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 Bennett... (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)
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, in 1996... (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)
Los Angeles: Films Inc., 1975. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1976 autobiographical docudrama. Director Martha Coolidge's debut feature film, after having worked as a documentary filmmaker since the early 1970s. The film follows Coolidge's retelling of the aftermath following her high school date rape, and analyzes the motives and ramifications of the action. An unusual film for its... (read more)
New York: The Weinstein Company, 2006. Revised Draft script for the 2007 film. Copy belonging to actor Sam Riley, who played the role of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, with three photographs and three autograph notes signed laid in. The letters are written during production, and discuss filming. Two photos are of Riley on set as Ian Curtis, and... (read more)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. First US Edition, preceded by the UK edition published the same year by Omnibus Press. Heavily photo-illustrated throughout, in both black and white and color. Scarce. Comprehensive biographical dictionary of late seventies and early eighties rock, punk, punk-post, and new waves acts. Written by two Australian music journalists, centered primarily on the UK scene... (read more)
![Rumba [Rhumba] Is My Life (First Edition). Xavier Cugat, author and.](/pictures/thumb/140424.jpg?v=1492980533)
New York: Didier, 1948. First Edition. A humorous and light-hearted rags-to-riches autobiography of the great Latin composer, arranger and bandleader who was a mainstay in American film musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s. Illustrated with black and white line drawings by Cugat, who also designed the jacket. Very Good plus in a bright, Very Good plus example of the... (read more)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1957. Second Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Director Michael Curtiz's presentation copy, in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. A highly fictionalized portrayal of the life and career of Prohibition era torch singer/actress Helen Morgan. This film marked Curtiz's return to Warner Bros... (read more)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1946. Vintage photograph from the 1946 film, showing director Michael Curtiz, and stars Cary Grant, Monty Woolley, and Donald Woods conferring on the set. With the stamp of photographer Pat Clark and a mimeo snipe on the verso. A fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter. Grant's first color film. Nominated of an Academy Award. 10 x.... (read more)
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to New York theater set designer Susan Barras on the title page: "Susan Barras. / May God's blessing be with you always. / In all sincerity / Peter Cushing '92." An uncommon signature from the meticulous actor whose name is synonymous with the great Hammer films of the 1950s... (read more)
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1959. First Edition. Presentation copy, with a laid-in card from the Cecil B. DeMille Trust, often given to libraries. Black-and-white photographs throughout. DeMille directed several films, his productions often flamboyant and showy, notably "The Ten Commandments" (1956), starring Charlton Heston, "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952), starring Betty Hutton, and "Samson and Delilah" (1949), starring Hedy... (read more)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Dempsey on the half-title page: "To Miss Cordella / Thank you, [and] lots of luck / Jack Dempsey / 5/20/60." Features eight pages of black-and-white photographs. An as-told-to autobiography of the former heavyweight champion, with many accounts of his various fights, including title matches. Near Fine in a Very Good, price-clipped... (read more)
![The Life of Emile Zola [Zola] (Original screenplay for the 1937 film). William Dieterle, Heinz Herald Norman Reilly Raine, Geza Herczeg, Gale Sondergaard Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Joseph Schildkraut, director, screenwriters, starring.](/pictures/thumb/142703.jpg?v=1522340686)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1937. Revised Final Draft script for the 1937 film, "The Life of Emile Zola," here under the working title, "Zola." Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1938. Based loosely on Matthew Johnson's 1928 biography of Emile Zola, the French muckraking author who attempted to help clear Army captain Alfred Dreyfus. The film represents Zola's... (read more)
