Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1944. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Rita Hayworth from the 1944 film. INSCRIBED by Rita Hayworth ("To Todo"). With holograph notations on the verso. Rusty (Rita Hayworth), a young chorus girl at a nightclub ran by her boyfriend Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly) gets a chance at...
Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures, 1946. Vintage black-and-white linen-backed keybook photograph from the set of the 1946 film. Shown are Orson Welles, Loretta Young, and Rhett the dog, accompanied by a team of cameramen and cinematographer Russell Metty. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing. 8 x 10 inches (20...
Tokyo: Seibuno Shinkosha, 1956. First Edition. Text in English. The philosophies and techniques of judo, and an instrumental work in broadening the martial art's popularity post-WWII. Photo-illustrated throughout. Scarce. Fine and unread in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket is lightly chipped, with some small closed tears, several accompanied by...
Santa Barbra, CA: Capra Press, 1981. First Edition. One of 26 lettered copies (this being Letter "V") SIGNED by author Ross Macdonald and Eudora Welty, who contributes the introduction. An autobiography of sorts for Macdonald, quite elegant, comprised of sections composed by him at various points in his career. Fine...
New York: Self published, 1960. Archive of two pieces from one of the New York Underground's most creative and charismatic orators, Spencer Holst. Includes Holst's self-published first book, "25 Stories" (1960), and a flyer from a reading shortly after publication at The Living Theatre in New York on February 1...
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1962. Original Pacific Title hand painted artwork for the original trailer advertising the classic 1962 film. In the final trailer, Gregory Peck's name as the lead actor preceded this card, making this a slightly alternate draft of the design. 14 x 20 inches. White gouache...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman, after previously being owned by screenwriter Maxwell Shane, with both of their names and addresses on the first page. Based in part on an adventure story by Daniel Defoe. The film opens with a man...
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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, ca. 1959. Draft script for the 1960 film "Ocean's Eleven," seen here as "Oceans Eleven or And the Angels Sing." Copy belonging to actor Peter Lawford, with his name to the front wrapper and his holograph notations throughout. Lawford owned the rights to the film, and...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1966. Draft script for the 1966 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Takashi Suzuki, a repressed, Catholic young man living in a boardinghouse is infatuated with the landlady's daughter and when he cannot express his feelings, he turns to violence. He joins a gang and...
Stratford-on-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1908. Small octavo. One of 250 numbered copies printed on handmade paper, this being No. 137. Near Fine in publisher's black quarter-cloth and paper-covered boards with gilt titles.
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1942. Draft script for the 1944 film. The sixth of Preston Sturges' legendary film comedies made for Paramount, all of which he wrote and directed. One of only two films by Sturges to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay. TItle page integral with the first...
New York: Praeger, 1970. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Cage in 1971 to Ellsworth Snyder: "for Ellsworth Snyder, / with admiration and friendship / John Cage, Madison '71." Ellsworth Snyder and Cage were longtime friends. Snyder performed the composer's work on many occasions, perhaps most infamously at Cage's much-protested 1965 appearance...
New York: Lincoln Center / List Art Poster and Print Program, 1968. Original serigraph designed by artist Henry Pearson for the Sixth New York Film Festival, held at the Lincoln Center on September 17-28, 1968. The New York Film Festival was founded in 1963 by Amos Vogel and Richard Roud...
Los Angeles: Saul Bass and Associates, 1960. Original glossy photographic title card for plate No. 3 in the title sequence from Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film, "Spartacus." This plate was used for the portion of the title card sequence showing "LAURENCE OLIVIER as Crassus." Only a small portion of the photographic...
Tokyo: Toho Company, circa 1959. Early Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film, crediting Masahiro Makino as the director, who would be later replaced by Toshio Sugie. Text in Japanese. Based on a story by novelist Juro Miyoshi, originally released in 1937 as two parts, "Saga of the Vagabonds Part...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. Text in Japanese. Two inmates are killed when a police truck is assaulted and the driver is held responsible for negligence. He takes it upon himself to find the bandits which attacked the van. Pink titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page...
N.p. Matrixbest production, 1977. Seventh Draft script for an unproduced film. Holograph signature and copy number 80 in black marker by production designer John Beard on the title page. Beard is best known for his work on "Brazil" (1985), "The Meaning of Life" (1983), "Bad Timing" (1980), and "Life of...
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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...
New York: New York University Press / Halifax: The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1974. First Edition. First issue, with no additional note by Reich at the Introduction page, in the rare dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Reich in 1976 on the front pastedown: "For Denis Murphy...
