Albert, Marvin writing as Anthony Rome. The Lady in Cement (First Edition). London: Robert Hale, 1962 First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition and first edition in hardcover (preceded by a paperback original in the US). Basis for the breezy 1968 film starring Frank Sinatra as Albert's detective Tony Rome, the second of two films featuring that character. About Near Fine in a like dust jacket. Book has a very slight lean and a touch of foxing to the page edges; jacket is bright, with no chips or tears, only light rubbing overall. A superb example of one the rare "white spine" Hale crime editions, produced in extremely small numbers and supplied mostly to British libraries upon publication. The only jacketed copy we have ever seen. [Book #114890]. (read more)

Allen, Woody. Side Effects (Signed First Edition). New York: Random House, 1980 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page.Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Slight lean; jacket very lightly rubbed along the panel edges with a touch of toning to the flap folds. A collection of humorous essays and short plays by the filmmaker and humorist. An attractive copy. [Book #115122]. (read more)

Armstrong, Anthony [George A. Willis]. The Trail of Fear (First Edition). Chicago: The White House Publishers, 1929 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Book has a crease to the spine, front hinge starting. Jacket is bright overall, some soiling and light wear to the extremities, nicking and a few small chips at the spine ends and corners. [Book #115123]. (read more)

Asimov, Isaac. The End of Eternity (First Edition). Garden City: Doubleday, 1955 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Just about Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket is bright and unclipped with only minor rubbing along the panel edges and a bit of toning to the spine and flap folds. A lovely copy of a key Asimov title. [Book #115127]. (read more)

Baum, L. Frank. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (First Edition). Chicago: Reilly and Britton, 1908 First Edition. First Edition, secondary binding per Greene and Hanff (p. 53), with all textual points and color plates present as called for. Publisher's light blue cloth, with color paper label on the front board (utilizing a gold background); spine titles in black, with "Reilly and Britton" at the foot. About Very Good condition, with light soil and rubbing, some foxing to a few early leaves, corners lightly bumped, faint splashes and fading to the backstrip. Small crack to the inner hinge at page 137. A very presentable copy overall. [Book #114773]. (read more)

Baum, L. Frank. John Dough and the Cherub (First Edition). Chicago: Reilly and Britton, 1906 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Second state with "cave" on p. 275, line 10, and 4 pages of advertisements at the rear. Small owner name at the top of the front flyleaf, strip of paper loss on the front pastedown (at the hinge, about 3/4-inches deep), otherwise a bright, clean, Very Good+ copy. [Book #114779]. (read more)

Baum, L. Frank. Queen Zixi of Ix (First Edition). New York: Century, 1905 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Publisher's lime green cloth, stamped in red and black, endpapers blank. Mixed state, with illustrations variously in terra cotta, pink, green, tan, orange, or yellow, as well as 16 three-color plates throughout. Gift inscription ("from Santa Claus") in light pencil on the front flyleaf, dated 1905, rear inner hinge partially cracked. Cloth moderately soiled, with fraying at the crown and light wear at the corners, and some splitting to the cloth along the top portion of the rear outer hinge. A presentable copy overall of a book that includes characters that Baum would later introduce to his "Oz" universe. [Book #114771]. (read more)

Baum, L. Frank. The Sea Fairies (First Edition). Chicago: Reilly and Britton, 1911 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first state. Publisher's advertisements end with "John Dough and the Cherub," and the last two lines of page 95 are transposed. 12 color plates present as called for, with light fray at the fore-edge of a few plates. Good to Very Good condition, with wear at the corners, rubbing and soil to the rear board and backstrip, and a few small bruises to the paper label on the front board. A presentable copy overall. [Book #114778]. (read more)

[Baum, L. Frank] Thompson, Ruth Plumly. The Lost King of Oz (First Edition). Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1925 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. First issue per Greene and Hanff (p. 92), with all 16 plates coated on the recto only, and bound in medium blue cloth. Binding slightly cocked, one long tear each to the frontis plate and the last page of text, both professionally mended. Some rubbing and light scratching to the front and rear boards. About Very Good overall, a very presentable copy. [Book #114774]. (read more)

