viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1976

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        THE JESTER: The Masquers Golden Anniversary 1925-1975
      Hollywood, California: The Masquers Club, 1976 - First edition, Special Souvenir issue: one of 50 numbered copies with tipped-in autograph page SIGNED by 23 Masquers members. Fine, in black binding with paste-on illustration to front cover by George McManus, and paste-on ad to rear cover from Elizabeth Taylor; no dust jacket as issued. Typed autograph legend laid in. Quarto. Photo-studded history of the Hollywood actors' club.SIGNERS: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, Jack Warner, Edith Head, Glenn Ford, Joe Pasternak, Beulah Bondi, Joan Blondell, George Burns, Jack Lemmon, Ryan and Taum O'Neal, Walter Pidgeon, Pat O'Brien, Fifi D'Orsay, Henry King, Jack Mulhall, Leon Ames, Isabel Sanford ("Weezy"), Tay Garnett, and Ken Murray. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA]

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Plumier, Charles
        L'Art de Tourner, Ou De Faire En Perfection Toutes Sortes D'Ouvrages. Nouvelle Edition, corrigée & augmentée
      Libraire Des Arts et Metiers - Editions, Brooklyn, New York 1976 - Hardback, 250mm x 385mm tall (10" x 15" approx.). Pp xxviii, 244 [with 2 decorated title leaves] plus 80 plates. Bottom margin of the front free endpaper thinned [removal of a previous owner's name label?], otherwise very good, in the original tan leather-effect, cloth-covered boards/gilt-on-brown spine title. Scarce. Additional postage will be required for this heavy volume, please ask for details of the best option before placing an order. Size: Folio [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Hale Books]

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Moore (H. Gordon, Jr.).
        TRIGGER PULLERS: AN ATTEMPT TO CONVEY THE ART OF WINGSHOOTING.
      Published by the author. Richmond, Virginia. - 1976 1st edition. Ppxii,73. B/w photographs. Gilt dog motif to green cloth. *This copy is marked up for the printers by the author. Very good. Inscribed by Moore to Gough Thomas Garwood.*+ + This copy is inscribed by H. Gordon Moore: "To Gough Thomas Garwood, engineer, sportsman, topflight wingshot and currently the world's best writer on the shotgun and its use. Best regards, H. Gordon Moore. Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 15th 1982." This is a collection of H.Gordon Moore's articles on gamebird shooting, first published in Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, and The Shooter's Bible. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd]

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Gilbert & George:
        Dark Shadow. [By] Gilbert & George the sculptors 1974.
      London. Nigel Greenwood. 1976.. Edition of 2000. 20 x 13 cm. 139 Blatt (278 S.). Schwarz-Rot marmoriertes OLeinen mit Goldprägung. Makellos frisches Exemplar, neuwertig.. Nummer 387 / 2000 handschriftlich in rotem Filzstift nummerierten und signierten Exemplaren. Durchgehend mit s/w Fotoabbildungen versehen. Wie auch schon bei "Side by Side" ist das Buch in handmarmoriertes Leinen mit variierenden Verläufen gebunden. [Vgl. Künstler-Bücher I, S. 69 Nr.19; Giorgio Maffei. Libri d'Artista. 2010, S. 113/114 mit Abbildungen].

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Querido - Kunst und Fotograf]

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Degottex & Maurice Benhamou
        Affleurement du Chant
      Anvers, Guy Schraenen éditeur, 1976. - In-folio oblong [400 X 600 mm], titre, texte de Maurice Benhamou imprimé en sérigraphie sur 9 feuillets de Vélin dArches et 9 feuillets de polyester sérigraphiés des lignes blanches de Degottex. Couverture polyester également sérigraphiée de lignes blanches de Degottex. Emboîtage avec étiquette de titre imprimée contrecollée. Tiré à 92 exemplaires numérotés et signés par les auteurs dont 1 exemplaire hors commerce comprenant la maquette numéroté 1, 3 exemplaires réservés aux collaborateurs, 9 exemplaires accompagnés chacun dun texte manuscrit de Maurice Benhamou et dune oeuvre originale de Degottex numérotés de 2 à 10 et 80 exemplaires numérotés de 11 à 90. - Un des 80 exemplaires, signés et numérotés par les auteurs. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Librairie Lecointre-Drouet ]

