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1954Best.-Nr. 304860Washington DC: Agnes Waters 1954. Four different 8.5x11 inch leaflets one of them a single sheet the others 4 pages; they are marked in pencil by the original recipient "From Agnes Waters Anti-Semite." Otherwise minor handling wear. The single-page leaflet is titled "Help save America!" One of the four-pagers is titled "The All Engulfing Terror or The World Tetrarchy" and the other two are open letters reprinted from the pages of the far-right publication Women's Voice. Each item cites Waters as "Only woman candidate for President of the United States." Waters has been called the most inflammatory speaker from the Mothers' Movement a network of far-right isolationist women's groups that sought to prevent the US from entering WWII and after it had begun sought withdrawal. Here a decade later she blames the Jews for the Korean War. As a sample of her tone this passage describes a chance encounter on the street in Washington DC during a visit by British officials: "Well when Churchill and Eden passed by I said to them 'No War Mr. Churchill NO WAR!' then came Anthony Eden and I said the same thing to him; and Mr. Churchill bowed low before me! I went into the street weeping! the whole panorama of wars was passing thru my mind like a picture and I cried out loud in the public place so I felt ashamed of my tears! so I decided to hide myself away in a small hotel across the street from The Statler Hotel and running over there I ran right into that devil of a Barney Baruch! Well my tears changed like lightning to HOLY FURY! and I almost grabbed that big horsy-looking Jew by the throat! I know him when I see him and he KNOWS ME TOO! as we have often seen each other on the Hill in battles there where I was fighting him and his JEWS! It was like The Holy Ghost taking ahold of me! I was So FURIOUS! and what I said to him is beyond the pale of print to write down! But the gist of it was that I whirled in my tracks and paced him down the street to the corner and gave him all hell at every step! The Jew Herbert Morrison was with him at his other side and this little pot-bellied JEW is the Secretary of The British Labor Party! I told Baruch in this Jew's hearing and good and loud too so that a big crowd gathered to hear me yell at him that if he took us to war again that there would not be a Jew left living from New York to San Francisco! and that he better weigh every word I said well as there was a million Americans behind every word I said! I also informed him that we were wise to his old tricks of getting us mass-murdered in his hell-holes and that Guatemala was another one that would not fool us! I called him every name I could think of too! When I left him he was as white as a sheet! and I KNEW HE WAS DEFEATED. for he well knows that his game is up now and that there will be a revolt of the American people if these Jews get us into war again! Agnes Waters unknown books
1945Best.-Nr. 511672Washington D. C.: Agnes Waters 1945. Unbound. Fine. Promotional postcard and invitation to a speech by Agnes Waters. Measuring 5.5" x 3.5". Printed on recto. Verso is addressed to "Mr. M. B. Rorner Buffalo New York" and is postmarked "Washington D. C. June 25 1945." A single tiny closed tear else a fine copy. Agnes Waters was a political activist and write-in candidate for President in four elections starting in 1944. Agnes Waters unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 384765London: Neville Spearman Ltd 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Foredge foxed else about fine in near fine dustwrapper with jacket art by Tony Snoaden with a couple of tiny tears. A classic of western literature a novel of a Pueblo Indian his sin and his redemption. The American edition is scarce the English edition even more so. Neville Spearman Ltd hardcover books
1806Best.-Nr. 8619Philadelphia: Published by Archibald Bartram for Thomas Dobson 1806. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. Third Edition. Hardcover. Bell a renowned Scottish surgeon and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Bell published a number of important medical treatises and is widely considered the first Scottish scientific surgeon. In his 1796 A System of Surgery he advocated the routine use of opium to relieve post-operative pain "to be able to alleviate the misery of those who are obliged to submit to dangerous operations must afford the biggest gratification to every practitioner". Uncommon generally quite scarce complete and in the condition found here. Light shelf/edge wear ffep very tender at joint owner signature at second ffep light foxing at preliminaries and minor sporadic throughout tipps gently bumped wear at head else tight bright and unmarred. 570pp; xxix; plus Plates I-XII. Illus. b/w plates. Index. Published by Archibald Bartram for Thomas Dobson hardcover books
1781Best.-Nr. 378383Paris: Chez P.F. Didot le jeune Librairie de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris 1781. Nouvelle édition revue corrigée. xii 562 i.e.763 4 pp. 8vo. Modern full brown morocco. Fine. Nouvelle édition revue corrigée. xii 562 i.e.763 4 pp. 8vo. An interpretaion of Hippocrates' writings intended for the general reader young doctor or surgeon. Hippocrates was born on the island of Cos Kos. Chez P.F. Didot, le jeune, Librairie de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris unknown books
