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The Santa Clause Presskit 1994 Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson!
Directed by John Pasquin / Starring Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, Peter Boyle, and David Krumholtz
Published by Touchstone, 1994
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Soft cover. Condition: VG+. An original presskit that contains one supplement as well as two 8 x 10 stills. Book.
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Condition: Sehr gut. Special Edition. B4026-218 4011846004318 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 60 DVD, Maße: 19.2 cm x 13.5 cm x 1.5 cm.
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Condition: Gut. Special Edition. B4024-46 4011846004318 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 60 DVD, Maße: 19.2 cm x 13.5 cm x 1.5 cm.
Language: English
Published by H D Symonds and J McQueen, London, 1794
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 148pp, half title, engraved portrait frontispiece and four other portrait plates, half title, modern grey paper covered boards, some light foxing and a few pages browned, small portion torn away from the fore-margin of one leaf (no loss), small hole in H2 with the loss of one letter, 8vo (215x132…mm), ESTC T39160, No I was published seperately under the title above and the title page from a reissue of that issue (ESTC T40861) appears to have been used here rather than the title called for by T39160.
Published by Kirby and Co., London, 1792
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Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Thirteenth Edition. Front cover and half-title page are detached but present. Rear spine edge is split. Covers have wear to the outer corners and spine ends. Bookplate in front has been removed. ; "With additional characters and emendations." Full leather covers.
More imagesAlice: Jolene's Brother Jonas (Original screenplay for the 1983 episode of the 1976-1985 television series)
Robert Getchell (creator); John Pasquin (director); David Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic (screenwriters); Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback, Beth Howland, Philip McKeon (starring)
Published by Warner Brothers Television, Burbank, CA, 1984
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Contact seller5-star sellerTape Draft script for Season 7, Episode 8, of the 1976-1985 CBS television series, which aired on January 16, 1983. Based on the 1974 film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," about a widow who moves across the country to start over in a new town, accompanied by her young son. In this episode, Jolene is not happy about her brother… Jonas visiting. Nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Set in Phoenix. Pink titled wrappers, noted as TAPE DRAFT on the front wrapper, dated 9/18/82. Title page present, dated 9/18/82, noted as TAPE DRAFT, with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. 54 leaves, with last page of text numbered 43. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
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Sewn. Condition: Good. London: Printed for J. Bew, 1793. 9 x 5 5/8". 100pp. (including half-title). Sewn. First and last pages soiled, soiling in lower outside corners of first and last few leaves, a few leaves creased. Unopened. Good copy. Collated and complete. This work is attributed to "Anthony Pasquin," the pseudonym of sat…irist John Williams, on WorldCat, but neither NCBEL nor DNB list this title among Williams' publications.
Published by Kirby and Co., London, 1792
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Thirteenth Edition. Covers have general light wear, a little heavier to the rear outer edge. Spine has very small splits to the upper corners. ; Ownership signature of Ralph Hodgson on the front free endpaper. "With additional characters and emendations." Half leather covers with marbled boards.
Liberty Magazine, March [Mar.] 24, 1934, Vol. 11, No. 12 - Will Japan Seize Alaska?
T.A. Burke; Senator Arthur R. Robinson; Richard Connell; Edgar Bouligny; John Castle Hunt; Dorothy Day; Konrad Bercovici; Frederick Hazllitt Brennan; Lee Pasquin
Published by Liberty Publishing Corporation of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 1934
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Canadian Edition. 62 pages. Features: Nice color cover illustration of dog pulling curtain from lady; Editorial on 'The Lost Art of Living'; Nice one-page photo ad for the New Plymouth Six; Every Other Inch a Gentleman - part one of an anonymous Hollywood saga; Ad for Fleischmann's Yeast i…ncludes photos of Dr. Jules Monges and Dahlia Upchurch of Richmond, VA; Palmolive Shave Cream ad features photo of George Earl, trainer of "Torchy" Peden, bicycle racing champion; Will Japan Seize Alaska? - an arresting warning by Senator Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana; Excitement at Kamp Kumfort - a nice girl seeking adventure finds it; Nice two-color (red and black) ad for Libby's Catchup; Rendezvous (part 2) - Amazing true adventures of American fighter Edgar Bouligny (with photos); No More Belindas - a wistful tale of elfin memories; Movie News and Photos - Catherine the Great, The Big Shakedown, Palooka, and Search for Beauty; Tamer of Lions - true story of La Goulue, a cancan dancer of the Moulin Rouge in Paris; Destroyer - a novel of a love deeper than the sea (part 4); The Eye of Fate (short story); Vox Pop; To the Ladies; Color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes on back cover features scene at tobacco auction. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Covers loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Revere F. Wistehuff; Frank Swain; Carl Pfeufer; Frank Godwin; Henry Alan (illustrator).