![The Story of Louis Pasteur [Enemy of Man] (Original screenplay for the 1936 film, Raymond Brown's copy). William Dieterle, Pierre Collings Sheridan Gibney, Josephine Hutchinson Paul Muni, Donald Woods, Anita Louise, director, screenwriters, starring.](/pictures/thumb/134774.jpg?v=1492979009)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1935. Revised Draft script for the 1936 film, "The Story of Louis Pasteur," here under it's working title, "Enemy of Man." Copy belonging to actor Raymond Brown, who played Dr. Radisse in the film, with his name in holograph crayon on the front wrapper, and check marks next to his inclusions, as well as notations to... (read more)
New York: Harper and Row, 1989. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Annie Dillard to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Rita and Chris / gratefully - / Annie." Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by “Granta” magazine. He has also..... (read more)
New York: William Morrow, 1990. First Edition. Lengthily INSCRIBED by Donofrio on the half title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris, A writer with guts + poetry, muscle + eloquence, who I had the amazing good fortune to go to writing camp with one summer. What a treat to find someone else who got in thru the back... (read more)
Copenhagen: Danish Government Film Foundation, 1964. Original promotional program about Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer, published by the Danish government to promote his work. With an essay on Dreyer's life and work by the then-director of the Danish Filmmuseum, and photo-illustrations from each of Dreyer's 14 feature films. Text in English. 12 x 8 inches (30 x 20 cm) in... (read more)
Hollywood: Goldfarb-Lewis Agency, circa 1970's. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Guy Endore's novel of the same name about the life of Alexandre Dumas. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Dale Wasserman and novelist Guy Endore. 39 leaves, with last page of text numbered 36. Photographically reproduced. Pages Fine, wrapper Fine, bound internally... (read more)
Calgary, AB: Transcontinental, 1969. Post-production Combined Continuity script for the 1969 film. A biography of Marquis De Sade, the famous author of "120 Days of Sodom" and great lover of women. In this film, he is in his old age, hiding in his family's castle and avoiding the police. The story of his life is told through flashbacks, dreams, and... (read more)
Grand Rapids, MI: William B Eerdmans, 1998. First Edition. A biography of Vincent Van Gogh, focusing on his religious upbringing and spiritual life, and how this informed his work. Corners and top edge with minor bumps, else Near Fine in a strong Very Good plus jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed, with a shallow horizontal crease to the top front panel, and... (read more)
N.p. Creation Books, 2011. First Edition. Trade softcover (no hardcover equivalent). Uniquely INSCRIBED by the author on his custom bookplate on the first leaf (the half title page). The first in a two-part series chronicling the underground cultural history of Memphis, Tennessee, from the Civil War through the twentieth century. Tav Falco, member of the rock and roll band Panther... (read more)
New York: The Ring Publishing Co, 1929. First Edition. SIGNED by Jack Dempsey on the front endpaper. Not to be confused with the much more common Author's Autograph Edition. Very Good lacking dust jacket. Light rubbing to spine ends, joints, and corners,with a tiny bit of loss at the upper front joint, a bumped bottom front corner, and mild soil... (read more)
![Joan of Arc [Joan of Lorraine] (Original screenplay for the 1948 film). Victor Fleming, Andrew Solt, Francis L. Sullivan Ingrid Bergman, Ward Bond, J. Carrol Naish, director, screenwriter, starring.](/pictures/thumb/135635.jpg?v=1492979154)
Hollywood: Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures, Circa 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film, "Joan of Arc," here under its working title, "Joan of Lorraine." Original scripts from Fleming's films rarely are seen on the market. Based on Maxwell Anderson's play, "Joan of Lorraine." Anderson's play debuted on Broadway in 1946, ran for 199 performances at the Alvin Theatre... (read more)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the first blank: "For Ruth / With joy and love / Barbara Goldsmith." Ruth Ford was an American stage and film actress, sister to the bohemian surrealist Charles Henri Ford. She began her career as a model for the likes of Harper’s and Mademoiselle, and early on was... (read more)
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on a laid-in slip: "For Sister / Happy Easter! / B." The inscription is written on stationery, presumably the authors: "From the desk of / OPERATION MINOTAUR." Ford has annotated a few of the rear leaves in holograph pencil, and paper-clipped two leaves where her name is... (read more)