1814Best.-Nr. 25003Philadelphia: James Webster 1814. Third Edition. Full contemporary calf. Very good; binding somewhat chafed. An unusually clean copy and exceptional as such. 8vo viii 1 - 570 xxix 1 - blank pp. 12 engraved plates. The pre-eminent surgical reference work of the late 18th century. Written with precision and to cover a remarkable range of topics. The plates are of surgical instruments; beautifully engraved and accompanied by explanatory text. . Austin #176; Heirs of Hippocrates 672-674. James Webster unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 168474N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage photograph of Muddy Waters with trombonist Chris Brubeck and Bob Dylan whom Waters invited onstage during a show at the Bottom Line in New York on June 30 1975. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink identifying subjects on the verso. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 170773N.p.: N.p. 1990. Five vintage color transparencies from the 1990 film showing cast members during filming on location. A characteristically oddball romantic comedy set in Baltimore in the 1950s about the romance between rockabilly outcast Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker and an upper-class girl named Allison. Shot on location throughout Maryland in Ellicott City Hampden Baltimore Reisterstown Jessup Milford Mill and Sykesville and in Santa Clarita California and Hershey Pennsylvania. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 29379n.p. 1940. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Marginal chipping and tape-mended tears to first and last pages else very good. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 330829framed. near fine. Black and white photograph signed by American signer and actress Ethel Waters. Circa 1965. Please inquire for more information. Ethel Waters was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz swing and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her notable recordings include "Dinah" "Stormy Weather" "Taking a Chance on Love" "Heat Wave" "Supper Time" "Am I Blue" "Cabin in the Sky" "I'm Coming Virginia" and her version of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award the first African American to star on her own television show and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. unknown books
1868Best.-Nr. 732591868. Murder Will Out" "Waters" Russell William 1806-1876. Recollections of a Sheriff's Officer. London: Aldine Chambers c.1868. iv 140 pp. Octavo 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Contemporary cloth blind fillets and gilt title to spine speckled edges. Some soiling faint dampstaining and fading to boards and spine corners just bumped hinges cracked light offsetting to endleaves contemporary armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places crack in text block between pp. 94 and 95 small tear to lower edge of second leaf not affecting text. Rare. $450. Second edition. This fine example of the genre of Victorian detective fiction first appeared in 1840 under a different imprint. Short anecdotes narrated by down-on-his-luck sheriff's officer William Sharpe cover murder abduction and theft. Contents include "Murder Will Out" "Diamond Cut Diamond" "Very Mysterious" "The Dead Alive" "A Writ of Capias" and "Nobs and Snobs." Russell was an early and prolific writer of crime stories and detective fiction sometimes under his own name and sometimes as here under the pseudonym "Waters" or "Thomas Waters." OCLC locates 2 copies of all editions and 1 copy of the present edition UT-Austin. Hubin Crime Fiction 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography 416. unknown books
1927Best.-Nr. 206461927. Waters Ethel career archive 1927-1968 documents African American performance history across stage film and music supporting research into Black entertainment racial integration in American media and queer cultural history. Waters emerged from the Harlem jazz and blues scene of the 1920s and became one of the highest-paid Black recording artists of her era later breaking barriers in Broadway film and television. The archive traces her transition from early musical theater into mid-century film and stage productions including roles that engaged directly with race relations in the United States. Her career also holds significance within LGBTQ cultural history as her bisexual identity and audience following positioned her within overlapping communities of performance and identity. Archive of eight items including five black-and-white silver gelatin photographs one sheet music booklet and two printed theatrical programs/handbills dating from 1927 to 1968. 1 Kahn Gus and Moret Neil. Chlo-e Song of the Swamp. San Francisco: Villa Moret Inc. 1927. Six-page sheet music booklet featuring a photographic image of Waters from Africana the production marking her Broadway debut; interior leaf loose. 