Description:
Los Angeles: The Book Rancho, 1936. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "To To Will H. Hays from the author Cy Director". Will H. Hays is 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 simply "The Code"), which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. Book is Near Fine, small rub bottom corner front board, rear pastedown a bit toned. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.
Diplomatic Episodes in Mexico, Belgium, and Chile by Wilson, Henry Lane - 1927
by Wilson, Henry Lane
Similar copies are shown below.
Similar copies are shown to the right.
Diplomatic Episodes in Mexico, Belgium, and Chile
by Wilson, Henry Lane
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
Garden City: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1927. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR - "To the "organizer of victory" Will H. Hays, Henry Lane Wilson ". Wilson was Ambassador to Mexico, Minister to Belgium, and Minister to Chile from 1897-1914. Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become 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. Both men were native Hoosiers. Book is Near Fine, lacking the dustjacket, cloth at spine a bit loose, corners bumped. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Association Copy.
- Bookseller Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Doubleday, Page and Co.
- Place of Publication Garden City
- Date Published 1927
We have 2 copies available starting at $39.47.
More Photos
I Loved Him Too; an Interpretive Poem in Memory of Will Rogers
by Director, Cyr Vita
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$100.00
Show Details
Item Price
$100.00
More Photos
Winged Arrows
by Heflebower, Clara Keck
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$100.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Harold Vinal Ltd., 1928. Copy #25 of a Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition of 700 copies, 600 of which were offered for sale. This copy INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the limitation page - "To Mr. Will H. Hays:- with admiration & understanding of your keen insight into the difficulties of the Motion Picture situations, & your sound principles of conscientious construction for the progress & success of Better Films. I cordially inscribe this copy - trusting you will find therein a few 'gloom chasers' in a leisure hour 'Dee Dee' April 18, 1928". Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become 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…
Read More Item Price
$100.00
More Photos
The Buck Up Book : Third Edition
by Van Amburgh, F.(red) D(e Witt)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$100.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: The Silent Partner Co., 1920. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Hon. Will H. Hays Van Amburgh 1921". Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Van Amburgh was the publisher of "The Silent Partner," a monthly magazine of inspiration and human interest, and author of several books on the same subjects, rather a "self-help guru" of the early part of the twentieth century, and an author whose quotations turn up surprisingly often today ! Book is Very Good, small damp spot front board, small paper residue rear board. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Association Copy.
Item Price
$100.00
More Photos
The Triumphant Clay
by Hughes, Rupert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$100.00
Show Details
Description:
Hollywood, CA: House - Warven Publishers, 1951. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - " To Radie Britain, musical genius of the highest quality, and most charming of women. With the love of Rupert Hughes". Radie Britain was an American pianist, writer, music educator and composer whose last marriage was to aviation pioneer Theodore Morton. Rupert Hughes was uncle to the billionaire Howard Hughes, Jr. and author of many novels, many made into movies. Book is Near fine, evidence of paper clip top edge front endpages, in a Very Good Plus dustjacket, a 1" closed tear top edge front panel. One of Hughes' scarcer books, and an interesting Association Copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Association Copy.
Item Price
$100.00
More Photos
Comments of Abe Martin and His Neighbors
by Hubbard, Kin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$125.00
Show Details
Description:
Indianapolis, IN: Abe Martin Publishing Co. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "To Hilton U. Brown from Kin, Christmas, 1923". Hilton U. Brown was a longtime newspaperman at the Indianapolis News, rising through the ranks from city editor to become general manager and vice-president. He was President Emeritus of the Board of Directors of Butler University, whose Hilton U. Brown Theatre bears his name. Book is Very Good, no date, circa 1920 given the author inscription, red paper-covered boards a bit lightened at spine ends, small stain rear board, in the SCARCE dust jacket, Very Good, chips at spine ends, edge wear, 3" tear at rear spine fold, small numbered label bottom of spine, prior owner names front cover. A great Hoosier State ASSOCIATION COPY. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy.
Item Price
$125.00
More Photos
I Loved Him Too; an Interpretive Poem in Memory of Will Rogers
by Director, Cyr Vita
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$100.00
Show Details
Description:
Los Angeles: The Book Rancho, 1936. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "To To Will H. Hays from the author Cy Director". Will H. Hays is 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 simply "The Code"), which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. Book is Near Fine, small rub bottom corner front board, rear pastedown a bit toned. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.
