New York: Coward McCann, 1931. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. The author's fifth book. Very Good in printed wrappers. Spine faded, light dampstain to the lower front wrapper, separation to the front hinge.
N.p. Filmes Cinematografica, 1976. Collection of 3 vintage borderless photographs from the 1976 film. Grazia Neri stamps on the verso. Jancso's "Private Vices, Public Pleasures" is loosely based on the death of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, believed having killed himself after shooting his lover in a suicide pact in...
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1937. Treatment script for the 1939 musical, here under the working title "Castles in the Air." Based on real-life ballroom dancers Irene and Vernon Castle, who rekindled an interest in Western ballroom dancing in the early 20th century. Irene Castle served on the film's production...
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1934. Vintage matte-finish portrait photograph of actress Josephine Baker from the 1934 film, INSCRIBED by Baker: "To Miss Contin-Souza / With best wishes, from / Josephine Baker." With the stamp of Baker and her then-lover, Giuseppe Pepito "Joseph" Abatino, on the verso. A young, orphaned laundress seeks...
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...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the 1927 French silent film, a fourth wall breaking moment featuring actors Josephine Baker and Adolphe Cande. With holograph pencil annotations on the verso. A beautiful, lonely islander falls in love with a visiting French engineer, unaware of his forthcoming nuptials to...
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New York: Coward McCann, 1939. First Edition. A play that was written for Katharine Hepburn and one that, thanks to her foresight and help, became the basis for the classic 1940 film, directed by George Cukor and starring Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart. Very Good plus in an about...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1933. Original dialogue notes for the 1933 Tod Browning film, "Fast Workers." Handwritten notes on two pages of legal-size notebook paper in holograph pencil, presumed to belong to one of the screenwriters for the film. The notes are as follows, with several lines marked through in various...
Paris: Les Films de la Pleiade, Circa 1959-1960. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1960 film. A candid, on-the-set photograph of the film's stars, Charles Aznavour and Marie Dubois, in the midst of an outdoor tracking shot in Paris. Director Truffaut stands on the tracking trolley, hands apart, giving instruction for...
London: Tekli Film Productions / Animated Motion Pictures, 1963. Final shooting script for the 1963 film, "The Yellow Teddybears," here under both that title and the film's working title, "The Yellow Golliwog," and released in the US as "Gutter Girls." Director Robert Hartford-Davis' working copy, with his holograph ink and...
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1934. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's card laid in. Also laid in is the additional perforated fold out reviews that originally accompanied the first issue jacket. Winner of the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Just...
London: Signal Films, circa 1975. Shooting Script for the 1975 film. Sequel to the 1966 film "Alfie," and based on the 1970 novel by Bill Naughton. Copy belonging to director/screenwriter Ken Hughes, with his heavy annotations throughout. Alan Price takes on the role previously played by Michael Caine of Alfie...
Crescent City, FL: New Athenaeum Press, 1967. First Edition. Issued in green and gray wrapper variants (no priority), this being the gray variant. INSCRIBED and DATED in the year of publication by the author on the front endpaper with typical aplomb: "To Les Dubinas / I hope you all like...
Paris: Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution, 1967. Vintage black-and-white borderless press photograph of director Luis Bunuel with cinematographer Christian Matras and the cast on the set of the 1967 film. With a European press agency stamp on the verso ("Photo exclusive / EUROPANEWS"), a date stamp of April...
New York: Covici-Friede, 1935. First edition, second issue of Odet’s first book, containing his first three plays, “Awake and Sing!,” “Waiting for Lefty,” and “Till the Day I Die,” all of which were written for and premiered by the Group Theatre in the first half of 1935. Copy belonging to...
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New York: Impact Films, 1966. Original poster for the 1966 double feature of Robert Downey Sr.s' "Chafed Elbows" (1966) and Kenneth Anger's "Scorpio Rising" (1964) which ran together for over a month at the Gate Theater in New York for the premiere of Downey Sr.'s film. A unique pairing of two...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Likely unique copy from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] library, with the following identification markers on the front endpaper (1) a standard 1950s-era MGM receipt label affixed to the center of the page, (2) three rubber stamps running down the center that read "VAULT...
