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[Archive of Material Related to Lynne O’Neill, a Burlesque Entrepreneur and Entertainer] by [Burlesque]. O'Neill, Lynne

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Seller: McBride Rare Books

Title: [Archive of Material Related to Lynne O’Neill, a Burlesque Entrepreneur and Entertainer]
Author: [Burlesque]. O'Neill, Lynne
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good plus.
Description: [Various locations in New York, 1971. Very good plus.. Sixty-five photographs, thirteen pieces of ephemera, and one typed letter. Most items with one or more duplicates. Condition strong, with most items near fine; one flyer rather chipped and worn. Archive of materials documenting the fabulous career of dancer, model, actress, writer, real estate broker, and lifelong entrepreneur, Lynne O'Neill. O’Neill (1918-2010) was born Elaine Jose Nolan, and she began her performing career during World War II traveling through the Midwest with the United Service Organizations. In the late 1940s, O’Neill began her burlesque career in Chicago clubs. At her mother’s suggestion (her mother often accompanied her to shows) O’Neill took her garter off and gave it to an audience member beginning a schtick that eventually earned her the title “The Original Garter Girl.” In the mid-1950s, O’Neill moved to New York and worked at various burlesque clubs, including The Original Nut Club, Club Samoa, Heat Wave, Cinderella, and Cafe Paree where she performed multiple shows a day. During this time, O’Neill also modeled for paintings and magazine covers and was photographed by entertainment photographers Maurice Seymour and Bernard of Hollywood, best known for his iconic photos of Marilyn Monroe. During a challenging time for female performers, when club owners frequently exploited their entertainers in various ways, Lynne O’Neill appeared to seize control of her career and personal brand, hustling and working tirelessly to earn her income beyond the confines of the club circuit. O'Neill found various creative ways to support herself beyond her performances, including selling garters, photo calendars, and pin-up photos, while also encouraging her fans to correspond directly with her. She even established a subscription fan club, complete with a president and secretary. Additionally, she wrote a column chronicling her experiences in the business for the risqué men’s magazine Man to Man, where she continued to urge fans to write her, and starred in a revealing tell-all film, “Secrets of an Uncover Model,” about her life as a burlesque dancer. When burlesque shows waned in the early 1970s, she moved to Nassau County, Long Island with her mother and opened a real estate brokerage firm. There, she lived under her birth name, Elaine Nolan, and became an actively engaged member of the community. Lynne O’Neill's success can be attributed both to her talent and her determination to make it all come together. The collection includes various marketing materials for her revealing feature film, an array of photographs and photoshoot contact sheets, promotional cards for appearances at burlesque clubs, color photocopies of handwritten letters that were used in her subscription fan club, fan club membership cards signed by the club’s president and secretary (who happened to be her mother), a 1971 typed letter from a friend reminding her about “keeping your figure in limbering up shape,” a diet booklet, a photographic matchbook, calendars of various sizes featuring O’Neill, and more. In many of the photographs in this collection, O’Neill can be seen in various stages of undress, playfully teasing the viewer with her body. A wonderful snapshot of one woman's successful career as a risqué entertainer and businesswoman.

FIVE LETTERS BY JOSPEH CONRAD WRITTEN TO EDWARD NOBLE IN 1915 by CONRAD, Joseph

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Title: FIVE LETTERS BY JOSPEH CONRAD WRITTEN TO EDWARD NOBLE IN 1915
Author: CONRAD, Joseph
Seller: Boston Book Company (United States)
Description: 1925. CONRAD, Joseph. FIVE LETTERS BY JOSPEH CONRAD WRITTEN TO EDWARD NOBLE IN 1895. With a forword by Edward Noble. London: Privately Printed, 1925. First edition, limited to 100 copies signed by Noble. 21 pp. Pamphlet format: 8vo., light brown paper wrappers with the text of the title-page reproduced on the upper wrapper within a single-rule frame. A touch of edgewear with just a tiny bit of a dampstain to crown, else fine.

Money and How It Gets That Way by Miller, Henry

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Title: Money and How It Gets That Way
Author: Miller, Henry
Seller: De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description: Paris: Booster Publications, 1938. Paper wraps. 64pp. Booster Broadside No. 1. Black wraps. Uncut copy in very good condition. This copy is not signed and does not have manuscript copyright info like most.

SEX LIFE OF A SPY by Greco, H.

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Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix

Title: SEX LIFE OF A SPY
Author: Greco, H.
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine.
Description: n.p.: n.p., 1960. Near fine.. Presumed first edition of this photo-illustrated erotic pulp thriller, full of sex, violence, Cold War sleaze, and poisoned brandy. Following the best practices of espionage tradecraft, the publisher of this sub-Flemingian adventure eliminated from its pages all clues to its issue and origin (save for the $3.25 printed cover price.) The story itself can be approximately dated by the cameo appearance of "Miss Marlene Dietrich, queen of the nightclubs, slither[ing] onto the stage" in a white diamonté sheath dress and fox fur; also by the use of a Ford Zephyr. Scarce. 7'' x 4''. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with black and white photographs of nude women (presumably spies). Unpaginated. Price sticker residue to front cover, red remainder mark to lower edge of text block. Minor traces of soil and edgewear to wrappers.

