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MEATYARD, Ralph Eugene.
        The family album of Lucybelle Crater. With texts by Jonathan Green, Ronald Johnson, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Guy Mendes, Thomas Meyer and Jonathan Williams.
      North Carolina: The Jargon Society, 1974 - Quarto. Original fawn cloth, titles to upper panel and spine in black. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Roth, p. 230. [Attributes: First Edition]

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Grimm Brothers & SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK
        Juniper Tree and Other Tales - Slipcased Two Volume Set
      Bodley Head London 1974 - RARE and very hard to find in a SIGNED copy. Two hardback first printings of the UK slipcased edition, with the first volume SIGNED by the great illustrator, Maurice Sendak, and with the following text: 'For Peter Kettle with pleasure! Maurice Sendak May '82'. This also has the former owner's signature and a blind stamp. VERY RARE SET. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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BRENAN Gerald.
        A charming original pen-and-ink sketch, entitled 'The Return with the Woman', caricaturing himself, his great-aunt, Adeline, baroness von Roeder ('Tiz') and her tiny,'rat-like', dog.
      - Approx. 11 x 12cm. A fragment only, torn-out (by Brenan himself),from a letter of his to Dora Carrington, but not posted. On the verso are eight lines in Brenan's hand describing part of the incident, but crossed-out and which differs from the version finally sent (see below). Brenan devotes a chapter to an amusing account of his aunt and her eccentricities in 'Personal Record', 1974. He stayed with her several times in her London flat and was her heir. In the letter eventually sent, dated Framlingham, August 9th, 1921, he records the incident :- A dreary evening led to a still drearier dinner at the Pall Mall Restaurant. I was not hungry and took only the hors d'oeuvres & the ice. I did not even TRY to conceal my anger, boredom and dismay. She thought I looked ill and suggested we should walk back across the park, to get the night air and save 1/6d taxi fare. We did this, and she tripped along behind me, like the mummy of some ancient Pharonic jade - half skeleton, half beetle, half clock-work, half-human and wholly vampire - with her face all painted and shrivelled,long dirt-marks under her eyes (she never washes), a little rat-like dog rolled-up in red flannel under her arm [but in the sketch the dog is walking] a long swishing silk skirt below, and on her head a black Mrs. Siddons hat. Envíos para España: el pago contra reembolso conlleva un recargo de 2 Euros.

