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2011ref. 94830University Press of Mississippi. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 280 pages. -- with a bonus offer--; Conversations With Filmmakers; The films of John Waters b. 1946 are some of the most powerful send-ups of conventional film forms and expectations since Luis Bu-uel and Salvador Dali's Un Chien Andalou. In attempting to reinvigorate the experience of movie-going with his shock comedy Waters has been willing to take the chance of offending nearly everyone. His characters have great dignity and resourcefulness taking what's different or unacceptable or grotesque about themselves heightening it and turning it into a handmade personal style. The interviews collected here span Waters's career from 1965 to 2010 and include a new one exclusive to this edition. Waters began making films in his hometown of Baltimore in 1964. Demonstrating an innate talent at capturing the hideous and crude and elevating it to art he reached international acclaim with his outrageous shock comedy Pink Flamingos. This landmark film redefined cinema and became a cult classic. Appearing in this and many of Waters's early films his star Divine would consistently challenge gender definitions. With Polyester Waters entered the mainstream. The film starred Divine as an unhappy housewife who romances a former teen idol played by Tab Hunter. Waters's commercial breakthrough Hairspray told the story of Baltimore's televised sock-hop program The Corny Collins Show and how one brave girl Ricki Lake used her platform as a dancer to end segregation in her town. From Serial Mom and Pecker to Cecil B. Demented Waters continued to infiltrate the mainstream with his unique approach to filmmaking. As a visual artist he was given a retrospective at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in 2004 which was shown at galleries around the world. . 2011. 161703181X . University Press of Mississippi paperback
2011ref. 94829University Press of Mississippi. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 280 pages. -- with a bonus offer--; Conversations With Filmmakers; The films of John Waters b. 1946 are some of the most powerful send-ups of conventional film forms and expectations since Luis Bu-uel and Salvador Dali's Un Chien Andalou. In attempting to reinvigorate the experience of movie-going with his shock comedy Waters has been willing to take the chance of offending nearly everyone. His characters have great dignity and resourcefulness taking what's different or unacceptable or grotesque about themselves heightening it and turning it into a handmade personal style. The interviews collected here span Waters's career from 1965 to 2010 and include a new one exclusive to this edition. Waters began making films in his hometown of Baltimore in 1964. Demonstrating an innate talent at capturing the hideous and crude and elevating it to art he reached international acclaim with his outrageous shock comedy Pink Flamingos. This landmark film redefined cinema and became a cult classic. Appearing in this and many of Waters's early films his star Divine would consistently challenge gender definitions. With Polyester Waters entered the mainstream. The film starred Divine as an unhappy housewife who romances a former teen idol played by Tab Hunter. Waters's commercial breakthrough Hairspray told the story of Baltimore's televised sock-hop program The Corny Collins Show and how one brave girl Ricki Lake used her platform as a dancer to end segregation in her town. From Serial Mom and Pecker to Cecil B. Demented Waters continued to infiltrate the mainstream with his unique approach to filmmaking. As a visual artist he was given a retrospective at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in 2004 which was shown at galleries around the world. . 2011. 1617031801 . University Press of Mississippi hardcover
2012ref. 98838Yale University Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 288 pp. ; 208 illus. 177 in color. -- with a bonus offer--; Were Thomas Jefferson to walk the grounds of Monticello today he would no doubt feel fully at home in the 1000-foot terraced vegetable garden where the very vegetables and herbs he favored are thriving. Extensively and painstakingly restored under Peter J. Hatch's brilliant direction Jefferson's unique vegetable garden now boasts the same medley of plants he enthusiastically cultivated in the early nineteenth century. The garden is a living expression of Jefferson's genius and his distinctly American attitudes. Its impact on the culinary garden and landscape history of the United States continues to the present day. Graced with nearly 200 full-color illustrations "A Rich Spot of Earth" is the first book devoted to all aspects of the Monticello vegetable garden. Hatch guides us from the asparagus and artichokes first planted in 1770 through the horticultural experiments of Jefferson's retirement years 1809–1826. The author explores topics ranging from labor in the garden garden pests of the time and seed saving practices to contemporary African American gardens. He also discusses Jefferson's favorite vegetables and the hundreds of varieties he grew the half-Virginian half-French cuisine he developed and the gardening traditions he adapted from many other countries. 20111020 . 2012. 0300171145 . Yale University Press hardcover
