[Baudelaire] Poe (Edgar) :Livre Rare Book
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1884rif. 16161Paris, A. Quantin, 1884, deux volumes in-8 ; demi-maroquin à coins orange, dos lisse décoré en long d’une succession de sept rectangles dorés entrecoupés au tiers supérieur d’une grande pièce de titre bleu foncé, le tout dans un encadrement de filet doré, filet à froid sur les plats, couverture illustrée conservée, tête dorée, tranches non rognées ("reliure exécutée pour la Librairie Louis Conard") ; XXXII, 382 pp. ; XIX-410 pp. ; en tout, 26 gravures dont le portrait de Poe, dessiné et gravé par Chifflart ; eau-forte de Abot d’après Vierge ; 2 héliogravures d’après les dessins de Férat et Herpin ; 9 dessins et eaux-fortes de Wögel ; pour le tome II : frontispice dessiné et gravé par Chifflart ; 4 héliogravures d’après les dessins de Meyer, Férat, F. Méaulle et J.P. Laurens ; 8 eaux-fortes d’après Wögel.
1968rif. 3122Paris Pierre de Tartas 1968. 1 volume in-folio (37,5 x 28 cm), en feuilles, sous couverture papier d'Auvergne grise rempliée et coffret éditeur de toile bordeaux. Avec 15 EAUX-FORTES ORIGINALES DE VAN DONGEN DONT UN FRONTISPICE TIRÉ EN NOIR, 2 DOUBLE-PAGE, 2 HORS-TEXTE ET 10 COMPOSITIONS DANS LE TEXTE, L'ENSEMBLE EN COULEURS. - Tirage limité à 270 exemplaires, celui-ci le n° 257 sur vélin d'Arches, signé par l'artiste, l'éditeur et portant bien le cachet d'authenticité requis. Note : Cette sélection de "poèmes immortels" des Fleurs du Mal, avec une préface de Jean-Paul Sartre, constitue le dernier livre illustré par Kess Van Dongen. -- ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: Paris Pierre de Tartas 1968. 1 folio volume (37.5 x 28 cm), in loose sheets, in an Auvergne paper cover and the burgundy cloth publisher's box. With 15 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY VAN DONGEN INCLUDING A FRONTISPIECE PRINTED IN BLACK, 2 DOUBLE PAGES, 2 OUF-OF-TEXT AND 10 COMPOSITIONS IN THE TEXT, ALL IN COLOR. - Limited edition of 270 copies, this one number 257 on Arches paper, signed by the artist, the publisher and bearing the required stamp of authenticity. This selection of "immortal poems" from Les Fleurs du Mal, with a preface by Jean-Paul Sartre, constitutes the latest book illustrated by Kess Van Dongen. The copy offered here is in mint condition.
1908rif. NL-02426Spectacular 1908 panoramic aerial photograph of Oakland documenting the city's rapid growth after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This monumental 1908 panoramic aerial photograph of Oakland California taken by R. J. Waters & Co. captures the city in the midst of its early 20th-century expansion. Shot from roughly 1000 feet in elevation the image looks northeast over downtown toward Lake Merritt and the rolling East Bay hills offering a richly detailed view of the city's grid architecture and civic growth. The intersection of 14th and Broadway dominated by the Oakland Tribune building and early department stores anchors the composition while a dense pattern of Victorian homes brick commercial blocks and broad unpaved streets extends toward the horizon. R. J. Waters a San Francisco photographer renowned for his panoramic and aerial work produced this image at a time when such high-altitude photography was still experimental—likely achieved from a tethered balloon. The photograph's fine clarity and tonal range exemplify the studio's technical mastery and reflect Oakland's transformation into a modern metropolis in the years following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. By 1908 Oakland had become a key node in the post-earthquake migration and rebuilding of the Bay Area drawing residents and industry displaced from San Francisco. The city's population more than doubled between 1900 and 1910 fueled by transbay rail connections the development of the Key System and new civic projects