Adler, Betty; Jane Wilhelm.
H.L.M. The Mencken Bibliography (Signed First Edition).
BAltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the half title page. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Neat owner name to the verso of the front flyleaf. Rubbing and a few nicks to the jacket extremities. [Book #118551]. (read more)

Almendros, Néstor; Francois Truffaut (foreword).
A Man with a Camera (First Edition, inscribed in 1988).
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "New York / July 26 '88 / To Dick Shepard / [underlined] Very cordially / Nestor Almendros. Fine and unread in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. One of the greatest cinematographers of the latter half of the twentieth century, Almendros got his professional start working on the films of Francios Truffaut ("The Wild Child," "Bed and Board, "Confidentially Yours") and Eric Rohmer ("My Night at Maud's," "La Collectioneuse," Claire's Knee," "Chloe in the Afternoon," "Pauline at the Beach"), then went on to win an Academy Award for his stunning camerawork on Terence Malick's "Days of Heaven," and was again nominated four years later for "Sophie's Choice." Other choice work includes "Cockfighter" (Monte Hellman, 1974), "Kramer vs. Kramer" (Robert Benton, 1979), and "Maitresse" (Barbet Schroeder, 1975). Almendros died in New York in 1992 at the age of 61. Richard Shepard is a noted director, responsible for two exceptional films in the recent past: "The Matador" in 2005 and "The Hunting Party" in 2007. [Book #118519]. (read more)

Annakin, Ken (director); Philip Yordan, Milton Sperling, John Melson (screenplay); Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, George Montgomery, Charles Bronson (starring).
The Battle of the Bulge (Original Screenplay, script supervisor's copy with over 100 Polaroid location photographs and other ephemera).
United States Pictures / Warner Brothers, 1965. Draft Shooting Script for the 1965 film, "The Battle of the Bulge," directed by Ken Annakin, written for the screen by Philip Yordan, Milton Sperling, and John Melson (though Melson is not credited in this draft), and starring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, George Montgomery, and Charles Bronson. Script supervisor Joy Mercer's copy, an extraordinary working script from the location shooting in Madrid, heavily annotated on every page, with over 100 Polaroid photographs taken on location and on the sets (both stapled to the edges of the leaves and laid in), negative strips, holograph notations (many in shorthand) that include typical script supervisor's notations, and dialogue changes, shorthand, diagrams of building locations and arrangements, memorandums to Mercer and producer/screenwriter Milton Sperling, and several revision pages that are both bound in and laid in (including a few top copies that were clearly typed up on the fly). One of the most ambitious films about World War II made during the 1960s, an epic story that details the events leading to one of the most key confrontations between the Allied forces and the Germans, which took place in Belgium (technically known as "The Battle of the Ardennes"). Blue British-style studio wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present, with a date of February 15, 1965 and credits for United States Pictures (the original production company, with an address in Madrid) and screenwriters Yordan and Sperling. 166 leaves, mimeograph, rectos only, with a many revision pages inserted throughout, dated variously between February 15, 1965 and May 11, 1965. A well-used and worn document, pages Very Good and complete, wrapper only Fair, lacking rear panel and a portion of the spine panel, bound with two gold flathead screw brads. [Book #117916]. (read more)

Atwood, Margaret.
Surfacing (Signed First Edition).
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed overall, else Fine. [Book #118457]. (read more)

Ballard, J. G.
Crash (First Edition).
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light bumping and sunning at the extremities. Jacket has minor toning. Basis for the stunning 1996 David Cronenberg film, starring James Spader and Holly Hunter. A nice copy. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. [Book #118181]. (read more)

Banks, Russell.
Cloudsplitter (First Edition, Inscribed to Mel Gussow).
New York: Harper Flamingo / Harper Collins, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED and dated by the author to Mel Gussow on the title page: "To Mel Gussow/ With thanks for a most enjoyable lunch / Russell Banks / 3-13-98." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8 books, served as editor for many others, and his reviews and interviews (with the likes of Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and Tom Stoppard) became staples of students and fans of theatre for decades. His first published review was Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1962, leading to a lifelong relationship with the playwright that resulted in a biography of Albee by Gussow, published in 1999. Gussow published his review of "Cloudsplitter" in 1998. About Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket. Jacket has slight curling at the top edge. An attractive copy, and a great association. [Book #117853]. (read more)

