Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1936. Final script for the 1936 film. Included is an 8 x 10 publicity still of Tony Martin, Judy Garland, and Jack Haley, dated 1936, with a credit for the film and production studio. Judy Garland's first feature film, to be followed only three years later...
New York: New American Library (NAL), 1968. First Edition. First issue, with NAL printed in red at the foot of the jacket spine. Basis for (and released simultaneously with) Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science fiction classic, written for the screen by Kubrick and Clarke based on Clarke's short story, "The Sentinel."...
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949. First Edition. Author's copy, with his ownership name and notation on the front endpaper: "Jim Thompson / RARE COPY / PLEASE RETURN." Remnants of Thompson's previous address label on same, as well as an attempted erasure of his old telephone number in holograph ink...
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1975. Collection of 8 vintage full color lobby cards from the 1976 film. This set dated 1975, one year before the film's official release, produced for press advertisement. A film that would prove to be the turning point in the careers of director Martin Scorsese...
Original poster for the seminal second album by Talking Heads. For our money, the very moment at which punk crossed into New Wave, and due to an inspired cover of Al Green's "Take Me to the River," a commercial breakthrough for New York's most accessible and irresistible art rock band...
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1990. Original Press Kit for the 1990 film, "Goodfellas," directed and written for the screen by Martin Scorsese, based on the novel by Nicholas Pileggi, and starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, and Lorraine Bracco. 19 still photographs from the film, all...
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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...
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1978. Revised Final Draft script for the 1979 film. Sequel to the 1976 box office hit, this time Rocky must again fight world champion Apollo Creed to regain his honor and prove that his last success wasn't simply a fluke. He is cautioned against the...
New York: William Sloane, 1947. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper: "For Miss Margie / With sincere good wishes always / Bud Guthrie / Lexington, Ky. / April 28, 1947." Not to be confused with the signed limited edition, printed in...
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1917. First Edition. Lewis' fourth book and his first work of serious fiction, the story of a woman working in a man's world, an early call for sexual equality in the workplace. Lewis would continue on to a successful and lasting career as one of...
New York: Carl Fischer Concert Hall, 1957. Poster for a 1957 experimental music concert at the Carl Fischer Music Hall in New York City, featuring John Cage, William Masselos, Grete Sultan, and David Tudor performing entirely pieces written for multiple pianos. Featured pieces included: John Cage's "Music for 4 Pianos" and...
New York: Open Book, 1982. Limited Edition. One of 350 copies, of which only 100 were for sale (and this being No. 56), signed by both Harrison and Guest on the half-title page. Fine and unread without dust jacket as issued. A charming edition of poetry accompanied by black and...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], circa 1929. Vintage still photograph from the 1929 film. Mimeograph snipe printed on the verso. Featuring a glamorously dressed Nina Mae McKinney, surrounded by an impressed group of onlookers. One of the first all-black films made by a major Hollywood studio, and with arguably more...
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1979. First Draft script for the 1982 film, "Creepshow," directed by George A. Romero, written for the screen by Stephen King, and starring King, Ed Harris, Ted Danson, and Leslie Nielsen. SIGNED by Romero on the title page: "Stay scared! / George Romero." This an early...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Robert Rossen's annotated copy of the novel, with his name in holograph ink on a label affixed to the front board. Rossen would go on to adapt to the novel to the screen and direct in 1964. The film, a psychological drama...
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London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1956. First UK Edition (and first edition in hardcover). The first hardcover edition of Bester's best-known novel, preceding the US edition, which was published as "The Stars My Destination." Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. Just a hint of the usual age toning...
Aspen, CO: Baldwin Gallery, 2006. First Edition. One of 1000 numbered copies (this being No. 916) with a unique rice paper dust jacket printed and hand assembled by the artists. A wonderful, artist-designed catalog issued in conjunction with a 2006 Baldwin Gallery exhibition of photographically "snowflakes" by Doug and Mike...
N.p. N.p., circa 1960s. Photograph of Louis Armstrong at home, holding his trumpet, with his wife Louise. Taken by noted jazz photographer Eddie Adams in the mid-1960s, printing date unknown. With the Eddie Adams Archive stamp on the verso, signed just below by his son, Edward Adams II. An unusually...
