Search Results: Entertainment from The Owl at the Bridge

Cincinnati, U. S. Playing Card Co. [1950]. Soft Cover. 128 p.; illus., 18 cm. I only know one game and I waste too much time on it. Stock #29,754. Vg/ wrappers. Entertainment; card games.

New York , Chelsea House, 1983. Hard Cover. v, 311 p., illus., index, 28 cm. American films of the 1930's and 40's. Gives a list of performers, synopsis of plot, a few stills from each. Originally published: New York : Crown Publishers, 1970. Stock# 41,056. Vg/ dj good+.

N.Y., Harper & Row, 1978.. Hard Cover. vi, 440 p. 24 cm. Gates, who had been a writer a CBS news, surveys the televsion news activities of the years 1960- 1975, the Kenneedy assasination (which raised Dallas reporter Dan Rather to stardom), the Vietnam years, the Nixon morass (Rather was hated by the Nixonites). Stock #29,651. Vg/ dj vg.

Des Moines, Meredith, 1978. Hard Cover. 96 p., illus., 26 cm. Second printing. Stock#30999. Vg, pictorial boards/ no dj.

Middletown CT/ Hanover, NH, Wesleyan/ University Press of New England, 1996. Soft Cover. xxiii, 510 p., illus., 23 cm. "Places the work of film director Frank Capra in the great tradition of American transcendentalism--along with paintings by Homer, Eakins, Sargent and Hopper and the writings of Emerson,Poe, Hawthorne, and William and Henry James, among others. Stock# 32,611x. Fine/ paper

N.Y., Oxford UP, 1979. Hard Cover. 7 p.l., 540 p. illus. 24 cm. "James Monaco has immersed himself in the financial, political, and artistic complexies" of film making. Stock #29649. Vg/ dj vg.

Bedford, MA. Applewood Books, c1996.. Soft Cover. xv, 70 p., index, 18 cm. Title continues:"...puff-pastes, pies, tarts, puddings, custards and preserves, and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plumb to plain cake, adapted to this country, and all grades of life / by Amelia Simmons ; with an introduction by Karen Hess."The first published cookbook by an American.Facsimile edition of 2nd ed. Albany, N.Y. : C.R. Webster, 1796, cf. Lowenstein 11; Bitting p.435.Stock# 43,275x. Fine / new from publisher / soft cover.

[Chicago, Motorola, 1947?]. Soft Cover. Sheet folded into 12 16.5 x 8 cm panels touting 3 models of 10 inch screen television sets--VK-106; VT-105, and VT-71. "Pre-aligned at the factory to cover all 12 television channels." Stock# 40,505. Vg/

N.Y., Harper & Row, 1986. Hard Cover. 423 p., illus., 24 cm. Biography of the Swedish-born actress, 1915-1982, whose personal life was more interesting and complex than previously realized. Vg/dj vg. 101690.

Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference Series #192. "Originally Published London: 1931; Reprinted 1968." 107 pages, illustrations; 23.5 cm. Bound in green cloth over boards; corners slightly roughened; Very Good; no dust jacket. Stock#ofc0789.

Soft Cover. Three small paperbacks in a case, each 91 p. with index; 18 cm.; color pictorial paper covers; good. Stock#31556.

NY, Dover [1964].. Soft Cover. 76 p.; 21.5 cm. Introduction, afterword, and notes by E.F. Bleiler. Okakura was long the curator of Chinese and Japanese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Stock# 34,497. Vg/ paper.

N.Y., Van Nostrand, 1973. Soft Cover. 216 p. illus., 23 x 21 cm. " This book is on film-making technique with particular emphasis on cinematography, i,e, the camerman's craft." Stock #29,650. Vg/ wrappers.

Wesson Oil. Soft Cover. A Little Story about Wesson Oil... Including Some New and Interesting Recipes. Single folded sheet, illustrated, with 6 recipes; undated but fine. Stock#32445.

Greensboro, NC, Potpourri Press, 1976. First published 1969. Includes Technique for Making Crêpes; Fillings & Garnishings; Leftover Batter; Shaping Crêpes; Basic Crêpe Batter; Sauces for Crêpes; Entrée Crêpes; Dessert Crêpes; Conversion Tables. Soft Cover. 48 pages, illus. Paper; newspaper recipe taped inside front cover; VG. Stock#32446.

[London, Facet, 1954] VHS tape. VHS tape (movie), 91 minutes. Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch. Based on the Father Brown stories by G. K. Chesterton. Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul. Stock#47075.

New York, Senario Supply Corporation [c1924]. Hard Cover. 65 p.; 20 cm. Six short screenplays: Did Lucifer Laugh?; As Told by the Persian; Evanice; A Beautiful Necessity; Aidu; The Spinning of Lachesis. "Motion-picture and all other dramatic rights offered for sale." This short-lived form was possible in the era of silent movies. Vg/ no dj. Stock#OB650.

London, Werner Laurie,1952. Hard Cover. 358 p.illus. 22 cm. The English circus tradition goes back several centuries. One ring tent troupes tour the country. I saw one at Oxford and it reminded me of the small shows I remember as a boy. Not your huge three-ring spectacular where you want to see it all, but the intimate version where you are aware of the run in the stocking and the depth of makeup from close up. Stock# 30,001. Vg/ dj vg.

Des Moines, Meredith, 1974. Hard Cover. 90 p., illus., 26 cm. Ninth printing; first,1967. Stock#30974. Vg/ no dj as issued.

Pantheon Books, NY, 1988. 'Special Advance Sampler/ Not for Sale/ To be published October, 1988'. Soft Cover. Publisher's prospectus, 34 p., illus.; 24 cm. In all, 25 episodes were broadcast by the Five Star Theatre between November 1932 and May 1933. Color pictorial paper covers; new, fine. Stock#25263x.