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Inscribed photograph by Welles, Orson

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Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
Title
Inscribed photograph
Author
Welles, Orson
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Superb black and white photo of Welles in costume as Othello, in front of an Italian set (perhaps painted by Eugene Berman) apparently designed for this Christmas card, with "Othello / Buon Natale" on the banners at the top. Circa 1951. Inscribed in white ink "Dearest Dadda and Hazel: God willing this is the last Christmas in a long time - we'll spend apart --- All my love as always Orson". Maurice Bernstein ("Dadda") became Orson's legal guardian after the death of Welles's mother (when he was 9) and his father (when he was 15.) Bernstein called the young Welles "Pookles" and gave him two most influential gifts: a magic set and a toy theatre.
Burajiru o Chokushi Shite: Yuku Hito to Okuru Hito no Tameni [A Direct Look at Brazil: For Those Who Are Going and Those Who Are Sending]

Burajiru o Chokushi Shite: Yuku Hito to Okuru Hito no Tameni [A Direct Look at Brazil: For Those Who Are Going and Those Who Are Sending] by [Japanese Americana]. [Brazil]. Yamada, Yonosuke

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Title
Burajiru o Chokushi Shite: Yuku Hito to Okuru Hito no Tameni [A Direct Look at Brazil: For Those Who Are Going and Those Who Are Sending]
Author
[Japanese Americana]. [Brazil]. Yamada, Yonosuke
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Tokyo: Kaigai Kogyo, 1929. Very good.. [2],4,8,10,416,[4]pp., plus twenty-five double-sided photographic plates (one folding). Original illustrated wrappers printed in blue, green, white, and yellow. Moderate toning, minor edge wear. Light foxing to beginning and end of text block, otherwise internally clean. A rare and informative guide to Brazil intended for Japanese immigrants to the country in the early 20th century. The work contains chapters on the history of Brazil (including its relationship with Japan and information on the contributions of indigenous peoples and "Black Africans"), the geography of the country, the suitability of the country for Japanese immigrants (including the quantity of available land, a good climate, and a laundry list of favorable crops), origins, trends, and the present state of Japanese immigration (including detailed information on companies helpful to immigrants), the relationship and opportunities for Japanese immigrants in the coffee industry, and more. Towards the end of the work are detailed tables and lists of information on numerous historical, economic, and agricultural aspects related to Japanese immigration. The photographic plates picture notable monuments and scenery in Brazil, Japanese immigrants already in the country, various agricultural and business locations, scenes in Japanese colonies, shots featuring the harvesting of agricultural products, and more. The only folding plate is comprised of two pages showing small panoramic photographs of Japanese colonies, one along a river. Only one copy of this work in the world, at the National Diet Library in Japan.
THE SUSQUEHANNAH TITLE STATED AND EXAMINED, IN A SERIES OF NUMBERS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE WESTERN STAR, AND NOW RE-PUBLISHED, IN THIS FORM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, AND ALL PERSONS CONCERNED IN PARTICULAR

THE SUSQUEHANNAH TITLE STATED AND EXAMINED, IN A SERIES OF NUMBERS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE WESTERN STAR, AND NOW RE-PUBLISHED, IN THIS FORM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, AND ALL PERSONS CONCERNED IN PARTICULAR by [Bidwell, Barnabas]

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Title
THE SUSQUEHANNAH TITLE STATED AND EXAMINED, IN A SERIES OF NUMBERS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE WESTERN STAR, AND NOW RE-PUBLISHED, IN THIS FORM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, AND ALL PERSONS CONCERNED IN PARTICULAR
Author
[Bidwell, Barnabas]
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
Catskill [NY]: Mackay Croswell, 1796. 12mo. 115, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Margins trimmed close to, but not touching, text. Good+. "Bidwell, a one-time Yale tutor and an associate of Thomas Jefferson, later became involved in political scandals and absconded to Canada. He was a brilliant jurist and here writes a legal and historical examination of the claim of Connecticut to the Wyoming Valley, supporting the Colonists' right and title" [Eberstadt]. The document vindicates Connecticut's legal struggle to perfect title to western lands in a large tract along the Susquehannah River, comprising a substantial chunk of Pennsylvania. The Susquehannah Company, formed in Connecticut in 1753, proposed to settle the area with Connecticut citizens, and so ignited violent conflict with Pennsylvania claimants. "This pamphlet was 'especially worthwhile for its discussion of the decision by the Commissioners of the Conferation [sic] made at Trenton, New Jersey' (Streeter) which argued in favor of Pennsylvania" [Reese]. Connecticut finally ceded the land to Pennsylvania in 1800. Reese, Federal Hundred 56. Evans 30091. Streeter Sale 982. Howes B431aa. 167 Eberstadt 427.
ESTHER WILLIAMS PIN-UP IN A HAYSTACK | BATHING BEAUTY (1943) Oversized photo

