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[Huxley] Dunaway, David King. HUXLEY IN HOLLYWOOD. NY: Harper & Row,
(1989). 1st Edition [so stated]. Very good+ condition with like jacket
in protective mylar wrapper. $20.00.

Maltin, Leonard (Editor). FILM FAN MONTHLY, No. 61/62. 27 pgs. Photos
& drawings. Stapled white paper wrappers. Octavo. Teaneck, NJ: Film
Fan Monthly, July/August, 1966. Very good condition. $15.00.

Maltin, Leonard (Editor). FILM FAN MONTHLY, No. 97/98. 45 pgs. Photos
& drawings. Stapled white paper wrappers. Octavo. Teaneck, NJ: Film
Fan Monthly, July/August, 1969. Very good condition. $15.00.

Maltin, Leonard (Editor). FILM FAN MONTHLY. 23 pgs. Photos & drawings.
Stapled white paper wrappers. Octavo. Teaneck, NJ: Film Fan Monthly,
September, 1968. 1/2" tear on bottom edge of pamphlet; otherwise,
good+ condition. $15.00.

Maltin, Leonard (Editor). FILM FAN MONTHLY, No. 73/74. 37 pgs. Photos
& drawings. Stapled white paper wrappers. Octavo. Teaneck, NJ: Film
Fan Monthly, July/August, 1967. Very good condition. $15.00.

KEY SYSTEM, LTD. TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS. 47 pgs. Stapled yellow paper
wrappers. 24mo. No Place: 1932. Covers rubbed & lightly creased;
otherwise, good condition. "For the convenience of employes in
handling interchange business between East Bay Street Railways, Lts.,
or East Bay Motor Coach Lines, Ltd., the transfer rules of those
companies are appended hereto. Effective June 1, 1932." $15.00.

QUIZ JR. RAILROAD QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. Unpaged. Drawings. Stapled
paper wrappers. 16mo. Washington, DC: Association of American
Railroads, no date (c.1950). Very good condition. 100 questions &
answers for children about the U.S. Railway system. $5.00.

A YEAR BOOK OF RAILROAD INFORMATION - 1946. 96 pgs with index.
Drawings. Stapled paper wrappers. 16mo. NY: Eastern Railroad
Presidents Conference Committee in Public Relations, 1946. Good+
condition. $5.00.

Doyle, Sir A. Conan. LE MEMORIE DI SHERLOCK HOLMES. Paper wrappers in
chipped & rubbed dust jacket. 12mo. Milan: Rizzoli, (1950). 1st
Italian Edition. Page edges very slightly darkened; otherwise, good+
condition with good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Text in
Italian. De Waal #1302. $100.00.

Doyle, Conan. LA BANDE MOUCHETTE [The Speckled Band]. Cloth in chipped
& rubbed dust jacket. 12mo. No Place: Andre Martel, 1947. 3rd French
Edition. Good+ condition with good jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
Text in French. De Waal #1079.NET $50.00.

Davidson, Diane Mott. THE MAIN CORPSE. Cloth in red dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Bantam, (1996). 1st Edition. Near fine condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Bellew, Helene. BALLET IN MOSCOW TODAY. 203 pgs. Photos. Cloth in
lightly chipped black dust jacket. Quarto. Greenwich, CT: New York
Graphic Society, no date (c.1950's?). 1st Edition. Front endpapers
with a few pale beige spots; otherwise, very good condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $30.00.

Tsuda, Noritake. HANDBOOK OF JAPANESE ART. 525 pgs with bibliography &
index. 10 color plates + 345 black & white photos & prints. Red cloth,
without dust jacket. Octavo. Tokyo: Sanseido, 1935. 1st Edition.
Covers lightly spotted; top-rear corner lightly damp-stained; bottom
edge of pages slightly rippled; otherwise, good condition. $45.00.

Fraser, Antonia. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. 613 pgs with index. Prints.
Cloth in chipped, price-clipped black dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Delacorte, (1969). 3rd printing. Few white spots on rear cover;
otherwise, very good condition with good jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. In print 1998 @ $50.00. Our price: $25.00.

[Doyle] Sebeok, Thomas & Jean Umiker-Sebeok. "YOU KNOW MY METHOD": A
Juxtaposition of Charles S. Peirce & Sherlock Holmes. 84 pgs with
bibliography. Photos & prints. Light grey cloth, without dust jacket,
as issued. 12mo. Bloomington, IN: Gaslight Publications, 1980. 1st
Edition [so stated]. From the "Sherlock Holmes Monograph Series." Fine
condition. $30.00.

Shipman, David. JUDY GARLAND: THE SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN LEGEND.
540 pgs with bibliography & index. Photos. Cloth in dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Hyperion, (1993). 1st U.S. Edition. Few white spots on
front cover; otherwise, very good condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. DLR-NET $15.00.

Shorr, Morton & Alfred Zaehringer (Editors). SOLID ROCKET TECHNOLOGY.
337 pgs with index. Purple cloth, without dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Wiley, (1967). 1st Edition. Covers lightly flecked; otherwise, very
good condition. $25.00.

Malingue, Maurice (Editor). PAUL GAUGUIN: LETTERS TO HIS WIFE &
FRIENDS. 255 pgs. Photos & reproductions. Cloth in chipped orange dust
jacket. Octavo. Cleveland: World, (1949). 1st Edition. Very good
condition with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Long, E.B. THE CIVIL WAR DAY BY DAY: An Almanac, 1861-1865. 1135 pgs
with bibliography & index. Cloth in chipped, price-clipped grey dust
jacket with 3" closed tear at base of spine. Thick octavo. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. Very good condition in fair jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

[Williams] Spoto, Donald. THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS: THE LIFE OF
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS. 409 pgs with notes, bibliography & index. Photos.
Cloth in lightly chipped red dust jacket. Octavo. Boston: Little,
Brown, (1985). 1st Edition [so stated]. Very good+ condition in good+
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $20.00.

Willis, John & Barry Monush. SCREEN WORLD 1997 FILM ANNUAL. Volume 48.
336 pgs with index. Photos. Color pictorial paper wrappers. Octavo.
NY: Applause, 1998. Near fine condition. In print 1998 @ $27.95. Our
price: $15.00.

Higham, Charles. THE FILMS OF ORSON WELLES. 210 pgs with filmography,
bibliography & index. Profuse photos. Pictorial paper wrappers. Square
quarto. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972. 2nd printing.
Lower-front corner lightly creased; otherwise, good+ condition.
$20.00.

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