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2017réf. Adhya-9781107147171CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2017. HB. New. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover
2017réf. Adhya-9781107147171CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2017. HB. New. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover
réf. GOR014151591Hardback. Very Good. hardcover
réf. 68816aafLyon, Editions du Fleuve, 1928, in-4to, 390 p. + 1 gravure sur bois de couverture, 1 estampe-monotype, diverses vignettes et lettrines et 15 planchs phototypiques hors-texte dont 5 plans de Lyon, exemplaire en partie non coupé et non rogné, Un des 550 ex. num. sur papier vélin teinté, Ex. N° 403 brochure originale, bel exemplaire.
1959réf. 222201959. Demetre Margaret. Unchained Desire 1959 examines interracial romance and female sexuality through the conventions of mid-century American pulp fiction supporting research into the cultural representation of race gender and taboo relationships on the eve of the Civil Rights Movement. Published when interracial intimacy remained legally prohibited or socially condemned across much of the United States the novel belongs to a broader body of popular fiction that explored subjects largely excluded from mainstream publishing. Its narrative offers insight into how commercial fiction engaged contemporary anxieties surrounding racial identity women's autonomy and social boundaries. Demetre Margaret. Unchained Desire. New York: Comet Press Books 1959. First edition. 188 pages. Original cloth binding in illustrated red and cream dust jacket. The novel follows the daughter of a Cuban aristocratic family whose Black ancestry places her relationship with a wealthy white man from a racially prejudiced family at the center of the narrative. Drawing upon themes of forbidden love social hierarchy and inherited prejudice the story develops through conflicts over race family expectations and female agency rather than conventional domestic romance. Issued under Comet Press's "Milestone Book" imprint the volume reflects the publisher's emphasis on adult popular fiction addressing subjects considered controversial in postwar American culture. Appearing only a few years before the major legislative victories of the Civil Rights Movement Unchained Desire illustrates how popular fiction negotiated questions of interracial relationships before such themes became more visible in mainstream literature. Margaret Demetre born in Savannah Georgia to a Greek immigrant family wrote against the backdrop of a segregated Southern society whose racial divisions informed much contemporary popular fiction though direct connections between her biography and the novel's themes remain undocumented. Binding sound; pages clean; dust jacket with moderate edge wear creasing several small closed tears and old penciled pricing on the front panel; overall very good condition. An uncommon example of late-1950s pulp fiction documenting the intersection of race gender and popular literary culture during a pivotal period in American social history. unknown
1959réf. 222201959. Demetre Margaret. Unchained Desire 1959 examines interracial romance and female sexuality through the conventions of mid-century American pulp fiction supporting research into the cultural representation of race gender and taboo relationships on the eve of the Civil Rights Movement. Published when interracial intimacy remained legally prohibited or socially condemned across much of the United States the novel belongs to a broader body of popular fiction that explored subjects largely excluded from mainstream publishing. Its narrative offers insight into how commercial fiction engaged contemporary anxieties surrounding racial identity women's autonomy and social boundaries. Demetre Margaret. Unchained Desire. New York: Comet Press Books 1959. First edition. 188 pages. Original cloth binding in illustrated red and cream dust jacket. The novel follows the daughter of a Cuban aristocratic family whose Black ancestry places her relationship with a wealthy white man from a racially prejudiced family at the center of the narrative. Drawing upon themes of forbidden love social hierarchy and inherited prejudice the story develops through conflicts over race family expectations and female agency rather than conventional domestic romance. Issued under Comet Press's "Milestone Book" imprint the volume reflects the publisher's emphasis on adult popular fiction addressing subjects considered controversial in postwar American culture. Appearing only a few years before the major legislative victories of the Civil Rights Movement Unchained Desire illustrates how popular fiction negotiated questions of interracial relationships before such themes became more visible in mainstream literature. Margaret Demetre born in Savannah Georgia to a Greek immigrant family wrote against the backdrop of a segregated Southern society whose racial divisions informed much contemporary popular fiction though direct connections between her biography and the novel's themes remain undocumented. Binding sound; pages clean; dust jacket with moderate edge wear creasing several small closed tears and old penciled pricing on the front panel; overall very good condition. An uncommon example of late-1950s pulp fiction documenting the intersection of race gender and popular literary culture during a pivotal period in American social history. unknown books
1926réf. 24594LEMERRE 1926 1 Paris, Carteret, 1926, 1 volume in-8, en feuilles sous chemise rempliée titrée sous chemise et étui jaune titré, 432 pages.
