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PRICK UP YOUR EARS (1987) Signed film script rev. May 1985

PRICK UP YOUR EARS (1987) Signed film script rev. May 1985 by Alan Bennett, John Lahr (source)

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Seller: Walterfilm, Inc.
Title
PRICK UP YOUR EARS (1987) Signed film script rev. May 1985
Author
Alan Bennett, John Lahr (source)
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Just About Fine
Description
A screenplay by Alan Bennett, drawn from the book by John Lahr. Vintage original film script, quarto. Printed wrappers of Samuel Goldwyn Company (the film's US distributor), brad bound, 135 pp., there are a few ink scribbles on front cover, basically just about fine in very good+ wrappers. Autographed on title page by screenwriter Alan Bennett. This biography of Joe Orton was ultimately released in the US on May 8, 1987, with a superb cast headed by Gary Oldman as Orton and Alfred Molina as Kenneth Halliwell, and directed by Stephen Frears (for whom this was not to be the only cinematic venture into LGBTQ cinema -- he previously directed MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE and later helmed THE CRYING GAME) Benshoff and Griffin, pp. 193-4.
Turn of the Century Meatpacking Before Mechanization: Butchers, Hanging Rooms, and Refrigerated Food Distribution, Photo Archive 1910s to 1940s

Turn of the Century Meatpacking Before Mechanization: Butchers, Hanging Rooms, and Refrigerated Food Distribution, Photo Archive 1910s to 1940s by Butchers; Meatpacking

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Turn of the Century Meatpacking Before Mechanization: Butchers, Hanging Rooms, and Refrigerated Food Distribution, Photo Archive 1910s to 1940s
Author
Butchers; Meatpacking
Seller
Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1900. Industrial butcher shop and slaughterhouse photo archive depicting meatpacking labor during the rapid expansion of refrigerated food distribution in the early twentieth century, when urban slaughterhouses and cold storage facilities transformed American food consumption. After the introduction of refrigerated rail transport in the late nineteenth century, cities such as Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York became major processing and distribution centers supplying dressed beef to rapidly growing urban populations. Federal regulation of meatpacking intensified after Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act, placing new attention on sanitation, labor conditions, and industrial processing methods inside American packinghouses. The group preserves the physical labor behind that system: carcass handling, butchering tables crowded with dressed meat, and workers posed inside refrigerated hanging rooms built for large-scale commercial throughput. Photo archive of 11 silver gelatin photographs, Various sizes ranging Aprox 3 x 5 to 8 x 10 inches, with 7 photographs are attached to a 12 x10 mat. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York, circa 1910s-1920s. White-aproned butchers stand shoulder-to-shoulder at long wooden cutting tables piled with heavy cuts of beef beneath suspended overhead rail systems used to move carcasses through processing rooms. Two large interior views show rows of hanging beef sides extending deep into refrigerated storage areas, with workers and supervisors posed among steel hooks, concrete floors, and industrial support columns. A meatpacking interior photo of with rows of hanging beef and workers in blood stained white apron and hats. A smaller portrait-format image shows two young butchers outdoors in aprons and brimmed work hats beside rough wooden siding, their direct posture emphasizing the physical identity and occupational pride associated with skilled meat labor before widespread mechanization displaced many hand-processing practices. Verso markings include a stamped credit for "Dickerson Photographers, 149 North 9th St., Phila." and an "International News Photos" reproduction stamp with a New York address .Also includes 7 photos on one mat of 1940s Female and male butchers with knives at work. By the 1910s, meatpacking ranked among the most dangerous industrial occupations in the United States, with workers exposed daily to cold storage environments, repetitive knife work, and heavy carcass transport inside crowded urban facilities. Labor unrest and union organizing intensified across the meat industry during these decades, particularly after World War I inflation and the 1921 nationwide packinghouse strike involving tens of thousands of workers. Edge wear, light creasing, minor toning, and scattered surface abrasions; overall in very good condition.
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DIE PRIMADONNA by Weissmann, Adolf

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books
Title
DIE PRIMADONNA
Author
Weissmann, Adolf
Seller
J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Berlin: Cassirer, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Text in German. 24 illus. in color & b/w, incl. many costume illus. Covers the Garcias, Catalani, Pasta, Jenny Lind, Malibran, et. al. Handcolored frontispiece; also six plates are handcolored as issued.
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THE STRUGGLE WITHIN by Wright, O.L.