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Trilling on the front endpaper in the year of publication: "To Raymond / In affection and admiration / Lionel / 7-19-43." Trilling's in-depth study of Forster, the third volume in New Directions' "Makers of Modern Literature" series. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light fraying at the extremities... (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1968. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Snipe printed to the verso. A semi-biographical film, based on Bernard Malamud's novel of the same name. The story of a Russian-Jew unjustly prisoned on accusations of blood libel. Set in Russia, shot on location in Hungary. 8 x 10 inches (20.5 x.... (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1962. Original US half-sheet poster for the 1962 film. Based on the 1955 novel by Thomas E. Gaddis, and a breakthrough role for Burt Lancaster. A very uncommon poster size for this film. 22 x 28 inches. Near Fine with very shallow, faint creasing along the top edge. (read more)
N.p. N.p., 1986. Treatment for an unproduced film. The true story of Benjamin Franklin traveling to France after the American Revolution, where he acts as a diplomat from the newly-established United States of America and he makes sure to throw around the new weight of this budding country. Set in Paris. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1986, with... (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1930. First Temporary Draft script for the 1930 film "A Lady's Morals," seen here under the title "Jenny Lind." Copy belonging to musical director Arthur Freed, with his holograph pencil name to the front wrapper and his notations throughout. Metropolitan Opera diva Grace Moore stars as Jenny Lind, the 1850's Swedish opera sensation whose exceptional... (read more)
Los Angeles: Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1987. Collection of three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1987 film. Based on John Lahr's 1978 biography of playwright Joe Orton. Featuring images of a young Gary Oldman, Vanessa Redgrave, and director Stephen Frears. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Near Fine condition. Olive Films 1098. (read more)
Los Angeles: Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1987. Three vintage black-and-white French press photographs from the 1987 film. Three French press photos of Gary Oldman from the set of the film, variously with Stephen Frears, Vanessa Redgrave, and a poster for playwright Joe Orton's LOOT. Based on John Lahr's 1978 biography of Orton. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1098. (read more)
New York: HarperCollins [Harper Collins], 2013. First Edition. Memoir by the acclaimed Oscar-winning director of "The Exorcist" (1973) and "The French Connection" (1971). Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. (read more)
New York: Henry Holt, 1929. First Edition. One of 1000 copies (this being No. 818) SIGNED by the author Sidney Cox. About Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light offsetting to the title page from the frontispiece, lacking the tissue guard. Mild toning to the pages and spine panel. Jacket has toning and a small splash to the... (read more)
New York: Random House, 2001. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Mel Gussow on the half-title page: "To Mel / Thank you / Dorothy Gallagher." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8 books, served as editor for many others, and his reviews and... (read more)
New York: Frederick Ungar, 1977. First Edition. Fine and unread in a just about Fine, price clipped dust jacket. A bright, lovely copy of this critical introduction to the work of Garcia Marquez. (read more)
Hollywood: Icon Entertainment, 1994. Draft Script for the 1995 film. An early draft, produced prior to the film having an association with Mel Gibson's production company, Icon Entertainment International. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and nominated for another five, including Best Original Screenplay. Orange titled wrappers, production No. 53, dated March 24, 1994, with... (read more)
Garden City: Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. The great trumpeter and composer's autobiography. Photo-illustrated throughout. Near Fine in a strong Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has a couple of short closed tears and some light chipping, otherwise bright and unfaded. (read more)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1963. Final Draft script for the 1964 film. Copy belonging to actor Michael Miller, with his name on three laid-in call sheets dated 7/27/63. Also included is a 13-page contract dated 5/1/63, between Paramount and actor Miller for his services rendered, with notations in holograph ink and type corrections throughout. Finally, a full-color 24-page film program is... (read more)
