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 the darkest corners of 1930's Paris. Brassai does not shy...

New York: Shubert Theatre, circa 1955. Original souvenir play program for the 1953 musical "Can-Can" composed by Cole Porter. This program likely from the mid-1950s touring company production of the play, starring Rita Dimitri, John Tyers, and Ronnie Cunningham. A self righteous judge threatens to shut down a Can-Can dance hall, but finds more trouble than he expected when he...

Paris: Societe d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films, 1938. Set of 3 black-and-white still photographs from the US premiere of the 1964 film. Each with a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, as issued, noting that the film is making its debut at the Esquire Theatre in Los Angeles. Also on the verso is a stamp for the US distributor...

N.p. N.p., Circa 1950s. Collection of 26 vintage photographs of actress Martine Carol, seen here traveling in Asia with her then husband, Christian-Jaque. All photos, shot by an unknown photographer, feature the bubbly Parisian galavanting with geishas, posing outdoors, enjoying Asian culture, and hamming for the camera. Nearly all photos have Carol's and/or Jaque's name rubber-stamped on the verso, and.....

N.p. N.p., 1968. A collection of nine vintage, borderless photographs, four oversize, of Ray Charles in Paris, October 1968. All five of the smaller photographs have stamps of photographer Araldo Crollalanza on the verso, four with have Italian mimeo snipes. All four oversize photographs have stamps of photographer Crollalanza and press agency Inter-Prensa on the verso.Charles performed two spectacular shows.....

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1966. Vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 US release of the 1966 French film. The French resistance factions attempt to regain control of Paris near the end of WWII. A Nazi general in charge of Paris has orders from Hitler himself to burn the city if he cannot maintain control. What the film lacked in cohesive...

Paris: Les Editions du Presse du Miroir, 1962, 1964. Four issues of "le miroir de l'information" (roughly, "Mirror of Information"), a Parisian periodical published for press relations, including coverage on the press itself, radio, film, television, and other various media. Little is documented on "le miroir," with only a few held in institutions and libraries. The magazine seemingly focused on...

Leigh-McLaughlin / Atlantic Releasing Corporation, Circa 1977-1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Gilroy was a writer for screen, stage, novels, film producer and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "The Subject Was Roses" in 1965. An autobiographical tale of an American screenwriter living in Paris who has...

Paris: Anouchka Films, 1966. Vintage one sheet poster from the US release of the 1966 film. With the film title rubber stamped on the verso as called for: "MASCULINE FEMININE / 66/368.""Masculine Feminine" was Jean-Luc Godard’s first examination of 60s youth and culture, whom he described as, “the children of Marx and Coca-Cola.” Teenager Paul (Jean-Pierre Leaud) works as an.....

London: Albatross, 1962. Shooting script for the 1962 film. Date notation of "12 Sept 1982" in holograph pencil on the front wrapper label. Hal Erickson at AllMovie: "The Fur Collar" is the principal clue in a mystery involving an espionage ring. Reporter John Bentley, assigned to the Paris beat, does his best to route out the spies. When his enemies...

New York: J.J. Augustin, 1945. First Edition. A presentable copy. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slight lean, with light foxing to the page edges. Jacket is lightly soiled, with light chipping to the extremities. Roth 101, p. 114-115. Parr and Badger, Vol. I, p. 200.

Paris: Nouvelles Editions de Films (NEF), 1960. Collection of three vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1960 French film. An anarchic Louis Malle comedy, one of his finest films, where ten-year-old Zazie, from a provincial town, escapes the custody of her cross-dressing Uncle George and sets out to explore Paris on her own—all while her mother is off spending time...

Paris: N.p., 1972. Vintage photograph of Liza Minnelli and Romy Schneider in Paris, 1972. With holograph annotations and an agency stamp on the verso.10.5 x 8 inches (26.5 x 20.5 cm) Near Fine.

Paris: Dalmas, 1962. Collection of 19 vintage black-and-white photographs of actress Daniel Rocca, seen here at the 15th Cannes Film Festival in 1962, as well as some candid risque shots of Rocca in bed., and two negative contact sheets. Several photos credited to Catherine Redmond-Hesse, with her rubber stamp on the versos, and others with the Dalmas press agency rubber...

Paris: Self-published, 1961-1962. Original French toy and home goods sales catalogue and supplements for the "Comptoir general de la bimbeloterie" company in Paris, 1961-1962. Illustrated with black-and-white vignette photographs of items for sale, each represented with a serial number, accompanied by a corresponding descriptive price catalogue. Thousands of toys, puzzles, board games, sports equipment, and miniatures are featured, including Pierres...

Paris: Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films, 1962. Vintage borderless black-and-white still photograph from the 1962 French film. Cleo is shown being helped into a white robe in a large bedroom. Light pencil and blue ink annotations to the verso. Agnes Varda is an important and influential French director, writer, and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and...