Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1947. Second Revised Final script for the 1947 film. INSCRIBED by screenwriter Richard Murphy during production of the film on the title page: "For Max - / With thanks for everything, but especially the advise that led to doing this magillah - / Murph." With a....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1936. Final script for the 1936 film. Included is an 8 x 10 publicity still of Tony Martin, Judy Garland, and Jack Haley, dated 1936, with a credit for the film and production studio. Judy Garland's first feature film, to be followed only three years later...
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1944. First Edition. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket, lightly chipped at spine ends and lightly rubbed at hinges. A sharp copy of the author's first novel which introduced one of the giants of twentieth century crime fiction to the public. Rare.
New York: William Morrow, 1939. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Gardner to one of his secretaries: “To Noni, Who wrote it—from the guy who only had to talk it. Yours, Erle Stanley Gardner.” About Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket, which is lightly worn at top of spine and corners...
Garden City: Doubleday, 1960. First Edition. SIGNED by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft on the page following the half title. The third book collaboration between the two, a series of recollections by Stravinsky in the form of interviews by Craft. A companion volume to Conversations with Igor Stravinsky," published one...
Burbank: Warner Brothers, 1934. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white photograph from the set of the 1934 film. Snipe in manual type on the verso, mentioning Karloff in "his latest picture for Universal, The Black Cat," and rubber stamps crediting photographer Roman Freulich, noting that the struck print...
![Screenplay for The Thin Man Sequel [After the Thin Man]](http://www.royalbooks.com/pictures/thumb/124528.jpg?v=1434404426)
Culver City, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1935. Dashiell Hammett's original submitted treatment for the first sequel to "The Thin Man," here referred to only as "Thin Man Sequel," and ultimately titled "After the Thin Man." With a single holograph correction by Hammett, and letter of provenance from Hammett's daughter Josephine Hammett...
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968. First Edition, one of 1500 copies printed. "The American Cinema" introduced auteur theory to America when it was published in 1968, and sparked a long and famous debate between Sarris and Pauline Kael. Auteur theory sees a film director (rather than the producer, studio, screenwriters...
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1962. Producer-director Albert Zugsmith's copy of the script for the 1962 film, "Confessions of an Opium Eater," produced and directed by Zugsmith, written for the screen by Robert Hill, and starring Vincent Price. Based on the 1822 book, "Confessions of an English Opium Eater," by Thomas...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966. Second Draft Script for the 1967 film comedy, "The Flim-Flam Man," directed Irvin Kershner, based on the 1965 novel, "The Flim-Flam Man and the Apprentice Grifter." Michael Sarrazin plays a young man gone AWOL from the Army who makes the acquaintance of George C. Scott...
Paris: Etudes Cinematographiques no. 30 - 31, 1964. First Edition. SIGNED by Akira Kurosawa in both Japanese and Roman letters. Founded in 1960 by professor and literary critic Georges-Albert Astre and literature and film critic Henri Agel, "Etudes Cinematographiques" distinguished itself from the other foundational French film journals "Cahiers du...
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1982. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the half title page. Walker's breakthrough novel, basis for the 1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. A hint of foxing to the top page...
![The Mysterious Mr. Reeder [The Mind of Mr. Reeder]](http://www.royalbooks.com/pictures/thumb/129885.jpg?v=1434404442)
N.p. Grand National Pictures, 1935. Early draft script for the 1939 film, "The Mysterious Mr. Reeder," here under the working title (and the title Monogram Pictures used for its 1940 re-release), "The Mind of Mr. Reeder." Copy belonging to screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace (Edgar Wallace's son), with his name and...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1950. Revised First Draft Continuity script for the 1951 film. Included is an index to the script breakdown, detailing various scenes and script page numbers with revisions. Copy belonging to Dane Anderson, an uncredited member of the crew, with his name on the front wrapper of...
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...
New York: Galeria Bonino, 1967. Complete set of four matching exhibition catalogs for a staggered series of installations by avant-garde film director Robert Breer, held at the Galeria Bonino in New York between 1965 and 1970. The first catalog is for an exhibition at the gallery titled "Constructions and Films," and...
New York: Darien House, 1977. First Edition. Author, actor and huckster historian Ricky Jay's first book, a hilarious, photo illustrated treatise on the use of playing cards as weapons, with chapters on technique, practice, stunts and self-defense. The scarce cloth edition (a simultaneous softcover edition was also published). Fine in a....
Champaign, IL: Gate 5 Records, 1956. First and only pressing. Issue No. 6 in Harry Partch's self-released Gate 5 series, sold by mail order. INSCRIBED by Partch in 1960 to noted film scholar Amos Vogel on the rear flap: "For Amos Vogel / With all best wishes / Harry Partch...