Benchley, Peter. Jonathan Visits The White House (First Edition). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Bump to spine ends with neat date in ink to the front flyleaf. Jacket is lightly soiled overall with rubbing and a few tiny chips to the extremities. Best known for "Jaws", this is Benchley's first book and his only children's title. [Book #115214]. (read more)

Berryman, John. Poems (First Edition). Norfolk CT: New Directions, (1942) First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine in wrappers and a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket very lightly sunned at the spine and along the top edge, else Fine. A selection in the Poet of the Month collection, and the author's first solely authored book. [Book #115081]. (read more)

Booth, Stanley [The Rolling Stones, Peter Guralnick]. The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones (First UK Edition). London: William Heinemann, 1985 First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition (and correct first), first printing, first printing. Spine ends and corners a bit bumped, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. The only hardcover edition of this title ever made under Booth's intended title. Regarded by both Peter Guralnick and Robert Palmer as the most important book ever written about the Rolling Stones, by a writer who traveled with the band throughout 1969, the year (and decade) that ended with Altamont. Deeply personal and unforgettable, one of the most telling and literate books ever written about rock music and the band that embodied its essence like none before or since. An American cult classic. [Book #115096]. (read more)

Brite, Poppy Z. The Devil You Know (Signed Limited Edition). Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2003 First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. SIGNED and LETTERED (this being letter "B") by the author. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket and traycase as issued. Presumably the earliest obtainable copy in the lettered series one could obtain. [Book #114788]. (read more)

Brunner, John. Stand on Zanzibar (First Edition). Garden City: Doubleday, 1968 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Slightest bow to the front board, else Fine. Jacket rubbed at the extremities with a few nicks and edge creases. Some touch-up to the black background ink at the spine ends. Overall a bright copy of this easily-worn title. Winner of the 1969 Hugo Award. [Book #115086]. (read more)

Burroughs, John. Wake-Robin (First Edition). New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871 First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. First Edition. Very Good+ in dark green cloth with beveled edges and gilt titles and spine, still fairly bright. Light rubbing overall with minor bruising and bumping to the board tips, some loss and bumping at spine ends, slight cracking at the outer hinges, horizontal crease to the front, and few leaves have very minor creases. Burroughs' first literary work, published after a small appreciation piece on his good friend, Walt Whitman. Still tight and bright, this is a presentable copy from a prominent 19th-century naturalist. [Book #115043]. (read more)

Capote, Truman. The Muses are Heard (First Edition). New York: Random House, 1956 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Small spash at the bottom page edges. Overall a sharp copy. [Book #115195]. (read more)

Cassavetes, John (director, screenwriter, starring); Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara. Husbands (Two Original One-Sheet Film Posters). Faces Music/Columbia, 1970 Two original one-sheet posters for the 1970 film, "Husbands," directed and written for the screen by John Cassavetes and starring Cassavetes, Peter Falk, and Ben Gazzara. Cassavetes, Falk, and Gazzara play three old friends brought together by the death of a mutual pal, each of whom enters into a subsequent reconsideration of his married life. 24.25 x 34.75 inches, Near Fine condition, folded. Three black-and-white posters are known from this film; they were used for wilding in Manhattan, and they all measure 24 x 32 inches. These posters are not from that group (they are in color, and the dimensions are not the same), and these are the first examples we have encountered. [Book #115299]. (read more)

Chandler, Raymond. Playback (First Edition). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958 First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket with a tiny chip to the jacket crown. The last Philip Marlowe novel. [Book #115199]. (read more)

Christie, Agatha. And Then There Were None (First Edition). New York: Dodd, Mead, 1940 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a solid Very Good dust jacket. Jacket is lightly faded at the spine panel, with light wear (but no loss) at the spine ends, folds, and extremities, and a few neat cellotape reinforcements at the verso. A very presentable copy overall. [Book #114981]. (read more)

