Boston: Little, Brown, 1940. First Edition. Noted Alabama author's first novel, set in the Old South, published with the help and support of Margaret Mitchell. Norris did not publish another book until 1958, and then not again until 1985. In 1994 and 1997 she completed her writing career with two collections of poetry. Her work has remained a subtle staple... (read more) about Something More than Earth (First Edition)

Binghamton, NY: Whispers Press, Circa 1982. Revised original manuscript for the 1982 novel "Psycho II" by Robert Bloch. INSCRIBED on the title page by Bloch: "Final revision, with minor corrections, after editorial suggestions of a minor nature / Robert Bloch." Sequel to his 1959 novel "Psycho," the source work for Alfred Hitchcock's legendary 1960 film, Bloch's novel is a sharp... (read more) about Psycho II (Original manuscript for the 1982 novel, signed by the author)

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950. First Edition, stated on the copyright page. Price of $2.50 present at the top right corner of the front flap. Extremely scarce in the first printing.Very Good in a Very Good, lightly frayed dust jacket. (read more) about Tender to Danger (First Edition)

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to "Playboy" magazine founder Hugh Hefner on the front endpaper: "To Hef / Always the best / Gahan." From the estate of Hugh Hefner, with full provenance included.A collection of Wilson's "Playboy" cartoons was published by Fantagraphics in 2009. In his foreword to book, Hefner wrote "By the... (read more) about Gahan Wilson's America (First Edition, inscribed to Hugh Hefner)

N.p. N.p., 1979. Vintage two sided flyer, which doubles as an invitation, for "Max Julien's 1st Annual Spook Festival," held on April 13, 1979. Proceeds from the event, which was billed as a Halloween costume party (and held on Friday the 13th), benefitted the Western States Black Research Center Building Fund, and scenes from the party were filmed for Julien's... (read more) about Max Julien's 1st Annual Spook Festival (Original flyer)

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First Edition. Association copy, INSCRIBED by Roy Chanslor to film director Nicholas Ray on the front endpaper: "To Nick Ray / For a very happy and fruitful association! / Roy." The inscription refers to Ray's film version of Chanslor's book, one of the strangest and most important Westerns ever committed to celluloid, and a.... (read more) about Johnny Guitar (First Edition, Inscribed to Nicholas Ray)

New York: Sheridan House, 1938. First Edition. The author's first book in the rare dust jacket. A collection of short pieces from his days as a reporter for The New York World-Telegram, The New York Herald Tribune and The New Yorker. Anecdotally it has been said that Mitchell would not allow this book to be reissued in his lifetime because... (read more) about My Ears Are Bent (First Edition)

Mexico: Producciones Barbachano Ponce, 1958. Draft script for the 1959 film. Presentation copy belonging to director Luis Bunuel, and SIGNED by Bunuel on the front wrapper. Also laid in is a program from the film's American premiere on May 18, 1960, also SIGNED by Bunuel. Blue ink holograph notations in the same hand to the verso of the last page... (read more) about Nazarin (Original screenplay for the 1959 film, signed copy belonging to director Luis Bunuel)

Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2006. First Edition, hardcover issue. Association copy, INSCRIBED by Williamson to fellow author Chris Offutt on the half-title page: "For Chris / In admiration of your work, and with appreciation for your friendship / Eric Miles Williamson." The author has also SIGNED the title page in the same ink.From the collection of Chris Offutt. Offutt... (read more) about Two-Up (First Edition, inscribed to fellow author Chris Offutt)

Los Angeles: California Pictures, 1979. Collection of 51 vintage borderless, color photographs from the 1979 film. Also included are eight large format negatives for photographs in the collection. Two US Navy divers, taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Philippines, are forced to search for millions of dollars worth of silver that the retreating American forces dumped into Manila Bay... (read more) about Pacific Inferno (Collection of 41 original photographs from the 1979 film)

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1974. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by Stone to fellow author Chris Offutt in the year of publication: "For Chris Offutt / With congratulations and best wishes until we meet again / Robert Stone." A tremendous association.Winner of the National Book Award and basis for the violent 1978 neo-noir film, Who'll Stop the Rain, directed by Karel Reisz... (read more) about Dog Soldiers (First Edition, inscribed to fellow author Chris Offutt)

Toronto: Anansi, 2011. First Edition. Association copy, nicely INSCRIBED by Burke to fellow author Chris Offutt on the title page: "All the best from a great admirer of your work / Your Kentucky pal / James Lee Burke." From the collection of Chris Offutt. Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs... (read more) about Burning Angel (First Edition, inscribed to fellow author Chris Offutt)

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Harrison to fellow author Chris Offutt on the title page: "To Chris / Jim Harrison." Additionally SIGNED by Harrison (in the same pen) on the second blank: "Jim Harrison / 4/88." A tremendous association between two generations of the most important chroniclers of the American South and Midwest.A tremendous association... (read more) about Wolf (First Edition, inscribed to fellow author Chris Offutt)

New York: Ecco, 1981. First Edition. First issue, with publisher's price of $14.95 present at the top right corner of the front flap (i.e., unclipped). INSCRIBED by Wolff to fellow author Chris Offutt on the half title page: "For Chris / Whose stories I love / Toby / Sept 23, 1994."The author's first collection of stories, and his first book... (read more) about In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (First Edition, first issue, inscribed to fellow...

