Tokyo: Chuo Koronsha, 1965. First Japanese Edition, preceding all others. Text in Japanese.Very Good plus in a Very Good plus illustrated cloth slipcase. Vintage bookstore label to the rear pastedown, with lightly soiled boards. Slipcase lightly soiled, with faint toning to the spine and light wear to the tips.

North Hollywood: Republic Pictures, 1936. Vintage photograph of director Lew Ayres and crew members on the set of the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe, holograph annotations and rubber studio stamp on the verso. Based on events of the American Civil War, focusing on the friendship between Kenneth Reynolds (James Dunn) and Raymond Jordan (David Manners), divided by the war and now.....

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1931. Later printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Virginia Allan / from Margaret Ayer Barnes." Winner of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Barnes also wrote "Dishonored Lady," a play twice adapted to film. Beginning in the 1890s, the story follows an upper-middle class girl from youth to adulthood, struggling within a changing.....

Towson, MD: The Collectors' Press, 1957-1958. Complete run of 8 issues of the short-lived firearms enthusiast magazine, published in Maryland. Volume 1 Number 1 SIGNED on the Contents page by editors Benet and Codd in 1991. The magazine saw little light, had limited distribution, and only ran for a year and a half, but its content was amongst the most.....

Paris: Plon, 1965. First Edition. Text in French. All volumes about Fine in Very Good to Fine transparent dust jackets. Volume II has a slightly cocked spine, else volume is Fine in a Fine jacket. Jackets of Volumes I and III have splitting and a few closed tears at the joints and flap folds. An attractive set, profusely illustrated, with.....

Paris: Socieete Francaise D'Éditions C'Art, N.p. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Light foxing to the front board, toning to the spine, and previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown.

Rome: Vides Cinematografica, 1980. Set of 10 master typescripts for the ambitious 1982 television mini-series, all dated June 1980, used as a master for printing the final scripts. Anthony Burgess was one of the series writers (credited on the title page of each segment), and Ennio Morricone composed the original score. Present are scripts for all 8 segments of the.....

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Searle, 1875. First Edition. Bruising and fading to front and rear boards, bumped corners, and chipped spine crown, owner's annotations on half title and tile page, else Fair.

London: Morningside Worldwide Pictures, Circa 1975. Early Revised Draft script for the 1963 British-American film, dated two years prior to its release. First generation reproduction, likely made for educational purposes circa early-mid 1970s, evidenced by the use of a photocopy process (not employed in the UK until the early 1970s). The script's vintage is also evidenced by the postal code.....

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1966. Vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 US release of the 1966 French film. The French resistance factions attempt to regain control of Paris near the end of WWII. A Nazi general in charge of Paris has orders from Hitler himself to burn the city if he cannot maintain control. What the film lacked in cohesive.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1977. Draft script for the 1977 film, here under its working title "The Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover." With two holograph pencil and ink annotations to the title page. An biopic dramatizing the rise to power of J. Edgar Hoover, the long-standing director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The film courted controversy at the time.....

Mexico: Siglo veintiuno editores, 1967. First Mexican Edition, preceding all others. Oblong octavo, softcover with stiff wrappers and patterned endpapers. One of 6000 numbered copies (this being No. 3367). Another 6000 copies were printed for distribution in Argentina. One of two almanac-style books produced by Cortazar, the other being "Último Round" (1969). Very Good plus, with faint foxing, a few.....

Cambridge, MA: Suffolk Engraving Company, 1927. Photogravure print of Edward S. Curtis' photograph titled "Wichita Grass-House," with Curtis' credit and printer's credit for Suffolk Engraving Company in tiny letters at the bottom margin. Printed on Van Gelder Zonen, Holland paper. Plate 654 from Curtis' "The North American Indian."17.5 x 13.5 inches, archivally framed and matted. Unexamined out of frame, but.....

Paris: Cinedis, 1961. Three original color transparencies from the 1961 film. Starring actors, including Marais and Vlady, are seen in lavish period costumes designed for the film by Marie-Claude Fouquet and Jacqueline Guyot. Housed in a light blue mailing envelope, with annotations on the recto in holograph ink, noting contact information for Fouquet and Guyot. Based de La Fayette's 1678.....

N.p. N.p., circa early 1950s. Two vintage black and white photographs advertising the legendary Ohrbach's department store in the Wilshire Prudential Insurance Company building (today home of the Screen Actors Guild). An strong example the apex of its mid-century design in Los Angeles. Stamped on the verso by Woro Studio, the agency who shot and struck the photographs for the.....

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 annotations to.....

New York: E .P. Dutton, 1972. First Edition. Humorously INSCRIBED by avant garde composer and former Black Mountain faculty member John Cage on the front flyleaf: "This is a book I haven't read. / John Cage." A history of Black Mountain College, the experimental college located in North Carolina that, although only in existence 24 years, had a profound and.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1978. Shooting Draft script for the season one, episode four of the 1979 television mini-series, originally broadcast on February 21, 1979 on ABC. Eight soldiers are hanged for staging a mutiny and one of Simon's fellow black soliders is beaten nearly to death by a state trooper. Soon, the whole platoon is sent overseas.....

