Condition: Good

Baby Peggy's Own Story Book [SIGNED]

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company : 1924

Edition: 2nd printing before publication

Seller ID: 27819

Condition: Good

(no dust jacket) [worn copy, both hinges cracked but holding, front endpaper removed, rubbing/bumping at most corners, surface wear to covers, long-ago child owner's name and address in pencil on front pastedown]. (6 color plates) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Diana Serra Cary/"Baby Peggy" (signed with both names) on the half-title page; the inscription is undated, but the content places it as no earlier than circa 2003. A collection of two dozen fairy tales other children's fare, including some classic selections (from Hans Christian Andersen, the Brother Grimm, and the like) and more then-contemp...
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Chester Gump in the Pole-to-Pole Flight; based on the famous comic strip "The Gumps"

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Racine WI, Whitman Publishing Company : (c.1937)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25548

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(pictorial boards) [wear to edges and corners all around (most pronounced at top of spine), bumping/softening to corners, a couple of shallow dents in top edge of front cover; book is still solidly-bound, with light age-toning to pages, and has a Christmas gift inscription (dated 1971) on the inside front cover]. (The Big Little Book, no. 1402) Series (cartoon illustrations) Chester Gump (son of Andy) accompanies an intrepid explorer on his attempt to circumnavigate the earth via the North and South Poles.
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Contemporary French Drawings in Black and White and Color

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, The Print Club of Philadelphia : 1930

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23369

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

[moderately worn, slight loss of paper spine covering at both ends of spine, a bit of soiling to covers, general wear at edges and corners]. (37 full-page B&W facsimiles) Catalogue of an exhibition/sale held at The Print Club of Philadelphia from November 10 to 27, 1930. The artists whose works were featured include Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Juan Gris, Marie Laurencin, Amadeo Modigliani, Jules Pascin, Pablo Picasso, and Jacques Villon. Includes a price list, laid in, of the thirty items in the exhibition that were for sale; oddly, although there were more pieces by Henri Matisse on the for-s...
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Cosmopolitan Magazine (February 1913)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, International Magazine Company : 1913

Edition: (Vol. LIV, No. 3)

Seller ID: 26475

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good

[rear cover missing, otherwise a good sound copy with general external wear; front cover has a small ink mark across "m" in title, a few small edge-tears, a small column of mostly-erased numbers at left edge, small surface-peel scar near upper right corner]. (illustrations, photographs, advertisements) As the cover blurb states: "Read this issue and see why Cosmopolitan is America's Greatest Magazine." Based on the content of this issue, you won't get an argument from me. Herein are (a partial list): an article, "Ninety-Nine Per Cent Efficiency," by Elbert Hubbard; an article, "The Battle of...
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Sotheby's at Mitsukoshi: 1st, 2nd October 1969 [and] 3rd October 1969 [2-volume set]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Westerham, Kent, U.K., Printed by Westerham Press; copyright Établissement Sotheby : (c.1969)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23319

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

[first volume is VG+, with only light handling wear; second volume is Good only, due to water-stain on rear cover]. (B&W and color photographs) Catalogues for a 3-day auction held at Sotheby's Japan establishment, with "all lots flown with care to Tokyo by BOAC." The first two days covered four categories: Antiquities and Persian Pottery; European Decorative Paintings; Chinese and Japanese Works of Art; and European Arms and Armour. The final day was devoed entirely to Impressionist and Modern Paintings. Among the latter were works by Picasso, Renoir, Chagall, Gauguin, Monet, Dufy, Bracque,...
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The Brickbuilder [bound volume, 1903-1904]

By: (Architecture)

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Boston, Rogers & Manson : 1903-1904

Edition: (Vols. 12-13)

Seller ID: 20404

ISBN: NO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(no dust jacket) [solid binding but much external wear, including fraying at several corners, spotting on front cover, etc.; internally quite clean, and firmly bound with the exception of one loose page]. (B&W photographs, plates, diagrams, plans, etc.) Bound volume of 24 monthly issues of this large-format architectural trade periodical (approx. 13" x 10-1/2", containing about 550 pages altogether), "devoted to the interests of architecture in materials of clay." The publication contains a wealth of information regarding architectural and construction practices of the period...
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Detective Fiction Weekly (April 22, 1933)

By: (Carroll John Daly, et al.)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, The Red Star News Company : 1933

Edition: (Vol. LXXV, No. 5)