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McCarthy, Cormac
        Child of God
      Random House 1974 - New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. In Very Good condition, in a price clipped dust jacket. Clean text. Sound binding. Foxing to end papers and to side edge of page block. Boards show light edge wear. Spine cloth is lightly faded, light lean to spine. The dust jacket shows a tape repair from the verso at the head of the spine panel, as well as crimping at the head. Fading to red print on spine. Light edge wear and light surface wear, with a few areas of light damage to the surface. Rear flap shows a creases. Rare. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Adams, Ansel
        Images 1923-1974 (Signed, with signed silver print)
      New York Graphic Society, Boston 1974 - Number 223 of the monumental DELUXE edition, limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated with duo tone reproductions of Adams's photographs. SIGNED by Ansel Adams on the colophon page. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Oblong folio, black cloth in photographic, price clipped, dust jacket. Both book and dust jacket are in fine condition. With the additional loose gelatin silver print "Fern Spring, Dusk, Yosemite Valley, California" (31.4 x 22.8 cm.) SIGNED on the mount by Ansel Adams. Book and silver print come in the original silver stamped clamshell box that shows some wear. The silver print has been cleaned and a small crack (9 mm) was professionally repaired by a renowned photo restoration atelier leaving just a little 'scratch ' on the surface. An affordable copy of this rare item. Please email for more information or additional photographs. May require extra shipping costs due to weight and value. Google 'Ceebe100' to watch a video of this book. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Gregory, Jack, and Strickland, Rennard
        American Indian Spirit Tales, Cherokee Spirit Tales, Choctaw Spirit Tales, Creek Seminole Spirit Tales 4 Signed Limiteds
      Oklahoma: Indian Heritage Assn.. NF/NONE. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. Rare set! 4 books: AMERICAN INDIAN SPIRIT TALES, CHEROKEE SPIRIT TALES, CHOCTAW SPIRIT TALES, & CREEK SEMINOLE SPIRIT TALES. Authors: Jack Gregory (Univ. Of West FL) & Rennard Strickland (Univ. Of Tulsa, OK). Each illustrated by a different artist, Lim. Ed. Of 1000 & is the 1st edition/1st printing, publisher: Indian Heritage Assn, OK. 12-1/2" tall x 9-1/2" wide, cloth bound w/ gilt printing, no DJ's as issued. Included are newspaper clippings about the books. 1) American Indian Spirit Tales, Redbirds, Ravens, & Coyotes, illustrator Blue Buzzard, 1974, #184/1000, SIGNED by both authors. Binding: red cloth. Near fine + (only a few tiny, very faint flecks to cloth). 2) Cherokee Spirit Tales, Tribal Folklore, Legend, & Myth, illustrator Willard Stone, 1969, #302/1000, SIGNED by both authors + the illustrator, & additionally inscribed & SIGNED again by both authors & the illustrator (For Miss ..........., We hope you can follow the good spirits! Rennard Strickland, Jack Gregory, Willard Stone, 1969). Near fine + (only a few tiny spots to cloth). 3) Choctaw Spirit Tales, Tribal Folklore, Legend, & Myth, illustrator Chief Terry Saul, 1972, #252/1000, SIGNED by both authors & the illustrator & additionally inscribed (no name) in Gregory's writing on limitation page: "May you know the way of the spirit!". Near fine + (a hint of wear to upper spine end). 4) Creek Seminole Spirit Tales, Tribal Folklore, Legend, & Myth, illustrator Fred Beaver, pub. 1971, #8/1000, SIGNED by both authors & the illustrator, with just a line at the top of the limitation page "To" a name, & additionally again, a drawing by the illustrator of an Indian Chief, down by the signatures. Near fine +, with previous owner's name. ; Vol. 4 vol; Folio; Signed by All Authors .

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Meatyard, Ralph Eugene.
        THE FAMILY ALBUM OF LUCYBELLE CRATER. With texts by Jonathan Green, Ronald Johnson, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Guy Meades, Thomas Mayer, and Jonathan Williams
      The Jargon Society, N.p. 1974 - 4to., 84 pp., b&w photo-plates. Cloth with photo-illustrated dw. The dw is lightly soiled, with one small closed tear on the rear panel. A near fine copy in the illustrated dw that has one short closed tear at the edge of the rear panel, otherwise fine. 'The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater' is the best known body of Ralph Eugene Meatyard's work. At once comic and tragic, grotesque and beautiful, the series of 64 images features his wife, Madelyn, in a crone Halloween mask together with a different friend or relative in a transparent mask. [Attributes: First Edition]

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SMITH, Patti with Tom Verlaine, Lenny Kaye, and Richard Sohl
        [7" vinyl record]: Hey Joe (Version) [and] Piss Factory
      [New York]: Mer Records. 1974. Original 7" vinyl 45 RPM record. Fine in modestly age-toned, about fine plain white sleeve as issued, in the original mailing envelope. Signed by Patti Smith on the white sleeve. Also included is a small, age-toned clipping from The Village Voice advertising a contemporary performance by Smith at Max's Kansas City, listing the book and record stores where this record could be purchased, and noting that it could be purchased directly for $2.50 from Sunburst Industries. Patti Smith's first vinyl single, "Hey Joe" and "Piss Factory" on the B side, produced by Lenny Kaye for Robert Mapplethorpe. The record, mailer, and clipping are housed in (and easily removable from) an acrylic stand. An exceptionally uncommon record, the original mailer is rare. This copy is addressed to R.W. Bayley in Forest Knolls, California, with the return address of The WARTOKE Concern in New York (listing the same Broadway address as Sunburst Industries), and postmarked September 26, 1974. The recipient, Roberta Bayley, is a photographer who created one of the most important photographic records of the punk scene as it germinated in New York City, and she was also the co-author (with Victor Bockris) of the first biography of Patti Smith (Patti Smith. New York: Simon & Schuster 1999). The clipping is pictured in the biography. Her iconic photographs (including the photo that graced the jacket of the first Ramones album) helped define the New York punk aesthetic. Her reminiscences in Leg McNeil and Gillian McCain's Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, possibly the best single volume source of the early history of punk, were central to the book. .