Bellow, Saul.
Mr. Sammler's Planet (First Edition).
New York: Viking Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a lightly corner-nicked, Near Fine dust jacket. A very attractive copy. [Book #118410]. (read more)

Blatty, William Peter (novel, screenplay); William Friedkin.
The Exorcist (Original Screenplay).
Warner Brothers, 1972. Early Draft Shooting Script, produced for use on the east coast during production, for the 1973 film, "The Exorcist," directed by William Friedkin, based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty, written for the screen by Blatty, and starring Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, and Linda Blair. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and subsequent status as a classic horror film, with a strangeness and depth supplied by Burstyn and Sydow that only increases with repeated viewings. Another distinction of "The Exorcist" was that it walked away 2 Oscars (including Best Screenplay for Blatty), along with 8 nominations (including Best Picture), a feat nearly unheard for a horror film. Red leather studio wrappers stamped in gilt, produced for location shooting on the east coast by Studio Duplicating Service, dated December 1972. Title page present, with a date of December 1972 and a credit for novelist-screenwriter Blatty. 137 leaves, mechanically reproduced, rectos only. Bound in at the end of the script is a single non-numbered page titled APPENDIX that includes a proposed long speech by Merrin to the Satanic hordes, imploring them in lofty language to exit the confines of little Linda Blair. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good+ with some small closed tears and yapping at the wrapper edges, bound with two gold screw brads. [Book #118398]. (read more)

Block, Lawrence.
The Sins of the Fathers, In the Midst of Death, Time to Murder and Create, (First UK Editions, 3 volumes, all signed).
London: Hale, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. First UK Editions, first printings, and first editions in hardcover. Each volume SIGNED by the author on the title page. The first three Matt Scudder novels, all published as paperback originals in the US by Dell in 1976 and 1977. Each volume easily Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, with light rubbing to the jackets to note. A splendid set, and by far the scarcest editions of these important titles. [Book #118514]. (read more)

Bourke-White, Margaret and Erskine Caldwell (text).
You Have Seen Their Faces (Softcover).
New York: Modern Age Books Inc., 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Slim quarto. First printing of this edition. Very Good in photo-illustrated wrappers. Spine roll, extremities moderately rubbed, contemporary owner name in pencil on the front flyleaf (dated 1938), minor creasing to the rear wrapper. Illustrated throughout with striking black and white photographs and captions, mostly portraits of black and white farmers of the American South. 54 pages. A presentable copy. [Book #118053]. (read more)

Brautigan, Richard.
A Confederate General from Big Sur (First Edition, inscribed in 1965).
New York: Grove Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by Brautigan on the half-title page: "This copy is for Shig / Richard Brautigan / Feb 16 1965." Shigeyoshi "Shig" Murao managed City Lights Books for over two decades beginning in the late 1950s while Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who co-founded the legendary bookshop with Peter D. Martin, published the Pocket Poets series of paperback verse from the store's basement. Shig was considered the "soul" of the bookshop, and the confidant of nearly every major San Francisco literary figure to inhabit the scene during this period. In “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” Tom Wolfe described Murao: “The Nipponese panjandrum of the place sat glowering with his beard hanging down like those strands of furze and fern in an architect’s drawing, drooping over the volumes by the cash register.” One evening in the summer of 1957, Shig was sitting at the cash register inside City Lights when two undercover policemen arrested him for the sale of obscene literature (Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," and a magazine called "Miscellaneous Man"). Once legal action against him was dropped, Shig returned to City Lights while Ferlinghetti stood trial. After a five-month period, "Howl" was deemed no longer obscene, and reassessed instead as being "of redeeming social importance." The trial was witnessed as a victory, and the store once again held poetry readings and performances by local artists, no longer in the shadow of censorship. City Lights published the "Beatitude Anthology" in 1960, which included five of Brautigan's poems, among them "A Postcard from the Bridge," and "Swandragons." Shig and Brautigan met on several occasions during this period, and City Lights championed "A Confederate General from Big Sur," Brautigan's first novel, which ultimately met with little acclaim, only to be renamed a classic after Brautigan’s second novel, "Trout Fishing in America," was published in 1967, catapulting the author to international fame. Though the circumstances of the inscription are not known, it would stand to reason that Brautigan inscribed this copy for Shig at City Lights, and likely at the front counter from which Shig rarely moved. The author's first novel, addressing both beatific and radical philosophy with humor and modesty; a milestone of 1960s literature, borne of the Beat generation but the foundation of what would become Brautigan's own brand of writing. Books signed by Brautigan are scarce, associations of any kind are rare; and even given that, we have never seen an association as significant at this one. Near Fine and unread in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Book is a touch sunned along the board edges with light foxing to the top page edges. Jacket spine is lightly toned, with two tiny closed tears at the top rear panel and a corresponding shallow crease.  [Book #118244]. (read more)

