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1965réf. 171321965. African American Education 2 original press photographs related to integrating Little Rock Central High School and the University of Alabama. n.d. 1957 1965. Silver gelatin print photographs 8 x 10". Both images include original typed press captions printed in image margins. Little Rock photo shows NAACP leaders including Daisy Bates reacting to positive court news. Original press caption in part: "Negro Leaders Happy with Court Decision - Mrs. Daisy Bates left president of Arkansas chapter of the NAACP and Clarence Laws field secretary seem to be well satisfied with the ruling handed down today by the Supreme Court in which Little Rock's Central High School shall carry on immediate integration. The school is scheduled to open next Monday." Bates was an important figure in integrating schools and she hand-selected student called the Little Rock Nine who first integrated Central HS in 1957. Vivian Malone Jones was the first Black student to graduate from University of Alabama on May 30 1965. In the photograph she wears graduation cap and gown and smiles confidently at the viewer. Original press caption printed along right edge of image in part: "Vivian Malone is shown in her cap and gown that she will wear at the University of Alabama graduation May 30." Malone was one of the first two African American students at the University in 1963. Malone earned her first bachelor's degree at Alabama A&M a historically black university but the school lost its accreditation after she graduated. To get an accredited degree Malone applied to the University of Alabama's School of Commerce and Business Administration and won a lawsuit over the segregationist admission policies. Then-governor George Wallace turned this event into a national event when he blocked the judge's ruling and declared his famous slogan "Segregation Now Segregation Forever." National Guard troops were brought in to ensure Malone could attend the University. Little Rock photo has light creases along top edge and bottom right corner not affecting image. Both in very good condition. unknown books
1958réf. List3404New York City 1958. Folded flyer measuring 7 ¾ x 5 â… inches bifolium. Fine condition. A membership flyer printed in April of 1958 published as part of a fundraising drive around the Little Rock Nine. The NAACP was actively fundraising in 1958 to raise money for legal costs in the face of state-led actions in the south attempting to ban the organization. The risk of membership lists from the south being published made the growth of membership in the northern and western US of paramount importance for the organization. The final leaf offers the reader to “stand with the Little Rock Nine and enclose $. for membership.” We find no examples of this flyer in auction records or on the market at the time of writing January 2026. unknown books
1995réf. 167128N.p.: N.p. 1995. Draft script for an unproduced film. A romantic comedy set in New York about a young woman torn between a so-called nice guy and a selfish bad boy. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 1995 with credits for screenwriters Chris Rock and Nelson George. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
réf. WALTER-FILM007365Mick Rock. No binding. Just About Fine. London: ca. 1970. Vintage original 10 x 8" 25 x 20 cm borderless double weight black-and-white British photo. Photographer stamp of Mick Rock on verso just about fine. English singer-songwriter Kevin Ayers was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene. He recorded a series of albums as a solo artist and over the years worked with Brian Eno Syd Barrett Bridget St. John John Cale Elton John Robert Wyatt Andy Summers Mike Oldfield Nico and Ollie Halsall among others. British rock journalist Nick Kent wrote: "Kevin Ayers and Syd Barrett were the two most important people in British pop music. Everything that came after came from them." Wikipedia Mick Rock unknown books
1995réf. 626830Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 251pp. Some foxing on the top page edge thus near fine. Inscribed by Paul A. Gilje and Howard B. Rock to noted scholar of African-American history Graham Hodges. Additionally laid in is a note from Gilje gifting the book to Hodges. The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
1996réf. 158404N.p.: N.p. 1996. Vintage reference photograph from the 1996 film showing director Spike Lee with a camera on the set. A diverse group of 15 African American men travel by bus from Los Angeles to Washington DC to attend the Million Man March. The first film directed by Lee in which he did not appear. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971réf. 152113Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing actress Gretchen Carpenter in a mini-dress on an evidently windy day. Based on the 1968 novel by Francis Pollini. A police detective investigates a serial killer targeting teenage girls at Oceanfront High School during the height of the sexual revolution in California. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly toned. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1879réf. 2976Mexico City 1879. Very good. 256pp. Small octavo. Contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt. Light wear to spine ends and corners; slight rubbing to boards. Light tanning and occasional foxing. Scarce and detailed Mexican military manual on the use of terrain for maneuvers and during combat. The author was a colonel in the Mexican Army Corps of Engineers and the work stems from attempts to improve the training and preparedness of the Mexican armed forces in the years following the overthrow of Maximilian. OCLC locates three copies at NYPL Sutro Library and the BNM. unknown books