Item Price
$100.00
More Photos
Winged Arrows
by Heflebower, Clara Keck
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$100.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Harold Vinal Ltd., 1928. Copy #25 of a Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition of 700 copies, 600 of which were offered for sale. This copy INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the limitation page - "To Mr. Will H. Hays:- with admiration & understanding of your keen insight into the difficulties of the Motion Picture situations, & your sound principles of conscientious construction for the progress & success of Better Films. I cordially inscribe this copy - trusting you will find therein a few 'gloom chasers' in a leisure hour 'Dee Dee' April 18, 1928". Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become 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…
Read More Item Price
$100.00
More Photos
The Buck Up Book : Third Edition
by Van Amburgh, F.(red) D(e Witt)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$100.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: The Silent Partner Co., 1920. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Hon. Will H. Hays Van Amburgh 1921". Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Van Amburgh was the publisher of "The Silent Partner," a monthly magazine of inspiration and human interest, and author of several books on the same subjects, rather a "self-help guru" of the early part of the twentieth century, and an author whose quotations turn up surprisingly often today ! Book is Very Good, small damp spot front board, small paper residue rear board. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Association Copy.
Item Price
$100.00
More Photos
The Triumphant Clay
by Hughes, Rupert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$100.00
Show Details
Description:
Hollywood, CA: House - Warven Publishers, 1951. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - " To Radie Britain, musical genius of the highest quality, and most charming of women. With the love of Rupert Hughes". Radie Britain was an American pianist, writer, music educator and composer whose last marriage was to aviation pioneer Theodore Morton. Rupert Hughes was uncle to the billionaire Howard Hughes, Jr. and author of many novels, many made into movies. Book is Near fine, evidence of paper clip top edge front endpages, in a Very Good Plus dustjacket, a 1" closed tear top edge front panel. One of Hughes' scarcer books, and an interesting Association Copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Association Copy.
Item Price
$100.00
More Photos
Comments of Abe Martin and His Neighbors
by Hubbard, Kin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$125.00
Show Details
Description:
Indianapolis, IN: Abe Martin Publishing Co. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "To Hilton U. Brown from Kin, Christmas, 1923". Hilton U. Brown was a longtime newspaperman at the Indianapolis News, rising through the ranks from city editor to become general manager and vice-president. He was President Emeritus of the Board of Directors of Butler University, whose Hilton U. Brown Theatre bears his name. Book is Very Good, no date, circa 1920 given the author inscription, red paper-covered boards a bit lightened at spine ends, small stain rear board, in the SCARCE dust jacket, Very Good, chips at spine ends, edge wear, 3" tear at rear spine fold, small numbered label bottom of spine, prior owner names front cover. A great Hoosier State ASSOCIATION COPY. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy.
Item Price
$125.00
Diplomatic Episodes in Mexico, Belgium and Chile
by Henry Lane Wilson
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
$39.47
Show Details
Description:
Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Item Price
$39.47
More Photos
Diplomatic Episodes in Mexico, Belgium and Chile
by Henry Lane Wilson (1857-1932)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
$50.00
Show Details
Description:
xvii+399 pages with index. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine and facsimile signature to cover and deckle edges, cover bind stamped ruled in original jacket. First edition. Wilson served in the US Foreign Service during the presidencies of William McKinley (1897–1901), Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) and William Howard Taft (1909–1913). He was appointed Minister to Chile in 1897, remaining in that capacity until 1904, when he was made Minister to Belgium, serving in Brussels during the height of the Congo Free State controversy. Wilson was appointed ambassador to Mexico in 1910, where he was witness to the fall of the Mexican government of General Porfirio Diaz, and was one of the main actors in defining the Mexican Revolution. Condition corner gently bumped. Jacket creased at center and spine, spine ends rubbed, small tear at back edge else very good copy in like jacket.
Item Price
$50.00
More Photos
The Guardians of the House: Inscribed Copy
by Lucy Boston with Diana Boston
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- States this edition first published in 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780905899091
- ISBN 10
- 0905899091
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Winfield, Illinois, United States
- Item Price
-
$72.00
Show Details
Description:
Inscribed "The Simpson family You saw most of these faces at Green Know on 26 April 2001 Diana Boston" Book in Near Fine condition, Dust Jacket Good/VG. Has very little wear but crinkly with a crease down the back, some dents and a purple stain on back by bar code. See photos.A souvenir from visiting the manor at Hemingford Grey which stands near the river Ouse. SHIPS FROM CHICAGO, IL.
Item Price
$72.00
More Photos
Tours of the Black Clock.
by ERICKSON, Steve. Inscribed to Katherine Dunn (Author of Geek Love)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition / First printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780671649210
- ISBN 10
- 0671649213
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonds, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
$75.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Poseidon Press, 1989. Signed by the author on the half-title page, and inscribed: To Katherine Dunn, best, Steve Erickson. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket with toning to the white parts of the jacket. Katherine Dunn was the author of Geek Love.
Item Price
$75.00
Allen Lucas; the Self-Made Man
by Chubbuck, Emily
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very good with some foxing and prior owner signature to front pastedown.
- Edition
- Later edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
- Item Price
-
$84.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1867. Later edition. Very good with some foxing and prior owner signature to front pastedown.. A scarce printing, which appears to be unrecorded on Worldcat. Part of Sheldon's "Good Boy's Library" as indicated on the spine and which were apparently previously part of Sheldon's "Sunday School Books" library. In publisher's green cloth with gilt stamp decorated spine.