Brooks, Richard.
The Brick Foxhole (First Edition).
New York: Harper, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+, price-clipped dust jacket. Book has some light fingerprint soil, and a touch of light foxing to the top page edges. Jacket has a few nicks at the extremities, and the spine panel is very slightly toned. A much better copy than usually found of this easily worn title, basis for the notable 1947 film noir "Crossfire," directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan and Gloria Grahame. [Book #117855]. (read more)

Burnford, Sheila; Carl Burger (illustrations).
The Incredible Journey (First Edition).
Boston: Atlantic / Little Brown, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Publisher's brick red cloth, with colophon in blind on the front board, spine titles in black. Binding just barely cocked, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine slightly toned. Basis for the classic 1963 Disney film about two dogs and a cat separating from their owners on a vacation, and finding their way home. An extraordinarily fresh copy of this key juvenile title. [Book #118037]. (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 Very Good+, price-clipped dust jacket. Owner name on the front flyleaf; jacket has some rubbing, short closed tears, and shallow creasing at the spine ends and corners, else quite bright. [Book #118523]. (read more)

Chandler, Raymond.
The Lady in the Lake (Vintage Paperback).
Armed Services Editions, No. 838. First Edition. Vintage paperback. First printing of this edition. Oblong. Spine lightly rubbed, else Fine condition. Armed Services Editions were published between 1943 and 1946, rarely stating the date on the copyright page. An attractive copy, scarce in this condition. [Book #118603]. (read more)

Chayefsky, Paddy (screenplay); Sidney Lumet (director); Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty (starring).
Network (Original Screenplay).
MGM, 1975. Revised Shooting Script for the 1976 film, "Network," directed by Sidney Lumet, written for the screen by Paddy Chayevsky, and starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, and Ned Beatty. A trenchant satire of "trash television," "Network" only seems to grow more relevant with each passing year. Howard Beale (Peter Finch) the dean of newscasters at the [fictitious] United Broadcasting System, is put out to pasture because he "skews old." Beale can't stomach the idea of losing his post simply because he's old, and in his next broadcast announces to viewers that he's going to commit suicide on his final program. (Hal Erickson, AMG) Winner of 4 Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay for Chayefsky, and nominated for 6 others, including Best Picture. Light blue studio wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 112 and dated November 1975, with credits for screenwriter Chayefsky, director Lumet, and producer Howard Gottfried. 147 leaves, mimeograph, rectos only, with blue and gray revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/31/75 and 1/14/76. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. [Book #118522]. (read more)

Clark, Larry.
Tulsa (Signed Hardcover).
New York: Grove Press, 2000. Second hardcover edition. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. [Book #118040]. (read more)