1982réf. 160712Phoenix AZ: Calderon Ballroom 1982. Vintage flyer for a performance by Bad Brains with supporting acts Driftwood Soylent Green and Junior Achievement presented by Mersey Productons at the Calderon Ballroom in Phoenix Arizona October 24 1982. A forerunner of hardcore punk and adept at reggae heavy metal funk hip hop and soul Washington DC's acclaimed Bad Brains have been called "the mother of all black hard-rock bands" by Rolling Stone magazine. Formed in 1976 as the jazz fusion band Mind Power Bad Brains have gone through numerous line-up changes over their nearly 50 years performing released nine studio albums and have influenced countless other bands and musicians. The original line-up of H.R. Dr. Know Darryl Jenifer and Earl Hudson intact until 1987 is seen in the photograph on the 1982 flyer on offer here. 8.5 x 11 inches on goldenrod paper. Near Fine. Calderon Ballroom unknown books
1902réf. 012200Henry T.Coates 1902. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 2 Volumes A Fine Set in Original Dust Jackets in Red Decorative Cloth in Fine Cloth Box.Gorgeous Presentation Rare in this Condition.Beautiful Copies. Henry T.Coates Hardcover books
1923réf. 586131923. Laws Relating to Bolivia's First Code of Civil Procedure Cosio Felix Ruben. Rocha Calixto de la. Compilacion de las Leyes del Procedimiento Civil Boliviano Anotado y Concordado. Contiene: Ley de Organizacion Judicial Ley de Pensiones Montepios y Jubilaciones Codigo de Procedimiento Civil Ley del Notariado Arancel de Derechos Procesales Procedimientos Especiales Sobre Juicios Coactivos Expropiaciones y Cobro del Impuesto Sobre Sucesiones Tratados de Derecho Civil y Procesal Internacionales Repertorio Alfabetico de Terminos Legales Reformas Ultimas Indice Cronologico de las Leyes Decretos Resoluciones y Ordenes Contenidos en Este Codigo y Otras Varias Importantes Disposiciones Relacionadas con la Compilacion. La Paz: Imp. Artistica 1923. viii ix 533 pp. Stiff printed wrappers bound into contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Light soiling and shelfwear light browning to text internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine annotations to front endleaves small inkstamp to verso of title page. $350. Only edition located. An annotated compilation of laws and legislation concerning civil procedure of the original Bolivian Code of Civil Procedure. Adopted in 1830 and based on the French civil code it was replaced in 1975. No copies on OCLC. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
1962réf. 150812N.p.: N.p. 1962. Eight vintage borderless reference studio still photographs five with bottom margins from the 1962 film. One with cropping annotation in blue and red holigraph pencil and remainder of label since removed on verso. Based on the 1953 novel by Henri-Pierre Roche. One of the founding films of the French New Wave examining a long relationship between two men and an impulsive young woman before during and after the First World War. Shot on location throughout France. One photograph 9.25 x 7 inches the other seven photographs 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 281. Ebert II. Schrader Canon Fodder 27. N.p. unknown books
1995réf. 1313Limited circulation promotional comic book illustrating the lyrics to a pop song. Tall thin 4to. Near fine. Illus. stiff wraps. 1313 Pulp's anthem of class consciousness drawn by the genius who gave us Tank Girl. According to the comically Franglish introduction "They're part of melodic continuum that began in England's dance hall during WWI. More recent points on that timeline have included The Kinks Roxy Music Bowie Diamond Dogs era The Smiths and Blur. Pulp's songs present a very English slice of life garnished with bathos wit and humor.The melange includes guitars bass drums violin a very cheesy Farisa organ how retro! ans sic the inimitable vocal stylings of Mr. Jarvis Cocker." As of September 2021 we are unable to locate this rare item given away as a mail in promo for French fans only in North America. Island Records books
1926réf. 152280Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1926. Vintage program for the 1926 silent film. Based on the 1821 epic poem by Lord Byron about legendary womanizer Don Juan. The first feature-length film to use the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system to provide a musical soundtrack and sound effects but not spoken dialogue. 12 x 9 inches. Six leaves saddle stapled. Near Fine with light fading to the edges of the wrappers. Warner Brothers unknown books
1916réf. 52857Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1916. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by M. Leone Bracker. Gift inscription very slight rubbing to the spine else fine in very good dustwrapper with modest chipping mostly at the corners of the spine. Hardboiled gangster novel that was the basis for the 1919 William C. Dowlan silent film. Rare in jacket. In Hubin. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
1930réf. 67576New York: Sears Publishing Company 1930. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a couple of short tears and a little foxing on the front panel. "Ultra-modern romance" wherein a young gold digger attempts to borrow $25000 from a rich bachelor in order to establish herself in society so she can marry a millionaire. Sears Publishing Company hardcover books