2 Press photograph for Pinky. 1949. Waters appears with co-star Jeanne Crain during filming; verso caption describes production context. 3 Press photograph for Pinky. 1949. Scene depicting Crain leaning on Waters in a domestic interior; caption identifies film. 4 Handbill for The Member of the Wedding. Milwaukee: Davidson Theatre February 18 1952. Single sheet with photographic portrait of Waters who originated the role of Berenice Sadie Brown. 5 Lobby card for The Member of the Wedding. 1952. Waters pictured with Julie Harris and Brandon deWilde in a domestic scene. 6 Program booklet for At Home with Ethel Waters. New York: 48th Street Theatre 1953. Sixteen-page program listing 26 songs performed with accompanist Reginald Beane including "Am I Blue" and "Stormy Weather" alongside biographical text and photographs. 7 Lobby card for The Sound and the Fury. 1959. Waters appears with Jack Warden and Stephen Perry in her final film role. 8 Press photograph of Waters with Jim Brown. 1968. Image shows Brown greeting Waters at MGM studios; caption printed on verso. Materials include a mix of promotional imagery performance documentation and printed ephemera tied to specific productions. Spanning four decades the archive situates Waters within major developments in American entertainment including the expansion of Black performers into mainstream film and television and the negotiation of racial representation in works such as Pinky. Her stage and musical performances document continuity between early jazz-era entertainment and mid-century theatrical production while her later appearances reflect sustained visibility across changing media landscapes. Minor edge wear occasional creasing and one chipped corner to a photograph not affecting the image; materials remain well preserved. Overall in very good condition. unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. 52064New York / London: High Risk Books 1997. First edition. Very good plus. First printing of this scarce posthumously issued collection of Mueller's writings from the '60s '70s' and '80s - fondly introduced by John Waters as "the ultimate daughter Divine would have loved to have had." 8'' x 5''. Original pictorial wrappers designed by Rex Ray. 294 pages. Minor edgewear. Light toning to margins. High Risk Books unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. 52064New York / London: High Risk Books 1997. First edition. Very good plus. First printing of this scarce posthumously issued collection of Mueller's writings from the '60s '70s' and '80s - fondly introduced by John Waters as "the ultimate daughter Divine would have loved to have had." 8'' x 5''. Original pictorial wrappers designed by Rex Ray. 294 pages. Minor edgewear. Light toning to margins. High Risk Books unknown books
Best.-Nr. 331098framed. very good. Photograph of American signer and actress Ethel Waters. Signed circa 1939. Decorative frame. Please inquire for more information. Ethel Waters was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz swing and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her notable recordings include "Dinah" "Stormy Weather" "Taking a Chance on Love" "Heat Wave" "Supper Time" "Am I Blue" "Cabin in the Sky" "I'm Coming Virginia" and her version of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award the first African American to star on her own television show and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. unknown books
1852Best.-Nr. 82443New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1852. First American Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's original dark blue embossed cloth titled in gilt to spine with elaborate blindstamping to boards. 238pp. Wear rubbing and scuffing to extremities with book board showing through the cloth at corners and edges fraying and loss to spine ends not interfering with the title in addition there is a cosmetic split to the cloth of the front spine hinge. A good serviceable copy with some conspicuous wear. Internally clean rear inner hinge split two previous ownerships in pencil to the prelims with an additional pencil name to page 22. Some thumbing to prelims and with a pale damp stain to the lower front corner of the first 20pp or so. Perhaps not the most beautiful example of this scarce and sought after title to surface but a legitimate rarity nonetheless. This first US edition although of dubious legality predates the official first edition of this work by 4 years having been collected from US magazine publications syndicating from the Edinburgh Review and bolted together into book form. One of the very earliest fictional police procedurals and an early contributor to the enduring mystique of Scotland Yard. Cornish, Lamport & Co unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 170434Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Collection of 36 vintage reference photographs from the 1952 film including 35 bordered and one borderless. Most with provenance stamps and labels on the versos and four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to same. Based on Carson McCullers' beloved 1946 novel which McCullers also adapted for Broadway in 1950 starring actors Ethel Waters and Julie Harris who reprised their roles for the film. A young lonely tomboy dreams of escaping her small southern town with her brother and his fiancée. Harris was 27 more than double the age of the fictional Frankie Addams at the time of the film's production. Set in the American South. 