Coppola, Francis Ford (director, screenplay); John Milius (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, Dennis Hopper (starring).
Apocalypse Now (Original Screenplay, 1969 draft, with letter from Francis Ford Coppola to Lee Marvin offering Marvin the part of Colonel Kharnage).
American Zoetrope, 1969. First Edition. Early Draft Shooting Script for the 1979 film, "Apocalypse Now," directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1899 novella, "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, written for the screen by John Milius and Coppola (though only Milius is credited in this draft) and starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, and Dennis Hopper. This is the earliest draft we have ever encountered, preceding the film’s release by 10 years, with the wrapper, title page, and stationery all custom-made with the American Zoetrope logo embossed at the bottom in red, white, and blue. The script is accompanied by an autograph letter signed from Coppola to actor Lee Marvin, which reads: "Mr. Lee Marvin / We'd like you to play the part of Colonel Karnage [sic] in [underlined] Apocalypse Now. We're an independant [sic] company in San Francisco financed by Warner Bros. / It's a good script. / Sincerely / Francis Ford Coppola." Those familiar with the finished film would not disagree that Marvin would have been superb in the role, whose napalm- and surf-loving persona was eventually renamed Colonel Kilgore and legendarily played by Robert Duvall. It is well known that production for "Apocalypse Now" was profoundly troubled and lengthy--one of the most expensive and complex location shootings in the history of cinema--but it is less well known that the conception of the film dated back to the founding of American Zoetrope in 1969, pre-dating the release of both "THX-1138" and "The Conversation." The letter is arguably the earliest holograph ink of significance that one could associate with Coppola, who would not come to prominence until the release of"Patton" (for which he wrote the screenplay) in 1970, and of course "The Godfather" in 1972, which catapulted him to international fame as a director. Screenwriter John Milius saw his first full-length screenplay realized as a film ("The Devil's 8") the same year this one was written, and in the time between its conception and execution, rose to fame with screenplays for "Dirty Harry" (1971, uncredited), "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972), "Magnum Force" (1972), "Dillinger" (1973), and "The Wind and the Lion" (1975). We have seen only a handful of scripts for this film over the years, the earliest being 1976, and we have never before encountered the embossed stationery and wrapper employed here. "Apocalypse Now," even more than its formidable counterpoint "The Deer Hunter" (1978), remains the ultimate reflection of the American experience in Vietnam, taking Conrad's dark vision of an expedition up the Congo and transplanting it to Vietnam-era Cambodia. It is one of the few films ever to benefit from an expanded director's cut, released in 2001 and employing many sequences cut from the original version, adding both depth and context to the original version. Letter to Mr. Marvin on custom American Zoetrope stationery, 8.5 x 11 inches, with the aforementioned embossed logo at the bottom of the front wrapper, and an overall design symbolically inverting standard lined notebook paper, printed upside down and only on the recto, with the logo at the bottom of the page at the center of the "inverted" header space. Script in black leatherette wrappers, with the American Zoetrope logo at the center of the front wrapper. Title page present, with a date of 12/5/69, a credit for screenwriter Milius, and the embossed American Zoetrope logo. 131 leaves, mechanically reproduced, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good or better, bound with a single silver screw brad. From the estate of actor Lee Marvin. [Book #118513]. (read more)

Doctorow, E.L.
Ragtime (First Edition, inscribed to Mel Gussow).
New York: Random House, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by the author to noted critic Mel Gussow on the front flyleaf: " To Mel Gussow / remembering a good / conversation (& lunch) / Best, / E. L. Doctorow." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8 books, served as editor for many others, and his reviews and interviews (with the likes of Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and Tom Stoppard) became staples of students and fans of theatre for decades. His first published review was Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1962, leading to a lifelong relationship with the playwright that resulted in a biography of Albee by Gussow, published in 1999. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Just a hint of rubbing at the spine crown and corner tips of the jacket, else Fine. Basis for the Milos Forman-directed film that received eight Academy Award nominations. Among the large cast was Jeff Daniels in his debut, but the movie is best remembered as the final film of James Cagney, who returned to the screen after a 20-year hiatus. A lovely copy. [Book #118466]. (read more)

DVD.
Beyond the Clouds.
Brand new, still in original shrinkwrap, with security seal. We fully guarantee every item we sell. [Book #118482]. (read more)

[Fellini, Frederico] Strich, Christian (edited by); Georges Simenon (foreword).
Fellini's Films (First Edition).
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. First American Edition, first printing. Near Fine and unread in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Boards slightly bowed, a touch of rubbing at the extremities. Jacket has some light rubbing at the extremities, faint foxing, and a couple nearly imperceptible scratches to the rear panel. Four hundred color and monochrome stills from the career of a great Italian director, with production credits and a brief synopsis of each film. Originally published in Germany in 1976, the occasional Academy Award winner's cinematic art is well captured. [Book #117859]. (read more)

Fforde, Jasper.
The Eyre Affair (First UK Edition).
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. Spine ends lightly bumped, else Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket. The first Thursday Next novel. An attractive copy. [Book #118022]. (read more)

Fraser, George MacDonald.
Flashman and the Redskins (First UK Edition, signed).
London: Collins, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition (and correct first), first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped affecting both book and jacket. Jacket is lightly toned overall with a hint of rubbing at the upper corners. Red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and map endpapers. The seventh in the Flashman memoir series. Cover painting by Barbosa. [Book #118113]. (read more)