Coen, Joel and Ethan (director, producer, screenwriters); John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Tony Shalhoub, Steve Buscemi (starring). Barton Fink (Original Press Kit). Circle Films/Twentieth Century Fox, 1991 Original Press Kit for the 1991 film, "Barton Fink," directed, produced, and written for the screen by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Tony Shalhoub, and Steve Buscemi. 8 still photographs from the film, all black-and-white silver gelatin prints, with descriptive information at the bottom of each. The photographs are housed in a sack paper envelope, rubber-stamped "BARTON FINK / MINI SET 10 STILLS." Laid in beside the photographs are three announcements for the film's release, including film credits, production information, and press releases. Photos and documentation housed in a 2-color pocketed Twentieth Century-Fox folder as issued. Photographs are in Fine condition; folder is about Near Fine, with some brief stressing at a couple of edges. Press kits from films made from the 1970s to the early 1990s are rare, and the method of assemblage was somewhat random in nature, in that a single press kit would be put together from an assortment of available still photographs such that virtually no two sets were alike. For example, this particular set was sent directly from the distributor, and while the envelope states that 10 photos were issued, only 8 were present. An impressive piece from one of the more ambitious films in the Coen Brothers' oeuvre, a key film about Hollywood that is a meditation on the long-standing frustration serious writers have had when confronted with the task of screenwriting. Based largely on the experiences of playwright and erstwhile screenwriter Clifford Odets. [Book #114823]. (read more)

Cole, Lester and Henry Johnson (screenwriters); George Marshall (director); Claire Trevor (starring). Wild Gold [The Gold Rush Story] (Original Screenplay). Fox Film Corporation [Twentieth Century Fox], 1934 Final Shooting Script for the 1934 pre-code film, "Wild Gold" (here also titled "The Gold Rush Story"), directed by George Marshall, written for the screen by Lester Cole and Henry Johnson (earlier treatments were done by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti), and starring Claire Trevor. The film was released on June 8, 1934, less than a month before the Production Code would go into effect. One of "Hollywood Ten" writer Lester Cole's efforts contemporary to "Sleepers East," in which a young man, desperately in love with a nightclub singer, sees an opportunity to spend some time alone with her while they are traveling through the Nevada gold country. He takes the carburetor off her car and throws it in the river, stranding them there. They wind up staying at the cabin of a crusty old prospector, and soon afterward the manager of a nightclub act shows up with his bevy of beautiful showgirls. Bound in green studio wrappers, noted as Final Shooting Script on the front wrapper, and dated 2/1/34. Holograph notations include a numeric notation of 1373.33 in colored pencil at the top right corner, a penciled notation "File copy with new scenes and new ending" just below, and the working title "The Gold Rush Story" crossed through, with "Wild Gold" written in ink just above it. Credits on the front wrapper for Cole and Johnson. Title and screenwriter credits at the top of the first leaf, followed by the first scene. 102 leaves, white paper stock, mimeograph, rectos only, with non-colored revision pages throughout, all dated 2/6/34. Also laid at the front are in are 15 pages on onionskin stock, with the number "1373" in colored holograph pencil on the first leaf (corresponding to the number on the front wrapper). The change pages are labeled in three sections: Changes (4/27/34), New Ending (3/17/34) and New Scene (3/15/34). Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good with yapped edges, small chips and short closed tears, bound with three gold brads. A rare screenplay from a rarely-seen pre-code film, principally written by one of the Hollywood Ten. [Book #115203]. (read more)

Cook, Gary J. Blood Trail (Signed Limited Edition). Tuscon, AZ: Dennis McMillan, 2006 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing, one of 104 lettered copies (this being Letter L) SIGNED by the author. Fine in quarter-morocco binding, marbled boards, in a Fine dust jacket and slipcase as issued. [Book #115276]. (read more)

