New York: Dial Press, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a brilliant, Fine dust jacket. Some tiny stains on the rear board, else as sharp a copy as one could hope for. Not an uncommon title, but rarely found in superior condition. (read more)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First American Edition. Fine in an exceptionally fresh, about Fine dust jacket, with only a tiny bit of rubbing to a couple of corners to note.Basis for the 1943 film directed by Raoul Walsh, written for the screen by W.R. Burnett, and starring George Raft, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Turhan Bey. A superior... (read more)

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 of the poster with a variant design and color scheme."The... (read more)

London: Carol Reed Productions, Circa 1948. Vintage candid photograph from the UK release of the 1949 film. From the archive of Maurice Bessy, with his stamp on the verso, along with the stamp of photographer Leslie Baker, and another for Carol Reed Productions and The London Films Studios in Shepperton, England. A mimeo snipe, also on the verso, describes the... (read more)

Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri, 1963. Original Swedish photographic style poster for the 1963 film. The second entry in Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy, a series of films that launched a new and important phase in the director's career. "Winter Light" takes place in entirely within a three-hour period on a Sunday afternoon in November, mixing the affections and repulsions... (read more)

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 the 1920s. Proletarian through and through, "I'm Lucky At That"... (read more)

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Original US one sheet poster for the third of Budd Boetticher's seven legendary Westerns with Randolph Scott, one of five released through Columbia. Near the end of Randolph Scott's career, producer Harry Brown, Scott, and Boetticher began work on a series of intelligent films that would combine Scott's minimalist approach to acting with Boetticher's... (read more)

Chicago: The Goodlion, 1972. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Brakhage on the front endpaper to to publisher Barney Rosset: "Dear Barney / In thanks for all you've given, made possible / Thanks / Stan Brakhage."Barney Rosset was the founder of the Grove Press, which, in addition to its obvious importance, helped usher Brakhage's work into institutions in the 1970s by "publishing"... (read more)

N.p. Jacques-Henri Lartigue, circa 1974. Vintage borderless photograph of French film director Robert Bresson by Jacques-Henri Lartique. Undated but circa 1974, around the time Bresson was filming "Lancelot du lac."With Lartigue's stamp on the verso.Wide lower margin, as struck. In an archival mat, 9.5 x 7 inches (24 x 18 cm). Near Fine. (read more)

Los Angeles: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation / Paramount, 1926. Vintage photograph from the 1926 film starring Louise Brooks. With a mimeo snipe and photo agency sticker on the verso. Based on the 1926 Broadway play, written by George Abbott and John V.A. Weaver, Louise Brooks plays a party girl whose wild ways wreak havoc on both the professional and romantic life... (read more)

N.p. N.p. 1941. Purchase, Rights, and Royalties agreement between James M. Cain and Alfred A. Knopf for Cain's book, "Mildred Pierce," SIGNED by both Cain and Knopf, and dated May 8, 1941. Cain has also initialed several corrections and deletions.The book went on to become one of Cain's best-loved and best-selling titles, the film version of which ressurected the career... (read more)

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1933. First Edition of the author's first book and only novel. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to fellow hard-boiled author Dwight V. Babcock, and signed with both the author's pseudonym and actual name: "For Dwight Babcock / This very little book / Paul Cain (Peter Ruric)." The only signed copy we have ever seen, let alone... (read more)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First Edition. One of only 35 copies (this being No. 20), SIGNED by the author and bound in Imperial Japan vellum, with gilt titles, gilt topstain, and ribbon marker. Though not called for, this copy is additionally SIGNED by Cather on the front endpaper as well. Copy belonging to internationally renowned violinist and conductor... (read more)