Brandt Night London

Brandt, Bill, Lawrence Durell and Chapman Mortimer: Perspective of Nudes. ; 1. Ed.
Amphoto, New York, 1961. First american edition, first printing. Published same time, in same size, content and layout like the first english edition (The Bodley Head, London). One of most important photobooks ever published. Mentioned in all important publications about photobooks (Andrew Roth, The Book of 101 Books, page 160/161. Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, page 216. The Open Book, The Hasselblad Center, Stockholm, page 1888/189. Alessandro Bertolotti, Books of Nudes, page 150/151. 802 photobooks of the M.+M. Auer collection, page 408). 275 x 235 mm (9 1/4 x 8 3/4 in), 90 pages. Hardback. 90 black and white photographs. Preface by Lawrence Durell; introduction by Chapman Mortimer. Condition: Hardback from outside a bit used an stained. First blank page with stain, otherwise excellent. No marks of previous owner, no foxing, no creases, no tears. No jacket. Strong binding! A great copy! Bill Brandt is famous for this and other photobooks like "The English at home" or "A Night in London".***************Amphoto, New York, 1961. Erste amerikanische Ausgabe. Erschien zeitgleich und in derselben Größe, im selben Layout, mit demselben Inhalt wie die erste englische Ausgabe (The Bodley Head, London). Eines der wichtigsten Bücher in der Geschichte der Fotografie. Erwähnt in allen wichtigen Nachschlagewerken für Fotobücher (Andrew Roth, The Book of 101 Books, Seiten 160/161. Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, Seite 216. The Open Book, The Hasselblad Center, Stockholm, Seite 188/189. Alessandro Bertolotti, Books of Nudes, Seite 150/151. 802 photobooks of the M.+M. Auer collection, Seite 408). 275 x 235 mm, 90 Seiten. Hardback. 90 schwarz-weiß Fotos. Vorwort von Lawrence Durell; Einführung von Chapman Mortimer. Zustand: Hardback von außen minimal benutzt und fleckig. Erste freie Seite mit kleinen Flecken (vermutlich Fingerspuren). Ansonsten super erhalten. Keine Besitzvermerke, keine Stockflecken, keine Risse, keine Knicke. Kein Schutzumschlag. Feste Bindung! Sehr gutes Exemplar! Bill Brandt ist berühmt für seine Fotobücher, unter anderem "The English at home" und "A Night in London".

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Wallace, Edgar,
Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), Schriftsteller. E. Manuskript mit U. O. O. u. D. [Berlin, 11. Dezember 1928]. 2 SS. auf 3 Bll. 4°. - Sehr eindringliche Reflexion über das eigene Schaffen, über Bühne und Film und Kunst im Allgemeinen und auch über Berlin, wo der Schriftsteller sich gerade aufhielt, um einer Aufführung seines Stücks "Der Zinker" beizuwohnen, das zur selben Zeit, eben am 11. Dezember, unter dem Titel "The sign of the Leopard" am Broadway seine Premiere feierte: "It is two o'clock in the morning and very cold. Does Berlin ever go to sleep? It is the most restless and yet the most restful city in the world. It has the hum of London but there are times when London is quiet and the streets are deserted but in Berlin the night revellers going home meet the early risers going to work ... there will be snow I think - I can smell it in the air. I suppose I should be wise and go to bed. But to leave a play that is three parts written is very difficult for me. Still I can get up early in the morning. I wonder how Der Zinker' will be received? The company is an excellent one, but it is curious to listen to your own play in a language which you cannot understand. And yet it is fascinating to listen to these rich German voices and watch the actors move and gesticulate ... It is eight o'clock in New York, the curtain is up on the premiere of Der Zinker' (they call it The Sign of the Leopard' there)[.] Will Carl Brandt telephone me from New York ... I wonder what sort of a girl is playing the principal role? Some German girls have a certain appealing beauty [...] What was the name of that girl I met yesterday? [...] I should like to be able to read what t[he] German correspondent wrote about my views on art. So many English people use the word art' when they mean aesthetic'. They tell me I am not an artist because I write about criminals. Other people are artists when they write about God and show him in plus fours [d. s. kurze Hosen, die zehn Zentimeter unters Knie reichen und im Allgemeinen zum Sport getragen werden]. I have my own views on the personal God but there are millions of people to whom he is something real and beautiful. Why wound the spirit of millions of good people? It is like desecrating the grave of a mans mother. But it may be good art. I don't know. I am bourgeoisie I suppose ... Half past two ... taxis and cars still rolling to and from the Brandenburger Tor. A restless friendly city. How hard everybody works and how serious they are ... They work hard on the stage and in the studios ... there were two or three English actors in the cinema-studio I visited this afternoon. They were sorry that the film was finishing ... Everybody had been so kind to them[.] My God they work hard!' said one but they work to schedule! You know exactly what you have to do and when you have to do it!' ... Bed is a nice place but that wedge shaped bolster under your head is an abomination ... What was the name of that young German actress? ... Very lovely ... I wonder how she would film? ... God in plus fours ... art has many expressions [...]". - Tls. mit winzigen Randläsuren, sonst sehr wohlerhalten, wenn auch etwas fleckig.

