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Harvey by CHASE, Mary; BLECHMAN, illustrator

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Title: Harvey
Author: CHASE, Mary; BLECHMAN, illustrator
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. HARVEY Will Make a Musical..." A Remarkable Mary Chase Letter to Leslie Bricusse Discussing a Proposed Musical Adaptation of Harvey CHASE, Mary Chase. Harvey. A Play by Mary Chase. Illustrated by Blechman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. First edition. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 inches; 235 x 152 mm.). [vi], [1-2], 3-89, [1] pp. Illustrated title-page and text decorations by Blechman. Publisher's original black cloth over boards, front cover and spine decoratively lettered in pink. Top of spine with a short closed tear, paper-stain to blank front endpapers from an old clipping. A very good copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, jacket worn at folds with front panel nearly detached but still present and visually striking. Laid into the volume is an exceptional typed letter signed by Mary Chase to Leslie Bricusse, dated: "June 10, 1980 805 Tenderfoot Hill Rd Denver, Colo". The lengthy and highly personal letter discusses the possibility of adapting Harvey into a musical and reveals Chase's admiration for Bricusse's songwriting and theatrical sensibility. In part: "HARVEY will make a musical but a truly fine one. My congratulations and my gratitude. It is the possible dream..." Chase goes on to praise Bricusse's lyrics for Man of La Mancha: "There must have been deep inside my consciousness and the line 'I'm only thinking of him' and the line 'Hollywood is a modern Don Quixote'..." Most significantly, she reflects thoughtfully on the dangers of over-expanding the central conceit of Harvey for the musical stage: "The contribution I might make now to the script would be for me to advise you against overdoing Harvey to the final curtain... the first half then the shadowy cross of a rabbit at the curtain..." She concludes warmly: "Believe me, Leslie, I am grateful." A superb literary and theatrical association piece documenting a serious attempt to transform one of the most beloved American plays of the twentieth century into a musical vehicle for Leslie Bricusse. First produced on Broadway in 1944, Harvey became an enduring theatrical classic and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The story of Elwood P. Dowd and his invisible six-foot rabbit entered American cultural mythology through both the original stage success and the celebrated 1950 film adaptation starring James Stewart. The present letter offers rare insight into Mary Chase's own thinking about adapting Harvey for musical theater and preserves an intimate creative exchange between two major figures of stage entertainment. An extraordinary association copy, elevated by one of the most revealing and substantive letters to Leslie Bricusse yet encountered.

Fonteyn and Nureyev by NUREYEV, Rudolf; BLAND, Alexander

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Title: Fonteyn and Nureyev
Author: NUREYEV, Rudolf; BLAND, Alexander
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Orbis Publishing, 1979. To Dear Leslie..." - Rudolf Nureyev to Leslie Bricusse A Signed Association Copy of Fonteyn and Nureyev, with a Playhouse Theatre Archive of Nureyev in The King and I A compelling association copy linking two titans of 20th-century performance - Rudolf Nureyev and Leslie Bricusse -enhanced by a substantial and visually striking group of theatrical ephemera documenting Nureyev's late-stage career in musical theatre. NUREYEV, Rudolf. BLAND, Alexander. Fonteyn and Nureyev. The Story of a Partnership. London: Orbis Publishing, [1979]. First edition. Large quarto (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 289 x 226 mm.). 207, [1] pp. Profusely illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in silver. A fine copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, with only minimal rubbing at extremities. Inscribed on the title-page by Rudolf Nureyev: "To Dear Leslie / my best wishes / Rudolf Nureyev" With: A Playhouse Theatre Archive - Nureyev in Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I An exceptional group of original material relating to Nureyev's celebrated appearance in The King and I at the Playhouse Theatre (1989-1990), illustrating his rare crossover from ballet legend to West End leading man: Original 1989 color souvenir program (Rudolf Nureyev in The King and I), folio, 16 pp., illustrated Playhouse Theatre program (1989-1990), 48 pp., with extensive production and cast material. Sixteen original promotional flyers, pictorial, for the same production. Additional printed ephemera, including a feature article titled "Two Who Transformed Their Worlds" Context & Significance: The inscription firmly places this volume within the orbit of Leslie Bricusse, whose extraordinary circle encompassed many of the defining figures of stage and screen. Nureyev - arguably the most electrifying male dancer of the 20th century - rarely appears in signed book form, and even less frequently in association with major figures outside the ballet world. The accompanying archive deepens the offering considerably. Nureyev's appearance as the King of Siam in The King and I was both unexpected and widely publicized - an event that symbolized his late-career reinvention and enduring charisma. Surviving ephemeral material from this production is uncommon in such quantity, and here forms a cohesive, display-worthy ensemble. A Crossroads of Ballet and Broadway: A striking and highly personal association copy-uniting the legendary partnership of Margot Fonteyn and Nureyev with the theatrical world of Bricusse - augmented by a rare archive documenting one of Nureyev's most intriguing late performances.

