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FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS by Thompson, Hunter S.

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Title: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Very good plus in a very good plus jacket.
Description: New York: Random House, 1971. First edition. Very good plus in a very good plus jacket.. First printing of the book at the heart of the Hunter S. Thompson legend. A desperate, drug-fueled experiment in 'gonzo' journalism, FEAR AND LOATHING was written during Thompson's stint as Washington Correspondent for ROLLING STONE, and first appeared in the magazine in serial installments. Straddling the hazy border between thinly-veiled fiction and experimental journalism, first composed in feverish hotel-room notebook-scribbling sessions, the book remains HST's best-known and most influential work. Surreal, hallucinatory, endlessly quotable. 8.25'' x 5.75''. Original blind-stamped grey boards, backed in black cloth with silver lettering to spine. In original unclipped dust jacket, designed by Susan Schwab, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Black and white illustrations by Steadman throughout. [xii], 206, [6] pages. Jacket lightly toned, touches of rubbing and edgewear. Faint crease to front flap. Book has slight lean, tiny stain to top of textblock. Fading to top edge of boards, as common. Overall, sound. Housed in a matching clamshell box.

Silhouettes d’Avions. Illustrated manuscript on paper, in French [With:] French World War I Colonel’s Ledger, an autograph note (c. 1899-1904) and transcribed letters of 1914 from a certain E. Henry while stationed in Lorraine by WORLD WAR I EPHEMERA -- AIRCRAFT

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Title: Silhouettes d’Avions. Illustrated manuscript on paper, in French [With:] French World War I Colonel’s Ledger, an autograph note (c. 1899-1904) and transcribed letters of 1914 from a certain E. Henry while stationed in Lorraine
Author: WORLD WAR I EPHEMERA -- AIRCRAFT
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Description: [France], early 20th century. WWI ephemera -- aircraft. Silhouettes d'Avions, Illustrated manuscript on paper, in French. [France: c. 1915-1925]. 16 leaves, pocket-sized: (135 x100mm). 15 hand- colored illustrations depicting three views of planes; two in profile and one bird’s eye view, all are labeled for early French, English, and German aircraft models. Original paper wrappers titled Silhouettes d’Avions, with later tape reinforcing hinge; (somewhat brittle, leaves loose but present). This skillful manuscript, perhaps created by a younger person as an admirer of the craft, represents sixteen popular models of biplane and monoplane patterns. This interesting piece of ephemera is inextricably linked to the three great European production centers of World War I-era aircraft: representing France, England and Germany. World War I was the first walrus in which aircraft were deployed on a large scale. The sky had become another battlefield no less important than the battlefields of land and sea. Initially, planes were used mostly for reconnaissance over the North Sea and strategic bombing raids. Then, at the onset of war, pilots and engineers learned from experience and developed many specialized models; including fighters, bombers, and ground-attack airplanes. These evolving flying machines were recognized to be not just toys, but weapons. In addition, fighter pilots were venerated as modern knights and many became popular heroes. All well represented are the French military aviation exercises of 1911 through 1913 that pioneered production of the Farman, Caudron, Voisin, Breguet, Nieuport fighter models. Listed for both French and English aircraft, are the Bleriot and Morane models. England had “started late” and had initially relied largely on the French aircraft industry, especially for engines. The English planes represented here are the Airco, B.E. 2, and Vickers models. Notably, the British Vickers was the first experimenting with mounting machine guns. Perhaps best represented by the whimsical drawings are the German planes of the variant Taube models including the Albatros, Aviatik, D.F.W., Jeannin Stahltaube, and Rumpler Taube. The Rumpler Taube, was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first mass-produced military plane in Germany and was the most common having two seats. Imperial Germany’s first practical military aircraft, the Taube (“dove”) was used for virtually all military aircraft applications, as a fighter, bomber, surveillance aircraft and trainer from 1910 until the start of World War I in August 1914. At least five versions of the Taube models are named and illustrated in this contemporary manuscript model book. [With:] French World War I Colonel’s Ledger, an autograph note (c. 1899-1904) and transcribed letters of 1914 from a certain E. Henry while stationed in Lorraine. Manuscript booklet on graph paper, written in pencil, in French (165 x 110mm). [France: Sept.-Oct., 1918]. Original blue wrappers with paper label “no. 10.” 15 leaves. Text consists of dated entries with brief daily descriptions of regiment activities, one poignant line translated, “beaucoup du cadavres sur le terrain” (many corpses on the ground). Laid-in is 1 page autograph note listing eight men, their death dates and a brief biographical description (stained at edges), and 4 page autograph manuscript signed “E. Henry” to “Ma cherie femme” of three different letters transcribed and docketed by the wife of Henry. Letters all dated August 1914 with content updating his wife on his news while stationed in Lorraine. He writes on 27th August 1914, translated, “You cannot imagine the suffering I endured at my unfortunate wounds…” and goes on about his Lieutenant’s death, although Henry finally says “Je suis en bonne posture” (I’m in good shape). Madame Henry seemingly transcribed the letters on to one large, folding bifolia to maintain their content. Interesting pieces of World War I era ephemera consisting of personal reflections and unofficial recordings of military operations in French regiments.