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Leonard, Elmore
        Fifty-Two Pickup
      Delacorte Press, New York 1974 - [1974]. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Red endpapers. 254pps. Stated First Printing. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very mildly rubbed and has a thin and unobtrusive scratch in the front flap; the original price (6.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".What Harry Mitchell least expected, as he entered the darkened room, was the perverted version of 'This is Your Life' on a home movie screen, starring pillar of the community Harry Mitchell and the beautiful, golden-haired Cini, produced and presented by a trio of psychopaths and for sale at the new low price of $150,000, payable now. Otherwise worldwide distribution. What the unholy three -- the dealer in porno flicks, the trigger-happy coke head, the vodka-swilling boss of the nude model joint -- least expected was a mark who'd come on strong. He was not the straight-A stiff he had looked like at first but a tenacious dude with a spine like steel. When they threw their punch -- the shattering second home movie with its depraved, entangling climax -- he didn't even crumble. For Harry Mitchell was a tough, selfmade man. He had gone from assembly line to ownership of a multimillion dollar company, had a wife and children he loved, and had a good reputation, and he was not about to lose everything to three psycho punks with their blackmail scheme. Not even after that scheme turned to murder." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos, comprehensive, can be emailed upon request. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
        Untitled etching from the Santa Clause portfolio (98/175)
      L'Herne, Paris 1974 - Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Etchings from the Santa Clause Portfolio Limited edition of 175 copies; each signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Published by L'Herne Paris: 1974 Signed Calder, lower right Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 26" E.E. Cummings (1894-1962), an American poet, essayist and playwright, first published his one-act play, Santa Clause, in the Harvard Wake in the spring of 1946. The play was inspired by his reunion with his estranged daughter Nancy, whom was married to Willard Roosevelt, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt. Cummings considered the play Santa Claus, which expressed his belief in the joys of love, his most successful. The allegorical Christmas fantasy recounts the tale of Santa Claus and the sinister character Death, who exchange identities in a cynical scheme to sell shares in a worthless wheel mine. A little girl, whose innocence allows her to see through their deception, finds them out. Remorseful, Santa reveals his true identity, reaffirming his faith in love and giving and reconciles with his estranged family. Alexander Calder illustrated this monumental artist book with nine full-page etchings, whose simplified linear motifs deftly convey the emotional power of the story. Each original etching is signed and number in pencil by Calder.

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Bukowski, Charles
        Burning in Water Drowning in Flame: Selected Poems 1955-1973
      Los Angeles:: Black Sparrow,, 1974. 0876851928. A Very Good plus copy with small spot of moistured on the top edges of the rear blank pages and bit of soiling to the top edge of the cloth backstrip in an acetate dust jacket. 1/300 copies Signed by Bukowski. This title collects in one volume the poems in three early limited edition collections including "It Catches My Heart in Its Hands," "Crucifix in a Deathhand," & "At Terror & Agony Way"..