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), Schriftsteller. E. Manuskript mit U. O. O. u. D. [Berlin, 11. Dezember 1928]. 2 SS. auf 3 Bll. 4°. - Sehr eindringliche Reflexion über das eigene Schaffen, über Bühne und Film und Kunst im Allgemeinen und auch über Berlin, wo der Schriftsteller sich gerade aufhielt, um einer Aufführung seines Stücks "Der Zinker" beizuwohnen, das zur selben Zeit, eben am 11. Dezember, unter dem Titel "The sign of the Leopard" am Broadway seine Premiere feierte: "It is two o'clock in the morning and very cold. Does Berlin ever go to sleep? It is the most restless and yet the most restful city in the world. It has the hum of London but there are times when London is quiet and the streets are deserted but in Berlin the night revellers going home meet the early risers going to work ... there will be snow I think - I can smell it in the air. I suppose I should be wise and go to bed. But to leave a play that is three parts written is very difficult for me. Still I can get up early in the morning. I wonder how Der Zinker' will be received? The company is an excellent one, but it is curious to listen to your own play in a language which you cannot understand. And yet it is fascinating to listen to these rich German voices and watch the actors move and gesticulate ... It is eight o'clock in New York, the curtain is up on the premiere of Der Zinker' (they call it The Sign of the Leopard' there)[.] Will Carl Brandt telephone me from New York ... I wonder what sort of a girl is playing the principal role? Some German girls have a certain appealing beauty [...] What was the name of that girl I met yesterday? [...] I should like to be able to read what t[he] German correspondent wrote about my views on art. So many English people use the word art' when they mean aesthetic'. They tell me I am not an artist because I write about criminals. Other people are artists when they write about God and show him in plus fours [d. s. kurze Hosen, die zehn Zentimeter unters Knie reichen und im Allgemeinen zum Sport getragen werden]. I have my own views on the personal God but there are millions of people to whom he is something real and beautiful. Why wound the spirit of millions of good people? It is like desecrating the grave of a mans mother. But it may be good art. I don't know. I am bourgeoisie I suppose ... Half past two ... taxis and cars still rolling to and from the Brandenburger Tor. A restless friendly city. How hard everybody works and how serious they are ... They work hard on the stage and in the studios ... there were two or three English actors in the cinema-studio I visited this afternoon. They were sorry that the film was finishing ... Everybody had been so kind to them[.] My God they work hard!' said one but they work to schedule! You know exactly what you have to do and when you have to do it!' ... Bed is a nice place but that wedge shaped bolster under your head is an abomination ... What was the name of that young German actress? ... Very lovely ... I wonder how she would film? ... God in plus fours ... art has many expressions [...]". - Tls. mit winzigen Randläsuren, sonst sehr wohlerhalten, wenn auch etwas fleckig.

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Easton Press. The Video History of Our Times: 1958. Norwalk Conn: Easton Press Video, 1988.