Seller ID: 21521

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good

[pages tanned but not brittle, typical edgewear to yapped covers, 1.5" closed tear at bottom of front cover, about 2" separation of cover front spine at top front hinge, soft vertical crease in front cover]. (pen and ink illustrations) Novelette: "Satan's Mark" (Carroll John Daly). Short stories: "The Yellow Rat" (Sidney Herschel Small); "Death Waits" (J. Allan Dunn); "Touchdown" (Henry La Cossitt); "Death Rides at Anchor" (Howard Finney, Jr.); "Hit and Run" (Charlotte Dockstader). Serial: "The House of Creeping Horror," Part 3 of 5 (George F. Worts). True stories: "Illustrated Crimes: The...
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Detective Fiction Weekly (August 12, 1933)

By: (Carroll John Daly, et al.)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, The Red Star News Company : 1933

Edition: (Vol. LXXVIII, No. 3)

Seller ID: 21530

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good

[pages tanned but not brittle, slightly heavier than usual edgewear to yapped covers, rear cover wrinkled/soiled, small tear at right edge of front cover]. (pen and ink illustrations) Novelette: "Satan Strikes," a Satan Hall story (John Carroll Daly). Short stories: "A Dead Man in the Cast" (Edward Parrish Ware); "Red Rebound" (Frederick C. Davis); "Head Hunt" (Charles Alexander); "Murder Terrace" (Robert Arthur). Serial: "The Ship of Death," Part 2 of 5 (Michael Keyes). True stories: "The 'Pipe' Murders" (Bert Mohrman); "Illustrated Crimes: The Owl Car Murders" (Paul Berdanier); "I Am a C...
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Image for History of the Presentation of the Loving Cup by the Hartford City Medical Society to Gurdon W. Russell, M.D., and of the Complimentary Dinner Given to Him in Honor of His Fifty Years of Actual Service in the Profession, November 21, 1887 [*SIGNED*]

History of the Presentation of the Loving Cup by the Hartford City Medical Society to Gurdon W. Russell, M.D., and of the Complimentary Dinner Given to Him in Honor of His Fifty Years of Actual Service in the Profession, November 21, 1887 [SIGNED]

By: (Hartford City Medical Society)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Hartford CT, The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. (printers) : 1887

Edition: Unstated edition

Seller ID: 20675

ISBN: NO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(half-bound, black cloth and black textured boards, with gilt spine and front cover lettering; no dust jacket) [some wear evident at all corners, including slight exposure of boards at several corners, some modest loss of binding material at spine ends; front hinge a little weak but still intact]. (one halftone plate with tissue guard) INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the ffep by the honoree of the commemorated event, Dr. Gurdon W. Russell, dated "Hartford, March 24, 1888." The rather lengthy inscription covers about half the page, and conveys the author's "kind regards & pleasant remembrances of the...
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The Motion Picture Almanac: Reference Book of the Industry: 1931

By: (Quigley, Martin, ed.)

Price: $300.00

Publisher: New York, The Quigley Publishing Company : (c.1931)

Edition: 3rd Annual

Seller ID: 22111

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(quarter-bound, paper over boards; no dust jacket, as issued, but now protected with a custom-fitted clear mylar jacket) [binding solid, hinges intact, internally clean; covers are edgeworn, moderately scraped and soiled; spine lettering faded to unreadability]. (B&W photographs, ads, graphics) Comprehensive compendium of everything, and I mean everything, to do with the movie biz: people, companies, theaters, organizations, regulations, statistics galore, texts of industry contracts, legal decisions, technical advancements, equipment suppliers, film releases 1929-31, etc. etc. The biographic...
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The 1933 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures

By: Alicoate, Jack, ed.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, The Film Daily : (c.1933)

Edition: 15th Annual

Seller ID: 13608

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(red cover with black & gilt embossed highlights; no dust jacket, as issued) [binding broken/separated at front hinge, some soiling to page edges, but otherwise quite a servicable copy, complete and internally clean]. (photographs, advertisements) ***NOTE: Additional shipping charges for this heavy book may apply for non-U.S. customers, or for Priority Mail shipping within the U.S.; if this causes you concern, please inquire before placing your order.***
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Don't Drink the Water; a comedy in two acts

By: Allen, Woody

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York/London/Toronto, Samuel French, Inc. : (c.1967)

Edition: Early printing

Seller ID: 20609

ISBN: NO

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Good

[an "actor-used" copy with extensive underlining and annotation (see notes), worn along spine, some dog-earing to covers and early pages, some discoloration and light soiling to covers, slight splitting at both ends of spine]. (stage diagram) Allen's early theatrical success, filmed in 1969 under the unsubtle direction of Howard Morris, with Jackie Gleason taking over the role played by Lou Jacobi on the stage, as head of an American family trapped in an unnamed "Middle-European" country behind the Iron Curtain; filmed again for TV in 1994, with Allen himself directing and star...
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Soviet Cinema

By: Arossev, A., ed.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Moscow, Voks : 1935