2002[96] S. : zahlr. Ill. ; 47 x 39,5 cm + Beil. ([6] Bl. : nur Ill.) HLeinen (Stoff mit Tigermuster), gemaltem Titel und bedrucktem VDEckel, HDeckel mit weißer Vignette bemalt. Eins von 100 arab. num. und von Autor und Künstler sign. Exemplaren. - The indicated shipping costs refer to books weighing up to one kilogram. - Bücher, die schwerer als ein Kilogramm oder größer als 35 x 25 cm sind, werden als Paket verschickt und kosten innerhalb Deutschlands bis zu zwei Kilogramm 6 Euro, darüber hinaus 7 Euro Porto. -
1981réf. LIT9521MIn-4°. Pleine reliure vélin ivoire de l'éditeur, décorée sur le premier plat d'une peinture originale signée de Ansaldi. Les illustrations d'Ansaldi, 1 sur double page et 7 hors texte, ont été reproduites en sérigraphies et rehaussées au pochoir dans les ateliers de l'éditeur. Chaque page entourée d'un encadrement dessiné par l'illustrateur et rehaussé à la main. Un des vélin d'arches pur chiffon numérotés ( numéro 587 ).
réf. 6507118Clarendon Press . Hardback. New. pp. 444 Clarendon Press hardcover
2017réf. 4550London: Hutchinson 2017. First printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. First UK Edition Octavo 462 pages. Spine is black with gilt details and gilt lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut "£12.99" on front flap. Signed flat by Amor Towles on title page and stamped with black top hat and a red St. Basil's Cathedral on the back of half title page. Following his immensely successful breakout novel RULES OF CIVILITY Amor Towles retired from the world of investment banking to pursue his new-found prominence in historical fiction writing. His sophomore novel A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW cements Towles' presence in the literary canon as it charted the New York Times' Hardcover Bestseller list for 59 weeks was chosen as a finalist for the 2016 Kirkus prize and was long listed for the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award. A short series adaptation of A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW starring Ewan McGregor is set to release in 2024. Hutchinson hardcover
2023réf. SKU0586789West Academic Publishing 2023-06-05. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking West Academic Publishing hardcover
1984226 pages. Author's signature, dated 1984, upon front free endpaper. "For this his first inspirational work, foremost theologian and bestselling author Malachi Martin reaches out with a message to us all - how to survive with joy in a seemingly loveless world. In five contemporary parables, Martin introduces us to people from all walks of life who confront this loveless world and triumph through their understanding of the power of God's love." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice copy. Book
192972 pages. Magnificent cover art from the Canadian Life Series by A.C. Valentine entitled "The Habitant". Contents: Nice colour Heinz Tomato Ketchup ad inside front cover. Hudson Motor Car Company ad for its Essex model; The Parts Pigs Play, by G.R. Stevens; Canada's Fighting Airmen - Part 3 - Billy Bishop Earns His Second Decoration, by Major George A. Drew; The Tides of Hymen, by Leslie Roberts; Letters of a Woman M.P. - humour by H.F. Gadsby; The St. Lawrence Question - Part 2 - The Dangers of Non-Co-operation - debating the deepening of the St. Lawrence, with photos; Gamblers, by Victor Lauriston; Canada in the Caribbean - our trade efforts in the West Indies, by Harwood Steele, with photos; Gurl's Garters, by Hubert Evans; Give the Girls A Hand - Canadian Women have crashed open the gate of sport, by H.H. Roxborough; Vimy V.C.'s - Another Chapter from the record of the Canadians who were awarded the Victoria Cross during the Great War, with photos of Major T.W. MacDowell, V.C., D.S.O., Lieutenant R.G. Combe, V.C.,k Private J.G. Pattison, V.C.; To Love and to Cherish - Part 4, by Constance Travers Sweatman; Nice Chrysler ad featuring the new '75' Royal Sedan; New Dodge Brothers Six car ad; Durant Motors of Canada ad for their "40" De Luxe Sedan; Strombert-Carlson Radio ad; Nice 2-colour ad for Swift's "Silverleaf" brand pure lard; Full-page Canada Dry ad with New Orleans theme; Nice Ford car photo ad promotes the concept of homes having two cars!; Nice Ovaltine ad; 10-minute Salads; Great vintage full-page ad by the Wallaceburg Brass & Iron Mfg. Co. for their Wallrich Shower and Waldorf Sink Faucet; Furniture finishing article; Business and Investments section; Great colour ad for Libby's Pork and Beans inside back cover; Very attractive colour ad for Parker Duofold DeLuxe pens. Address label upon front cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Middle page loose but present. Cup ring on back cover. A worthy copy of this marvelous piece of Canadiana. Book