London: Pan Books, 1999. First Edition. Light bump to the crown with accompanying closed tear on the spine, else Near Fine and unread. (read more)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Martha Graham to the late, legendary film director Sidney Lumet at the half-title page: "For Sidney Lumet / Martha Graham." Sidney Lumet's astounding catalog of films slightly predicted (and later joined) the work of the great filmmakers of the 1970s, with a laundry list of five-star achievements that includes "Dog... (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)
New York: 4th (Fourth) Estate, 2003. First Edition. INSCRIBED and dated by the author to Mel Gussow on the title page: "For Mel / With very best wishes in New York / Hugo Hamilton / June 2003." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8... (read more)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954. Final Draft script for the 1955 film. INSCRIBED on the title page by actor John Derek to collector Nick Beck: "Nick -- This was a long time ago! John Derek." Based on the 1953 biography, "Prince of Players: Edwin Booth," by Eleanor Ruggles. An account of the early career of the nineteenth century American actor... (read more)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968. Final script for the 1969 film. A landmark of New Hollywood cinema, and arguably the high spot (as well as the beginning) of an incredible streak of inventive cinematic achievements directed by George Roy Hill in the 1960s and 1970s that included "Slaughterhouse-Five" (1972), "The Sting" (1973), and "Slap Shot" (1977). Loosely based on fact... (read more)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1990. Revised script for the 1992 film. A biography of famed baseball legend Babe Ruth, who was born in Baltimore and given to an orphanage there by his father. He soon demonstrates his amazing hitting ability and adopted by a scout who has him play for the Orioles until he is sold to the Red... (read more)
Tunbridge Wells: Spellmount Ltd., 1987. First Edition. Published simultaneously in the United States. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout; Holiday is well represented. Part of the "Jazz Life and Times" series. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped. Jacket extremities lightly toned, with light wrinkles at the spine ends, and a few tiny dings to... (read more)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. First Edition. Association copy, inscribed by Houseman to legendary screenwriter Anita Loos: "For Anita Loos, who set me right about certain facts / Gratefully / John Houseman." Ms. Loos tiny red ownership stamp also appears at the bottom of the second blank. The first volume of the legendary producer-actor Houseman's memoirs, covering the years... (read more)
n.p. N.p., Circa 1982. Two draft scripts for an unproduced film. Both have a flyer for the film laid-in, and are heavily notated with holograph ink and pencil. Based on the 1968 novel "Legion of Outcasts" by Hurk Davis, the autobiography of Peter Reeves as told to Mr. Davis, who was a Dutchman living comfortably until he ran out of... (read more)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. REVIEW COPY with slip laid in, SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. The autobiography of one of the leading American directors of film noir, his credits including "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), "The African Queen" (1951), "The Misfits" (1961), "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948), "The Unforgiven" (1960), and "The... (read more)
Tokyo: Imamura Productions, 1987. Draft script for the 1987 film. Text in Japanese. The greatest pimp in all of Japanese history, Iheji Muraoka, also known as Zegen or the "Boss of the South Seas" grew in power as Japan grew. Not only were his achievements contributing to his mantle of success, but he believed they advanced the global ambitions of... (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1951. Draft script for the 1953 film. This copy belonging to Robert Arthur, who played Barnaby, with his name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and holograph pencil notations, additions and changes to his scenes throughout. Based on the novel by Margaret Irwin, this biography of Elizabeth I recounts her early years following the... (read more)
Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates, 1964. First printing of this facsimile edition. Reprinted from the original 1933 edition, an immediate success for Jackson upon publication. The "fasola folk" are musical fundamentalists, and the author traces their roots and the origins of American religious popular and folk music. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus or better dust jacket. Light rubbing... (read more)
Santa Barbara: Neville Books, 1995. Limited Edition. An unnumbered copy in navy cloth covered boards. SIGNED on the limitation page by the author, and additionally INSCRIBED on the title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris & Rita / Another slim book of reminiscence. Huh! / Oh well / Jon." Jackson's memoir of his friend Raymond Carver, and a.... (read more)
