N.p. The Corman Company, Circa 1975. Draft script for the 1975 blaxploitation musical comedy film. A cult classic, about members of singing, dancing, all-female biker gang who investigate the disappearance of prominent black community leaders, including the mother of the lead biker. Black titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits...
N.p. John Erwin, 1953. Two vintage oversize double weight photographs from the premiere of the 1953 play. Both photos feature a very young Louis Gossett (who later changed his stage name to Louis Gossett, Jr.), and one features African American actress and singer Maxine Sullivan. Both photos credit photographer John...
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1971. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author. REVIEW COPY with a publisher’s slip and promotional letter laid in. Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The author’s third book.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1969. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Basis for Sam Peckinpah's violent 1971 film classic, Straw Dogs, starring Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, and a bunch of kill-crazy Devon townies, considered by many to be his finest directorial effort in a career that included many important films...
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N.p. N.p., circa 1968. Vintage black-and-white photograph of James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson in the 1968 Howard Sackler play "The Great White Hope." INSCRIBED by Jones to fellow actor Hilda Haynes, making reference to her role in the production as the mother to his character. From the estate of...
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First Edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. Some of the usual toning to page edges, and a few nicks to the jacket, else a lovely copy. Basis for the groundbreaking 1954 western directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Crawford...
Paris: Denoel, 1952. First French Edition (and correct first). INSCRIBED by Narcejac on the front endpaper and signed by Boileau just below. A French review copy, with the necessary PRESSE punch-stamp present on both the rear panel of the jacket and the book. An absolutely pristine, extraordinarily well-preserved example. "Celle...
N.p., March 4, 1928. Typed letter signed by Herbert Asbury, on his personal coated stationery, with his New York City address. A letter with significant content, including detailed mention of the author's non-fiction book, "The Gangs of New York," as well as his newspaper work and injuries sustained during the...
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Bradbury on the front endpaper in 1948 to film director Preston Sturges: "For Preston Sturges / With my best wishes—and with my thanks for the good entertainment you have provided me with over the years / from / Ray Bradbury...
Los Angeles: Selznick International Pictures / Vanguard Films, 1946. An archive of 3 scripts relating to an unproduced film version of "Joan of Arc" developed by Selznick International Pictures and Vanguard Films. The archive includes: Early partial treatment (but complete as issued) for an unproduced film, "Joan of Arc," written for...
Various cities: Various studios, 1937-1984. Collection of 311 vintage still photographs from 95 sexploitation films released between 1941 and 1981, comprised predominantly of black and white studio photographs but with some color or reference photos. Sexploitation films in the mid-century featured female stars in sexually charged roles, as lesbians, stewardesses...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1956. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Elizabeth Taylor on location for the shooting of "Raintree County" 1956. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his rubber stamp on the verso (noting his address at Coolmaine Castle in Kilbrittain, Cork, Ireland)...
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Munich: Lenbachhaus, 1982. Original poster for the 1982 exhibition of drawings created by director Robert Wilson, in conjunction with his play of the same name. The exhibition took place at Lenbachhaus, in Munich, Germany, from May 19th to June 13th, 1982. Wilson typically created preliminary drawings for his theatre works...
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N.p. N.p., 1928. Vintage double weight photograph from the set of the 1928 film. Shown are Dreyer and his crew, including cinematographer Rudolph Mate, setting up a ground shot of one of the film's French clergymen. A rare photograph of the director at work on his masterpiece. The film was...
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London: Hogarth Press, 1938. First Edition. An especially sharp copy, Fine and unread in a bright, fresh, very nearly Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a couple of tiny nicks at the crown, and just a hint of foxing at the front and rear panels, but with none of the toning...
Prague: Elektafilm, 1940. Collection of 44 vintage oversize, double weight photographs from the 1940 film, based on the 1897 novel by Vilem Mrstik. The photographs have been tipped into a contemporary photo album with a title page executed in holograph paint, and tissue paper between each page. The sweet and...
N.p. N.p., 1975. Archive of 15 single weight and 20 double weight vintage press photographs of Maria Schneider at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, there to promote Michelango Antonioni's Palme d'Or nominated "The Passenger," in which she starred opposite Jack Nicholson. Eight photographs with stamps of photographers Leo Mirkine, Prisco...
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Hildesheim, Germany: Olms Presse, 1981. First Edition, a trade softcover original. INSCRIBED by Volker Schlondorff on the title page: "Pour Pierre Goulliard / Volker Schlondorff / 1 juillet 83." An all-inclusive study of the director's work, from "Young Torless" (1966) through "The Circle of Deceit" (1988). Along with contemporaries Werner Herzog...