Burbank, CA: Martin Ransohoff Productions, 1984. Revised draft script for the 1985 neo-noir film. A wealthy San Francisco socialite Page Forrester (Maria Mayenzet) is brutally murdered in her beach home. Her husband Jack (Jeff Bridges), is the accused of the murder and hires Teddy Barnes (Glenn Close), to defend him, despite her long hiatus from the courtroom. Jack and Teddy... (read more) about Jagged Edge (Original screenplay for the 1985 film)

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939. Revised Temporary script for the 1940 film. Based on the 1939 novel by John Steinbeck. The now-famed story of a suffering sharecropper family forced to relocate, John Ford's film adaptation stays true to the tone of Steinbeck's original, which was published only three months before producer Zanuck acquired the rights. Though Steinbeck purportedly threatened to... (read more) about The Grapes of Wrath (Original screenplay for the 1940 film)

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972. Original maquette demonstrating an early poster design concept for the 1973 film, featuring the an original mounted silver gelatin photograph of the legendary streetlit scene of Father Merrin's first arrival to Georgetown in the film.A minimal design, without the credits information seen in the completed original "purple style" poster design, and with a proposed (but... (read more) about The Exorcist (Original poster maquette for the 1973 film)

N.p. Matrixbest production, 1977. Seventh Draft script for an unproduced film. Holograph signature and copy number 80 in black marker by production designer John Beard on the title page. Beard is best known for his work on "Brazil" (1985), "The Meaning of Life" (1983), "Bad Timing" (1980), and "Life of Brian" (1979).A fabled project helmed by Russ Meyer, along with... (read more) about Who Killed Bambi? (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1970. Collection of five vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. Four of the photographs have been trimmed, three with partially trimmed mimeo snipes on the verso, Antonioni’s great American experiment, and the only film the director ever made in the United States, written for the screen by a young Sam Shepard. Though made from... (read more) about Zabriskie Point (Collection of five original reference photographs from the 1970 film)

N.p. N.p., 1982. Vintage photograph of artist Joseph Beuys sitting amongst a crowd at an anti-NATO demonstration held in Bonn, Germany on October 6, 1982. Also scene in the photograph are German Green Party Member of Parliament Gert Bastian, and Beuys' wife, Eva Wurmbach. With the stamps of press agencies Poly-Press and Lynx on the verso. 8.5 x 6.5 inches... (read more) about Original photograph of Joseph Beuys, 1982

Paris: Films sans Frontieres, 1974. Vintage borderless press photograph showing director Marco Ferreri on the set of the 1974 French-Italian film, with camera and crew behind him. With stamps of photographer Bernard Prim and French magazine "Paru dans le point," as well as holograph notations, on the verso. A farcical reenactment of the events leading up to, and including, The... (read more) about Don't Touch the White Women! (Original photograph from the 1974 film)

Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Vintage borderless photograph showing director Luis Bunuel (wearing badass sunglasses) and producer Serge Silberman conferring during the shooting of the 1974 film. A non-linear surrealist satire of Bunuel's usual targets, in this case bourgeois morality and class-based societal structures. 9.5 x 6.5 inches (24 x 17 cm). Near Fine. Criterion Collection 290. Rosenbaum 1000. (read more) about The Phantom of Liberty (Original photograph from the 1974 film)

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1980. Vintage photograph of a relaxed director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro conferring in the ring on the 1980 film. Based on the 1970 memoir by former middleweight champion Jake LaMotta, about his struggles in and outside the ring. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for... (read more) about Raging Bull (Original photograph from the 1980 film)

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 man. 9.5 x 7.25 inches (24 x 20 cm). Near Fine. Grant UK. Weldon 1996. (read more) about Deep End (Collection of five original photographs from the 1970 film)

N.p. N.p., 1979. Vintage photograph of artist Robert Rauschenberg in the pressroom of the "Miami Herald," in December of 1979. With holograph notations on the verso identifying Rauschenberg and crediting photographer John Doman, as well as numerous date stamps, on the verso. Rauschenberg was at the newspaper office to create an original lithograph for the cover of the December 30... (read more) about Original photograph of Robert Rauschenberg, 1979