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Baltz, Lewis
        The new Industrial Parks near Irvine California - Das neue Industriegelände in der Nähe von Irvine Kalifornien
      Leo Castelli/Castelli Graphics New York 1974 - First Edition. Artists Book. No text. 51 full-page black + white plates. Captions on opposite page in English and German. Printed by Rapoport Printing Corp. Hardcover in a glassine-protected dust jacket. Binding intact. Plates clean and clear. Has been treated as a collectors item. Very good like new condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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BALTZ, Lewis
        The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California
      New York: Leo Castelli / Castelli Graphics (1974) - First Edition. Square quarto. Fifty one uniform black and white images of suburban industrial buildings, shot in a minimalist style, with the third picture, "Industrial Structure During Painting," looking eerily like a Mondrian. A book celebrated for its intentional boring beauty, and one of the highlights of the New Topographics movement in American photography. (Roth 228-229, Open Book 298-299). Pages a little yellowed; a tight, near fine copy in a near fine jacket, also a bit yellowed. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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LEWIS BALTZ
        NEW INDUSTRIAL PARKS NEAR IRVINE CALIFORNIA - 1974 1ST ED 1/960 W/DJ
      Leo Castelli/Castelli Graphics 1974 - Book Description: Leo Castelli/Castelli Graphics, New York, 1974. Hard Cover. First Edition. Oblong, unpaginated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bound in grey cloth with title printed in black. 51 reproductions of Baltz's black and white photographs. One of the most influential works of landscape photography of the 20th century and a key monograph of the New Topographics movement that was initially published in an extremely limited edition of only 960 copies worldwide. Thus highly collectible: cited in Roth, Book of 101 Books, pp. 228-229; The Open Book, pp. 298-299; and Auer. p. 576. Book Condition: Fine with a tight binding with clean interior and all plates in pristine condition. Tiny abrasion to cloth at rear/top of spine and very light signs of toning to page edges. In a Very Good Plus (VG+) dust jacket (now protected in brodart) with toning to edges/spine and a vertical crease to edge of rear flap. Overall a solid collectible copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Baltz, Lewis.
        THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARKS NEAR IRVINE, CALIFORNIA.
      Castelli Graphics, NY 1974 - Oblong 4to., 51 b&w photographs. Aside from the neat signature of Alan Winer, photographer and former administrator of the Visual Studies Workshop atop the blank free endpaper, and slight toning along the upper portion of the dw, a fine, near new copy in the illustrated dw. One of the primary books of the New Topographics. This first edition was limited to 960 unnumbered copies. [Attributes: First Edition]

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McCarthy, Cormac
        Child of God
      New York: Random House, 1974 New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. In Very Good condition, in a price clipped dust jacket. Clean text. Sound binding. Foxing to end papers and to side edge of page block. Boards show light edge wear. Spine cloth is lightly faded, light lean to spine. The dust jacket shows a tape repair from the verso at the head of the spine panel, as well as crimping at the head. Fading to red print on spine. Light edge wear and light surface wear, with a few areas of light damage to the surface. Rear flap shows a creases. Rare.

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CRUMB, Robert
        The Yum Yum Book Archive
      [San Francisco. 1974]. An archive of material related to the publication of Robert Crumb's The Yum Yum Book. The story was first conceived and executed by Crumb when he was 19 and later given to his first wife, Dana, as a gift. This collection represents his efforts to have the book published during the early 1970s. Contained here are: a spiral bound, hand made mock-up (measuring 5" x 3.5") assembled by Crumb himself to establish copyright, composed of 143 leaves with 295 distinct illustrations with a photograph of the original manuscript on each page, printed rectos only; a rubber stamp from Dana Crumb used to imprint the inside front cover of the mock-up which reads: "This book is the property of Dana Crumb Associates 819 Eddy Street San Francisco, California 54109 Must Be Returned Within 30 Days of Receipt"; a dummy of the hardbound book as originally conceived by Crumb with blank pages, bound in black cloth and titled in silver and blue; along with a first edition copy of the book published by Scrimshaw Press in 1975, fine in near fine dust jacket.From the collection of his lawyer Albert Morse who is mentioned on the dust jacket flap: "I gave the book as a gift to Dana when I first met her, as a token of my love. We got married shortly after. It has been hidden away all these years, along with some early sketchbooks of mine, and other sophomoric-romantic works done in the throes of horny passion. But now the time has come to review it to the world. I guess. My lawyer Albert Morse think it will sell like hotcakes and make a lot of money. I dunno."A wonderful archive of material from Crumb's first major project. .