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Wyatt, Leo
        Engravings by Leo Wyatt: Nine wood engravings of various aphorisms printed in white on different colored backgrounds, in the original blue portfolio with the artist's wood-engraved title; and a set, similarly housed, of four copper engravings of 17th Century quotations
      Leo Wyatt, [Newcastle on Tyne 1976 - Rare Copper and Wood Engravings by Leo Wyatt Leo Wyatt's profession was that of designing and engraving steel dies and copper plates. In his late fifties, challenged by the assertion that famed English wood engraver Reynolds Stone was seemingly "the sole practitioner of the Chancery Cursive letter in engraved form today" he began to engrave lettterheads and bookplates on wood utilizing this classic letter form. He also created separate alphabets and engraved quotations, bringing samples with him on two trips to America, in 1977 and 1978 where he found a new popularity and market for his work, although suites of his engravings, such as those offered here, remain extremely rare. He died in 1981. One copperplate faintly toned, otherwise all very fine condition Each engraving is one of 75 copies, signed and dated by the artist in the lower margin. 1 vols. The images, of various sizes, average 8-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches, plus generous margins [Attributes: Signed Copy]

      [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA]

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Barnes, Margaret Anne
        Murder in Coweta County
      New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/8". 287pp. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, the director of the 1983 film, and several cast members. Near fine, with gentle bumping to bottom right corner and light dust soiling to edges of text block, in very good + dust jacket, price-clipped and encased in protective archival sleeve. Inscribed to Susan Orpin, a photographer for the film. Inscriptions from Margaret Anne Barnes (author), Gary Nelson (director), Larry Pizer (director of photography), actors Johnny Cash, Andy Griffith, June Carter Cash, Robert Schendkkan, Earl Poole Ball, Anita Carter, and Betty Talmadge, and Sergeant J. C. Otwell, a policeman who uncovered incriminating evidence in the critical 1948 case. Accompanied by an advance review copy of the text, the February 1983 edition of Atlanta magazine featuring an article on the making of the film, and nine 8 X 10 photographs of the cast by Orpin, with one of the author with production notes taped to the verso. A truly exceptional piece of local/regional history certain to be a high point for the serious collector of West Georgiana, as well as a remarkable collection of material celebrating the award-winning book and television movie. The book and film respectively documented and dramatized the historic murder case, notably the first in Georgia in which the death penalty was given to a white man on the testimony of two men of color.

      [Bookseller: Underground Books]

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Stafleu, Frans A & Cowan, Richard S
        Taxonomic Literature - a selective guide to botanical Publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types (seven volumes)
      Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, 1976, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, 2nd Editionhardback, seven volume set, second edition published between 1976 and 1988, thick 8vo, blue cloth lettered gilt to spines, no jackets issued, some minor shelf wear marks to bottom edges, top corners of boards bumped to volumes 2, 3 & 4 but o/w a very good set of this monumental & definitive taxonomic work,, Book

      [Bookseller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills]

