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One Summer
by Bill Bryson
BILL BRYSON's best-selling books include A Walk in the Woods, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, In a Sunburned Country, A Short History of Nearly Everything (which earned him the 2004 Aventis Prize), The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, and At Home. He lives in England with his wife and children.
35, 000 Miles Of Prohibition a Study Of North American Prohibition
by C M and Gordon, Gifford Gordon
Prohibition Books & Ephemera
Last Call : The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
by Daniel Okrent
Scribner, 2010. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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CA$8.28
Prohibition: Its Reaction to Temperance, Good Morals and Sound Government: Selections from the Writings of Men, Who Have Given Thought and Study to This Question from the Standpoint of Both Theory and Practice / Compiled by Joseph Debar
by Joseph Debar [Editor]
Cincinnati: Joseph Debar, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Good only with cracked hinge. Uncommon. Deaccessioned from The Harvard University Library.
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CA$69.15
THE PROHIBITION MANIA. A Reply to Professor Irving Fisher and others.
by Darrow, Clarence, and Victor S. Yarros
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. first edition. hardcover. Good +/Fair. Octavo, maroon cloth covers, 254 pages. Tipped-in printed note in front. Top cover has a tape mark (offset from some tape on inside of dust jacket), light wear at corners and head of spine.. Dust jacket has splits at folds and gouge on top panel, now enclosed in a clear mylar cover. 092108D
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CA$103.72
The Wet Parade (Original photograph from the set of the 1932 film)
by Victor Fleming (director); Upton Sinclair (novel); John Lee Mahin (screenwriter), Dorothy Jordan, Lewis Stone, Myrna Loy, Neil Hamilton (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1932 film, with a printed snipe on the verso. Based on the novel by Upton Sinclair. Victor Fleming directs Dorothy Jordan and Lewis Stone in an early scene from his pre-Code epic about Prohibition. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.
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CA$380.32
![Character is bounded on the north by sobriety, on the east by integrity, on the west by industry, and on the south by gentleness. - Frances E. Willard [poster]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/667/604/792604667.0.b.1.jpg)
Character is bounded on the north by sobriety, on the east by integrity, on the west by industry, and on the south by gentleness. - Frances E. Willard [poster]
by Willard, Frances E
Evanston, IL: Woman's Christian Temperance Union, n.d.. Poster. 18.75x24.74 inch poster with portrait of Willard, quote beneath; minor edgewear, near fine. This quote was widely used in Temperance materials.
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CA$103.72
10 Things Every Parent, Teenager & Teacher Should Know About Marijuana
by Family Council on Drug Awareness
Los Angeles: Family Council on Drug Awareness, 1990. 6-panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches, photocopied on blue paper stock, very good condition. The FCDA was "founded in 1989 to develop and present reliable, factual information about drugs and drug policy." Sample question: "Q. Is Marijuana Addictive? A. No, it is not. ... On a relative scale, marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate but more so than anchovies." Part of a broader effort to re-legalize cannabis.
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CA$16.60
Pardon Us (Original photograph from the 1931 film)
by Stan; Laurel Oliver Hardy, June Marlowe, Wilfred Lucas (starring); James Parrott (director); H.M. Walker (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 film. In Prohibition-era America, two men end up in prison after attempting to sell some home-brewed beer to a policeman. The first feature film to star Laurel and Hardy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, moderately toned overall, with creasing and wear to the corners.
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CA$449.48
Maine's War Upon the Liquor Traffic: A Series of Historical Articles
by Henry A. Wing
Portland: Evening Press, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. Withdrawn from the Bowdoin College Library.
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CA$103.72
![The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond [The Life and Death of Legs Diamond] (Original screenplay for the 1960 film, copy belonging to actor Martin Landau)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/693/798/1321798693.0.b.jpg)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond [The Life and Death of Legs Diamond] (Original screenplay for the 1960 film, copy belonging to actor Martin Landau)
by Budd Boetticher (director); Martin Landau (actor); Joseph Landon (screenwriter); Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Warren Oates, Dyan Cannon (starring)
N.p.: United States Productions, Inc, 1959. Revised Estimating script for the 1960 film belonging to actor Martin Landau, here under the working title "The Life and Death of Legs Diamond." Laid in are five carbon typescript pages of script with Landau's name written in manuscript ink to upper right and annotations to dialogue of lead character Legs in manuscript pencil. Landau was considered for the lead role of Jack "Legs" Diamond, which from the laid in pages, we can reasonably assume were for an...
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The Moonshine War (Original screenplay for the 1970 film)
by Alan Alda, Richard Widmark, Patrick McGoohan (starring); Elmore Leonard (novel, screenwriter); Richard Quine (director)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Filmways, 1970. First Draft script for the 1970 film. Based on the 1969 novel by Elmore Leonard, who also adapted it for the screen. An early example of the character-driven insanity that would become Leonard's trademark as he rose from being more than just a writer of Westerns. A federal agent during the Prohibition era, looking to make a quick buck before the ban is lifted, finds himself in competition with two ruthless thugs over the same property....
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CA$1,037.25
Once Upon a Time in America (Original Film Press Kit)
by Sergio Leone (director, screenwriter); Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini, Stuart Kaminsky, Ernesto Gastaldi (screenwriters); Angelo Novi (photographer); Robert De Niro, James WOods, Elizabeth McGovern, J
Hollywood: The Ladd Company, 1984. Original press kit for the 1984 Italian-American film. Included in the press kit are 24 black-and-white still photographs, including one photograph of director Sergio Leone, biographies of select cast and crew, final credits, production information, and insight into Leone's process. Based on Harry Grey's 1952 novel, "The Hoods." David Aaronson (De Niro) is a former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster who, after thirty years of absence, returns to Manhattan, where he...