Taos Pueblo. Photographed by Ansel Adams and described by Mary Austin by Adams, Ansel ; Austin, Mary

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Title: Taos Pueblo. Photographed by Ansel Adams and described by Mary Austin
Author: Adams, Ansel ; Austin, Mary
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Folio, original cloth covered boards with calf spine. One of 950 copies, signed by Adams, printed by Lawton Kennedy, the photographs printed in duotone by George Waters at Pacific Litho. This edition, an excellent facsimile of the rare 1930 first edition, contains a new afterword by Weston Naef. Fine condition with slipcase, as issued. With a laid-in autograph of Ansel Adams on an insert from a roll of Tri-X film.

The Naked Lunch by Burroughs, William

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: The Naked Lunch
Author: Burroughs, William
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. First edition. Very Good/Very Good. A Very Good copy in like dust jacket. Rear free end paper of the book excised and some splitting at the lower inside joint. Dust jacket with some overall age toning and a small chip at the base of the spine. First printing with the green border on the title page and the original publisher's price of 1500 Francs on both the rear cover of the book and the rear flap. No price defacement, stickers or stamps as is usually found on later states of the book and jacket. William S. Burroughs' infamous novel meanders through the absurd and perverse in an improbable, non-linear narrative. While the adventure jumps from fictional dictatorships, to Mexico, to space, much of the book remains inspired by Burroughs' own drug addiction and his friendships with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, core Beat Generation members. Upon its publication in 1959, "The Naked Lunch" was banned from numerous cities though its literary significance was later recognized by Time magazine and the book was included in their Top 100 English speaking novels from 1923 to 2005. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

1901 1941 Fortieth Anniversary Afro-American Life Insurance Co. [wrapper title] by [African Americana]: [Florida]: [Afro-American Life Insurance Co.]

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Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC

Title: 1901 1941 Fortieth Anniversary Afro-American Life Insurance Co. [wrapper title]
Author: [African Americana]: [Florida]: [Afro-American Life Insurance Co.]
Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Description: [N.p., likely Jacksonville, Fl., 1941. [4],61,[2]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Substantial creasing, rubbing, dust-soiling, and overall wear to wrappers. Faint foxing and spotting to initial and terminal leaves, but mostly clean internally. Very good. A rare pamphlet celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company, an important African-American-owned-and-operated insurance company in Florida. The work includes reproductions of congratulatory letters to the company from Florida governor Spessard Holland and others, portraits and information on the company’s founders, passages on the history of the company, information on the successes of the company’s current operations, and more. The work is interspersed throughout with a legion of photographs showing the company at work, scenes from various branch offices, the company’s Funeral Services Division, and so forth. "Florida's First African-American Insurance Company -1901-2001. The Afro-American Insurance Company, formerly the Afro-American Industrial and Benefits Association, was founded in 1901 to provide affordable health insurance and death benefits to the state's African-Americans. Founded by the Reverend E.J. Gregg, E.W. Latson, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, A.W. Price, Dr. Arthur W. Smith, J.F. Valentine, and the Reverend J. Melton Waldron, the Afro's first office at 14 Ocean Street was destroyed by the great Jacksonville Fire two months after it opened on May 3, 1901. It then moved to 621 Florida Avenue, the home of treasurer and future president, Abraham Lincoln Lewis (1865-1947). From their next home office at 105 E. Union Street, the company wrote millions of dollars of insurance policies and started district offices in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas..." - Historical marker at the site of the company's original location in Jacksonville. OCLC reports just two copies, at Howard and the University of North Florida.

THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PAUL BUNYAN

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Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA

Title: THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PAUL BUNYAN
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Some rubbing to the spine head. About Fine in glassine, chemise, and a Near Fine slipcase. Uncommon in this condition
Description: New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the spine head. About Fine in glassine, chemise, and a Near Fine slipcase. Uncommon in this condition. Everett Gee Jackson. Octavo (6-3/8" x 10") bound in half brown morocco and gold-stamped, wood-grain paper sides. Illustrated with color plates by Everett Gee Jackson. Retold by Louis Untermeyer and with a foreword by him. Copy #834 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

The Miser's Daughter: a Tale. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. by Ainsworth, William Harrison; Cruikshank, George (illus.)

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Title: The Miser's Daughter: a Tale. With illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Author: Ainsworth, William Harrison; Cruikshank, George (illus.)
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: London: Cunningham and Mortimer, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First issue as originally published in Ainsworth's magazine. 8vo. Bound in later 3/4 red morocco and red cloth. A lightly worn, solid copy.

The Years of Lyndon Johnson -- The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro

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Title: The Years of Lyndon Johnson -- The Passage of Power
Author: Robert A. Caro
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY ROBERT CARO on the title page. An all-but-pristrine copy to boot of the 2012 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, the final voluime (up to this point) in the remarkable LBJ tetralogy.

EL FOTOGRAFO MEXICANO: REVISTA DEDICADA A LOS FOTOGRAFOS DE MÉXICO, TOMO IV, Nº 18

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Title: EL FOTOGRAFO MEXICANO: REVISTA DEDICADA A LOS FOTOGRAFOS DE MÉXICO, TOMO IV, Nº 18
Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Condition: (Some foxing and marginal wear; water stains, o/w good copy)
Description: México, D.F.: Kodak Mexicana, 1935. (Some foxing and marginal wear; water stains, o/w good copy). b/w plates, ports., tbls., diags., advts., ind., staple bound b/w pict. d.j. A bi-monthly photo magazine with expert advice for beginners and professional photographers with how-to tips on photography techniques, lab materials and security, equipment and costs. CONTENTS: La sobreexposición con películas pancromáticas -- Variedad, promueve ventas -- La buena presentación de los anuncios -- Cuando necesitan corrección los negativos -- Pruebas que no son pruebas -- Correcto almacenamiento de pelícuas -- La fotografía mural mas grande edel mundo -- La película comercial mate -- La fotografía en colores -- Manchas de revelador -- Evitando dificultades al copiar -- Índice clasificación de artículos números 13-18.

Rude Rural Rhymes by Adams, Robert M.

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Title: Rude Rural Rhymes
Author: Adams, Robert M.
Seller: Bungalow Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Description: New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1925. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Foreword by L. H. Bailey. Green cloth with a floral stamp to the front board. The gilt on the spine is still bright. Previous owner's Christmas gift inscription from 1927 on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket has a shallow chip to the head of the spine and corners. The top of the front flap is clipped, with the publisher's price of $2.00 at the bottom. Poems about septic tanks, paved sidewalks, rotating crops, planting trees and many other topics. Robert Morrill Adams taught agricultural subjects as an extension teacher for Cornell State University, and these poems were widely syndicated in newspapers in the US and Canada. ; 220 pages .

U.S. Air Force Project Rand. Some aspects of the mathematical theory of control processes by Bellman, Richard, Glicksberg and Gross. USAF

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Title: U.S. Air Force Project Rand. Some aspects of the mathematical theory of control processes
Author: Bellman, Richard, Glicksberg and Gross. USAF
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 1958. Bellman, R.E.; Glicksberg, I. and O.A. Gross. U.S. Air Force Project Rand. Some aspects of the mathematical theory of control processes. January 16, 1958. R-313. Santa Monica: Rand Corporation, 1958. 234 x 155 mm. Original printed wrappers with the stamp of Paul Oliver on the front wrapper. xix, 244 pp. Figs. Text-illust. Equations, graphs, tables. Very good+. .