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Meiselas, Susan
        Carnival Strippers
      Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 1976 - 150 pp., oblong 4to. Stamped silver cloth over boards, in photo-illustrated dust-jacket. Light tanning to page edges, minuscule bumps and slight wear to edges of boards, still about fine in a very good jacket with a few small closed edge tears and corner wear. The first book by Meiselas, listed in Andrew Roth's Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century. A classic, seldom found in nice condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Richard Avedon, Harold Rosenberg
        Portraits: Richard Avedon
      Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York 1976 - Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, showing a bit of the toning typical to this title, else fine. Inscribed, signed and dated 1976 by the photographer on the front free endpaper. Laid is is what appears to be a promotional card, showing Avedon in a hospital bed and directing the postioning of a spotlight for a shoot, which has been addressed in Avedon's hand to the recipient of the inscription. A great copy of one of the highlights in modern photography books, with the bonus of a small piece of Avedon ephemera. Quite nice. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Powell, Lawrence Clark and Ward Ritchie
        Quince, Etc. Exposing the Several Disguises of Ward Ritchie. Poet with a Remark By Lawrence Clark Powell
      Laguna Beach, Ca:; Laguna Verde Imprenta , Ward Ritchie], 1976. Limited to "About" 50 copies printed on an [1835] Albion hand press by Ward Ritchie, signed by Lawrence Clark Powell and Ward Ritchie, additionally signed b Ward Ritchie's pseudonyms he used in his youth wood engravings by Paul Landacre, bound in marbled paper wraps, paper label printed in black. [together with] A Few More for the Powells and Hea(r)th Broom, collected and printed for Fay and Larry Powell by Peter Lum Quince. 25 copies printed on March 26, 1949. [10]pp. bound in light blue paper wraps decorated in black, stitched, printed on one side of the folded sheets. Scarce. Two copies noted via OCLC. Harry "Ward" Ritchie was a world-renowned American printer, book collector writer and historian of the book arts and wrote nearly 100 books. He was part of the "Golden Age" of fine printing in Southern California. He set up and ran "The Ward Ritchie Press," publishing firm from 1932 to 1974. After 50 years of writing using pseudonyms, Quince, Etc. would bring Ward Ritchie to confess to all of them.. Limited Edition. Octavo.

      [Bookseller: Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB]

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John Holman, Edited by
        Punk Magazine, Issues 1 through 6, 8 and 10
      New York, 1976. First edition. Punk Magazine, issues 1 through 6, issue 8, issue 10. Eight issues total, all in very good or better condition, no rips or tears, no missing pages, mis-folds, or other annoyances. As is well known, there was no issue #9, making this is a nearly complete run of the first calendar year of publication. A snapshot of another time, when the lower east side of Manhattan was something other than a concentration of expensive condominiums, Duane Reade's and retail bank branches. Nice set.

      [Bookseller: John Kehoe, Bookseller ABAA]

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Wyatt, Leo
        Engravings by Leo Wyatt: Nine wood engravings of various aphorisms printed in white on different colored backgrounds, in the original blue portfolio with the artist's wood-engraved title; and a set, similarly housed, of four copper engravings of 17th Century quotations
      [Newcastle on Tyne: Leo Wyatt, 1976. Each engraving is one of 75 copies, signed and dated by the artist in the lower margin. 1 vols. The images, of various sizes, average 8-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches, plus generous margins. One copperplate faintly toned, otherwise all very fine condition. Rare Copper and Wood Engravings by Leo Wyatt Leo Wyatt's profession was that of designing and engraving steel dies and copper plates. In his late fifties, challenged by the assertion that famed English wood engraver Reynolds Stone was seemingly "the sole practitioner of the Chancery Cursive letter in engraved form today" he began to engrave lettterheads and bookplates on wood utilizing this classic letter form. He also created separate alphabets and engraved quotations, bringing samples with him on two trips to America, in 1977 and 1978 where he found a new popularity and market for his work, although suites of his engravings, such as those offered here, remain extremely rare. He died in 1981.

      [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller]

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Beckett, Samuel
        Der Ausgestossene. Deutsch von Elmar Tophoeven. Mit 11 Holzstichen von Roswitha Quadflieg.
      Raamin-Presse, Hamburg 1976 - Mit 35 Seiten, 1 Blatt, Mit 11 Holzstichen von Roswitha Quadflieg, blindgeprägter OPappband, 4° ( 29,5 x 22,5 cm ). 7. Druck der Raamin-Presse. - Eins von 150 (GA 170) nummerierten Exemplaren, hier die Nummer 70. Im Druckvermerk von der Künstlerin signiert. Insgesamt guter, wohlerhaltener Zustand. ( Gewicht 400 Gramm ) ( Pic erhältlich / webimage available ) [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Friederichsen]