Item Price
$84.00
More Photos
The Western Maryland Railway Story: A Chronicle of the First Century, 1852-1952
by Williams, Harold A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- Edition not stated, No previous printings noted
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Lukeville , Arizona, United States
- Item Price
-
$100.00$85.00Save $15.00!
Show Details
Description:
Baltimore, Western Maryland Railway Company, 1952, hardcover, xvi-134 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed on the half-title page to Robert B. Murray, Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce for Transportation from 1953-1955 "in appreciation of his outstanding public service" and dated Dec. 17, 1954. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, spine titles worn, a few tiny spots to rear cover. A complete history of the first century of this important transportation system servicing the Eastern seaboard and points further west. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs of historic scenes and vintage locomotives including the Alliance, the Monocacy, and the Conewago.
Item Price
$100.00$85.00
Save $15.00
!
More Photos
The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith; Written by Himself [Hiester H. Muhlenberg]
by Moir, David Macbeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good +
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
$88.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1828. Hard Cover. Good +. xii, [13]-223 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary calf spine with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Mansie Wauch. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Remains of old paper label at head of spine and call number in white at tail. In ink on the title page in an old hand, following the title "By Mr Moir." At head of title page in another hand: "To the UPS from Hiester H. Muhlenberg of Reading Pa." Hiester H. Muhlenberg (1812-1886) graduated from Dickinson College in 1829 and practiced medicine in Reading; later he became a banker. A bookplate and inscriptions on the front fixed endpaper indicate that Muhlenberg gave the book to the Union Philosophical Society of Dickinson College in 1837. Title page also bears the embossed stamp of the Dickinson College Library. The half title page has been altered in ink to read: The Life of John W.…
Read More Item Price
$88.00
More Photos
ROBERT STONE. A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1962 - 1992
by Lopez, Ken and Bev Chaney
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780963289803
- ISBN 10
- 0963289802
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
- Item Price
-
$90.00
Show Details
Description:
Hadley: Numinous Press, 1992. First edition, first prnt. Introduction by Mark Levene. Essays by Stone and Charles Michaud. Black and white illustrations. Inscribed by Stone to Chaney on the half-title page. "For Bev in grateful appreciation and with best wishes Bob Stone." Also signed by Stone's wife, Janice, on the page. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
Item Price
$90.00
More Photos
MAN-FATE. THE SWAN SONG OF BROTHER ANTONINUS
by Everson, William (Brother Antoninus)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780811205207
- ISBN 10
- 0811205207
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
- Item Price
-
$90.00
Show Details
Description:
NY: New Directions, 1974. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Everson on the half-title page to his publisher/bibliographer, the Barlett's of Cayucos Books. "To Peter & Henrietta/once again here at Kingfisher Flat in gratitude for our long friendship Bill Everson Dec 30, 1984 Swanton, CA." Cayucos Books published Everson's Tendril in the Mesh, The Alpine Christ & Other Poems, et al. Very faint beginning toning on the dustjacket topedge (not immediately apparent); otherwise, in Fine condition in a Naer Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
Item Price
$90.00
More Photos
IN THE LOYAL MOUNTAINS
by Bass, Rick
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780395716878
- ISBN 10
- 039571687x
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
- Item Price
-
$90.00
Show Details
Description:
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Tom McGuane, to whom the book along with John Graves and Jim Harrison is dedicated, on the dedication page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Unusual as such.. Inscribed By Dedicatee. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
Item Price
$90.00
More Photos
Bloemen Op Tegels in De Gouden Eeuw / Dutch Floral Tiles in the Golden Age and their Botanical Print
by Schaap, Ella B
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9789023008583
- ISBN 10
- 9023008588
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Item Price
-
$95.00
Show Details
Description:
Haarlem, Netherlands: Becht, [1994]. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. 184 pp. Bound in full bright blue cloth, title in silver on spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Text in Dutch and English. Full-color and black and white illustrations. Includes bibliography and index. Erratum slip laid in. Presentation copy from Author to John Michael Montias and his wife:"For/Monsieur et Mme John M. Montias/with much respect + love/Ella Schaap/March-April-1999". Montias was an economist who became a leading scholar of the artist Johannes Vermeer, and one of the first to analyze the economics of art. Very Good+ minor age-toning to margins of pages, some fading to extremities of binding, bump to lower corner of front cover, in Very Good+ dust jacket with bumping and light wear to extremities, some sunning to spine.
Item Price
$95.00
More Photos
The Master Puzzle of History (Association Copy)
by Hinman, Eleanor
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$100.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Brentano's, 1947. Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front paste down to publisher Arthur Brentano, Jr. -" For Arthur Brentano, Jr. With grateful thanks for the perfect details of this book. Appreciatively, Eleanor Hinman 1948". Fine, as issued, no jacket. 15 unnumbered pages with 7 sepia toned photographs. A short history of the author's trip to Spain to visit sites associated with Christopher Columbus. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
Item Price
$100.00