London: Robert Hale, 1960. First UK Edition and first edition in hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slight lean to book with foxing to the endpapers and page edges. Small numerical ink notation to the front endpaper. Jacket is bright and complete with a bit of...
![8 1/2 [Otto e mezzo]](http://www.royalbooks.com/pictures/thumb/134993.jpg?v=1492979038)
Rome: Cineriz, 1963. Vintage borderless black-and-white photograph from the 1963 Italian film. A striking shot of Mastroianni, refusing to remove his deluxe frames even while steaming in the sauna. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection 140.
![The 2nd Annual Soul Train Music Awards [The Second Annual Soul Train Music Awards]](http://www.royalbooks.com/pictures/thumb/140689a.jpg?v=1492980590)
Los Angeles: Don Cornelius Productions, 1988. Final draft for the 1988 film. Copy belonging to a Steve Binder, a likely crew member, with his name to the front wrapper and occasional notations throughout. The second of the still-running Soul Train Music Awards, highlighting the best in Black music, hosted by Dionne...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First Edition. About Near Fine in an about Near Fine example of the purple-and-red variant of the dust jacket (there were three different color variants). Slight spine lean, light bumping to the spine ends. Jacket spine slightly toned, else bright and colorful, with a....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1980. Early draft script for the 1980 film, with Roman Polanski credited for screenwriting on the title page. The screen credit ultimately went to Mann Rubin, who rewrote the script extensively. Based on the 1973 novel by Lawrence Sanders. Notable both for being one of Frank...
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...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978. First American edition, and first edition in hardcover. INSCRIBED by Truffaut on the half-title page in the year of publication: “To Laurie / Sincerely yours / Francois / 78 August 3.” Truffaut's third and final book, an absolute must for any film lover, comprised...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1953. Second Revised Shooting Final Draft script for the 1953 film. Studio File Copy, with interoffice correspondence bound in, dated July 17, 1953, address to Darryl F. Zanuck from secretary Molly Mandaville, noting the correct length of the script Notations in holograph ink and pencil on...
![[Appointment in Samarra] An archive of scripts from five episodes of the television series "Gibbsville": "Chautauqua, Chautauqua, Chautauqua," "In the Silence," "The Price of Everything," "How Old, How Young," and "Andrea"](http://www.royalbooks.com/pictures/thumb/130063.jpg?v=1418080671)
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1976. Final and Revised Final drafts for four episodes the 1976 season and two episodes 1977 season of the NBC television series "Gibbsville," based on characters in John O'Hara's 1934 novel, "Appointment in Samarra." Gibbsville is the name of the town central to the...
New York: William Morrow, 1940. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Gardner to one of his secretaries: “To Noni, Who wrote it—from the bird who did the dictating. Erle Stanley Gardner.” Fine in a bright, unrubbed dust jacket. Jacket is lightly worn at spine tips and with a small chip at top of...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1951. Complete script for the 1952 film. The seventh of the nine legendary films made by the acting team who redefined onscreen chemistry for a generation, and whose long-time offscreen romance gave their work an added depth. The second of two masterful screenplays by Ruth...
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1970. Draft British script for the 1971 UK film. Working copy belonging to actress Billie Whitelaw, SIGNED by Whitelaw on the front wrapper, with her holograph notations throughout in pencil and red and blue ink. Included are four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the film. Director...
Various cities: Various Publishers, 1942-1959. A collection of 15 pieces, including vintage posters, pressbooks, and still photos relating to adaptations of author Nevil Shute's work into film in the twentieth century. The adaptations represented here show a brilliant cross-section of directorial, writing, and acting talent, including Stanley Kramer, Nunnally Johnson...
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Vintage double weight still photograph from the 1954 film, nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Based on the 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp...
New York: Rinehart, 1946. First Edition. Publisher's colophon on the copyright page as called for. Gresham's first book, a dispassionate descent into the world of the carnival sideshows, based largely on the author's own experiences and investigations. Basis for the notable 1947 film noir, directed by Edmund Goulding and starring...
Culver City, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1967. Revised draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member, with notations in holograph pencil on the versos of pages throughout, mostly numeric notations, with a few pages noting on-the-set supplies, and some personal notations. Based on Alistair MacLean's 1963...
Los Angeles: Paramount, 1953. Final White script for the 1954 film. A truly bizarre drama, set in South America in 1901, wherein chocolate plantation magnate Heston must put off divorcing his feisty new bride in order to allow her to help him stave off an invasion by a legion of...
Köln, Germany: Schauspielhaus, 1984. Original poster for the 1984 opera directed by Robert Wilson with music by Hans Peter Kuhn, Philip Glass, David Byrne, and others, as performed at the Schnauspielhaus in Cologne, Germany, on January 19, 1984. Later performed again in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it was to this production that...