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Homer; In Contemporary Verse by Robert Fitzgerald; Illustrated by Quentin Fiore
        THE ILIAD
      Franklin Library, 1976, Hardcover, First Edition; First PrintingFine, Bound in premium full leather. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. A Limited Edition printed for subscribers only. Pristine.; The Franklin Library Collection The 100 Greatest Books of all Time.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

      [Bookseller: RareBookCellar.com]

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King, Stephen) Cohen, D. Lawrence
        Carrie. Screenplay ? adapted from the novel by Steven King. Revised First Draft
      A Paul Monash Production 1976 - The uncommon screenplay for the film of Stephen King's first novel, published by Doubleday in 1974. Directed by Brian De Palma, the film proved a box office success, established the reputations of King and De Palma, and made a star of Sissy Spacek. Carrie was also the screen debut of John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Amy Irving, and William Katt.Provenance: Colleen Dewhurst & George C. Scott Estate. Grey card wrappers bound with brads. Superficial exterior soiling, else fine. In custom half morocco slipcase and inner chemise Mimeographed typescript. Ff. [1], [1]-5, 5A, 5B, 6-107. 1 vols. 4to

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(King, Stephen) Cohen, D Lawrence
        Carrie Screenplay ? adapted from the novel by Steven King Revised First Draft
      A Paul Monash Production, 1976. Mimeographed typescript. Ff. [1], [1]-5, 5A, 5B, 6-107. 1 vols. 4to. Grey card wrappers bound with brads. Superficial exterior soiling, else fine. In custom half morocco slipcase and inner chemise. The uncommon screenplay for the film of Stephen King's first novel, published by Doubleday in 1974. Directed by Brian De Palma, the film proved a box office success, established the reputations of King and De Palma, and made a star of Sissy Spacek. Carrie was also the screen debut of John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Amy Irving, and William Katt.Provenance: Colleen Dewhurst & George C. Scott Estate.

      [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller]

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William Eggleston
        William Eggleston's Guide
      New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine in boards; no jacket, as issued. Very slight edgewear, some slight but noticable rubbing and light scratching to the photographic inlay on the front board. This copy signed by the photographer on the title page. It seems like overkill to note that this title is in every major photography book survey--- i.e., Roth, Parr, Open Book. A bright, solid copy of a seminal title, one of the most important photography books ever published, and made all the better by the great man's signature.

      [Bookseller: John Kehoe, Bookseller ABAA]

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Sondheim, Stephen (Voltaire, Leonard Bernstein, Harold Prince, Hugh Wheeler and Others)
        CANDIDE (Inscribed By Stephen Sondheim)
      New York: Macmillan, 1976. Sondheim, Stephen. Voltaire's CANDIDE. New York: Macmillan (Schirmer Books), 1976. First Printing. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM to a fan. This is a first edition not often obtainable in general as the print run was small, rarely ever seen in such fine condition, and (as far as we know) virtually never signed by Sondheim (possibly because he was only one of a large number of famed collaborators who worked on this musical project). A large coffee-table sized book featuring the complete words and music of the Drama Critics Award Winning Broadway Musical featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, a book by Hugh Wheeler based on Voltaire's original tale. Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, John Latouche and Stephen Sondheim. Rare, rare, rare.. Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Fine/Fine.

      [Bookseller: Lakin & Marley Rare Books]

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        Cannabisco Distributing Wholesale Catalog
      Inglewood, California: Cannabisco Distributing. 1976. Quarto. Clasp bound printed wrappers. 76 pages. Heavily illustrated. Rare wholesale head shop supply catalog advertising pipes, bongs, roach clips, papers, stash boxes, pouches, and anything else the "Dazed and Confused" generation would desire, emblazoned with the admonition: "Items herein are not intended for illegal use." Contains various inserts, price lists, etc. with order forms laid in, as well as a copy of the company's tabloid Toke Rite Times, Volume 1, Number 1. The tabloid newsprint is toned, else everything is fine. The first catalog of this type that we've seen, and not surprisingly, OCLC isn't holding. .