Le Guide du Promeneur aux Tuileries by Philipon de la Madelaine, Louis; PARIS

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Title: Le Guide du Promeneur aux Tuileries
Author: Philipon de la Madelaine, Louis; PARIS
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1802. PARIS. Le Guide du Promeneur aux Tuileries. By Louis Philipon de la Madelaine. 198 pp., frontispiece and 35 engraved plates. Small 8vo, 150 x 105 mm., bound in modern half brown sheepskin over marbled boards, uncut. Paris: Chez Favre, 1802. Second edition of this scarce guide to the sculptures in the Tuileries Garden, together with a description of the palace and the gardens by the French philologist Louis Philipon de la Madelaine (1734-1818). Rear 18 pages browned, but overall an acceptable copy.

Original Friendship Album of a Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Sanitorium Patient by Harvey Troutman

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Title: Original Friendship Album of a Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Sanitorium Patient
Author: Harvey Troutman
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hamburg, PA, 1933. Very Good. Hamburg, PA: 1933. Small oblong octavo photo album (14.5x20.5cm); string-bound stiff brown pictorial card wrappers printed in gilt; [36]pp. stiff black leaves filled to completion with halftone photographs, four silver gelatin photographic snapshots, collages, and well wishes written in white pencil. Moderate wear to wrapper margins, notably at spine ends, corners a bit bumped, leaves have a rather smokey odor, else a Very Good example, contents still clean and sound. Quite a bittersweet keepsake belonging to twenty-year-old Harvey Troutman (1913-1934) while a patient at the Hamburg Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Berks County (referred to here simply as "Berks San."). In the first few leaves Troutman filled the pages with cut-out halftone portraits of members of the Sanitorium staff including nurses and doctors, though the majority of the volume is filled with messages from his friends and fellow patients dated between April and May, 1933. While some are ardently sincere or religious in tenor, others add a little levity to a terrible affliction: "I'll remember you (when I'm rich"); "Many happy returns of the day. When you get out of this Spit Factory watch your step." Grace W. went so far as to collage cut-out pieces of advice to follow: "Rest," "Sunshine stamps out T.B.", "Weight Increase," "Hello Fatty" ("Ha! Ha!" she has added in manuscript). Sadly, Harvey passed away a year later, on May 5, 1934, at the age of twenty-one.

Mr. Freedom (Four original photographs from the set of the 1968 film) by William Klein (director, screenwriter); John Abbey, Delphine Seyrig, Donald Pleasence, Philippe Noiret (starring)

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Title: Mr. Freedom (Four original photographs from the set of the 1968 film)
Author: William Klein (director, screenwriter); John Abbey, Delphine Seyrig, Donald Pleasence, Philippe Noiret (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: N.p.: N.p., 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 French film, showing director William Klein with actors Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Noiret, and other cast members between takes. Provenance stamps on the versos. A satire of superhero films and American imperialism, following the adventures of the eponymous Mr. Freedom, a beer-swilling white nationalist cop who moonlights as an anticommunist vigilante superhero. William Klein's second film, following "Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?" (1966). 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection. Rosenbaum 1000.

Historical Sketches of the Missions Under the Care of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church

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Title: Historical Sketches of the Missions Under the Care of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good+ binding
Description: Philadelphia: Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church, 1886. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Containing much information concerning missions among North American Indians; missions in Africa, Persia, Mexico, Siam, etc. With numerous folding maps. In publisher’s maroon cloth, which has had some discreet toning. Titling in gilt. Very Good+ binding.

THE NATURAL HOUSE by Wright, Frank Lloyd

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Title: THE NATURAL HOUSE
Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: THE NATURAL HOUSE, Horizon, 1954, first edition, vg+ in a vg dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. Profusely illustrated with drawings and photos.

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