2006ref. 59766Chronicle Books. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 227 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2006. 0811851508 . Chronicle Books hardcover
2012ref. 98066Museum; D. A. P. New. 2012. Hardcover. 0870708120 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 264 pp. ; 253 illus. 146 in color. -- with a bonus offer-- . Museum; D. A. P. hardcover
2006ref. 90427Gallery; D. A. P. /Distributed Art Publishers Distribution . New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 96 pp. ; 82 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer--; In a powerful new body of photographs sculpture and installation John Waters continues his investigations of film history and contemporary politics. Primarily known as the filmmaker behind such cult classics as Pink Flamingos Polyester and Pecker Waters has been making "fine" art since the early 1990s. In it he tackles both cinematic themes and political events by building narratives frame by frame from early commercial films. In this publication Waters shares the method by which he constructs each work as if he were making a personal guidebook so that his snapshots color photographs and handwritten notes indicating composition are re-created as if in their original plastic organizational sleeves. Neither the art world celebrity miscreants politicians or Waters himself are spared in these incisive new works. An essay by Brenda Richardson examines Waters's history as well as each work in brief and brilliant detail. . 2006. 0977950301 . Gallery; D. A. P. /Distributed Art Publishers (Distribution) paperback
2016ref. 121280Thames & Hudson. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- with a bonus offer-- . 2016. 0500544638 . Thames & Hudson hardcover
2012ref. 104962A. C. C. Distribution . New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 120 pages; illustrated in color. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2012. 1898565112 . A. C. C. (Distribution) hardcover
2000ref. 61257University Press of New England Distribution . New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened --COMPLETE TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Corresponds to/ Includes ISBN: 0910961115. Measures 30 x 24 cm. 622 pp. With 453 ills. 23 col. . -- with a bonus offer-- . 2000. 0910961115 . University Press of New England (Distribution) hardcover
2000ref. 61258University Press of New England Distribution . New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened --COMPLETE TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Measures 30 x 24 cm. 622 pp. With 453 ills. 23 col. . -- with a bonus offer-- . 2000. 0910961131 . University Press of New England (Distribution) hardcover
2000ref. 61256University Press of New England Distribution . New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened --COMPLETE TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Corresponds to/ Includes ISBN: 0910961107. Measures 30 x 24 cm. 622 pp. With 453 ills. 23 col. . -- with a bonus offer-- . 2000. 0910961107 . University Press of New England (Distribution) hardcover
2012ref. 93811Yale University Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 400 pages. 517 color 28 b/w illus. Publisher description: A true eclectic in her personal life her professional pursuits and her creative expression Marie Zimmermann has proven an elusive character for historians. But her skill as a designer and prodigious output of extraordinary jewelry and metalwork in the early 20th century have routinely caught people by surprise. At its best Zimmermann's work is beguiling and exhilarating exploring a wide range of innovative approaches to pattern material and surface. The diversity of her oeuvre including work in gold silver bronze copper and iron is as astonishing as the boldness of the life she led. This book gathers for the first time the story of Zimmermann's life and work and puts a spotlight on one of the most singular makers of metalwork active in early-20th-century America. Essays by leading scholars in the decorative arts offer extensive new research on Zimmermann and her work while more than 500 gorgeous full-color images show the breadth and novelty of her design practice. -- with a bonus offer--; A true eclectic in her personal life her professional pursuits and her creative expression Marie Zimmermann has proven an elusive character for historians. But her skill as a designer and prodigious output of extraordinary jewelry and metalwork in the early 20th century have routinely caught people by surprise. At its best Zimmermann's work is beguiling and exhilarating exploring a wide range of innovative approaches to pattern material and surface. The diversity of her oeuvre including work in gold silver bronze copper and iron is as astonishing as the boldness of the life she led. This book gathers for the first time the story of Zimmermann's life and work and puts a spotlight on one of the most singular makers of metalwork active in early-20th-century America. Essays by leading scholars in the decorative arts offer extensive new research on Zimmermann and her work while more than 500 gorgeous full-color images show the breadth and novelty of her design practice. . 2012. 0300181140 . Yale University Press hardcover