2009réf. RROCPRA00tpmProgetto Prada Arte 2009. Fine. Rock editor Michael. Prada Milano DAL1913. Milan: Progetto Prada Arte 2009. 707pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Book condition: Near fine with gently bumped extremities. Cardboard has a few scuffs and the outermost box has lightly bumped corners. Compendium of Prada's history and projects with artful photographic showcases. Progetto Prada Arte unknown books
1975réf. 166589Los Angeles: Sandy Howard Productions 1975. Draft script for the 1976 science fiction film. Included with the script are two bound documents relating to film options and literary purchase agreements the former being SIGNED by producers Sandy Howard and Plato Skouras and writer Jack Thomas. An exploitation film owing much to the 1935 classic "Bride of Frankenstein" as well as technological advances with DNA in the 1970s. A scientist discovers a method to accelerate the birth cycle to just a few days. The maturation process has detrimental side effects and the mature adult a woman shows homicidal tendencies. Set in Los Angeles. Red titled Sandy Howard Productions wrappers with titles in gilt. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriters Jack Thomas and Anita Doohan. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Sandy Howard Productions unknown books
1962réf. 151990Paris: les Films du Carrosse 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Henri Serre painting a moustache on Jeanne Moreau from the 1962 film. Based on the 1953 novel by Henri-Pierre Roche. One of the founding films of the French New Wave examining a long relationship between two men and an impulsive young woman before during and after the First World War. Shot on location throughout France. 7 x 9.25 inches. Small crease on far bottom left corner else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 281. Ebert II. Schrader Canon Fodder 27. les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1965réf. 150349N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actor Rock Hudson wrapped in a lacy sheet. With the stamp of photographer Leo Fuchs on the verso along with the stamp of Vista Photos and several manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. A well-to-do American businessman and a free-spirited Italian woman meet in London and impulsively marry but soon realize they have little in common and truly dislike each other. 11 x 14 inches with a wide right margin. Very Good with light wear to the edges and layout annotations in pencil on the right edge. N.p. unknown books
réf. 35577TRADE CATALOGUE ROCK ISLAND COMPANY. CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES. Rock Island Illinois: 1885. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers. 62 pages. First edition. The thirteenth annual catalogue by this company. Illustrated with price list laid-in. The red covers are printed in gold. Some chipping and wear to spine. unknown books
1974réf. 42452Flint: Brass Ring/WABX 1974. Fine. SUPPORT SUBURBAN ROCK AND ROLL!" The Dolls were presumably on tour to promote their recently released second album TOO MUCH TOO SOON while Kiss's self-titled debut album had been released only several months prior. An early record of KISS's career and their meteoric rise to fame alongside the Dolls who were one of their major precursors in glam rock. Broadside 17" by 11" approx. Purple sheet printed offset recto only in dark blue. Fine. Clean and vivid. Brass Ring/WABX unknown books
1785réf. 6155Berlin: J F Unger 1785. First German Edition. orig. blue paper wrappers. A good copy; first 15 leaves with rodent damage to lower fore corners no loss of text. 8vo. A detailed essay and case studies of this deadly communicable infection. The book is of interest because of a statistical table in the introduction that provides yearly numbers for the deaths from the disease in London for the decades between 1659 and 1749. The case studies appear to be chosen with care and to examine the symptomatology and effects of possible cures or measures that hindered the spread or progress of the infection. Absent from Blake & Wellcome. J F Unger unknown books
1956réf. 162807Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage borderless satin finish reference photograph of a young Dennis Hopper on the set of the 1956 Western film. Printed mimeo snipe and Warner Brothers stamp crediting photographer Floyd McCarthy on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by Edna Ferber. James Dean's final film for which he received a posthumous Academy Award nomination. Nominated for eight additional Oscars including Best Picture wining one for Best Director. Set in Texas shot there on location and in Arizona and Virginia. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 9.5 x 7.5 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 14 x 18 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962réf. 162945N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage oversize borderless satin finish photograph of actor Rock Hudson in a music store trying out a piano while smoking a cigarette 1962. Stamp of photographer Sanford Roth on the verso. Hudson taught himself to play the piano by ear as a child. Brooklyn-born photojournalist Sanford Roth was best known for his portrait photography capturing iconic intimate images of artists and actors throughout his decades-long career including Marc Chagall Joan Crawford Albert Einstein Henri Matisse and Elizabeth Taylor among many others. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 9 x 13.5 inches archivally matted in a 20 x 16 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