surrounding Lake Merritt and the waterfront. This view preserves that pivotal moment—when Oakland emerged from San Francisco's shadow to define its own urban identity as the industrial and residential heart of the East Bay poised between Victorian domesticity and modern industrial ambition. Census and publication information Issued as a sepia-toned gelatin silver panorama the print bears the caption "Oakland California 1000 Ft. Elevation. Copyright 1908 by R. J. Waters & Co. 370 Market St. San Francisco." A number of US institutions hold collections of R. J. Waters' panoramas including the Library of Congress and Bancroft Library in which this photograph is likely to occur. A specific listing of this particular panorama is available in public online image repositories linked to Library of Congress cataloging OCLC no. 456374167. Context is Everything In the first decade of the twentieth century Oakland was a rapidly growing port and commercial center in the East Bay. The present photograph copyrighted 1908 captures some of this downtown growth as well as the city's integral relationship to Lake Merritt which in 1908 was already an established civic amenity within the urban fabric. R. J. Waters was a San Francisco-based commercial and panoramic photographer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His studio produced a range of these panoramic views of Californian cities specializing in aerial panoramas that were used both for commercial display pieces and as documentary records. Panoramic photographs like this were typically stitched together from individual images taken from elevated vantage points such as balloons kites or even early aircraft. As such they constitute an essential documentation of American urbanism at the beginning of the 20th century. They were routinely used by municipal city planners rail and shipping interests and photographic studios to advertise a city's size infrastructure and civic landmarks. R. J. Waters' panoramas fit squarely within that commercial/documentary practice and are today considered critical primary sources for reconstructing turn-of-the-century urban form in California. Cartographers: Raper James R. J. Waters 1856–1937 was a commercial photographer active in California and Nevada whose studio produced a wide range of documentary and panoramic photographs around the turn of the 20th century. Waters opened a commercial studio in San Francisco in the 1890s and became especially known for panoramic city views and commercial photographic services. His photographs are held in significant collections including those of the Library of Congress the Getty and the Metropolitan Museum among others. Aerial photos of urban landscapes were among the most common genres of images that R. J. Waters's studio produced in the late 1910s. These include multiple aerial and panoramic images of cities like San Francisco Oakland Fresno and Sacramento. These prints were often made in large sizes for display and municipal record-keeping and now form a valuable visual record of how California cities looked before the ubiquitous transformations of the mid-20th century. Condition Description Scattered wear and soiling. Minor spots of loss. Lower right corner chipped. R.J. Waters Company
rif. 26765Paris, La Table Ronde, 18 novembre 1959. In-12, plein maroquin rouge, dos lisse, auteur, titre et date dorés, décor abstrait mosaïqué en box gris, noir et blanc, tête dorée, couvertures et dos. conservés, sous étui (reliure de DEVAUCHELLE).
Paris, La Table Ronde, 18 novembre 1959. In-12, plein maroquin rouge, dos lisse, auteur, titre et date dorés, décor abstrait mosaïqué en box gris, noir et blanc, tête dorée, couvertures et dos. conservés, sous étui (reliure de DEVAUCHELLE). Edition originale tirée à 115 ex. Un des 100 ex numérotés sur Hollande Van Gelder, deuxième papier après 15 ex sur Japon. Bel exemplaire.
