Verlag: Herbert Dubler, New York, 1946
Anbieter: Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA, Dover, NH, USA
Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Illustrated paper covered boards. Small square format. Unpaginated. Color illustrations by Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo throughout. A short book for children recounting the cooking adventures of angels, several centered around Christmas. GOOD condition. Uneven fading and toning to the covers. Minor soiling and a few small areas of discoloration. Slight rippling to the paper covering the boards, perhaps from the gluing process. Some toning to the text block.
Verlag: S.l.; 1936, 1936
Anbieter: Antiquariaat De Boekenbeurs, Middelburg, Niederlande
; John Miles Ltd.; cardboard; 12x15 cm.; ills. in colour by Ida Bohatta Morpurgo; not paged. Cover slightly worn along extremities. A trifle loosening in binding. Bookplate mounted to pastedown.
Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Spine worn. Owner's name on inside. (Veterinarians, Animals, Juvenile Fiction).
Verlag: Art Intitutes Ars Sacra Joseph Mueller [1946], Munich, 1946
Anbieter: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Pictorial Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Bohatta-Morpurgo, Ida (illustrator). First US Edition. Unpaginated [16 pp.]. Publisher's pictorial boards in original glassine wrapper. Minor stain to boards. Internally clean. No ownership names. With eight delicately-coloured full-page illustrations by Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo. 12mo. Illustrated.
Verlag: London Film Productions, London, 1936
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1936 film, one of Charles Laughton in the lead as artist Rembrandt van Rijn and three of Gertrude Lawrence as Rembrandt's lover Geertje Dircx. In 1933, 3 years prior to "Rembrandt," director Alexander Korda and Charles Laughton made "The Private Life of Henry VIII" firmly establishing Korda as a director of note and Laughton as a star. While "Rembrandt" would not garner the same box office success as "The Private Life of Henry VIII," it was a critical success and features a compelling performance by Laughton in the lead role. An unconventional approach to a biopic, Korda's "Rembrandt" breaks the life of the painter into to 3 distinct periods. 1642, at the peak of his fame when his beloved wife Saskia suddenly dies and he unveils his most ambitious painting the 12' x 16' "The Night Watch" to a scandalous reception (though not historically accurate it does assist the narrative in this riches to rags story). 1656, with the painter bankrupt but happy, having ended his affair with his son's nurse Geertje (Gertrude Lawrence) and fallen in love with the housemaid Hendrickje Stoffels, played by Laughton's wife Elsa Lanchester. Finally 1669, Rembrandt is at the end of his life, physically enfeebled and impoverished, but wizened, undiminished and undaunted. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, overall. Some light creasing primarily to edges and some light rubbing. One open tear on bottom left of Laughton photograph. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 16.