1973Best.-Nr. 161102Paris: Pierson Production 1973. Three vintage borderless color oversize reference photographs and a pressbook from the 1973 French adult film. Each photograph with a censorship blindstamp at the upper right corner. After an unsuccessful attempt to sleep with a boy her own age an eighteen-year-old goes on a odyssey of sexual exploration culminating in a love triangle between a wealthy older woman the teenager and a renowned male writer. Photographs 12 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Pressbook 9.25 x 13 inches. Folded three times as issued. Very Good moderately worn at the corners. Bier 504. Pierson Production unknown books
1996Best.-Nr. 156338Stockholm: IMS Bildbyrá 1996. Vintage borderless reference satin-finish photograph of director Milo Forman with actors Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love on the set of the 1996 film. Manuscript ink annotations on the verso. A biographical account of the experiences of pornographer Larry Flynt detailing his clashes with religious institutions and the American legal system throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Shot on location in Oxford and Senatobia Mississippi in Los Angeles California and in Memphis Tennessee. 9.25 x 6 inches. Near Fine. IMS Bildbyrá unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 155773N.p.: N.p. 1981. Collection of eleven vintage borderless matte-finish reference photographs from the 1981 French hardcore film. Noted French adult film director Alain Payet worked under a variety of pseudonyms including John Pardaillan John and Frederick Brasil Amor James Gardner and Alain Garnier. Payet was best known for his boundary-pushing casting practices in films such as "Les Aventures érotiques de Lili pute" and "Les Gourmandes du sexe" and often worked with amateur actors throughout his career. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier p. 795. N.p. unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 154922London: The Empire Theatre 1929. Vintage program for the 1929 film screening at the Empire Theatre Leicester Square London for the week beginning Saturday May 18th 1929 with a contemporary annotation of "May 1929" in manuscript ink on top left of front wrapper. Two vaudeville sisters try to make it big on Broadway but find romance comes quicker than success. The first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture as well as being one of the first musicals to feature a Technicolor sequence which is now lost. Set in New York. 4.75 x 7.25 single side-staple 4 pages. Near Fine. The Empire Theatre unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 150600N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless photograph of The Beach Boys sans Brian Wilson posing in front of the Eiffel Tower on what appears to have been a very foggy day in 1967. Shown left to right are Mike Love Al Jardine Bruce Johnston Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a short diagonal tear at the bottom right corner repaired with paper tape on the verso. N.p. unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 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 books
1986Best.-Nr. 147140N.p.: N.p. 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film here under the working title "Gaby Brimmer." Based on the true story of Gaby Brimmer a young woman born with cerebral palsy and near-total body paralysis who became an acclaimed artist author and activist. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Norma Aleandro. Set and shot on location in Mexico City. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1/86 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriters MARTIN SALINAS and MICHAEL JAMES LOVE. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Good tide marked to the upper edges wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1979Best.-Nr. 149671N.p.: N.p. 1979. Five vintage matte finish reference photographs from the 1979 French hardcore film. A nurse conducts a series of erotic visits with her patients. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 566. N.p. unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 239431940. Female companionship and sapphic love photo archive circa 1940s to 1960s documenting affectionate and physically intimate relationships among women during decades when lesbian life in the United States was subject to public hostility legal prosecution and discrimination in employment and public accommodations. The identities and relationships of the women are unrecorded and the photographs do not establish how their subjects understood or named themselves but repeated embraces paired portraits shared beds physical closeness and relaxed domestic and recreational scenes place the group within the visual history of sapphic intimacy and female social life. Its chronology overlaps the Lavender Scare which culminated in President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1953 Executive Order 10450 and the exclusion of gay men and lesbians from federal employment as well as the emergence of the Daughters of Bilitis in San Francisco in 1955 initially organized as a private lesbian social club and alternative to a frequently raided bar scene. Photo archive of 19 silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 1.5 x 1.5 to 3 x 4 inches circa 1940s to 1960s. The photographs consistantly center women in pairs and small groups embracing on park benches reclining against one another outdoors sitting shoulder to shoulder in the grass posing in bathing suits gathering at picnics and swimming areas and relaxing in bedrooms and other private interiors. Several images are unusually intimate for ordinary mid century snapshot photography: two women lie closely entwined beneath a blanket in bed; another pair sit pressed together while smoking cigarettes; women embrace around the waist and shoulders in wooded settings; and one photograph shows two women reclining together on the ground one positioned over the other with her arm around her companion. Elsewhere women pose beside automobiles sit on beds in bathing suits clown for the camera in a bedroom and appear in groups at beaches and outdoor gatherings. Clothing hairstyles photographic papers and changing print formats trace the group across several postwar decades while the recurrence of leisure touch and paired portraiture makes female