Norfolk, VA: Donning, 1986-1987. Archive of five issues of the graphic novel series, "Thieves' World," adapted by Robert Aspirin and Lynn Abbey, with artwork by Tim Sale, from original stories by Poul Anderson, Robin Bailey, John Brunner, C.J. Cherryh, Diane Duane, Philip Jose Farmer, Joe Haldeman, Vonda McIntyre, Andrew J. Offutt, and more. From the estate of Andrew J. Offutt.....

Culver City, CA: Associated Producers Inc., 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. Sequel to Kurt Neumann's "The Fly," and taking place one year after the conclusion of that film. Phillipe Delambre (Brett Halsey) takes up his father's work of matter transmission, and with his uncle Francois (Vincent Price) they accidentally produce a monstrous creature, a man with the head.....

N.p. John Boorman Productions, 1974. Collection of six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1974 film. Crop annotations in holograph pencil on the verso of one of the photographs. After the critical and commercial success of 1972's "Deliverance," director John Boorman was given almost total creative freedom for his next film. He responded by costuming Sean Connery (in only.....

London: British Lion Films, 1956. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1956 UK release of the 1954 French-Italian film. An Italian Peplum (sword-and-sandal) film, set in 600 BC, about a rebellion against a king, a plot on his life, and the beautiful queen caught in the middle of it all. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Television, 1998. Draft script for Season one, episode 11 of the 1998-1999 television series, which originally aired January 29, 1999 on FOX. Copy belonging to actor Brian O'Sullivan who played Brian Reed in the episode, with his name and character on a label tipped onto the front wrapper. A deceased cop is sent back to earth.....

France: Filmel, 1978, 1986. Two photographs for airings of the 1977 film on French public television channel France 3. The first photograph, for a September 6, 1978 airing, is borderless and shows director Chabrol and star Kristel in between takes, with the stamp of photographer Robert Cohen and a mimeo snipe on the verso. The second photograph, for an October.....

N.p. Rene Clair Productions, 1942. Vintage French film program from the 1942 film. On the heels of his success as the screenwriter for the Marx Brothers' "A Day at the Races" and "A Night at the Opera," Robert Pirosh and Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Marc Connelly collaborated on this adaptation of Thorne Smith's posthumously published 1942 novel, "The Passionate Witch," for.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1974. Draft script for the 1979 film. Based on the 1966 novel "Path to Savagery" by Robert Edmond Alter. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Walter Mirisch, with his name in blue holograph ink on the title page, and with a holograph note in the same blue ink paper-clipped to the front wrapper. A grim.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1968. Three vintage borderless studio still photographs from the set of the 1968 film. Warner Brothers optioned the musical shortly after its premiere in 1947, but Harburg and Saidy were unwilling to tone down the racial satire to fit studio demands, holding out until the option was about to expire and Warner agreed.....

N.p. N.p., 1980. First Draft script for the 1983 film. Accompanied by a twenty-page German language program and single-page English promotional synopsis for the film. An early draft, written by screenwriter Jeffrey Boam a year after the novel's release at the request of Lorimar Film Entertainment, before they shuttered their film division and the rights went to Dino De Laurentiis.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Charles H. Schneer Productions / Peerford, 1981. Final Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. British script for the US-UK co-production, with the address of UK production company Peerford on the title page. The final film to feature creature design and visual effects by pioneering stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen, a fitting send off.....

Rome: Cineriz, 1962. Original program for the Italian-French film, undated but issued upon the 1962 premiere. Unfolds to three panels of film synopsis and credits, and full-color film stills of Loren, Ekberg, Schneider and others. A four episode anthology exploring morality and love. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana in a secret marriage (Solinas, Gilioli), a billboard of a blonde woman.....

Paris: France Cinema, 1961. Collection of 9 vintage borderless black-and-white still photographs from the 1961 Italian-French film, here under the original French title, "Les Mongols." Rubber-stamps on the versos, crediting photographer Dorka and street address. Palance and Ekberg are present in a few photos, including two candid images of Ekberg. Housed in brown envelope and fold, both with French film.....

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1938. Vintage studio press photograph of an animator painting a transparency of the character of Snow White from the 1937 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Disney’s first full length animated feature, and one of the first animated feature films period, Snow White cost over $1.5 million, a huge sum at the time, and took.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1964. Revised Final script for Season 1 Episode 31 of the 1964-1966 television show "The Outer Limits," originally aired April 27, 1964 on ABC. Robert Duvall plays a disaffected CIA agent sent to infiltrate an alien flying saucer that has crash landed. He finds that the genetic material used to alter his appearance has.....

