1421. Puttnam, David.

Collection of Film / Movie & Music – Memorabilia with rare, inscribed/signed books, photographs and promotional ephemera as well as related materials from the private library of Lord David Puttnam and few other sources. The collection includes a large amount of international publications and important monographs on the History of Film and Movies and also several signed and/or inscribed/dedicated Vinyl-Records by early friends of David Puttnam (Ringo Starr, Barbra Streisand etc.) together with some publications on Literature, History, Photography. Also included are several amazing association-copies from David Puttnam’s time as producer at Columbia Studios; like a signed and spectecularly inscribed book by important Director Spike Lee, Director and friend Alan Parker etc. etc. We list here a few items but the complete list of items, described in detail and photographed, will be visible over time on our website under “Libraries & Collections”. Among the titles are for example: 1. A xeroxed copy of the second draft of “Chariots of Fire”, which David Puttnam signed in 2019 and to which he added a wonderful manuscript note and story of the Script: “This is a very interesting early Draft of ‘Chariots of Fire’ – A year later we started shooting the film in Cambridge – Almost exactly two years later the film won the BAFTA Best Picture Award and a few weeks later The ‘Oscar’ ! – Colin Welland also won for Best Screenplay that same evening. Reading this you can see why. Regards – David Puttnam”/ 2. Collection of signed vintage Vinyl owned by Lord David Puttnam, signed and inscribed Records by famous artists and musicians like Barbra Streisand, Ringo Starr, Jean-Michel Jarre as well as soundtracks of his own films (included are Local Hero [not signed by Mark Knopfler but signed by David Puttnam], Midnight Express) etc. / 3. Amazing, absolutely wonderful association copy of Alan Parker’s “Cartoon Version” of his movie “Evita” with which he thanked his cast and crew. This being a personally inscribed copy from Alan Parker to his friends David & Patsy Puttnam. Accompanied by a two-page letter, signed by Parker and citing a quote of David Puttnam reflecting on his own experiences in the movie-business with a bit of ironic advice for his friend Alan Parker on how to exit the movie-business. / 4. Collection of books by writers befriended to David Puttnam, often signed and/or inscribed (Nick Hornby – Fever Pitch etc.) / 5. Collection of monographs and biographies on and by Actors, Directors, Film and Movie-MakingTechnique, Sociology of Film etc. etc. / 6. Large collection of photographical stills as well as portraits of Directors on set during the act of directing, etc. etc.

London / UK / USA, c.1968-1996. Octavo. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1422. Nove, Alec [Alexander] [Born Aleksandr Yakovlevich Novakovsky].

Collection of First Editions (including one signed Pamphlet) by Alexander [Alec] Nove, Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow and a noted authority on Russian and Soviet Economic History. The rare Pamphlets and Publications by Alec Nove came to us together with a small archive of Communist and Soviet Economic and Educational Material (″How Communists Educate Children”) and used to belong to a member and local educator of the British Branch of the Communist Party. See full list of the Communist Material below and find a list of the Alec Nove-Material here: 1. Alec Nove – “The Soviet Village in Press and Literature” [Rare original offprint from “St.Anthony Papers on Soviet Afairs” (Estratto dalla Rivista “Occidente” – Anno XII – 1 – 1956)] / 2. Alec Nove – “Communist Economic Strategy: Soviet Growth and Capabilities” [SIGNED by Alec Nove] (1959) / 3. Alec Nove – “The Politics Of Economic Rationality – Observations on the Soviet Economy” [1958] / 4. Alec Nove – “Collectivization of Agriculture in Russia and China” (Original, rare “Preprint” in 1961) / 5. Alec Nove – “The Soviet Economy” [Heavily annotated] (1961) //.

c. 1956-1970. Octavo. Hardcover / Pamphlets and Softover publications. Most of the publications in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some publications with stronger signs of wear or annotations or markings. A very interesting collection on Soviet Economy, Planing and Educational Material on Communist Ideology.

1423. Goodman, Nelson / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of First editions of Papers and Essays on and by american philosopher Nelson Goodman. The Collection includes: 1. Nelson Goodman – “On Relations that Generate” (Numbers 5-6 of Volume IX of Philosophical Studies, 1958) / 2. Nelson Goodman – “Discussion on Infirmities of Confirmation Theory” [Carnap] (Offprint from “Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1947) / 3. Hugues Leblanc – A Revised Version of Goodman’s Confirmation Paradox (Number 4 of Volume XIV of Philosophical Studies, 1963) /

Minnesota a.o., Philosophical Studies / Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1947 – 1963. Octavo. Original Offprints / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken. [Philosophical Studies – Edited by Wilfried Sellars and Herbert Feigl].

1424. [Aiken, Henry David] Demos, Raphael.

