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Philadelphia: Poor Richard Club, 1938. Original plastic (Plastacele) comb binder with stiff gold wraps. "Lights, Camera, Action" and "Advance with Advertising" stamped front wrapper, along with the image of a Hollywood cameraman. Near Fine, light soil to gold wrappers, corner curl bottom corner of rear plastic wrapper, Personal copy of Will H. Hays, with his name stamped front wrapper. Hays was the honoree of that year's banquet, awarded the 1938 Gold Medal Award of Achievement for " .. a spirit inseparably connected with the development of the industry to the high position it enjoys today", and "as the representative of this great industry"(motion picture industry). 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…
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SIGNED Publicity Photograph Richard Pryor in His Directorial Debut "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling"
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Columbia Pictures Corp., 1985. "Richard Pryor makes his directorial debut with Columbia Pictures 'JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING', which he also co-wrote (with Rocco Urbisci and Paul Mooney), produced and stars in." Fine, as issued, #9, SIGNED in black marker upper right. 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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Thirty-Third Annual Dinner of Philadelphia's POOR RICHARD CLUB, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, January 17, 1938
by Poor Richard Club
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Set of 18 Stereo Cards Depicting a Courtship, Wedding, Firstborn, Etc., Entitled "Admiration, Expectation, Elation ...Subjugation"
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New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1901. Near Fine, photos all in excellent viewing condition, scant rubbing to a few of the cards, cards a bit bowed as usual. The story of a couple finding true love, marriage, and family. Each card individually titled, starting with "Admiration- Pierced by Cupid's Dart" and ending with "Subjugation- There's no place like home ". Verso of cards printed in English, French, German, Spanish, Danish, and Greek. . First Edition. Stereo Card . Near Fine. 3 1/2" x 7".
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View from Rabbit Ears Pass Road Colorado ( Hand Colored Photograph )
by Alexander
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Colorado: The Artist, 1920. No Date, circa 1920s. 5" by 7" hand colored photograph in original wood frame, signed Alexander at bottom left corner. Verso states "View from Rabbit Ears pass Road Colorado. To Mr. & Mrs. W.P. Allen from Mr. & Mrs. Hallas". The photograph and frame are Fine. . Photograph. Fine. 5" x 7".
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The Swiss Family Robinson: or Adventures of a Father and Mother and Four Sons in a Desert Island ( The Two Parts Complete in One Volume )
by ( WYSS, Johann David )
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Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 1860. Very Good, some internal toning, gilt titles dulled, prior owner bookplates front paste down and his penciled name rear paste down, rubs to cloth at corners. With preface to Seventh Edition, map and illustrations. 394 pp, 2 pp Notes, 20 pp publisher's ads. . Seventh Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The "Perfec" Stereograph:"The Pilot Train which ran ahead of President Roosevelt's Special,- in the Royal Gorge, Col." No. 9942
by Stereoview) H. C. White & Co.
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Bennington, VT: H. C. White & Co. , 1905. Uncommon 9000 series H.C. White & Co stereocard combining all the elements of the opening of the West- a train, rugged terrain, and President Teddy Roosevelt. Near Fine, small indents bottom margin. The views which White produced are considered to be the highest quality of any ever made, far better than those of his larger contemporaries, Underwood and Keystone. . First Edition. Stereo Card. Near Fine. 3 1/2" x 7".