State of Maine Volunteer Militia inscription certificate for a Sergeant in a Company of Riflemen

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Title: State of Maine Volunteer Militia inscription certificate for a Sergeant in a Company of Riflemen
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: [Augusta, Maine], 1850. Document no binding. Near fine. 8 1/2" X 14"; printed recto and verso; a few light spots, and ink splashed to verso; near fine. Unused military inscription document for the Volunteer Militia of Maine in the 1850s.

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Fragments of the Sixteenth-Century Nahuatl Census from the Jagiellonian Library: a lost manuscript Heterodoxia Iberica, volume 4 by Madajczak, Julia; Katarzyna Granicka, Szymon Gruda, Monika Jaglarz andJose Luis de Rojas; Julia Madajczak (Ed.)

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Title: Fragments of the Sixteenth-Century Nahuatl Census from the Jagiellonian Library: a lost manuscript Heterodoxia Iberica, volume 4
Author: Madajczak, Julia; Katarzyna Granicka, Szymon Gruda, Monika Jaglarz andJose Luis de Rojas; Julia Madajczak (Ed.)
Seller: Brattle Book Shop (United States)
ISBN: 9789004457102
Condition: Used - Very Good
Description: Leiden; Boston: Brill [2021]. Hardcover. 9.5" x 6.25". X, [2], 342pp. Publisher's burgundy and green illustrated boards. Minor bumping to boards; a Near Fine copy. ISBN 9789004457102 . Used - Very Good. Hardcover .

The Toynbee Convector by Bradbury, Ray

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Title: The Toynbee Convector
Author: Bradbury, Ray
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780394547039
Condition: Fine
Description: New York CIty: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 301pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. No toning or foxing. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($17.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

Joan Miro: Magnetic Fields by MIRO, Joan, Rosalind Krauss, and Margit Rowell

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Title: Joan Miro: Magnetic Fields
Author: MIRO, Joan, Rosalind Krauss, and Margit Rowell
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1972. First edition. Softcover. 159 pages. Exhibition catalog. Features a preface by Thomas M. Messer and essays by Rosalind Krauss, and Margit Rowell who also did the catalogue of the exhibition as well. Includes some color and numerous black and white illustrations. A bright very good plus copy in wrappers and from the library of the Marlborough Gallery library with their sticker to the front cover but otherwise free of marks. A nice copy with an interesting provenance. .

Ben Nicholson by NICHOLSON, Ben

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Title: Ben Nicholson
Author: NICHOLSON, Ben
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Basel, Switzerland: Galerie Beyeler, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 15 through June 15, 1968. Features text by Ben Nicholson along with numerous tipped in color plates, a checklist, selected bibliography, biographical information. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some slight curling to the edges and from the library of the Marlborough Gallery with their marks and in a very good acetate jacket that has chips and with laid in errata sheet. A nicely printed catalog and with an interesting provenance.

Du Pont de Nemours: Apostle of Liberty and the Promised Land by JOLLY, Pierre

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Title: Du Pont de Nemours: Apostle of Liberty and the Promised Land
Author: JOLLY, Pierre
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: (Wilmington, Delaware: The Brandywine Publishing Company, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Translated and annotated by Elise Du Pont Elrick. 392pp. Black and white illustrations. Slightly cocked spine and bumped corners thus very good in a very good dust jacket with shallow chips and tears.

The Story of Chokoloskee Bay Country, with Reminiscences of Pioneer C. S. “Ted” Smallwood. by Tebeau, Charlton W.

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Title: The Story of Chokoloskee Bay Country, with Reminiscences of Pioneer C. S. “Ted” Smallwood.
Author: Tebeau, Charlton W.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Miami: Florida Flair Books, (1996). 6th Printing. Signed by the Author. Octavo, softbound, 88 pp. Photos., map. Fine.

Spaces in the Sage by Thayne, Emma Lou

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Title: Spaces in the Sage
Author: Thayne, Emma Lou
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Parliament Publishers, 1971. Very Good. Thayne, Emma Lou. Spaces in the Sage. NP: Parliament Publishers, 1971. 60pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with light bumping and yellowing. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with gentle bumping and rubbng.

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