N.p. Monogram Pictures, 1946. Typescript of the Final Shooting script for the 1947 Poverty Row film noir. Based on Cornell Woolrich's short story, "Two Men in a Furnished Room," first published in the 1946 short story anthology "The Dancing Detective" under his pseudonym William Irish. The tale of a manhunt...
New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper on the day after Christmas, in the year of publication: "December 26-1964 - / To Elizabeth Boyne - / at the / suggestion of my wife, who / says you are comely and canny /...
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Gaumont, 1916. Vintage double weight matte finish still photograph from the legendary 1916 silent film serial. With the Gaumont logo at the lower right corner. The last of Feuillade's three film serial masterpieces, preceded by "Fantomas" (1913) and "Les Vampires" (1915), combining elements of both its predecessors. In...
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. First Edition. Basis for the 1931 film directed by John M. Stahl. Included with the book is an extraordinary original bi-fold program for the April 17, 1931 Hollywood premiere of Stahl's film at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, printed in black and gold...
Lancaster, OH: N.p., Circa 1890s. Original manuscript scrapbook of poker memorabilia, presented to the Lancaster, Ohio Poker Club by "two victims" of the club, identified as Ecaroh Nidri and Trebor Niarud (almost certainly pseudonyms) on the first page. Charmingly illustrated throughout with 14 original photographs of the club's members, as...
Rome: Reteitalia, 1989. Draft script for the 1989 television film, which originally aired on Video 80 on May 12. Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi, with her extensive holograph annotations on nearly every page (and many page versos) regarding camera shots, takes, timing, and dialogue. Bound in after the...
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N.p. N.p., 1966. Vintage program from Otis Redding's 1966 tour, where he headlined the "Winter Carnival of Stars," which also included Aaron Neville, James and Bobby Purify, The Marvelettes, The Original Drafters, Lorraine Ellison, Sad Sam, and comedian Irwin C. Watson. With a full page photograph and biography of each...
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with a publisher's review slip in red type, specific to this title, laid in. With a typed note signed from Ben Washer of Paramount Studios to actress Mary Nash, on Paramount stationery, affixed to the front pastedown. The note describes how...
Milan, Italy: Ubulibri, 1982. First Edition, a trade softcover original. INSCRIBED by Bernardo Bertolucci on the title page: "Pour Pierre Goulliard / [unknown] / Bernardo Bertolucci / 4/11/87." A critical study of the famed Italian director by critic and screenwriter Ungari, through 1981's "Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man" ("La tragedia di...
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Germany: Kinematrade, circa 1933. Vintage US poster for the 1932 German communist propaganda film "Kuhle Wampe oder Wem gehort die Welt?" The subtitle is seen here under the English translation "Whither Germany." Circa 1933, as identified by the name of the Philadelphia theatre on the poster. The last and arguably...
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New York: Robert M McBride, 1926. First Edition. Basis for the classic 1937 screwball comedy, directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Roland Young, Cary Grant, and Constance Bennett. Fine in a Very Good plus, unrestored example of the rare dust jacket. Jacket is bright, with a few short closed...
Florence, MA: Red Trillium Press / Aqui en la lucha, 2009. First Edition. One of a deluxe edition limited to 50 copies (this being No. 15) signed by the photographer Eduardo Hernandez Santos, with two signed original prints all housed in a gray clamshell case. A photographic exploration of one...
London: Michael Powell [Theatre], 1960. British Advance Poster for the classic 1960 film. The British Double Crown poster for the film turns up from time to time, but this Advance issue, which does not state the film's title, is a rarity. Noted director Powell's most controversial film, about a serial...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1933. Collection of 70 vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1933 film, including seven of cast and crew at work on the set, three of which feature director Tod Browning. Also included is a later print of a fourth image of Browning on the...
Beverly Hills, CA: EK / United Artists, Circa 1974. Early Draft British script for the 1974 British heist film. Based on Gerald Browne's 1972 novel, adapted by Charles Grodin. Howard Chesser (Grodin) is a diamond merchant supervising the cutting of a large and rare diamond. When the diamond is stolen...
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1940. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Binding very slightly cocked, else book is quite clean. Jacket is bright, with some fading to the red spine title, some brief staining on the rear panel, and tiny chips at a couple of corners...
London: Michael Joseph, 1938. First UK Edition, and the correct first of "Flying Colors," preceding the single volume publication. SIGNED by the author on a special Book Society bookplate designed by Rex Whistler. The third Hornblower novel published, and the eighth in series chronology, published together with the second. Along...