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Reeves, Richard Stone
        Color Print: The Five Greatest I Ever Rode-Lester Piggott, Featuring: Petite Étoile, Sir Ivor, Crepello, Rheingold, Nijinsky
      New York: The Newmarket Gallery of New York City, 1974 - 377/750, signed by the artist and the Jockey Lester Piggott. 28-7/8 x 23- 1/2 inches inches. Printed in the U. S.A. by Triton Press, Inc. Very fine, tiny tear in lower left margin [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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Blanc, Mel
        AUTOGRAPHED LETTER - SIGNED
      1974 - MEL BLANC - Typed Letter Signed Typed letter thanking a gentleman for a recent letter that he sent. On Mel Blanc personal letterhead, measured 5.5" X 8.5" and is dated September 6, 1974. Condition: Normal mailing folds. Fine condition. "Dear Victor, Getting to record for cartoons is a very difficult thing to do. Hundreds of others are trying but very few succeeding. My advice is to do as many amature shows as you can, and maybe the right agent will hear you and contact you. Be as natural as possible. Regards, Mel Blanc". Born in San Francisco in 1908, Mel Blanc was the famed voice of popular and beloved animated cartoon characters, including Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Pie, Sylvester, and many others. Known as The Man of 1,000 Voices, Blanc's voice as these cartoon characters became instantly recognizable to generations of children starting with the golden era of Merrie Melodies cartoons by Warner Brothers. Among the many lines he uttered: Bugs Bunny's "Eh, what's up, Doc", "I tawt I taw a putty tat", from the tart-tongued canary Tweety; the Road Runner's "Beep, beep", Sylvester the Cat's "Thufferin' thuccotash", Woody Woodpecker's signature "Hee, hee, heh, ho. Hee, hee, heh, ho", and stutter- strewn Porky Pig's "Th-th-th-th-that's all f-f-f-folks." Note that Grace Stafford was also the voice for Woody Woodpecker in many cartoons. He began his career in show business as a musician and a radio performer in 1927, when he sang and performed on a Portland radio show called The Hoot Owls. Mel Blanc also appeared on the Jack Benny Program both on radio and television where he made his character 'Sy, the Little Mexican' famous. His first Warner Bros. character was a drunken bull in the 1937 Looney Tunes short Picador Porky. As legend has it, the actor playing Porky Pig in that short actually did stutter. A few months later, Mr. Blanc took over the role in Porky's Duck Hunt, stuttering intact, and created Daffy Duck at the same time. He went on to invent the voices of other well-known cartoon figures, such as Speedy Gonzalez, Pepe Le Pew, Tasmanian Devil, Foghorn Leghorn, Heathcliffe the cat, Speed Buggy and Yosemite Sam. His last cartoon contribution came with 1988's popular animation-live action film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, in which he did the voices of Daffy, Tweety, Bugs and Sylvester. He died in 1989 in Los Angeles, California. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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SHAARA, MICHAEL.
        The Killer Angels.
      NY David McKay (1974) - First edition. Authors second novel, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1975 and was the basis for the film Gettysburg. Because of the poor production quality, this is a book which is not often encountered in very fine condition. Aside from light foxing to top edge and a trace of shelfwear, this is a fine copy in blue boards, with a bright, price-clipped dust wrapper, which has two short closed tears to spine foot. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Shaara, Michael
        Killer Angels
      McKay, 1974 - First Edition, first issue with the $8.95 price still intact. A BRIGHT attractive dustjacket that has light wear to spine ends and the corners. Otherwise, this original dustjacket is crisp and sharp. The book is in excellent shape. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean. There is no writing, bookplates or marks in the book. A lovely copy of both the book and dustjacket in collector's condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Quintessential Rare Books, LLC]

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McCafferty, Jay D.
        STUPA
      Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California 1974 - $to., (1) pp, 25 cards, illustrated from photographs, printed both verso and recto to form a time-lapse sequence showing the movement of the sun and waves on a Stupa placed on the beach. The cards are housed in a Ful-vu window binder where they may be viewed, forward or reversed, as in a flip-book. Fine, in the slightly rubbed original Ful-vu box. Stupa comes from Sanskrit, literally meaning a "heap"; practically, it is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, and used as a place of meditation.The single printed leaf contains a brief statement by Tony DeLap, a chronology and exhibition list for the photographer, and is signed by the photographer and numbered from a total edition of 200 copies. OCLC locates a single copy at NYPL. [Attributes: First Edition]