35 photographs 10 x 8 inches one 7.5 x 9.25 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine a couple with annotations in manuscript ink on the margins. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Best.-Nr. WALTER-FILM007215New World Pictures. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1987. Vintage original film script 11 x 8 1/2" 28 x 22 cm 109 pp. Script designated as Revised Second Draft by Daniel Waters and dated November 17 1987. Printed New World Pictures studio wrappers brad bound near fine. Heathers is a teen black comedy and debut film directed by Michael Lehmann. The film stars Winona Ryder Christian Slater Shannen Doherty Lisanne Falk Kim Walker and Penelope Milford. Its plot portrays four teenage girls -- three of whom are named Heather -- in a clique at an Ohio high school one of whose lives is disrupted by the arrival of a misanthrope intent on murdering the popular students and staging their deaths as suicides. Waters wrote Heathers as a spec script and originally wanted Stanley Kubrick to direct the film out of admiration for Kubrick's own black comedy film Dr. Strangelove. Waters intended the film to contrast the optimistic teen movies of the era particularly those written by John Hughes by presenting a cynical depiction of high school imbued with dark satire. Wikipedia New World Pictures paperback books
1993Best.-Nr. 167532Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Silver Pictures 1993. Final Draft script for the 1993 film. Laid in with the script is a call sheet dated March 1 1993. An overly aggressive police officer and a homicidal crime lord are both cryogenically frozen in the year 1996 reawakening in 2032 to a futuristic supercity known as "San Angeles." Loosely based on Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel "Brave New World" and on H.G. Wells' 1899 novel "The Sleeper Awakes." Set and shot on location throughout Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 1 1993 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Peter Lenkov Daniel Waters and Jonathan Lemkin. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers / Silver Pictures unknown books
1896Best.-Nr. 306962New York: G.F. Diehl 1896. 20pp. 12mo. Stapled self wrappers. Slight finger soiling. In half blue morocco and cloth drop box with red leather label. 20pp. 12mo. Pro-capitalist pamphlet by someone claiming to "work in a machine shop in a little New England town. G.F. Diehl] unknown books
1793Best.-Nr. 42029Worcester Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas for the Author 1793. 24pp. Disbound and lightly foxed. Good plus. With ownership signature of Joseph Goffe on May 19 1793 from Sutton. This is a scarce Isaiah Thomas imprint. ESTC locates two copies at AAS and one each at Harvard JCB NYPL and the Library of Congress. Waters was born and died in Sutton Worcester County. According to Find a Grave he was a "Revolutionary War Veteran" serving as "Private in Capt. Andrew Elliot's company Col. Jonathan Holman's regiment that marched on September 26 1777 to reinforce the Northern Army in the battle at Saratoga NY." The Sutton Historical Society wrote about Waters: "Samuel lived what appeared to be quite an eventful and colorful life which included operating a tavern serving time in debtor's prison the result of his participation in a illconceived real estate investment and serving as an Elder with the First Baptist Church of West Sutton during the latter part of his life. . . Artifacts from the Samuel Waters Tavern have made their way to locations as far as Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. The Samuel Waters Tavern has a colorful history and if it could talk one could only imagine the long and interesting litany of stories it would tell." Evans 26434. ESTC 25992. Isaiah Thomas, for the Author unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 14325New York: The John Day Company 1933. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. Signed by the authors W.W. Waters and William C. White the first edition of Bonus Expeditionary Force: The Whole Story of the Bonus Army. Octavo 16pp photos 288pp. Beige cloth title in blue on spine. Blue topstain. No additional printings listed. Solid text block faint foxing to edges transference to endpapers. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket $2.50 retail price on front flap short closed tears to top edge thin red stain to rear panel dampstain to verso. Signed by W.W. Waters and William C. White on the front flyleaf a scarce signed example. Walter W. Waters former WWI sergeant led a legion of 43000 remonstrators to Washington D.C. to demand early repayment of their service certificates in 1932. This group named the Bonus Expeditionary Force were cleared from their campsites by Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur with orders from President Herbert Hoover. The veterans did not receive their early payment until 1936 when Congress overrode a veto from President Roosevelt. The John Day Company unknown books