Garrow, David J (series editor, contributor); J. Mills Thornton III, William D. Barnard, David R. Colburn, Joan Turner Beifuss, Aimee Isgrig Horton, Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, Irwin Klibaner, James H. Laue, Martin Oppenheimer, Emily Stoper, Ira G. Zepp.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - Martin Luther King Jr: Civil Rights Leader, Theologian, Orator (vol. 1 - 3); We Shall Overcome: The Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s (vol. 4 - 6); The Walking Cit.
New York: Carlson Publishing, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 18 volumes, all First Editions, first printings. All volumes Near Fine, many appearing unread, a few with small splashing to the top page edge or boards. Included is a 14 page publisher's brochure, side stapled, also in Near Fine condition, containing brief descriptions of the contents of each volume, complete tables of contents, and short biographies of the main contributors.The most comprehensive resource on Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement imaginable, containing over 150 pieces in 18 volumes covering the length of King’s career, and featuring oral histories, an unpublished speech, and several Ph.D, dissertations representing important scholarly contributions to the field and likely unpublished elsewhere. Each volume is exhaustively indexed and cross-referenced with other volumes in the set. Although individual volumes can be found, this is the first time we have encountered a complete set. Essential.Series editor David J. Garrow is a Pulitzer Prize winning historian and author specializing in the Civil Rights Movement and the Supreme Court, a frequent contributor to the New York Times, The Nation, and The New Republic, and served as the senior advisor to the 1987 PBS documentary “Eyes on the Prize.”Shipping billed at cost. [Book #118428]. (read more)

Gore, Albert [Al].
The Albanian: Yearbook of St. Albans School, Washington DC, 1962 (featuring Al Gore).
Washington DC: St. Albans School, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. First (and only) Edition. Vice President Albert Gore's freshman yearbook (a group here identified as Form III) at St. Albans Catholic School for Boys in Washington, DC, 1962. Near Fine with no markings whatsoever, but the future leader and champion of global warming awareness was, not surprisingly, quite active and athletic: in addition to his small Underclassman group photo he also appears in photos of Junior Varsity Football, Varsity Basketball, and Varsity Track. [Book #118527]. (read more)

Gray, Harold.
Little Orphan Annie in the Circus (First Edition).
New York: Cupples and Leon Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in an about Very Good example of the scarce dust jacket. Jacket has a brief dampstain along the bottom edge, and a more pronounced one at the top left corner of the front panel (book lightly affected in the same spots), with a small chips and closed tears at the extremities, the most notable being at the front flap fold and the bottom rear panel. A very presentable copy overall. [Book #118520]. (read more)

Greene, Graham.
Collection of Lobby Card sets and Title Cards from films based on novels by Graham Greene, including Ministry of Fear, Our Man in Havana, Confidential Agent, The Fugitive, The Quiet American, The Heart of the Matter, and The Power and the Glory.
Warner Brothers / Associated Artists / Columbia / RKO/ United Artists / Paramount, 1945-1961. A collection of lobby cards and title cards from several key films adapted from the novels of Graham Greene. Collection includes:Title card for "Confidential Agent" (Warner Brothers, 1945), starring Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, and Peter Lorre.Title card for "the Fugitive" (RKO, 1947), based on Greene's novel, "The Power and the Glory," directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda and Dolores Del Rio.Complete set of 8 lobby cards from "Ministry of Fear" (Paramount, 1944), directed by Fritz Lang and starring Ray Milland and Marjorie Reynolds.Complete set of 8 lobby cards from "The Heart of the Matter" (Associated Artists, 1953), starring Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott, and Peter Finch.Complete set of 8 lobby cards from "the Quiet American" (United Artists, 1957), directed and written for the screen by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Audie Murphy and Michael Redgrave.Complete set of 8 lobby cards from "Our Man in Havana" (Columbia, 1960), written for the screen by Greene, directed by Carol Reed, and starring Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureeen O'Hara, Noel Coward, and Ralph Richardson.Complete set of 8 lobby cards from "The Power and the Glory" (1961) starring Laurence Olivier, Julie Harris, George C. Scott, Roddy McDowell, Keenan Wynn, and Patty Duke. A rare set of cards, as this production was made for television and few sets were issued.All cards are in Near Fine or better condition (Near Mint on the poster grading scale). A superb collection of early ephemera relating to one of the most favorably adapted writers of literature and genre fiction of the twentieth century. [Book #118415]. (read more)

Gribble, Leonard.
The Case of The Marsden Rubies (First Edition).
Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light bump to spine ends with the usual edge toning to the text block, neat contemporary owner name to the front flyleaf. Jacket is bright and complete with only the usual spine toning and a touch of rubbing at the spine ends and corner tips to note. [Book #118141]. (read more)

