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Autograph Letter Signed ("Julia Child"), to Mrs. Fairbanks

Autograph Letter Signed ("Julia Child"), to Mrs. Fairbanks by Child, Julia

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Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink
Title
Autograph Letter Signed ("Julia Child"), to Mrs. Fairbanks
Author
Child, Julia
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Paris, 1953. One and one half page pen and ink letter (26.5 x 21.5 cm.) on single sheet of pale blue Paul Cushing Child stationery, with ink date stamp ("May 18 1953"), addressed, "USIS. 5 Place de Rome, Marseille (B du Rh)". ~ An early letter from Julia Child, written while she was living in Paris with her husband Paul and working on her first book, the seminal Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Child writes to a Mrs. Fairbanks: "What a nice hour we spent with you the other afternoon. I only wish it could be repeated, as I would love to hear more about Thomas Wolfe and all you know about him. It would also be fascinating for me to hear much much more about your culinary experiences. Mrs. de Santillana [Child's editor] says you are the best cooks she knows, and I can well believe it from the interest you take. It is indeed a fascinating subject and a beau métier. Had a nice talk about friture de cheval pour les frites [possibly french fries cooked in horse fat] with your chauffeur on the way home … " Child closes with the excuse that she must get to work on her book, what would be published in 1961 as Mastering the Art of French Cooking, co-written with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle. "I don't expect we'll be up this way for several months again — and I've got to get to work on our book ….” This same Mrs. Fairbanks is mentioned in Child's biography, A Life in France: "I was disappointed when our new editor, Dorothy de Santillana, allowed a friend of hers, a Mrs. Fairbanks, to try a recipe from our sauce chapter without first asking our permission. We had worked so hard to develop those recipes, and I considered a number of them to be real innovations, not to mention our intellectual property" (page 173). Toning at margins, creased from prior folding, paperclip stain.
Cuisiniers a Roanne: Les Recettes Originales de Jean et Pierre Troisgros

Cuisiniers a Roanne: Les Recettes Originales de Jean et Pierre Troisgros by Troisgros, Jean & Pierre

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Title
Cuisiniers a Roanne: Les Recettes Originales de Jean et Pierre Troisgros
Author
Troisgros, Jean & Pierre
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Paris: Editions Robert Laffont, 1977. Small quarto (24.5 x 16 cm.), 365, [1] pages. Illustrated in the text and with eight color plates. Index. FIRST EDITION. The first cookbook from the giants of nouvelle cuisine. At the time of this publication, the two brothers had recently completed an expansion of the building and kitchen of their eponymous restaurant, Les Frères Troisgros in Roanne (Loire). This followed the restaurant receiving a third Michelin star and being called "the best restaurant in the world." The rise of the brothers is legendary, and a major element of the legend is the formative time spent in the kitchen of Fernand Point's La Pyramide in Vienne. They served in the kitchen of the great Point simultaneously with Paul Bocuse, and one can only imagine the youthful conversations among the three over cigarettes out back. The brothers certainly recognized the importance of their time with Point, as they have inscribed this copy on the half-title to Point's widow (who had continued to operate the restaurant after his death), "A Madame Point, toute notre admiration, et une pensée pour notre Maitre Fernand Point a qui nous devons tout! Amities Culinaires, Pierre Troisgros, Jean Troisgros". A magnificent association, crediting their mentor Point, "to whom we owe everything" (trans.], and illustrating the importance of succession in the culture of the best French chefs. A volume in the important series Les Recettes originales de..., edited by Claude Lebey. The entire series was issued between 1976 and 1992. In publisher's pictorial boards with some scuffing and soil. No dust jacket, as issued. Some light soil and foxing throughout the text block. With a few pencil annotations by an auction expert, otherwise very good. [OCLC locates fourteen copies].
Tropic Thunder (Original screenplay for the 2008 film)

Tropic Thunder (Original screenplay for the 2008 film) by Ben Stiller (director, screenwriter, starring); Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen (screenwriters); Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Tom Cruise (starring)

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Tropic Thunder (Original screenplay for the 2008 film)
Author
Ben Stiller (director, screenwriter, starring); Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen (screenwriters); Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Tom Cruise (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
Universal City: Dreamworks, 2007. Revised Draft script for the 2008 film. Rainbow revision copy belonging to production coordinator Eve Honthaner, with her name in manuscript ink on the first leaf of the title page. Included with the script are numerous gatherings of production documents, including shooting schedules, call sheets, maps of filming locations, script supervisor breakdowns, and travel logs, and multiple revisions of the same. A group of narcissistic actors in the process of filming a Vietnam War movie are unaware that they are in real danger from a drug gang they believe to be extras in the film. Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Oscar-seeking method actor Kirk Lazarus, a role that, along with his franchise-starting turn in "Iron Man" the same year, resurrected his career. Shot on location in Santa Clarita, California, and in Kaua'i, Hawaii. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated May 1, 2007, with credits for screenwriters Etan [sic, Ethan] Cohen, Ben Stiller, and Justin Theroux. 142 leaves, with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between July 3 and November 4, 2007. Pages Very Good plus, bound with three gold brads.
A CURIOUS DANCE ROUND A CURIOUS TREE [with envelope]

