N.p. N.p., 1969. Single page, carbon typescript (the original letter presumably sent to Burroughs, this copy from Southern's estate), single spaced, with several typeovers. A friendly, sassy letter to Burroughs, beginning with an expression of Southern's great anticipation of a visit from Burroughs: "Buzz along the rialto has it that a certain grand guy W.S. Burroughs may be jetting Appleward.....
New York: Coward McCann, 1958. First American Edition. First issue, tan boards and price of "$3.50" on the front jacket flap. REVIEW COPY, with slip and author photograph laid in. Photograph by Avakian. Southern's first novel. Light foxing to the top edges and jacket verso, and a hint of toning to the jacket, else Near Fine in a Near Fine.....
New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Southern to noted producer Si Litvinoff on the front endpaper: "To Seymour and Joy with greatest admiration / Terry Southern." The two men collaborated on an unproduced version of "A Clockwork Orange" (1971), to be produced by Litvinoff and adapted for the screen by Southern, based on the 1962 novel by.....
N.p. N.p., circa 1970. One page, typescript, with a couple of typeover corrections. A fascinating muse of Southern's crafting of the "Easy Rider," screenplay, focusing on how he actually wrote Jack Nicholson's role for Rip Torn, with a detailed explanation of why Torn did not ultimately fill the role. Full provenance available on request. Blank office stock, recto only, 8.5.....
N.p. N.p., circa 1973. Seven-page manuscript, executed in holograph pencil with numerous corrections. An early rough draft of an essay by Southern regarding his first encounter with actor Rip Torn, which, oddly, is more an encounter with the concept of Rip Torn than Rip Torn himself (though Torn would ultimately become one of Southern's closest friends and confidants). The piece.....
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N.p. N.p., circa 1979. Composite typescript by Terry Southern, with paste-ups, white-outs, holograph corrections, etc. 5 pages, complete and unpublished. An outline for a film version of Southern's novel, "Blue Movie." The film outline appears to be unique and unpublished, a parallel piece of sorts to "Outline for Blue Movie," an essay about the novel (not the film version), written in.....
N.p. N.p., circa 1981. Thirteen-page carbon typescript for an by Terry Southern, replete with typeover corrections but no holograph annotations. Eventually published in a revised form as "Towards the Ethics of a Golden Age," an introduction to the collection "Writers in Revolt," edited by Southern, Alexander Trocchi, and Richard Seaver. Full provenance available on request. Blank office stock, rectos only.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing Peter Fonda chatting up Sabrina Scharf, with Dennis Hopper making his own connection in the background. With the stamp of Tele-Cine on the verso. About as close to the very start of the New Hollywood era as can be imagined. Dennis Hopper's directorial debut.....
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, though Buck Henry was ultimately given full credit for the.....
New York: Oscard Associates, circa 1986. Draft script for the 1988 film, two copied annotations of a circled "3" and "4" on one page. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner, whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye” (Robert Altman, 1973), "The Missouri Breaks" (Arthur Penn, 1976), and “Heat” (Michael Mann, 1996). Singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson teamed up with Terry Southern.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1964. Draft script for the 1965 film, based on the 1948 novel by Evelyn Waugh, legendarily co-written by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood. Deluxe working script belonging to uncredited crew member William Todd Mason, with his name and phone number in holograph ink on the title page, and some brief penciled annotations on three pages.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1956-1959. Original illustrated humorous essay by Terry Southern and William Pene Dubois, satirizing (or perhaps elucidating) the dress habits of their distinguished friend, American screenwriter William Rose. Southern and Dubois met in the late 1950s, both under the tutelage of William Styron, while both of them were associated with The Paris Review. During this time William Rose.....
Paris: Les Films Corona, 1968. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph of actress Ewa Aulin from the set of the 1968 film, showing director Christian Marquand with a hand-held camera, getting a close-up shot of Aulin sitting, fully clothed but soaking wet, on the floor of a shower. With a gold foil title label for the film's French release on.....
N.p. Alfieri, 1969. Vintage oversize double weight color photograph of Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson, at an outdoor press conference held in front of the Carlton Hotel at the Cannes Film Festival, where Hopper was awarded the Cannes First Film Prize. Shot by Marc Alfieri, and signed by him in black ink at the lower left margin: "Photo Alfieri /.....
Paris: Pier Luigi, 1967. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of director Roger Vadim, actor Honey Autumm, a crew member, and an extra, from the set of the 1968 film. Shot by still photographer Emilio Lari, with his stamp on the verso, as well cropping annotations in holograph pencil and stamps reading "Noir & Blanc," "APIS-PARIS." Based on the adult.....
Paris: Le Spectacle du Monde, 1968. Vintage borderless black-and-white double weight press photograph from the set of the film in Rome. Pictured are director Christian Marquand, whose faux-grim countenance is in nice contrast to the attractive innocence of the film's lead actress, Ewa Aulin. With the stamp of French magazine Le Spectacle du Monde twice on the verso. 8 x......
London: Grand Films, 1968. Complete set of vintage double weight color still photographs from the 1968 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1968. Vntage borderless double weight reference photograph of Jane Fonda and Roger Vadim on the set of the 1968 film. Photographer Alfonso Avincola stamp on verso. Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest and published in the French magazine V in 1962 and 1964. Jane Fonda's classic role in "Barbarella," an adult SciFi Alice in an.....
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1984. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page, and inscribed by the author on the dedication page, with a quote by Martin Myers: "For Terry Teachout / With best wishes / Mary Hood / June 29, 1986." Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Author's first collection of stories.....