Cukor, George (director); Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Jeremy Brett (starring); Bernard Shaw (play). My Fair Lady (Original Screenplay, Jeremy Brett's working copy). Warner Brothers, 1963 Final Shooting Script for the 1964 film musical, "My Fair Lady," directed by George Cukor, based on the 1914 play, "Pygmailion" by George Bernard Shaw (and the subsequent British film, released in 1938), written for the screen by Alan Jay Lerner, with songs by Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and starring Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, and Jeremy Brett. This is actor Jeremy Brett's copy, with his holograph notations--most of which are added dialogue--throughout. Unlike many scripts for film musicals, this one contains the complete lyrics to every song as part of the script. Brett took the role of Freddy Eynsford Hill at the age of 30, and became part of musical film history with his performance of "On the Street Where You Live," near the beginning of the film. He would re-emerge twenty years later to become what most enthusiasts regard as the definitive Sherlock Holmes, filming nearly every story in Doyle's canon. A film musical so beloved and successful that it has long since overshadowed the previous British film version and its dramatic source. Winner of no fewer than 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design (given to Cecil Beaton). Mustard studio wrappers, stamped FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 73, and dated June 24, 1963. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, with a date of 6/24/63 and credits for Lerner, Loewe, and Shaw. 140 leaves, mimoegraph, rectos only, with principal pages eye-rest green and blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 6/27/63 and 7/3/63. Pages and wrapper Very Good, completely intact, but with evidence of significant use (wrapper edges yapped, pages curled), bound with two gold brads. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. [Book #114814]. (read more)

Delillo, Don writing as Cleo Birdwell. Amazons (Uncorrected Proof). New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1980 First Edition. First Edition, first printing. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers as issued, with a bump at the heel and minute wear to a couple of corners. Delillo's pseudonymously written, fictitious autobiography of the first woman to play in the National Hockey League. A bright copy. [Book #115101]. (read more)

Deren, Maya. An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film (First Edition, Kenneth Anger's copy). Yonkers, NY: Alicat Bookshop Press, 1946. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger's copy, with his ownership name and date (January 31, 1948) on the verso of the front wrapper. One of 750 copies, published in the Alicat Bookshop Press' Outcast series. An uncommon and key document in experimental cinema, published the same year Deren released Ritual in Transfigured Time. The Anthology Film Archive in New York, the ground floor of which is named after Ms. Deren as the "godmother of American avant-garde cinema," has published a massive ongoing series documenting Deren's work, from her Socialist origins to feminist filmmaking and theory. Very Good to Near Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers, with a small splash at the inside front cover and some toning to the edges of the wrapper. [Book #114725]. (read more)

Didion, Joan (novel, screenwriter); John Gregory Dunne (screenwriter); Frank Perry (director); Ruth Ford (starring). Play It As It Lays (Archive including actress Ruth Ford's working screenplay, 6 typed letters signed). F.P. Productions/The Play It Company/Universal Pictures, 1971 An archive of materials belonging to actress Ruth Ford, all related to the production of the 1972 film, "Play It As It Lays," directed by Frank Perry, based on the novel by Joan Didion, written for the screen by Didion and John Gregory Dunne, and starring Ford, Tuesday Weld, and Anthony Perkins. Material in the archive include Ford's annotated working script and call sheets, 2 four-color promotional pamphlets handed out at previews for the film, and 5 typed letters signed and one carbon letter from producer Dominick Dunne, director Frank Perry, and others. Hollywood has perhaps never had a director more committed to the spirit of literature than Perry, who in the course of a decade translated to the screen works by John Cheever ("The Swimmer"), Truman Capote ("Trilogy"), Thomas McGuane ("Rancho Deluxe"), Evan Hunter ("Last Summer"), and Susan Isaacs ("Compromising Positions"). "Play It As It Lays" was his most ambitious and non-commercial effort, an intense and brutal Hollywood story focusing on the micro-malaise of an actress (Weld) who has come to loathe the lifestyle she has adopted, told in a series of fractured segments that externalize her trapped, despairing mindset. This was Perry's followup to "The Swimmer;" but unlike that film, the Didion adapatation has rarely been seen since its release, and on the few occasions it has surfaced, only poor prints have been available. The almost universally positive critical response it has received since calls it the director's most uncompromised work. The script: draft script in brown studio wrappers, stamped simply with the film title, with Ruth Ford's holograph ownership name at the top left corner of the front wrapper. Title page present, with a date of November 24, 1971 and credits for Didion (as both novelist and screenwriter), screenwriter John Gregory Dunne, director Perry, and producer Dominick Dunne. 129 leaves, mimeograph, rectos only, with blue and pink revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/1/71 and 12/15/71. Holograph notations by Ford throughout, mostly circling her lines (she played "Carlotta" in the film). Laid in at the rear is a collection of ephemera relating to the film's production, including production call sheets, staff and crew list, and shooting schedule.Pages Near Fine, revision pages Very Good with wear at the fore-edges (some inserted, some bound in, some paper-clipped); wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.The letters: 6 letters sent to Ruth Ford between 1971-72, all but one on the custom stationery created for the film, including the initial letter of contact from producer Dominick Dunne offering Ford the role of Carlotta, with additional letters from director Perry, director's assistant Ruth Oberdorfer, and production manager Irving Temaner. Also included are 2 copies of the promotional folder handed out at the film's preview, along with press clippings.An impressive archive for a significant and very nearly lost film from the important era of the early 1970s, documenting the meeting of a great actress, an iconic novelist, and a director whose allegiance to literary ideals rivaled that of his contemporaries John Cassavetes and Robert Altman. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. [Book #114820]. (read more)

