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Lewton, Val.
No Bed of Her Own
New York, Triangle Books,
1948, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Early novel of Val Lewton before his successful horror film career. Young girl from a small town (during the depression) decides to move to N.Y.C. A strange, exciting story of a woman's desire for love and security at a time when there is no money to try to build either. Originally published in 1932; according to Joel Siegel's The Reality of Terror, this book was so succesful it was translated & published in 12 countries. Colorful picture boards, of girl in a racey bohemian type outfit, mild spotting, few closed tears to upper spine end, rubbing of spine ends and edges, foredges red stained, mild toning to text. First page small closed edge tear. All else clean, tightly bound. Classic. sm 8 vo, 237 pp Lewton was a premier Horror film producer and writer in the forties (Cat Woman 1 & II, Lepoard Man, Body Snatcher and Bedlam (also writer) and many others.
(Lewton, No, Bed, Of, Her, Own, Bad, Girl, Novels, Vintage, Novels) Cat No. 2642.
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18.00
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Syntex Laboratories, Inc.
Noah Worcester, 1812-1847, Leaders in Dermatology Series
Palo Alto Calif, Syntex Laboratories Inc,
Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Worcester wrote the first American text book Diseases of the Skin in 1845. Brown & black marbled boards, corners & spine brown, faded gilt to spine. Superficial crack along spine & outside hinge. Marbled end papers. Binding tight, text clean & white. Illustrated throughout in color. Original product card inside. 8 bo, 63 pages
(Famous, Dermatologists, Diseases, Of, The Skin, Medical, Biographies, Biography, Noah, Worcester, Scabies., Czema, Psoriasis, Impetigo, Illustrated, Medical, Books) Cat No. 419m.
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13.50
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Hunter, Evan.
Nobody Knew They Were There
Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company,
1971, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine, Jacket: Very Good, One of America's most prolific and gifted modern writers (The Black Board Jungle, Mothers and Daughters, Strangers When We Meet). This American novel is the suspenseful agony of a man, a family, and a nation perched on the panicky edge of dissolution. Black cloth boards and spine. DW not price clipped, black and white. Mild rubbing of upper spine end and edges, picture of Evans to rear. Clean white text, no writing, solidly bound. 8 vo, 249 pp First Edition
(Knew, They, Were, There, First, Edition, First, Editions, Poitical, Violence, Evan, Hunter, First, Edition, American, Politics, American, Novels, Assassination, Plots) Cat No. 2650.
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20.00
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Lang, George.
Nobody knows the Truffles I've Seen
New York, Alfred A Knopf,
1998, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Fine, Jacket: Near Fine, Signed by Author Fine Dining legend George Lang, tells his fascinating story of his rise to the world's most distinguished and successful restaurateurs; selected by Nations Restaurant News as Fine Dining Legend award winner of 1999. With splashes of "comedie noir," he relives the horrors of the Nazi take over in his native Hungary and his escape to freedom. From his metamorphosis of budding violinist to top strategist in the palate revolution that swept across America during the postwar years. After landing in New York in 1946 his he did a stint on the Arthur Godfrey show, and a fill-in for Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe, before the kitchen opened up a whole new world for him. Soon Lang was managing a "wedding factory" on the Bowery, and then orchestrating banquets at the Waldorf for Khrushchev, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Grace and the like. In the 1960s he worked for Restaurant Associates alongside friend, Joe Baum, traveling around the world, designing restaurants and exploring exotic cuisines. He supervised the company's restaurants at the New York World's Fair in 1964 and was as director of The Four Season's restaurant in New York City in 1967. In 1975 he resurrected two great landmarks, Cafe des Artistes and Gundel in his native Hungary. Lang's book brings back the world of the Budapest coffeehouses, where life was one long string of paprika-flavored punch lines. With 42 photographs and 5 drawings. First Edition, Signed and inscribed to Saul Bogatia, "to another rennaisance person with special regards for". Tan speckled boards, brown cloth spine with bright gilt lettering. DW not clipped, photo of Lang as small boy, illustrated. Clean, tight, fine, in brodart mylar. sm 4 to, 384 pp, plus photo credits.
(Lang, Restaurateurs, Fine, Dining, Restauranteurs, Signed, Books, First, Edition, Biographies) Cat No. 2978.
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35.00
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Ecksetin, Gustav.
Noguchi
New York, Harper & Bros,
1931, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good Plus, Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), born and educated in Japan, gained great fame as a scientist in America, where he joined The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1904-1928). After early research on snake venoms, Noguchi became the first scientist to demonstrate that paralysis resulted from syphilis; was the first to grow pure cultures of spirochetes; and made significant contributions toward the understanding of Carrion's disease. He also developed a vaccine for Yellow Fever. He died of yellow fever in Accra, Ghana, where he had been studying that disease. His writings include Action of Snake Venom upon Cold-Blooded Animals (1904) and Laboratory Diagnosis of Syphilis (rev. ed. 1923). An indepth biography of Noguchi's beginnings in Japan, immigrations to America, scientific discoveries, private life, and Japan early late 19th early 20th Centuries. Frontispiece of Noguchi, 13 illustrations. Black cloth boards and spine, bright gilt, red title panel in Japanese to spine and front. Square previous book store label to lower edge of pastedown. Very clean, mild page toning, tightly bound. Illustration page chip to edge where pages were separated. sm 4to, 419 pages. First Edition, Stated C-F
(Hideyo, Noguchi, Japanese, Scientists, First, Edition, Biography, Famous, Japanese, Scientists, Bacteriology, Discoveries, Yellow, Fever, Vacine) Cat No. 1981.
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40.00
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