Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1958. Vintage double weight photograph on the set of the 1958 film, showing Cyd Charisse getting her hair styled after a swim while Rock Hudson films with moment in the background. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. With a screenplay by Ernest K. Gann, based on his 1958 novel, about the captain and passengers...
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1954 film. Mimeograph snipes unattached (but present) from the versos of two of the stills. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk, about a WWII ship captain who is removed from his command, something the US Navy has never experienced, and the consequences...
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1919. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper. Photo-illustrated throughout. Written by a lieutenant in the British Navy, an official firsthand account of the Allied naval expedition to northern Germany immediately following the end of WWI to report on the condition of the German people and infrastructure. Near Fine in a Very Good...
Los Angeles: Excelsior Distribution, 1969. Collection of 5 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1969 film. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request.
Los Angeles: Excelsior Distribution, 1969. Complete set of 8 vintage color studio still photographs from the 1969 film. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request.
London: Collins, 1956. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Basis for the 1959 film directed by Michael Anderson, starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston, and with screenplay by Eric Ambler. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name to the front endpaper. Slight lean, with light soiling to the boards. Jacket is lightly...
New York: Random House, 1930. First Edition. One of 900 copies SIGNED by Rockwell Kent. In the original publisher's slipcase. A wonderful association copy relating to Kent's friend Elmer Adler, founder of the private press Pynson Printers, with three related items of note laid in: A folding letterpress invitation to an exhibit relating to the publication of the book, showing original...
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1995. First printing of this edition. Octavo, blue cloth with navy blue quarter leather and silver titles, in a matching blue cloth slipcase. One of 250 numbered copies (this being No. 67). Collects poems from "Moby Dick," "Battle-Pieces and Aspects of War," "John Marr and Other Sailors," and more. Faintly sunned at the spine of both...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1962. Collection of six vintage contact sheets featuring 54 images from the set of the 1962 film. The images show Brando in costume on the set, posing with co-star Tarita Teriipaia, who he would later marry, cast and crew filming a boat landing, and many images of relaxing locals in traditional garb, preparing for their...
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1938. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front flyleaf from noted editor and bibliophile Mike Nevins to a friend and dated 1969. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has some fading to the spine color as usual, and light wear at the spine ends, else quite fresh and bright.