Published by London: Lackington & Allen, [1790-1800]., 1800
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, contemporary (possibly original) boards, spine cover eroded off, moderate wear, covers detached, library blind stamp on title page. Containing the following: *THE NEW BRIGHTON GUIDE, 68pp. (1796); A LOOKING-GLASS FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY, engraved frontispiece dated 1797, 36pp…. (1797); *SHROVE TUESDAY, 36pp. (1790); A CRYING EPISTLE FROM BRITANNIA TO COLONEL MACK, INCLUDING A NAKED PORTRAIT OF THE KING, QUEEN, AND PRINCE, WITH NOTES, POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND PERSONAL. A NEW EDITION. 24pp. (1794); *THE LIFE OF THE LATE EARL OF BARRYMORE. INCLUDING A HISTORY OF THE WARGRAVE THEATRICALS, AND ORIGINAL ANECDOTES OF EMINENT PERSONS. THIRD EDITION. Engraved frontispiece, half-title, 120pp. (1793); *LEGISLATIVE BIOGRAPHY; OR AN ATTEMPT TO ASCERTAIN THE MERITS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE MOST ADMIRED ORATORS OF THE BRITISH SENATE. BEING INTENDED AS A COMPANION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY REPORTS. (London, 1795). Half-title, 64pp. The signature threads have broken, the entire copy thus is in need of being bound up. Pages untrimmed. Despite which, in effect, the production remains pretty much in original state. Williams led a remarkable career in writing and publishing, much of it in a fog of great controversy, starting around 1779, but his profile eventually induced the man, by default, to emigrate to the United States, winding up in Brooklyn, where he died in greatly reduced, abject circumstances.
More imagesPublished by London Lackington & Allen and H.D. Symonds ?, 1797
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 6 separate tracts in in volume with general title page engraved and with vignette by Bartolozzi as above, uncut in later 19th century half maroon morocco, spine gilt ruled with raised bands, marbled sides, main title page lightly waterstained at edge and laid down with a blank corner restored, mi…nor rubbing to binding, a very good copy throughout, FIRST OR EARLY COLLECTED EDITION; there were evidently several such early collective editions of Pasquin's notorious satires, issued by Lackington or Symonds or both, but all collections are very rare. This one corresponds to a Cambridge issue dated to circa 1805, though it is probably earlier judging from the dates of the individual parts which were, of course, all issued separately and in various editions. The collection comprises: 1. The New Brighton Guide, 6th edion, 1796 [with engraved vignette title page]. 2. A Looking-glass for the Royal Family. 1797 [with etched frontispiece, lightly wtarestined to first margins]. 3. Shrove Tuesday, 1790. 4. A Crying Epistle from Brittania to Colonel Mack, ., new edition [1794?]. 5. The Life of the late Earl of Barrymore . 3rd edion, 1793. [with sepia etched portrait] 6. Legislative biography . 1795.
Published by London: H.D. Symonds; T. Bellamy, 1796., 1796
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Condition: Very Good. Fourth edition, 8vo., pp.68, quarter leather, gilt, marbled boards, pictorial title; light toning to half title, with two small holes to inner margin, spine neatly repaired with papers, a very good copy.
