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Tales of Mystery and Imagination by CLARKE, Harry, illustrator; POE, Edgar Allan

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Title: Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Author: CLARKE, Harry, illustrator; POE, Edgar Allan
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1923. Harry Clarke Illustrates Edgar Allan Poe The First Trade Edition with Color Plates [CLARKE, Harry, illustrator]. POE, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [&] New York: Brentano's, n.d. [1923]. First color edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches; 267 x 200 mm). 381, [3] pp. Eight color plates mounted on gray card, twenty-four black and white plates, twenty-six vignettes including thirteen repeats. Publisher's black cloth, front cover with mounted plate of Morella, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, plain endpapers, top edge stained black, others untrimmed, minimal rubbing to corners. Small booksellers label on rear paste-down, endpapers slightly browned. Still an excellent, gilt-bright copy of an edition so beloved and well-read it has rarely survived in anything better than very good condition. From the library of Adams T. Rice, with his striking Art-Deco pictorial bookplate on front paste-down featuring gears, lightning, and a theatrical mask - imagery suggestive of the machine-age optimism of the 1920s and perhaps reflecting the owner's connection with engineering or industrial technology. Adams T. Rice neat signature on front free endpaper. Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen was Harry Clarke's (1889-1931) first printed work. This was closely followed by illustrations for an edition of Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination. The first version of that title was restricted to monotone illustrations, while a second iteration with eight color plates and more than 24 monotone images was published in 1923. The latter of these made his reputation as a book illustrator. This was during the golden age of illustrated gift-books in the first quarter of the twentieth century, and Clarke's work can be favorably compared to that of Aubrey Beardsley, Kay Nielsen, and Edmund Dulac. "Tales of Mystery was the greatest commercial success [of all Clarke's illustrated books], especially the colour plate edition, with reprints being done on a regular basis for a few years" (Steenson). Steenson A2.e.

COBRA VERDE (1987) German set of 6 color photos by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

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Title: COBRA VERDE (1987) German set of 6 color photos
Author: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Set of six (6) vintage original 16 1/2 x 24 1/2" (42 x 62 cm.) color photographs, Germany. Klaus Kinski, dir: Werner Herzog; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion. Very scarce set of large-format color photographs from this film (Werner Herzog's last pairing with Klaus Kinski, whose emotional outbursts continually threw the production into chaos) about a slave trader, filmed in Colombia, Brazil and Ghana.

[Program for an AME Church Young People's Congress]

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Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC

Title: [Program for an AME Church Young People's Congress]
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Des Moines, Iowa: [Saint Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church], 1937. Good. 8 5/8" x 5¾". Two bifolia, printed all sides and stapled. Pp. [8]. Good: outside leaves heavily soiled and worn, internally moderately so. This is a program for, as well as a circular requesting attendance at, the 1937 Young People's Congress. The event took place in Des Moines, Iowa as part of the Northwestern Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Church. While there's little secondary reporting of the event, its back page gives some insight: "This marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the beginning of the work of Teacher Training in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Iowa. In Iowa began the first effort of this kind known anywhere in our African Methodism. The Congress is highly favored in that one of the principals of this Congress was also associated with the movement forty-five years ago in the person of Mr. S. Joe Brown." The back page goes on the describe the Congress' oratorical contest for high school students and reminded participants of their financial obligations as well as other submissions required prior to attendance. It also may have pointed out difficulty in African Americans finding lodging in the Des Moines area: "the members of the Congress and their guests will be entertained in the homes of the members and friends of the S. Paul A.M.E. Church. That is, so far as lodging is concerned." The program itself listed a detailed day-by-day schedule of events, including devotionals, Sunday School and departmental conferences, general discussions, addresses and presentations. A rare glimpse into the activities and experiences of a Western A.M.E. Youth conference. OCLC locates no copies.

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The Further Adventures of Halley's Comet by John Calvin Batchelor

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Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB

Title: The Further Adventures of Halley's Comet
Author: John Calvin Batchelor
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780865530027
Condition: Fine Plus
Description: Condon & Lattes, 1980, 1980. Book. Fine Plus. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine plus copy in like jacket. Author's rare first book. Extremely scarce in Hardcover.Great copy..

Saturday's Children: A Comedy in Three Acts by Anderson, Maxwell

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Title: Saturday's Children: A Comedy in Three Acts
Author: Anderson, Maxwell
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York, et al: Longmans, Green and Co., 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth-backed paper over boards. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., with his bookplate (and a nice bookseller's ticket!) on the front paste-down. Inscribed to him "from a couple of other guys / Vienna 1901" on the FFEP. Fairbanks (1909-2000) was an American actor (his credits include “Gunga Din”) and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II.

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