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Thirty-Third Annual Dinner of Philadelphia's POOR RICHARD CLUB, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, January 17, 1938
by Poor Richard Club
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Philadelphia: Poor Richard Club, 1938. Original plastic (Plastacele) comb binder with stiff gold wraps. "Lights, Camera, Action" and "Advance with Advertising" stamped front wrapper, along with the image of a Hollywood cameraman. Near Fine, light soil to gold wrappers, corner curl bottom corner of rear plastic wrapper, Personal copy of Will H. Hays, with his name stamped front wrapper. Hays was the honoree of that year's banquet, awarded the 1938 Gold Medal Award of Achievement for " .. a spirit inseparably connected with the development of the industry to the high position it enjoys today", and "as the representative of this great industry"(motion picture industry). 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…
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Set of 18 Stereo Cards Depicting a Courtship, Wedding, Firstborn, Etc., Entitled "Admiration, Expectation, Elation ...Subjugation"
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New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1901. Near Fine, photos all in excellent viewing condition, scant rubbing to a few of the cards, cards a bit bowed as usual. The story of a couple finding true love, marriage, and family. Each card individually titled, starting with "Admiration- Pierced by Cupid's Dart" and ending with "Subjugation- There's no place like home ". Verso of cards printed in English, French, German, Spanish, Danish, and Greek. . First Edition. Stereo Card . Near Fine. 3 1/2" x 7".
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View from Rabbit Ears Pass Road Colorado ( Hand Colored Photograph )
by Alexander
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Colorado: The Artist, 1920. No Date, circa 1920s. 5" by 7" hand colored photograph in original wood frame, signed Alexander at bottom left corner. Verso states "View from Rabbit Ears pass Road Colorado. To Mr. & Mrs. W.P. Allen from Mr. & Mrs. Hallas". The photograph and frame are Fine. . Photograph. Fine. 5" x 7".
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The Swiss Family Robinson: or Adventures of a Father and Mother and Four Sons in a Desert Island ( The Two Parts Complete in One Volume )
by ( WYSS, Johann David )
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Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 1860. Very Good, some internal toning, gilt titles dulled, prior owner bookplates front paste down and his penciled name rear paste down, rubs to cloth at corners. With preface to Seventh Edition, map and illustrations. 394 pp, 2 pp Notes, 20 pp publisher's ads. . Seventh Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The "Perfec" Stereograph:"The Pilot Train which ran ahead of President Roosevelt's Special,- in the Royal Gorge, Col." No. 9942
by Stereoview) H. C. White & Co.
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Bennington, VT: H. C. White & Co. , 1905. Uncommon 9000 series H.C. White & Co stereocard combining all the elements of the opening of the West- a train, rugged terrain, and President Teddy Roosevelt. Near Fine, small indents bottom margin. The views which White produced are considered to be the highest quality of any ever made, far better than those of his larger contemporaries, Underwood and Keystone. . First Edition. Stereo Card. Near Fine. 3 1/2" x 7".
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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 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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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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HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK
by SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
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Norwalk, Ct: The Easton Press, 1967. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 138. Bound in full grey leather covered boards elaborately decorated with the letter 'H' stamped in gilt designed by Peter Winfield Johnson. The book includes raised bands to the spine, gilt edges, frontispiece, and satin endpapers. The illustrations by Legrand were originally in the 1939 Limited Editions Club publication. The text of this edition is also from the 1939 publication which was derived from the Second Quarto of 1604 and the First Folio edition of 1623. It contains the old style spelling and punctuation of the earlier printings. The size of the text block is almost exactly the same as that of the First Folio. The paper was made at the Glatfelter Paper Mill in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Laid in is a four-page booklet on the historical context of this publication.
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Deliverance
by Dickey, James
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NY Houghton Mifflin 1970.. vg+/vg+/very minute wear to top of sp. panel. Dickey's 1st novel that was filmed in 72 by John Boorman w. a screenplay by Dickey who also had a sm. part in the film. 1st print. edition. Binding is cl.w.dj.
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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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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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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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Witness for the Prosecution (Dell #855)
by Agatha Christie
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923ChristieWitness Witness for the Prosecution (Dell #855) Dell Publishing, NY. 1948. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Copyright page states MCMXLVIII and states reprinted by arrangement with Dodd, Mead. No other printings are stated. Cover Art by William George. 192 pages. Mystery Anthology 4 ¼ x 6 3/8. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION. A bit toned.
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