Paris: Roissy Films, circa 1978. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph of Gerard Depardieu and the star chimpanzee from the 1978 film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso. An Italian-French production about a man who lives in a New York City basement and works as a jack of all trades for the owner of a wax museum and a feminist.....

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1954. Final Shooting Script for the 1954 film, with blue, yellow, and green revisions throughout. Based on the 1870 novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne. Walt Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was one of the most expensive and ambitious productions of its time. A 200 foot submarine, a 225 pound.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Orion, 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1991 film. Copy belonging to Brad Ricker, an unknown crew member, with his name on the front wrapper in holograph ink. EVE VIII is a military cyborg, designed to look like her creator. When it is damaged during a bank robbery, it begins accessing dark and tragic personal memories of.....

Paris: Gaumont, 1987. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Jean-Luc Godard from the 1987 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. An experimental film that irreverently mixes genres, twisting together a broad range of references to literature, film comedy, and the history of cinema. Starring Godard himself as a filmmaker, thus blurring the fictional category from the outset. Made the same.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1947. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1947 film. With a mimeo snipe and stamp crediting photographer Irving Lippman. Victoria Stafford, (Ginger Rogers) has left three men at the alter, but after meeting the man of her dreams, a firefighter named Johnny Blaine (Cornel Wilde), she says "yes". 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x......

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1968. Vintage borderless full-color double weight photograph from the US release of the 1968 UK film. Pictured are Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes in a heated embrace. Based on the 1964 three-part novel by James Bond creator, Ian Fleming (and produced by Albert. R. Broccoli, who produced nearly all of the "Bond" films).....

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1968. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1968 film. Based on the 1964 novel by Ian Fleming, about a down-on-his-luck inventor who transforms an old race car into a magical machine and sets off with his children on an adventure. 10 x 8 (25 x 20 cm). Near Fine.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1956. Vintage still photograph of Gene Kelly from the 1956 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. Comprised of three separate stories told only through dance and mime. Each featuring Gene Kelly in the lead role, first as Kelly the clown in "Circus", a Marine in "Ring Around The Rosy" and as Sinbad in "Sinbad.....

Germany: Decla-Bioscop / UFA, 1924. Original program for the German premiere of the films "Die Nibelungen: Sigfried" and "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" on February 14, 1924, based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied." Contains a brief essay by von Harbou, and three additional short essays on the making of the film. Photo illustrated throughout with stills of characters from.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures / Hammer Films, 1961. Deluxe publicity manual for the 1962 film. Based on H.L. Lawrenece's 1960 novel "The Children of Light." An extensive publication, containing cast and crew lists and biographies, a synopsis of the film, stories from the film's production, and captions for still photographs (though the stills are not included with the manual).....

New York: Ballantine / Del Rey, 1979. First Edition in hardcover. Preceded by a paperback original, also published by Ballantine Books in 1971. The second installment in Anne McCaffrey's prolific and celebrated "The Dragon Riders of Pern" series. Notable for its shift towards a feminine perspective in science fiction, basically unheard of prior to McCaffrey's influence. "Dragonflight," the first novel.....

Burbank, CA: Lorimar Productions, 1973. Final draft script for the classic 1973 television horror film, originally aired on Wednesday October 10, 1973 as the ABC Movie of the Week.A young housewife begins seeing and hearing hideous, whispering little ogres after unlocking a mysterious door in the old mansion she inherited from her grandmother. A fun and slightly campy seventies horror.....

New York: Ace Books, 1980. No. 53503-8. Vintage paperback. First printing of this edition. Based on Robert E. Howard's "Conan" stories, "Cormac mac Art" is a king by birth, a "freebooter" by choice, and a man destined for greatness. Written by Andrew J. Offutt (a few co-authored by Keith Taylor), who wrote sleaze paperbacks as John Cleve, Turk Winter, and.....

New York: Ace Books, 1984. Vintage paperback. Later printing. Based on Robert E. Howard's "Conan" stories, "Cormac mac Art" is a king by birth, a "freebooter" by choice, and a man destined for greatness. Written by Andrew J. Offutt (a few co-authored by Keith Taylor), who wrote sleaze paperbacks as John Cleve, Turk Winter, and other pseudonyms. From the author's.....