relationships rather than family ceremony work or public events the archive's principal subject. The photographs belong to a period in which much lesbian social life remained dependent upon private networks even as an organized homophile movement began to emerge publicly. The Daughters of Bilitis founded in 1955 by four lesbian couples began as a private social organization before developing into the first lesbian rights organization in the United States; its magazine The Ladder launched in 1956 and became the first nationally distributed periodical produced for lesbians. Such organization developed amid sustained legal and institutional pressure: beginning in the late 1940s the federal government intensified efforts to remove homosexual employees while police and licensing authorities subjected gay and lesbian gathering places to surveillance and raids. Against that history vernacular photographs of women occupying bedrooms parks swimming areas automobiles and domestic interiors preserve a different register of mid century queer experience one grounded in affection recreation friendship bodily ease and the private circulation of personal images rather than public activism. Light to moderate surface and edge wear occasional creasing and minor staining with some photographs lightly faded or toned. Overall in good condition. A concentrated visual record of female intimacy and joy across the 1940s through 1960s preserving forms of companionship and affection that often left little documentation in the public record. unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 191651967. Columbia Pictures Corporation To Sir With Love 1967 documents the emergence of Sidney Poitier as a central figure in global Black cinema and the articulation of race authority and education within a transatlantic context during the Civil Rights era. The film places a Black teacher in a working-class London classroom foregrounding questions of discipline respectability and interracial social dynamics. These lobby cards provide visual evidence of how Poitier's screen persona functioned within narratives of moral authority and social mobility supporting research into African American film history postwar race relations and the international circulation of Black cultural figures. Archive of 11 original lobby cards issued by Columbia Pictures Corporation measuring between approximately 10 x 7.5 inches 10 x 8 inches and 14 x 11 inches comprising four color and seven black and white photographic stills. Each card features Sidney Poitier in staged scenes from the film including classroom interactions moments of confrontation and instruction and scenes of social engagement with students and colleagues. Notable images include Poitier receiving guidance from a fellow instructor on classroom management interacting with the school headmaster and participating in both boxing and dance sequences reflecting the narrative's blending of discipline and personal connection. Co-star Pamela Dare appears in select images emphasizing interpersonal dynamics central to the film's storyline. Several cards bear verso markings including 1960s distribution stamps and one example with a CBS Studios pastedown referencing a 1972 television broadcast indicating continued circulation beyond the initial theatrical release. Produced at a moment when Sidney Poitier had already become the first African American actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor the film and its promotional materials contributed to shaping his public image as a figure of dignity restraint and institutional authority. To Sir With Love extended this image into an international setting situating issues of race and class within the British educational system while maintaining resonance with American audiences during a period of civil rights struggle and social change. The lobby cards offer insight into how Black masculinity and leadership were visually constructed and marketed in late 1960s cinema. Minor edge wear and light handling marks with occasional verso stamps and pastedown; images remain sharp and colors well-preserved; overall very good. A cohesive visual archive of Sidney Poitier's role in redefining Black representation in mainstream film. unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 192911967. Columbia Pictures Corporation To Sir With Love 1967 documents the international emergence of Sidney Poitier as a defining figure in African American film history presenting a Black educator navigating race class and authority within a working-class London school. The film situates Poitier's character within an interracial classroom addressing discipline respect and social hierarchy and contributes to the study of Civil Rights-era screen representation and the global circulation of Black leadership figures in popular cinema. Archive of 8 original lobby cards issued by Columbia Pictures Corporation each measuring approximately 14 x 11 inches all in color. The images feature Sidney Poitier in a range of narrative settings including classroom instruction scenes in which he addresses predominantly white students while dressed in formal attire reinforcing his role as an authoritative educator. Additional scenes depict Poitier boxing suggesting physical discipline and personal control and social interactions with co-stars including Suzy Kendall and Garreth Robinson including a gathering scene and a seated classroom moment. Other lobby cards focus on the students themselves emphasizing the group dynamics central to the film's narrative. All cards include printed captions identifying the film and principal actors. Produced during a period when Sidney Poitier had established his position as the first African American recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor To Sir With Love extended his screen persona into an international educational setting aligning narratives of racial progress with themes of discipline and mutual respect. The film's depiction of a Black teacher commanding authority in a white classroom resonated with contemporaneous struggles over integration and social change in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Minor uniform half-inch holes to the lower right of each card slightly affecting image area; otherwise bright with light handling wear; overall very good. A cohesive visual group illustrating Sidney Poitier's role in shaping representations of Black authority in late 1960s cinema. