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2011réf. 171802Seattle: Davidson Galleries 2011. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black boards glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 39 pp. Color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Davidson Galleries in Seattle from April 7 to April 30 2011. Davidson Galleries hardcover books
réf. 14107NY VILLARD 1986. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, VILLARD, 1986 unknown books
1963réf. 168146Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. During the Cold War a Strategic Air Command B-52 wing commander attempts to whip his unit into shape in time to pass a readiness test. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
réf. 607542not signed from the 1957 film "Farewell to Arms." 1. 3/4 length shot of Hudson in military uniform seated at a table with three other officers. 2. Full length shot of Hudson in a European scene with many military troops and several street people. Photographs are on single stock and are approximately9 1/2" x 7"; very good minor signs of handling; 1957. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
2006réf. 163390San Francisco: MacAdam / Cage 2006. First Edition. First Edition. Association copy INSCRIBED in the year of publication on the title page to author Chris Offutt: "4/06 / To Chris / Not as entertaining as many comic books; I did try my best / Your friend / Peter Rock." Offutt is the author of "Kentucky Straight" and other short story collections novels nonfiction and memoirs. In 1996 he was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by "Granta" magazine. He has also written for popular television shows and national publications has been visiting faculty at numerous institutions including the Iowa Writer's Workshop and has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation the National Endowment for the Arts and others. A collection of 13 short stories. Bottom corners slightly bumped else Fine in a Fine dust jacket. MacAdam / Cage unknown books
1953réf. 168230Universal City: Universal-International 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 Western film. In Florida in 1835 the peace between the indigenous population and the white settlers is challenged by the violent hateful commander of Fort King. Loosely based on the circumstances surrounding the Second Seminole War also known as the Florida War one of the longest and most expensive of the frontier wars in the US. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a short closed tear on the right edge. Pitts 3768. Universal-International unknown books
1958réf. 159321Universal City: Universal Pictures 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film. Based on the 1956 novel by Ernst K. Gann. An alcoholic ex-Navy captain sails a boat in the South Seas. When the ship starts leaking during a storm everyone on board is tested. Set in the South Seas shot on location in Hawaii. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with some splashes along the left edge. Universal Pictures unknown books
1957réf. 159657Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1956 novel by Ernst K. Gann. An alcoholic ex-Navy captain sails a boat in the South Seas. When the ship starts leaking during a storm everyone on board is tested. Shot on location in Hawaii. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975réf. 59377NY:: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0394830768 . An Addie Mills story. Adapted from the 1975 television special "The Easter Promise." First printing. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
1989réf. 627111New York: State University of New York Press 1989. Softcover. Very Good. First edition wrappered issue. 273pp. Illlustrated in black and white. Light edgewear crease and sunning on rear cover very good. Inscribed by Rock on the interior front cover: "For Graham with best wishes much appreciation Howard 11/89". Recipient is Graham Hodges the prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects particularly the African-American experience. Hodges additionally contributes a blurb on the rear cover. State University of New York Press unknown books
1905réf. 207533New York: Benziger Bros 1905. Hardcover. VG: Wear to the edges and corners. Minor tanning to the pages. Solid binding. A light green casebound book with red text on the spine. 209 pages. Contents are as follows: Where the road led -- The landlord's daughter -- Two parts of a letter -- The house of mystery / Anna T. Sadlier -- A Christmas of long ago -- The surrender of Dorothy -- By the way -- Veronica -- An inexact science / Mary T. Waggaman -- A gaelic song -- Dame Margaret's ring -- A great mistake -- The secret of Kelly's pool / Magdalen Rock -- A priest and his mother -- A special providence -- An old maid's diary / Mary E. Mannix -- Patty's luncheon -- t "O'Fallon's zeely" / Mary G. Bonesteel -- "The buckler of patience" -- February fourteenth / Eugenie Uhlrich -- A page from a memoir Maruice Francis Egan -- The square peg / Mary F. Nixon-Roulet -- The pearl brooch / Katharine Tynan Hinkson -- Annunciata / Clara Mulholland -- A story of the Ohio river / Mary Catharine Crowley -- My blue and gold officer / Mrs. Francis Chadwick -- And there was light Jerome Harte -- A golden sunset Alice Richardson. Benziger Bros hardcover books
1981réf. 429535New York: Wyndham Books 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with edges lightly age-toned. Affectionately Inscribed by the author to television personality and journalist Bill Boggs. A novel. Wyndham Books hardcover books
1962réf. 21796New York: Tower Publications 1962. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1962 1st printing. Bright crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Small neat former owner stamp at the bottom of the title page. Pocketbook Midwood F228. "Pete had a dream about her -- an erotic dream and he wanted to live with that dream. Tower Publications unknown books