Dwan, Allan (director); Stuart N. Lake (novel); Randolph Scott, Cesar Romero, John Carradine, and Ward Bond (starring). Frontier Marshall (Original Screenplay). Twentieth Century Fox, 1939 Revised Final Shooting Script for the 1939 film, "Frontier Marshal," directed by Allan Dwan, based on the 1931 novel "Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal," by Stuart N. Lake, and starring Randolph Scott, Cesar Romero, John Carradine, and Ward Bond. The second adaptation of Stuart N. Lake's classic Western novel, but the first to tell the story using that novel's characters and not just its plot--and the first to have an outstanding cast. Remade seven years later by John Ford as "My Darling Clementine." Bound in orange studio wrappers, stamped REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 70, and dated June 1, 1939. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, with a date matching the front wrapper, and a credit for screenwriter Sam Hellman. 125 leaves, mimeograph, rectos only. Wrapper and the first few leaves are heavily dampstained, otherwise Very Good, bound with two gold brads. [Book #115206]. (read more)

[Farm Services Administration] Raper, A.; I. Reid. Sharecroppers All (First Edition). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1941 Hardcover. Quarto. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket, modest wear at the extremities with several closed tears along the top edge of the jacket panel and rubbing to the spine. A nonfiction report on sharecroppers in the American South, including sections with illustrations after photographs by FSA photographers Lange, Lee, Rothstein et al. Scarce in this condition. [Book #115187]. (read more)

[Fine Bindings] O'Hara, John. Appointment in Samarra (First Edition, in a fine artist's binding). New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, (1934) First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in full hand dyed leather with onlay to both the front and rear boards after the striking dust jacket design. A beautiful modern binding by the Chelsea Bindery. O'Hara's famous first book, realistically detailing the three-day disintegration of Julian English in O'Hara's invented town of Gibbsville, PA. Making this copy even more interesting is the presence of a tiny blindstamp on the title page reading "PUBLIC LIBRARY / POTTSVILLE, PA." Pottsville was O'Hara's birthplace, and the basis for O'Hara's fictitious "Gibbsville." Publisher's errata slip tipped in after title page, as called for. A unique copy of this highspot, a serious beauty. [Book #115211]. (read more)

