. The letters and entries in her journal written until her death give a rare picture of her times and her clever and endearing personality. At the same time some entries are melancholic in which she attributes falling short of achievements commensurate with the level of her abilities and never experiencing marriage and motherhood. Besides charming portraits of the Berry sisters the illustrations in our expanded set depict the authors they read Dryden for example the painters whose works they viewed the many notable figures they met or gossiped about royalty politicians actresses people of fashion and views of the places they visited. Our lovely set was produced by the London bindery of W. T. Morrell established about 1861 as successor to the firm begun by Francis Bedford who in turn had taken over the famous bindery of Charles Lewis. Prideaux in her "Modern Bookbindings" published in 1906 says that Morrell at that time had a very large business that supplied "all the booksellers with bindings designed by his men" bindings that were "remarkable for their variety and merit." The six volumes here look remarkably attractive on the shelf. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
1816rif. 832071816. First Edition. DE BERRY Duchesse DE RANC M. and THAULON Marie. LÕAnniversaire ou une journe de Philippe-Auguste. Paris: Cussac 1816. Slim octavo contemporary full straight-grain red morocco gilt gilt armorial coat of arms of La Duchesse du Berry on both boards elaborately gilt-decorated spine silk endpapers all edges gilt. $5500.First edition of the popular French play LÕAnniversaire from the library of La Duchesse de Berry with her gilt armorial coat of arms on both boards.This first edition of the French dramatic comedy LÕAnniversaire is from the library of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile La Duchesse de Berry daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and it contains her gilt coat of arms on both boards Olivier 2554. La Duchesse de Berry is well remembered for staging a brief rebellion against ÒKing Louis-Philippe in a vain attempt to gain the crown for her son Henri Dieudonn comte de Chambord. Her husband the Duc de Berry a son of Charles X of France had been assassinated in 1820. When Charles was overthrown in 1830 she tried to secure the succession for her son but was forced into exile. In 1832 disguised as a peasant she crossed the French border from Italy and made her way to the Vende where she succeeded in instigating a brief but abortive insurrection June 1832. She was arrested in NantesÉ but was freed in July 1833 with the discovery of her recent marriage to an obscure Italian nobleman Count Ettore Lucchesi-Palli an act that exempted her from the French throne. She lived in Austria and Italy until her deathÓ Encyclopaedia Britannica. This one-act play in verse by dramatists de Ranc and Thaulon premiered at Thtre-FranÂais on November 16 1816. Text in French. Qurard 450. With gilt morocco bookplate of bibliophile Pierre Guerquin a director of Muses Nationaux de France. Bookplate of collector N.A.C. Embiricos. Tiny bit of marginalia to blank verso of front free endpaper.A fine copy with an impressive provenance. hardcover books
1816rif. 55305Paris: Vente 1816. Fine. Royal wedding edition of this popular pre-Revolution comedy issued on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Marie-Caroline and the Duc de Berry - and from the library of the Duchess herself who famously sold her books after her failed coup in 1832. The Duchess's wedding occurred only a year after the restoration of the royal House of Bourbon in 1815 following Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo. On that occasion a special performance of Andrieux's 1787 play was performed for the Duchess a devotee of the theater. This rare edition was printed as a memento of that event which was to have massive implications in French history. The Duchess's new husband was the king's brother; after the Duc de Berry's assassination in 1820 their son became the heir apparent to the French throne. But when the July Revolution of 1830 deposed the Bourbons the Duchess and her son went into exile. In 1832 however the Duchess of Berry clandestinely returned to France to lead a rebellion becoming "the most wanted woman in France" Samuels. Her coup failed and she was once again exiled; her story would later be dramatized in fiction by Alexandre Dumas as LES LOUVES DE MACHECOUL 1859. Realizing she would never return to her beloved library of some 8000 volumes at Chateau Rosny she made the decision to sell it. It was then one of the most famous libraries in France with a tremendous range in philosophy history travel science law theology fiction and theater. This copy's binding and bookplates mark its provenance from the library of the Duchess. It was bound by René Simier 1772-1843 who "had no superior and few rivals during his career" Ramsden 190 with his ticket announcing him as "Binder to the King to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Berry and to His Royal Highness the Duke of Bordeaux." The binding is in the style the Duchess regularly ordered from Simier featuring her gilt arms on the boards upon a carefully selected full morocco. It further bears the engraved bookplate of Rosny on the unusual pink endpapers. Books from the Duchess's library still appear with some regularity on the market today but rarely with such a close personal connection to the Duchess herself. Contemporary full honey morocco boards tooled in gilt with the arms of the Duchess of Berry bound by René Simier with his ticket "Relieur du Roi de S.A.R. Madame Duchesse de Berry et de S.A.R. Mgr le duc de Bordeaux". Pink glazed endpapers all edges gilt. 4 82 pages. Engraved bookplate of the Bibliothèque de Rosny on front pastedown; bookplates also of Alexis Rouart and Eugène Aubry-Vitet. Only trace rubbing and soil. Vente unknown books