London: P.S. King & Son LTD., 1938. First Edition. One of 500 privately printed copies. Rebound in three quarter leather and marbled boards with gilt title and raised bands. Very Good plus. Light dampstaining to the heel crown, light toning and foxing to the front and rear endpapers.

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).....

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.....

New York: Lewis Colby, 1845. First Edition. Compilation of a series of letters debating the institution of slavery between two Baptist preachers. Richard Fuller was one of the founders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which had split from the main Baptist church the previous year over the issue of slavery. Francis Wayland, then president of Brown University, was pastor of.....

Rome, Italy: Produzione Gallone / Filmsonor, 1951. Original souvenir program, printed in Italy, for the 1951 Italian-French-Spanish film. These programs saw popularity beginning in the 1960s and continued to be produced until the early 1980s and the ever-growing VHS market, with a particularly high distribution in Asian countries. This example features several full-color illustrations of Roman warriors and women, and.....

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1964. Original Pressbook for the 1964 film. Unique for a pressbook, with a folding front page and a coloring contest (to have been used as a herald by distributors). Based on Jean Anouilh’s 1959 play. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, and nominated for 11 more, including Best Picture, Best Director, and twice for Best.....

Hollywood: Firewater Productions, Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a number of small holograph ink annotations throughout, mostly noting grammatical revisions and diacritical marks.In the final days of World War II, Allied forces race to take down Hitler and the Nazi elite, while German and Italian prisoners of war plot to escape from an American camp in Texas.Set.....

Vercelli, Italy: White Star Publications, 1999. Folio. First Edition. Light rubbing, toning, and smudging overall, else Near Fine and unread lacking the dust jacket. Color and black-and-white photographs throughout, this volume illustrates most Grand Prix races worldwide, past winners, and a bibliography and index.

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.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955. Draft script for the 1955 film, seen here under the working title "Sir Walter Raleigh." Academy Award nominated historical drama centered around the pseudo-romantic and somewhat volatile relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh, played by Bette Davis and Richard Todd respectively. "The Virgin Queen" marks Bette Davis' second appearance as Elizabeth I......

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.....

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1952. Final White script for the 1953 film. A loose adaptation of the popular 1925 silent film directed by James Cruze, retelling a largely fictionalized account of the formation of the US mail system. Charlton Heston plays a gritty Buffalo Bill Cody and Forrest Tucker plays Wild Bill Hickock. In reality, however, Wild Bill Hickock never.....

New York: Hotel Astor, 1936. Original lunch menu from the Times Square Hotel Astor in New York City, dated Wednesday October 7, 1936.The successor to the Astor family's Waldorf-Astoria hotel, an essential element of Times Square's growth into an entertainment location, and a widely-known bar for pickups, the Hotel Astor notably encouraged gay men to frequent the bar for pickups.....

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1961. Early Draft script for the 1970 film "Cromwell," seen here under the title "Oliver Cromwell." Copy belonging to director/screenwriter Ken Hughes, with his annotations throughout. With 11 pages of reproductions from "The Commonweal" newspaper from August and September 1885 laid into the front of the script, along with a drawing of how to add.....

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.....

Kent, UK: Harry Margary, 1981. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Slightly cocked; jacket has light toning to the spine and extremities, with light rubbing and a few tiny closed tears to the spine ends and corners, else Fine. A reproduction of John Rocque's map, originally published in 1747, including an extensive index.

N.p. Mafilm, 1977. Dialogue script for the 1979 Hungarian film "Allegro Barbaro." The second of Jancso's two-part dramatized history of Hungary, from the turn of the century to World War II, as told by the conflicted son of a wealthy landowner. Shot on location in Hungary. Gray titled wrappers, dated 1977. Title page not present, presumably as issued. 122 leaves.....

N.p. Filmes Cinematografica, 1976. Collection of 3 vintage borderless photographs from the 1976 film. Grazia Neri stamps on the verso. Jancso's "Private Vices, Public Pleasures" is loosely based on the death of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, believed having killed himself after shooting his lover in a suicide pact in 1882. Jancso's film presents Rudolf (Lajos Balazsovits) as a pan-sexual.....

Minneapolis, MN: Dillon Press, 1969. First Edition. Softcover quarto, blue printed wrappers. Robert Kilbride (1924-1998) was an artist who attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris in 1949. Following his studies in Europe, he taught art in and around the Minneapolis area, including the Minneapolis School of Art and the Walker Art School. While teaching, he was partner.....

N.p. N.p. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a resume laid in for actor Sharon Hawn, including holograph ink notation correcting her phone number, possibly due to her being considered for a role in this unproduced feature. Based on the autobiography "With Two Wheels and a Camera" by still photographer Bert Kopperl, who was a war correspondent and photographer.....

Beverly Hills, CA: 20th Century Pictures, 1935. Vintage linen backed keybook photograph of actor George Arliss (looking an awful lot like Rex Harrison) and director Rowland V. Lee on the set of the 1935 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. Based on the 1839 play "Richelieu" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton about the life of the 17th century French statesman Cardinal.....