Fisher, Steve. Destroyer (First Edition, inscribed to the producer of "I Wake Up Screaming"). New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1941 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. About Fine in a Very Good+, spine-faded dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Fisher to Hollywood producer Milton Sperling, who produced the first adaptation of Fisher's fiction to the screen, the seminal 1941 noir, I Wake Up Screaming: "For Milton Sperling / In sincere appreciation - and with very best wishes for his success, health and happiness / Steve Fisher / Sept. 15, 1941." The inscription was likely made near the end of the film's production, as Fisher co-authored the screenplay in addition to having written the novel, and the film opened in the US a little more than a month later, on October 31, 1941. Sperling worked in Hollywood between 1936 and 1971, and also produced such notable films as Pursued (1947), The Enforcer (1951), and The Battle of the Bulge (1965). A tremendous association marking the beginning of Steve Fisher's impressive career as a screenwriter, and an uncommon title in jacket, written the same year--a novel informed by his experiences in the US Navy. [Book #114978]. (read more)

Funke, Jaromir. Fotografie (First Edition). Praha: Odeon, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Jacket rubbed along the panel edges with two short closed tears and wrinkling to the top front panel. An attractive copy. [Book #115152]. (read more)

Gash, Jonathan; R.H.F. Keating. The Lies of Fair Ladies (Signed Limited Edition). Bristol, UK: Scorpion Press, 1991 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, one of 20 lettered deluxe copies (this being copy M) produced for private distribution. SIGNED by the author on the limitation page and by R.H.F. Keating who has written "An Apprecitation of Jonathan Gash" included in this volume. Fine and unread in cream colored quarter leather and marble paper covered boards, gilt spine titles and green topstain. [Book #115241]. (read more)

Glasmon, Kubec and John Bright. The Public Enemy (First Edition). New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1931 First Edition. First Edition. Photoplay novelization of the legendary 1931 film directed by William Wellman and starring James Cagney. Near Fine in a Good to Very Good example of the rare dust jacket. Contemporary owner name and date (1931) on the front flyleaf; jacket is moderately worn, with small chips at the spine corners, a couple of closed tears, some shallow creasing, and a split starting up the rear hinge fold. Still, a very presentable copy. [Book #114723]. (read more)

Greene, Graham. The Third Man (Original Screenplay). David O. Selznick, 1948 Second draft screenplay for the seminal 1949 film noir, "The Third Man," directed by Carol Reed, based on an original screenplay by Graham Greene. This is a copy from the Selznick archive, which resided for decades at the University of Texas, originally issued over a year prior to the film's release. "The Third Man" was a co-production between London Film Productions in England and Selznick Studios in Hollywood, this being a script that was made for reference at Selznick Studios. Bound in blue studio wrappers, rubber-stamped No. 22 on the front wrapper, and dated July 1, 1948. 118 pages, mimeograph, rectos only, bound with three silver brads. No author credit is present. Fine condition. Original screenplay by Graham Greene based upon his own treatment, and the only original screenplay ever to have been written by the noted author. Starring Joseph Cotton as Holly Martins, Anna Schmidt as Valli and Orson Welles as Harry Lime. Produced and directed by Carol Reed, who narrated the UK version, and who worked with Greene on two other films, "The Fallen Idol" and "Our Man in Havana." Released on September 3, 1949. In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. [Book #114898]. (read more)

Hemingway, Ernest (novel, subject). The Dangerous Summer, Part One (Original promotional poster issued by LIFE Magazine). LIFE Magazine, 1960 An extremely uncommon film preview poster issued by LIFE magazine, promoting the first appearance of Hemingway's "The Dangerous Summer," which first ran in LIFE in two parts, in the September and October 1960. The only example we have ever encountered. 26.5 x 34.5 inches (a few inches shorter than the standard poster size for this era), Fine condition, archivally linen-backed and rolled. [Book #115170]. (read more)

Herr, Michael . Dispatches (First Edition). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a just about Fine dust jacket. A sharp copy of a key Vietnam title. [Book #114974]. (read more)

Highsmith, Patricia. Ripley Under Water (Underwater) (Signed First Edition). London: Bloomsbury, 1991 First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page.Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, [Book #114942]. (read more)