2003ref. 35137United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- The Republic of Ireland described variously as "The Emerald Tiger" "The Celtic Tiger" and "The Tiger Economy of Europe" is apparently one of the great success stories of 20th-century Europe. Just 75 years into independence less than 40 years from the stygian blackness of pre-modernity and only a decade from what seemed to be an economic apocalypse Ireland has finally modernized. With a young population and economic growth rates the envy of the western world it should offer a model for all fledgling states to follow. In this unsentimental account of the recent history of his native country John Waters defines the nature of the ideology which fuelled the drive to modernization charts the progress of the policies which brought it to fruition and reveals how Ireland recreated itself culturally politically spiritually and economically as "Modern Ireland". In this unsentimental account of the recent history of his native country John Waters defines the nature of the ideology which fuelled the drive to modernization charts the progress of the policies which brought it to fruition and reveals how Ireland recreated itself culturally politically spiritually and economically as "Modern Ireland". -- with a bonus offer--; 520-Waters; Waters John An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Ireland The Republic of Ireland described variously as "The Emerald Tiger" "The Celtic Tiger" and "The Tiger Economy of Europe" is apparently one of the great success stories of 20th-century Europe. . 2003. 0715627910 . Duckworth Pub hardcover
1979ref. 65080Arts Center. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 40 pp. With 3 text ills. And 52 ills. On 25 pls. 28 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1979. Arts Center paperback
1850ref. 3448Great Britain 1850. Comprised of 88 manuscript pages of mathematical definitions tables methods and exercises in a single hand with the ownership signature of "Caroline Waters Age 16 yrs" to the front endpaper. Marbled paper vernacular binding measuring 8 x 12 inches and stitched at spine. Caroline's metric measurements and English currency reveal her to be a student somewhere in the UK. Though the commonness of her name and the absence of a specific date prevents us from locating her in genealogy records the manuscript she left behind reveals much about how and why girls of her age and class were being taught arithmetic. Caroline's elegant practiced hand suggests that she is a member of the rising middle class and the opening of the book suggests that she is a beginning to intermediate mathematician. At the top of the first page she defines Arithmetic as "the art of computing by numbers" which "has five principal sic rules for this purpose viz. Numeration Subtraction Addition Multiplication and Division." Using this definition she divides her notebook into a section for each providing a definition for that principle plus clear-cut examples of its use in both Simple and Compound formats. Numeration Subtraction and Addition are grouped together at the front; and after these sections conclude Caroline enters in Practical Questions in Compound Addition and Subtraction. These involve word problems involving the exchange of money and the calculation of wet and dry weights cloth measurements and time. She then mirrors this with Multiplication and Division before adding sections on Decimal Fractions more Practical Questions and sections on Federal Money and Simple Interest. The organization of the manuscript suggests that Caroline copied it out for continued reference where sections are easy to locate and problems clearly illustrate each of the principles. And the emphasis in sample problems on currency conversion monetary exchange and banking implies that her family in some way wanted her to be aware of these concepts. An exceptional and rich document Caroline's notebook is a rich resource for study including but not limited to the history of women's education middle class education women's domestic use of mathematics women in business paleography genealogy gender studies. unknown
1850ref. 3448Great Britain 1850. Comprised of 88 manuscript pages of mathematical definitions tables methods and exercises in a single hand with the ownership signature of "Caroline Waters Age 16 yrs" to the front endpaper. Marbled paper vernacular binding measuring 8 x 12 inches and stitched at spine. Caroline's metric measurements and English currency reveal her to be a student somewhere in the UK. Though the commonness of her name and the absence of a specific date prevents us from locating her in genealogy records the manuscript she left behind reveals much about how and why girls of her age and class were being taught arithmetic. Caroline's elegant practiced hand suggests that she is a member of the rising middle class and the opening of the book suggests that she is a beginning to intermediate mathematician. At the top of the first page she defines Arithmetic as "the art of computing by numbers" which "has