London: Cassell, 1999. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "For Don -- / Thanks for helping me locate Henry Allen III / Best wishes / John Chilton / July 1999." Extremities of both book and jacket lightly bumped, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. The first book to tackle the jazz... (read more)
Copenhagen, Denmark: JAZZMEDIA ApS, 1981. First Edition. Faint toning overall, else Near Fine and unread in photo illustrated wrappers. A compilation of the available facts of the sound recordings of a jazz legend. (read more)
New York: Doubleday, 1978. First Edition. INSCRIBED and DATED in the year of publication by the author on the front enpaper: "Best Wishes / Gene Autry / 1978." Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light offsetting to the front endpaper. Bleed from Autry's holograph marker signature to the front pastedown and first blank. Jacket is lightly soiled... (read more)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century Fox, 1951. Revised Final Draft for the 1953 film musical. Producer George Jessel, playing himself, holds a story writing conference where debates surrounding the life of vaudeville star Eva Tanguay (Mitzi Gaynor), the subject of the upcoming film, give way to conflicting stories told by her former partner Eddie McCoy (David Wayne) and piano player Charles... (read more)
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1968. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper to noted critic and reviewer, Mel Gussow: " To Mel / All my love and respect / God keep you / Pearl / 8/16/68." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He... (read more)
![Jelly Roll, Jabbo, and Fats: 19 [Nineteen] Portraits in Jazz (First Edition). Whitney Balliett.](/pictures/thumb/123769.jpg?v=1434404421)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. First Edition. About Fine and unread in a Very Good plus or better dust jacket. Jacket extremities slightly toned, with a few tiny closed tears. Balliett showcases Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bichet, Fats Waller, Lester Young, and a handful of other great jazz performers. (read more)
N.p. N.p., 1990. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Later generation photocopy, not vintage, for reading or research purposes only. A biopic of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her tumultuous relationship with Diego Rivera, a muralist. Their love spans deceit, passionate lovemaking and an openness due to their Communist nature and Diego's affinity for multiple partners. She becomes attracted... (read more)
Santa Monica, CA: Miramax, 1996. Vintage borderless black-and-white contact sheet from the 1996 film, containing over 25 likely never-before-seen images. Included are photos of Jeffrey Wright as Basquiat, David Bowie as Warhol, Dennis Hopper as Bruno, Jennifer Miro, artist and Basquiat collaborator Ouattara Watts, actress Olatz Lopez Garmendia (Schnabel's ex-wife), and a few others of the cast and crew. One... (read more)
New York: Harmony Books, 1976. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. (read more)
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1990. First Edition. Crown lightly bumped, affecting both book and jacket, with a crease to the front flap, else Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. (read more)
New York: Doubleday, 1970. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine, lightly spine-toned dust jacket. An attractive copy. (read more)
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. First Edition. Born in England, David Betts drifted around the American West before coming to New York and finding work driving cabs. He was dubbed "The Taxi Philosopher" after publishing several letters featuring his views on life and in the "New York Evening Post" during the 1920s. Proletarian through and through, "I'm Lucky At That"... (read more)
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1915. Octavo. First American Edition. Publisher's tan cloth, spine title and rule gilt, top page edges gilt. Very Good plus condition, lacking the dust jacket. Slight spine lean and toning, light rubbing at the extremities, rear pastedown and title page hinges professionaly repaired, and a couple of tiny chips to a few leaves. A dense exploration... (read more)
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 2001. First American Edition. INSCRIBED and dated by the author to Mel Gussow on the title page: "To Mel / Many thanks / Miranda Carter / 13 Feb 2002." Laid in is an autographed letter signed by the publisher's Director of Publicity, Jeff Seroy, on the director's own stationery: "Mel / Thank You... (read more)
Northville, MI: Sun Dog Press, 2001. First Edition. Bone's autobiographical account of his experience in the circus and in carnivals. A must for the sideshow diehard. Spine text slightly faded, else Fine and unread in printed wrappers. (read more)
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1994. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Larry Brown on the title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris / all best, / Larry Brown." Brown's memoir on his 17 year career as a firefighter. Offutt is the author of "Kentucky Straight" and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and one of... (read more)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Second printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Association copy, SIGNED and nicely inscribed by the author to film director and producer Tony Bill: "To my longtime friend Tony, All my best, Eddie Bunker." Tony Bill has worked in wide variety of films since the 1960s as an actor, producer, and director... (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1965. Collection of three vintage color studio still photographs from the 1965 film. The film follows the 1911 protest against British rule in Ireland. A young laborer-turned-playwrite combats the regime with his artistic practice. Shot on location in Ireland and England. 8 x 10 inches (20.5 x 25.5 cm). Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. (read more)
New York: Viking Press, 1974. First Edition. Lengthily INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "June 1st, 1975 / M'Lady Roberta Felsen: Now the reason why I used the sub-title of "M'Lady" - is because you have got to be a Queen...because your husband, Milt, is definitely a King! And on this - the Queen's once-a-year birthday - the... (read more)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First American Edition. Paperclip impression at the top of the front endpaper, else Fine in a Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1952. Original US program for the 1952 film. Autobiographically reflective of Chaplin's fears of being left behind in the fading vaudeville and silent film era, "Limelight" depicts the final years of a washed up stage clown who briefly maintains an impossible relationship with a young dancer, representative of a new generation of performers. The first... (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1952. Original US pressbook for the 1952 film. Autobiographically reflective of Chaplin's fears of being left behind in the fading vaudeville and silent film era, "Limelight" depicts the final years of a washed up stage clown who briefly maintains an impossible relationship with a young dancer, representative of a new generation of performers. The first... (read more)
London: Bloomsbury Book Shop, 1978. First Edition. 68 pages. Very Good plus in saddle-stitched printed white wrappers. Light toning at the extremities, a few preliminary leaves and the front wrapper with tiny corner creases, and a faint corner crease to the rear wrapper. Chilton presents the great black band of the 1920s, with several black-and-white photographs, a personnel index, notes, and discography. (read more)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. First Edition thus, first printing. Near Fine and unread. First Christie biography, with several black-and-white photographs. (read more)
London: Macmillan Press, 1986. First Edition. Extremities of both book and jacket a touch bumped, else Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. An autobiographical sketch of the jazz bandleader, with black-and-white photographs throughout. (read more)