ESTHER WILLIAMS PIN-UP IN A HAYSTACK | BATHING BEAUTY (1943) Oversized photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Title
ESTHER WILLIAMS PIN-UP IN A HAYSTACK | BATHING BEAUTY (1943) Oversized photo
Author
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. No binding. Near Fine. [Los Angeles]: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [1943]. Vintage original 10 x 13" (25 x 32 cm.) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin photo. Typed blurb and ink stamp on verso. Small chip at bottom right corner, pin holes at top two edges. Near fine. Here Esther Williams poses for pin-up art during production of Mr. Co-Ed. Like all contract stars, she was obligated to do her part entertaining the troops during World War II. A beautiful and unique image of Esther out of water. Her film would be released as Bathing Beauty.
Peter Greenaway (director) PROSPERO'S BOOKS [1991] Photo archive

Peter Greenaway (director) PROSPERO'S BOOKS [1991] Photo archive by Miramax

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Seller: Walterfilm, Inc.
Title
Peter Greenaway (director) PROSPERO'S BOOKS [1991] Photo archive
Author
Miramax
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Miramax. No binding. Fine. [New York]: Miramax Films, 1991. Set of 8 vintage original 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm) black-and-white photos. Six feature actor John Gielgud in title role. One has small wax pencil mark in lower blank right border, overall fine. Prospero's Books is an avant-garde film adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Sir John Gielgud plays Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and the voices to the other story characters. As noted by Peter Conrad in the New York Times on 17 November 1991, Greenaway intended the film "as an homage to the actor and to his 'mastery of illusion'. In the film, Prospero is Shakespeare, and having rehearsed the action inside his head, speaking the lines of all the other characters, he concludes the film by sitting down to write The Tempest." Stylistically, Prospero's Books is narratively and cinematically innovative in its techniques, combining mime, dance, opera and animation. About a tenth of the movie was made on Japanese high definition television (HDTV). Edited in Japan, it makes extensive use of digital image manipulation (using Hi-Vision video inserts and the Quantel Paintbox system), often overlaying multiple moving and still pictures with animations. Michael Nyman composed the musical score and Karine Saporta choreographed the dance. The film is also notable for its extensive use of nudity, reminiscent of Renaissance paintings of mythological characters. The nude actors and extras represent a cross-section of male and female humanity. (Wikipedia)
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Sobolevskii drug Pushkina by Saitov, V. I.

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Title
Sobolevskii drug Pushkina
Author
Saitov, V. I.
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description
Sankt Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Parfenon, 1922. Softcover. First edition, 1 of 1000 copies; 9 1/2 x 6 1/4; pp. [1], 4-46, [2]; off-white, glossy wraps, printed in black; wraps with age-toning and small chips along edges and spine; small label of Russian-French publisher and bookseller Jacques Povolozky to front wrap verso; good to very good condition. Book design by Nikolai Tyrsa.Written by Russian historian, bibliographer, and member of St. Petersburg's Academy of Sciences Vladimir Ivanovich Saitov (1849 - 1938), the book, in prose, letters, and articles, followed the life of Sergei Aleksandrovich Sobolevskii (1803 - 1870). A bibliophile, businessman, world traveller, and one of Pushkin's closest friends since childhood, Sobolevskii would help the author prepare for press a number of his major works, among many other favors, including talking his way out of several duels (alas, not out of the last one). The designer of the book's wraps and the logo of the publisher was renowned painter and graphic artist Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa (1887 - 1942). He studied under Leon Bakst and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, was part of Mir Iskusstva, became a professor in his later years and taught painting and drawing, and was a founding member of the Soviet School of Children's Book Illustration.
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Background of Beauty. Valentine's Valspar Flat Wall Paint by Valentine & Company

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Title
Background of Beauty. Valentine's Valspar Flat Wall Paint
Author
Valentine & Company
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: The Valspar Corporation, 1930. First Edition. Very good. Brochure, four-fold, ten panels, 8 1/4 x 3 3/4 folded; illustrated with Art Deco drawings and 12 color paint chips laid on; a few spots, mostly to last panel; mild wear to edges; in very good condition. A beautiful advertising brochure, it showcased various colors of Valspar wall paint by a company tracing its origins to 1806 in Boston.
Race Matters