1905rif. 005958Paris: Calmann-Lévy 1905. FIrst Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Marbled boards. Original wraps bound in. . Very Good. A special copy given to Mary Jacobson who was France's fiancee at the time and thus outside the limitation of 300 with qualities straddling two of the limitation tranches. With an original pencil sketch of Jacobson by Chahine. Also all 28 illustrations are rendered hors-texte in two states one being the cancel. 4to. 28.5 by 21.5 cm. 186 pp. Followed by two states of plates. Calmann-Lévy hardcover books
1939rif. 3147771939. 8 x 10 inches. Small blemish at upper right colored-in two old mounts on verso otherwise fine. 8 x 10 inches. Inscribed photograph of African-American television theater and film pioneer Ethel Waters 1896-1977 depicting her in one of her most famous roles and inscribed: "To Alice with the same devotion Hagar has for Lissa and you have for Natalie I have for you Ethel Waters." The photograph shows Waters as Hagar in the Broadway production of Mamba's Daughters 1939 a role which was adapted specifically for her by Dorothy and Dubose Hayward from their novel of the same name; it has been cited as the first dramatic starring role for an African-American actress ANB. On June 14 1939 Waters became the first African-American to host a television program when NBC broadcast "The Ethel Waters Show" a one-hour variety program which included a scene from Mamba's Daughters. The Alice of the inscription is Alice D. Laughlin 1895-1952 muralist engraver and designer who co-founded with designer Natalie Hays Hammond 1904-1985 the Stage Alliance which produced "Six Miracle Plays" directed by and starring Martha Graham at the Guild Theater in 1933. Hammond and Laughlin together with Phyillis Connard constituted a small colony of women artists in Gloucester Massachusetts at the Hammond compound designed by architect Eleanor Raymond. Ethel Waters first made a name for herself as a blues singer on the club circuit; her stage career began when Irving Berlin cast her in As Thousands Cheer 1933 after hearing her perform "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club. In 1949 she became the second African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award Best Supporting Actress for her role in Pinky. WITH: Autograph letter unsigned 6 pp to Natalie Hammond unknown books
1938rif. 224905New York 1938. Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Docketed in pencil on verso giving the name of the sitter the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XN 27". Matted. Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. unknown books
1940rif. 219122New York 1940. Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Docketed in pencil on verso giving the name of the sitter the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XVII s 8". Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Matted and framed unknown books
1938rif. 211857New York 1938. Gelatin silver print half-length frontal. 1 vols. 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Atelier stamped on verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten 146 Central Park West Cannot be reproduced without permission" and docketed by Van Vechten in pencil recording the subject "Ethel Waters" date and identification number "XIV:11. Gelatin silver print half-length frontal. 1 vols. 14 x 11 inches. Large intimate portrait of the great jazz singer and actress gazing soulfully up at the photographer. Taken in the year of her appearance in Carnegie Hall. Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS 1978. unknown books
1939rif. 3147771939. 8 x 10 inches. Small blemish at upper right colored-in two old mounts on verso otherwise fine. 8 x 10 inches. Inscribed photograph of African-American television theater and film pioneer Ethel Waters 1896-1977 depicting her in one of her most famous roles and inscribed: "To Alice with the same devotion Hagar has for Lissa and you have for Natalie I have for you Ethel Waters." The photograph shows Waters as Hagar in the Broadway production of Mamba's Daughters 1939 a role which was adapted specifically for her by Dorothy and Dubose Hayward from their novel of the same name; it has been cited as the first dramatic starring role for an African-American actress ANB. On June 14 1939 Waters became the first African-American to host a television program when NBC broadcast "The Ethel Waters Show" a one-hour variety program which included a scene from Mamba's Daughters. The Alice of the inscription is Alice D. Laughlin 1895-1952 muralist engraver and designer who co-founded with designer Natalie Hays Hammond 1904-1985 the Stage Alliance which produced "Six Miracle Plays" directed by and starring Martha Graham at the Guild Theater in 1933. Hammond and Laughlin together with Phyillis Connard constituted a small colony of women artists in Gloucester Massachusetts at the Hammond compound designed by architect Eleanor Raymond. Ethel Waters first made a name for herself as a blues singer on the club circuit; her stage career began when Irving Berlin cast her in As Thousands Cheer 1933 after hearing her perform "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club. In 1949 she became the second African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award Best Supporting Actress for her role in Pinky. WITH: Autograph letter unsigned 6 pp to Natalie Hammond unknown
1930rif. 15457Paris, Devambez, 1930 ; in-4, en ff., couverture crème rempliée, chemise demi-percaline bleue, titre doré au dos, étui avec couvercle plein chagrin brique, dos rond à nerfs, titre doré (reliure de l'éditeur) ; (4), 77, [78], (4) pp., (2) ff. bl., 20 eaux-fortes dont 17 hors-texte.
1738rif. 20068Lipsiae (Leipzig), ex officina Weidmanniana, 1738 ; in-4°, veau blond, dos très décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, triple filet doré sur les plats et double sur les coupes (reliure de l’époque) ; [16], 504, [18] ; [4], 161, [9] pp. et très curieux frontispice gravé. (Col. : )(, )( )(, A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Zzz, Aaa a-Sss s4).