1971Five pages of photos, most in colour, of Pierre and Margaret Trudeau and their wedding; Don't Cry, There's Still Richard Hatfield - The bachelor premier of New Brunswick is young and handsome and drives a Cougar - he also has lots of money and likes discotheques (for those women upset that Pierre Trudeau is now off the market); Maggie Grant; Gorgeous fashion photos of Scrunchable Hats; CBC's International Shortwave Radio Service in Sackville, New Brunswick; The Great Jim Stillwagon Steal - Green Bay Packers fumble, Toronto Argonauts recover, and Canadian football (CFL) comes up with the finest young lineman in America; William Ready brings the Bertrand Russell Papers - more than 200,000 books, letters, photos, manuscripts and love letters - to Hamilton, Ontario's McMaster University; Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1956108 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec City; Nice colour ad for International Trucks shows them at work in a growing baby-boomer subdivision; Colour-photo ad for GE kitchen mixers in '3 Festive Colours'; Duplessis is Not Unbeatable; Colour photo ad for Hoover Vacuums features lady in heels, dress and apron happily cleaning her home; One-page colour ad for Dodge features Dodge Mayfair Hardtop with push-button transmission; Who Really Owns Canada? - great article by Peter C. Newman explains how outsiders own most of our oil, mining, pulp and other biggest industries; How Man Will Conquer Mars - the detailed story, complete with timetable, of how the first Mars journey may be carried out - with nine illustrations, eight in colour, by Chesley Bonestell (not in Schuetz); I Married a Count - Catherine Cziraky explains how she married Hungarian Count Laszlo Cziraky; You Don't Have to Panic Over Rabies; The B.C. Coast - with large colour night photo of the intersection of Georgia and Granville in Vancouver; One-page photo of logger (faller) beside gigantic cedars he has taken down on the west coast of Vancouver Island; The Most Baffling Show on Television - Holiday Ranch is Canada's most popular show; You Really Run by Electricity - the electrical system of the human body is so ingenious that it makes man's inventions seem like clumsy toys; The Secret of Stolen Love Letters; I Cry at the Movies; Classy one-page colour-photo ad for the Remington 60 de luxe Auto-Home electric shaver shows it at work at home and in a car; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Tappan electric and gas ranges; Fancy half-page ad for Allied Van Lines in bright orange; One-page colour ad for Chevrolet features six of their station wagons for 1956; Classy colour-photo one-page ad for Leonard appliances features glamorous photo of Anne Leonard; Heinz baby food colour-photo ad features mother breastfeeding; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Maxwell House coffee features smiling lady and card game; Classy one-page colour ad for the (yellow) 1956 Chrysler Windsor Newport; Trans-Canada Air Lines ad; Colour Molson's Export ad features smiling newspaper man at quitting time; Half-page Olsonite ad features open toilet seat which eerily resembles a crocodile waiting to snap someone's backside!; One-page colour ad for Ford 225 HP V-8 cars (battling a big truck on the highway); 3/4-page photo ad for Electrohome Fans, of Kitchener, Ontario; Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank colour-photo ad features funky family checking into Motel; Classic colour O'Keefe's Ale ad features lumberman with peavey jumping over floating logs outside mill; Colour ad features five of the 1956 car models made by Packard - Clipper - Studebaker; R.O.T.P. (Regular Officer Training Plan) ad features smiling young man; Labatt's ad features photo of Arthur G. Turner of Toronto delivering ice(?); Nice colour GWG ad inside back cover features lineman climbing utility pole; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad shows four scenes; and more. Unmarked with average wear and external soiling. A sound vintage copy of this stellar issue. Book
