Search Results: Titles starting with D from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[1853 DEED LAND GRANT DANBURY NORWALK RAILROAD 1911 fair copy] 1853 LAND GRANT / DEED FOR SALE OF LAND TO THE DANBURY AND NORWALK RAILROAD BY BETSY CANNON (member of family Cannondale, CT, is named after), 21" x 15" 1911 fair copy on large-size heavy period document paper with horizontal adhesive strip indicating where two pieces of paThinper were attached to lengthen the fair copy so the "crowded" original (see note below) could be better comprehended, 21" high x 15" across, two horizontal and two vertical folds as folded, reproduced signatures at bottom Betsy Cannon, Charles Cannon, Harvey Smith, and "Recorded by Sherman P. Fitch", printed text with blank sections filled in by hand with details of the land and its borders, noting in one part that the railroad is purchasing the land for the "construction and maintenance of a Railroad, and the transportation of passengers and property by locomotive or other engine, propelled by steam or otherwise", and at the end that the railroad will build a fence… Read More

[RUSSIAN AUTHOR; READER'S REPORT, 1935] ALEXEI TOLSTOI, 1882-1945, "Russian and Soviet writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and in historical novels…," READER'S REPORT for publisher Longman's Green & Co., New York, on Tolstoi's novel "Darkness and Dawn" sent to reader November 9, 1935, with note "MS Returned by Reader" and the reader's report of more than 550 words on front and back covers including sections "Character of Book" and "Advice," stiff paper cover with type on spine DARKNESS AND DAWN by Alexei Tolstoi • Publication date: March 25, 5-1/2"x 8", 570 pages /// READER'S REPORT EXCERPTS: "It is first of all a fine novel, and absolutely interesting, a book rich in the best Russian tradition of Chekov [etc.]…[Tolstoi's novel] leaves one feeling that the Russians are capable of achieving more more within in the limitations of the novel than any [others]…The scope of this book is enormous, its intent profound…Tolstoi used this young girl [character] as a… Read More

[CHILDREN'S CLASSIC ca. 1890; DIE CUT COVER AND PAGES] DAS ZUCKERIGE HAUSCHEN ODER HANSEL UND GRETEL, Ein lustiges Bilderbuch fur brave Kinder [SUGARY HOUSES OR HÄNSEL AND GRETEL, a funny picture book for good children], no author given / children's classic, published by J. F. Schreiber (Stuttgart), no date given/ca. 1890s, text in German, 12-page book in the shape of a hut and some ground around it, roughly 9" wide x 11-1/2" high, front cover embossed in color, ads on back cover, inside front cover is title page and first four lines of the verse, there are six color illustrations on right-hand pages facing a few lines of corresponding text, the inside back cover and the back free endpage have illustrated ads for other children's books; RARE, no copies found for sale in US /// CONDITION: very good-plus, edgewear along spine and other spots of minor edgewear, negligible wear to color illustrations, exceptionally well-preserved copy of a vintage children's book.

[UN DIRECTOR'S ANNOTATED RADIO SCRIPT] THE DAY IT HAPPENED, Gerald Kean, Master, 8 May 1954, original ribbon script heavily edited by director Gerald Kean with directions of timing and changes in the script, bound into manila document folder by clip through two holes at the left edge of all pages, 37 pages right-hand pages only plus cover page/title page, dialog, timing, and stage directions heavily annotated throughout variously with black crayon, red crayon, and pencil, every right hand page with the script is heavily annotated and there are also annotations on many of the facing left-hand pages; cover page/title page United Nations letterhead with typescript United Nations Radio / Presents / "The Day It Happened" / A Commemorative Feature Broadcast in Tribute to the International Red Cross / Written by: Bette Ripley, Produced and Directed by: Gerald Kean / with Madeliance Carroll, Franchot Tone, Lowell Thomas, and a special statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Dag… Read More