[LITERATURE] ANTIGONE by Sophocles | Elizabeth Wyckoff (Translator) | D. S. Carne-Ross; Illustrated by Harry Bennett

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Title: [LITERATURE] ANTIGONE
Author: Sophocles | Elizabeth Wyckoff (Translator) | D. S. Carne-Ross; Illustrated by Harry Bennett
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine binding
Description: Haarlem: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Harry Bennett. Quarto in the publisher’s decorative cloth binding; 127 pages with illustrations by Harry Bennet throughout; a small stain on the leading edge; hpused in the publisher’s slipcase.~~Printed by Bram de Does at the ancient printing house of Joh. Enschede en Zonen in Haarlem, Holland. Limited to two thousand copies of which this is number 1261~~Signed by Harry Bennet on the colophon; the signature is a bit smudged. Near Fine binding.

CARLOS CHÁVEZ (1938) Portrait by NBC

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Seller: Walterfilm, Inc.

Title: CARLOS CHÁVEZ (1938) Portrait
Author: NBC
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NBC. No binding. Near Fine. [New York]: NBC, 1938. Vintage original borderless 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" (22 x 14 cm) black-and-white photo. Three punch holes on left, with printed text on verso. Overall near fine. Carlos Chávez had at this point become acknowledged as a preeminent Mexican composer, whose music was being played at concerts in the US. In 1938, he came to New York to conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra for a couple of radio concerts, as documented here.

Denison's Make Up Guide: For Amateur & Professional by Eben H. Norris and Buckton Nendick

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Title: Denison's Make Up Guide: For Amateur & Professional
Author: Eben H. Norris and Buckton Nendick
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: The condition is very good. There are some sings of wear, but pretty minimal.
Description: Chicago, IL: T.S. Denison & Company, 1923. The condition is very good. There are some sings of wear, but pretty minimal.. Part stage make-up tutorial, part catalogue, this guide attempts to cover as many possible characters and necessities that could be wanted to put on a performance. 64 pages, the first 24 are dedicated to the make-up design for possible characters, for example from a basic "Old Man Type" to "The Indian" or "The Chinaman". Each design comes with suggested make-up material, which all can be conveniently found in the remaining pages. The material are divided into sections, like grease paint and wigs. There are illustrations throughout, mainly in the materials part, with visual representations of the wigs, beards, and props. There are also advertisements for plays that can be purchased separately through the publisher. Measures 7" x 4 3/4

THE FRAGILE SPECIES by Thomas, Lewis

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Title: THE FRAGILE SPECIES
Author: Thomas, Lewis
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN: 9780684194202
Condition: Near fine in fine jacket.
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First printing. Near fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of this dive into "some of the great medical puzzles of this era - cancer, AIDS, drug abuse, and aging" by the noted physician and writer. 9.25'' x 6''. Original quarter teal cloth, white paper boards, blind-stamped front board, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($20.00) color pictorial jacket. [12], 194 pages. Signed by Lewis on half title page. Book with touch of bumping to corners, else crisp and fresh.

The Lottery Ticket: An American Tale by [RELIGIOUS FICTION - NEW HAMPSHIRE] ANONYMOUS

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Title: The Lottery Ticket: An American Tale
Author: [RELIGIOUS FICTION - NEW HAMPSHIRE] ANONYMOUS
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Cambridge: Printed for the Trustees of the Publishing Fund, by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1822. First Edition. 12mo (17cm.); disbound; 51pp. Very faint spotting to title page (serving as upper cover), else Very Good and sound. The tale of Mr. Merriam, an upstanding farmer in New Hampshire, and his moral decline after winning $1000 in a lottery, culminating in an extended stay in prison. The tale ends happily, however, thanks to the piety and patience of Mrs. Merriam. SABIN 42155; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9294; WRIGHT 1733.

i: Six Nonlectures by Cummings, E.E.

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Title: i: Six Nonlectures
Author: Cummings, E.E.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Second Printing. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), former owner's name written underneath the price, a chip at the top edge, lightly rubbed at the folds. Black cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Cummings's six Charles Eliot Norton "nonlectures" delivered at Harvard during the autumn of 1952 and spring of 1953.

Knox Gelatine by Charles B. Knox Gelatine

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Title: Knox Gelatine
Author: Charles B. Knox Gelatine
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Yellow illustrated wraps, Very good
Description: Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine, 1936. Staplebound. Yellow illustrated wraps, Very good. 55 pages, 11 x 16 cm. The Knox Dainties Recipe Book has been expanded in this 1936 edition to include Frozen Dishes with the growing population of households owning electric refridgerators. They mention in the forward of the book that all mechanically refridgerated mousses and ice creams need Knox Gelatine. Includes two pages of full color illustrations - with twelve of the included recipes. Interior lightly stained.

The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by Young, William P

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Title: The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
Author: Young, William P
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780964729230
Condition: Very Good
Description: Newbury Park: Windblown Media, 2007. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x0x5. Reprint. Light edge wear. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2007 Trade Paperback. 248 pp. "Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, 'Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?' The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!

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