New York: E.P. Dutton, 1939. First Edition. A very nice copy of an important title, probably the premiere monograph of New York images, predicting the series ideas of Ruscha and many others. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Corners lightly bumped, a little soiling to the boards. Jacket has three small internal repairs (not restoration), and a few... (read more)
New York: Maysles Films, 1970. Archive including the paste-up maquette, proof, and final print of a photo-montage variant poster for the 1970 film, made for its premiere in New York City, and posted strictly on walls around the city. A poster design that, unlike the final one used, conveys the chaos, bleakness, and ultimately depressive air of the documentary, and... (read more)
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First Edition. Copy belonging to the author's British agent, E.J. Carnell in London, with their label on the front endpaper, reading "NON-STOP / by / Brian W. Aldiss / First American Rights" in holograph manual type. A touch of rubbing to the rear panel, else Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Considered by... (read more)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965. Second draft script for the 1965 film. Included are production notes dated November 1965 (laid in) and an architectural sketch of the "sky truck" noted as "REVISED / APR. 22. '65," As deluxe a script for this film as we have seen, and a highspot for noted director Robert Aldrich. One of the great adventure films... (read more)
Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 1969. Collection of 217 individually numbered contact sheets, amounting to 2650 images, from the 1969 film. Housed in two original three-ring binders from the film's publicity department. The occasional frame is circled or crossed through in red marker. A robust collection that documents nearly every facet of the film's production, including numerous candid images... (read more)
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 of the noir influenced television series starring the sophisticated, sharp-dressed... (read more)
Toronto: Bell and Cockburn, 1912. Octavo, two volumes. First Canadian Edition, first printing. Published the same year as the English first (and correct first) edition. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt titles, top page edges gilt, red borders on the front boards with Norwegian flag designs. All plates, maps, and illustrations present, with a hint of foxing. Amundsen's party, aboard the ship "Fram,"... (read more)
New York: Talk Normal / Cinecom Pictures, 1986. Two vintage photographs of Laurie Anderson from the 1986 concert film, released concurrently with her album of the same name, and featuring selections from her 1984 album "Mister Heartbreak," her 1983 multimedia show "United States," and original material. Filmed at the Park Theater in Union City, NJ during her 1985 tour in... (read more)
Italy: Nepi Film, 1960. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1961 film. A candid aerial photograph of Mastroianni, Moreau, and two other cast members conversing around a table. With a stamp for Telecine and a few notations on the verso. The second film in the trilogy that begins with "L'Avventura" (1960) and ends with "L'Eclisse" (1962). Shot on location... (read more)
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980. First Edition. Rare, this being the only copy we have offered for sale. An early book on improvised music, written by Derek Bailey, one of the pioneering masters of the form, including chapters on Indian music, flamenco, rock, jazz and more. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned, with a.... (read more)
London: The Robert Stigwood Organisation, circa 1971. Draft script for the 1971 play. First presented at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, on May 10, 1971 for 469 performances. Screenwriter Julian Barry would go on to adapt the play to the screen in 1974, in a critically acclaimed film directed by Mike Nichols and starring Dustin Hoffman. The history of... (read more)
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. First Edition. The author's first book, with a price of $2.50 at the bottom of the jacket front flap as called for. Near Fine in a bright, about Near Fine dust jacket, with a lovely, deep brown topstain. Backstrip and jacket spine panel both very slightly sunned, with some minor wear at the spine ends... (read more)
Paris: Cinema d'Aujourd'hui no. 44 / Edition Serghes, 1966. First Edition, a trade softcover original. INSCRIBED by director John Huston on the half title page: "To Pierre Goulliard / with my best regards / John Huston." An early, critical look at the iconic director of such enduring classics as "The Maltese Falcon" (1940), "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948), "The... (read more)
N.p. N.p. 1982. Vintage double weight photograph of artist Joseph Beuys, shot in 1982 by photographer Klaus Behr. With Behr's stamp on the verso. At this time Beuys was approaching the height of long delayed recognition on an international level. The Guggenheim Museum held a major retrospective in 1979, ultimately the only major exhibition of Beuys' work to be held in... (read more)