A CURIOUS DANCE ROUND A CURIOUS TREE [with envelope] by Dickens, Charles

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A CURIOUS DANCE ROUND A CURIOUS TREE [with envelope]
Author
Dickens, Charles
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Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description
1860. [London: St. Luke's Hospital, 1860.] Original pale pink wrappers, with original narrow "one penny" envelope. First Edition, second and usual issue. Dickens describes the wretched conditions inside St. Luke's Hospital ("established in 1751, for the treatment and care of lunatics"), and in particular the "very sad and touching spectacle" of the annual Christmas Ball there (dancing around the Christmas tree). He actually wrote the original piece in 1852, at which time it appeared in his Household Words (Dickens's authorship was questioned until 1913, when the original manuscript -- in his hand -- turned up). It is here published in book form for the first time, eight years later, when Dickens gave permission for the hospital to use it as a fundraising appeal. The hospital added two items to update the piece: an article about the 1860 Ball from the "Times," plus a brief article "Contrast between 1852 and 1860," in which the hospital asserts that many of the deficiencies cited by Dickens have since been addressed. (The results of the initial mailing were not good -- which is why for this second issue, the final paragraph, the actual appeal, was highlighted in bold.) This second issue not only has the final paragraph in bold, it also has a pink wrapper (not mauve -- though all are today faded), it has the front cover title followed by a comma (not by a period), and it has a front cover border decorative only at the corners (not all 'round). This is a fine copy of this very fragile item, with scarcely any wear, soil, or foxing; as usual, the pink wrappers have faded. As with almost all copies, there is a vertical crease, because the booklet was folded vertically when the fundraising appeal was mailed out in narrow envelopes. Included with this copy is the original (unaddressed) narrow envelope with "Postage One Penny" in the corner. Since it is exactly the size to fit within the folded booklet, and a little too small to fit around the folded booklet, it is our belief that this was the envelope for the hoped-for, postage-paid contribution. It is extremely uncommon. Podeschi (Yale) B216 (second copy); Carr (U of Texas) B465; Eckel pp 188-191. Housed in a morocco-backed clamshell case with inner chemise.
Sous le Signe de Rossignol

Sous le Signe de Rossignol by Jacques, Henry; Kay Nielsen

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Title
Sous le Signe de Rossignol
Author
Jacques, Henry; Kay Nielsen
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Paris: l'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1923. Limited edition. Wraps. Near fine. Folio. Illustrated wraps. Decorative title page, and illustrated with 19 mounted color plates by Kay Nielsen, protected by lettered tissue. 102 pp. of text in French, printed within green borders. A fine copy, still in the publisher's glassine wrapper, which has a couple of short closed tears. One of 1500 numbered copies. This is number 540. .
The Hatchet: Series 1. Vol. 11 -- A DAILY NEWSPAPER on "The President's Ship" U.S.S. George Washington "Outward Bound" Carrying The President On His Second Trip To Europe

The Hatchet: Series 1. Vol. 11 -- A DAILY NEWSPAPER on "The President's Ship" U.S.S. George Washington "Outward Bound" Carrying The President On His Second Trip To Europe by (WILSON, Woodrow). McCAULEY, Edward Jr. (editor-in-chief)

