Hume davis (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 96 pages. 8.74x0.55x11.26 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 160 pages. 9.00x11.00x8.90 inches. In Stock.

Red Cloth, Gilt. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Viii, 179 Pp. Publisher's Red Cloth, Gilt Cover And Spine, With Blindstamped Border On Front And Rear Covers. Light Wear, No Fraying, Very Clean With No Stains Or Marks. With A Full Page Autograph Letter, Signed, From The Author To Edward A Dickson, Evening Express, City, With His Return Address C/O W. A. Clark Jr. [William Andrews Clark, The Rare Book Collector And Philanthropist, Davis Explaining That He Has Been A House Guest Of Clark]. The Letter Discusses The Author And His Book, Furnishing A Little Background Information. Also Included Is The Author's Signed Photograph, A "Cut" Fir Publication, Again Inscribed By Davis, Also With His Alternate Name Wesley Hume, And Again Giving His Address C/O Clark In Los Angeles. Frontispiece, Plates (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 272 pp. ; profusely illustrated with artwork, drawings, and photographs ; red decorative cloth, no dustjacket ; ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PSYCHIC OCCURENCES is preserved in this yearbook. A member of the graduating January class of 1933, GENEVA ABBOTT PATTERSON, (1916-2011) was asked at age 16 to imagine the city of St. Louis in the future, and she amazingly created a watercolor depicting the St. Louis cityscape and INCLUDED THE ST. LOUIS GATEWAY ARCH 15 YEARS BEFORE IT BECAME A CONCEPT IN THE MIND OF ITS DESIGNER, EERO SAARINEN IN 1947! The Gateway Arch was not completed until 1963. ; She added the following prophetic text spoken by Ulysses's wife Penelope from line 24 of Tennyson's Ulysses (1842): "Yet all experience is an Arch wherethro' gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades for ever, and for ever when I move" ; Geneva Abbott furthered her art studies at the Hadley Vocational School and became a member of the St. Louis Artists Guild. She worked as a commercial artist for International Shoe Company, and then turned to work as a watercolorist in St. Louis, Hilton Head, South Carolina and Vero Beach, Florida; the previous owner of the yearbook has added commentary and newspaper clippings of happenings to many of the senior class, some documenting the deaths of several in World War II, or by violence in St. Louis. Marriages of many of the women are recorded. Updated addresses and phone numbers of many former students are also added ; The yearbook has numerous articles written by students and show photographs and drawings in illustration. Subjects feature historical information about St. Louis, lists of artists, musicians with details of their lives and work are included ; all the artwork by the students reflects the then current Art Deco trends ; a very rare and historically important volume; and an exceedingly difficult-to-locate Saarinen collectible ; FINE. Book. …

Vintage one-color Danish program for the 1949 film noir, here under the Danish title "Den Store Gatsby - Spritsmuglerkongen." Text in Danish. The first sound adaptation of Fitzgerald's masterpiece, which was filmed once before as a now-lost silent in 1926 under the auspices of Paramount's former incarnation, the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Done in a film noir style, and still considered by many to be the best of several screen adaptations, created at the point when the book's reputation was finally beginning to take hold. Set in New York. 4.5 x 6 inches. 4 pages, side-stapled. Near Fine, with faint edgewear.…