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The world of Li'l Abner : with an introduction by John Steinbeck and a foreword by Charles Chaplin
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Grimm's fairy tales / with an introduction by John Ruskin ; illustrated by Charles Folkard
Rare Books
This collection contains nearly 600 monographs published by the British publishing firm A & C Black from the late 1800s through the 1950s (bulk 1901-1936). Many of the volumes were published as part of the firm's successful "Colour Books" series and contain color plates and pictorial cloth bindings. The titles in the collection cover a variety of subjects including travel in Great Britain and abroad, antiquities, art, history of various civilizations, social life and customs of various cultures, natural history, literary classics and other literature (especially juvenile), gardening, military art and science, recreation, and transportation. Many of the firm's early 20th century series are represented by items in the collection, including the 20 shilling series; 7s 6d series; Artist's sketch book series; the "Peeps" series including Peeps at Many Lands; Beautiful Britain; Black's Popular Series of Colour Books; and Black's Water-Colour series. The collection also includes two non-A & C Black imprints by William Collins Sons and Co. and J.M. Dent.
499150:241
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Martin, John, 1930-. Introduction to Beerspit Night and Cursing: the correspondence of Charles Bukowski and Sheri Martinelli, 1960-1967
Manuscripts
MS., printout, 23p. Also: Martin, John, 1930-. N.S. (printout) to Linda Lee Bukowski, June 1, 2000.
BUK 2146
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Martínez, Al. Jigsaw John: television script: marketing presentation. Phot. copy, MS., typewritten: 14p., ca. 1975. Includes two photographs, one of Jack Warden and one of Charles Ynfante
Manuscripts
The collection includes manuscripts for essays, novels, and monographs of collected columns as well as screenplays and television scripts. In the correspondence there is a large series of letters written by Al Martínez to his wife, while serving with the U.S. Marines in the Korean War. The voluminous ephemera include research materials and clippings of Martínez's columns through the years.
FAC 1720