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1963. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1963 film, showing star Steve McQueen conferring with director John Sturges and a third, overdressed individual on outdoor prison camp location. With a United Artists credit stamp on the verso. A heavily fictionalized version of the real-life mass escape by Allied POWs from a German prison camp, based on... (read more) about The Great Escape (Original photograph from the set of the 1963 film)

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1971. Vintage photograph on the set of the 1971 film, showing director Sergio Leone placing a blasting machine on a table to demonstrate the whole point of the film, while actor James Coburn and others look on. Holograph notation with the French language title on the verso. The final Western directed by Leone, and the... (read more) about Duck, You Sucker [A Fistful of Dynamite, Once Upon a Time a Revolution] (Original photograph from...

N.p. N.p., Circa 1957. Archive of 27 oversize, double weight photographs of Indy race cars, taken at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, circa 1957.Two photographs with the stamp of photographer J.O. Wilson on the verso. Each of the photographs is of a single car riding at high speed with its racer, taken at the same angle, making for a great stylistic..... (read more) about Archive of 27 oversize photographs of Indy race cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, circa 1957

N.p. N.p., Circa 1970s. Archive of 170 QSL cards from CB [Citizens Band] radio operators, all from the collection of a CB Radio enthusiast in the 1970s. QSL cards are written confirmation of the receipt of a radio broadcast, sent from the listener to the broadcaster, or between both parties of a two-way communication. Originally sent to radio stations to..... (read more) about Archive of 170 QSL cards for CB [Citizens Band] radio operators, circa 1970s

N.p. N.p., circa 1964. Vintage photograph of Nat "King" Cole, circa 1964, dressed for departure. With holograph notations on the verso.8 x 10 inches (20.5 x 25.5 cm). Near Fine. (read more) about Original photograph of Nat "King" Cole, circa 1964

New York: Walker, 1965. First Edition. A late collection of stories, notoriously difficult to find in collector's condition. Fine and unread in a beautiful, about Fine dust jacket with only the most minute rubbing at the spine ends and folds. (read more) about The Dark Side of Love (First Edition)

N.p. N.p., 1976. Vintage borderless photograph of director Wim Wenders and cinematographer Robby Muller on the set of the 1976 film.Bruno Winter (Rudiger Vogler) is a film projection repair man on the Western side of the East German border. He meets Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler), a depressed doctor who has just broken up with his wife. Robert joins Bruno in..... (read more) about Kings Of The Road (Original photograph from the set of the 1976 film)

New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. INSCRIBED by James Crumley on the title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "Offutt = Here we are in Missoula when our name [sic] have just been in the New Yorker / James Crumley / 9/9/97."The author's first book, a story of the US Army in peacetime during 1962, set on a base... (read more) about One to Count Cadence (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)

N.p. N.p., 1971. Vintage hand painted metal sign advertising Itala Pilsen beer, which hung prominently in the Sicilian cafe frequented by Michael Corleone in "The Godfather." From the collection of Sam Verts, who worked as the Assistant Art Director on the film, with full provenance. 19.75 x 13 inches (50 x 33 cm). Very Good plus, with expected wear at... (read more) about Original Itala Pilsen beer sign used in The Godfather (1971)

Paris: Cinedis, 1960. Vintage borderless photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Jean Keraudy on the set of the 1960 film. With holograph notations on the verso. Based on Jose Giovanni's 1957 first novel, "Le Trou" (The Break). True story of the 1947 Le Sante Prison break, with one of the real escapees, Keraudy, playing his own character in the... (read more) about Le Trou [The Hole] (Original photograph from the set of the 1960 film)

Paris: Columbia Films / Anouchka Films / Orsay Films, 1964. Vintage borderless photograph of actors Sami Frey, Anna Karina, and Claude Brasseur rehearsing the 1964 film's iconic dance sequence, which they did daily for a month prior to shooting. With holograph notations and agency stamps on the verso.An outrageous and comical crime film, which Godard himself described as "'Alice in... (read more) about Band of Outsiders [Bande a Part] (Original photograph from the set of the 1964 film)

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1930. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1930 film. With holograph notations and a typed description on the verso. A pre-Code musical comedy regarded as a masterpiece of the emerging musical genre and remembered primarily for the song "Beyond the Blue Horizon." Based on the 1900 novel, "Monsieur Beaucaire" by Booth Tarkington, later adapted as... (read more) about Monte Carlo (Original photograph from the set of the 1930 film)

United Kingdom: Alan Clore Films, 1968. Vintage borderless photograph of the bottom half of Jane Birkin (with Jean Harlow and Greta Garbo looking on) from the 1968 film. With holograph notations on the verso. The absent minded professor Oscar Collins (Jack MacGowran) follows a beam of light coming through his wall to find his next door neighbor, Penny Lane, a.... (read more) about Wonderwall (Original photograph from the 1968 film)