[FILM PRODUCTION ARCHIVE; SCREEN ADAPTATION; ISAK DINESEN STORY] THE DELUGE [screenplay working title, full title The Deluge at Norderney], from the story by Isak Dinesen, Screenplay by Gerald Kean, archive including 4-1/2" x 7" pages from a copy of the 79-page story in Dinesen's book "Seven Gothic Tales" taken apart and glued on front side only of 8-1/2" x 14" blank pages put in order in 4-ring binder, in the wide margins outside of the book pages the screenwriter Gerald Kean has added notes in red and black pen and in pencil for the screenplay he is writing for the film production; between some of the annotated book pages are lined pages of the screenwriter's handwritten notes and scene sketches, this annotated copy of the book pages is the screenwriter's first step in the writing of the screenplay, this ringed binder of the annotated book pages comes with a carbon copy of the final version of the screenplay and also a photostat copy of it, at the front of each is a page headed "In a letter to the… Read More

[1902 DES MOINES RIVER–FORT DODGE RAILROAD BRIDGE/VIADUCT GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS, ALBUMEN, CYANOTYPE, ASSOCIATION TO HERBERT C. KEITH, LEAD ENGINEER OF THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION] A GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DES MOINES RIVER–FORT DODGE, IOWA RAILROAD BRIDGE/VIADUCT, 4 original mounted albumen photographs (faint with notes on back), 7 photocopies of original period cyanotype photographs (i. e., copies on paper, not original photos, see below)…4 albumen photos are faded, notes on subjects on back, albumen photographs 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" on black board mounts 7" x 9", Bridge Superintendent Herbert C. Keith pencil notes in black on back of black mounting can be clearly read with microscope under light, notes are (1) "Site for Fort Dodge Viaduct, MC-FD RR [Mason City-Fort Dodge Railroad], Looking Across Des Moines River and up the west hill, December 1902"; (2) "Des Moines River Viaduct at Fort Dodge, Iowa, for Mason City–Fort Dodge RR, section of first truss span, Winter of 1902-3"… Read More

[1945 DESTRY RIDES AGAIN; DINAH SHORE AND OTHER CAST SIGNED; ORIGINAL WWII U.S. RADIO PLAY ADAPTATION ANNOTATED DIRECTOR COPY] "FEMME OU DEMON" — from the Universal Pictures "DESTRY RIDES AGAIN" [the movie title for the release to the English-speaking market, "Femme…" is the movie title in French for the international market release in 1939], original ribbon radio script for the U. S. Office of War Information (OWI) WWII program, heavily annotated by director Gerald Kean whose name is in red pencil at the upper right corner of the cover page in pencil, editing of script dialog in black pencil and in red pencil for performance notations, cover page with heading United States Government, Office of War Information, Overseas Branch, Hollywood French Unit, Hollywood, California, For New York Radio Program Bureau, MUSIC: Serge Glykson, Nathan Scott, PRODUCTION: Gerald Kean, :SCRIPT: Jacques Surmagne, TIME: 30:00 [minutes], DATE: 3-15-45 [March 15, 1945], with United States Office of War Information seal… Read More

[1943 DUFFY'S TAVERN ORIGINAL SCRIPT; WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT; RADIO HISTORY; ENTERTAINMENT] DUFFY'S TAVERN, April 13, 1943, radio program script (headed Duffy's), episode 86 with Ralph Bellamy guest appearance, First Revisions as noted at upper right corner of first page with pencil editing throughout with "D. Regan" in pencil in upper right corner of first page and editing in similar handwriting, 24 pages, 8-1/2" x 11" original ribbon double-spaced all pages stapled at upper left corner except for page 24 detached with bottom half torn away not affecting the script which ends at the remaining upper half; ITEM NOTE: with the handwritten pencil editing, this is a one-of-a-kind item relating to this popular radio program running from 1941 through 1951, this particular program aired on the NBC-Blue network, Ralph Bellamy is named as the celebrity guest in the opening part where Archie answers the phone and is told by the caller Miss Duffy that she is, "Bringing company. Ralph Bellamy"; RARE, research at… Read More