1981 United States Chess Championship and Zonal Qualifier (Score Sheets)

by Lev Osipovich Alburt (1945- ) signed

Complete set of original score sheets in Lev Alburt's hand in octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2). Signed by each of his contestants excep the Benjamn score.The 28th U S Championship and Zonal Qualifier was a hard fought contest which ended with a tie for first place and two co-champions, Grandmasters Walter Browne and Yasser Seirawan. Since the top three finishers automatically qualify for the Zonal, a playoff between Larry Christiansen, Lubomir Kavalek and Sammy Reshevsky, who tied for third... Read More

Offered by The Book Collector, Inc

Autograph letter signed in full to noted musicologist, conductor, and music editor, Arthur Mendel

by BLOCH, Ernest 1880-1959

1-1/8 pp. Octavo. Dated 21 July 1933. On letterhead of the Hotel Peter Stuyvesant in New York. In French (with transcription and translation). Bloch was very touched by Mendel's "kind letter" and "charming attention" and tells his correspondent that he will let him know as soon as the date of performance of his "Service" is fixed, closing with "I will certainly be very pleased to see you again." Creased at folds and very slightly overall. In... Read More

Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

President Bush Thanks An Author For His Publication The Inner Circle

by GEORGE HW BUSH

GEORGE H. W. BUSH (1924-2018). Bush was the Forty-First President.TLS. 1pg. January 29, 1992. No place [Washington, DC]. A typed letter signed George Bush as President on his The President notecard. He wrote to Peter as he was gearing up for his re-election bid: Sig Rogich passed along the copy of The Inner Circle. I appreciate your sharing this publication with me. Best regards. Sig Rogich was Bushs Ambassador to Iceland. This letter... Read More

Offered by Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

Entretiens sur la nature de l'ame des bétes

by [ Aubert , Francois ]

Basle: 1760 Second edition of this treatise on animal souls, first published in 1756. Aubert (1709-1770) gives a history of the controversy as to whether animals have souls, from classical times. His own conclusion is that they have souls, but that they are inferior souls to those of humans. He regards animals as delightful, but subservient to human beings. Contemporary sheep over paste-paper boards, gilt flat spine, edges stained red. Engraved armorial bookplate dated 1770 on front pastedown (Ex Libris... Read More

Offered by Michael R. Thompson Rare Books

St. Joseph's Indian School 1957 Tribal Calendar

by [Native Americans]: [Education]

[Chamberlain, S.D., 1956. About very good.. [16]pp., printed in full color. Original self wrappers, stapled, 5.5 x 5.25 inches. Moderate staining and soiling to outer wrappers. Some dates in July and August circled in pencil. A handsomely produced calendar issued at Christmas-time in 1956 by the Catholic authorities in charge of the St. Joseph Indian School, sent to the tribal members of the school's community. The calendar opens with a message from Father Peter, in which he calls... Read More

Offered by The Joe Fay Company

South Pacific. A Musical Play

by MARTIN, Mary; RODGERS, Richard HAMMERSTEIN, Oscar

New York: Random House , 1949. With an Inscribed Photograph of Mary Martin as Nellie Forbush [MARTIN, Mary]. RODGERS, Richard. HAMMERSTEIN, Oscar. South Pacific. A Musical Play. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd, and Joshua Logan. Adapted from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Tales of the South Pacific. New York: Random House, [1949]. First edition, first printing, second state (without Logan credit on copyright page). With an Inscribed Photograph of Mary... Read More

Offered by David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Casablanca (Original photograph from the 1942 film)

by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre (starring); Michael Curtiz (director); Murray Burnett, Joan Allison (play)

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1942. Vintage studio still photograph from the French release of the 1942 film, showing a smiling Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. French mimeo snipe and layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Michael Curtiz's breakthrough masterpiece, consistently ranked among the greatest films in history, about an American expatriate who sets aside his love for a woman in order to help both her and her resistance-fighter husband escape Nazi-controlled Casablanca. Nominated for eight... Read More

Offered by Royal Books, Inc.

The Tower Is Everywhere

by JONES, Richard (Peter Taylor)

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First American edition. Small Quarto: 288 pp. Inscribed and Signed by the author in neat ink on the title page: "With love & good wishes to Eleanor & Peter Taylor, Charlottesville May 1977, Richard Jones." Near fine in a good dustwrapper, with some soiling and scuffing to both panels, fading to the spine, and a few small tears to the top edge. Peter Taylor was one of America's best... Read More

Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (Original screenplay for the 1986 film)

by Peter R. Hunt (director); Michael Wadleigh, Dulcinda Gose (screenwriters); Sydney Penny, Talia Shire, Gail Strickland, Keenan Wynn (starring)

London: Taliafilm II, 1984. Draft script for the 1986 film. Laid in with the script is a small "With Compliments" card bearing the name of screenwriter Michael Wadleigh in manuscript ink. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg, who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the screenplay adaptation of "Angel Heart" (1987), based on his 1978 novel. Three teenage aliens stow away on a mission to Earth, where they... Read More

Offered by Royal Books, Inc.

