Chicago: Earl Seubert, 1970. Vintage borderless black-and-white photograph of Richard Avedon holding up a photograph of Rennie Davis (of the Chicago Seven) for an exhibition held in Chicago in June 1970. Shot by Tribune photographer Earl Seubert, with his stamp on the verso, as well as several date stamps (all from June 1970), and a clip of the published photo... (read more)
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)
Rome: Fair Film, 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. An English language script for consideration by US filmmakers, though the film was shot in Italian. Based on Alberto Bevilacqua's 1964 novel of the same name. The widow of a worker killed by police joins the militant strike against the factory owners, one of which falls in love with her... (read more)
Berkeley: Berkeley Graphics Arts, 1968. Collection of five vintage bumper stickers from the 1968 political campaigns run via a collaboration between the Black Panthers and the Peace and Freedom Party. Stickers commemorate the Peace and Freedom Party political campaigns of Mario Savio for California state senator, Black Panther founders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver for president, with... (read more)
UK: Attica Film Company, 1957. Collection of 234 vintage French photographs for the 1957 UK film. Printed in Paris, where the film opened in October 1957, a month following the British release. Housed in original box with "Les Stencils Altic Fabriques en France" paper labels, and French promotional "week of gaiety in your neighborhood" title labels. Within are 18 paper... (read more)
Mexico City, Mexico: Excelsior, 1975. First Mexican Edition, preceding all others. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page and signed simply as "Julio," which is typical of how he signed for friends. Text in Spanish. A critique of large corporations' reach into Latin America, designed as a superhero comic book featuring the French serial antihero Fantomas. The title... (read more)
N.p. N.p., circa 1940s. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A corrupt politician places one of his cronies in charge of a boy's home, where he intends to misuse funds in the home's budget. Unluckily for him the crony finds that he has much in common with the unruly boys he's been put in charge of. Tan wrappers. 12 leaves..... (read more)
New York: Crown Publishers, 1994. First Edition. SIGNED, inscribed to a noted political consultant and commentator on the front endpaper, and DATED in the year of publication. Near Fine in a Very Godd+ dust jacket. Jacket is rubbed with some wear and light creasing to the extremities. (read more)
New York: Basic Books / Perseus Books Group, 2006. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Vic / Who has been in the fight longer than I / Thomas B. Edsall." Fresh insights and rock-solid reporting, Edsall reshapes our understanding of modern politics. A stray ink mark on the front endpaper (likely from the time of inscription)... (read more)
Universal City, CA: Unviersal International Pictures, 1963. Revised Final Draft script for the 1963 film. Studio File Copy, rubber-stamped and noted in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. Best on the best-selling 1958 novel by Burdick and Lederer, about Americans in Vietnam and the struggle for the US in combating the country's Communist politics. Brando plays a scholar named Harrison... (read more)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1963. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1963 film. Tall blue studio self wrappers, dated February 12, 1963, noting 7 reels and footage of 10,797 feet. Mimeograph. Good plus, lacking rear wrapper. (read more)
Budapest: Hunnia Filmstudio, 1929. Presentation copy of an Early Draft script for the Hungarian film, released in Hungry in 1932 as "Tavaszi zapor," in Frace in 1933 as "Marie, Legende Hongroise," and in the United States in 1935 as "Spring Shower." Housed in a (likely hand-sewn) floral cloth-covered portfolio, the script is INSCRIBED by the Hungarian-American feminist and radical socialist... (read more)
Paris: Les Productions Georges de Beauregard, 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the Jean-Luc Godard film, shot in 1960 but not released until 1963 due to a ban in France over torture scenes. Thus it was Godard's second feature film, but fourth to be released. This photograph was taken and struck in 1960, when the film was shot. A shot that... (read more)
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], circa 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television special. A musical special in the form of a cultural forecast, in anticipation of a changing world. The show addresses topics including: science, technology, politics, entertainment, and leisure. Grey titled wrappers. 83 leaves, with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph, with pink, yellow, and blue... (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists / The Bound for Glory Company, 1975. Revised script for the 1976 film, "Bound for Glory," directed by Hal Ashby, based on the autobiography of Woody Guthrie, written for the screen by Robert Getchell, and starring Robert Getchell (screenwriter); David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, and Randy Quaid. SIGNED by David Carradine on the title... (read more)
London: Oxford University Press, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light tonight to page edges; jacket has a short closed tear at the bottom of the front panel, mild soil, and a hint of rubbing at the spine ends and corners. (read more)
New York: Henry Holt, 2006. First Edition. INSCRIBED to a noted political consultant and commentator on the title page: "For / -- -- / with best personal regards / Gary Hart." Fine in a Fine dust jacket. (read more)
Detroit: The Inaugural Committee for Mayor Young, 1978-1986. First Editions, three volumes. Each volume INSCRIBED by legendary Detroit News cartoonist Draper Hill on the front endpapers to the same recipient. The first volume is simply inscribed, the second also features a caricature of Mayor Young, and the third a caricature of Hill asking "What's a sweet guy like moi doing... (read more)