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1937. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the Blackmon to author Peggy Gaddis (Erolie Pearl Gaddis Dern, 1895-1966) on the front endpaper, in the year of publication: "Affectionately, to the Best of Friends / Peggy Gaddis / From the author / Anita Blackmon (Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith) / August 29, 1937." Blackmon wrote extensively as Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith... (read more)
Moscow: Mosfilm, 1966. Collection of three vintage borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the French release of the 1966 film. With the archival stamp of the noted cinema historian Maurice Bessy on the verso of each photo. A stunning set of battle scene photos, including one three-part panoramic shot, demonstrating the massive scale of the film, shot on location in Dorogobuzh... (read more)
N.p. Stan Brakhage, 1967. Original two color hand printed poster advertising the two first public screenings of the 1967 film, as well as selections from Brakhage's "Songs" and a live lecture by Brakhage. The only poster for a Brakhage screening we have ever encountered, as none of Brakhage's films ever received wide distribution and the kind of poster advertisement that would... (read more)
N.p. N.p. 1973. Lengthy typed letter signed from Stan Brakhage to Will Petersen, roughly 500 words, dated May 28, 1973. Petersen was the director of the Creative Arts Center at West Virginia University, and Brakhage's letter confirms an upcoming talk at the university and answers in some detail a number of Petersen's questions. With Brakhage's holograph signature in black ink... (read more)
San Francisco: Pasteurize Press / Zephyrus Image, 1975. UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOFS, preceding the First Edition. An offprint of Brakhage's remarks following a screening of his film, "The Text of Light," at the San Francisco Art Institute, Nov 18, 1974. One of what could only possibly be a handful of proofs made for Zephyrus Image prior to the publication of the... (read more)
![Paris de nuit [Paris by Night] (First Edition). Brassai, photography, Paul Morand, introduction.](/pictures/thumb/138421.jpg?v=1492979959)
Paris: Arts et M'tiers Graphiques, 1933. First Edition. 60 full-page, black and white plates. Brassai's first and most notable photobook. A nocturnal exploration of Parisian culture, and one of the most celebrated and influential collections of urban photography ever published. Compiled in a somewhat eery sequence of encounters set around the darkest corners of 1930's Paris. Brassai does not shy away... (read more)
![Robert Bresson on the set of "Le proces de jeanne d'arc" [The Trial of Joan of Arc] (1962). Robert Bresson, director, Andre Marinie, photographer, Florence Delay, starring.](/pictures/thumb/133256.jpg?v=1458338458)
N.p. N.p. Circa 1959-1960. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1962 film by photographer Andre Marinie. A candid, on-the-set photograph of the film's reclusive director, Robert Bresson, behind the camera, typically pensive and with cigarette in hand. Marinie's stamp and stamp from the film's production companies, Agnes Delahaie Productions and Consortium Pathe on the verso. Linda Rasmussen at AllMovie notes: "Characteristically breaking... (read more)
Hollywood, CA: Paramount Pictures, 1927. Vintage hand color tinted lobby card for the 1927 silent film. Pictured are a curly haired Louise Brooks, looking past an oblivious Wallace Beery and toward a typically sly Adolphe Menjou. Based on the French play "L'homme en habit" ("The Man in Evening Clothes) by Andre Picard and Yves Mirand. Today considered a lost film. 11... (read more)
New York: Fred Baker Films, 1972. Original one sheet poster for the little-seen 1972 documentary. The second documentary to be produced on Bruce after his death in 1966, though the first, "Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce' (1967), was basically a film of a single performance. Baker's film combines footage of Bruce from "The Steve Allen Show," audio-only clips, an interview... (read more)
Paris: Greenwich Film Productions, 1971. Original double weight, wide margin photograph of Luis Bunuel and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere by Mary Ellen Mark, taken outdoors during the shooting of Bunuel's "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie." Notated on the verso as having been taken in 1971, with a separate rubber stamp showing a date of 1980, presumably when the photograph was... (read more)
N.p. N.p. 1966. Set of three remarkable double weight photograph of Carol Burnett, Rock Hudson, Frank Gorshin, and Ken Berry on the set of one of Carol Burnett's earliest television specials, "Carol and Company," which aired on October 9, 1966. CBS tested the waters with Carol Burnett four times with specials between 1963 and 1966. This photograph was shot on the... (read more)