Hannah, Barry, Glennray Tutor, and Bill Dunlap.
Boys of Mississippi (Broadside for a 1988 Exhibit, signed by Barry Hannah).
Oxford, MI: University of Mississippi, 1988. Broadside advertising a summer exhibit at the University of Mississippi, featuring Mississippi artists Glennray Tutor and Bill Dunlap, with text by Mississippi author Barry Hannah, who was in a writer-in-residence at the time. SIGNED by Hannah next to his inclusion. Four-color reproductions of Tutor's hyper-real work and Dunlap's more pastoral images, with a brief essay by Hannah about the artists. Folded twice, as issued, with a lengthy List of Works for the exhibition, exhibition dates, and bio sketches for both artists. Near Fine condition, with light wear at the folds. Extremely uncommon. [Book #117847]. (read more)

Havis, Allan.
Plays by Allan Havis (First Edition, inscribed to Mel Gussow, with laid-in watercolor).
New York: Broadway Play Publishing Inc., 1989. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED and dated by the author to Mel Gussow on the title page: "To Mel Gussow / With deepest appreciation / Allan Havis / 9-90." Laid in is a 6X6 original watercolor portrait (dated "9-90"), on card stock, INSCRIBED by the author: "Thanking you for generous, thoughtful support / Best / Allan Havis." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8 books, served as editor for many others, and his reviews and interviews (with the likes of Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and Tom Stoppard) became staples of students and fans of theatre for decades. His first published review was Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1962, leading to a lifelong relationship with the playwright that resulted in a biography of Albee by Gussow, published in 1999. Gussow reviewed "Lilith" (a play by Havis) in 1990 for The New York Times. Near Fine and unread in perfect-bound, photo-illustrated wrappers. An attractive copy, and a nice association. [Book #117912]. (read more)

Hecht, Ben and Gene Fowler (play); Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, Gene Krupa (starring); George Archainbaud (director); Lewis R. Foster, Wilkie C. Mahoney (screenplay).
Some Like It Hot [Rhythm Romance] (Censorship and Dialogue script and Release Dialogue script).
Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939. Two scripts: Censorship and Dialogue Script and Release Dialogue Script for the 1939 film comedy, "Some Like It Hot" (later retitled "Rhythm Romance" for television distribution, so as not to be confused with the better-known 1959 film by Billly Wilder), directed by George Archainbaud, based on the 1932 play "The Great Magoo" by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler, written for the screen by Lewis R. Foster and Wilkie C. Mahoney, and starring Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, and Gene Krupa. First filmed in 1934 as "Shoot the Works," and based on Ben Hecht's notorious Broadway flop, this quick little 64-minute comedy stars Bob Hope as a penny-ante carnival concessionaire who works his way to the top of the game, only to lose his girl and then, of course, be reunited with her. Both scripts in tall white studio self-wrappers, saddle-stitched, dated April 29, 1939 and May 6, 1939 respectively, the first rubber-stamped project No. 1622 and "MASTER FILE," the second with a Paramount file entry stamp and a holograph ink date of 7/17/39, along with the name "Irene Scott" in holograph pencil at the top front wrapper. Both scripts detail 7 reels, mimeograph, rectos only. Pages and wrappers Very Good+, with a light corner creasing and wear at the extremities of both front wrappers. [Book #118392]. (read more)

Heller, Joseph.
Catch-22 (Vintage Paperback, inscribed to Mel Gussow).
Dell: 1970, No. 1120. Softcover. Eighth printing. INSCRIBED by the author to noted critic Mel Gussow, "To Mel Gussow: Thanks again for your superb writeup. I think Newsweek sold at least half of this million / Joe Heller / 3/25/63 n.y.c." The inscription refers to Gussow's very favorable review of Heller's now-legendary first novel, and the statement on the front wrapper panel of this copy in large white letters claiming," Nation-Wide Sensation Over 1 Million Sold!" Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8 books, served as editor for many others, and his reviews and interviews (with the likes of Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and Tom Stoppard) became staples of students and fans of theatre for decades. His first published review was Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1962, leading to a lifelong relationship with the playwright that resulted in a biography of Albee by Gussow, published in 1999. Very Good+ in wrappers. Nicking and wear at the extremities. A nice association. [Book #118445]. (read more)

