Los Angeles: David W. Griffith, 1918. Vintage herald for a revival showing of the landmark 1915 film at the Opera House in Suffern, NY on May 15 and 16, 1918. 16.5 x 5.5 inches (42 x 14 cm), accordion folded to 4.25 x 5.5 inches (11 x 14 cm), with...
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1968. Two vintage candid photographs from the 1968 film. With holograph notations on the verso of each. A seminal horror film, one of the finest genre pictures ever made, from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema, bringing together Hollywood newcomer Roman Polanski, old-time producer William...
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...
London: Secker and Warburg, 1969. First UK Edition, preceding all others. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper in 1974: "To Raymond, / Have a free look in hope of a good write-up - we welcome all criticism if it's favorable. / Gordon / Dryden Chambers / 1st Nov...
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...
Yokohama, Kanagawa: Kurosawa Production Co., circa 1980. Draft script for the 1980 Japanese film. Holograph pencil notations throughout regarding casting, including the use of professional or amateur actors, as well as a notation regarding lead actor Katsu Shintaro, who was fired on the first day of shooting. The story of...
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Paris: Films de France, 1950. Vintage British quad poster for the classic 1950 film. French surrealist director, poet, and artist Jean Cocteau explored fantasies within most of his films such as "The Blood of a Poet" (1932) and "La Belle et la Bette" (1946). With "Orphee," he took on the...
New York: Signet Books, 1950. No. 811. First printing of this edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Signet Books founder Kurt Enoch: "To Kurt Enoch / 'Long may they weave." From the Kurt Enoch collection, with a letter of provenance included. Kurt Enoch was the founder of Signet Books and...
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...
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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943. Revised Final Script for the 1943 film musical, here under its working title, "The Girls He Left Behind." Directed by Busby Berekeley, written for the screen by Walter Bullock, Tom Bridges, George Root, Jr., and Nancy Wintner (with only Bullock credited here), and starring Alice...
Los Angeles: Conquest Productions, 1985. Draft script for the 1987 film, preceding its release by 2 years. Production designer's working copy, with production design material highlighted on nearly every page in yellow (and occasionally underlined in ink) throughout. Bound in at the rear are a crew list (humorously titled "Crue...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf. McCoy's first book, a hard-boiled Depression-era classic, basis for the 1969 film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York and Gig Young (who won an Oscar for his role as...
N.p. N.p., 1971. Original eight-panel artwork by Ernie Bushmiller for the January 31, 1971 deluxe Sunday installment of his seminal comic strip Nancy. This strip features Nancy and her dog Poochie. As with American cinema, it was the French who first championed the studied simplicity of Bushmiller's un-deconstructible combination of...
New York: 2001. First Edition. SIGNED on the front endpaper by several notable Magnum photographers, including Bruce Davidson, Susan Meiselas, Dennis Stock, and others. An immediate, photographic retrospect on September 11, 2001, published just months after the attacks. Fine and unread with no dust jacket as issued.
Munich: Grauf Haufen and Frank Trebbin, 1993. First Edition. An utterly obsessive, minutely detailed examination of Spanish exploitation director Jess Franco's illustrious career, divided into two sections: an extensive, photo-illustrated filmography that includes analysis and reproductions of even the most obscure country-of-origin posters and advertisement for each film, and a....
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...
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Los Angeles: Metro Pictures Corporation, 1921. Collection of six vintage production photographs from the lost 1921 film. Based on the short story "The Offshore Pirate" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, first published in the "Saturday Evening Post" on May 29, 1920. Actress Viola Dana's second film based on a F. Scott...
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 and New York: Eon Productions, 1967. Two vintage borderless black-and-white press photographs featuring Sean Connery and Mie Hama in a romantic scene on the set of the 1967 film. The second of the two shots (where makeup is being applied) is double weight, the other photo single weight. Several...
Weimer: Verlag der Hofbuchhandlung Alexander Buschke Nachf, 1908. First Edition. A very early work by writer, actress and film maker Thea von Harbou, best known for writing and co-directing "Metropolis" (1927) in collaboration with her then-husband Fritz Lang. The only recorded presentation copy, INSCRIBED by both Thea and her brother...
Los Angeles: Self published, 1940. First Draft script for an unproduced film titled "And Now Goodbye," an adaptation of his 1931 novel. Included are three typed letters signed by Hilton. Each letter is from Hilton to producer Lester Cowan on Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures, and RKO Radio Pictures letterhead, dated...
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...
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: 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...
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1955. Final Draft script for the 1956 film. Copy belonging to actor Bob Nichols, who played the part of "Mort 'Pinky' Snythe," with his name on the front wrapper, and notations throughout, in holograph pencil. Based on Edna Ferber's 1952 novel. Bick Benedict (Hudson) and his...
N.p. N.p., circa 1975. Vintage borderless double weight photograph, circa 1975, featuring mystery writer John Le Carre in conversation with an unknown figure to the right of the photograph. Partially stricken attribution rubber stamp to the verso, with pencil holograph notations indicating the copyright belonging to photographer Marina Cicogna. One...
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1966. Vintage borderless production photograph of actress Julie Christie from the set of the 1966 film. Ms. Christie stands just below the film's titular numerals, large and in bold relief. With a Universal mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, a rubber stamped press date of...
Chicago and New York: Ziff-Davis, 1946. First Edition. The only novel by radio personality Forbes, basis for the classic 1948 film noir (also known today under its UK title, "The Scar"), shot by John Alton and starring Paul Henreid and Joan Bennett. Near Fine in a Very Good, price-clipped dust...
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...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1970-1971. Vintage double weight black-and-white weight still press photograph taken by photographer Dmitri Casterine on the set of the 1972 film sometime between fall 1970 and spring 1971. In the photograph, director Kubrick lies on his back with a camera, setting up a shot of a giant...
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Paris: Les Films Ariane, 1959. Collection of 50 original still photographs from the 1959 French-Italian film, here under the French title, "Rue des Prairies." Starring actor Jean Gabin is prominently featured dancing with costars, in various costumes, some not seen in the final cut, and lounging in a folding chair...
San Antonio, TX: Wings Press, 1977. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by Townes Van Zandt on the title page, this being copy No. 418. Additionally there is a gift inscription on the first blank: "To Lacy / On or about Christmas 1982 / All my love /...
New York: Rinehart, 1946. First Edition. Publisher's colophon on the copyright page as called for. Gresham's first book, a dispassionate descent into the world of the carnival sideshows, based largely on the author's own experiences and investigations. Basis for the notable 1947 film noir, directed by Edmund Goulding and starring...
Los Angeles: Beacon Productions, 1946. Final Draft script for the 1947 film. Copy likely belonging to an uncredited costume designer, with notations in holograph pencil throughout. Groucho Marx's first solo film appearance, and his first with a real mustache as opposed to one made with grease paint. Marx plays an...
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: 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...