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1910réf. 3881910 1 Relié, demi-chagrin fauve serti d'un filet à froid, dos lisse décoré de frises et fleurons dorés, auteur, titre et illustrateur de même, tête cramoisie, couvertures parcheminées conservées. 29,5 x 21 cm, 109 p., nombreuses illustrations gravées. Paris, Auguste Blaizot - René Kieffer, Collection Eclectique, 1910.
réf. 6453 En ff, sous couv. imprimer. rempli. d'éd., chemise, étui (celui-ci en mauvais état). 28,8 x 21,0 cm, [10]-259-[9] p. , 53 illustrations mises en couleurs à la poupée. Paris, L. Carteret, 1924.
réf. 6453 En ff, sous couv. imprimer. rempli. d'éd., chemise, étui (celui-ci en mauvais état). 28,8 x 21,0 cm, [10]-259-[9] p. , 53 illustrations mises en couleurs à la poupée. Paris, L. Carteret, 1924.
1936réf. 006654London: James Bain 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Scarce regimental history. Prev owner's signat to ffep. Gilt crest to front and gilt tiling to spine. Bit of surface loss obscuring half of "Pathans" on spine. Spine ends rubbed and boards sl. cocked. Boards sl. faded. 398pp undiscoloured. Binding sound. Final Addenda and Corrigenda No. 2 sheet loosely inserted at back. All b/w plates and maps present. Fold-out maps neat and undamaged. The plates facing pp. 122 and 123 are detached and appear to have been rather mutilated at the bottom outer corner with some loss. This does not impinge on the actual images apart from a jagged closed tear of about 3cm to the image facing p. 123. Heavy at 1.4kg. 175 x 250mm. Respectable copy. Good . James Bain hardcover
1997réf. 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
1997réf. 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
2003réf. BRG-39_2_870Scribner 2003-10-20. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Very Good condition.Crisp pages. Clean cover and pages. Book shows minimal shelf wear. No highlighting/marking. Not Satisfied Contact us to get a refund. Scribner paperback
1852réf. 9305New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Extremely scarce first printing. This is the true first American edition that was first issued as a pirated edition by Cornish Lamport & Co. in 1852 with the text lifted from CHAMBER'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL and "some of our American Magazines." Front board very close to detaching binding repaired with tape. Noticeable shelf-wear soiling bumping etc. Some foxing pages otherwise clean. Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers hardcover
réf. 9781536161014NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC
1791réf. blb05613Philadelphia: T. Dobson 1791. 1st American. Hardcover. Good. Full leather with maroon title box to spine and gilt lettering and horizontal rulings. Book is tight and square with just a few slighltly loose pages and rubbing to the edges and corners of boards. Free of major flaws or markings inside and out other than a white spot to front the aforementioned wear general toning to pages and the signature of the prior and original 1791 owner Cyrus Hamlin. Provenance is detailed in a laid-in hand-written note - this was the original copy used by Cyrus Hamlin father of the future Vice-President of the USA Hannibal Hamlin under Abraham Lincoln when he attended Harvard Medical School in 1793. Purchased from the Hamlin estate in 2022. All 12 fold-out plates which appear in the Appendix along with a complete text explanation of each were engraved by James Trenchard. They are all in Good or better condition with small closed tears to some of them. They depict various surgical instruments. This is the First Edition of the American abridgment of Bell's 6-volume System of Surgery 1782 -87 in which Bell amongst many other advances such as developments in vascular surgery 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"". In his preface the editor Waters credits the famous New York surgeon John Jones with reviewing the manuscript and with adding footnotes which appear throughout. Jones was the author of the first surgical text by an American. T. Dobson hardcover
1927réf. 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
1859réf. LTH31-C-16London: W. Kent and Co 1859. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A very scarce account of a Victorian detective in very attractive leather binding. Second series. Writing under the pseudonym "Waters" the author offers a fascinating insight into nineteenth century policing. With the book plate of Arthur Gregg to the front pastedown. In half-calf binding with gilt detailing and paper-covered boards. Externally sound there is wear to the boards joints extremities and backstrip with some cracking to joints and starting to backstrip with tenderness to hinges. Internally the pages are firmly bound and are bright and clean throughout though there are instances of spotting and tide-marking to certain areas. Very Good W. Kent and Co hardcover
2025réf. Adhya-9781119791478JOHN WILEY 2025. HB. New. JOHN WILEY hardcover
2025réf. Adhya-9781119791478JOHN WILEY 2025. HB. New. JOHN WILEY hardcover
1970réf. 6994Berkeley Cal: Saint Heironymous Press 1970. Paper portfolio with thirty loose prints of various sizes. Printed cardstock folder 39 x 31 cm. with thirty prints on heavy paper. Fourth Printing of the first publication of famed Berkeley chef Alice Waters originally issued the year prior to the opening of her restaurant Chez Panisse. Waters and Chez Panisse went on to be a cornerstone of California Cuisine restaurants and is undoubtedly one of the most influential restaurants in American history. Gourmet Magazine named it Best Restaurant in America in 2001. The portfolio contains thirty recipes printed from calligraphy and with charming illustrations of David Lance Goines. One of the many collaborations between the artist and chef of the iconic Berkeley restaurant. Very near fine. With original sales invoice from the India Ink Gallery of Los Angeles to collector Mrs. F.J. Board of Stamford CT. Saint Heironymous Press unknown books
1901réf. 3614London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles 1901. 7 vols. Each vol. with a hand-colored frontis. printed on silk and several plates each in 3 states including one in color. All plates with printed tissue guards. Special edition limited to 26 lettered sets. The 7 vols. are bound in gilt decorated full morocco 3 in red 2 in brown and 2 in blue as published. A.e.g. With some slight rubbing. Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles unknown books
réf. 42313Moulins.Paris.1778.In-12 en veau marbré.301 p. BE.Triple filets dorés sur les platsTranches dorées. Petite étiquette muette en queue.Ex-libris.
réf. 69945Boston MA: Wentworth and Company 1856. Crime classic FIRST AUTHORISED AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.ii; 376. Bound in half red morocco tooled in gilt matching red cloth sides ruled in gilt. Contents clean no inscriptions some acceptable wear to covers small crack to upper joint. A very good copy. 'Waters' is considered among the first and most prolific authors to write 'police memoirs' or detective stories. From 1849-1852 he contributed an irregular series of stories to Chambers' Edinburgh Journal. Ten of these were published in pirated book-form editions in New York in 1852 and 1853 entitled The Recollections of a Policeman. The same ten plus two additional stories were then collated into an official volume entitled Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer published in London in 1856. In the same year twenty-one stories were authorised for publication in America the present volume being the most comprehensive of all the early versions. Boston, MA: Wentworth and Company, 1856 unknown
2026réf. Discovery-9781804894729BRILLIANCE 2026. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
2026réf. Discovery-9781804894729BRILLIANCE 2026. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
réf. CA09B-00153John Schofield. Collectible - Acceptable. Ellicotts Mills MD: John Schofield 1853. 1st edition. 12mo hardcover. Embossed black cloth with gilt spine lettering. 333pp47pp. Fair book. Torn cloth reglued to lower half of spine. Staining and foxing to pages. Several inked corrections throughout text. Newspaper clippeds tipped in on rear pastedown. Christianity Calvinism Doctrinal Theology Inquire if you need further information. John Schofield hardcover
1975réf. 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
1990réf. 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
1940réf. 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
réf. 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