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Moore, Clement C; Illustrated By Corinne Malvern.
The Night before Christmas - Little Golden Book
New York, Simon and Schuster; Little Golden Book,
1949, Hard Cover,
illus: Corinne Malvern, Condition: Good Plus, The children's Christmas Classic. Ilustrated color boards of Santa coming out of the fireplace with a bag of toys. Spine edge foil upper rear open, lower spine foil 2 inches missing, mild crease to center, edges rubbed, lower corner bumped cardboard showing, rear lower end foil missing cardboard exposed. Inside board, childs initials to "belongs to" area. Clean pages, tightly bound. sm 8 vo
(Little, Golden, Book, The Night, Before, Christmas, Little, Golden, Book, Christmas, Stories, For, Children, Christmas, Books, Corrien, Malvern, Illustrator) Cat No. 1577.
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12.50
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Cullum, Ridgwell.
The Night-Riders, A Romance of Early Montana
Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs,
1913, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Old West Romance. Color frontispiece. Green cloth boards, creme lettering, pale water stain to front board. Front & rear hinges cracked. Binding tight, text clean. No writing or inscriptions. sm 8vo, 425 p
(West, Western, Western, Romance, Childrens, Books, Vintage, Childrens, Books, Vintage, Westerns, First, Edition, Childrens, Western, Writers, Cowboy, Stories, Montana) Cat No. 694m.
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20.00
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Cooper, Joseph D. & Abbott, Joseph C.
Nikon Handbook Series : Close-up Photography and Copying
New York, Amphoto,
1979, First Edition ed, Wraps,
Condition: Near Fine, This issue covers: Close-up fundamentals: attachment lenses, extension rings, bellows attachments, reverse adapter, slide copying adapter, 55m f/3.5 close focusing lenses; Copying of filams & other single plane subjects; Three Dimensional Close-ups. Stiff white pictorial wraps. Illustrated throughout in color & black & white; instructional, charts, photos. sm 4to, 128 pages
(Photography, Close, Photography, Photography, Photography, Close-Up, Lenses) Cat No. 820m.
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18.50
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Gottlieb, Polly Rose.
The Nine lives of Billy Rose, an Intimate Biography
New York, Crown Publishers,
1968, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, One of the greatest American showman of his time, however, the accomplished Mr. Rose has a list of amazing careers and marriages (Fanny Brice) being the first one. In his teens he was stenography champion, then a top ranking songwriter, he wrote over 100 popular songs, which are still circulated today. As a showman (Jumbo, Carmen Jones, Crazy Quilt and others) he was at the top, Rose was also a World's Fair Producer, Night Club operator (Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe), a newspaper columnist and Wall Steet tycoon. Rose owned more shares of AT&T than any other individual; in his later years amassed one of the world's most notable collections. The author his sister writes his story with warm affection, honesty and frankness; revealing his sins, faults, persistence, aggressivness, as well as courage, brillance and the special qualities that added to his legend. 75 photo illustrations. Black cloth boards and spine, red lettering to spine .DJ not price clipped, pink lettering, white spine, mild rubbing of edges and boards, close tear to lower edge. All else very clean, solidly bound. Second Printing before publication. tall 8 vo, 290 pp
(Rose, First, Edition, Biography, Showman, Of, The Thirties, Theatre, Broadway) Cat No. 2290.
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16.50
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Bodenheim, Maxwell.
Ninth Avenue
New York, Horace Liveright,
1926, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, 1893-1954, American novelist and poet, b. Hermanville, Mississippi. In the 1920's when Greenwich Village was in full Bohemian stride Maxwell Bodenheim poet and personality who embodied the Bohemian spirit. This book is about the working classe of New York City. Orange cloth, black lettering, black title panel to spine, orange lettering. Very light soil, small pale stain to lower edge, mild fading around title, spine ends rubbed. Substantial fading to rear board. Front hinge cracked, spine and text block tight. Text clean. sm 8 vo, 267 pp. In protective polyester film.
(Authors, Souther, Authors, Ninth, Avenue, First, Edition, Maxwell, Bodenheim, First, Edition, First, Modern, Editions, Novels, 1920's) Cat No. 2628.
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25.00
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