five principal sic rules for this purpose viz. Numeration Subtraction Addition Multiplication and Division." Using this definition she divides her notebook into a section for each providing a definition for that principle plus clear-cut examples of its use in both Simple and Compound formats. Numeration Subtraction and Addition are grouped together at the front; and after these sections conclude Caroline enters in Practical Questions in Compound Addition and Subtraction. These involve word problems involving the exchange of money and the calculation of wet and dry weights cloth measurements and time. She then mirrors this with Multiplication and Division before adding sections on Decimal Fractions more Practical Questions and sections on Federal Money and Simple Interest. The organization of the manuscript suggests that Caroline copied it out for continued reference where sections are easy to locate and problems clearly illustrate each of the principles. And the emphasis in sample problems on currency conversion monetary exchange and banking implies that her family in some way wanted her to be aware of these concepts. An exceptional and rich document Caroline's notebook is a rich resource for study including but not limited to the history of women's education middle class education women's domestic use of mathematics women in business paleography genealogy gender studies. unknown books
1856ref. 53813London: J. & C. Brown & Co 1856. First edition. Very good. First authorized edition in book form of these collected police detective stories the first ever of their kind to feature an investigator from Scotland Yard. Originally published in CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL the thirteen stories of the First Series plus an eight additional episodes gathered three years later in the Second Series mark the first appearance in fiction of a Scotland Yard detective. Russell in the persona of "Waters" presented his narratives as first-person recollections in line with the conventions of the mid-Victorian police memoir then enjoying great popularity while offering to the reading public a new kind of hero: a policeman with intelligence curiosity and integrity. Detective fiction has always pressed up against the porous borders of that much-derided segment of popular literature now known as "true crime": just as the latter is frequently embellished and distorted for the sake of a better story crime and detective fiction in its earliest forms borrowed the shock of the real insisting as a matter of genre convention that the events depicted were only lightly fictionalized that the reader was given entrée into the "marginalized social space between 'respectable' and 'criminal'" Saunders occupied by the real-life police detective; that they were being told a true story by an insider. Verisimilitude was the point: "The genre was designed to take the private spaces operations and methodologies of the police force and publicize them for the reader and Russell himself explained that his memoir writing was designed to present an inside view into policing for readers" Saunders. Given the bedrock importance of this interplay between the real and the unreal at the dawn of detective fiction it is perhaps unsurprising that Sherlock Holmes the most famous fictional private detective of later Victorian decades would inspire a legion of devotees to insist on his factual reality perfectly well aware that this was not true and sublimely indifferent to it. A handsome copy of this scarce and vital Queen's Quorum and Haycraft-Queen title - especially uncommon complete in one volume. Two octavo volumes bound in one 6.25'' x 4''. Contemporary half calf marbled boards. Gilt-ruled spine with spine label. Lacking frontispiece as sometimes seen. 8 310 pages. In custom cloth slipcase. Sympathetically rebacked with reinforcement to hinges. Some rubbing chipping rear joint. Overall clean and sound. J. & C. Brown & Co unknown
1861ref. 54625London: Charles H. Clarke 1861. Very good plus. First edition of this classic Victorian detective novel ostensibly written in the form of a memoir by an expat detective who fled his home country to avoid political persecution. After his RECOLLECTIONS OF A DETECTIVE POLICE-OFFICER 1856 the first novel of its kind to feature an investigator from Scotland Yard Russell followed-up with this first-person series of eight short stories featuring Detective Duhamel "who escaped his native France to avoid imprisonment for political reasons" Dever 234. Detective fiction has always pressed up against the porous borders of that much-derided segment of popular literature now known as "true crime": just as the latter is frequently embellished and distorted for the sake of a better story crime and detective fiction in its earliest forms borrowed the shock of the real insisting as a matter of genre convention that the events depicted were only lightly fictionalized that the reader was given entrée into the "marginalized social space between 'respectable' and 'criminal'" Saunders occupied by the real-life police detective; that they were being told a true story by an insider. Verisimilitude was the point: "The genre was designed to take the private spaces operations and methodologies of the police force and publicize them for the reader and Russell himself explained that his memoir writing was designed to present an inside view into policing for readers" Saunders. To this end Russell / Duhamel begin the book with an "essay" "The Difference Between English and French Detectives" writing: "It is true they are alike agents of the public force and that their common mission is to frustrate or detect offenses against the person and against property. But there the resemblance ends . Yes multifarious all-embracing are the duties of the French Secret Police." Rare; OCLC locates just eight copies. 