More imagesPublished by Printed for J. Strahan, Strand; W. Creech, Edinburgh; J. Exshaw, Dublin; and the Author, No. 125, Strand, London, 1789
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes. London: Printed for J. Strahan, Strand; W. Creech, Edinburgh; J. Exshaw, Dublin; and the Author, No. 125, Strand, no date [1789]. First edition. xxxi,[i]203,[1]; 268pp. §Reached a second edition, same year. Copies in British Isles at BL, Dublin City Libraries, National Librar…y of Scotland, Oxford Christ Church, Sheffield Central, & Brotherton, Leeds. Small paper loss to upper outer corner of E9 & E10, volume I, minor only. One inch closed tear to half-title of volume II; four binder's blank leaves bound after fly-leaf of the same volume. Uniformly bound in contemporary quarter calf, double labels, marbled boards, vellum tips, gilt lettering & decoration. Head of spines rubbed, some external cracking to joints, but sound. Loss to spine of volume I sometime externally repaired with a laid-in strip of leather, reasonably well done, if not beautiful. In all other respects, a very good set.
Published by Denew and Grant, London, 1786
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition Mixed Issue. The author claims that the editions of the book that appeared earlier under the same title [1786], were Book seller fabrications published in order to destroy the chances of his original work. In the same year that this book was published, Williams sued a London bookdeale…r for publishing a libel by Gifford which read: "he was so lost to every sense of decency and shame that his acquaintance was infamy and his touch poison." The Judge of the case decided in favor of the bookdealer, declaring ' It appears to me that the author of "The Baviad " has acted a very meritorious part in exposing this man ; and I do most earnestly wish and hope that some method will ere long be fallen upon to prevent all such unprincipled and mercenary wretches from going about unbridled in society to the great annoyance and disquietude of the public '. After the trial Williams emigrated to New York where he edited THE FEDERALIST. He died in poverty and obscurity in Brooklyn in 1818. ESTC T42298. in a 20th century fine 1/4 calf and marbled boards by Alan Grace of Surrey UK, a very good crisp copy in tall 4to. in 3 parts. The poems each feature its own engraved title page, first published 1786 the figure in the center is a demon about to chastize a statue of folly. A Political and literary tour de force on the current state of affairs in 18th century, argument and controversay abounded about the Poems, ending in a trial, which the author lost, upon which he departed for America and become a supporter of the New Nation and its liberties, now free from the corruptions and biases of the old world, however Williams never attained his former fame in his new found home, and died in obscurity and poverty in 1818. John Williams (1761-1818) was an English poet, satirist, journalist and miscellaneous writer, best known by the pseudonym of Anthony Pasquin. He was born in London on 28 April 1761, and was sent in 1771 to Merchant Taylors' School.[1] There he was beaten for an epigram on Mr. Knox, the third master. At the age of seventeen he was placed with a painter, but he gave up art to become an author and translator. When he was about eighteen he wrote a defence of David Garrick against William Kenrick, earning Garrick's friendship. About two years later he went to Ireland, and during his time in Dublin edited several periodical publications. He attacked the government in the Volunteers' Journal during the administration of the Duke of Rutland, a prosecution was started against him in 1784, and he was obliged to decamp, leaving the printers to face the judgment. The same year (1784) he was associated with Henry Bate Dudley in the Morning Herald. A violent quarrel broke out between them, and Williams wrote a satire on his antagonist, for which he was prosecuted, though the action did not proceed. In 1787 Williams accompanied his friend Pilon to France, and on his return he started a paper called The Brighton Guide. He next settled at Bath, Somerset, but again left in a hurry. For some years he contributed influential theatrical criticism to some of the London newspapers. In 1797 he appeared in the Court of King's Bench as plaintiff in an action against Robert Faulder, the bookseller, for a libel contained in William Gifford's poem The Baviad. In one of the notes Gifford, speaking of Williams, observed that 'he was so lost to every sense of decency and shame that his acquaintance was infamy and his touch poison.' In this cause the plaintiff was nonsuited, based the proof that was given of his having himself grossly libelled every respectable character in the kingdom, from the sovereign down to the lowest of his subjects. Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, who tried the case, commended Gifford. Williams emigrated to America shortly afterwards, and edited a New York newspaper called The Federalist. He died a poor man of typhus fever in Brooklyn, on 23 November 1818. John Williams (illustrator). By the Binder.