Hilton, James (novel); Terence Rattigan (screenwriter); Herbert Ross (director); Peter O'Toole (starring). Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Original Screenplay). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968 Final Shooting Script for the 1969 film, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," directed by Herbert Ross, based on the 1934 novel by James Hilton, written for the screen by Terence Rattigan, and starring Peter O'Toole. This second of two film adaptations of James Hilton's masterpiece was a more epic interpretation (it casts the story as a widescreen musical, with a 144-minute running time) than its Oscar-winning 1940 predecessor. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, one of which was for O'Toole's unforgettable performance as Arthur Chipper, a shy and withdrawn teacher at a boys' school whose life changes radically when he marries a music hall singer. Bound in blue studio wrappers, stamped FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper and dated June 27th, 1968. Copy belonging to an uncredited cast member, "Rex F.," with his holograph name on the front wrapper and title page (which also includes a phone number). Credits on the front wrapper for producer Arthur Jacobs, director Ross, and screenwriter Rattigan. Title page present, with a matching date, and credits again for Jacobs, Ross, and Rattigan. 149 leaves, mechanically reproduced typescript, rectos only. Principal pages are eye-rest green, all dated 6-27-68, with blue revision pages throughout, all dated 7-5-68. Pages about Near Fine, wrapper Very Good to Near Fine bound with two interior brads, both a bit rusted. Apart from the film's considerable merit, the script itself is significant, as it marks the adaptation of a famous literary property by a major dramatist (Rattigan). In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. [Book #115163]. (read more)

Jakes, John. Havoc for Sale (Signed Limited Edition). New York: The Armchair Detective Library, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. One of 26 lettered copies (this being letter S) SIGNED and lettered by the author. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. [Book #114998]. (read more)

James, P.D.; Eileen Hogan (illustrator). Murder in Triplicate (Signed Limited Edition). London: Belmont Press, 2001 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, one of 50 deluxe numbered copies (this being No. 8) SIGNED by both the author and illustrator on the limitation page, with two extra prints enclosed in a rear pocket. Fine and unread in leather spine and matching paper covered boards. Housed in a Fine matching cloth slipcase. [Book #115253]. (read more)

Kipling, Rudyard. Captains Courageous (First Edition). New York: Century, 1897 First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Octavo. Publisher's olive cloth with design titles and rule in gilt, black, and red. A couple of outer corners bumped, a few spots of minor soil, else a bright, clean copy, with front board and spine gilt bright; easily Very Good+ overall. Contemporary Christmas gift inscription (dated 1897) on the front flyleaf. 21 black and white plates illustrated by W. Taber throughout. An attractive copy of this important novel, Kipling's only book set entirely in the United States, and the book that established the author as a writer of adult fiction, going beyond the boundaries of childrens' books published earlier in his career. [Book #115172]. (read more)

Knight, Dame Laura. Two Watercolor Portraits of African-American Children from Baltimore. Baltimore, 1927 Two watercolor portraits by Dame Laura Knight of two young African Americans who had been patients of Dr. William Baer in 1927. Dr. Baer was head of The Children's Hospital in Baltimore and was also responsible for running the Children's Ward at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Both institutions at that time had segregated wards for African American children; many had contracted tuberculosis. According to her autobiography, "Oil Paint and Grease Paint" (London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1936), the artist, Dame Laura Knight, was a friend of the Baers and while visiting Baltimore asked to accompany Dr. Baer on his rounds at the Children's Ward. She was so moved by the suffering of these children that she asked to paint the portraits of two of them, one young man and one young woman. The portraits convey movingly a sense of their physical illness, but even more powerfully, convey a sense of hopelessness--suggesting the plight of young African-Americans in Baltimore at that time.Both portraits are professionally framed, unexamined out of frame. The portrait of the young man measures 17 x 21 inches; the portrait of the young woman measures 20 x 25 inches. The paintings are in Very Good to Near Fine condition with no serious flaws to note.Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) is a well-known British artist; one of the first female artists to be elected to the Royal Academy and best known for her landscape paintings. Her husband, Harold Knight, was also an artist an, in fact, had been commissioned to paint a portrait of Dr. Finney of Johns Hopkins Hospital. [Book #115291]. (read more)