Hemingway, Ernest.
A Farewell to Arms (Signed Limited Edition).
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. One of 510 numbered copies (this being No. 452) SIGNED by Hemingway on the publisher's limitation page. Publisher's green cloth-covered boards and half vellum. A bright, clean copy, with some light soil to the spine, easily Very Good+ overall. Hanneman A8b. [Book #118403]. (read more)

Hill, George Roy (director); Nancy Dowd (screenplay); Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer Warren, Strother Martin (starring).
Slap Shot [Slapshot] (Original Screenplay).
Universal, 1976. Final Draft Script for the 1977 film, "Slap Shot," directed by George Roy Hill, written for the screen by Nancy Dowd, and starring Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer Warren, and Strother Martin. Probably the greatest film about hockey that will ever be made, certainly the funniest and most genuine. A sports film that plays out as the antithesis of the "Hoosiers" model, wherein a downtrodden hockey team attempts to win the interest of a new owner--with decidedly mixed results. One of the last great films of the 1970s, playing out both as comedy and drama, rich in location and period detail. Nancy Dowd was nominated for the Writer's Guild of America award for Best Comedy Screenplay. Red studio wrappers, stamped FINAL DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper, with a date of March 11, 1976 and the holograph ink notation, "Research" at the top right corner. Title page present, a credit for screenwriter Dowd. 144 leaves, mechanically reproduced, rectos only, all pages on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound with three gold brads. [Book #118492]. (read more)

Hitt, Orrie.
Girl of the Streets (First Edition).
Midwood Books, 1959, No. 12. First Edition. First Edition, first printing, a paperback original. Very Good condition. Light rubbing overall, small nick to the front wrapper fore-edge, faint numerical notation at the heel, numerical notation in blue ink on the front flyleaf. A presentable copy of a rare publication. Great cover art by Barton. [Book #117870]. (read more)

Ishiguro, Kazuo.
The Unconsoled (First Edition, inscribed to Mel Gussow, dated in the year of publication).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing, published first by Faber and Faber in Great Britain the same year. INSCRIBED and dated by the author to Mel Gussow on the title page: "To Mel Gussow / Very good to have met and talked / Kazuo Ishiguro / N. Y. Oct '95." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8 books, served as editor for many others, and his reviews and interviews (with the likes of Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and Tom Stoppard) became staples of students and fans of theatre for decades. His first published review was Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1962, leading to a lifelong relationship with the playwright that resulted in a biography of Albee by Gussow, published in 1999. Gussow published a review of Ishiguro's book in The New York Times in November, 1995. Tiny nick to two leaves, else about Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket. Ishiguro, author of "The Remains of the Day," which won the 1989 Man Book Prize, was awarded the Cheltenham Prize for "The Unconsoled." Both UK and US first editions have pleasing, Modernist artwork. A nice copy, and an interesting association. [Book #118124]. (read more)

Kavanagh, Patrick.
The Great Hunger (Softcover).
London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. First printing of this edition, previously published by the Cuala Press in 1942 and again in 1964. Near Fine in side stapled wraps and a Very Good+ dust jacket. Lightest foxing to the page edges and to the front and rear panels of the chapbook, else Fine. Jacket lightly faded with a bit of foxing and rubbing at the extremities. [Book #118493]. (read more)

Kertesz, Andre; Cornell Capa (foreword); Hal Hinson (essay); Susan Harder and Hiroji Kubota (edited by).
Andre Kertesz: Diary of Light, 1912-1985 (First Edition).
New York: Aperture Foundation Inc., 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. First American Edition, first printing. One of 3000 unnumbered copies. About Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine and extremities lightly faded and very lightly rubbed, and an almost imperceptible shallow scratch at the upper spine, not obscuring text. First published in Japan in 1986, this is a must for any photographer or Kertesz enthusiast. [Book #117857]. (read more)

Koch, C.J.
The Year of Living Dangerously (First Edition).
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, without the usual spine fading. Just a trace of soil to the rear jacket panel. Book lightly rubbed at the spine ends and corner tips. Basis for the 1982 film starring Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver. [Book #118548]. (read more)

Le Carre [LeCarre], John.
A Perfect Spy (Signed UK Limited Edition).
London: Hodder and Stoughton / London Limited Edition, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED and numbered by the author on the limitation page, this being number 161. Publisher's quarter cloth and combed marbled boards, spine titles gilt. About Fine and unread in an about Fine tissue dust jacket, as issued. Author of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold." A nice copy. [Book #118021]. (read more)