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Tinguely Jean
        Débricollages de Tinguely
      Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich 1974 - sous pochette rabats 21,5x30cm. ill. coul. avec décalcomanie un dépliant accordéon 17pl. ill. n&b. + insérés dans rabats deux catalogues Metabo ( franç. Outillage Metabo pour le bricoleur les hommes préférent Metabo) et Black & Decker (alld/franç. des millions de bricoleurs ont une chose en commun avec les astronautes une Black & Decker) tamponnés Tinguely 1974 debricollages. Catalogue signé Jean Tinguely sur rabat couv. éta excellent

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Skorzeny, Otto, Militär (1908-1975).
        Ms. Brief mit eigenh. U. und Photographie mit eh. Widmung und U.
      Madrid, 11. VII. 1974. - 1 S. Gr.-4to. Die Photographie im Format 209 x 291 mm. Im Jahr vor seinem Tod an Fernand Fossier in Paris. Aus dem spanischen Exil, wo der aus deutschem Internierungslager geflüchtete fanatische Nazi unter Francos Schutz lebte, und in fehlerhaftem Französisch über ein Buch von Alain Decaux, über eine eigene in Arbeit befindliche Buchveröffentlichung und über angebliche Filmaufnahmen von der Befreiung des inhaftierten Mussolini am Gran Sasso im Jahre 1943, an der Skorzeny beteiligt gewesen war: "[.] Je connais le livre de M. Decaux et j'ai lu gran part de ce livre, et je dois dire qu'il fait beaucoup, beaucoup des erreurs. Si Monsieur Decaux ne me 'couvre pas de fleurs' ça ne fait rien, on ne peut pas d'avoir seulement des amis. Je crois qu'un homme de caractère doit avoir aussi des enemis [.] Vous m'écrivez qu'il y a quelques sequences d'un film de l'arrive des planeurs et de la progression des paras. Vous voyez, c'est déja une petite mensonge, parce que premièrement avec nos planeurs nous n'avons pas eu la place pour un Photograph ni pour un homme d'une Compagnie de Propagande. Ce Monsieur, un lieutenent Kaiser, a venu sur le montagne seulement 20 minutes après le fin d'action et a pris une film par example de la sortie de Mussolini de l'Hotel et aussi du départ du Fieseler Storch. Concernant l'arrivée des planeurs et la progression des paras, on a fait cette filme quelques deux semaines ou dix jours après l'action [.] C'est à dire, on a fait un petit trique [.]". - Nennt ihm auch die Adresse des Luftwaffen-Oberst Hans Ulrich Rudel (1916-1982). - Die mit eh. Widmung an denselben Adressaten versehene Photographie (neuerer Abzug) zeigt den von Skorzeny u. a. befreiten Mussolini.

