Paris: Parisiana, n.d. (1928). Single leaf, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-3/4 in., printed on one side only. Handbill announcement of this contemporary screening of Paul Bern's 1925 film for Paramount, now lost. It first showed in France in 1926. This announcement includes a paragraph in praise of the film's star Pola..... More
Paris: Cine-Masses/Salle Adyar, 1933. Single leaf, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/4 in., printed on one side only. Handbill announcement and ticket blank for this screening for a left-wing club, offering a double feature of contemporary cinematic masterpieces: King Vidor's "La Foule" (The Crowd) and Pal Fejos's "Solitude" (Lonesome), both of which..... More
Paris: Eden Cinema du Petit Massy, n.d. (1941). Single leaf, approx. 6-1/4 X 8-1/2 in., printed on one side only. Handbill announcement of screening of the 1935 film --the first of at least three cinematic adaptations of Eugene Sue's novel-- that featured an early score by Georges Auric. A film..... More
Paris: Cine-Alma, n.d. (1931). Bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in., printed on all sides. Printed program for this Paris screening of the De Mille epic "King of Kings," listing the cast (which included Joseph Schildkraut and Sally Rand), and with a summation of De Mille's career thus far on the..... More
Paris: Elysees-Cinema, 1938. Bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 6-1/2 in., printed in all four sides. Folding program from a Paris screening of the Eddie Cantor feature, with a photo still inside. Also on the program: two Disney animations "Le Cousin de Campagne" (The Country Cousin) and "Mickey Chez les Géants" (Giantland)..... More
Nice: n.d. (1929). Single leaf, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in., printed on one side only. Handbill announcement of an open air screening of the first film adaptation (1925) of Leon Sazie's novel "Les Enfants de Paris" as part of observations of the "Fete nationale," occurring on the weekend of the..... More
Nice: 1929. Single leaf, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in., printed on one side only. Handbill announcement of an open-air screening of two silent features, "L'Engrenage" by Maurice Keroul (1925) and "La Patricienne de Venise" (1926). In small type at the bottom there is a notice of the following week's feature..... More
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Paris: Anglo-American Cinema/Salle Berlioz, n.d. (1914). Printed bifolium, approx. 7-1/2 X 9 in., printed on all sides; with tipped-in handbill announcement of film. Announcement of this screening of a film by the Belgian adventurer Walter de Marney, documenting a hunting trip crossing the African continent from Congo to Zanzibar. Illustrated..... More
Marseille: Eldorado-Cinema, n.d. (ca. 1924). Printed handbill, approx. 6 X 9-1/2 in., printed on one side only. Advertisement for the showing of two films, the main attraction, "Le Triomphe de Buffalo" is one we've been unable to identify that would appear to be a western; the second "Le Comte Rupert..... More
(Buttermarket, Ipswich): Emanuel for Pendragon Press, 1968. First Edition. 8vo, 21pp; natural linen with green cloth spine; issued without dust jacket. One of 2000 numbered copies in the entire edition, this is from the second thousand, designated for sale in the United States. Although uncalled for, this copy has been..... More
New York: South Street Seaport Museum, 1990s. Varying sizes and formats. A nice group of letterpress poem cards and press keepsakes produced by Bowne & Co. for the South Street Seaport Museum, comprising: Emily Dickinson, "There is no Frigate like a book..."; "Rules," an arrangement of printer's rules on a...... More
New York: Oliphant Press, 1977-1983. Five pieces, varying sizes and formats. A nice gathering of finely printed ephemera, comprising: "The Oliphant Press" a brief history printed as a four-page bifolium with a woodcut illustration (1977); "The Oliphant Press" printed card advertisement with the same illustration, produced to invite commissions (no..... More
New York: Buxton Hill Music Corporation, 1953. 7ppp, approx. 9 X 12 in. with bifolium loosely inserted into illustrated self-wrappers. Music and lyrics to Porter's song from his hit Broadway show "Can-Can," for which a young Gwen Verdon won her first Tony Award. More
New York: T.B. Harms Company, 1948. 5pp, approx. 9 X 12 in., with single leaf loosely inserted into printed self-wrappers. Music and lyrics by Porter from his hit play "Kiss Me, Kate." More
New York: Famous Music Corp. 1943. 5pp, approx. 9 X 12 in., with single leaf loosely inserted into illustrated wrapper. Loesser's western song, first recorded by Tex Ritter and subsequently covered by many country singers including the Louvin Brothers, Charlie Rich, Glen Campbell, and Willie Nelson. More
New York: Harms Incorporated, 1932. 5pp, approx. 9 X 12 in., with single leaf loosely inserted into illustrated self-wrappers. Coward first recorded this song in 1931 as "Any Little Fish." More
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1935. 5pp, approx. 9 X 12 in., with single leaf inserted into illustrated self-wrappers with the last page of the music printed on the inside rear wrapper. Lyrics by Dubin and music by Warren for this song featured in the Busby Berkeley film "Gold..... More
New York: Melrose Music Corp. 1948. Single bifolium, approx. 9 X 12 in., printed on all sides. Music and lyrics for Loesser's pop standard, first recorded by Kay Kyser. More
New York: July 1916. 8vo, 32pp in printed wrappers, stapled. This issue of Kreymborg's influential magazine was edited by William Carlos Williams and contains poems by Carl Sandburg, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, Mina Loy, Ezra Pound, and many others, including of course Williams himself. The front cover has a three-line..... More
New York: November, 1918. 8vo, 64pp; original wrappers, stapled. This issue of Margaret Anderson's great magazine was, as announced on the front cover, "Devoted chiefly to Ezra Pound..." Pound, who was the magazine's London editor at the time, contributes nine poems, a portion of "Imaginary Letters," and four essays, along..... More
N.P. (New York): N.p. (Smyrna Press), n.d. (1969). First Edition. Broadside, approx. 14 X 17 in., printed on one side only, folded twice. Uncommon broadside with the text of Georgakas letter to Ezra Pound, along with Nicholas Sperakis's illustration of Pound surrounded by ghostly figures. Poet, educator, and radical activist..... More
Paris: Chez Pancoucke, 1785. 11 vols, 12mos; original self-wrappers. Eleven consecutive numbers of the venerable French periodical, whose history stretches from the mid-17th century to the present, shifting eventually from a literary magazine into a publishing house. More
Brooklyn, NY: Release Press, 1973. First Edition. 12 printed pieces, roughly 6 X 9 in., loosely housed in printed paper sleeve. "One Shot Deal was printed in a limited edition of 400, on varying grades & brands of paper. No two are exactly the same." (from the copyright page). A...... More
Berlin: Preussische Druckerei und Verlags-Aktiensgesellschaft, 1931. 8vo, 168pp, with folding map in rear; original printed wrappers. Course catalogue from the university in the final year before its usurpation by the Nazi regime. A tipped-in corregienda slip names the great pacifist theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer as a lecturer. The faculty at this..... More
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New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, n.d. (1940). First Edition. 12mo, 24pp pamphlet in wrappers, stapled. Published as "Reconstructionist Pamphlet No. 1," this essay by the movement's founder appeared in the foundation's periodical The Reconstructionist in February, 1940. The Reconstructionist movement developed in the United States, advocating a practical, historical..... More