Los Angeles: National General Pictures, 1969. Final shooting script for the 1970 film, "Darker than Amber," based on the 1966 novel by John D. MacDonald, featuring his series character Travis McGee. Written for the screen by Ed Waters and starring Rod Taylor and Theodore Bikel. Boldly SIGNED by Rod Taylor...
Redding, CT: C.E. Ives, 1922. First Edition. A self-published volume of songs by Charles Ives, selected from a volume published earlier the same year, titled "114 Songs." Like "114 Songs," this was printed for distribution among the composer's friends, and judging from the small number of copies in world libraries...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1928. Draft script for the 1929 silent film. Lon Chaney plays a (heavily-scarred) wild animal trapper whose daughter's upcoming marriage is threatened by the return of her femme fatale mother. The mother harbors bitterness to Chaney, and seeks revenge on him by attempting to woo...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. INSCRIBED to Richard Lupoff on the front endpaper in the year of publication: "For Dick Lupoff / Best of luck to a fellow Creature-Feature fan / Anne Rice / May, 1976." Anne Rice was still attending school in San Francisco at this time...
Rome: Cino del Duca, 1960. Vintage oversize double weight borderless glossy press photograph by Enrico Appetito from the 1960 film. Bold notation on the verso noting that the photograph is from the archives of the French cinephile magazine, “Cinema 60.” The first film in Antonioni's famed trilogy, followed by La Notte...
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Salem, Germany: The Salem School, 1930. First Edition. Publisher’s half vellum with decorative gold string over textured handmade paper. An album produced in a small limited edition, targeting American supporters for the purpose of raising funds for the then-new school. Though today the school is one of the most elite...
US: Cannon, 1985. Draft script and archive for the 1986 film belonging to actor Lainie Kazan, who played Sylvia in the film, with her holograph notations throughout, and various other ephemera, including call sheets, cast and crew lists, two thumbnail sized photographs of her in character, and 16 additional revised...
New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition. Association copy, INSCRIBED by Clifford Odets to Robert Rossen on the front flyleaf, and dated 2/42, the year and month of publication. Basis for the seminal 1952 film noir, directed by Fritz Lang and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan and a young Marilyn...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1980. Final Draft script for the 1981 film, director Wilder's final work. SIGNED by director Wilder and screenwriter Diamond in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Based on a play by French playwright Francis Veber, and on the 1973 French-Italian film, "L'emmerdeur." A professional killer...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1968. Vintage borderless photograph of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and director John Frankenheimer on the set of the 1968 film. With holograph notations and agency stamp on the verso. Directed by Frankenheimer, based on the 1966 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Bernard Malamud, written for the screen...
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Canada: Mount Everest Enterprises, 1975. Final Draft script for the 1976 Canadian film. Uncredited producer Don Carmody's working script, with his ownership name in holograph ink on the first leaf. Notations in holograph pencil and ink throughout by Carmody and (more extensively) by the script supervisor, presumably Lynne Twentyman, on...
Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures, 1940. First Edition, large quarto. The deluxe annual for RKO Studios' 1940-1941 season. Notably, this annual is the earliest advertisement for "Citizen Kane," with a full-page spread featuring Orson Welles, against the working title, "John Citizen, US." Notable among the offerings featured are several literary adaptations...
N.p. Stan Brakhage, 1967. Original two color hand printed poster advertising the two first public screenings of the 1967 film, as well as selections from Brakhage's "Songs" and a live lecture by Brakhage. The only poster for a Brakhage screening we have ever encountered, as none of Brakhage's films ever...
N.p. N.p., 2004. Vintage double weight photograph of Amos Vogel, taken by Gerard Malanga and gifted by Malanga to Vogel in 2004. Malanga's trademark name blindstamp is at the bottom right corner of the image, and he has inscribed the verso: "Amos Vogel, founder of Cinema 16 / October 22...
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1969. Three scripts from the seminal police procedural television program, from its colorful, pop culture-infused revival made between 1967-1970, starring Jack Webb and Henry Morgan, along with a relentless cast of hippies, druggies, bad parents, priests, and a host of substantially less hip, efficient...
Germany: Decla-Bioscop / UFA, 1924. Original program for the German premiere of the films "Die Nibelungen: Sigfried" and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" on February 14, 1924, based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied." Also included is a supplemental program for UFA theatres, featuring another brief essay on the film...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast member Merritt Blake, with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Jay Grobart (Reynolds) kills a man who raped and murdered his wife, Cat Dancing. He is arrested, but soon after...