New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1938. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket has a slightly faded spine, and some light chipping along the top and bottom edge, no separation or loss to lettering. A very presentable copy of the fifth Nero Wolfe mystery, which in...
New York: Hudson Hills, 1994. First Edition. Featuring full color reproductions of prints by Lichtenstein, issued in association with the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Included is a full color, illustrated two pocket folder from the National Gallery exhibition, which ran from October 30, 1994 to January 8...
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Paris: Tele-Magazine, 1958. Archive of five vintage borderless photographs of Jean Renoir on the set of a 1958 television show in which he speaks about his father, the renowned impressionist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. With a Tele-Magazine stamp on the verso. 7 x 9.5 inches (17.75 x 24.25 cm). Identical wide bottom margin...
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Early Draft script (though noted as a "Final Draft screenplay") for the 1971 film dated two years prior to its release. The number "243" is annotated in faded holograph ink at the top right corner of the title page. An important, slightly experimental X-rated comedy that is ground zero in the...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film "The V.I.P.'s," seen here as "Very Important Persons," which has been struck through with "The V.I.P.'s" written above in holograph pencil. Rubber-stamped FILE COPY, and number 5974 on the front wrapper. Notations to dialogue throughout, in holograph pencil...
N.p. N.p., 1956-1957. An archive of 6 autograph letters signed by Kenneth Millar (a.k.a. Ross Macdonald), 4 to book illustrator, longtime friend, and Santa Barbara neighbor Don Freeman, and 2 to an old professor and mentor from Ontario, Frank Stirling. A fascinating and unique collection of correspondence from Millar, full...
New York: Filmways Pictures, 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. Included is a second script, a revised draft in wrappers containing the latest revisions, and two shooting schedules, one detailing shooting dates beginning Week Three, and one detailing dates beginning about Week Nine. Notations throughout both scripts in...
Berlin: Jovis Verlag / Arte Editions, 2002. First Edition. SIGNED by Werner Herzog on the title page. A wonderful compendium of still photographs in both color and black-and-white, taken over the years on the sets of Werner Herzog's films. With text throughout in English, French, and German by Herzog and...
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1945. Post-production Release Dialogue Script for the 1946 film. The only script associated with the legendary noir that we have ever seen, and presumably the earliest continuity, dated 7 months prior to the film's release. "The Blue Dahlia" got off to a shaky start, as Raymond Chandler...
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Paris: B.M.P. Films, Circa 1950. Draft script for the 1950 French film, "The Treasure of Cantenac," here under its title of origin, "Le Tresor de Cantenac," on the title page, with the film's working title, "Un miracle," also on the title page. French copy company rubber stamp, and faint pencil...
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Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1952. Collection of 86 vintage photographs from the 1953 film, made specially for director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Photographs are mounted recto and verso (i.e., 2 per leaf) on heavy stock and housed in a leather bound three ring presentation binder with gilt titles and Mankiewicz's...
London: Michael Joseph, 1961. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Basis for the 1971 Australian film of the same name (released in some countries as "Outback") starring Donald Pleasance and Gary Bond, considered by many to be the greatest Australian film ever made. Very Good in a Very Good example...
Beverly Hills, CA: Faces Distribution, 1976. Original US insert poster, "Seymour Cassell" style, for the 1976 film. One of eight known one sheet styles (no priority) issued by Faces Distribution for the film. Faces was a company as radical as the director himself, and made small runs of posters in...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960. Vintage oversize borderless black-and-white double weight press photograph from the set of the 1960 film. Shot by Jean Schmidt for the French magazine Cinema, with stamps for both parties on the verso. A cinematic experiment tailor made for Welles, in which three actors portray two...
Boston: Little, Brown, 1976. First Edition of the author’s superb first novel, winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
N.p. Rome Paris Films, 1966. Vintage French Moyenne poster for the 1966 film. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. A flurry of controversy surrounded the production and release of Rivette's film. Upon facing pressure from the French Catholic Church regarding its critical religious and sexual...
London: Harrap, 1949. First Edition. Basis for the 1953 British film noir (retitled "Bad Blonde" in the US), starring Barbara Payton. Near Fine in a bright, Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket shows a touch of color fading to the spine, and a few tiny nicks to spine ends and corners...
New York: The Monacelli Press, 1995. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Rem Koolhaas on the title page, in the year after publication: "To Rochelle / Rem Koolhaas / 1-2-96." Koolhaas' magnum opus, a profusely illustrated guide to his process. Conceptual in its design and execution, much like the architect's work. Near Fine...