Race Matters by West, Cornel

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Title
Race Matters
Author
West, Cornel
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Boston: Beacon Press, 1993. First Edition, Sixth Printing. Cloth. Near fine/fine. Signed first edition, early printing of Race Matters by Cornel West.. Octavo, xi, 105pp. Beige hardcover, title in gilt on black cloth spine. Number line listed through "6" on copyright page. Solid text block, foxing along edges, a near fine example. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $15.00 retail price on front flap. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Bro' Roosevelt / stay prophetic! / in struggle / Cornel West.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with an Appendix, Containing Bureau Reports, Etc. December, 1868

Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with an Appendix, Containing Bureau Reports, Etc. December, 1868

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Title
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with an Appendix, Containing Bureau Reports, Etc. December, 1868
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 156pp. Half morocco and marbled paper covered boards. Old library labels and stamps, still a handsome, very good copy.
Platon [Bd. I: Leben und Werke; Bd. II: Beilagen und Textkritik]

Platon [Bd. I: Leben und Werke; Bd. II: Beilagen und Textkritik] by [Plato] Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

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Title
Platon [Bd. I: Leben und Werke; Bd. II: Beilagen und Textkritik]
Author
[Plato] Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1920. Very Good. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1920. Second Edition. Two volumes; thick octavos; publisher's gilt-lettered maroon cloth; v,[3],767; [4],445pp. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, hairline crack to Vol. I front hinge, Vol. II rather toned along spine and margins, both textblocks significantly browned due to inferior paper quality, later (1960) ownership signatures to front free endpapers, else a Very Good set. Text entirely in German.
Rose (Signed First Edition)

Rose (Signed First Edition) by Smith, Martin Cruz

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Title
Rose (Signed First Edition)
Author
Smith, Martin Cruz
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780679426615
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Random House, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.,364pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with number sequence to "2" as called for. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($25.00), is fresh and bright with no creasing, chipping, toning or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
One of Our Kind: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION

One of Our Kind: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION by Yoon, Nicola

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Title
One of Our Kind: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION
Author
Yoon, Nicola
Seller
Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780593470671
Condition
Very good +
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Nicola Yoon in ink to page specially bound in by the publisher. Stated First Edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 260pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue paper over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A very presentable signed first edition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A hotly-anticipated and endlessly provocative new thriller of race and privilege set in an all-Black gated community from #1 New York Times best-selling author Nicola Yoon • "Brilliant...Your book club will be discussing this one for DAYS."-Jodi Picoult Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California hoping to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive. King settles in at once, embracing the Liberty ethos, including the luxe wellness center at the top of the hill, which proves to be the heart of the community. But Jasmyn struggles to find her place. She expected to find liberals and social justice activists striving for racial equality, but Liberty residents seem more focused on booking spa treatments and ignoring the world's troubles. Jasmyn's only friends in the community are equally perplexed and frustrated by most residents' outlook. Then Jasmyn discovers a terrible secret about Liberty and its founders. Frustration turns to dread as their loved ones start embracing the Liberty way of life. Will the truth destroy her world in ways she never could have imagined? Thrilling with insightful social commentary, One of Our Kind explores the ways in which freedom is complicated by the presumptions we make about ourselves and each other.(Publisher).
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Sir Arthur Sullivan by Young, Percy M.

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Title
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Author
Young, Percy M.
Seller
Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: W. W. Norton, 1971. xiii, 304p., b/w illus., dj.
One Unblinking Eye

One Unblinking Eye by WILLIAMS, Norman

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One Unblinking Eye
Author
WILLIAMS, Norman
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780804010573
Description
Athens, OH: Swallow Press / Ohio University Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 48 pages. A collection of poems. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket.
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Burton by ALPERT, Hollis

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Title
Burton
Author
ALPERT, Hollis
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description
hardcover. b/w illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1986). vg
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LEGACIES OF GENIUS, A CELEBRATION OF PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES by WOLF, Edwin 2nd

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Title
LEGACIES OF GENIUS, A CELEBRATION OF PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES
Author
WOLF, Edwin 2nd
Seller
The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
WOLF, Edwin 2nd. LEGACIES OF GENIUS, A CELEBRATION OF PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES Philadelphia: Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries, 1988. 4to. Wrappers. 266, (1) pages. First edition. A well-illustrated catalogue of 219 examples of treasures from Philadelphia a libraries, edited, with descriptions by Edwin Wolf 2nd.
A Hovering Of Vultures
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A Hovering Of Vultures by Robert Barnard

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Title
A Hovering Of Vultures
Author
Robert Barnard
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780684196251
Condition
Very Fine
Description
Scribner's, 1993 Book. Very Fine. Hardcover. F. Cloth. Very Fine/Near Fine. Not a First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-684-19625-5..

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