N.p. N.p., 1973. Vintage borderless press photograph of Alejandro Jodorowsky directing his third film, "The Holy Mountain." Mimeo snipe on the verso credited to the director's Mexican production company, Procinemex, describing the details of the photo in Spanish. 9.5 x 7.5 inches (24 x 19.5 cm). Near Fine.
London: Wardour Films / Universum Film [UFA], 1927. Original program for the London premiere of the film on March 21st, 1927 at the Marble Arch Pavilion, preceded in English by the US release earlier that month but with different title cards. Director Lang's expressionist masterpiece, based on the novel and...
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972. Revised Final Draft script for the 1972 blaxploitation film. Based on the 1961 novel "The Heat's On" by Chester Himes. Copy belonging to still photographer Ron Munkasci, with his name in holograph ink to the front wrapper and the title page. The sequel to "Cotton...
Cambridge, MA: MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] Press, 1973. First Edition. Richards' first book, a monograph that consists of photographs taken in West Memphis, Arkansas, during his 1968 tenure with VISTA. An examination into the lives of African-American workers living far below the poverty line. One of the most important...
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1942. Draft script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to studio secretary Marion Pecht, with her name in holograph pencil on page 141. Winston Miller is credited as a screenwriter on the front wrapper, but he went uncredited upon the film's release. Reuniting the stars...
New York: New Directions Books, 1950. First Edition of Tennessee William's 1950 play, profusely annotated for a 1959 West End production. Copy belonging to actor-director-producer Sam Wanamaker, with his holograph notations throughout. Red boards, worn overall, with Wanamaker's name inscribed in holograph black ink to the front board. Includes a....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977. Final script for the 1978 science fiction/horror film, "The Fury," directed by Brian DePalma, based on the 1976 novel by John Farris, written for the screen by Farris and DePalma, and starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgrass, Charles Durning, and Amy Irving. The script...
London: Henry Baldwin / Charles Dilly, 1791. First Edition. Quarto, two volumes. With stamps from the Kansas City, MO Public Library on the first page of text of each volume, but otherwise without the usual condition issues associated with ex-libris copies. Second state, volume one with corrected spelling (p. 135...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the title that cinched him the Nobel Prize, one of the high spots of any modern first collection. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a couple small rubs at the flap folds and...
Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Text in Japanese. With a single notation in holograph pencil. Small-time deliquent criminals greatly enjoy robbing other people, but fall into big trouble when they accidentally rob the Yakuza. Brown titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 84 leaves, with last...
New York: Francis Productions, Inc, circa 1968. First Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to Frank Perry, with his name in red holograph ink on the title page. Perry considered making the film, but it was ultimately directed by Christian Marquand. This draft is credited solely to Southern...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1930. Collection of six vintage photographs from the 1930 film. All but one with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1913 play by Edward Sheldon, about an aristocratic young man who falls in love with an opera star. Nominated for Best Director...
New York: Various, 1953-1957. Archive of three rare ephemeral items (two posters, one handbill) for early performances by John Cage in the 1950s, all associated with his seminal work as a founder of the New York School. Each flyer represents single event of significance for the composer, and each an...
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to producer (or production manager or location manager, as case may be) James H. Ware with his name and notations, in holograph ink and pencil throughout. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema...
New York: Moffat Yard, 1908. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication: "Dear Mrs. Whitin / I promised you these so long ago you have probably forgotten. All the same I send them with my love / Emily Post / 107 E. 34th St. /...
New York: New American Library (NAL), 1966. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper to fellow mystery writer John D. MacDonald: "To John D. / With admiration / Charlie." A brief but eloquent inscription, linking two of the best hard-boiled mystery writers of a generation. Williams also...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], circa 1944. Collection of 14 original preliminary advertising concept art sketches for the release of sultry 1944 B-picture. Executed variously in graphite, charcoal, and gouache on onion skin paper, each leaf tipped on to white paper stock at the corners, some with notations at the...
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1968. Vintage poster for an exhibition of work associated with an unrealized Christo project, intended to wrap the New York Museum of Modern Art. INSCRIBED by the artist on the poster in orange crayon: "For Betsy Jones / Christo 1968." In early 1968 Christo and...