1919Pages 354-440 plus 24 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Bullet-proof Scotchman - an adventure of John Mundell in the Pampas of Uruguay; ; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part I - wonderful photos in China; An Exciting Trading Trip - efforts to trade with a warlike tribe in East Africa; Some Strange WWI Escapes from Germany - part II; Interesting photo and short article of Dog Rib Indians in Canada receiving their annual grant of one pound, as well as presents, from the Canadian government; Among the Wild Tribes of Darien - exploring the native tribes of Panama - with great photos; Stories of the War - Thirty Hours in No Man's Land - in WWI an Australian trooper on the Western Front is wounded and must make his way back to his own lines; Siringa's Last Battle - a native boy helps in one of the first fights in German East Africa, A Week in a Lens Dungeon - McLean and Ebbs of the 87th Canadian Battalion hid in a cellar for a week before making their way back to their lines; Miraculous Escapes from Sunken Submarines; An Adventurous Hunt After Man-eating Crocodiles - in Victoria Nyanza; The Mountain Warriors of France - excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - part II of what happend when Zulus killed an Englishman to use his body for love medicine; Wonders of Northern Syria - article with many great photos of architectural remains; Carter's Exoneration - a stirring story of the Australian Mounted Police. Great multi-page advertising feature on the Waterproof Products Corporation. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
198448 pages, including several pages of great photos of the boys in color and black and white. Includes lyrics, chords and piano sheet music for these songs: All The Way Down; Feel On Baby; It Must Be Hell; Pretty Beat Up; She Was Hot; Tie You Up (The Pain of Love); Too Much Blood; Too Tough; Undercover (Of The Night); Wanna Hold You. Contents very clean, bright and unmarked. Moderate wear to color-illustrated covers. A nice copy of this great Stones memento. Book
1906Features: The Shwebo Dacoities; The Oldest Industry in England; The Doctor's Escape; Travel and Adventure on the 'Roof' of the World - II; The "Freshmen's Banquet"; On the High Seas - I; A Narrow Shave; Fortune-Tellers of Many Lands; The Secret of Hadfield House; District Life in India; "Held Up" by a Shark; A Feast of Blankets; "Black Jack"; The Man-Hunting Dogs of America; A Modern Free-Lance - I; Eventful Engagements; The Ordeal of Malek Chand; My Adventures on Suwarrow; A Modern Free-Lance II; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - I; The Love of Count Erbach; Showing Him Round; On the High Seas - II; Some Fishing Experiences; A Ten-Thousand-Mile Race; The Woman in Black; Across Mexico on Horseback - I; The Gasparini Mystery; A Snake Hunt in Florida; On the High Seas - III; The Baron's Wooing; An African Slave-Market; A Modern Free-Lance - III; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - II; The Tragedy of Manipur; The Last Buffalo Hunt; The New Hand at the Creek; The Sturgeon Fishers of Russia; My Two Days' Holiday - I; Our "Home from Home" in Rhodesia; The Captain's Bride; Across Mexico on Horseback - II; An Interrupted Tour; In the Service of the Sultan; Unique in the Annals of Crime; Through Arctic Seas; The Kidnapping of Eddie Brathwaite; A Village of Basket-Makers; My Two Days' Holiday - II; Some Sporting Experiences - I & II; The Chief's Bow; Across Mexico on Horseback - III; The Long Arm of Coincidence; Hunting the Great Sea-Slug; A Motor-Car Holdup; On the High Seas - IV; The "Mecca" of China; Three in a Tree; The Festival of the "Whale Guest"; The Director's Peril; Witches and Witchcraft in Brittany; On the High Seas - VI; In the Swirl of the Pentland; The "Luck" of the Lozinsky's; The Smuggler's Paradise; The Conversion of Dodge City; Untrodden Paths - II; My Adventure in Germany; A Doctor in the Bush - II; The Abduction of Eva Carson; A Motor-Car Hunting Trip; Down the River; Where Walking-Sticks Grow; The "Yellow Devil"; and more. Book
réf. 3808, Libraire, Palais du tribunat, Paris, 1808, Veau, piece titre, dos dore, 10x17cm, 278pp
1935réf. 205391935 Gouache, (1935), 17 x 12 cm.
1920réf. 222691920 Encre de Chine signée en bas à droite, titrée "Alors que nous lui devons tant de belles découvertes", (1920), 20 x 28 cm.
1863réf. 002812Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863
1861réf. elala1203London: Parker Son And Bourn 1861. 1861. 8vo. pp. viii 316. woodcut ornaments & initials. 19th century half roan spine & corners bit rubbed some light marginal foxing. First Edition. First published in Frasers Magazine Peacocks Gryll Grange was lacking "the exuberant humour of his former works but the book is delightful from its stores of anecdote and erudition and unintentionally most amusing through the authors inveterate prejudices and pugnacious hostility to every modern invention." DNB NCBEL III 702. 1st Edition. London: Parker, Son, And Bourn, 1861. unknown
1980réf. 150594N.p.: N.p. 1980. Seven vintage matte-finish borderless reference photographs from the 1980 French hardcore film. A man injured in a brawl with his lover's husband is taken to an erotic clinic. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 318. N.p. unknown