Austin, TX: Pyramid Publishing Company, 1972. First Edition. SIGNED by Roky Erickson on the front flyleaf. A book of poems written by Erickson, legendary singer and songwriter for the 13th Floor Elevators, during his stay at the Rusk Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Rusk, Texas. The only physical evidence...
Culver City, CA: Faces Music / Columbia Pictures, 1970. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Ben Gazzara on the set of the 1970 film. 9.25 x 12.25 inches (23.5 x 31 cm). In an archival mat. Near Fine.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. First Edition. Association copy, inscribed by Houseman to legendary screenwriter Anita Loos: "For Anita Loos, who set me right about certain facts / Gratefully / John Houseman." Loos' tiny red ownership stamp also appears at the bottom of the second blank. The first volume...
Denmark: Zentropa Entertainments, 1998. Vintage press kit for the 1998 film. Includes eight page film program, plus a single-fold pamphlet and six vintage borderless color film still photographs. From the Tele Cine Documentation archive, originally known as the Collection Daniel Bouteiller, with their sticker and a Zentropa Productions sticker to...
London: William Heinemann, 1961. First UK Edition and first edition in hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author to noted bookseller Anthony Rota in 1961 on the leaf facing the title page: "For Anthony Rota / In appreciation of his many acts of friendship / Alexander Trocchi / September 1961." The only...
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1953. American one sheet film poster for the classic 1953 romantic comedy, "Roman Holiday," directed by William Wyler, written for the screen by Dalton Trumbo (writing under the front Ian McLellan Hunter), and starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, and Eddie Albert. Near Fine condition, 27 x 41...
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. First UK Edition, preceding all others. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The author's breakthrough novel, and winner of the Booker Prize. About Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, with a hint of the usual fading to the spine.
New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. Two copies, one each of the two jacket variants issued, one with the author name on the spine in bright pink, the other in orange. Basis for the 1973 heist film, "Charley Varrick," directed by Don Siegel and starring Walter Matthau and Joe...
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Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1935. Vintage photograph of author Dashiell Hammett, star George Raft, and director Frank Tuttle on the set of the 1935 film noir. Snipe, stamps, and annotations on the verso, all indicating that this photo was used a number of times since it was struck in 1935. Based...
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1966. Revised Estimating script for the 1967 film. Winner of three Academy Awards. Based on the 1960 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe, winner of four Tony awards, and itself based on "The Once and Future King," T.H. White’s 1958 adaptation of Arthurian legends. Set in...
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1967. As Broadcast script for the 1967 television special, which originally aired on November 13, 1967 on NBC. Presentation copy belonging to music supervisor Irving Weiss, with his name on the front board. Laid in are three leaves with brief autograph annotations, and an...
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Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1968. Vintage oversize full color double weight photograph of Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark on location for the shooting of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" in Sherborne, England in 1968. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his rubber stamp on the verso...
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London: Faber and Faber, 1988. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page: "John Healy / 19-2-2011 / Dublin." Accompanying the book is a ticket to a screening of the 2011 Irish documentary, "Barbaric Genius," on the same date at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. The documentary...
Italy / France: Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films, 1954. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1954 film, showing Ingrid Bergman tied to the titular stake, with actor Tullio Carminati beside her, and director Roberto Rossellini in the foreground. With stamps identifying the film (under the English...
New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1973. First printing of this edition, and first American edition in hardcover. INSCRIBED in the year of publication on the front endpaper to Denver Post book editor Clarus Backus: "For Clair and Earlene / Thank you for one of those very good, very rare evenings /...
Paris: Editions Pierre Horay, 1957. Later printing, trade softcover. INSCRIBED by Orson Welles on the page following the title page: "Pour Pierre Goulliard / Orson Welles." French trade softcover edition of film critic and journalist Peter Noble's biography "The Fabulous Orson Welles," originally published in the UK by Hutchinson in...
Various cities: Walt Disney Pictures / HanWay Films, 1926-1967. Album of thirty lobby cards and photographs from thirteen animated films, all SIGNED or INSCRIBED by animation directors to fellow animator Les Gibbard. Lotte Reiniger,Norman McLaren, John Hubley, Arthur Babbitt, Grim Natwick, and four of Disney's famed "nine old men," Frank...
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Budapest: Hunnia Filmstudio, 1929. Presentation copy of an Early Draft script for the Hungarian film, released in Hungry in 1932 as "Tavaszi zapor," in Frace in 1933 as "Marie, Legende Hongroise," and in the United States in 1935 as "Spring Shower." Housed in a (likely hand-sewn) floral cloth-covered portfolio, the...