Collection of Five (5) Manuscript Letters from Greek-American Philosopher, Raphael Demos to Philosopher Henry David Aiken. Besides very few personal matters (Aiken rented a Lice-infested house from Demos), the letters are lengthy and full of content regarding philosophical questions. Demos thanks Aiken for his “thoughtful comments about my article on ‘Society and the Individual’ and Demos reflects on Aiken: “Now as to your point that goodwill is addressed to me which is capable of joys and sorrows and not just an angel – I will distinguish between respect and goodwill. Angels, because rational, have intrinsic worth, and so claim respect certainly. Value and respectability don’t imply capacity for feeling. But goodwill does imply that the recipient is a striving, failing, succeeding, up-ended individual, who has sorrows & grip – not just an angelic being. While the Greek identify man with his rationality, it is noticeable that common sense proceeds otherwise; when the Radcliffe girls say their Professor is so human, they don’t mean he is intellectual, they mean the opposite – that he has non-rational impulses and feelings…..” / The collection of letters originates from the personal collection of Henry Aiken and also comes with a scathing letter from American Philosopher Arthur Edward Murphy in which Murphy writes to Aiken about Raphael Demos and does not hold back in his evaluation of Demos and his Philosophy: “I just saw your remarks re Demos in the Journal. Very well done ! I think Demos is not very bright, however, and it is perhaps better not to give him too much publicity. I don’t think he will convert any one except for those already suffering from dithers & blithers. And it is a waste to refute him. Intelligent people don’t have to be convinced. And bigots like R.D. can’t be convinced. Strictly speaking, before Demos creates an obligation in others… he ought to say in plain unemotional prose what he means by such concepts as ‘God’ & ‘evidence’. It is perfectly possible that if we knew how he uses these terms, we would agree that what he says is trivially true. This discussion is presumably in the domain of logic. But discussion on that domain when one of the parties refuses to make explicit the rules of his game can never terminate in illumination. Nevertheless, I think you handled him neatly & have done yourself no harm as general opinion is concerned. He is a perfect horrible example of retrogression. Ugh ! A perfectly low grade person morally & intellectually nonregarding as a seer & defender of orthodoxy…… Have you seen Lazerowitz’s [Morris Lazerowitz] paper in Mind on Universals. It is highly provocative. I would like to discuss it with you….”.

Westport Point (Massachusetts), c.1944 – 1967. Octavo. 13 pages of letters by Raphael Demos to Aiken / [Plus:] 1 page of a manuscript letter by Arthur Edward Murphy to Aiken about Demos. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original Letters or anything published by Raphael Demos or Arthur Edward Murphy, are very rare !

1425. [de Man, Paul] Durling, Robert M. / Rosiek, Jan / Weiss, T.[Theodore Russell Weiss] / Hughes, Langston / Levin, Harry.

Collection of five books from the library of Paul de Man and Pat de Man. Three of the books inscribed/signed by the author’s. The Collection includes: 1. Robert M. Durling – The Figure of the Poet in Renaissance Epic. [Inscribed by Durling: “For Paul de Man – with fond regards – Bob”] / 2. Jan Rosiek – Figures of Failure – Paul de Man’s Criticism 1953-1970 [Unsigned / Not inscribed] / 3. T. Weiss – The Catch – The Twayne Library of Modern Poetry [Inscribed by Weiss: “To Pat + Paul, for real friendship + a book of their own soon. Ted”] / 4. Edward J. Mullen – Langston Hughes in the Hispanic World and Haiti [Inscribed by Langston Hughes: “Ma cheri Pat, may this slight token of appreciation for your past (and hopefully) future, intellectual ministrations to your petit frère recall to you fond memories of your peregination. Love, Langston – Chritmas, 1979 (Late, as usual)”] / 5. Karry Levin – Grounds for Comparison [Unsigned / Not inscribed].

Cambridge (Mass.) / Aarhus / New York and others, Harvard University Press / Archon Books / Twayne Publishers / Aarhus University Press, 1951 – 1992. 8°. Volume I.: VIII, 280 pages / Volume II: 247 pages / Volume III: 77 pages / Volume IV: 193 pages / Volume V: 423 pages. Three Volumes in original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar / One Volume in Softcover / One Volume in Hardcover. Very good condition. From the library of Paul de Man. Especially the Durling – Volume of interest. Inscribed by the author: “For Paul de Man with fond regards – Bob”.

1426. Natsume, Soseki.

Collection of Five Rare Natsume-Publications from the Tuttle Classics Series. The collection includes: 1. Soseki Natsume – “The 210th Day – Translated by Sammy I. Tsunematsu (2002) / 2. Soseki Natsume – “My Individualism and The Philosophical Foundations of Literature” – Translated by Sammy I. Tsunematsu and Introduced by Inger Brody (2004) / 3. Soseki Natsume – Inside My Glass Doors – Translated by Sammy I. Tsunematsu (2002) / 4. Soseki Natsume – The Heredity of Taste – Translated by Sammy I. Tsunematsu and Introduced by Stephen W. Kohl (2004) / 5. Soseki Natsume – Spring Miscellany and London Essays Translated by Sammy I. Tsunematsu (2002).