Oldenburg Comitatus

by VALCK, Gerard and SCHENK, Peter

Amsterdam. unbound. Map. Copperplate engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14.5 x 19". This decorative map of Oldenburg and Bremen in Germany includes Jadebusen and the estuary of the Weser. Oriented with north to the right, it depicts towns, fortresses, and beautifully rendered topography. Map is in good condition with some edge wear and overall toning. Minor wear along original centerfold. Brittle paper. Petrus Schenk (c.1660--1711) was a German engraver and cartographer. He began his training in... Read More

Offered by Argosy Book Store

Death Valley (Original screenplay for the 1982 film)

by Dick Richards (director); Richard Rothstein (screenwriter); Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie, Wilford Brimly (starring)

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. Title page contains "#40" written in manuscript pencil on the upper right, likely a copy number, as well as several pages with annotations, again in manuscript pencil, commenting, circling and striking scenes, action and dialogue. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner, whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" (Robert Altman, 1973), "The Missouri Breaks" (Arthur Penn, 1976), and "Heat" (Michael Mann, 1996). A year... Read More

Offered by Royal Books, Inc.

Autograph letter signed to J. W. Becker

by Gassiot, John Peter

1868. Very Good. Gassiot, John Peter (1797-1877). A.L.s. to J. W. Becker. Clapham Common, Surrey, September 24, 1868. 3pp. 177 x 119 mm. Remains of mounting on verso of second leaf. Provenance: Latimer Clark. Gassiot is best known for his investigations of voltaic electricity and the discharge of electricity through gases at low pressure. His letter, which is illustrated with sketches, describes the solution to a possible problem with some electrical apparatus. Origins of Cyberspace 144. . ... Read More

Offered by Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc.

Improved Geographical Cards.

by Freeman, J.W

[Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson. [c1883]. Likely first edition and perhaps only edition of a rare item: only one copy listed in OCLC. . Original paper-covered box (3 x 5 x 1 in.). . Complete set of 200 cards (4 x 2 in.) containing 4-5 clues and answer on recto (verso is blue-backed and blank), as well as 4 pp. single-fold instruction booklet (5 x 3 in.). Chip to bottom corner and abrasion affecting legibility of inner text of instruction booklet.... Read More

Offered by Michael R. Thompson Rare Books

Collection of items (offprints, pamphlet, ALS) by early telephone historian and author John E. Kingsbury

by Kingsbury, John E.

London: various, 1923. The collection offered here includes two offprints, one early pamphlet, and a signed letter from Kingsbury to his son on a Turkish telephone company letterhead. 1)  J. E. K. [ Kingsbury, John Edmund ]. The Telephone in Principle and Practice: Its Origin and Development. London: David Bogue, 1882. First Edition. [4], 39, [1,blank] pages. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches). Light blue stapled wraps. Rear wrapper lacking (advertisements, we provide a printout of another... Read More

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The Shorebirds of North America. Editor and Sponsor Gardner D. Stout

by Mathiessen, Peter

New York: The Viking Press, 1967. First edition. Illustrated with Paintings by Robert Verity Clem. 270 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Cloth. Fine in fine pictorial unclipped dust jacket, with folds where it was laid in book. Bookplate of Roy D. Chapin, Jr. Clem, Robert Verity. First edition. Illustrated with Paintings by Robert Verity Clem. 270 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Roy Chapin/ With best wishes/ Peter Mathiessen/ December 13, 1967.

Offered by James Cummins Bookseller Inc.

Inscribed Signed Photograph

by LORRE, Peter

1960. unbound. fine. Exceptional head & shoulders ISP, c. 1960, executed in black fountain pen ink, "To Kayo - the best - Pete Lorre". Boldly signed with excellent contrast. LORRE, Peter (1900 - 1964). Hungarian character actor best remembered for a series of movies in which he co-starred with Humphrey Bogart.

Offered by Argosy Book Store

The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Sea

by Joseph Conrad

London: William Heinemann, 1898. Very Good. London: William Heinemann, 1898. First UK Edition, earliest issue with "H" in Heinemann at base of spine larger than other letters. Octavo. 259 pp., + [4] pp. advertisements + 16 pp. publisher's "Autumn Announcements" dated 1897 in roman numerals. Dark slate cloth stamped in gilt with publisher's blind stamp to rear. Boards rather worn with scuffing to front and rear; rubbing to spine; top of spine nudged. Shaky in binding but overall... Read More

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Good-bye, Mr. Chips (Goodbye)

by HILTON, James

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Canadian edition. Fine in near very good dustwrapper with small chips and tears, and some rubbing. Basis for two films: the 1939 Sam Wood-directed version with Robert Donat (who beat out Clark Gable, Henry Fonda, and others for the Best Actor Oscar in what was probably Hollywood's best year ever), Greer Garso and Paul Henreid; and the 1969 remake directed by Herbert Ross with Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, and... Read More

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Points in Time

by BOWLES, Paul

London: Peter Owen, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A touch bumped at the top corners else near fine in modestly spine-sunned, very good or better price-clipped dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed Bowles on the half-title to a close friend, utilizing the printed word "Time" in the inscription: "for Daniel this particular point in [Time] seems to mean Buen Viaje. Until soon and best, Paul - Tangier 13/ix/85.

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Bunny Rabbit's Pranks

by Ken (?)

Otley, UK. NA. Loose. Very Good. Charming animal story manuscript, in the tradition, if not inspired by Peter Rabbit, with a strong kinship to Bugs Bunny. In this story, the rabbit prankster manages to get the best of all the other, mostly bigger and stronger animals, even when at first the rabbit appears to be in a bind. It bests a fox, a bear, a lion, a wolf and turtle in various ways. If there is a moral... Read More

Offered by White Fox Rare Books and Antiques

1981 United States Chess Championship and Zonal Qualifier (Score Sheets)

by Larry Mark Christiansen (1956- ) signed