Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1937. Vintage photograph for the 1937 film, showing stars Lombard, McMurray, and Butterworth relaxing with director Leisen behind the scenes. With an archive stamp of Argentine writer and film critic Israel Chas de Cruz, and holograph ink annotations identifying the subjects on the verso. The second of...
Universal City: Universal Studios, 1990. Early First Draft script for the 2008 film, dated 1990, from screenwriter Robin Swicord. Swicord, who received a joint Story credit with screenwriter Eric Roth in the film's final release, was first hired by Columbia Pictures to adapt Fitzgerald's short story as early as 1985...
New York: Factory Films, 1968. Vintage black-and-white double weight still photograph of director Paul Morrissey and actor Joe Dallesandro, shot during the making of Andy Warhol's 1968 film "Flesh." Photographer Werner Bokelberg's rubber stamp and holograph pencil annotations to the verso. Morrissey's first production for Warhol, Dallesandro's second leading role...
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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965. Revised Final script for the 1966 film. Actor Van Heflin's working copy, with his annotations throughout. 1960s remake of the 1939 John Ford Western. Studio self-wrappers, noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper, dated June 15, 1965, with credits for screenwriter Landon. 130 leaves...
New York: Hearst Magazines, 1949. The first appearance of the novel, in an abridged pre-publication format, preceding the version published by Hamish Hamilton in the UK later the same year, and the US edition, published just after that. Chandler's fifth novel, written after several years working as a screenwriter, and dripping...
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1950. First Edition. Fine in an about Fine, very lightly rubbed dust jacket. A stunning copy.
N.p. N.p., circa 1950s. Archive of nine silver gelatin contact sheets, with each contact sheet containing 25-40 photos of male models photographed for the Athletic Model Guild (or AMG) during the early-mid 1950s. These contact sheets functioned as both an index of models (each sheet has an alphanumeric index number)...
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists / The Mirisch Corporation, 1967. First Draft script for the 1968 film, here under its working title, "The Crown Caper." INSCRIBED on the title page by director and producer Norman Jewison: "To — / With regards / Norman Jewison." Written for the screen by Alan...
Volcano, HI: Dennis McMillan, 1985. First Edition. One of 350 numbered copies (this being No. 320) SIGNED by Newton Baird, who contributes the foreword. In our experience, this title is far and away the scarcest of the 19 volumes in McMillan's series collecting Fredric Brown's uncollected contributions to the pulps.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1937. Draft script for the 1938 film. Here under the working title, "Blonde Poison." The fourth of nine films in the very popular B-movie series featuring tenacious female journalist Torchy Blane, which ran from 1937 to 1939. In this installment, Torchy is engaged to be married...
New York: Cahiers Publishing, 1966-1967. Collection of twelve vintage issues of "Cahiers du Cinema in English," published between January 1966 and December 1967, and constituting the complete run of the magazine. While individual issues do turn up, it would difficult and time consuming to compile the complete collection today. More...
New York: William Morrow, 1940. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Noni / Who wrote the damn thing leaving me only with the job of dictating it / Yours / Erle Stanley Gardner. According to Dorothy Hughes' biography of Gardner, Noni Bibler was one...
Hollywood: Icon Entertainment, 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film. An early draft, produced prior to the film having an association with Mel Gibson's production company, Icon Entertainment International. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and nominated for another five, including Best Original Screenplay. Orange...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1990s. Double weight photograph of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, circa 1960s. Struck by the photographer Jim Marshall circa 1990s, with his stamp and holograph identification number on the verso. As a photographer for both record labels and magazines such as "Rolling Stone," Jim Marshall was one...
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1963. Collection of 12 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1963 Italian anthology film, including 8 photographs from "The Wurdulak," 2 photographs from "The Telephone," and 2 photographs from "The Drop of Water." Three with the stamp of still photographer Gianna Assenza on the verso. A collection of...
Paris: Eugene Penaud et Comp, 1847. First Edition. Text in French. Very Good condition. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Tissue guard intact. Light foxing to the interior pages, minor splitting to the corners, light fraying to the crown, lightly rubbed overall.