London, Jack.
Burning Daylight (Hardcover, inscribed by London).
New York: Regent, 1913 [originally published 1910]. First Edition. Hardcover. Later edition, later printing (published three years after the first edition). INSCRIBED by London on the front flyleaf: "Dear Mrs. Agee / In memory of lost speech, high argument, and jolly times. / Aloha / Jack London / Aug. 30, 1916." Good to Very Good lacking dust jacket. Some fray at the crown, dampstain to the top page edges with light soil to some pages, slight fading to the spine, front hinge a bit tender, attractive bookplate to the front pastedown. A very presentable copy of a book quite uncommon to find inscribed. [Book #118402]. (read more)

Malle, Louis (director); Drieu La Rochelle (novel); Erik Satie (composer).
Will-O'-The-Wisp [Le fe follet, The Fire Within] (Original International Film Program).
Nouvelles editions de films, (1963). Original French Program for the 1963 film, published under the working title "Will-O'-The-Wisp" (but released as "Le feu follet" in France, "The Fire Within" in the US and "A Time to Live and a Time to Die" in the UK), directed by Louis Malle, based on the 1963 novel, "Le feu follet suivi de adieu a Gonzague" by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. An uncommon program released for international promotion of this film, though perhaps never issued publicly, as this title was ultimately not used for any releases in English-speaking countries. An ambitious Malle project, using only solo piano music by Erik Satie for its score, about an increasingly isolated man quietly fighting the urge to take his own life. 8 x 10.5 inches, Self-wrappers, perfect-bound, 17 pages, on medium white stock with an untitled, solid green spine; in original printed envelope (slightly larger), single flap, with the French title ("Le feu follet") printed in green in large letters at the lower margin of the front panel. Program Near Fine, envelope Very Good+ with light soil at the edges. [Book #118366]. (read more)

Marsh, Ngaio.
Overture to Death (First Edition).
New York: Lee Furman, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a bright, Very Good+ dust jacket. Some offsetting to the endpapers with a hint of shelf wear. Modest rubbing and wear to the extremities of the jacket with a couple of short closed tears. A very presentable copy of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and scarce in this condition. [Book #118145]. (read more)

McBain, Ed.
The Con Man (Signed Limited Edition).
New York: The Armchair Detective Library, 1991. First Edition. First separate US hardcover edition. One of 100 numbered copies (this being No. 19) SIGNED by Ed McBain. New introduction by McBain. An 87th Precinct novel. Fine in a just about Fine slipcase as issued. [Book #118559]. (read more)

McBain, Ed.
Fuzz (Signed First Edition).
Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in a Very Good+, price clipped, dust jacket. Several titles ticked off on the list opposite the title page, small indentation to bottom page edges. Jacket has light nicking and shallow creasing to the extremities. An 87th Precinct mystery, basis for the 1972 film starring Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch. An attractive copy. [Book #118454]. (read more)

McBain, Ed.
Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here (Signed First Edition).
Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the half title page and dated 3/4/83. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has light rubbing at the spine ends and corners, else a very attractive copy. 87th Precinct. [Book #118558]. (read more)

McBain, Ed.
Lady, Lady, I Did It! (Signed First Edition).
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light toning to board edges, a few extremities lightly bumped. Jacket is bright and unfaded, with a touch of rubbing here and there. An attractive copy of one of the most uncommon 87th Precinct titles. [Book #118556]. (read more)

McBain, Ed.
Sadie When She Died (Signed First Edition).
Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in an exceptionally fresh, Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket is rubbed at the spine ends and corners, a small scuff on the front panel, and a small publisher's stamp to the verso. A standout copy of a McBain title normally found the worse for wear. 87th Precinct. [Book #118506]. (read more)

McPhee, John.
A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Princeton's William Warren [Bill] Bradley (First Edition).
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (FSG), 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in a bright, Very Good dust jacket. Jacket is moderately worn, with a couple small chips and short closed tears, and rubbing to corners. A very presentable copy of the McPhee's first book, which famously chronicles Bill Bradley's basketball years with Princeton prior to his subsequent political career. [Book #118340]. (read more)

Mencken, August.
The Glamourous Mrs. Kite (Signed First Edition).
Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1962. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the copyright page above a stamped exhortation to "Save Our Boys Abolish Coeducation." Near Fine in lightly edge toned side-stapled wraps. Traces of previous owner name to front flyleaf.August Mencken, civil engineer and author, was the younger brother of H.L. Mencken. [Book #118313]. (read more)