1934Best.-Nr. 206451934. Waters Ethel group of six items dating from 1934 to 1959 documents the stage and screen career of Ethel Waters a central figure in twentieth century African American performance history whose work in theater music and film intersected with the integration of American entertainment industries. Rising to prominence in Harlem during the 1920s as a jazz and blues vocalist Waters became one of the highest paid Black recording artists of her era and later broke racial barriers on Broadway and in television. Her starring role in As Thousands Cheer established one of the earliest instances of integrated billing between Black and white performers on the Broadway stage while later productions and film roles expanded her presence across national audiences. Her repertoire including "Stormy Weather" and "Am I Blue" achieved lasting recognition in American music history and her public persona and personal life contributed to her reception within queer audiences including lesbian and gay communities. Archive of six items comprising two original black and white silver gelatin press photographs and four playbills spanning theater and film productions from 1934 to 1959. Materials include: 1 Playbill for As Thousands Cheer. Chicago: Shubert Grand Opera House November 5 1934. Four pages. Documents Waters' featured performance in Irving Berlin's production noted for integrated billing and for introducing the song "Heat Wave." 2 Playbill for Cabin in the Sky. Chicago: Selwyn Theatre May 4 1941. Sixteen pages with cover image of Waters alongside Todd Duncan and Dooley Wilson. Early all Black musical production with a sustained theatrical run. 3 Press photograph for Cabin in the Sky film. 1943. Approximately 7 x 9.5 inches. Image of Waters with Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as Petunia and Little Joe; verso retains original press caption. Film adaptation directed by Vincente Minnelli featuring an ensemble cast including Lena Horne Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. 4 Playbill for The Member of the Wedding. Ivoryton Connecticut: Ivoryton Playhouse July 13 1953. Sixteen pages. Includes feature noting Waters as "Star of the Week" documenting her role as Berenice Sadie Brown. 5 Playbill for At Home with Ethel Waters. New York: 48th Street Theatre September 22 1953. Thirty two pages. Musical revue featuring twenty six songs performed with accompanist Reginald Beane including "Am I Blue" "Suppertime" "St. Louis Blues" and "Stormy Weather." 6 Press photograph for The Sound and the Fury. April 9 1959. Approximately 7.5 x 9 inches. Depicts Waters with Joanne Woodward and Yul Brynner; verso retains press caption. Final film role of Waters. These materials trace Waters' movement from early integrated Broadway performance through mid century theatrical revivals and into late career film work providing a continuous record of African American participation in mainstream entertainment across multiple media. Productions such as Cabin in the Sky and The Member of the Wedding situate Waters within a cohort of Black performers who expanded narrative and representational possibilities on stage and screen during a period of segregation and limited roles. The inclusion of both playbills and press photography documents the promotional and institutional frameworks through which Black performers were presented to audiences while the chronological range captures shifts from Harlem Renaissance performance circuits to postwar film adaptation. Light handling wear with minor edge wear to playbills; photographs retain strong contrast and clear detail with intact press captions. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 110611Studio City CA: Major Pictures Corporation 1969. Final Shooting script for the 1970 neo-noir film. Boldly SIGNED by lead actor Rod Taylor on the front wrapper. Based on the 1966 novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his series character Travis McGee. Notable as the only feature film adaptation of MacDonald's wildly popular Travis McGee series long unavailable on any kind of viewing format. Red titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper dated 28 January 1969 with credits for screenwriter Ed Waters and novelist John D. MacDonald. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. Grant US. Larson Warped and Faded. Major Pictures Corporation unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 3805Baltimore MD: Dreamland Productions 1972. First Printing. Handbill. Very Good. First Printing. Handbill. This is an original handbill for the "Gala World Premiere" of John Water's Pink Flamingos at the Baltimore Film Festival III. Far more rare particularly in presentable condition than the original movie poster a wonderful addition to a serious Waters' collection. Very minor offset to printing one corner shows minor creasing else bright and unmarred. Black and white printing on newsprint. 8.25x10.5 Dreamland Productions unknown books
