Lockdown Book Detective @BookLockdown
“Would you happen to have a Ben Hur 1860? The third edition, the one with the erratum on page 116.” Don’t follow me on Facebook because I’m not there. In the stacks Joined May 2020-
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Looking for a reputable antiquarian bookseller in or near Massachusetts to assess and possibly purchase a large library. Thank you.
@nyttypos @Rogene Joseph Wambaugh obit misspells the name of author James Conaway. (Conaway was a novelist in 1973, but was later better known for his non-fiction.) simonandschuster.com/authors/James-…
@TheRestHistory Ending with Alexander von Humboldt was fitting, but it should have been noted that von Humboldt was played by …. none other than Werner Herzog in the 2013 film Die Andere Heimat (Home Away from Home) directed by Edgar Reitz (center second photo).
A big thank you to @vermontgmg for putting The Lumumba Plot on his "best of the year" list. "It’s like a Graham Greene novel come to life." doomsdayscenario.co/p/gmgreads-my-…
@JMcNallyBooks @elie_foube16925 Here’s another curious title Peter Mayer acquired for the Avon reprint list during the brief rounded-corners era of 1964-65. “The first of Mr. Kahn’s books in paperback!” (When Dr. Strangelove was released in 1964 Kahn asked Stanley Kubick for royalties.)
@JMcNallyBooks @elie_foube16925 Here’s the NYT again in 1964 giving press to the new Avon rounded-corners look. The rationale: “The theory is they'll slip into the pocket or purse more easily…” Of course the book that made everyone aware of that look was CALL IT SLEEP, which became a pbk phenomenon.
@PulpLibrarian Hadn’t thought of that name in years. Dortort (1916-2010) was longtime producer of “Bonanza.”
@dan_sinykin @adriennemwest Bob Vickrey, who lost his house in the Pacific Palisades fire yesterday, wrote a number of short pieces about his life as a book sales rep. This piece from 2014 documents a now legendary prank during a mid-‘80s sales conference. boryanabooks.com/the-spy-noveli…
@leighhaber @marisa_pag We published two novels by Percival Everett in the mid-‘80s; Cork Smith brought him to T&F after publishing SUDER at Viking. I was glad that Fiona McCrae stuck with him later at Graywolf. (I recall telling Fiona in the early 1990s that he had a small but notable following.)
@DannyDrinksWine Claude-Michel Schönberg??? I assume he meant Arnold Schoenberg. How would he know of Claude-Michel Schönberg in 1966?
Here is the Harvey Dunn that used to be on the wall of Tip O’Neill’s Capitol Hill office in the 1980s.
Just sighted on MSNBC. Harvey Dunn’s “Something for Supper” (Collection of South Dakota Art Museum) evidently on loan in the DC office of Sen. Mike Rounds. Tip O’Neill also had a Harvey Dunn (1884 – 1952) of “Paul Revere’s Ride” in his Capitol office when Speaker of the House.
Dec. 27, 1924: Leon Bakst, a Russian painter whose exotic, dynamic set and costume design for the Ballets Russes revolutionized the look of modern dance, dies at 58 in Paris. He was also a prolific painter, especially of portraits, and illustrator.
@CONELRAD6401240 Oh and Steinbeck over Hemingway and Faulkner…?
@CONELRAD6401240 Interesting that Gus was chosen over Gagarin. (I would assume the latter was far more recognizable.) Also Malcolm X over MLK. And was Herbert Hoover already not immediately recognizable. What about Gary Cooper?
Dec. 23, 1924: “The Last Laugh,” one of the crowning achievements of German expressionist cinema, is released. The film directed by F.W. Murnau about the tragic fall of a proud hotel doorman will revolutionize filmmaking with camera movements and visual storytelling. 1/7
A moment of forgotten history surrounding the media hype for David Lynch’s Dune in 1984. Fed up with the tie-in marketing during the CBS Morning News broadcast, co-anchor Jane Wallace let her real feelings slip out on a live mic.
@PulpLibrarian A moment of product placement at the famous April 1959 press conference introducing the Mercury astronauts.
During that press conference the seven nervous astronauts and NASA officials were smoking frequently while facing the public. One of the first questions asked of them inquired how they would cope for hours in a confined space capsule while unable to smoke.
@criterionchannl In case you missed it. Note the Hitchcock cameo in that clip: back dust jacket photo on ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S FIRESIDE BOOK OF SUSPENSE.
@WhitStillman That clip has the most subtle and fleeting of all Hitchcock cameos: the back dj photo on ALFRED HITCHOCK’S FIRESIDE BOOK OF SUSPENSE.
@TomDohertyfilm Carl Sagan thought it a suitable background when he introduced the Pioneer 10 plaque in 1972. (Boston City Hall was considered futuristic back then.)
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