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New York: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, 1929. First appearance of the Dashiell Hammett novel, (part 3 of 5 parts), "The Maltese Falcon," in the November 1929 issue of the Black Mask pulp magazine. The five parts were collected and published as a novel by Alfred A. Knopf in 1930. The turning...

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Paris: Gaumont, 1958. Original French program for the 1958 film. The director's second of four films featuring the inimitable "Monsieur Hulot." In this chapter, Hulot strays from his rather ordinary Paris neighborhood and into a modern, suburban one, where technological chaos reigns. A delightfully designed program, with four 5.5 x....

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New York: Island Records, 1980. Vintage black and white die-cut standee promotional poster for U2's 1980 debut album "Boy."Though "Boy" was reviewed at the time as relatively unpolished yet still having potential, U2 has gone on to be one of the most widely-recognized bands in the world. Over the years...

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New York: Jonas Mekas, 1969. Vintage large format poster for the 1969 experimental film by shot and edited by Jonas Mekas from his "film diary" footage shot between 1965 and 1969. Either unique or very nearly so, with no examples found in OCLC or institutions worldwide. The poster also doubles...

(read more)about Diaries, Notes, and Sketches, also known as Walden

New York: Lewis Colby, 1845. First Edition. Compilation of a series of letters debating the institution of slavery between two Baptist preachers. Richard Fuller was one of the founders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which had split from the main Baptist church the previous year over the issue of slavery...

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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...

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Los Angeles: Selznick International Pictures, 1939. Final Shooting script, 1965 souvenir printing made by Selznick International Studios, dated September 7, 1939 and stamped copy No. 107. Laid in is an 8 x 10 inch film still of Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine as Mr. and Mrs. Maxim de Winter. This...

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Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Argos Films, 1959. Collection of eight vintage, borderless reference photographs from the 1959 film. Four photographs with the stamp of production company Argos Films, seven with a sticker noting they are from the collection of film historian, collector, and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation (TCD) cinema photo...

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Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1972. Final Draft script for the 1972 television movie. Copy belonging to prop assistant Paul Marco, with his name in holograph ink on the front wrapper and title page, with other production ephemera laid in. Based on the infamous 1971 novel by Beatrice Sparks...

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Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1965. Draft script for the 1966 film, here under the working title "There's No Place Like Space," belonging to cinematographer Paul Vogel, with "Camera" written in holograph pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper.A vehicle to promote the band Herman's Hermits in...

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Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures, 1932. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1932 film. A rare glimpse behind the scenes of a film that was a triumph of design, practical effects, and cinematography. Fay Wray, the actors playing the natives of Kong Island, and the crew prepare for one of...

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New York: Bantam Books, 1973. No. R7678. First Edition, a paperback original. Melvin Van Peebles' copy, with his name, company name ("Y.E.A.H., Inc."), address, and phone number in holograph ink on the inside front wrapper. Contains the script and lyrics for Van Peebles' Broadway play, a series of 19 politically...

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N.p. N.p., 1978. Archive 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...

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N.p. N.p., 1978. Vintage borderless black-and-white double weight photograph from the set of a 1978 Playboy magazine shoot. A timed shot of Anita Ekberg and her photographer Angelo Frontoni on the sidelines. Frontoni began his career as a fashion photographerm and is most celebrated for the artistic nudes he did...

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Los Angeles: Fanfare Films, 1970. Draft script for the 1971 film, here under the working title "Simon". With a holograph ink annotation noting the script as No. 24 along with the name of an unknown crew member to the front wrapper, and holograph pencil annotations to several pages, most regarding...

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London: DJM, 1970. Original UK promotional poster for the 1970 album. Elton John's third album, a breakthrough on every level. A concept album by a Brit based on American country and western and Americana themes—not something anyone would have expected to be a classic, and an album that didn't produce...

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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987. Second Revised Draft script for the 1988 film. Copy belonging to "B. Daniel" with their name in holograph ink on the front wrapper. A crackerjack thriller, probably the best action film of the 1980s, based on Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel, "Nothing Lasts Forever." The film...

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Tokyo: Imamura Productions, 1987. Draft script for the 1987 film. Text in Japanese. The greatest pimp in all of Japanese history, Iheji Muraoka, also known as Zegen or the "Boss of the South Seas" grew in power as Japan grew. Not only were his achievements contributing to his mantle of...

