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The Vampire Or, The Bride of The Isles. FIRST TIME. Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand. This Evening, Monday, August 7th, 1820 by PLANCHE, James Robinson: (POLIDORI, John William)

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Title: The Vampire Or, The Bride of The Isles. FIRST TIME. Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand. This Evening, Monday, August 7th, 1820
Author: PLANCHE, James Robinson: (POLIDORI, John William)
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA (United States)
Description: London, 1820, 1820. THE TRUE FIRST APPEARANCE OF "THE VAMPIRE" ON THE ENGLISH STAGE. Broadside, 12-7/8" x 8-1/2", edges slightly rumpled but apparently untrimed, closed tear to left foredge approximately 3-1/2" long stab holes presumably bound up at one time, mild toning but overall VERY GOOD. As stated on the playbill "This piece is founded on the various traditions concerning THE VAMPIRES, which assert that they are Spirits, depraved of all Hope of Futurity, by the crimes committed in their mortal state - but, that they are permitted to roam the Earth, in whatever forms they please, with supernatural powers of Fascination - and, that they cannot be destroyed, so long as they sustain their dreadful existence, by imbibing the blood of female victims, whom they are first compelled to marry." Opening night reviews were enthusiastic and "was honored with unusually long continued applause". An interesting link between "The Vampire" and "Frankenstein" is that Peter Thomas Cooke who played the title role in The Vampyre at the Theatre Royale in 1820, was also the first actor to play the Frankenstein Monster in the London staging of Presumption. In fact, in 1826 a theatre-goer in London could take in a double bill and be treated to both monsters. Planche's play "The Vampire" was an adaptation of John Polidori's story "The Vampyre" - or, rather, a translation/adaptation of a French play based on Polidori's tale. It was first adapted for the stage by Charles Nodier and performed in Paris in June of 1820. Advertisement's appeared on Monday Aug. 7, 1820 in "The British Press", "European Magazine", & " London Review" advertising it's debut. According to the Huntington Library's Larpent collection, the play was licensed June 25th, 1820. Though scheduled to be performed on the 7th it was delayed 2 days out of respect for the death, the previous day, of The Duchess of York and opened on Aug. 9th. We assume that the bulk of these Aug. 7th broadsides were discarded and or destroyed. Exceedingly scarce as the broadside/playbill for the Aug. 9th performance is seldom seen.

Responding to Grant’s Postwar Request for a Report of Guns Captured at Fort Donelson, His First Success by ULYSSES S. GRANT. FRANKLIN D. CALLENDER

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Title: Responding to Grant’s Postwar Request for a Report of Guns Captured at Fort Donelson, His First Success
Author: ULYSSES S. GRANT. FRANKLIN D. CALLENDER
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: St. Louis, MO, 1866. No binding. Fine. Manuscript Letter Signed as Lt. Col of Ordnance and Brevet Brigadier General, to Adam Badeau, Grant's Military Secretary, St. Louis, Arsenal, Mo., August 1, 1866. 2 pp., 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. Callender responds to Grant's aide-de-camp Adam Badeau's request ""for a statement of the number and calibre of guns captured at Fort Donelson, February 16th 1862,"" the Tennessee battle that was Grant's first success. Not having that report, he offers one on Vicksburg instead.Callender advises: ""I have not been able to find any report of the character referred to among the records of my office, and search for such a report has also been made among the records of the Department of the Missouri - likewise without success. But I applied to Capt. Brink, late Acting Ordnance Officer at Fort Donelson for information on the subject, and he has kindly furnished me with the enclosed list which I transmit herewith together with his letter [neither is present]. In looking for a report of the guns captured at Fort Donelson a very full report was found of guns and Ordnance Stores captured at Vicksburg - which if the General [Grant] desires could be forwarded to you.""Franklin D. Callender (1817-1882) Union officer; after distinguished service in the Seminole War and Mexican War, took command of the St. Louis Arsenal in 1861 and served as Chief of Ordnance of the Dept. of the Missouri [Nov. 19, 1861-Mar. 11, 1862]; holding same post in Dept. of the Miss. [March 11 - July 11, 1862], he returned to Mo., where he was on the Governor's staff and then served in the advance upon and siege of Corinth; returned to Dept. of the Mo. and the St. Louis Arsenal July 11, 1862 and commanded it throughout the war; breveted B.G. USA for Corinth, St. Louis, and war service.

Literary Utah by Slanting Rain Graphic Design [Bissland, R.P. 'Bob']

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Title: Literary Utah
Author: Slanting Rain Graphic Design [Bissland, R.P. 'Bob']
Seller: Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description: Logan, UT: [Herald Printing], 1990. Poster [68 cm x 54 cm] / [26.75" x 21.5"] printed in color and in a plain black frame [70 cm x 57 cm] /[27.5" x 22.5"] 'A' condition. Colors are bright. This has not been examined out of the frame. Bob Bissland designed poster featuring a map of Utah with portraits of twelve notable Utah writers superimposed over. Printed to the left and right of the map is a list of 118 local authors, arranged alphabetically by place. At each margin are quotes from Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, Juanita Brooks, and Maurine Whipple. Produced for the Utah Council of Teachers of English, Utah Endowment for the Humanities, and Utah State University. Printed by Herald Printing. A very cool thing. "Literary Utah reflects a surprising diversity and number of poets, dramatists, novelists, and essayist. The terrain includes writers who were born in the state, raised here, or set their work here.

Ming Lo déplace la Montagne. by LOBEL (Arnold):

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Title: Ming Lo déplace la Montagne.
Author: LOBEL (Arnold):
Seller: BATTLEDORE LTD (United States)
Description: LOBEL (Arnold): Ming Lo déplace la Montagne. Paris: L'Ecole des Loisirs [1982]. Illustrated throughout in color by the author. Oblong folio, [32]pp; pictorial laminated boards. A fine copy. First French edition, printed the same year as the original 1982 version by Harper & Row (New York): MING LO MOVES THE MOUNTAIN. This is the Dedication Copy inscribed by the author below the printed dedication to Crosby and George Bonsall "and again, love from me -- Arnold". This is about a man whose wife demands he move a large mountain that blocks their sunlight and causes rocks to fall on their house. After failed attempts following a wise man's advice, Ming Lo and his wife perform a dance with their belongings, and when they open their eyes, the mountain has moved, allowing them to rebuild their home in the sun. The book is praised for its humor, heart, and lesson in creative problem-solving and perspective. The dedicatees are George Bonsall, CEO of Brodart Industtries, and his wife Crosby who is also both an author and illustrator of picture books for children.

Doctor Zhivago by PASTERNAK, Boris

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Title: Doctor Zhivago
Author: PASTERNAK, Boris
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: (New York): Pantheon, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Book club edition. Endpapers slightly faded, covers unevenly sunned with a few small stains, paper remnants stuck to rear cover, good only. Basis for the 1965 David Lean epic which featured Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Tom Courtenay, Siobhan McKenna, Ralph Richardson, and Alec Guinness. The film won five Oscars, and was nominated for five more, including Best Picture.

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