New York: Boni and Gaer, 1948. First edition. INSCRIBED by actor Paul Robeson in the year of publication on the front endpaper: "All best wishes / and thanks / Paul Robeson / April 28, 1948." Many African-American witnesses subpoenaed to testify at the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) hearings in the 1950s were asked to denounce Paul Robeson (1888–1976) in... (read more)
New York: Boni and Gaer, 1948. First Edition. Signed by author Gordon Kahn and by each of the ten men indicted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, known collectively to history as the "Hollywood Ten": Herbert Biberman, John Howard Lawson, Dalton Trumbo, Lester Cole, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, Edward Dmytryk, Albert Maltz, Ring Lardner Jr. and Alvah Bessie. One... (read more)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author and former president on the front endpaper: "The Complements of Herbert Hoover." Near Fine in an about Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Spine lightly faded, with offsetting on the front endpaper, and the Herbert Hoover postage stamp on the front pastedown. Jacket spine has just a hint of toning... (read more)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Draft script for the 1976 film. With an autograph note signed in holograph ink from Lloyd Ritter to Hollywood agent Paul Kohner fastened to the front wrapper. Created by the National Park Service and The Department Of The Interior for the US bicentennial celebration. The film is part of a series of educational productions intended... (read more)
Burbank, CA: Buena Vista Pictures, 1995. Vintage press kit for the 1991 film. Press kit includes 25 black and white photographs and 76 pages of production information, housed in a titled studio folder and titled studio envelope. Director Oliver Stone's star-studded, factually loose, yet unarguably compelling docudrama on the investigation of the Kennedy assassination, in which he suggested that Lyndon... (read more)
Los Altos, CA: National General Pictures, 1973. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1973 film. Rare. Obscure documentary about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, exploring the possibility of a second gunman having been involved. Folded as issued. Near Fine. (read more)
New York: Doubleday, 2002. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "For --- --- / Best, / Joe Klein." Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. (read more)
N.p. William Klein, 1968. Vintage photograph, shot by director-photographer William Klein, during the making of his landmark documentary. With Klein's stamp on the back, noting his address in Paris. In making his cinema verite documentary about the occupation of the Sorbonne begun during the May, 1968 protests in Paris, Klein received unprecedented access to student leaders, activists, various committee meetings... (read more)
N.p. London Film Productions, 1947. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1947 film. Based on Oscar Wilde's 1895 play of the same name. Imbued with the wit that characterizes most of Wilde's work, Alexander Korda's 1947 film follows a prominent politician preparing to expose a financial scandal. His plan begins to unravel when a woman threatens him with her... (read more)
New York: The Realist Association, 1962. First Edition. A couple pinhole tears to the top edges of a few pages, with just a hint of toning, else jsut about Fine. The "Special Offensive Issue" from the well-known title in countercultural satirical journalism, including articles such as "An Impolite Interview with an Abortionist." (read more)
Toronto: Telepix Canada Corp. 1985. Final Draft for the 1986 television film. Based on the book of the same name recounting the corruption of the 1969 United Mine Workers' presidential election, and the murder of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski that followed. Set in Pittsburgh, PA and environs, shot on location in Pitsburgh and Nemacolin, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada. Self-wrappers, with title... (read more)
London: Dancing Patch, Circa 1970s. Limited Edition British broadside poster, described here as a "broadsheet," of the motorcycle club, Hell's Angels, as they are "blessed before going into battle." One of 200 numbered copies, this being No. 168. Moyse was an Anglo-Irish anarchist and political activist, as well as an artist and writer, involved in the Cable Street battle and... (read more)
Los Altos, CA: National General Pictures, 1973. Vintage US one sheet poster, silkscreen, for the 1946 film documentary short. An entry in the 1946-1947 RKO series that focused on various hardscrabble aspects of life in the United States, a follow on to the "March of Time" series. This entry focused on New York City's Bowery, which existed "in the shadows"... (read more)
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978. First Edition. SIGNED by the former president and dated 9-1-92. About Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Slight lean and a touch of soiling to the top page edge. Jacket is lightly rubbed, with a couple of minor nicks to the crown, but bright and unfaded. (read more)
Burbank, CA: Buena Vista Pictures, 1995. Vintage press kit for the 1995 film. Press kit includes 11 black and white photographs and a pamphlet of production information, housed in a titled pictorial studio folder. The second of director Oliver Stone's trilogy of films about US Presidents, a semi-biographical film chronicling Nixon's impeachment, with flashbacks to his life before the presidency... (read more)
New York: The New York Times, 1973. Broadside with cartoon by David Levine, depicting Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew and others "passing the buck," issued in honor of the 10th anniversary of the New York Times Review of Books, concurrent with the October 18, 1973 publication. Issued by the magazine as a complimentary piece, so stated on the tiny byline along... (read more)
Washington, DC: Susan Conway Gallery, 1994. Lithograph print by political cartoonist Patrick Oliphant titled "GOPula." One of 20 copies (this being No. 14) SIGNED in pencil by Oliphant at the bottom right. With the label of the Susan Conway Gallery in Washington DC on the verso of the mat. 11 x 14 inches. Fine. (read more)