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Title
The Hatchet: Series 1. Vol. 11 -- A DAILY NEWSPAPER on "The President's Ship" U.S.S. George Washington "Outward Bound" Carrying The President On His Second Trip To Europe
Author
(WILSON, Woodrow). McCAULEY, Edward Jr. (editor-in-chief)
Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (United States)
Description
On The High Seas: United States Navy, 1919. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. (14pp). Very good. Outer wrapper (only) rather age toned, edgeworn and rubbed, but internally tight and near fine. One of the most intriguingly odd newspapers ever: On March 5, 1919 President Woodrow Wilson departed the White House for Paris, boarding the U.S.S. George Washington on March 7th for the seven-day journey to Europe. By March 14 he was in France for the Paris Peace Conference, having been there in December 1918 for a preliminary conference. He remained until June 18. The U.S.S. George Washington was an enormous German ocean liner seized by the U.S. government for a troop transport that twice carried Wilson to Europe -- accompanied of course by a formidably large escort. The ship's daily newspaper was "The Hatchet," a reference to the apocryphal George Washington cherry tree story. Begun in 1918, its masthead claims "The Largest Circulation on the Atlantic Ocean" and it consisted of a single 8" X 9" leaf ("distributed free to 'all hands'") that compiled leading news stories culled from the International News Service, Associated Press, United Press and the New York Times. A shipboard press at first produced 5,000 copies daily, a number that eventrually increased to 7,000. An "Editorial" for issue No. 1 of this Volume 11 begins, "Mr. President, we welcome you back to the George Washington. We are proud to be entrusted again with the safe conduct overseas of our President; we are proud to fly again the flag of our Commander-in-Chief." Articles about the president and this very trip appear regularly; several articles have been checked in ink by this recipient, among them "Lamar Reveals a Bolshevist Plot to Overthrow U.S.," "Conviction of [Eugene V.] Debs by Supreme Court a Blow at Bolsheviki" and "Drastic Anti-Red Bill Recommended to Congressmen." Apparently at journey's end issues could be bound together within this printed wrapper -- on the front wrapper of this rare survivor a ship's crew member has penned "Compliment / of [illegible] / Ensign / USN." Interestingly, the newspaper's masthead originally included above its name the motto "We Cannot Tell a Lie" (another reference to the cherry tree tale), but by the time of this issue that motto has been dropped. Quite scarce.
June, 1845. At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, begun and holden by adjournment at Newport within and for said state, on the fourth Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and of independence the sixty-ninth

June, 1845. At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, begun and holden by adjournment at Newport within and for said state, on the fourth Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and of independence the sixty-ninth

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June, 1845. At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, begun and holden by adjournment at Newport within and for said state, on the fourth Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and of independence the sixty-ninth
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
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[Providence: publisher not identified], 1845. 8vo, pp. 56; uncut; signed at the end by Henry Bowen (1785-1867?), son of Jabez Bowen Jr, and R.I. Secretary of State from 1819 to 1849; self-wrappers; stitched, as issued. Laws, allotments, and other enactments passed at the General Assembly of Rhode Island since the previous meeting in May, 1845. Not in American Imprints. Minnesota only in OCLC. Bound with: An Act relating to Public Schools [drop title], pp. 12, [4]. Not in American Imprints. Not in OCLC.
THE 1931 TIGER ISSUE OF THE MISSOURI SAVITAR

THE 1931 TIGER ISSUE OF THE MISSOURI SAVITAR by [WILLIAMS, Tennessee]

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THE 1931 TIGER ISSUE OF THE MISSOURI SAVITAR
Author
[WILLIAMS, Tennessee]
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Owner name of student on the front free endpaper. Very Good
Description
[Columbia, MO]: University of Missouri, 1931. First Edition. hardcover. Owner name of student on the front free endpaper. Very Good. Small folio (9" x 12-1/4") bound in embossed black leather. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Yearbook for the second of three years that Tennessee Williams attended the university with his small photograph on his fraternity's page along with his brothers, who dubbed him Tennessee for his Southern drawl. Some brothers later figured as characters in his plays including Harold Mitchell in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. An important period in Williams's life, one of the most normal for that matter, very shortly after he had written his first play, BEAUTY IS THE WORD, and when he was discovering his sexual orientation.
Candlestick Point

Candlestick Point by BALTZ, Lewis

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Title
Candlestick Point
Author
BALTZ, Lewis
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
Some light hazing to the boards, generally fine
Description
Tokyo and New York: Gallery Min and Aperture, 1989. Hardcover. Some light hazing to the boards, generally fine. 10 x 13 inches, oblong. Black-and-white and color images, some folding. Original black boards, printed paper label on front cover; original matching open-faced slipcase. First edition, signed "Cheers! Lewis Baltz" on the title-page. Published to coincide with the exhibition held 13 May to 2 July 1989. Text by Gus Blaisdell (in English and Japanese).
Life for Life's Sake. A Book of Reminiscences

Life for Life's Sake. A Book of Reminiscences by ALDINGTON, Richard

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Life for Life's Sake. A Book of Reminiscences
Author
ALDINGTON, Richard
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Red cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 411pp. Straight and tight, with some darkening to endpapers and foxing to text block edges; Very Good. In the original pictorial dustjacket, unclipped (priced $3.00), slightly worn and soiled with a closed tear at upper margin of front panel; Very Good. Aldington's literary autobiography; there was no British edition until 1968. Especially valuable for his discussion of Pound, Amy Lowell, and the origins of Imagism. Though issued by a mainstream publisher, Life for Life's Sake is one of those unaccountably uncommon books of the Wartime era, not frequently seen in dustwrapper.
Tiny Alice: A Play [Signed Bookplate]