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25510

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(pictorial paste-on cover illustratoins; no dust jacket) [a well-worn ex-library copy, with remnants of removed labels on front pastedown and ffep, bumping and edgewear all around; also note that the celluloid silhouette of Stalin is missing from this copy]. (B&W photographs) The Soviets' own assessment (in English) of their national cinema during the Stalin era, profusely illustrated. Includes: numerous articles on the Soviet film industry and its importance in the life of the nation and its people, the high political and artistic qualities of the country's cinematic art, etc.; biographical...
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Walt Disney Magic Moments

By: Arseni, Ercole, Leone Bosi and Massimo Marconi, eds.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Milan, Arnoldo Mondadori Editions : 1973

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 13660

ISBN: NO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [minor shelfwear, very light soiling to covers, tiny stain near top of front cover, one page in middle of book has come loose]. (B&W/color frame enlargements, photos) Following a very brief history of Disney's career, the book presents frame blow-up versions of ten Disney cartoons: PLANE CRAZY (1928); THE GALLOPIN' GAUCHO (1929); FLOWERS AND TREES (1932); ORPHANS' BENEFIT (1934); PLUTO'S JUDGMENT DAY (1935); MICKEY'S RIVAL (1936); DON DONALD (1936); DONALD'S NEPHEWS (1938); BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR (1938); FERDINAND THE BULL (1938)
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The Felony Squad

By: Avallone, Michael

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Popular Library : (c.1967)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27932

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

[modeate external wear, clear-tape reinforcements across both ends of spine, some stamping and other markings on the first inside page, the inside front cover, and the title page (including a previous owner's name crossed out, a couple of stamps from a "volunteer book exchange," and an old inked price)]. Mass Market PB A paperback original, a tie-in with the cop show starring Howard Duff and Ben Alexander, which aired for two and a half seasons on ABC, from September 1966 to January 1969. The book opens with an evocative scene of a serial killer-to-be getting all worked up while in a movie th...
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Second Flight

By: Bartley, Nalbro

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York/Chicago, A.L. Burt Company : (c.1932)

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 25448

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(no dust jacket) [decent enough reading copy, binding solid, some staining to covers, age-toning to edges of text block, bumping to several corners]. Novel about a woman who remarries following a Reno divorce, and moves with her new hubby to Hooperstown, Ohio. On the basis of her first spouse's having been a movie star, this book has gotten classified as a "Hollywood novel" and included in Anthony Slide's bibliography of the genre -- even though her second marriage has already taken place on the first page of the story, and overall the book's "Hollywood" content, as such, is n...
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Salt Lake

By: Benoit, Pierre (translated from the French by Florence and Victor Llona)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf : 1922

Edition: 1st (U.S.) edition

Seller ID: 14259

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(no dust jacket) [solid enough book with binding intact, but should be considered a reading copy only due to external wear and bumping, an unsightly beverage-ring scar on the front cover (see scan), and internal tape repait to a page that had been ripped in half]. Uncommon novel, originally published in France in 1921. It's "historical fiction" in a sense, but as the New York Times described it in 1922, "it is not a history of Salt Lake City as occupied by the Mormons so much as the story of the mental and physical anguish of a young widow who is unsuspectingly drawn into marriage...
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Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka; adapted for the stage by Steven Berkoff

By: Berkoff, Steven

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, Nimrod Street Theatre : 1978

Edition: Unstated edition

Seller ID: 24527

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

[several light stains along right edge of front cover, general external soiling; publisher's information crossed out on title page and replaced with a London address, a couple of phone numbers, and a one-time owner's name written in ink beneath]. Text for Berkoff's stage adaptation of the Kafka novel, "first played at the Round House [London] July 1969." Laid in are two programs from a 1977 London Theatre Group production of the play at the Collegiate Theatre.
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Life Demands! and Other Plays

By: Berman, Henry

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Brentano's : 1931

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(no dust jacket) [solid copy, moderate shelfwear to bottom edge (slight cracking & exposure of boards at bottom corners), mild yellowing/discoloration to spine cloth, attractive custom vintage bookplate on front pastedown]. Contents: "Life Demands!" (a play in four acts), and five one-act plays: "Time's Fool"; "Out of the Dark"; "The Law of Compensation"; "The Age of Discretion"; and "Vestiges." Henry Berman would appear to define the term "obscure playwright": he apparently never had a play produced on Broadway, nor was I able to turn ...
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Bread and a Stone

By: Bessie, Alvah

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Age Books : (c.1941)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22126

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(no dust jacket) [reading/reference copy only: shelfworn, bumped corners, spine cloth faded, slight fraying at top of spine, spine turned, light staining to both covers, etc.]. Third novel by the eventually-blacklisted screenwriter/novelist, about a ex-convict farmhand who finds love for the first time with the young widow on whose farm he's employed.
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Condition: Good