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 93698Pasadena Calif: Printed by House of Printing 1969. Presumed 1st ed. Paperback. Very Good. photos map 8 80 1p. Softcover in original gray wrapper. 25 cm. Modest cover fading. Internally sound and clean. Banks a white Southerner was born south of Hernando Mississippi. Her father was a physician who also had a plantation and a saw mill in Northern Mississippi. Most interesting to us are recollections about some of the individual enslaved African Americans on pages 61-79 Aunt Judy Big Ann Barbara -- The spiritual Margaret Daniel Runaway Dick Julianna Johnson Uncle Ed Skipwith Uncle Will and Aunt Maria Eliza and Dave and Austin and Austin's Ann. Blind Tom is written about at pages 79-80 apparently because: 1 he was memorable; 2 Sallie became close friends with Colonel Bethune's daughter Fannie when both were attending Wesleyan College in Macon Ga.; and 3 she remembered seeing Blind Tom perform at the college. All in all an uncommon memoir by a white women who had fond memories of slavery and some of the enslaved. The book was put together by Sallie Love Marston from sketches written by her elderly mother between 1932 and 1934. Printed by House of Printing paperback books
1891Best.-Nr. 28181London: J. M. Dent & Co 1891. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies on large paper 8vo pp. 192; decorative title-p. printed in red and black engraved frontispiece woodcut ornaments throughout; original beige buckram gilt-lettered direct on spine; spine a little darkened else near fine. J. M. Dent & Co unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 50263London: Rupert Harte-Davis 1970. 'Memoirs of Shelley and other essays and reviews' selected by Howard Mills editor with the aim of making available the best of . London.: Rupert Harte-Davis. 1970. 'Memoirs of Shelley and other essays and reviews' selected by Howard Mills editor with the aim of making available the best of Peacock's essays in an accessible form. Minor sunning of spine otherwise in very good condition. 20.5 cm. 240 pp. Engraved b/w illustration on title page. . Rupert Harte-Davis unknown books
1894Best.-Nr. 48758London: S.M.Dent & Co 1894. VG with decorated boards . London: S.M.Dent & Co. 1894. VG with decorated boards. 18 cm. 159 pp. b/w engraved frontispiece chapter ills. . S.M.Dent & Co hardcover books
1894Best.-Nr. 48759London: S.M.Dent & Co 1894. Decorated boards. Lean to spine. Otherwise VG . London: S.M.Dent & Co. 1894. Decorated boards. Lean to spine. Otherwise VG. 18 cm. 159 pp. b/w frontispiece decorated title page. . S.M.Dent & Co hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. 9027888London: Folio Society 1954. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Introduction by Kenneth Hopkins. Wood-Engravings by Peter Reddick. Fine in fine slipcase. Folio Society hardcover books
1910Best.-Nr. 9141Boston: Bibliophile Society 1910. Hardcover. Very good condition. One of 483 copies. Quarter vellum and cloth boards lettered in gilt on the spine uncut and unopened 4 250 pp. frontispiece portrait. Scattered light foxing covers lightly soiled. Bibliophile Society hardcover books
1971Best.-Nr. UCAIEVE00acmfMacmillan 1971. Good. Cailliet Greg. Everyman's Guide to Ecological Living. Setzer Paulette; Love Milton. NY: Macmillan 1971. 119pp. Bibliography. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Good with rubbed and yellowed edges. Macmillan paperback books
2002Best.-Nr. RLOVEAR00twBrigham Young University 2002. Very Good. Love Michael W. Early Complex Society in Pacific Guatamala: Settlements and Chronology of the Rio Naranjo Guatamala. Provo Utah: Brigham Young University 2002. 264pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light coffee splatter on bottom edge. Appears unread. New World Archeaological Foundation Number 66. Brigham Young University paperback books
1928Best.-Nr. 24696Newton Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 41191. Purple buckram spine gilt; blue patterned cloth boards. Finely printed on hand-made Matchelor paper. Illustrated with wood engravings by Horace Walter Bray. Onky a trace of rubbing to the binding; the spine is unfaded; a near fine copy. In theory one of 250 numbered copies but in reality this is possibly a unique copy: the limitation number has been neatly excised and the publisher has added in ink "for exhibition purposes only." Gregynog exhibition copies were intended to to showcase the press's craftmanship. The "Misfortunes of Elphin" were composed after ancient Welsh material including the Boddi Maes Gwyddno' the Hanes 'Taliesin' and the 'Mabinogion'. As can be expected King Arthur figures prominently in the story. We even have an account of Taliesin recovering the abducted Guinevere. Howey A-1950. Gregynog Bibliography No. 12. . The Gregynog Press hardcover books
1964Best.-Nr. ULOVURA00ajsUS Government Printing Office 1964. Very Good. Love J. D. Uraniferous Phosphatic Lake Beds of Eocene Age in Intermontane Basins of Wyoming and Utah. USGS Professional Paper 474-E. Washington D.C.: US Government Printing Office 1964. 66pp. Bibliography. 4to. Stapled wraps. Book condition: Very good. Light Bumping. Five folding plates in envelope mounted inside rear cover. US Government Printing Office paperback books
1994Best.-Nr. ULOVPAR00absUniversity of Texas 1994. Very Good. Love Bruce. The Paris Codex: Handbook for a Maya Priest. Austin: University of Texas 1994. 124pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Cloth. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Former owner's name inked on front free endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Lightly rubbed and bumped. University of Texas hardcover books
1949Best.-Nr. 587229Harmondsworth: Penguin Books 1949. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Pages and wraps toned inked numbers and tiny tear on half-title very good. Penguin Books number #557. A satirical romance. Penguin Books unknown books
2012Best.-Nr. ULOVMAY00fpPrecolumbia Mesoweb Press 2012. Very Good. Love Bruce. Maya Shamanism Today: Connecting with the Cosmos in Rural Yucatan. San Francisco CA: Precolumbia Mesoweb Press 2012. 152pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Glossary. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Former owners' names on first page. Precolumbia Mesoweb Press paperback books