N.p. N.p., 1930s-1950s. Collection of 17 vintage reference photographs from promotional films about the British General Post Office (GPO), likely produced by the GPO Film Unit. 15 with a stamp specific to the film's UK release on the verso, five with mimeo snipes, and several with handwritten ink annotations. From...
Los Angeles: Famous Artists Productions, 1967. Vintage borderless black-and-white double weight press photograph from the set of the 1967 film comedy. With the stamp of photographer Pierluigi Praturlon on the verso. Born in Rome, Praturlon (better known simply as Pierluigi) embarked upon a career in photography in 1947. The young...
N.p. N.p., 1984. Vintage US window card poster for the 1984 Broadway play. The play initially premiered at London's National Theatre in 1983 before moving to the US the following year, making its Broadway debut at the John Golden Theatre, the run advertised here, where it ran for 378 performances. Winner...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director John Huston and playwright Tennessee Williams on location for the 1964 film. With the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. Based on Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic former priest finds himself caught between the attentions of...
Culver City, CA: Yorktown Productions, 1990. Second draft script for the 1991 film in red leather presentation binding belonging to editor Lou Lombardo with his name in gilt on front board, title in gilt on front board and spine. With 26 8" x 10" film still and on the set...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. In Selznick Studio wrappers, with the insignia on the front wrapper. An original production script, with a perforated distribution leaf preceding the title page. The second film version of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel, and also the last film produced...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1950s. Collection of four vintage candid photographs of James Dean, circa 1954. Two with cropping annotations in holograph pencil to the recto. Attributed to photographer Sanford H. Roth. Brooklyn-born photojournalist Roth was best known for his portrait photography, capturing iconic, intimate images of artists and actors throughout...
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N.p. Osmond Television, Circa 1976. Final script for the seventh episode of season two of the 1975-1979 television series, which originally aired on November 5, 1976. Presentation copy belonging to noted African American television actor Haywood Nelson, with his name to the front binder and his holograph ink annotations to...
N.p. N.p., 1985. Final Draft script for the classic 1986 horror film, seen here under the working title "R.O.B.O.T." Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller, with his holograph ink annotations underlining lines to several pages. From the estate of Dick Miller. A group of teenage mall employees stay behind for a....
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...
Beverly Hills, CA: Walter Shenson Films / Subafilms / United Artists, 1965. Vintage photograph from the 1965 film "Help!," showing The Beatles in a candid moment between takes, surrounded by members of the British Army while shooting an outdoor performance scene on Salisbury Plain. With the stamp of photographer Robert...
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to producer James H. Ware with his name and annotations, in holograph ink and pencil throughout. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema, best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" (1953)...
N.p. Roger Corbeau, 1962. Two oversize double weight still photographs from the set of the 1962 film. Each shot and stamped by still photographer Roger Corbeau, and with unique rubber stamped reference numbers, on the verso. "Le proces" (released as "The Trial" in the UK and the US) was co-produced...
New York: Lincoln Center / List Art Poster and Print Program, 1968. Original serigraph designed by artist Henry Pearson for the Sixth New York Film Festival, held at the Lincoln Center on September 17-28, 1968. The New York Film Festival was founded in 1963 by Amos Vogel and Richard Roud...
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1941. Early Draft script for the 1948 film, dated June 13, 1941, preceding its release by seven years. Based on Edward Anderson’s 1937 novel, "Thieves Like Us," about an escaped convict who falls in love with a woman who nurses him back to health after...
N.p. N.p., 1979. Original arwork depicting exotic birds in a glorious psychedelic landscape, also known as Don Van Vliet's mind. Signed "Van Vliet / 79." From the collection of Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas, for whom the painting was made. It was around this time that Van Vliet famously began to...
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London: American International Productions, 1973. Working Draft script for the 1974 film, belonging to uncredited crew member Dennis Maddison, with name and phone numbers in holograph ink on top margin of title page, here under the working titles, "Dr. Death," visible through die-cut window, hand written in holograph marker on...
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1966. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs of director Mark Robson and various cast and crew members on the set of the 1966 film, including two bordered and six borderless. Based on Jean Larteguy's 1960 novel "The Centurions." A French Army Colonel leads his platoon in the...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1931. Draft script for the 1931 film, with annotations in holograph pencil, primarily in later half of script, largely regarding dialogue, but also setting and shots. A largely fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, exotic dancer and courtesan, who was executed by France...