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Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 122 pages. Index. Circa 1980. Dozens of colour photographs. "Summarizes information on the recognition, biology and importance of cone and seed destroying insects. A comprehensive guide for the seed orchard manager. Prior owner's ink stamp inside front cover and atop title page. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound working copy.

Vintage publicity photograph of W.C. Fields with Una Merkel and Evelyn Del Rio from the 1940 film. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. An American comedy classic, wherein, W.C. Fields stars as a drunk who accidentally thwarts a bank robbery and becomes the bank security as the result. Shot on location in Lompoc, California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 78. Ebert II.

Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1940 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Egbert Souse, a slovenly drunk, finds himself in several different positions of employment through sheer luck and happenstance. After being hired on the spot to replace a film crew's no-show movie director, Souse unintentionally thwarts a bank robbery and is immediately offered a job as a security guard. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly creased on the edges.