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]

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MacDonald, John Forrest
        The War History of Southern Rhodesia, 1939-45 (Rhodesiana reprint library--silver series)
      Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo, 1976, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, 2nd EditionThe book number for this title applies to two volumes. The ISBN given is for volume one. Volume two ISBN is: 0869201409. Volume one is the reprint of the original 1947 publication. Volume two is the reprint of the original 1950 edition. The very general condition of both is good. Both have suffered from inconsiderate storage. The covers (including the dustjackets) of both have mottling, marking and staining from damp. The initial pages and later pages of both volumes have staining and wrinkling. The bulk of both volumes are in good condition with clear, fresh looking pages and maps. There is wear and marking to the head and feet of both spines. Previous owner inscriptions are on both frontispages. Both volumes are sturdy and stoic and may be used and owned with complete confidence and enjoyment. fk Quantity Available: 1. Category: Africana - Military; Rhodesiana; ISBN: 0869201387. ISBN/EAN: 9780869201381. Inventory No: ahzn.

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Fellini, Federico (director); Michelangelo Antonioni (director); Donald Sutherland, Cicely Browne (starring); Mimmo Cattarinich (still photographer)
        Fellini's Casanova (Original oversize double weight photograph from the 1976 film)
      Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), Rome 1976 - Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Donald Sutherland and Cicely Browne getting it on in high style in the 1976 film.Cattarinich did still photography work for many interesting and prominent directors in the 1970s and 1980s, including Pedro Almodovar, Joe D'Amato, Marco Ferreri, and Pier Paolo Pasolini, among others.Producer Dino De Laurentiis saw Robert Redford in the role of Casanova but Fellini refused to cast him. When De Laurentiis bowed out of the project and Fellini signed a new contract with producer Alberto Grimaldi, Sutherland was cast in the role, requiring that he shave his head and wear both prosthetic nose and chin.Fellini had to re-shoot parts of this movie, including the elaborate Venice carnival scene, when approximately seventy reels of film-including the first three weeks of shooting-were stolen at the Technicolor labs of Tiburtino, Rome, on August 27, 1975. Also stolen were portions of Pasolini's "Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom" and Damiano Damiani's spaghetti Western, "A Genius, Two Partners, and a Dupe."11.5 x 7.75 inches. Fine. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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        Mayuyama, Seventy Years
      Tokyo, Japan: Mayuyama & Co., 1976. This is the complete set of two volumes from the series. Published, printed and bound in Japan. A bilingual edition in English and Japanese, including the captions for the plates and illus.The volumes are bound in a light gray buckram, with crisp gilt-stamped lettering to the spines. Gently bumped spine heads and tails, and with fairly sharp corners. 12.75 x 10.25 inches. Volume I with iv and 475 numbered pages, and with xiv color plates and with 1446 monochrome plates of Chinese, Korean and Japanese ceramics. Volume II with 339 numbered pages, and with xiv color plates and with 677 monochrome plates of Chinese, Korean, Japanese and other Asian arts. All plates and illustrations on a semi-glossy coated heavy-weight stock. An immensely clean set of volumes, and quite tight. No remainder marks. Either unread or very gently read. No dustjackets. Near Fine copies. The two-volume set is scarce in any condition. This book was issued to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Mayuyama Asian arts and antiques shop by the founder, Matsutaro Mayuyama. The shop was first opened in Beijing in 1906 and then moved to Tokyo in 1916. The principal business of the shop is and always has been the collection and sale of old Chinese ceramic objects.. First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