1890rif. AL.ALB-0021890. Photo album; printing-out-paper prints 45. A charming album with diminutive detailed photographs of California scenes. The album begins with twelve views of Stanford University followed by seven views of California missions including Mission Dolores Mission Santa Barbara Mission San Gabriel Mission San Fernando Mission San Buenaventura and a portrait of three elderly Native American women at Mission San Luis Rey. The remaining twenty-seven photos offer views of San Francisco with shots of Fort Point Sutro Baths the Cliff House Golden Gate Park downtown and Chinatown. In 1892 R. J. Waters opened a photography studio at 1945 California Street and later moved to 110 Sutter Street. He was a multi-talented and entrepreneurial commercial photographer with a keen understanding of the use of the photograph as souvenir object. He created everything from a handsome series of Lake Tahoe boudoir cards to novelty photographic playing cards to impressive panoramas of the 1906 Earthquake. His "Nickel series" offered detailed small-format souvenir photos of notable California sites. Each 3 x 3 3/4 inches ; With captions and Waters' credit in the negative. unknown
1856rif. 1476811856-1937. Collection of approximately 393 photographic prints of ships in the San Francisco Harbor taken at the turn of the twentieth century. Photographs of full rigged sailing ships clipper ships whaling barks tramp steamers steam trawlers and a torpedo boat are in the collection many stamped Waters Company or R.J. Waters & Co. San Francisco. Ships from all around the world are represented including Scotland the United Kingdom Australia Germany Sweden and the United States. Many show San Francisco docks skyline and headlands as the setting one depicting Alcatraz in the background. In very good condition. The photographs measure approximately 8 inches by 10 inches. Collected in four large folios. R.J. Waters a lesser-known figure in the realm of early photography made notable contributions to documenting maritime life and industrial advancements in the late nineteenth century. His collection of photographs captured the transition from sail to steam power showcasing ships harbors and coastal communities with remarkable detail. These images not only served as a visual record of the maritime industry during a transformative era but also highlighted the socio-economic impact of technological progress on seafaring communities. Waters' work bridged art and historical documentation providing valuable insights into the aesthetics of industrial photography and the role of visual media in preserving maritime heritage. Today his photographs are regarded as important artifacts for studying the intersection of maritime history technology and visual culture. unknown
rif. Arm4210 Album oblong( 56 X 35 cm ) titré Gravures Eugène Bléry au 1er plat et au dos - Ensemble de 27 eaux fortes sur Chine appliqué sur velin fort - Dimensions des eaux fortes variables ( 13X10 / 17X14,5 / 17X12 / 27X19 / 25X17/ 31X22 / etc) - Quelques rousseurs dans certaines marges - Album demi basane , mors et coins frottés - 7 Eaux fortes sont signées dans la marge au crayon - Elles sont toutes légendées - Les dates s'échelonnent entre 1838 et 1857 .Elles représentent des paysages ou des fleurs . Eugène Bléry ( 1805-1887) ful l'un des maîtres de l'eau forte au 19e - Il tirait lui mème ses gravures et détruisait ses épreuves intermédiaires .Il a laissé moins de 300 eaux fortes . Exceptionnelle réunion .
rif. Arm4210 Album oblong( 56 X 35 cm ) titré Gravures Eugène Bléry au 1er plat et au dos - Ensemble de 27 eaux fortes sur Chine appliqué sur velin fort - Dimensions des eaux fortes variables ( 13X10 / 17X14,5 / 17X12 / 27X19 / 25X17/ 31X22 / etc) - Quelques rousseurs dans certaines marges - Album demi basane , mors et coins frottés - 7 Eaux fortes sont signées dans la marge au crayon - Elles sont toutes légendées - Les dates s'échelonnent entre 1838 et 1857 .Elles représentent des paysages ou des fleurs . Eugène Bléry ( 1805-1887) ful l'un des maîtres de l'eau forte au 19e - Il tirait lui mème ses gravures et détruisait ses épreuves intermédiaires .Il a laissé moins de 300 eaux fortes . Exceptionnelle réunion .