London: Henry Baldwin / Charles Dilly, 1791. First Edition. Quarto, two volumes. With stamps from the Kansas City, MO Public Library on the first page of text of each volume, but otherwise without the usual condition issues associated with ex-libris copies. Second state, volume one with corrected spelling (p. 135: "give" for "gve" and those stated by Pottle not mentioned... (read more)
Garden City: Gabriel Wells / Doubleday, Page, 1922. First printing of this edition. Octavo, ten volumes. One of 785 numbered copies (this being No. 122). Publisher's quarter cream vellum, brown paper boards, paper spine labels, brown paper dust jackets with paper spine labels, gilt top page edges, page fore-edges and bottom page edges deckle. Lacking extra spine labels (commonly laid... (read more)
Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University Press, 1989. First Edition. INSCRIBED and dated by the author to Mel Gussow on the title page upon Gussow's acceptance of the Margo Jones Medal in 2001 at Ohio State University: "For Mel Gussow / With congratulations and warm admiration / Helen Sheehy / Margo Jones Medal Presentation / 13 July 2002." Laid in is... (read more)
New York: HarperCollins (Harper Collins), 1994. First Edition. SIGNED and dated by the author on the title page. Spine ends lightly bumped, else Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Author of "Fear of Flying." (read more)
Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1987. First Draft script for the 1987 television movie. Based on the true crime story from the 1970's, and adapted from the novel of the same name by Joseph Wambaugh. Susan Reinert is a schoolteacher in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania who goes missing and is found murdered with her two children. Nominated for two... (read more)
Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1987. First Draft script for the 1987 television movie. Based on the true crime story from the 1970's, and adapted from the novel of the same name by Joseph Wambaugh. Susan Reinert is a schoolteacher in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania who goes missing and is found murdered with her two children. Nominated for two... (read more)
London: Cinevision Films, 1972. Collection of 6 vintage full color lobby cards from the 1972 British-French film. Each card with film credit square, lacking the actual printed credits. A biopic of famed Russian dancer, Rudolf Nureyev, effectively the first to document his life and works from four different ballet styles. The first sequence is from "La Sylphide," next is a.... (read more)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951. Final script for the 1952 film. Based on the life of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata. Photographically reproduced Fox file copy, likely produced by the studio for its files in the late 1960s or a bit later. Kazan's romanticized, semi-fictional account of Zapata in his prime, this sweeping early Brando film glorifies the revolutionary's noble... (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)
Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures, 1980. Collection of five lobby cards for the 1980 film. Based Carolyn Cassady's 1976 book, about the lives of and relationships between Neal Cassady, Carolyn, and Jack Kerouac, with some focus on Kerouac's writing his novel "On the Road." One of the earliest feature films about central Beat figures. Shot on location in San Francisco. (read more)
Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures, 1980. Original film press kit for the 1980 film. Included in the press kit are nine film still photographs and six cast biographies. Based Carolyn Cassady's 1976 book, about the lives of and relationships between Neal Cassady, Carolyn, and Jack Kerouac, with some focus on Kerouac's writing his novel "On the Road." One of the... (read more)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943. Collection of 68 vintage keybook set design photographs from the 1947 film. Original brown card front wrapper present, with the film title printed on the front. Winner of four Academy Awards fincluding Best Actress for Jennifer Jones. Nominated for an additional eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and twice for... (read more)
New York: Ballantine Books No. F-470-K, 1961. Second printing of this edition. The Reverend's own story of his struggle to fight for equality without violence. Eight pages of black-and-white photographs, including one of King's collapse during a Monday night mass. Light toning overall, else about Fine in photo illustrated wrappers. (read more)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf: "For Tony Bill / Enjoy your ass off... / Paul Krassner." Laid in is a typed letter signed by Krassner, on "The Realist" stationery, suggesting that Bill "might want to consider optioning the film rights to my book." From the collection of Oscar-winning director-producer Tony... (read more)
