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Sierra Nevada Sequence. A Series of Sonnets. Illustrated with Original, Signed Wood Engravings by Kirk Martin.

Sierra Nevada Sequence. A Series of Sonnets. Illustrated with Original, Signed Wood Engravings by Kirk Martin. by Walker, Ardis Manley

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Title
Sierra Nevada Sequence. A Series of Sonnets. Illustrated with Original, Signed Wood Engravings by Kirk Martin.
Author
Walker, Ardis Manley
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
[Kernville]: Sierra Trails Press, [1968] One of 107 copies, numbered in ink on the colophon. . Housed in a dark green cloth chemise with gilt-lettered spine and front board, handmade by Bela Blau. Folio (13" x 711"). . 35 folded sheets (unbound, as usual). Thirty-two tipped-in wood-engravings by Kirk Martin, a student of Paul Landacre, depicting the beauty and grandeur of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, each signed by the artist. Additionally inscribed by Walker on verso of table of contents, dated January 1968: "For Hugh, Jean Nancy, and Katy. Good friends and gracious forty-niners." Wood engraved ornaments and initials. Engravings printed from the original blocks. Handset in Goudy Light and Hadriano. Printed on Ticonderoga Text. Minor wear to corners minor tonign to a couple leaves. A near-fine copy. With eight pieces of related ephemera, including five Christmas keepsakes, one of which (a printing of Walker's sonnet "High Choice," illustrated with the same headpiece used on the title-page of the present work) is inscribed on the verso in ink by Walker: "For Hugh and my girlfriend because in the past, they found time for my poetry…September 7, 1969." Also, with a prospectus (7 x 10 ") and a publication announcement (5 x 4") for the present work and a card announcing the publication of the Castle Press book Sierra Trails. Ardis Manly Walker (1901 - 1991) was a California-born engineer, civil servant, local historian and poet. He was educated at Fresno State College, UCLA, and USC. After graduating from USC's School of Engineering, he relocated to New York City, where he was employed as an engineer. He eventually returned to Kern County, California, where he became active in civil affairs and served as a justice of the peace. He also became a conservationist and wrote about local history. Walker published many books, works of prose and poetry. His papers are currently housed at Syracuse University. Sierra Nevada Sequence contains thirty-two of Walker's sonnets.
Choice of Arms [Le Choix Des Armes] (Two original contact sheets from the 1981 film)

Choice of Arms [Le Choix Des Armes] (Two original contact sheets from the 1981 film) by Alain Corneau (director, screenwriter); Jean-Pierre Fizet (photographer); Michel Grisolia (screenwriter); Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Galabru, Gerard Lanvin (starring)

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Title
Choice of Arms [Le Choix Des Armes] (Two original contact sheets from the 1981 film)
Author
Alain Corneau (director, screenwriter); Jean-Pierre Fizet (photographer); Michel Grisolia (screenwriter); Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Galabru, Gerard Lanvin (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
Paris: Sara Films, 1981. Two vintage contact sheets from the 1981 French film. With two holes punched into the left margin of each. Noel (Yves Montand), a retired gangster living on a large estate outside Paris with his wife Nicole (Catherine Deneuve) is met by two fugitives, one is Serge (Pierre Forget), an old accomplice who is dying from a recent gun wound, the other is Mickey (Gerard Depardieu), an unstable maniac. Mickey's paranoia and violent outburst pulls Noel into the conflict as the police are on his tail. A high stress series of shoot-outs ensues. Shot on location in France. 9.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine.

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