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books
Title
THE STRUGGLE WITHIN
Author
Wright, O.L.
Seller
J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Horizon, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Dust jacket chipped slightly, designed by Eugene Masselink
L'Architecture. Revue Mensuelle. Volume XLVI (46), Nos 1 - 12

L'Architecture. Revue Mensuelle. Volume XLVI (46), Nos 1 - 12

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L'Architecture. Revue Mensuelle. Volume XLVI (46), Nos 1 - 12
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
L'Architecture, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes all twelve issues from 1933. Ex-library with stamps to title page and some interior pages. Bound in black cloth with brown leather title label to spine. Rubbing to title label and wear / fraying to corners of boards. Minor rubbing and wear to boards. Browning and chipping to edges of some pages. Clean overall aside from library stamps. Includes many black and white photographic illustrations. One page of contents is detached but present and laid in. 380 pages plus 464 pages. ARCH/050619.
Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1981: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter

Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1981: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter by Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Charles A. Fecher

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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1981: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
Author
Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Charles A. Fecher
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1981. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. All 4 issues from 1981, numbers 77 - 80. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black titles to front wrappers. Each issue is 16 pages. Mencken. MENCK/011117.
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Hijo Nam: Breathing by NAM, Hijo

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Hijo Nam: Breathing
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NAM, Hijo
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
np: Hijo Nam, nd. Hardcover. Monograph on Korean artist Hijo Nam. Text in English. Includes numerous color illustrations and biographical information. A clean near fine copy in yellow cloth boards with some very minute wear. No dust jacket. Scarce, with no copies listed in OCLC.
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Exploration des Fonctions Renales by Albarran y Dominguez, J M

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Exploration des Fonctions Renales
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Albarran y Dominguez, J M
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A very good copy.
Description
Paris: Masson, 1905. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather.. A very good copy.. Large 8vo. There are text illus.. One of the great renal specialists of the century. This book contains the announcement of his polyuria test for renal inadequacy. G-M #4232.
New Orleans, City of Romance and New Opportunity [cover title]

New Orleans, City of Romance and New Opportunity [cover title]

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New Orleans, City of Romance and New Opportunity [cover title]
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Bartlebys Books (United States)
Description
(New Orleans, LA: Southern Railway System, 1929. 8vo. 31 pp. Illustrated from photographs, two railroad maps, one of the southeast United States, the other of the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Pensacola. Detailed promotional for New Orleans, emphasizing history, culture, and architecture and commercial and outdoor opportunities. OCLC locates four copies (Historic New Orleans Collection, LSU, Tulane, Alabama). Old tideline through lower margin of text, else very good. Original color illustrated wrappers (rubbed), stapled. (#5436).
TEN LITTLE INDIANS

TEN LITTLE INDIANS by Alexie, Sherman

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TEN LITTLE INDIANS
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Alexie, Sherman
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780802117441
Condition
Fine
Description
NY: Grove Evergreen, 2003. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Alexie on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
American Quilt Collections: Antique Quilt Masterpieces
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American Quilt Collections: Antique Quilt Masterpieces by Zegart, Shelly

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American Quilt Collections: Antique Quilt Masterpieces
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Zegart, Shelly
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9784529027694
Condition
VG (Page edges are tanning lightly; otherwise crisp and clean.)
Description
Tokyo, Japan: Nihon Vogue, 1997. Hardbound. VG (Page edges are tanning lightly; otherwise crisp and clean.). Blue glossy boards, gold & color illustrated dust jacket. 179 pp. Profusely illustrated with large color plates. An in-depth and superbly illustrated history of quilt collecting in America, with the emphasis on the later part of the 20th century, with the discovery and resurgence of interest in quilts and their inherent art forms. "Introduces many of the great public and private collections across the United States. The imporatnce of the collection, its history and thoughts about its future are included in each two-page spread. Also featured is a stunning example of an antique quilt masterpiece from the collection." (dj) Uncommon.
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Handbook of Audubon prints by Clark & Bannon

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Handbook of Audubon prints
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Clark & Bannon
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 1980.
Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays.
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Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays. by ACHEBE, Chinua.

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Title
Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays.
Author
ACHEBE, Chinua.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780385247306
Condition
Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description
NY: Doubleday. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0385247303 . First American edition. Small chip to upper edge of rear free endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket. .

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