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MACLEAN, Norman
        A River Runs Through It
      Chicago: University of Chicago. 1976. Two long interrelated stories of a family for whom "there was no clear line between religion and fly-fishing." Published by the university press as a favor to Maclean as he retired, the book became a surprise success, first gaining readership through word of mouth recommendations and eventually necessitating many later printings, illustrated and gift editions. Basis for the Robert Redford film featuring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt and Emily Lloyd. This copy is inscribed by Maclean in Billings [Montana], in April of 1977: "Bill/ Good luck and try a Bailey Gray Wulf [sic]/ Norman Maclean." The Gray Wulff is a Lee Wulff designed dry fly first marketed by his friend Dan Bailey. Dan's son John took over the running of Dan Bailey's Fly Shop in Livingston, Montana and was a consultant to Redford on the film. A few small spots to the top edge, else a fine copy in a near fine, spine and edge sunned dust jacket with slight rubbing at the extremities. A very nice copy with a nice inscription, referencing fly fishing and done in his home state at a time when the book was still little known (the recipient purchased his copy from the local Walden Books shortly before Maclean was to give a talk at Eastern Montana College in Billings, and it was still in the first printing). One of the best inscriptions we've seen in this title. Recommended for the Pulitzer Prize in 1977, but no award was given. First Edition. Hardcover.

      [Bookseller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA]

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Maclean, Norman
        A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT and Other Stories
      Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1976. First edition. Fine/Fine. A Fine copy of the book sharp, fresh and without wear. In a Fine dust jacket with a tiny crinkle at the base of the spine, but without chip, tear or toning. A superior example of this modern highspot.Norman Maclean's 1976 semi-autobiographical short story collection, including the titular piece along with "Logging and Pimping and 'Your pal, Jim'" and "USFS 1919: The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky." In 1977 the Pulitzer Prize committee suggested "A River Runs Through It" be awarded the prize for fiction, but they were overruled and no prize was awarded. The book was adapted into a 1992 Robert Redford film, starring Craig Scheffer and Brad Pitt and would receive three Academy Award nominations. Critic Alfred Kazin praised the book in a review for the Chicago Tribune: "There are passages here of physical rapture in the presence of unsullied primitive America that are as beautiful as anything in Thoreau and Hemingway.". Fine in Fine. dust jacket.

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"Nitsch, Hermann"
        KOENIG OEDIPUS EINE SPIELBARE THEORIE DES DRAMAS
      Naples: Edition Morra. 1976. 1st edition. "8 1/2 x 11 3/4"". 86pp. One of only 50 signed and numbered copies (all published) of this dense theoretical manifesto by the founder of the Vienesse Aktionist Group. This work seeks to explicate the group's principles in direct relation to their extremist (oft-times sado- masochist) ritual performance actions. Originally composed in 1964, 'Koenig Oedipus...' was not published in this complete format until 1976. Text printed in mimeo and by spirit duplicator ('ditto').Text in German." Signed and numbered. Typescript reproduced in mimeo and ditto. Wrappers bound with metal clasp. Some wear to wrappers, else a very good example. Rare

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LABROT, Syl
        Pleasure Beach: A Book of Photography
      New York: Eclipse, 1976. Fine in an almost fine jacket. Because if its size, true collector's copies are uncommon.. First Edition. Large oblong quarto. Underrated artist book by a photographer who worked more often in commercial jobs than a fine art context. Published same year as Eggleston's Guide, this technically innovative book uses an unusual color palette set on deep blacks that prefigures the graphic digital futurism of the 1980s. Labrot's experiments conjures images not unlike the photography of Lucas Samaras. The image and color laying processes anticipates the techniques and style of computer generated digital graphics.

      [Bookseller: Harper's Books, Inc.]

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Benyon, J.A. ; Cook, C.W.;Davenport, T.R.H.; Hunt, K.S. (Editor)
        Studies in Local History : Essays in Honour of Professor Winifred Maxwell
      Oxford University Press, 1976, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s)the jacket is worn and and there are several tears and small holes. both the book and jacket are lightly foxed. the book is signed on the title page by all 4 editors and by Winifred Maxwell. there is also a signature on the front end page. the binding is excellent. Quantity Available: 1. Signed by Author(s). ISBN: 0195700902. ISBN/EAN: 9780195700909. Inventory No: zm72.