Published by J. Owen, John Stockdale, J. Rackham, J. Derbrett, G. Ribeau, C. Dilly, Thomson and Drury, J. Bew, 1795
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 10 short books and pamphlets bound together. The binding is broken into sections, as noted below. When they're stacked together, they have the spine-curve of a complete book, but as detailed below, it's broken into sections, which could be rebound individually. Front cover detached. Two blank pages lo…ose. A third page with handwritten (partial) table of contents also loose. Half title page to The Caution loose. The first three titles still attached to each other in remains of original binding. The Caution; recommended to the Least Honourable Countesses of England. London. J. Owen. 1797. 24 pages. "From the author" handwritten at the top right or title page. Author's name handwritten below the title, "Jonathan Fearnside, Esq" (but none of the reprint copies online mention his name, or any name as author). 24 pages. Dedicated to the Earl of Liverpool. None available. ** A Letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir James Eyre, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; On the subject of the cause, Boulton & Watt, v. Hornblower & Maberly: For Infrignement on Mr. Watt's Patent for the Improvement on the Steam Engine By Joseph Bramah, engineer. London. John Stockdale. 1797. 90 pages. None available. Bramah wrote a book on locks in 1785 and patented several items in the late 1700s. Watt's patent on the steam engine was in 1769. Hornblower invented a compound steam engine in 1781, but it was judged to be an infringement on Watt's patent, so he was not able to pursue it, even though it was more efficient and more powerful than Watt's. This short book is a detailed explanation of why Hornblower's work is original and why the judgement against him should be reconsidered. ** A Reply to the Monthly Reviewers; and some letters between them and the Author By A Suffolk Freeholder. Printed and sold by J. Rackham. 1795 24 pages. Author's name handwritten on the title page, "Rev. Stewart." Letters about some accusations against a Mr. Fox and an increasingly frustrated correspondent. No copies available. ** Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Juno, on the Coast of Aracan, and of the singular preservation of fourteen of her company on the wreck, without food, during a period of twenty-three days; in a letter to his father, the Rev. Thomas Mackay. By William Mackay London. J. Derbrett. 1798. Handwritten note on the page facing the title page, "N.B. The facts were supplied by Mr. W. Mackay but the narrative was written or at least in its present for by his brother Mr Mackay, late of the India Board. J.C." On the title page, the words "Narrative of the" appear to be handwritten, but the rest of the page is clearly printed. Vii + 59 pages. ** Notes on the Etymology of a few Antique Words By Mr. Brothers London. G. Ribeau. 1796 8 pages. No others. This section is detached from the text block, but complete unto itself. ** [the remaining sections and title are still bound together in the original binding, with leather on the spine.] ** A Revealed Knowledge of the Prophecies & Times. Particularly of the Present Time, the Present War, and the Prophecy now Fulfilling. The Year of the World 5913. Book the Second. Containing, with other great and remarkable things not Revealed to any other Person on Earth, the sudden and perpetual Fall of the Turkish, German, and Russian Empires London. Printed in the year of Christ, 1794. [by Richard Brothers] Title page detached but set in place. This section is detached from the text block, but complete unto itself. 2 volume set for $500 ** A Revealed Knowledge of Some Things that will Speedily by Fulfilled in the World, Communicated to a number of Christians, brought together at Avignon, by the Power of the Spirit of God, from all Nations: now published by his Divine Command for the good of all Men. By John Wright London. 1794. No others. ** A Narrative of Transactions relative to a Sermon, preached in the Parish Church of Brighton, August 18, 1793: with short extracts from the Sermon, and occasional remarks.
More imagesPublished by Kirby And Co, London, 1792
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Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. With additional characters and emendations. The thirteenth edition. A poem in three parts, part 1 - first published in 1785, part 2 - first published in 1787, part 3 - first published in 1788. Clean brown calf leather boards with spinal decoration and lettering in gilt to red pane…l to spine top. A little rubbing to spine tips (see pics). Early bookplate to front pastedown. No further inscriptions, stamps, etc. Half-title and title page present. Internally very clean and tightly bound.
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Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 1794 Reprint of the 1790 Edition. 36pp. Date on last page, Feb. 15th 1794. Light toning and some foxing. Pain cover around Pamphlet then glued in titled card stock. More like kind British & American titles = abebooks> booksellers> amber unicorn> keyword = brit. Size: 8vo 8-1/4 x 4. Pamphlet.