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CA$518.62
Alcohol: The Beloved Enemy
by Jack VanImpe
New York: Nelson, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition.
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CA$48.40
![Prohibition and Woman Suffrage. Speech of Albert Williams of Ionia, Michigan, Made at Charlotte, Mich.; October 9th, 1874. [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/946/081/1579081946.0.b.jpg)
Prohibition and Woman Suffrage. Speech of Albert Williams of Ionia, Michigan, Made at Charlotte, Mich.; October 9th, 1874. [caption title]
by Albert Williams (1817-1907)
[N.p., likely Michigan, ca. 1874]. Octavo. 30, [1, Michigan State Prohibition Ticket], [1, blank]pp. Neatly removed pamphlet; light soiling; two ink notations; very good. "Prohibition Economy, Pure Government, and Equal Rights for All." A campaign speech from Judge Albert Williams of Ionia, Michigan promoting the National Prohibition Party and putting forth Charles K. Carpenter for governor. Williams opines: "No one, therefore, can rightfully be indifferent. Pure and impartial government is the...
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CA$207.45
The Untouchables (Archive including original screenplay and production documents for the 1987 film)
by David Mamet (screenwriter); Brian DePalma [De Palma] (director); Ennio Morricone (composer); Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film, copy belonging to Second Assistant Director James W. Skotchdopole with the manuscript ink annotation of "Jimmy Scotch 2nd" on the top of the title page, with 16 color slides, shooting schedules, call sheets, various production documents and memos, and newspaper clippings laid in, all housed in a folder with ink annotations of "Studio - Work" on the tab, and "The Untouchable [sic] / Great Falls - Montana / Cgo- Ill," on the...
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (Three original photographs from the 1967 film)
by Roger Corman (director); Howard Browne (screenwriter); Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Bruce Dern, Jack Nicholson (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967. Three striking vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Roger Corman film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the collection of noted British film producer John Palmer. A dramatization of the 1929 mass murder of seven members of the Northside Gang by members of Al Capone's gang, led by George "Bugs" Moran. Set in Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall.
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CA$207.45
THE TRUTH ABOUT PROHIBITION.
by Pickett, Deets
Beechwold Station, Columbus, OH: School and College Service, (c. 1963). softcover. near very good. Stapled booklet (approx. 5 1/4' by 7 1/2") 32 pages. Some red check marks in text, otherwise in very good condition. A post-prohibition argument for dryness, citing the benefits businesses and the country-at-large realized during the " dry years." Quotes many soures and gives statistics.112706A
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CA$13.83
![The Little Giant [Little Giant] (Original photograph from the 1933 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/148/410/628410148.0.b.0.jpg)
The Little Giant [Little Giant] (Original photograph from the 1933 film)
by Mary Astor Edward G. Robinson (starring); Roy Del Ruth (director); Robert Lord (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: First National Pictures / Warner Brothers, 1933. Vvintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1933 film. With a typewritten snipe affixed to the verso, as issued. Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago...
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Prohibition's Prince: The Bizarre Life of America's Millionaire Moonshiner
by Guy Graybill; Foreword by James Humes
Lemoyne: Sunbury Press, 2010. Softcover. Fine in pictorial wraps.. 4to. 284 pp. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the first page.
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CA$103.72
Original photograph of the first legal whiskey produced during prohibition in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1933
by [Prohibition]
Cincinnati: Romach and Groene, 1933. Vintage photograph of the first legal whiskey produced in Ohio during prohibition at the Carthage Distilling Company in Cincinnati, with contemporary annotations of location, dates, and personnel, and a "Rombach and Groene Commercial Photographers Cincinnati Ohio" stamp on the verso. A fascinating prohibition artifact depicting fifteen men and one woman standing in a warehouse before a stack of three whiskey barrels, the topmost barrel prominently marked "1," less...
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CA$414.90
Frances E. Willard: "Yours for home protection
by Mitchell, Norma Taylor
Lake Junaluska, NC: Commission on Archives and History, the United Methodist Church, 1977. Pamphlet. 36p., staplebound wraps, 4x6.5 inches, staples rusted, title page and verso of front wrap stained, rear wrap lightly foxed, else good condition. Biographical booklet on the temperance and women's suffrage activist.
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CA$16.60
Lucky Lady (Original screenplay for the 1975 film)
by Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds (starring); Stanley Donen (director); Willard Huyck (screenwriter); Gloria Katz (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973. First Draft script for the 1975 film. A young widow begins smuggling liquor in San Diego during Prohibition, and subsequently also becomes romantically involved with two men. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 24, 1973, noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Huyck and Katz. 165 leaves, mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
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CA$380.32
County option, where labor stands at present on the liquor question. Address delivered in the debate on county option in the Wisconsin Legislature, March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and nin
by Gaylord, Winfield R
Milwaukee: Social-Democratic Publishing Company, 1909. Pamphlet. 20p., wraps edge worn with minor chipping, previous owner's stamp on front wrap, some creasing, 5.5x8.5 inches.
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CA$62.24
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
by Okrent, Daniel
Paperback. Acceptable.
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CA$9.64
