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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Hon. Will H. Hays- Who's(sic) powerful influence is for American Pictures that are clean and above reproach, this humble little book-"Solemn Johnson Plus" which I hope at least is clean, I most cordially inscribe- Earl Wayland Bowman, Hollywood, Calif. Feb. 1-1928". A wonderful and UNIQUELY INSCRIBED Hollywood Association Copy from the era of blacklists and morality codes ! Will. H. Hays was most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later…
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Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1964. Original 10" x 8" black and white publicity photograph SIGNED by Peter O'Toole in black ink. Featuring O'Toole as King Henry at a table between Martita Hunt as Queen Matilda and Pamela Brown as Queen Eleanor. Fine, explanatory material pasted verso. A RARE photograph, not found in searches at TinEye and Google images. From a recently-acquired large collection of celebrity signed photographs accumulated over the past 50 years by a high school teacher and regional NPR affiliate film and theater critic.. SIGNED. Photograph. Fine. 10" x 8".
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Solemn Johnson Plus
by Bowman, Earl Wayland
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Base Hospital, Camp Custer (Original Panoramic Photograph)
by Mock, T.(heodore) F.
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Camp Custer, Battle Creek, MI: Mock, T.(heodore) F., 1919. Original panoramic photograph, 6 1/2" x 72", unframed, rolled. Near Fine, small corner crease, pencilled indications on rear denoting "officers quarters" and "administrative". The photograph is unsigned and untitled, but is same view as the one located in the Library of Congress attributed to Mock, EXCEPT this photograph is nearly 30" longer than the one in the LOC's collection ! Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. A magnificent panoramic photograph spanning 6 feet, and SCARCE. . First Printing. Photograph. Near Fine.
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1906 Typed Letter Signed on His Personal Stationery to United States Senator Knute Nelson, Discussing Bates' Plan for Building the Panama Canal
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New York: Lindon W. Bates , 1906. SIGNED two page letter typed, folded twice, with original postmarked envelope, Very Good, paper clip impression top edge both pages. On Bates' personal stationery, dated Jan. 6, 1906 and headed "Hon. Knute Nelson, United States Senate, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- I have the honor to enclose under separate cover a copy of "The Panama Canal, System and Projects", and venture to hope that some of the matter contained therein may be of interest to you." Bates then goes on to explain the cost, scale, and completion time for his plan in the next paragraph. The rest of the letter goes on to explain how his plan will "...submerge entirely the swamps at sea level, which, at the present time, extend all along the prospective canal.." making "...fresh water lakes of clean water, in which a vessel having large steerage can make twice as rapid speed as in the constricted earth bounded out of any lakeless canal...". And finally stating…
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A Young Girl's Vernacular Photograph Album, 1922-1926, Snapshots Including Photos of Soldiers at Camp Knox ( Later Fort Knox ) Kentucky
by Louise Melvin
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Lebanon, Indiana , 1926. Oblong photo album, 5 3/4" h x 8 " w, black cloth, embossed "Snap Shots" front cover, string-tied, 2-4 photos mounted per page on black paper with writing in white ink under approx. 50% of images. Owner name Louise Melvin, 1926, Lebanon, Indiana inside front cover. Very Good, some chipping to page edges. Contains 152 pictures, 2 hand-colored, the rest black and white. Earliest dated photo 1922. One blank page at rear. Mostly family and friend portraits, with 13 photos of soldiers at Camp Knox, dated 1925, including portraits of Lieut. Julius Ryan and 1st Sgt. Art Cline. Some photos taken at Penn Station, several pictures of girls in bathing suits, and some of children. An altogerther charming album depicting a young girl's life in the Midwest of the Roaring Twenties. . Photograph Album. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 5 3/4" x 8".
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Anna Karenina. In Eight Parts
by Count Lyof N. Tolstoi; Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole
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New York: Thomas Y Crowell & Co., 1886. In original green cloth with decorative gilt medallion front cover, top edge gilt, spine gilt, plain white endpapers. No other titles listed ahead of title page and no ads at back. viii, 5-773 pages with 14 illustrations. Two title pages, first with engraved portrait and tissue-guarded frontis illustration. A Very Good copy, front hinge cracked but holding nicely, spine faded yet legible, light wear to cloth at the tips, prior owner name and date front end page, occasional toning. Basis for 15 film versions from 1911-2012, and 6 TV versions, as well as operas, ballets, and musical theatres. . Seond American Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Solemn Johnson Plus
by Bowman, Earl Wayland
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Hon. Will H. Hays- Who's(sic) powerful influence is for American Pictures that are clean and above reproach, this humble little book-"Solemn Johnson Plus" which I hope at least is clean, I most cordially inscribe- Earl Wayland Bowman, Hollywood, Calif. Feb. 1-1928". A wonderful and UNIQUELY INSCRIBED Hollywood Association Copy from the era of blacklists and morality codes ! Will. H. Hays was most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later…
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Base Hospital, Camp Custer (Original Panoramic Photograph)
by Mock, T.(heodore) F.
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Camp Custer, Battle Creek, MI: Mock, T.(heodore) F., 1919. Original panoramic photograph, 6 1/2" x 72", unframed, rolled. Near Fine, small corner crease, pencilled indications on rear denoting "officers quarters" and "administrative". The photograph is unsigned and untitled, but is same view as the one located in the Library of Congress attributed to Mock, EXCEPT this photograph is nearly 30" longer than the one in the LOC's collection ! Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. A magnificent panoramic photograph spanning 6 feet, and SCARCE. . First Printing. Photograph. Near Fine.
