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Matthew Flinders Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis

Matthew Flinders Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis by Flinders, Matthew

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
Matthew Flinders Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis
Author
Flinders, Matthew
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. First Thus. Limited to 750 numbered copies (this copy being 547). Folio (12 1/4 x 7 7/16 inches; 310 x 189 mm.). Publisher's full green buckram. Front cover pictorially stamped in gilt with a schooner designed by John Buckland Wright, spine stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Small red ink stamp on front free endpaper. Collating 100, [2], [2, blank]. Nine wood-engravings by John Buckland Wright (including frontispiece, title vignette, six head-piece vignettes, and printer's device). Map. Printed in black and green. A Near Fine copy. "Matthew Flinders' Narrative has been designed, produced, and published by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, London, on Arnold's mould-made paper in 16pt. Aldine Bembo type, with Centaur initials, designed by Bruce Rogers, and Lyons capitals, designed by Louis Perrin, upon the model Latin inscriptions in 1846" (Colophon). "This is another book of daring exploration in our Sea Series. I tried to produce these stories of high adventure in an exciting way, and planned to make the book a symphony in green. I even thought of scenting the paper with seaweed, and imagined clients commenting to each other... 'Strange thing about this book-it seems to bring a breath of the sea!'" (Cockolorum). Cave & Manson 170. Cockalorum 170. Hill I, pp. 106-107.
Family Portrait (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

Family Portrait (Original screenplay for an unproduced film) by William Joyce Cowen, Leonore Coffee (play); John Gay (screenwriter)

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Seller: Royal Books
Title
Family Portrait (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
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William Joyce Cowen, Leonore Coffee (play); John Gay (screenwriter)
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: N.p., 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee, which debuted at the Morosco Theatre, directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion, as told through the eyes of his family. Set in Jerusalem. White untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 17, 1981, with credits for screenwriter John Gay and playwrights Leonore Coffee and William Joyce Cowen. 106 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated 9/9. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, lightly soiled overall, bound internally with three gold brads.
Upper California

Upper California by Künzel, Heinrich

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Upper California
Author
Künzel, Heinrich
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1967. First edition in English. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo, pp. [2], 61, [1]. Illustrated by Mallette Dean, facsimiles, endpaper maps; fine in original rust cloth, pictorial paper cover label, printed paper spine label. The plain dustwrapper is present. worn at the spine tips and fold edges. Written to encourage German emigrants to California, the Künzel pamphlet was likely the first of its time and place to concentrate on California. One of 450 copies. Cowan, p. 337, where it is listed in its original German title, "Obercalifornien". .