Boston, Tuttle Publishing, 2002-2004. Octavo. Original, illustrated Softvover-Volumes. All five Volumes in excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

1427. Atwood, Margaret.

Collection of four important association copies of poetry by Margaret Atwood (plus two signed Novels), given to her friend Jerome Hamilton Buckley, influential Professor of English Literature. All four association copies in first edition and all beautifully inscribed. The Novel only signed. The collection includes: 1. The Animals in that Country (1968 / Hardcover) [Signed and with the printed dedication “For J.” and a personal inscription on the halftitle to Jerome Buckley] / 2. The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970 / Softcover) [Signed and inscribed] / 3. You are Happy (1973 / Hardcover) [Signed and inscribed] / 4. Murder in the Dark – Short Fictions and Prose Poems (1983 / Softcover) [Signed and inscribed]. / 5. The collection also includes a signed copy of Atwood’s “The Robber Bride” (1993 / Softcover) / 6. The collection also includes a signed and inscribed copy of “The Tent” (signed as “Margaret Atwood”).

Toronto / New York, Oxford University Press / Harper & Row / Coach House Press / Doubleday, 1968 – 1993. Octavo. 69, 64, 96, 62, 466, 155 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover – publications with the rare illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. All inscriptions beautifully signed as Peggy or Peggy A. or in one case even Peggy Atwood.

1428. Wilde, Oscar.

Collection of Four Rare Presentation Review Copies of Publisher Methuen & Co., with publisher’s Ephemera (presentation-slip regarding the wish for Review and publication-date, as well as a booklet “The Library of Devotion”) / The collection includes: 1. Intentions (4th Edition, 1909) / 2. Lady Windermere’s Fan – A Play about a Good Woman (3rd Edition, 1909) / 3. An Ideal Husband (3rd Edition, 1909) / 4. The Importance of Being Earnest – A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (3rd Edition, 1909).

4 Volumes. London, Methuen & Co., 1909. Small Octavo. Pagination: “Intentions”: 263 pages / “Lady Windermere’s Fan”: 157 pages / “An Ideal Husband”: 246 pages / “The Importance of Being Earnest”: 181 pages. Original Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine and cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear and mild staining to bindings only.

1429. Congo / Kongo – Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909) – King of the Belgians and Owner / Absolute Ruler of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.

Collection of four very important and meaningful manuscript letters by Leopold II to his administrator and Foreign Minister of the Congo – Free-State, Baron Adolphe de Cuvelier (1860-1931) with a total of 16 pages filled with Leopold’s instructions on pressing issues regarding a warning about an imminent visit by the Rector of the Mill-Hill Missionaries [probably Herbert Alfred Henry Vaughan (1832 – 1903)] and Leopold’s qualification of the visit of being detrimental to the Congo Free State (″ne travaillent pas pour l’État”). Leopold continues in another letter to talk about the hostile positions of english officials (consuls) and missionaries (″que les consuls anglais et les missionnaires anglais se conduisent bien mal envers l’État”). Interestingly, Leopold also touches on the nuisance of the german press criticizing Belgian Railway Lines and he is of the opinion that this is all happening in order to force the german parliament [″Reichstag”] to finance the building of the Tanganyika Railway [between Dar es Salaam and Kigoma]: (″cherche à effrayer l’opinion [en] Allemagne à propos de mes chemins de fer afin d’obtenir du Reichstag des fonds pour la ligne allemande vers le Tanganika”.

16 pages of MLS, Manuscript Letters (signed) on 10 leaves of Leopold’s official stationery “Château de Laeken” and “Palais de Bruxelles”. Laeken / Brussels, Château de Laeken [Palace of Laeken], 1901 – 1906. The leaves with different sizes (13,5 cm x 9 cm) and (18 cm x 11,5 cm). Excellent condition. Unsigned. Tremendously rare to find original letters by Leopold II on the open market in which the Colonial Free State and the protection against inquisitive visitors is discussed in such clear and instructive fashion. Leopold’s correspondence with Adolphe de Cuvelier shows how he is very much trying to still protect and influence the narrative of his Colonial Slavery Outpost even in the final years of his life.

1430. Harvard Professors.

Collection of four vintage cabinet photographs of Harvard University Professors (19th century). The collection includes: Francis Brown (Professor of Philosophy) / [William Watson] Goodwin – (Professor of Greek) / Charles Franklin Dunbar – (Professor of Political Economy) / James Bradstreet Greenaugh – (Professor of Latin).

Cambridge (Mass.), Pach Brothers, c.1880. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm (4.25” x 6.5”). Four cabinet photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.