6.25'' x 4''. Original full purple textured cloth with gilt spine titles. 2 13-317 1 publisher's ad pages complete. Spine sunned with faint perished label shadow. Minor shelfwear. Overall clean and sound. Charles H. Clarke unknown
1856ref. 53813London: J. & C. Brown & Co 1856. First edition. Very good. First authorized edition in book form of these collected police detective stories the first ever of their kind to feature an investigator from Scotland Yard. Originally published in CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL the thirteen stories of the First Series plus an eight additional episodes gathered three years later in the Second Series mark the first appearance in fiction of a Scotland Yard detective. Russell in the persona of "Waters" presented his narratives as first-person recollections in line with the conventions of the mid-Victorian police memoir then enjoying great popularity while offering to the reading public a new kind of hero: a policeman with intelligence curiosity and integrity. Detective fiction has always pressed up against the porous borders of that much-derided segment of popular literature now known as "true crime": just as the latter is frequently embellished and distorted for the sake of a better story crime and detective fiction in its earliest forms borrowed the shock of the real insisting as a matter of genre convention that the events depicted were only lightly fictionalized that the reader was given entrée into the "marginalized social space between 'respectable' and 'criminal'" Saunders occupied by the real-life police detective; that they were being told a true story by an insider. Verisimilitude was the point: "The genre was designed to take the private spaces operations and methodologies of the police force and publicize them for the reader and Russell himself explained that his memoir writing was designed to present an inside view into policing for readers" Saunders. Given the bedrock importance of this interplay between the real and the unreal at the dawn of detective fiction it is perhaps unsurprising that Sherlock Holmes the most famous fictional private detective of later Victorian decades would inspire a legion of devotees to insist on his factual reality perfectly well aware that this was not true and sublimely indifferent to it. A handsome copy of this scarce and vital Queen's Quorum and Haycraft-Queen title - especially uncommon complete in one volume. Two octavo volumes bound in one 6.25'' x 4''. Contemporary half calf marbled boards. Gilt-ruled spine with spine label. Lacking frontispiece as sometimes seen. 8 310 pages. In custom cloth slipcase. Sympathetically rebacked with reinforcement to hinges. Some rubbing chipping rear joint. Overall clean and sound. J. & C. Brown & Co unknown books
1861ref. 54625London: Charles H. Clarke 1861. Very good plus. First edition of this classic Victorian detective novel ostensibly written in the form of a memoir by an expat detective who fled his home country to avoid political persecution. After his RECOLLECTIONS OF A DETECTIVE POLICE-OFFICER 1856 the first novel of its kind to feature an investigator from Scotland Yard Russell followed-up with this first-person series of eight short stories featuring Detective Duhamel "who escaped his native France to avoid imprisonment for political reasons" Dever 234. Detective fiction has always pressed up against the porous borders of that much-derided segment of popular literature now known as "true crime": just as the latter is frequently embellished and distorted for the sake of a better story crime and detective fiction in its earliest forms borrowed the shock of the real insisting as a matter of genre convention that the events depicted were only lightly fictionalized that the reader was given entrée into the "marginalized social space between 'respectable' and 'criminal'" Saunders occupied by the real-life police detective; that they were being told a true story by an insider. Verisimilitude was the point: "The genre was designed to take the private spaces operations and methodologies of the police force and publicize them for the reader and Russell himself explained that his memoir writing was designed to present an inside view into policing for readers" Saunders. To this end Russell / Duhamel begin the book with an "essay" "The Difference Between English and French Detectives" writing: "It is true they are alike agents of the public force and that their common mission is to frustrate or detect offenses against the person and against property. But there the resemblance ends . Yes multifarious all-embracing are the duties of the French Secret Police." Rare; OCLC locates just eight copies. 6.25'' x 4''. Original full purple textured cloth with gilt spine titles. 2 13-317 1 publisher's ad pages complete. Spine sunned with faint perished label shadow. Minor shelfwear. Overall clean and sound. Charles H. Clarke unknown books