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Los Angeles: American-International Pictures, 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film, here under the working title "The Spider." SIGNED by director Bert I. Gordon. With holograph pencil annotations throughout. Fodder for for an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Season 4, Episode 13, Sept 14, 1991), where Gordon was resurrected...

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Brighton, UK: The Rock Music Photographs of Ian Dickson, 2006. First Edition. Number 4 of an unspecified limitation of "DeLuxe" editions produced by photographer Ian Dickson, containing 7 black-and-white photographs, struck from the original negatives, taken on March 5, 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, London, the final show for the...

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New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1939. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To George and Sally / Who were so good as the Inspector and Mrs. Simmons when we did the play in Fairfield / June 1942 / James Ronald."An important historical inscription. The book was published...

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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...

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(Los Angeles): N.p., 1981. First draft manuscript for the 1984 novel, dated 1981, and here under the working title "L.A. Death Trip." INSCRIBED by Ellroy on one of two title pages (with another unused title, "Because the Night," crossed out), in which the author identifies this typed manuscript as a....

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Tokyo: Wuntemaum Press, 1964. First Edition. One of 500 copies printed, preceding the UK edition by four years. INSCRIBED by Yoko Ono on the first blank: "To Helen, / 1966, opening / Judson Church Gallery / NYC, NY / Yoko Ono." The author, poet, and conceptual artist's first book. The...

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Moore Park, Australia: Embassy Pictures, 1977. Draft script for the 1977 British film, here under the working title "Holocaust 2000." Laid in are additional 18 pages on legal size blue, pink, and goldenrod stock, including call sheets, unit arrivals and agenda, movement order, schedule, revised schedule, Italian personnel accommodation list...

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Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], 1976. Draft script for the 1977 film. One of the best unheralded revenge thrillers of the 1970s, with William Devane taking an unusual turn as a sympathetic character, though forced to be quite cold-blooded. Playing a Vietnam veteran with absolutely nothing left to lose...

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N.p. Paramount Pictures, 1973. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1973 film.Based on Peter Maas' 1973 biography "Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System," about a plainclothes police officer who exposes corruption in the New York City Police Department, only to face harassment and threats from his fellow officers.Nominated...

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Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1996. Revised Third Draft script for the 1996 film. The second film featuring the characters from the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation, following 1994’s Star Trek Generations, and the eighth feature film overall in the ongoing Star Trek franchise. Notably, the first Star Trek film...

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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1923. First Edition. Near Fine in a striking, Very Good plus example of the rare dust jacket. Jacket is lightly nicked at the corners and spine ends, with some separation at the middle of the rear flap fold. A superb copy overall.

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Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1955. Vintage photograph of Lillian Gish and Charles Laughton on the set of the 1955 film. Annotations in holograph pencil, "Library Dell Publishing," "Life Story 1953," and four overlapping "Everett Collection" stamps, all on verso. Based on the 1953 novel by David Grubb. Charles Laughton's...

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1980. Draft script for the 1980 stage version of "Harold and Maude," adapted by Colin Higgins from his 1971 novel and screenplay. Actress Ruth Ford's copy, effusively inscribed to her on the title page by Higgins, actress Janet Gaynor (who played Maude, 23 years after her last film appearance), Keith...

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Paris: Filmsonor, 1962. Collection of 67 original single weight borderless film stills for the 1962 French-Italian film, here under the original French title, "Cartouche." Action sequences, men in military regalia, and romantically charged images of Belmondo and Cardinale, with most representing Belmondo either charming people or dueling with swords. Housed...

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N.p. N.p., 1965. Collection of three reference photographs featuring Roman Polanski and Catherine Deneuve on the set of the 1965 film. Shot by still photographer Laurie Turner. Two of the photos in this set reflect one another, one showing Polanski in the foreground and Deneuve in a mirror, and the...

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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...

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New York: William Morrow, 1946. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Gardner to the great American mystery writer Raymond Chandler. “To Raymond Chandler, from a fan. Yours, Erle.” Additionally signed in full and dated February 1948. An extraordinary association copy, linking two of the giants of American detective fiction, both Grand Masters...

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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...

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