VIDEO VHS in VERY GOOD condition and is intact in case with a descriptive card of the yearly events. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor...and other curious people. In your Video History of 1958, you will see the following events that shaped that historic year: FIRST U.S. SATELLITE LAUNCHED--At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Army's Jupiter-C rocket launches "Explorer," America's first artificial satellite into space. The bullet-shaped satellite is crammed with automated scientific observation gear. EGYPT AND SYRIA MERGE IN NEW STATE--The United Arab Republic comes into being with the formal merger of Egypt and Syria. BRITISH FASHION SHOW--London designers offer styles for Spring 1959. BOSTON INDOOR TRACK MEET--A near capacity crowd in Boston Garden sees some fine performances as the track season moves along. Villanova star Ron Delaney wins the Hunter Mile. KHRUSHCHEV IS NEW LEADER OF THE USSR--Following elections for the Soviet Parliament in which members of the Communist hierarchy receive uncontested majorities, Premier Bulganin "resigns" and is succeeded by party boss Nikita Khrushchev. ELVIS DRAFTED--Elvis Presley, King of Rock 'n' Roll, begins his two-year Army hitch. ACADEMY AWARD NIGHT--Many of Hollywood's top stars are present, and the winners include Joanne Woodward for The Three Faces of Eve. BRUSSELS FAIR HAS GALA OPENING DAY--Belgium's King Baudouin officially opens the Brussels World's Fair, and huge crowds visit the Russian and American pavillions. MONACO HEIR Prince Albert, the new heir apparent to the throne of Monaco, is baptized in a solemn ceremony attended by a notable array of royalty. RUNNING RAPIDS--The trout season opens in Oregon, but the fish have a day off as hundreds of daring boatmen run the rolling rapids of the McKenzie River. STANLEY CUP-The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley cup, their third straight ice-hockey championship. VICE PRESIDENT NIXON ATTACKED IN VENEZUELA--Vice President Nixon and his wife are subjected to a series of Communist-inspired anti-U.S. demonstrations during their Latin American tour, culminating in mob violence in Venezuela in which stones and clubs are hurled, smashing their car windows. CRISIS FOR FRANCE--A general strike by French settlers in Algeria and mob riots protesting the proposed Pflimin government culminates in an Army coup. The military junta calls on the long-silent General Charles DeGaulle to take over1he leadership of France. ALASKA HAILS STATEHOOD--Awaiting only a territorial plebiscite to become the nation's 49th and largest state, Alaska goes all out to celebrate with an enthusiasm that recalls gold rush days. ARMY SHOWS NIKE HERCULES--At White Sands, New Mexico, the first public demonstration of the new Nike Hercules missile highlights a show of the Army's missile arsenal. IKE AND MAMIE'S ANNIVERSARY--The Eisenhowers celebrate their 42nd wedding anniversary with a Potomac cruise aboard the Presidential yacht. PUSH-BUTTON STATION WAGON--An experimental dream car offers all the comforts of home and more for family vacationing - including a built-in boat, roof-top tent, and dozens of other gadgets, all push-button controlled. EISENHOWER ORDERS U.S. TROOPS TO LEBANON--Amid threats and denunciation from Russia, U.S. Marines land in Lebanon in response to a plea from the threatened Beirut regime. SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS--A look at some of the year's top sporting events include the World Ski Championships, NCAA basketball finals, Kentucky Derby, Indianapolis 500, National Open golf, World Series, and Women's AAU Diving Championships. MARINES LEAVE LEBANON--Almost a month after they were sent in, the first contingent of U.S. Marines is withdrawn from Lebanon. BRITAIN HAILS POLAR A-SUB--The Nautilus receives a gala welcome as it arrives in England, completing its epochal voyage from Honolulu under the North Pole. U.S. CHEERS CREATOR OF WORLD'S #1 HIT SONG--Fans in New York greet Domenico Modugno, composer and singer of the world's number one song hit, "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu" (Volare). ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY NEARS COMPLETION--New York's Governor Averell Harriman and other notables are present as Lake St. Lawrence is created as the newest Seaway link. QUEEN ELIZABETH VENTURES INTO MINE Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, visit a Scottish coal-mining region and make the descent into a mine to inspect the facilities. MISS AMERICA-- Mississippi's Mary Anne Mobley is crowned at the annual pageant in Atlantic City. ZOO BIRTHDAY-- To celebrate its l00th birthday, the Frankfurt Zoo brings in platoons of zoo babies - anteaters, leopard cubs, llamas, giraffes, and elephants - for a day of play and fantasy. COOPER, GIBSON WIN IN NATIONAL TENNIS FINALS--At the National Tennis Championship in Forest Hills, New York, America's Althea Gibson wins in the women's division and Australia's Ashley Cooper in the men's division. CARDINAL RON CALLI PROCLAIMED POPE--Exultant throngs outside St. Peter's receive the signal that a new Pope has been chosen. He is Cardinal Roncalli, who adopts the name of John XXIII. QUEEN OPENS PARLIAMENT-- The official opening of Parliament by the Queen is an event never before filmed or seen by the public. QUEMOY STALEMATE-- Under the harassment of an intermittent on-again, off-again bar-rage by Communist guns, the Taiwanese island of Quemoy goes stoically about its daily life. HULA HOOPS FLIP CONTINENT--The hottest thing since rock 'n' roll, the hula hoop craze spreads from the United States to conquer Europe. WEST BERLIN VOTES FOR FREEDOM--In the face of Khrushchev's ultimatum, West Berlin's regularly scheduled municipal elections become a plebiscite in which the free city, located behind the Iron Curtain, routs local Reds and re-elects its staunch anti-Communist mayor, Willy Brandt. ISRAEL-SYRIA BORDER CLASH--Israel border communities along an II-mile sector are blasted by Syrian artillery. GLAMOROUS GRANDMAS--England holds a new kind of beauty contest, in which all participants must be grandmothers. ROYAL ENGAGEMENT--Tennis-courting again are Japan's Prince Akihito and his commoner fiancee, Michiko Shoda, playing mixed doubles at the scene where the Prince met and wooed his bride-to-be. IMPERIAL BALL--Princess Grace and Prince Rainier are guests of honor at the East Coast edition of the Imperial Ball, a gala charity affair for the benefit of hospitalized veterans. TORO TERRORIZES TORERO--At a charity bullfight in Madrid, one of Spain's great matadors finds himself in an unorthodox rough-house performance. ATLAS IN ORBIT RADIOS PRESIDENT'S--MESSAGE OF PEACE--Launched from Cape Canaveral, a giant Atlas ICBM, the largest satellite yet evolved, soars aloft. Using its revolutionary new space communications system which can receive messages from Earth and rebroadcast them, it sends President Eisenhower's goodwill greeting to the world. Video condition: Very Good

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