ref. 140947454New York: Seven Stories Press 1998. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by Gary Webb on the half-title page inscribed "1-16-99 Eugene OR For Charles Overbeck Ashley. Onward upward And keep Parascope as great as it is. Best wishes signed Gary Webb." The inscribee is an Oregon journalist and author. xxviii 5 548 pp. with eight pages of b/w photos. Fine with light shelfwear to boards and dust-soiling to upper edge of textblock. In a Near Fine dust jacket with sunned spine panel hint of toning to flaps and several very small stains along lower edge. Signed copies are rare. Journalist Gary Webb's still-controversial expose of CIA drug dealing and its relationship to the crack epidemic in the US fueled by crack dealers like "Freeway" Ricky Ross. In 2004 Webb would be found dead in his apartment shot in the head twice which police ruled a suicide. A 2014 film Kill the Messenger dramatized Webb's life his claims and the severe backlash he faced from the media. To his supporters Webb remains an inspirational journalist who persevered in the face of tremendous official corruption and coverup. Seven Stories Press unknown
ref. 140947454New York: Seven Stories Press 1998. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by Gary Webb on the half-title page inscribed "1-16-99 Eugene OR For Charles Overbeck Ashley. Onward upward And keep Parascope as great as it is. Best wishes signed Gary Webb." The inscribee is an Oregon journalist and author. xxviii 5 548 pp. with eight pages of b/w photos. Fine with light shelfwear to boards and dust-soiling to upper edge of textblock. In a Near Fine dust jacket with sunned spine panel hint of toning to flaps and several very small stains along lower edge. Signed copies are rare. Journalist Gary Webb's still-controversial expose of CIA drug dealing and its relationship to the crack epidemic in the US fueled by crack dealers like "Freeway" Ricky Ross. In 2004 Webb would be found dead in his apartment shot in the head twice which police ruled a suicide. A 2014 film Kill the Messenger dramatized Webb's life his claims and the severe backlash he faced from the media. To his supporters Webb remains an inspirational journalist who persevered in the face of tremendous official corruption and coverup. Seven Stories Press unknown books
ref. 140945013New York: Seven Stories Press 1998. First edition. First edition. Signed by Gary Webb on the half title inscribed to the former owner with Webb's AOL email address. xxviii 548 pp. with eight pages of b/w photos. Fine in Fine dust jacket. An attractive copy. A very rare signature. Journalist Gary Webb's still-controversial expose of CIA drug dealing and its relationship to the crack epidemic in the US fueled by crack dealers like "Freeway" Ricky Ross. In 2004 Webb would be found dead in his apartment shot in the head twice which police ruled a suicide. A 2014 film Kill the Messenger dramatized Webb's life his claims and the severe backlash he faced from the media. To his supporters Webb remains an inspirational journalist who persevered in the face of tremendous official corruption and coverup. Seven Stories Press unknown books
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1963ref. 171122Richmond London: 1963. I'm a full-grown man/ I'm a man/ I'm a rollin' stone From the collection of Rolling Stones drummer and jazz aficionado Charlie Watts: an evocative memento signed by a trio of great blues musicians on the verso of a membership card for the legendary Crawdaddy Rhythm and Blues Club. Started in 1963 in the back room of a pub the Station Hotel in Richmond London by Georgian film-maker and music promoter Giorgio Gomelsky the club saw the first performance of the classic Rolling Stones line-up in February 1963 when the regular house band was stranded in the snow in the worst winter in over 200 years. Despite an unpromising start with Gomelsky forced to offer two for one admissions to customers in the hotel itself the word quickly spread and the club became something of a sensation. When the Stones became too big for the venue and departed on tour they were replaced by The Yardbirds featuring Eric Clapton the Crawdaddy remaining the headquarters of the burgeoning British Rhythm and Blues scene. The card is made out to a Michael Green of Ilford Essex whose membership number 1372 expiring in 1964 indicates that he evidently joined in the early days. The bluesmen were over as part of the American Blues Festival that had first toured Britain the previous year. Muddy Waters and Memphis Slim have signed in full Williams signing with three crosses with the subscribed sentiment in another hand perhaps Green's himself; "success from Big Joe hope will meet again soon". Tri-fold membership card printed in black 150 x 100 mm carrying the member's name and address membership number 1372 and expiry date 1964. Light soiling and minor creases otherwise in very good condition. unknown