1976réf. 012939NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good . McVicker Charles jacket illustration. A novelization of the CBS Television Special. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
réf. WELLER9780063385689New. New book. unknown books
1956réf. 146203Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1956. Continuity & Dialogue script for the 1957 film. The guilt a fighter pilot feels over accidentally dropping a bomb on a German orphanage during World War II leads him to become a minister upon returning to the US. When this proves insufficient in assuaging his bad conscience he decides to volunteer his services as a missionary in Korea opening a large home for orphans in Seoul. Based on the true story of Colonel Dean E. Hess a US Air Force fighter pilot turned Ohio minister who returned to the Air Force during the Korean War. As depicted in the film the 1950 Chinese Communist takeover of Seoul led Hess to facilitate an airlift of hundreds of children from the orphanage to the sanctuary island of Cheju. The twenty-five children who appear in the film moreover are Korean children from the real Orphan's Home of Korea that Hess founded and the gold flying helmet sported by Rock Hudson is the actual helmet Hess wore. Set in South Korea shot on location in Seoul and Arizona. White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1819 dated OCTOBER 30 1956 with credits for actors Rock Hudson Anna Kashfi Dan Duryea and other members of the cast. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light tearing and creasing bound at the top edge with two gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1959réf. 132441London: Rank Film Distributors 1959. Seven British front-of-house cards from the 1959 UK release of the 1958 US film. Based on the novel and written for the screen by Ernest K. Gann about a disgraced former Navy captain piloting a disparate group of passengers through a storm on a rundown schooner. 8 x 10 inches. A few light creases and some light stains on the versos else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown books
1961réf. 132742London: Unviersal International Pictures 1961. Five vintage full-color still photographs from the 1961 UK release of the 1961 US film. Based on Howard Rigsby's novel "Sundown at Crazy Horse" about a cowboy who on the lam from the law travels to visit an old flame in Mexico only to find her married to a drunk. Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was also at work writing the script for Otto Preminger's "Exodus" while he wrote for this film. A story set and shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1952réf. 164769Universal City: Universal Pictures 1952. Vintage publicity photograph of actor Rock Hudson. Newspaper clippings and date stamps on the verso. Hudson signed a long-term contract with Universal-International in 1949. He received his first film credit with the studio the same year in William Castle's "Undertow" but would not be promoted to leading man status until 1952 when he would appear opposite Yvonne De Carlo in "Scarlet Angel." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with emulsion moderately cracked. Universal Pictures unknown books
1950réf. 164490Universal City: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film showing actors Yvonne De Carlo and Richard Greene. Aided by his trusty sidekicks Aladdin and Sinbad a desert guerilla goes head-to-head with a greedy prince and eventually marries the caliph's beautiful daughter. 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. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with annotations in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto. Universal Pictures unknown books
1946réf. 305397Chicago Rock Island Lines 1946. 1946. 15" x 9". Brochure folds to form 24 pages. Printed in orange and black by Rand McNally. Illustrated with b/w halftone photographs; map and drawings. Fine. No signatures or bookplates. Includes information on: Palm Springs - La Quinta; San Diego; Santa Barbara; El Paso Texas; Tucson & Phoenix Arizona; Guaymas Mexico; Los Angeles. No Binding. Fine. Chicago, Rock Island Lines, 1946. unknown books
1978réf. 605023"Phil Everly" in blue ink on First-Day Cover for the 15 cent American Owls stamp Scott # 1762 with pictorial cachet by Art Craft postmarked Fairbanks AK August 26 1978. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good. unknown books
1994réf. 628941Williamsburg Virginia: The William and Mary Quarterly 1994. Unbound. Near Fine. Offprint. Corner-stapled octavo sheets. 1 508-538pp. Final leaf with with a tiny creased tear else fine. Signed by Paul A. Gilie on the first page and with a Typed Letter Signed to noted scholar Graham Hodges sending the offprint along. Hodges is one of several historians thanked on the first page for their critical comments and help. First published in The William and Mary Quarterly 3d Series Vol. LI No. 3 July 1994. The William and Mary Quarterly unknown books
1929réf. 809041929. Rock Francis J. J. Ross Browne: A Biography. A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the School of Letters of the Catholic University of America in Partial Fulfillment of its Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Washington DC: Catholic University of America 1929. x 80 pp. Original printed wrappers a bit rubbed but well preserved. Internally clean. $65. unknown books
1954réf. 164815Universal City: Universal-International 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film showing actress Ursula Thiess. Printed mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Hall Hunter's 1953 novel "Bengal Tiger." In British India in 1857 a military captain faces punishment and the dissolution of his reputation after disobeying orders to retreat. 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. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown books