Published by London, Printed for J. Strahan [1791]., 1791
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2 vols., 8vo., pp. viii, 326; iv, 349, [1], plus final advertisement leaf; engraved vignette of the comedic mask to the title; light offsetting throughout, a few blemishes to the titles, else a very good copy in contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed, chips to two corners of the spine label to vol. I without any loss of letterin…g, headcaps frayed; contemporary ink ownership inscription to titles.First edition of the earliest biography of the actor and singer John Edwin the elder (1749-1790), written by his friend, John Williams, journalist and author of the satirical collection of verse portraits The Children of Thespis (1786). Williams published both works under the pseudonym 'Anthony Pasquin' (Oxford DNB).Although Edwin is primarily remembered for his comic roles Dromio in The Comedy of Errors, Touchstone in As You Like It and the original Silvertongue in The Belle's Stratagem he took several tragic roles with, less celebrated, comedic effect. One such instance is recalled here: 'The next character he assumed was Romeo; but for want of a proper side scene, the lady, who enacted Juliet, was under the irksome necessity of delivering her amorous extacies from a ladder Edwin being then but a sort of novice in making love, and not knowing the delicate customs of Mantua, placed himself too immediately under the fair object of his idolatry, who was obliged in consequence to pay more attention to her petticoats than her author' (vol. I, pp.206-7).Williams had been a pupil under the engraver and caricaturist Matthew Darly, and many of his works are 'illustrated with frontispieces and vignettes drawn and/or engraved by him' (Oxford DNB); the vignette on the title of the present work is probably one such example. Language: English.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made i…t available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
More imagesPublished by H. D. Symonds and T. Bellamy, London, 1797
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A Pin-Basket to the Children of Thespis: part the fourth; Historical, Critical & Biographical; by John Williams, whose public appellation is Anthony Pasquin; London. Printed for H.D. Symonds, Paternoster-Row; and T. Bellamy. King-Street, Covent-Garden, 1797. The first part of this work was publis…hed in 1786. John Williams (17611818) was an English poet, satirist, journalist, and miscellaneous writer, best known by the pseudonym of Anthony Pasquin. The Dedication reads to the Noblemen and Gentlemen constituting that very Honorable Society, called The Literary Fund and it goes on for 28 pages. The poem, A Pin-Basket goes from page 29 to the Finis page 232. He was a very controversial person, tarting at a young age and continuing throughout his life. In 1771, he was beaten for an epigram on Mr. Knox, the third master. At the age of seventeen he was placed with a painter, but he gave up art to become an author and translator. When he was about eighteen he wrote a defence of David Garrick against William Kenrick, earning Garrick's friendship. About two years later he went to Ireland, and during his time in Dublin edited several periodical publications. He attacked the government in the Volunteers' Journal during the administration of the Duke of Rutland, a prosecution was started against him in 1784, and he was obliged to decamp, leaving the printers to face the judgment. The same year (1784) he was associated with Henry Bate Dudley in the Morning Herald. A violent quarrel broke out between them, and Williams wrote a satire on his antagonist, for which he was prosecuted, though the action did not proceed. In 1787 Williams accompanied his friend Pilon to France, and on his return he started a paper called The Brighton Guide. He next settled at Bath, Somerset, but again left in a hurry. For some years he contributed influential theatrical criticism to some of the London newspapers. In 1797 he appeared in the Court of King's Bench as plaintiff in an action against Robert Faulder, the bookseller, for a libel contained in William Gifford's poem The Baviad. In one of the notes Gifford, speaking of Williams, observed that 'he was so lost to every sense of decency and shame that his acquaintance was infamy and his touch poison.' In this cause, the plaintiff was nonsuited, based the proof that was given of his having himself grossly libelled every respectable character in the kingdom, from the sovereign down to the lowest of his subjects. Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, who tried the case, commended Gifford. Williams emigrated to America shortly afterwards and edited a New York newspaper called The Federalist. He died a poor man of typhus fever in Brooklyn, on 23 November 1818. This small format book, pages measuring 165mm X 100mm, is in very good condition. The full leather binding is a bit scuffed but overall very presentable and the title on the spine is quite readable. The book is very tight and stands on its own very well. The title page is mostly missing. A previous owner has handwritten the title page description on the first free endpaper, and the vignette from the title page has been pasted inside the front cover. The text block is clear with no staining or foxing. There are a few pencil notations. This book is extremely rare, with print-on-demand copies only available on the internet, at the time of this writing.