Lee, Edward. The Ushers (Signed Limited Edition). Seattle, WA: Obsidian Press, 1999 First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. One of 250 copies (this being no. 118) SIGNED by the author Edward lee and illustrator Alan M. Clark. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. [Book #114795]. (read more)

Leonard, Elmore. Swag (Signed First Edition). New York: Delacorte Press, 1976 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket with a couple of short closed tears to the rear jacket panel. [Book #115041]. (read more)

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Courtship of Miles Standish (First Edition). Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858 First Edition. 12mo. First Edition, first issue, with all 12 October ads at the rear, tipped-in publisher’s slip, and page 124:3 reads "treacherous." Very Good in beveled chocolate cloth with design and rule in blind, chocolate endpapers. Bright spine gilt, light rubbing overall, slight spine lean, spine ends are bumped with a chip at the crown, light soil and corner bumping, seller stamp on the front pastedown, and a faint dampstain to the top page edges. BAL 12122. [Book #115053]. (read more)

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha (First Edition). Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855 First Edition. Hardcover.12mo. First Edition, second issue, with "dived" (pg. 96) and November 1855 ads at the rear. Very Good+ in chocolate boards with design and rule in blind, and gilt spine titles bright. Tips bumped and moderately rubbed, some loss to spine ends. Overall, a bright, clean copy of Longfellow's epic poem. [Book #115099]. (read more)

Lumley, Brian. Screaming Science Fiction: Horrors from Outer Space (Signed Limited Edition). Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2003 First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. One of 26 lettered copies (this being copy "B") SIGNED and LETTERED by the author. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket in a traycase with just the slightest rubbing to the spline gilt, else Fine. Presumably the earliest obtainable copy in the lettered series one could obtain. [Book #114789]. (read more)

MacKenzie, Gordon. Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide To Surviving With Grace (Signed First Edition). Shawnee Mission,KS: OpusPocus Publishing, 1996 First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. First Edition, first printing. Signed by the authorin ink along with his printed red "chop". Fine and unread in soft black quarter leather and unfinished embossed pastboard boards. DEsigned by Willoughby Design Group. Illustrated by Suzi Vanztos, Ann Willoughby, Gordon MacKenzie and Wendie Collins. Designed to pick up the reader's fingerprints and show use after having been read, this copy still fine and un-smudged. Publisher's about the sheet laid in. A lovely copy. [Book #114966]. (read more)

Malick, Terence (director, producer, screenwriter); Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates (starring). Badlands (Original Press Kit). Jill Jakes Productions/Warner Brothers Pictures, 1973 Original Press Kit for the 1973 film, "Badlands," directed, produced, and written for the screen by Terence Malick, and starring Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, and Warren Oates. 10 still photographs from the film, all black-and-white silver gelatin prints, each varying somewhat in size, with descriptive information at the bottom of each. Laid in behind the photographs are several announcements for the film's release, including film credits, production information, and press releases. Photos and documentation housed in a 2-color pocketed Warner Brothers folder as issued. Photographs are in Near Fine condition; folder is Near Fine. Press kits from films made from the 1970s to the early 1990s are rare, and the method of assemblage was somewhat random in nature, in that a single press kit would be put together from an assortment of available still photographs such that virtually no two sets were alike. An impressive piece of ephemera from the hugely talented Malick's first film as a director, preceding "Days of Heaven," about two young people raised in an uncaring rural area who recognize a mutual latent cynicism in one another, and act on it accordingly. [Book #114824]. (read more)

Marion Zimmer Bradley writing as Miriam Gardner. Twilight Lovers (First Edition). Monarch Books, 1964, No. 418 First Edition. First Edition, first printing, a paperback original. Corner creasing to both wrappers with a faint numerical stamp to the top page edges, else Near Fine condition. An attractive copy. Lesbiana. [Book #114752]. (read more)