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the artist Ruzicka. The two men collaborated on a number of important books, including Newark and the Grolier
Club's Irving, as well the exquisite series of Merrymount annual keepsakes. Ruzicka also played a substantial
advisory role in the writing of Updike's monumental Printing Types. This touching and candid thirty-three year
correspondence is put in context by the Lathems' elucidating commentary. This work includes an index and two
tipped-in facsimiles, as well as illustrations reproduced in the original colors. Printed by the Stinehour Press, in an
edition of 500 copies. [Order No. 97458]
131. Johnson, Kevin. THE DARK PAGE II: BOOKS THAT INSPIRED AMERICAN FILM NOIR,
1950-1965. Foreword by Guy Maddin. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009, 9 x 12 inches,
hardcover, dust jacket. 272 pages. ISBN 9781584562597. $95.00 $71.25
Following up on his well-received bibliography of first edition sources
for American film noir of the 1940s, The Dark Page II explores the second
half of the classic American period, covering the years 1950-1965.
Full-color photos of each first edition are featured, as well as
bibliographical points for each book and a bounty of factual information
surrounding both the origins of the books and their subsequent film
adaptations. [Order No. 100483]
132. Johnson, Kevin. THE DARK PAGE: BOOKS THAT
INSPIRED AMERICAN FILM NOIR, 1940-1949. New Castle,
DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2007, 9 x 12 inches, cloth with dust jacket.
384 pages. ISBN 9781584562177. $95.00 $71.25
First edition, second printing. Identifying every 1940s American film
noir with a published literary source, The Dark Page provides concise but
fact-filled accounts of the authors, books and filmmakers that came
together-often in unlikely combinations-to create a unique and cherished
period in film history. Tapping the wells of film historians, cinemanistas,
rare booksellers, collectors and librarians around the world, Johnson has
compiled an unprecedented dossier of rare first edition book images. Bibliophiles and film fans alike will delight in
the voyeuristic pleasure of seeing the colorful images of these editions, often with lurid or surreal jacket art, many
of which they are unlikely to ever see elsewhere. The foreword to the book was written by the well-known film
noir director, screenwriter and critic Paul Schrader. [Order No. 98426]
133. (Hume, David) Norton, David Fate and Mary J. Norton. DAVID HUME LIBRARY. Edinburgh,
Scotland: Edinburgh Bibliographical Society in association with The National Library of Scotland, 1996,
8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 162 pages. ISBN 1872116213. $27.50 $20.63
First edition. David Hume, well-known as a philosopher and historian, was also an avid reader and collector of
books. Unfortunately, no catalogue of his library survives. The Nortons have traced the path of Hume's books to
his brother and sister, then to his nephew, David Hume the Younger (later Baron Hume), and, finally, to Thomas
Stevenson, an Edinburgh bookseller. Working from manuscript sources, including an 1840 catalogue of Baron
Hume's library, as well as letters to Hume, the authors identify several hundred titles that belonged, or probably
belonged, to Hume. Included among these are corrected copies of Hume's own works; a wide range of items
presented to him by such friends or acquaintances as Buffon, Burke, D'Alembert, Diderot, Gibbon, D'Holbach,
Price, Priestly, Rousseau, Adam Smith, and Horace Walpole; and many now obscure works that may have helped
to form the views of one of Britain's most important writers. [Order No. 55499]
134. (Steuart, David) Hillyard, Brian. DAVID STEUART ESQUIRE, AN EDINBURGH COL-
LECTOR. THE 1801 SALE CATALOGUE OF PART OF HIS LIBRARY REPRODUCED FROM
THE UNIQUE COPY IN NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ES-
SAY. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Bibliographical Society in association with The National Library
of Scotland, 1993, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 90 pages. ISBN 1872116035. $27.50 $20.63
First edition. The library of David Steuart, Edinburgh banker and businessman, was described by a contemporary
as "the most uncommon, and certainly the most valuable private library ever brought to the hammer on this side of
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