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.....

New York: Janus Films, 1974. Draft script for the 1974 British film.A young man who has had a premonition of his death is called up to train and fight with the British forces during World War II, ultimately ending in his actual death in battle on D-Day. Shot in black and white on vintage Kodak film stock, with about half.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940. Vintage photograph of director Irving Cummings, cinematographer Leon Shamroy, and actresses Alice Faye and Helen Westley on the set of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. The life story of the 19th century American musical star. 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 20.5 cm). Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request...

Paris: Cinedis, 1961. Archive of 14 original single weight black-and-white photographs, and various ephemera, from the 1961 film, here under the original French title. The photographs, numbered on the versos in holograph pencil, detail costumes for starring actors Marina Vlady and Jean Marais, an exhibit of film stills and costume designs at a bookshop called "Lavocat," costumes displayed at tge.....

N.p. N.p., 1916. Vintage Swiss one sheet lithograph poster, made to promote the 1916 opening of Speck's Orient-Cinema in Zurich, during the heart of the silent film era. Designed and illustrated by costume and commercial designer Ernst Deutsch-Dryden. The poster's illustration portrays well-dressed clientele watching a Western movie, likely meant to represent a US import. During this period there was.....

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1979. Shooting Draft script for the season one, episode one of the 1979 television mini-series, originally broadcast on February 18, 1979 on ABC. Twelve years after arriving in Henning, Tennessee, "Chicken" George Moore, former cockfighting champion, is getting old and soon moves in with his son Tom, who has a family of his own.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938. Final Script for the 1938 film. Loosely based on the events surrounding the construction of the Suez Canal, the film stirred controversy upon its release when the descendants of main characters Matthieu and Ferdinand de Lesseps unsuccessfully sued the studio for libel. With all the elaborate costuming, special effects, and production costs typical of a......

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1978. Final Draft script for the season one, episode seven of the 1979 television mini-series, originally broadcast on February 24, 1979 on ABC. Ribbon copy Master typescript, from which all other copies of this draft were made. In the final installment of this epic tale, Alex, along with his family gather in Henning, Tennessee.....

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 are rarely 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.....

N.p. N.p., 1986. Treatment script 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.....

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.....

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1952. First Edition. REVIEW COPY with laid-in postcard and a slip noting publication date: "Mar. 13, 1952." The Canadian economist and former "Fortune" editor's second work, a concise work on the applications of price controls, beginning with those utilized during World War II, and continuing to date to determine efficient methods of using economic resources.....

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.....

Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1878. First Edition. Half bound in maroon leather with gilt lettering. Very Good plus. Rubbing and soiling overall, with moderate bruising to the edges of the front and rear boards. Chipped to the heel.

Paris: Dargaud Films, Circa 1976. Draft script for the 1976 French-British film. Based on the "Asterix" comic book series by writer Goscinny and illustrator Uderzo, a series that began in 1959, serialized in Pilote magazine, and ran until Goscinny's death in 1977, afterwards written by Uderzo until 2009. The series has spawned thirteen films, four of them live-action, games, and.....

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.....

New York: D. Appleton, 1914. First Edition. Color illustrations throughout by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (Job). Very Good plus lacking dust jacket. Owner book plate on the front pastedown, slight split along hinge, and light dampstain on the rear panel.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1967. First Edition. Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket is rubbed along the hinge folds and a lightly frayed at the crown. An attractive copy.

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.

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 annotations, 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.....

N.p. Objektiv Film, 1977. Studio Dialogue script for the 1979 Hungarian film, seen here under the Hungarian title "Magyar rapszodia." Text in Hungarian. The first 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. Nominated for the 1979 Palme d'Or at Cannes.....

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.....

New York: Twentieth Century-Fox, Circa 1954. Treatment script for the 1955 film. Brief annotations in holograph pencil throughout, and two names, Collins and Swann (presumed, association unknown), on the first page. Noted in pencil on the last leaf of text as "13 page treatment / 28 story developments / The entire story related here / story of taming of a......

Universal City, CA: Unviersal International Pictures, 1951. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1951 film, "Flame of Araby," here under its working title, "Flame of the Desert," struck-through and replaced with "Flame of Araby" in holograph ink, on the front wrapper. Notations in holograph pencil on page 30. Tamerlane (Chandler), a Bedouin chief, is hunting a legendary black stallion. Also.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1951. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still reference photographs from the 1951 film. Holograph annotations in ink (noting lengths of fabric) on the verso of one still. Featured are Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Marina Berti, and Leo Genn. Based on Henryk Sienkiewicz's 1895 novel, about the love between a young Christian woman named Lygia (Kerr).....