Washington, DC: Susan Conway Gallery, 1995. Lithograph print by political cartoonist Patrick Oliphant titled "GOPula." One of 20 copies (this being No. 2) SIGNED in pencil by Oliphant at the bottom right. With the label of the Susan Conway Gallery in Washington DC on the verso of the mat. 13 x 9 inches. Fine. (read more)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1974. Second Draft script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to crew member Larry Dorn with his name and address in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. Based on the 1974 book by Bob Woodward. The iconic New Hollywood film addressing the Watergate investigation, starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in very strong performances. Winner of... (read more)
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "For -- / With deep gratitude and affection / Lazar." Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has light toning at the spine panel, a tiny closed tear at the heel, a hint of shallow creasing at the extremities, and mild toning. An attractive copy. (read more)
New York: W.W. Norton, 1986. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Victor Kamber on the front endpaper: "To Victor / Wise counselor and creative genius for a whole new generation of GIANT KILLERS!!! / With great respect, Mike Pertschuk / 4-1-88." Kamber is a labor union activist and political consultant who worked for the AFL-CIO in the 1970s before... (read more)
Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures, 1947. Final script for the 1947 film. Based on the Finnish play "Juurakon Hulda" by Hella Wuolijoki, under the pseudonym Juhani Tervapaa. Loretta Young gives a standout performance as a woman who initially leaves home to study nursing in Washington DC but ends up running for Congress through a convoluted series of events. Together with the... (read more)
Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], Circa 1963. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from 1963-1966 television series, "The Farmer's Daughter." Features starring actress Inger Stevens standing in front of the Washington Monument. Mimeo snip affixed to the verso. Katy (Stevens) is hired to be the nanny for Congressman Glen's (Windom) kids. Her liberal and morel attitude differs greatly from the... (read more)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1979. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1979 US film. A politician struggles with his morality and ideals amid the corrupt system. He is dually unsettled by his attraction to a woman other than his wife, leading to an affair that could jeopardize his career. Shot on location in Maryland. 27 x 41 in... (read more)
New York: New York Review, 1975. First Edition. A landmark work in popularizing the concept of animal rights, and a founding document of the animal liberation movement. Cover illustration by Edward Gorey. Scarce. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket spine lightly toned, with two 2-inch tears with accompanying creasing to the front panel. and light edgewear. (read more)
London: Faber and Faber, 1938. First UK Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light foxing to the endpapers, with top corners lightly bumped. Jacket has light fading to the spine, with a hint of rubbing at the spine ends. (read more)
Paris: Albin Michel, 1926. First Edition, volume two only. Ex-library copy, with contemporary hardcover library binding and a rubber stamp to a number of pages. Very Good plus, with foxing and toning to pages and hinges starting. Without dust jacket. A book of political cartoons and anecdotes by the active artist. Text in French. A good candidate for rebinding. (read more)
Los Angeles: TransWorld Entertainment, Circa 1978. First Draft script for the 1978 film. One of English director Thompson's lesser known films, his better known works being "Blonde Sinner" (1956), "The Guns of Navarone" (1961), "Cape Fear" (1962), "Mackenna's Gold" (1969), "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" (1972), and "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" (1973). Theo Tomasis (Quinn)... (read more)
Paris: Gallimard, 1967. First French Edition, preceded by the Greek edition published by Editions Themelion in 1966. Association copy, inscribed by Vassilikos to author William Styron and his wife: "For Rose and Bill / With all my happiness for the success of the book / Love and nostalgia / from Mimi and Vassilis." The prolific author's best known work, basis for... (read more)
Paris: Telemondial, 1973. Original French Grande poster and double sided French flyer for the 1973 Situationist film by Rene Vienet, which repurposes the 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film "Crush," directed by Kuang-Chi Tu, overdubbing the dialogue to create "a critique of class conflicts, bureaucratic socialism, the failures of the French Communist Party, Maoism, cultural hegemony, sexual equality and the... (read more)
Paris: Migra, 1959-1962. Five issues of "Le Guide de la femme" (roughly, "Woman's Guide"), a mid-century Parisian periodical published with the patronage of French author, journalist, politician, and noted feminist, Louise Weiss. The periodical, not unlike similar publications of today found on wire racks at grocery checkout lines, was produced by and for France's modern Woman, "at the forefront of... (read more)
![A King in New York [Un Roi à New York] (Archive of 234 original photographs from the 1957 film). Charlie Chaplin, Jerry Desmonde Maxine Audley, Dawn Addams, Oliver Johnston, screenwriter director, starring, composer, starring.](/pictures/thumb/143119.jpg?v=1518459724)
. William A. Graham, Dore Schary, John Daly Art Carney, Mahalia Jackson, Pat Harrington Jr., Gogi Grant, Vic Damone, director, screenwriter, starring.](/pictures/thumb/143878.jpg?v=1541362789)
![Grands soirs et petits matins [Mayday] (Original photograph from the set of the 1977 film). William Klein, photographer director.](/pictures/thumb/135608.jpg?v=1492979150)
![La dialectique peut-elle casser des briques [Can Dialectics Break Bricks] (Original Poster for the 1973 film). Rene Vienet.](/pictures/thumb/137888.jpg?v=1492979791)