1957rif. 154176Hollywood: Roger Corman Productions 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller who had a sizable role in the film with his name to the title page and his manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. The finished film runs a little over an hour so the script at 127 pages was cut down substantially in the filming and editing process leaving a remarkable amount of content for study. An alienated wealthy coed at an all-girls boarding school inflicts increasing cruelties on the other students until her manipulation goes too far. An early role for Miller who appeared in 14 films directed by legendary independent filmmaker Roger Corman between 1955 and 1961 and would continue to work with Corman throughout his career. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Ed Waters. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Roger Corman Productions unknown
Cartella completa contenente 12 acqueforti e due disegni firmati Decroix che raffigurano due dei ritratti incisi. “Il a été tiré de cette suite 75 exemplaires numérotés sur papier de hollande. Exemplaire n. 3” con firma autografa dell’autore. I ritratti raffigurano siberiani, tartari, coreani, “enfants de troupe” ecc. Ogni acquaforte (il foglio misura cm 33x26) reca la firma di Decroix a matita, e il titolo del ritratto. Lo stesso Decroix (Lille 1878-1936 Parigi) fu prigioniero di guerra e passò due anni in un campo in Germania, liberato nel 1916 raggiunse la familgia a Berna per poi trasferirsi a Parigi. Assai raro.
1856rif. 41598London: J & C. Brown & Co. 1856. 1856. First edition. First edition of this Queen’s Quorum title #2 preceded only by Poe’s Tales in the history of the detective short story. A rare book to find in the original yellowback format; original covers laid down lacking the spine former owner's small name stamp on front pastedown sheet and a small inked number on the front fly leaf else a very good copy with interior clean. "Waters" is identified as a detective in the Metropolitan police and many of his cases are reported in this book which is quite readable. This book is a result of the publicity and public relations of the new Metropolitan Police which had been established in the 1820s. An interesting and early historical book in the early days of crime and mystery fiction. Also an early Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery title and a rare book. Housed in a cloth clamshell case with titles stamped in red on the spine and front cover of the book reproduced on the front of the case. J & C. Brown & Co., [1856]. hardcover
1987rif. 152039N.p.: N.p. 1987. Shooting script for the 1988 film. Presentation copy belonging to actress Ricki Lake with her holograph annotations throughout and xerographically duplicated inscriptions to Lake as intended when the script was bound from director John Waters actors Divine Shawn Thompson Debbie Harry Pia Zadora and others bound in before the script. With several production documents bound in after the script including a 34-page shooting schedule call sheets contact information for cast and crew and maps of Baltimore and a thank-you letter to Waters from Lake. Cult independent director John Waters' most enduring film following a kindhearted "pleasantly plump" teenager who becomes an overnight sensation on a local television dance show and subsequently uses her newfound fame to speak out in support of integration. Basis for the Tony Award winning 2002 musical and subsequent 2007 film adaptation directed by Adam Shankman and starring Nikki Blonsky Michelle Pfeiffer and John Travolta. Set and shot on location in Baltimore Maryland. Black full leather binding with gilt titles and rule and Lake's name to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1987 noted as Shooting Script with credits for director John Waters. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. With a small label to the bottom right corner of the inside front wrapper noting custom binding by Ronnie Gousman. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1890rif. List2833Shasta County and Siskiyou County 1890. Fifteen photographs approximately 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Each mounted on heavy cardboard backing approximately 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches which is mounted on heavy cardboard of approximately 8 x 10 ½ inches. Unknown if photographs are stamped verso due to mounting. Some with recent captions on the largest mount; some captions likely incorrect see description. Fine contrast overall fine condition. Raper James Waters 1856–1937 was a professional photographer from Sacramento California. He was first active as a photographer in Gold Hill Nevada in the 1880s. Following this he returned to California and had studios in Berkeley and San Francisco between the late 1880s and mid-1920s. Offered here is a collection of fifteen of Waters’ photographs from around Mount Shasta likely from the late 1880s or 1890s. The photographs are mainly from places in Siskiyou County where Mount Shasta is located including shots of the towns of Sisson now Mount Shasta and Dunsmuir Sisson and Dunsmuir are on the Siskiyou Trail an ancient Native American footpath running from the San Francisco area to Portland Oregon. The Central Pacific Railroad Company completed a train line along the Siskiyou Trail in 1887; one shot from an unknown location shows railroad tracks rounding a curve among felled trees. Just outside of Dunsmuir is the Shasta Springs resort mislabeled here as Shasta Bottling Works famous for its springwater – the fountains of water in the photograph are from pressurized pipes coming from the springs. Other captioned photographs show Castle Crags hikers summiting Mount Shasta Mossbrae Falls and Castle Lake mislabeled as Crystal Lake. Photographs also show campers with their tent small houses a canoe on a lake and snowy winter scenes. Overall a striking set of photographs. unknown
1920rif. ALB-4421920. Photo album; silver prints 22. This unique promotional album showcasing a variety of businesses and other entities in Lincoln NE with manuscript "show cards" mounted throughout was presumably on view in the Hotel Lincoln where it could be perused by travelers wishing to explore the capital city during the roaring twenties. The album speaks to the use of photography as both a dynamic mutable advertising apparatus and as a practical guidebook for wanderers in unfamiliar places. The credited photographs were mostly taken by Lincoln commercial photographer Roy Hindmarsh with one credited to F. Madonald. Among the businesses pictured are Armstrong's Clothing Store; Harris-Sartor Jewelry Co.; Miller's Tires; Hotel Koehler; Hussong's Ford Sales; Carpenter Hotel "a place of comfort and service"; Lincoln Hide and Fur Co. "furs direct from trapper to consumer" picturing a fur dealer in the shop examining furs; the Beatrice Creamey Co. etc. Other entities pictured include the University of Nebraska; Green Gables Dr. Benjamin Bailey's sanatorium "a good place to get well and to learn to keep well"; the Lincoln Commercial Club; Antelope Park and more. A bird's eye view of Lincoln is included as well. The showcards are mounted opposite the photographs thirteen of them corresponding to the photo with which they are paired and nine advertising businesses that are not pictured the latter including the calligrapher who designed the show cards G. H. Walters; chiropractor Dr. Ashworth; Miss Margaret Easter "manicuring for gentlemen"; Dr. W. H. Slattery house physician Dodds Hats for Women "most exclusive hat shop in city" and others. Among the more appealing shots here is that of the establishment of undertaker Henry B. Brown. In front of Brown's office two men pose in the driver's seats of the firm's handsome private ambulance and its hearse. This composition-of two driver/employees in vehicles is repeated for the ad of Heaston's Nash Auto Dealers "when in the market for a real car see us". Each 8 x 10 inches ; With accompanying "show cards" on each facing page. unknown
2005rif. 91012Hatje Cantz Publishers. New. 2005. Paperback. 3775714855 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- TWO 2 VOLUME SET. 408 pages 475 illustrations most in color. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Hatje Cantz Publishers paperback
1998rif. 163H1402New York: Seven Stories Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. 1888363681 . Signed and inscribed by Gary Webb upon half-title page. "Shows how the L.A. crack market flourished through a breathtaking combination of government negligence greed and criminal conduct. Demonstrates that U.S. government agencies including the CIA DEA and FBI were aware of the activities of this well-connected drug network and did little or nothing to stop it. Indeed in several instances documented here the Justice Department the CIA and the secret National Security Council unit run by Oliver North took extraordinary steps to protect the ring from public exposure. In the final chapters Webb reveals the conflict that led to his newspaper's stunning repudiation of its own series - and at what cost he stood by his story." - dust jacket. xxviii 548 pages. Footnotes glossary and index. Webb was found dead in his home in 2004 with two gunshot wounds to his head. Curiously his death was ruled a suicide. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade mylar. A quality signed example of this heroic work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Dark Alliance: The CIA the Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion Conspiracy California Los Angeles Habit Counterrevolutionaries Nicaragua United States Central Intelligence Agency Black African Americans Social Destruction Investigative Journalism; Signed by Authors . Seven Stories Press hardcover