Tiny Alice: A Play [Signed Bookplate] by ALBEE, Edward

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Title
Tiny Alice: A Play [Signed Bookplate]
Author
ALBEE, Edward
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Atheneum, 1965. No edition remarks. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 190pp. Author's signed bookplate laid in. Light shelf-wear, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper has reviews printed on flaps and is unclipped (priced $4.50), with shelf-soil, light creases to spine ends and extremities, and rippled effect to flaps; Very Good. Albee's three-act play premiered on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theatre (1964), and focuses on corruption of the church. [84463].
Autobiographies

Autobiographies by YEATS,W.B.

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Autobiographies
Author
YEATS,W.B.
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Macmillan, 1956. Reprint. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's emerald green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [vii]; 591; [1]. Scuffing and bumping to corners and spine ends, bright and clean; internally clean, bookplate to front pastedown and some neat pencil annotations (particularly to the final leaves); in a somewhat worn dustjacket with some fraying and shallow loss to spine ends and extremities, a tape repair to the front flap hinge, and some soiling of the pale cream paper. A good, strong copy of the book with some use and wear. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator and bibliophile, with his bookplate and customary neat pencil annotations in places.
The Incredible Felix Clousseau
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The Incredible Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee

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Title
The Incredible Felix Clousseau
Author
Jon Agee
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780374336332
Condition
As New
Description
Farrar Straus And Giroux, 1988 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Presentation By Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ISBN:0-374-33633-4. Presentation with original art of Felix Clousseau by the author. A very special copy..
Ubik

Ubik by Philip K. Dick; Kim Stanley Robinson [intro.]; La Boca [illus.]

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Title
Ubik
Author
Philip K. Dick; Kim Stanley Robinson [intro.]; La Boca [illus.]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: Folio Society, 2019. Near Fine. London: Folio Society, 2019. Second Printing. Octavo (25.4cm); green cloth with silver lettering and decoration; [xvii],208pp; color illus. throughout; housed in publisher's die-cut slipcase. Boards sturdy and square; binding sound and pages unmarked; very faint smudging to bottom edge of slipcase, else sturdy and solid.
A Sixteen-Year-Old Boarding School Student Cannot Afford To Come Home In 1932 Dont Think Anything Is Wrong It Is Only The Depression

A Sixteen-Year-Old Boarding School Student Cannot Afford To Come Home In 1932 Dont Think Anything Is Wrong It Is Only The Depression by (THE GREAT DEPRESSION)

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A Sixteen-Year-Old Boarding School Student Cannot Afford To Come Home In 1932 Dont Think Anything Is Wrong It Is Only The Depression
Author
(THE GREAT DEPRESSION)
Seller
Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
ALS. 2pgs. February 2, 1932. Lyndon Center, Vermont. An autograph letter signed Arthur Merrill Oliver Smith and addressed to his parents. Writing during the Great Depression, Smith, who was probably a student at the Lyndon Institute boarding school, regrets that he cannot come home for the weekend due to a lack of money but instructs his parents not to send more on his behalf: Dear Mother and Dad, I had a dandy little day, or as dandy as could be expected in a place like this. I got a spauling of sixteen apiece and that was just about 160 whacks too much. I am going to tell you that I am sorry that I will have to stay up here over the weekend because my financial standing is not to allow me to come home but dont think anything is wrong it is only the depression and I will be able to make arrangements to stay here because one of my pals is staying here and I can stay with him. Dont send me any more money to come home on because Ill see if I can help out by not spending any more money than I have to. Write again soon and tell me what you think of it. I have paid all my bills and I will be able to make out O.K. Write soon. Much Love Your 16 yr old Son Arthur Merrill Oliver Smith (Amos) (Budge) (Smith). A touching little anecdote showing how the Great Depression affected people of all ages and statuses. The letter is in fine condition.
TDR The Drama Review 141

TDR The Drama Review 141

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Title
TDR The Drama Review 141
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: The Drama Review, 1968. Softcover. Fine. Tall octavo. 179, [7]pp. Illustrated. Illustrated wrappers. Promotional material for the magazine laid in. About fine. Articles on avante garde theatre including one on the Theatre of the Ridiculous and one by Jean-Jacques Lebel.
50 True Tales of Terror

50 True Tales of Terror by Canning, John

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Title
50 True Tales of Terror
Author
Canning, John
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780517136676
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1973. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped (no price), some rippling to the jacket, faded a shade at the spine. Glossy midnight blue boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.

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