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Bukowski, Charles
        Post Office
      London Magazine Editions 1974 - London: London Magazine Editions, 1974. Hardcover. First British Edition, First Printing. In Very Good condition, in dust jacket with the price intact. Previous owner name and date in pen to title page and verso of front free end paper. Crease to page 17. Light wear to spine ends. The dust jacket shows rubbing, a tiny stain at the bottom left corner of the front panel, faint edge wear, and two tears; a two-inch long tear at the top of the rear flap, and a one-inch long tear at the top of the front flap fold. The later which has been repaired from the verso with a white label. A nice copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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CHAGALL Marc - Préface Charles Sorlier, catalogue et notices par Fernand Mourlot et Charles Sorlier
        CHAGALL Marc Lithographe IV 1969 - 1973
      André Sauret Editeur, Monte Carlo. 1974 - CHAGALL Marc Lithographe IV 1969 - 1973 Publishing Year : 1974 Subject : Catalogue Raisonne Author : Préface Charles Sorlier, catalogue et notices par Fernand Mourlot et Charles Sorlier Publisher : André Sauret Editeur Printer : Imprimeries Réunies à Lausanne, Suisse et Mourlot, Paris pour les lithographies Issue : Limited Edition : Pages : 186 p. dont 180 p. num. on (mat) Coated Paper Size :32.5 x 25.5 cm Iconography : -2 Lithographies couleur originales sur papier vélin mat en couverture et frontispice. -159 reproductions en noir et en couleur Binding : Cartonnage éditeur entoilé couleur écru, titrage en creux noir sur front et dos. Jaquette avec rabats en papier vélin mat , lithographie originale couleur, protection plastique, lithographie orginale et couleur sur page détachable en frontispice. Condition : Condition description : Protection plastique légèrement frottée, et très petite déchirure bord supérieur, sans gravité. Reliure et intérieur impeccable. Description : Texte français/French text Catalogue raisonné publié en 1974 aux éditions André Sauret. Préface par Charles Sorlier, catalogue et notice par Fernand Mourlot et Charles Sorlier. Les planches décrites dans ce livre composent le catalogue complet des lithographies originales de Marc Chagall, gravées de février 1969 à décembre 1973. Marc Chagall a gravé spécialement pour ce livre les deux lithographies originales du frontispice et de la couverture elles ont été tirée par les imprimeries Mourlot. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Niven, Larry and Pournelle, Jerry
        The Mote In God's Eye
      Simon & Schuster, New York 1974 - 1st edition/1st printing. 1st printing with full number line. Near fine, straight, clean book with no handwriting in it and with the silver spine lettering in fine condition, with very slight edge fading to the binding--as usual--and slight toning to text paper--as usual. There are a couple of very small, very faint spots to page edges, and a touch of shelfwear to the lower front corner; no other faults. The near fine price intact dustjacket is clean, crisp and unfaded, with a few very tiny nicks/rubs at spine fold ends and flap fold ends and one small surface rub with no color loss to the back panel gutter area but with no tears or chips. Quite a handsome example of this scarce in the 1st printing classic. I agree with Robert Heinlein's blurb on this one; it is one of the very best sci-fi books I've ever read, with a gut-wrenching ending. Not a story likely to be forgotten easily. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Blake, William
        Jerusalem. A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book
      London: Trianon Press, 1974 - The illuminated pages were brilliantly reproduced by Daniel Jacomet; the text was composed by hand in 16 point Garamond and printed by Aulard & Cie, master printers in Paris Limited edition, Letter R of 26 lettered copies, of a total edition of 558 copies. Folio. . Original marbled boards, brown morocco spine, fine in original matching slipcase [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA]

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Lewis Carroll, Cristina Bertea
        Le bambine di Carroll
      FMR, Parma 1974 - Fotografie di bambine vissute allepoca dello scrittore - Collana Segni dell'Uomo - cm 35 x 23 - pp.192 - In seta nera Orient, con plancetta a colori, impressioni in oro e cofanetto ( In Black Orient silk, with tipped-in colour plate, impressed gold lettering and library case ) - 41 fotografie seppia di Lewis Carroll - Edizione Italiana - Carta a mano Ingres, azzurra, Cartiere Miliani di Fabriano - La maliziosa magia delle lettere scritte dall autore di Alice e l incanto vittoriano delle fotografie che egli scattava alle sue piccole amiche. - Libro nuovo

      [Bookseller: Antica Libreria Srl]

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Kierkegaard, Sören
        Gesammelte Werke (32 (von 36) Abteilungen in 25 Bdn. u. Registerbd. [und:] Tagebücher I-IV (4 von 5 Bdn.).
      Düsseldorf, Diederichs, 1950 - 1974 - 8°, zus. ca. 7100 S. Werke u. 1900 S. Tagebücher, OLwd. m. Goldpräg., Etwas gebrauchspurig, min. fleckig, etwas beschienen - eben brauchbar Unterschiedliche Auflagen.Fehlend: Abt. 13/14: Vier erbauliche Reden 1844; Abt. 24/25: Die krankheit zum Tode.Abteilung: Krankheit zum Tode in 4. - 5. Tsd. Übersetzt von Emanuel u. Rose Hirsch u. Hayo Gerdes. Jeder Band mit Anmerkungen des Übersetzers, detaillierter Registerband. Sämtliche Hauptwerke und unzählige kleinere Schriften - umfangreichste und massgebende deutsche Ausgabe. 12000 gr. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: antiquariat peter petrej]

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