Cultural History through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on the Cinema of the Third Reich
Rochester: Camden House, 2000. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 301pp; illus. Fine, tight and unmarked in unworn jacket; near-new. More
Rochester: Camden House, 2000. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 301pp; illus. Fine, tight and unmarked in unworn jacket; near-new. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997. First Edition. Large octavo. Maroon cloth boards; dustjacket; 382pp; illus. Includes bibliography. Tight, straight copy of the first hardcover edition; one page corner turned down, else very Near Fine in a crisp, unworn dustwrapper. More
Mosvka: Akts. Izdat. O-vo "Ogonek" 1926 [but 1927]. First Thus. First Russian edition (abridged) of Charlie Chaplin's memoir My Trip Abroad (1922), recounting the Hollywood actor's return to his native England and travels through Europe after 10 years in the United States. Describes the (by then) universally recognized movie star's..... More
New York: CIP Ltd., [1966]. First Edition. Quarto (38cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; [8]pp; illus. Faint trace of wear/erosion along spine-fold, else Very Good, complete copy. Original pressbook for Sande N. Johnson's 1966 exploitation film, starring Diane Conti, Linda Gale, and Eileen Dietz. "A no-good Manhattan girl moves in on a...... More
New York: Samuel French, 1932. First Edition. Stage play in seven "Episodes." A parable of the growth of American industry, told from the point of view of an Irish slag-dumper who rises to the presidency of a giant machine plant. Flavin won the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for his novel "Journey..... More
New York: Film Culture, 1966. The celebrated "Special Issue 43" of Jonas Mekas' long-running journal of avant-garde cinema, issued in the wake of Mekas' Expanded Cinema Festival at the Filmmakers' Cinématheque in November and December 1965. The issue's Introduction includes its twofold statement of purpose: "a) to give our readers..... More
Honfleur: Pierre Jean Oswald, [1968]. First Edition. Slim 12mo (18cm.); publisher's yellow printed card wrappers, French flaps; 46pp. Spine a hint sunned, else Fine condition. Poetry collection by the French translator, dedicated to Jean-Luc Godard. More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. First Edition. Collection of stories and essays (some falling under the mystery genre) by William Schwenck Gilbert (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame) written during his early career as a writer for magazines. Many of the stories, including "Foggerty's Fairy," "Creatures of Impulse," "The Wicked..... More
New York: Viking Press, [1972]. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in cream pictorial dust jacket, red topstain; [6],185pp. Some light dust-soil to jacket, a few tiny chips, else Very Good or better. Review copy with slip and author photograph laid in. Short story collection by the English-born..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1965. First Edition. Volume documenting the International Poetry Reading at Royal Albert Hall in London, June 11, 1965. Includes poems by Ginsberg, Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Andrei Voznesensky, and others. First Printing. Slim octavo (20cm.); original black photo-illustrated card wrappers; [8],71pp.; film stills throughout. Some trivial wear..... More
Warszawa: [Wydzia Kultury i Sztuki], 1988. First Edition. Slim octavo (20.5cm.); original black pictorial card wrappers; 67pp.; photographic illus. throughout, color map laid in. Light wear to extremities, else Near Fine. Guidebook to the theaters of Warsaw. No copies in North America according to OCLC as of November, 2016... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. Clothbacked boards; dustjacket; 605pp; illus. Warmly inscribed by the author on front endpaper. Clean, tight copy in lightly edgerubbed jacket. Critical biography of the noted leftwing composer and playwright, author of "The Cradle Will Rock." More
[Prague: 1933]. First Edition. Tenth annual yearbook issued by the Prague City Theatre, featuring twenty-four photomontaged portraits of cast members, the portraits often incorporating elements from the short poems about each member. 12mo (14.5cm.); publisher's orange cloth-backed pictorial boards printed in darker orange and black; 115pp.; 24 leaves of photomontaged..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (25cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; frontispiece,[ii],284pp; illus. Upper corners bumped, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with some trivial wear and corresponding wrinkling to upper flap folds; Near..... More
[Varsovie: Centre Polonais de l'Institut International du Théâtre, 1978]. First Edition. Slim quarto (29.75cm.); original glossy blue printed card wrappers; 64pp.; folding map plate laid in, photographic illus. throughout. Light wear from handling, else Very Good or better. French-language overview of modern Polish theater. OCLC locates two copies in North..... More
London: Severn House, 1980. First U.K. Edition. First impression. Octavo. Black paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 176pp. Fine, apparently unread copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper, unclipped (priced £5.25 on base of front flap); Fine. Novelization based on the 1979 Curtin-Levinson production, starring Al Pacino (whose portrait features on the dustwrapper's front panel)..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1962]. First Edition. Folio (33cm.); original blue and red pictorial staplebound wrappers; unpaged; chiefly illus. About Fine. Satirical cartoon collection of Caroline Kennedy's doll collection, namely political and popular figures depicted as wind-up dolls, including the Jackie Kennedy doll: "You wind it up and invites..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1929. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover, titles stamped in gilt on spine with pictorial blind-embossed decoration on front cover; dustjacket; 575pp. A fine copy. In the original, striking pictorial dustwrapper, just about Fine but for a couple of short, closed tears..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1923. First Edition. Slim octavo (21cm.); original cloth in white decorative dust jacket; [6],76pp.; frontispiece by the author. Jacket cover illustrated wtih facsimile of the author's manuscript title page. Jacket extremities chipped and worn with a few tiny losses, none affecting text, extremities and spine toned..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. First Edition. 12mo (15cm.); publisher's green decorative cloth stamped in black, gilt-lettered spine, all edge stained red, greenish-black glazed endpapers; 151pp. Boards and textblock somewhat soiled throughout, shelf wear with corners bumped, slight lean to spine, else About Very Good. BAL 7286: "Essentially..... More
Chicago: Dramatic Publishing Company, [1904]. First American Edition. 12mo (17.25cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; [8],160pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Boards a hint rubbed, spine very slightly cocked, else a Near Fine, quite brilliant copy. "Sergel" imprint at spine foot. Tragedy first performed in Germany in 1900, recounting the doomed romance between..... More
Los Angeles: American National Theatre, 1976. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's silver photo-illustrated card wrappers; unpaginated [approx. 250pp.]; photographic illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, else Very Good or better. Quite a substantial souvenir album devoted to the career of stage and film actor Helen Hayes. More
New York: Covici-Friede, 1928. First, Limited Edition. One of 111 hors-commerce copies (the complete edition). Octavo (24cm); printed limp vellum wrappers; 111pp. Spine a trifle darkened, else Fine, in original publisher's card slipcase, Good only (lacking fore-edge panel, darkened and slightly rubbed). Some copies were signed (though not called for);..... More
University Park: Black Studies Program and Audio-Visual Services / Penn State, 1987. Second Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); illustrated wrappers, titled in white; 24pp; +4 blank order forms; rubbing to edges of covers; minor corner bend on lower front cover; former owner's address label at rear; Very Good+ or better. An updated..... More