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NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (1930-2002):
        Un reve plus long que la nuit, presentation du film de 1976 de Niki de Saint Phalle, booklet de 15 ff., 31.5 x 21 cm, cree par l'artiste elle-meme, env. 1975. Imprime en n/b sur papier (page de titre en couleur), colorie a la main et rempli de collages. Le film a ete realise avec la participation d'artistes celebres comme Bernhard Luginbühl, Hans Spoeri et Jean Tinguely, avec en role principal la fille de Niki, Laura Condominas. Cet exemplaire est unique, car il a ete retouche par l'artiste en personne et porte la dedicace ms. "pour Micheline, Merci - j'espere que tu viendras (sic) voir le film, je t'embrasse. Niki". Il s'agit de son amie Micheline Gygax, compagne de Jean Tinguely et mere du fils de ce dernier, Milan. Provenance: Milan Gygax / Yves Lachat, (vendeur d'art prive).
      . 31.5 x 21 cm.. Presentation of the 1976 movie "Un reve plus long que la nuit" from Niki de Saint Phalle, booklet of 15 sheets, 31.5 x 21 cm, created by the artist herself, ca. 1975, printed in b/w (titlepage in colour), colored by hand and decorated with pasted images etc. The movie stars, her own daughter Laura Condominas in the front role and several other wellknown artists like Bernhard Luginbühl, Hans Spoeri and Jean Tinguely participated in the project. This item is unique as it was prepared by the artist herself and features the following dedication on the front page: "pour Micheline, Merci - j'espere que tu viendras voir le film, je t'embrasse. Niki". Micheline Gygax the companion of Jean Tinguely and the mother of his son Milan, was a good friend of Niki,. Provenence: Milan Gygax / Yves Lachat, (private art dealer).Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

      [Bookseller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.]

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Asimov, Isaac
        THE BICENTENNIAL MAN / ORIGINAL CARBON TYPESCRIPT / Manuscript
      N. p. 1976 - THE BICENTENNIAL MAN / ORIGINAL CARBON TYPESCRIPT being 50 pages, approximately 15,000 words, fine in custom tray-case. Accompanied by a 200 word plus TYPED LETTER SIGNED by Asimov dated July 12th, 1974 to his long time friend and fellow science fiction personage, Forrie Ackerman, mentioning that he cannot promise a science fiction story to a deadline, but since the proposed anthology title is to be THE BICENTENNIAL MAN, there were 4 previously published items in The Saturday Evening Post that might be possibly utilized revolving around Benjamin Franklin which could be had for a small royalty. Along with copies of three other letters to Ackerman which yield yet more information regarding the specifics of this eventual typescript. (Which goes like this: Sometime in 1974, a woman by the name of Naomi Gordon approached Forrest Ackerman with an idea for a science fiction anthology for the upcoming Bicentennial of the U.S. Projected writers for this undertaking were to be Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Fred Pohl, Ursula Le Guin, Robert Heinlein, Philip Jose Farmer, Larry Niven, A. E. Van Vogt, Jack Williamson and of course Isaac Asimov. While this project never fully materialized with some authors agreeing to the project and others not and some producing an actual typescript and again others not, Isaac obviously opted in thereby producing this novella. When the anthology finally and officially became a lost cause, the story was then immediately published when submitted elsewhere and went on to win not only the prestigious NEBULA award, but the highly coveted HUGO award as well). Asimov's typescripts are very rarely offered on the open market (or the private market for that matter with most, if not all of them, going to the Boston University Library) and the opportunity to purchase the second of only three of his fictional works to win a HUGO award (the final being another short story entitled GOLD, published much later in 1991, which was written on a computer and thus never a true and proper typescript) and the second to win the NEBULA award, not too mention a "ROBOT STORY" to boot and the source work for the film of the same name with Robin Williams in the lead, should prove a temptation most difficult to ignore. (First option of refusal to purchase the rest of the THE BICENTENNIAL MAN file consisting of all remaining authorial typescripts and correspondence will be tendered to the purchaser of this item.) [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

      [Bookseller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979]

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