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New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1937. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good example of the rare dust jacket. Jacket has some chipping at the spine ends and corners, though no titling is affected. In a custom clamshell box. Stout's fourth novel, the first (and only) Dol Bonner mystery...
Rome: Vides Cinematografica, 1980. Set of 10 master typescripts for the ambitious 1982 television mini-series, all dated June 1980, used as a master for printing the final scripts. Anthony Burgess was one of the series writers (credited on the title page of each segment), and Ennio Morricone composed the original...
Daytona Beach, FL: N.p., 1958. Collection of 24 vintage vernacular photographs documenting the final NASCAR race at Daytona Beach, Florida, 1958. Occasional holograph pencil annotations or rubber stamps to the versos. The photographs in this collection document the final year the iconic Daytona NASCAR race took place on two miles...
London: Longmans, 1931. First Edition. One of the most important books on the early sound era, an ambitious attempt to assess the state of world cinema, with a factual look at American films, British films, the role propaganda and education in films. The second half of the book is devoted...
New York: Arts at St. Anna's, 1991. Original program for a performance by the Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by David Alan Miller, held at The Town Hall in New York City on June 8 and 9, 1981. The performance featured four pieces: "Freeform" and "Shivering Air," composed by Glenn...
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Eugene O'Neill at his contribution: "For Bob Sisk - / Cheers! / Eugene O'Neill." The second issue of Mencken's redoubtable magazine, and the first publication of O'Neill's controversial play about miscegenation, "All God's Chillun's Got Wings," two months before it...
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Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1952. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of James Mason on location in Bronson Canyon, California, for the shooting of "Julius Caesar" in 1952. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby. SIGNED by Willoughby at the bottom right margin in black ink, with...
N.p. N.p., 1978. Collection of 14 iconic vintage photographs of Studio 54 celebrities and revelers by photographer William Coupon, all from 1978. Ten of these are signed and dated by Coupon at the bottom right, one with a tag on verso, “Two Dancers, Studio 54, August, 1978.” Images of Andy...
Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures, 1945. Original one sheet poster for the 1945 film noir. An overlooked gem from Dick Powell's second life as a noir icon, an anti-fascist espionage tale with a labyrinthine, Chandler-worthy plot, and an unforgettable standoff at the end. The undisguised, left-leaning overtones throughout contributed significantly to...
Munich: Peter-Presse / Atlas Films, 1965. Original 1965 German A1 poster for the 1963 US film. Designed by Heinz Edelman From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. An iconoclastic, utterly American underground film best understood by way of the reactions it receives from viewers outside the...
London: Hammer Film Productions, 1970. Draft script for the 1971 film. Copy belonging to cult horror icon Ingrid Pitt, who played the titular character, with her extensive holograph ink annotations on nearly every page (and many page versos), including her blocking notes and detailed character analyses in both Polish and...
N.p. N.p., 1944. Original four-panel artwork by Ernie Bushmiller, dated August 31, 1944, from his seminal comic strip Nancy, INSCRIBED to fellow cartoonist Ed Dodd in holograph ink: "To my friend - Ed Dodd / with best wishes / Ernie Bushmiller." This particular strip features Nancy, Sluggo and an un-named...
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Los Angeles: Media Arts Productions, circa 1980s. Draft script for the 1989 film. Director Andy Milligan's copy, with his annotations in holograph pencil and ink annotations throughout. Notations have to do with major dialogue and action changes, with stapled leaves and partial leaves from previous drafts laid in. Included is...
Soviet Union: Mosfilm, 1983. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1983 film, showing director Andrei Tarkovsky striking a contemplative pose while behind the camera. With a holograph ink notation on the verso identifying the film. The only vintage photograph of the great director at work on location we...
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1926. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good or better example of the rare dust jacket. Jacket has tiny chips at the corners and is frayed at the spine ends, with some clear archival reinforcement at the verso. Still presents quite well. A classic British...
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1976. Original press kit for the 1976 film. Included in the press kit are 13 vintage black and white film still photographs, two pages of photo captions, and a 17 page booklet of production information. A film that would prove to be the turning point...
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Seen here under its literal English translation "A Struggle for Rome" on the front wrapper, with credits for production company C.C.C. Film (CCC Filmkunst). Extensive annotations throughout, unattributed, in various colors of holograph ink and in pencil, including substantive...
New York: N.p., 1980. Original two-color silkscreen poster for "The Trap Door" (1980), by Beth B and Scott B, starring Jack Smith and John Ahearn, featuring numerous New York artists, including Jenny Holzer, Gary Indiana, Richard Prince, and William Rice. Printed on the verso, upside down, is a proof image...