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Berlin: Im Verlah Ullstein, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/VG+. Udet, Ernst (1896-1941). (Garnett, Tay). Mein Fliegerleben (My Life as a Pilot). Berlin: Im Verlag Ullstein, 1937. Inscribed copy to American film director (and fellow pilot) Tay Garnett (1894 - 1977). Spanning nearly 60 years, Garnett's scriptwriting and directing career moved from the silents to the heyday of the Hollywood motion picture studio to television; of the hundreds of projects he either wrote or directed, he is best known for directing the American noir classic The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). As a young man he served as Naval Air pilot in WWI and worked as a cartoonist before finding work as a title writer for Mack Sennett Studios. By the time sound came along, he was directing feature theatricals. Garnett and Udet met while Garnett was directing SOS Iceberg (1933). The two had much in common: both were accomplished cartoonists but most importantly both served, albeit in enemy forces, as air pilots in WWI, Udet being a… Read More

Tuscon AZ: Nazarelli Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. SIGNED AND ALSO WARMLY INSCRIBED in 2004 on the title page by photographer Uelsmann. Near fine cloth covers.

Mexico: Editorial Jus, 1946. First Edition. Full Marbleized Leather. Near Fine -. Full marbelized leather, natural color, 4 raised bands, red leather label. Light rubbing to spine edges, right edge front cover. Binding tight, text clean, pages lightly toned. Spanish text, 286 pages. Previous owner signature and inscription.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG-. Paper-covered boards with an illustrative design that is an exemplar of how Japanese design influenced book decoration. With it's sever diagonals in black and white interspersed with dream-like illustrations of snow-capped mountains and the moon, the design has, presciently, a Surrealistic or Avant-Garde feel to it. Indeed, a decorative binding - in 1881 - way ahead of its time. Covers soiled, and flaked at hinges, worn at edges all around, foxing to tissue guard and frontispiece, still solidly bound. 8vo, 202p + 6p ads, illustrated, pictorial endpapers too show Japansese influence. Christmas gift inscription 1897 ffe. A solid, unsophisticated copy.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Seventh Regiment Board of Officers, 1868. First Edition. Pebbled Cloth. VG/No Dj. Gilt emblem stamped on pub brown pebbeled cloth front cover, blind-stamped rulings, beveled edges. Some wear at top of spine. Some spotting to cloth rear cover. Signed in pencil by previous owner, a descendant of one of the members of the Second "B" Company. A few pages have guardsmen's names checked off, or the word "dead" lightly penciled next to them. A very interesting and historical book.

Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Subtitle: A COMPENDIUM OF A HALF CENTURY OF PRINCETON WIT AND HUMOR, IF ANY, IN PROSE, PICTURE AND POETRY. Limited to 1000 copies, 4to, black tight-weave linen, gilt titles in scarce pictorial dustjacket, which is moderately worn, book and internals almost as new. The humor annual was ultimately disbanded in 1961, after a brief aborted efforts by a student editorto transform it into a publication of serious articles and fiction. (NYTimes articles laid-in).

Neufchatel, 1781. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. Pamphlet, covers missing, lightly stained around edges, 39 pages. Critical discussion by an unidentified observer - pehaps an exhibiting artist - whose tone is that of a mock 'counter-critic' ("galimatia" = "gibberish"), or in any case, someone arguing against the prevalent reviews and opinion of the Paris salon of 1781. OCLC lists only 5 libraries worldwide with this publication.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Good+/Good. Dj with some water discoloration near spine and lower edge of front and rear panels. Priceclipped. Some water discoloration on front pastedown, near binding, and on the top edge of all pages. Does not affect text. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions. Good reference or reading copy.

NY: Oxford University Press, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. SIGNED BY BRUCE ROGERS under the half title "alias Bruce Rogers" Dustjacket has a tanned spine and some internal tape repairs. Solid, clean book with bookplate front pasetdown.