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A Million and One Nights (Signed limited edition)

A Million and One Nights (Signed limited edition) by Ramsaye, Terry; Thomas A. Edison (contributor)

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
A Million and One Nights (Signed limited edition)
Author
Ramsaye, Terry; Thomas A. Edison (contributor)
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1926. First edition. Very Good+. One of 372 copies (this being copy seventy-two). Signed by Terry Ramsaye and Thomas Edison. A Very Good set. Two volumes, quarto (262 x 175 mm). Collating: lxx, 400; 401-868 pp. Frontispieces. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographic reproductions. In the publisher's deluxe quarter leather over textured paper boards. A large paper copy, with edges untrimmed. Minor edgewear. Evidence of removed bookplates to upper endpapers. The library stamp of the Gertrude Kistler Memorial Library to margin of each title-page and to lower endpapers. A few spots of toning to first and last few leaves; otherwise, very clean throughout. An appealing set. This first official history of cinema, written by film journalist Terry Ramsaye, presents a clear and detailed picture of the early development of film as seen from the Edison camp. Dwelling specifically on Edison's early Kinetograph and his "Black Maria" (the first studio to be built specifically for making commercial films), Ramsaye charts the development of the motion picture industry through 1925. While later critics downplayed Edison's importance, recent scholars have reinstated his preeminent position in the history of film. A lavish production, chronicling the history of the silver screen, with wonderful vintage photographs - as Edison states, "the first endeavor to set down the whole and true story of the motion picture...through his years of preparation...I am aware of [the author's] effort at exact fact. A high degree of detailed accuracy has been attained.". Very Good+.
Mrs Warren's Profession. A Play in 4 acts. Six original set designs (5 in pen and ink and 1 in pencil) by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961). Undated, but ca. 2010

Mrs Warren's Profession. A Play in 4 acts. Six original set designs (5 in pen and ink and 1 in pencil) by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961). Undated, but ca. 2010 by SHAW, George Bernard 1856-1950

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Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC
Title
Mrs Warren's Profession. A Play in 4 acts. Six original set designs (5 in pen and ink and 1 in pencil) by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961). Undated, but ca. 2010
Author
SHAW, George Bernard 1856-1950
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Each design identified by the artist at lower right in pencil. On light wove paper. Sheet size 270 x 350 mm. Perdziola was the costume and scenic designer for a production of Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Washington Theater in Washington, D.C. in 2010. "George Bernard Shaw's play "Mrs. Warren's Profession" is 117 years old and not yet drained of topical resonance. Longevity is relative: Mrs. Warren's profession - the profession - is popularly supposed to be the world's oldest. It was ostensibly the play's mere discussion (though never by name) of prostitution that got it banned in London for 30 years after Shaw wrote it. A more likely reason is Shaw's condemnation of an economic and social class system in Victorian England that in his view might make prostitution seem one of the more sensible of the few avenues open to poor young women." Chris Klimek, review in the Washington Examiner, June 24, 2010 Perdziola, an internationally-recognized set and costume designer for theater, opera, and ballet, has worked extensively throughout the United States at such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Theatre of Chicago, American Ballet Theater, Shakespeare Theater in Washington, Boston Ballet, and Miami Ballet, as well as for various Broadway productions. He has also worked internationally for productions at the Monte Carlo Opera, the Niedersächsische Staatsorchester in Hannover, the Garsington Opera in the United Kingdom, the Finnish National Ballet, the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan, and the Sydney Opera House. The artist has received three Helen Hayes awards and a Helpmann award; he has also been nominated for numerous additional awards.
ALS Gustav Kobbe (1857-1918)

ALS Gustav Kobbe (1857-1918)

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Seller: De Wolfe and Wood
Title
ALS Gustav Kobbe (1857-1918)
Seller
De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
Music critic, author and expert on opera. 3 page letter describing the reworking of his book, All of a Sudden Carmen.
Quarto-Millenary

Quarto-Millenary by [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Quarto-Millenary
Author
[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. The Definitive Record of the Limited Editions Club's Formative Quarter-Century [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. Quarto-Millenary. The First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years 1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club. A Critique. A Conspectus. A Bibliography. Indexes. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Limited to 2250 numbered copies, this being copy no. 1180. Large quarto. xiii, [2], 295, [3] pp. Publisher's quarter black Niger morocco over red cloth on beveled boards with central black medallion. A very fine copy. Housed in the publisher's slipcase. The definitive record of the Limited Editions Club's formative quarter-century, documenting in meticulous detail the first 250 titles issued between 1929 and 1954. Combining critical essays, descriptive bibliography, and comprehensive indexes, Quarto-Millenary provides an indispensable overview of one of the most ambitious and influential publishing enterprises of the twentieth century. Beyond a simple checklist, the volume examines editorial philosophy, typographic standards, illustration programs, and production methods, illuminating the Club's collaborations with leading artists, printers, and binders of the period. Long regarded as the standard reference work for the Club, it remains essential for collectors seeking to understand editions, issue points, and the broader historical context of LEC publishing. Elegantly produced to the Club's own exacting standards, this volume stands as both a reference tool and a fitting monument to the achievement it chronicles - an indispensable companion to any serious Limited Editions Club collection.
TRACK OF THE CAT

TRACK OF THE CAT by Barr, Nevada

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix
Title
TRACK OF THE CAT
Author
Barr, Nevada
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780399138249
Condition
Fine in fine jacket.
Description
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. First edition. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first printing of the first book in the Anna Pigeon series of mysteries revolving around United States national parks. Anna Pigeon's experiences as a park ranger stem in part from the author's own experiences - Barr was working as a seasonal park ranger at Mesa Verde National Park when she wrote the novel. A terrific copy. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original half black paper, green paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($19.95) orange pictorial dust jacket designed by Honi Werner. 238 pages. Signed by Barr on title page. Tiny bump to head of spine. Endpapers somewhat toned, as usual.
Gessar Khan ... Illustrated by Theodore Nadejen

Gessar Khan ... Illustrated by Theodore Nadejen by Zeitlin, Ida

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Gessar Khan ... Illustrated by Theodore Nadejen
Author
Zeitlin, Ida
Seller
Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First edition, 4to, pp. viii, [2], 11-203, [1]; title page printed in maroon and black; illustrated throughout, 16 full-page; one illustration with a short tear entering from the foremargin, otherwise a very good, sound and clean copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Whether the origin of this epic is Tibetan or Mongolian is not clear, and there is no one definitive text.

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