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1906 Typed Letter Signed on His Personal Stationery to United States Senator Knute Nelson, Discussing Bates' Plan for Building the Panama Canal
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New York: Lindon W. Bates , 1906. SIGNED two page letter typed, folded twice, with original postmarked envelope, Very Good, paper clip impression top edge both pages. On Bates' personal stationery, dated Jan. 6, 1906 and headed "Hon. Knute Nelson, United States Senate, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- I have the honor to enclose under separate cover a copy of "The Panama Canal, System and Projects", and venture to hope that some of the matter contained therein may be of interest to you." Bates then goes on to explain the cost, scale, and completion time for his plan in the next paragraph. The rest of the letter goes on to explain how his plan will "...submerge entirely the swamps at sea level, which, at the present time, extend all along the prospective canal.." making "...fresh water lakes of clean water, in which a vessel having large steerage can make twice as rapid speed as in the constricted earth bounded out of any lakeless canal...". And finally stating…
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A Young Girl's Vernacular Photograph Album, 1922-1926, Snapshots Including Photos of Soldiers at Camp Knox ( Later Fort Knox ) Kentucky
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Lebanon, Indiana , 1926. Oblong photo album, 5 3/4" h x 8 " w, black cloth, embossed "Snap Shots" front cover, string-tied, 2-4 photos mounted per page on black paper with writing in white ink under approx. 50% of images. Owner name Louise Melvin, 1926, Lebanon, Indiana inside front cover. Very Good, some chipping to page edges. Contains 152 pictures, 2 hand-colored, the rest black and white. Earliest dated photo 1922. One blank page at rear. Mostly family and friend portraits, with 13 photos of soldiers at Camp Knox, dated 1925, including portraits of Lieut. Julius Ryan and 1st Sgt. Art Cline. Some photos taken at Penn Station, several pictures of girls in bathing suits, and some of children. An altogerther charming album depicting a young girl's life in the Midwest of the Roaring Twenties. . Photograph Album. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 5 3/4" x 8".
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Anna Karenina. In Eight Parts
by Count Lyof N. Tolstoi; Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole
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New York: Thomas Y Crowell & Co., 1886. In original green cloth with decorative gilt medallion front cover, top edge gilt, spine gilt, plain white endpapers. No other titles listed ahead of title page and no ads at back. viii, 5-773 pages with 14 illustrations. Two title pages, first with engraved portrait and tissue-guarded frontis illustration. A Very Good copy, front hinge cracked but holding nicely, spine faded yet legible, light wear to cloth at the tips, prior owner name and date front end page, occasional toning. Basis for 15 film versions from 1911-2012, and 6 TV versions, as well as operas, ballets, and musical theatres. . Seond American Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Silence Of The North
by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Midnight Sky
by George Clooney
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Los Angeles: Netflix, 2020. Oversized hardcover with white boards, front cover embossed title and photo, spine black embossed lettering, black endpapers. Very good condition with some shelf wear. Pages are unmarked. Book published in conjunction with the movie. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Another Part of the Forest
by Hellman, Lillian
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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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Speedy
by Holman, Russell
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Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good +. 274 pp. red cover has minor shelf wear and very slight wear to corners, light soiling to top of spine/top of back cover. DJ has some chippign along bottom and top of spine, as well as small nicks in the corners and a 3/4" closed tear on the center top back cover. Light wear along front right edge.
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Grand Hotel
by Baum, Vicki
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GRAND HOTEL BY VICKI BAUM. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Also published in the German language as Menchen Im Hotel. Used. Good Condition. No DJ is included. Bright pages. STATED FIRST EDITION. Copyright page states: "All rights reserved. First published 1930" Geoffrey Bles Publishers, London. Original source material for the famous film of the same name.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35)
by Hugo, Victor
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Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.
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Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Readers Library)
by Hugo, Victor
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Hugo, Victor. Undated. Circa 1950. William J. Hill Co., Inc. Chicago, Ill. Not an illustrated edition. USED. VG/No DJ Included. Adventure Fiction Romance/Horror. Sorry about the group photo, but please see stock photo of binding for William J. Hill editions for the item being offered here. Blue Boards, gilt titling and red ornamentation on spine. 380 pages. 5 ½ X 8 ¼. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love. A clean, square, solid copy.
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Selected Works of Ba Jin, Vol 2: Garden of Repose, Bitter Cold Nights
by Ba Jin; Pa Chin; Li Yaotang; Li Fei-Kan; Jock Hoe (trans); Sidney Shapiro (trans)
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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. 1988. Hardcover. First Edition (stated, actually First English-language Edition). Blue leatherette over boards with gold titles to spine and front board. Sewn binding. Sewn-in yellow silk place-marker. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Light remainder mark to top edge. Very slight edge-wear to jacket. No tears. Not from a library. Not clipped. 502 pages.Garden of Repose (憩园, Qì Yuán, 1944) and Bitter Cold Nights (aka Cold Nights, 寒夜, Hán Yè, 1947) are both critiques of China's traditional Confucian family system focusing on emotionally fragile and weak men struggling and failing to deal with family demands and social pressure. Both are set in Sichuan during the Sino-Japanese War (World War II) and both have been adapted into movies at least twice. Garden of Repose is the story of two decadent and decaying families. It follows the live of two characters: a drug addict from a rich family forced to sell his family…
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