N.p. N.p., 1956. Draft script for a 1956 student film. Front wrapper title in decorative holograph black ink, presumably by the screenwriter. Based on the 1890 story by Ambrose Bierce. 22 pages of storyboards, corresponding with the script that follows, all bound together. Decorative cast and crew invite to premiere and wrap party laid in. The second filmed version of... (read more) about An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Original screenplay for the 1956 student film)

London: William Heinemann, 1938. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. Basis for the Academy Award-nominated 1940 film directed by Raoul Walsh starring John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Claire Trevor; the only film in which Wayne and Rogers appear together, and the second of only two films on which Wayne and Walsh worked together after Walsh discovered Wayne as a.... (read more) about The Dark Command (UK Uncorrected Proof)

N.p. Creation Books, 2011. First Edition. Trade softcover (no hardcover equivalent). Uniquely INSCRIBED by the author on his custom bookplate on the first leaf (the half title page). The first in a two-part series chronicling the underground cultural history of Memphis, Tennessee, from the Civil War through the twentieth century. Tav Falco, member of the rock and roll band Panther... (read more) about Ghosts Behind the Sun: Splendor, Enigma, and Death, Mondo Memphis, volume I (Signed First Edition)

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1953. Revised Shooting Final script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. Includes a 10-page shooting schedule. Loosely based on the St. Albans Raid, the northernmost land action of the American Civil War. The film took great liberties, changing both the time and motivation for the raid. In the film, a group of Confederate POWs... (read more) about The Raid (Original screenplay for the 1954 film, Van Heflin's working copy)

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954. Final Draft script for the 1955 film. INSCRIBED on the title page by actor John Derek to collector Nick Beck: "Nick -- This was a long time ago! John Derek." Based on the 1953 biography, "Prince of Players: Edwin Booth," by Eleanor Ruggles. An account of the early career of the nineteenth century American actor... (read more) about Prince of Players (Original screenplay for the 1955 film, inscribed by actor John Derek to...

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1951. Vintage studio still photographs from the 1951 film showing director John Huston on location. Based on the classic 1895 novel by Stephen Crane. At the completion of shooting, Huston considered the film one of his best, but MGM cut over an hour from his film before releasing it to a poor reception. 10 x.... (read more) about The Red Badge of Courage (Original photograph from the set of the 1951 film)

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1917. First Edition. Blank book-style yearbook (largely still blank) belonging to Elizabeth Floding with numerous inscriptions and well wishes from various students and faculty, including a four-line Gellett Burgess poem written to Floding by Margaret Mitchell: "I never saw a purple cow, I never hope to see one, I'll tell you one thing anyhow... (read more) about The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book (Original yearbook signed by Margaret Mitchell)

Culver City, CA: Columbia / Jerry Bresler Productions, 1965. Collection of seven vintage lobby cards for the French release of the 1965 US film. During the Civil War, an obsessed, glory seeking Union cavalry officer leads a disparate crew of soldiers, Confederate POWs, and American Indian scouts into Mexico to attack a group of Apaches that have been raiding towns... (read more) about Major Dundee (Collection of 7 original lobby cards from the 1965 film)

Rome: Sancro Film, 1968. Early Draft script for the 1972 Spanish-Italian-French-German film, "A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die," here under the working title, "Best of Enemies." Brief notations throughout in holograph ink. A Union officer surrenders his fort to the Confederates during the Civil War, and attempts to regain his status by helping condemned prisoners on a suicide... (read more) about A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die [Best of Enemies] (Original screenplay for the 1972 film)