London: Magnum Books / Methuen, 1979. Vintage British paperback. First printing of this edition. An strong-armed warrior named Valeron wins the hand of Princess Aleysha, and he must fight to keep his innocence in a frame-up. Cover art by Melvyn. From the collection of Chris Offutt. Light rubbing overall, else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers.

New York: Ace Books, 1987. First Edition, a paperback original. INSCRIBED by the author on the first page to his son, noted writer Chris Offutt: "For Chris / First copy of this one I've signed / Monday 24th, August (planetary holiday) '87 / Dad aka Andrew J. Offutt." From the author's estate. Cover art by Ruddell. Very Good plus in.....

New York: Grove Press / Black Cat Books B-440, B-441, 1980-1981. First Edition, first printings. Lusty saga of fiery passion in a turbulent era! From the author's estate. Collects four previously published books in two volumes: "The Accursed Tower" (Book I), "The Passionate Princess" (Book II), "Julanar the Lioness" (Book III), and "My Lady Queen" (Book IV). The fifth and.....

New York: Grove Press / Black Cat Books B-441, 1981. First Edition, first printing. Lusty saga of fiery passion in a turbulent era! From the author's estate. Collects two previously published books in one volumes: "The Accursed Tower" (Book I), "The Passionate Princess" (Book II), "Julanar the Lioness" (Book III), and "My Lady Queen" (Book IV). The fifth and final.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940. Final draft script for the 1940 film. Notation on front wrapper in holograph purple ink adding ".9A" to the production number. Notations in holograph pencil in script adding tics to dialogue and names on the verso of pages. Laid in are 3 blue "retake" pages dated after principal photography had been completed.A remake of T......

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990. Draft script for the 1992 film. Based on the 1988 play of the same name, also by Craig Lucas. A young pessimistic woman who is a communist also works as a bartender and gets married to a conservative young man who works at a Chicago publishing house. At their wedding, an old man asks to.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983. Final Draft Shooting script for the 1984 film. Alex Gardner (Quaid) is a psychic who uses his telepathic abilities for personal gain, namely gambling and womanizing, until he is approached by a government agency developing a technique to link the mind of a psychic to someone deep in REM sleep. While the technique is said.....

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1977. Revised Draft script for the 1978 film. The Beatles' legendary 1967 masterwork is turned into a 1970s film musical, represented by a star-studded ensemble, with appearances by Donald Pleasence, George Burns (the only actor with speaking lines not accompanied by song), Steve Martin, Alice Cooper, Jack Bruce, Keith Carradine, Carol Channing, Donovan, Leif Garrett.....

Universal City, CA: Unviersal International Pictures, 1953. Revised Final script for the 1954 film. A few typeovers throughout, indicating starring actors and actress at their inclusion. Similar to the Italian Peplum (sword-and-sandal) epics, this film centers a Roman centurion's (Jeff Chandler) attempts to prevent Attila the Hun (Jack Palance) from conquering Rome. Also features Rita Gam and a bit part.....

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "The Shaggy D.A.," seen here under the working title "Double Trouble." Copy belonging to actor Hank Jones, who played the role of Policeman #2, with his name to the front wrapper in black ink. The sequel to the 1959 film "The Shaggy Dog," based on the 1923 Felix.....

N.p. Self published, 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Dracula," written and originally to have been directed by Ken Russell. Based on Bram Stoker's 1897 classic novel of vampire vengeance. Copy belonging to editor Rik Friday, who worked with Russell in post-production on "Altered States" (1980). Blue wrappers with paper spine label. Title page present, dated July 21.....

Munich: Dreilander Verlag, 1919-1920. Collection of 38 issues of the landmark Weimar-era periodical highlighting fantasy, horror, and early science fiction stories. Text in German. One of the world's first fantasy periodicals, (alongside the Swedish "Hugin") "Der Orchideengarten" featured a mix of new German stories alongside translations of foreign literature (largely French), including works by Victor Hugo, Guy de Maupassant, Voltaire.....

Paris and Rome: Les films Ariane and Filmsonor, 1961. Original French production script and press material for the 1962 film, here under the original French title, "Les Titans." The film was distributed by Cinedis, and this script was likely used by Cinedis during production, with press materials printed on the company's stationery. Housed in manilla folder, noted as "LES TITANS".....

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1992. First Draft script for the 1993 television mini-series. Based on the novel by Jules Verne, this film is a science fiction fascination of the exploration of the center of the Earth. One of many adaptations of the story for visual consumption, the plot features a crew which navigates a vessel through an active.....