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Leonard in the year of publication to one of the book's two dedicatees, Buck Beshear: "To Buck Beshear, who told how there are other things to do with corn besides eat it. Elmore Leonard. 6-20-69." Near Fine in a Near Fine dust...
UK: Connoisseur Films, 1970. Collection of five vintage borderless photographs from the 1970 film noir. Each with the stamp of French magazine "Telecine" on the verso. A teenage boy takes a job at a local swim club, becoming obsessed with his older coworker, trying to sabotage her engagement to another...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition. Doubly inscribed to legendary genre fiction editor and enthusiast Anthony Boucher. The first inscription, at the front endpaper, reads: "To the Bouchers / with affection / Kenneth Millar / (see Dedication —>)." The second inscription is at the Dedication page, which reads...
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Final corrected manuscript for Stuart Kaminsky's novel, "The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance," ultimately published in book form by St. Martin's Press in 1986. Included is a typed letter signed by Pam Hoenig, assistant editor at St. Martin's Press, on the publisher's stationery, dated...
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. First Edition. Two volumes. A chronological reference of Alfred Stieglitz' work, spanning the length of his illustrious career in American photography. Both volumes Fine and unread with no dust jacket in a Fine linen slipcase as issued, and housed in the publisher's shipping carton...
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Hollywood: Berkshire Productions, Circa 1965. Draft script for the 1968 film, with titled written on front wrapper very boldly in holograph marker, script containing a few copied annotations, striking dialogue and altering actions. From an original story from producer and director Josef Shaftel. When no one will pay the ransom for...
London: Hammer Films, 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1972 British horror film, here under the working title "Blood Will Have Blood." With holograph annotations throughout that include additions to description and changes in dialogue. A classic from the Hammer canon, and the last film Hammer made in conjunction with...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1967. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of actress Charlotte Rampling, barefoot in a mini-dress, posing in a doorframe, circa 1967. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamps of Parimage press agency, Camera Press Ltd., and photographer Ivan Nagy. 8 x 11.5 inches. Very...
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Tokyo: Shinchosha, Circa 1988. Draft script for the 1988 Japanese animated film. Text and titles in Japanese. Based on Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical short story, following the final days of two Japanese children during World War II. Nosaka purportedly heartily approved of the choice to adapt his story as an animated...
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1934. Draft script for the 1934 film, here under the working title "Honor Bright." In an attempt to go straight, a con man and his girlfriend take in his young daughter, who has been living with his deceased wife's wealthy family. One of Shirley Temple's earliest...
Hollywood: Hollywood Studio, 1936. Revised Final Shooting Draft script for the 1936 film, here under the working title "Love Flight." Annotations on front wrapper of "File Copy," "1710.1F," revision dates, four lead actors, release title and strike through working title, all in graphite, red, and blue holograph pencil. Noted director...
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1982. Collection of six vintage film still photographs (three of which are borderless) from the French release of the groundbreaking 1982 film. Featuring an image of Jeff Bridges and Cindy Morgan in their Grid bodysuits as well as various images of computer graphics that represent...
US: National General Pictures, 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director Lee H. Katzin and actors Steve McQueen and Elga Andersen on the set of the 1971 film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso. McQueen stars as a racing driver competing in Le Mans one year after an...
New York: Putnam, 1942. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper: "To Harry / Sincerely / Bob / Robert Wilder / 1942." Basis for the 1949 film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, and Sydney Greenstreet. Very...
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...
Beverly Hills, CA: Faces Music, 1976. Original poster for the 1976 film, this being the Ben Gazzara style, with Gazzara in a "puffy shirt." One of eight known one sheet styles (no priority) issued by Faces Distribution for the film. Faces was a company as radical as the director himself...
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...
Various cities: Various Publishers, 1966-1987. An archive of 74 pressbooks and ad supplements for hardcore adult films released between 1966-1987, including a few foreign releases. A broad spectrum of advertising material for films screening strictly in adult theaters, mostly from the pre-video era. Design approach varies widely: early pressbooks were...
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1931. Vintage photograph of Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa on a Warner Brothers film set, February 3, 1931. In early 1931, Einstein and his wife visited several studios and sets to see European directors at work. Here, Einstein, his wife (sitting at his left) and cinematographer J....
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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...
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