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Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1965. Draft script for the 1966 film. Presentation copy belonging to actress Juanita Moore, bound in full red leather, with twelve reference photographs from the film tipped in, and containing two inscriptions from actress Debbie Reynolds. The first inscription by Reynolds, on the verso of...
Paris: Various, 1946-1964. Collection of 19 original French programs for French, German, Italian, and Spanish films, with a single US film, here under the original French titles, 1946-1964. All feature color wrappers, some illustrated with color stills from the film, and highlights include "Madame du Barry" (1954, Christian-Jaque), "Madame Butterfly"...
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Italy: Vera Films, circa 1969-1970. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1970 Italian film. With the stamp of photograph Mario Tursi on the verso. An iconic photograph from an iconic film, a study in corruption in which a police inspector investigates a crime that he himself has committed. Winner of the...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Charles H. Schneer Productions / Peerford, 1981. Final Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. British script for the US-UK co-production, with the address of UK production company Peerford on the title page. The final film to feature creature design and visual effects by...
London: British Nation Films, 1942. Original British program for the 1942 film. A fascinating piece, in that it consists almost entirely of a long transcription by Pressburger of the true-life narrative by Sir George Corbett, which forms the basis for the film. Photo illustrations from the film throughout. Saddle-stapled illustrated...
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 annotations throughout. Red boards, worn overall, with Wanamaker's name inscribed in holograph black ink to the front board. Includes a....
Paris: Intermondia Films / Pretoria / Cinedis, 1959. Collection of 134 original black-and-white single weight still photographs from the 1959 French-Italian film. Featuring Jean Gabin dancing gaily in pub with costar Doll, two photos of Gabin kicking a ball and in a manila envelope addressed to "M. de La Maziere...
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Manchester: Factory Records, 1980. FACT 30. Vintage cassette containing interviews with members of the Sex Pistols, housed in a vinyl pouch. Designed by Peter Saville. Factory Records’ Christmas gift for 1980, despite having never released any music by the band, was a cassette containing a 1977 interview of Sid Vicious and...
Copenhagen: Schoenberg Publishers, 1948. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to photographer and former student John Wood on the front endpaper: "Jan. 1951 / To John Wood, a fine photographer [and] person. / with compliments / Keld Helmer-Petersen." An important, early book of color photography, prefiguring the work of William...
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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. First Edition. Born in England, David Betts drifted around the American West before coming to New York and finding work driving cabs. He was dubbed "The Taxi Philosopher" after publishing several letters featuring his views on life and in the "New York Evening Post" during...
Beverly Hills, CA: Faces, 1974. Original poster for the US premiere of the 1974 film at Columbia I and Columbia II on 2nd Avenue at 64th Street in New York. Cassavetes had only screened the film at two festivals prior to the date advertised here, the San Sebastian Film Festival...
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...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958-1960. Archive of scripts and revision pages for 56 episodes of the hip private-eye detective television series "Peter Gunn." Copies belonging to screenwriter Lewis Reed, with his holograph name to the front wrapper of each episode. Included are screenplays for nearly half of the 114-episode run...
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Vintage press photograph of Diana Rigg as Emma Peel, the iconic female character in the classic British television series, "The Avengers." Here Rigg stands on a polar bear skin rug laid out near the shoreline of an unknown British locale. Shot by photographer Terry O'Neill to...
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New York: Pressman Williams, 1970. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Gregory Sandor, with his name in holograph pencil on the verso of the title page, and holograph pencil annotations throughout. Danielle is a beautiful model separated from her conjoined twin, Dominique. When her neighbor, an aspiring...
Cambridge: Sun and Moon, 1985, 1986. First Edition. Three volumes, with the second and third volumes SIGNED by the author on the title page. "City of Glass" in the first issue jacket without the publisher's seal on the spine. Slight lean to "City of Glass," else Near Fine in Near...
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1959. Collection of two vintage borderless photographs of writer Ernest Hemingway and a friend at a bullfighting match, circa 1959. With holograph annotations regarding layout to the verso, along with the stamps of Tele-Magazine, Radio Magazine, and Dalmas press agency. Hemingway made several visits to Spain throughout his...
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N.p. ITC Entertainment, 1976. Draft script for the 1976 German-Italian-British film. A train traveling in Europe has been exposed to a deadly disease, and the passengers are forbidden to leave the train. Terrorism and disaster follow, with a star-studded cast, including Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, and producer Carlo Ponti's wife...
Beverly Hills, CA: Brandywine Productions, 1969. Collection of 9 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso of 7 of the photos. Based on D.H. Lawrence’s 1920 novel, following two sisters who begin relationships with a pair of friends, bringing conflict between the two...