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1947. Vintage photograph of director Charles Vidor and stars Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas speaking to Orson Welles on the set of the 1947 film. Welles was directing the classic Columbia Pictures film, "The Lady from Shanghai" at the same time. Mimeo snipe and agency stamps on the verso.Janet Ames (Rosalind Russell) seeks out five... (read more) about The Guilt of Janet Ames (Original photograph from the set of the 1947 film)

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1966. Vintage photograph of actors Julie Christie and Oskar Werner, director Francois Truffaut, and various members of the crew on the set of the 1966 film. With holograph notations on the verso.Based on the 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury. Shot on location in England and France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches (24.13 x 19 cm). Near Fine.Weldon 1983. (read more) about Fahrenheit 451 (Original photograph from the set of the 1966 film)

New York: Music Vanguard, 1935. Complete two issue run of "Music Vanguard" magazine, listed as Vol. 1, issue 1 March-April 1935 and Vol. 1, issue 2 Summer 1935. Rare."Music Vanguard" focused on the relationship between music and social justice, with a particular focus American socialist thought, noting in the introduction to the first issue the "wish to interrelate diverse elements... (read more) about Archive of the complete two-issue run of Music Vanguard: A Critical Review

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1955. Two vintage keybook photographs from the 1955 film, one showing director Elia Kazan behind the camera, the other showing actors James Dean and Nick Dennis goofing around behind the scenes with dialog director Guy Thomajan. Typed notations identifying the subjects on the versos. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck. Winner of Best Dramatic... (read more) about East of Eden (Two original keybook photographs from the 1955 film)

New Haven: Yale Univerity Press, 1955. First Edition, two volumes bound in red cloth housed in a black cloth covered slipcase. Issued for Carl Van Vechten's 75th birthday. Warmly INSCRIBED by Van Vechten on the front endpaper of the first volume to noted screenwriter Anita Loos: "For Anita with admiration and love from Carl / Christmas, 1955 / New York."... (read more) about Fragments from an Unwritten Autobiography, Volumes I and II (First Edition, inscribed to...

Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1956. Vintage photograph from the 1956 film. With holograph notations on the verso. Based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Robert Wilder which was based on the real-life scandal between torch singer Libby Holman and her tobacco heir husband. Dorothy Malone stars as the self-destructive nymphomaniac, Marylee, next to Robert Stack as... (read more) about Written On The Wind (Original photograph from the 1956 film)

London: Hammer Films, 1961. Vintage photograph from the 1961 film. With holograph notations on the verso. Based on the 1933 novel "The Werewolf Of Paris" by Guy Endore. Set in Eighteenth Century Spain. A child is adopted by a wealthy man and his maid who learn years later that he is in fact a werewolf whose only chance of breaking... (read more) about The Curse Of The Werewolf (Original photograph from the 1961 film)

N.p. N.p., 1971. Vintage double weight photograph of Muhammad Ali, 1971. With holograph notations and an agency stamp on the verso.Muhammad Ali is shown driving the streets of New York after his conviction for refusing to report for induction into the United States military was reversed. 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm) Near Fine. (read more) about Original double weight photograph of Muhammad Ali, 1971

New York: Random House, 1975. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. An intimate portrait of a marriage, Salter's well-received fourth novel.From the collection of author Chris Offutt. Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists..... (read more) about Light Years (Signed First Edition)

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1972. Draft script for the 1974 blaxploitation film. Copy belonging to Unit Production Manager Doc Merman whose name is written in holograph pencil on the front wrapper along with notes: "To Brad, Merry Xmas", and "AC Dye", referring to a product used to detect leaks in automotive Air Conditioning cooling systems, likely needed for "Willie Dynamite's"... (read more) about Willie Dynamite (Original screenplay for the 1974 film)

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1953. Temporary Complete script for the 1954 film. File copy, with rubber stamp to the front wrapper. Loosely based on a chapter from the 1949 book "Gods, Graves, and Scholars" by C.W. Ceram. Robert Taylor plays a rough and tumble archaeologist who is convinced by another archaeologist's daughter (Eleanor Parker) to go searching for evidence... (read more) about Valley of the Kings (Original screenplay for the 1954 film)

Los Angeles: PentAmerica Pictures, 1992. Early draft script for the 1995 neo-noir film, here under the spelling that does not include a number in the middle letters. Rookie detective David Mills (Brad Pitt) joins the soon-to-retire William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) in a search for a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) who bases his murders on the seven deadly sins. Nominated for... (read more) about Se7en [Seven] (Original screenplay for the 1995 film)