N.p. N.p., Circa 1970s. Photocopied script, circa 1970s or 1980s, for "Part One" of the 1962 film. Not a vintage item, useful for content information only. The story opens with the death of Lawrence (O'Toole) in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46, then flashbacks to recount his life. He is a young intelligence officer in Cairo in 1916... (read more)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First Edition, a paperback original. Perfect bound in illustrated wrappers. Copy belonging to ex-Columbia Pictures chairman David Puttnam, and colorfully INSCRIBED by Spike Lee: "To David Puttnam / Thanks for everything / I appreciate it / Fuck Columbia!!! / love, Spike Lee." Housed in a custom slipcase. British film producer David Puttnam was chairman... (read more)
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. First Edition. SIGNED by Alan Jay Lerner on the title page. A memoir by lyricist and librettist Lerner, who in collaboration with his writing partner Frederick Loewe created some of the most enduring works of the American stage and cinema. Winners of 3 Tony Awards and 3 Academy Awards, he and Loewe are responsible for... (read more)
![Crazy Joe [Crazy Joey] (Original screenplay for the 1974 film). Carlo Lizzani, Dino Maiuri Massimo de Rita, Paula Prentiss Peter Boyle, Rip Torn, Fred Williamson, director, screenwriters story, starring.](/pictures/thumb/137841.jpg?v=1492979779)
Rome: de Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company, 1973. First Draft script for the 1974 Italian film "Crazy Joe," here under the working title, "Crazy Joey." Lewis John Carlino would receive final credit, although not credited here, as screenwriter. Rubber-stamped Feb. 14, 1973, on the first page. Joe Gallo (Peter Boyle) plays a member of the Colombo family, who is betrayed by... (read more)
London: Bloomsbury, 2004. First Edition. SIGNED by filmmaker Ken Loach on the title page. British director Loach first came to public acclaim in 1969 with the now-classic "Kes," and has continued to make superb and often controversial films, the most recent of which is the acclaimed "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (2006). Fine and unread in a Fine dust... (read more)
N.p. Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica, 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Directed by Joseph Losey, the historical biopic focuses on the final chapter in Trotsky's life, when he was living in exile in Mexico City. Stalin sends quiet, meek assassin, Frank Jacson, to do away with the political dissident. Set in Mexico, shot on location in Italy... (read more)
N.p. Artists Entertainment Complex, 1974. Original US three sheet poster for the 1973 American-Italian film. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards. Based on Peter Maas' 1973 biography, "Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System." Al Pacino stars in the drama based on the real-life experiences of Frank Serpico, a New York City cop who exposed the festering corruption... (read more)
Los Angeles: Asymmetrical Productions, 1999. Collection of four vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1999 film. Featuring multiple images of Richard Farnsworth, and Sissy Spacek, as well as a photo of David Lynch on the set. Based on true events, about Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), an old man in poor health, living on social security benefits, and taking care... (read more)
New York: Ballantine Books No. F-356-K, 1959. First printing of this edition. Originally published by J. P. Lippincott in 1948. MacDonald tells her tale of government-induced tuberculosis, her sanitarium stay, and her triumph over it all, told in "racy, flippant, irreverent" language. Author of "The Egg and I." A hint of rubbing to the crown, else about Fine in illustrated wrappers... (read more)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961. Archive of three original Draft scripts and one a post-production script, for the 1963 film. Also included is a vintage 8 x 10 black-and-white single white still photograph of Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra. Twentieth Century-Fox's ambitious, bank-breaking venture, based on the histories written by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian, and also based on the Carlo Maria... (read more)
N.p. N.p., 1947. First Draft Treatment script for an unproduced film. An aging circus clown tells his life story, filled with lurid details, to his young apprenticed son in an attempt to prevent him from quitting the circus to marry and become an officer in the Navy. Written by Joseph Moncure March, known for his poems "The Wild Party" and..... (read more)