Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1942. First Edition. Very Good plus in tan wrappers. Moderate toning to pages and wrappers, with a half inch tear to the top edge of the rear wrapper, and a previous bookseller's stamp to the rear wrapper. A very presentable copy.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1940s. Draft English language script of Camus' 1944 play. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin, circa 1940s, largely faithful to the 1947 Stuart Gilbert English translation, "Caligula and Cross Purpose," but with modifications made apparently for a smaller production. The adaptation includes the removal of incidental characters (patricians, knights, poets, guards, and servants), with their dialogue frequently merged.....
Russia: Raduga, 1982. First Edition. Fine in a Very Good plus pictorial slipcase, without dust jacket. Slipcase is rubbed at the extremities, with bumping at the corners. Illustrated throughout with color photographs of the palace's collection. Text is largely in Russian, with one essay in English.
London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975. Original British quad poster for the 1974 Spanish-Panamanian-English-British film. Printed in England by W.E. Berry. Based on Dumas' serialized 1844 novel, "The Three Musketeers." What's better than The Three Musketeers? Four! This time the gang must defend Queen Anne (Geraldine Chaplin) and her seamstress (Welch) from the wily Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston) and Milady (Dunaway). Nominated.....
Los Angeles: Heath Productions / Universal, 1961. Vintage double weight still photograph from the UK release of the 1961 US film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some rubbing present.
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......
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956. Final draft script for the 1956 film. Wrappers trimmed to conform to text block, separating spine from wrapper abd cropping copy number stamp "650" and re-written in holograph ink. Production number adjusted in holograph pencil with ."5." "#3" in holograph in on edge of spine. Based on Marcelle Maurette's 1952 stage play, about a scheme to.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1980. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1980 film. Based on Leasor's 1978 book about the raid by a small group of members of the Calcutta Light Horse on a Nazi radio ship in Goa in WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh (Peck) and Capt. Gavin Stewart (Moore).....
Paris: Gaumont, 1983. Two vintage borderless photographs of director Andrzej Wajda on the set of the 1983 Polish-French film. With holograph annotations on the verso. Based on the 1929 play "The Danton Case" by Polish writer Stanislawa Przybyszewska. Set in 1793, Georges Danton has returned to Paris from his solitary residence in the countryside just as the Committee for Public.....
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.....
![Chernobyl: The Final Warning [Final Warning] (Original teleplay script for the 1991 television...](/pictures/thumb/141598.jpg?v=1492980724)
Atlanta: Turner Home Video, 1990. Final Draft script for the 1991 television film. Here under the working title, "The Final Warning." Copy belonging to crew member Robert Easton, with his name on the front wrapper in holograph ink. Based on the 1988 book, "Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl" by Robert Peter Gale and Thomas Hauser. Even Jon Voight and.....
VA: Howell Press, 1995. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Black and white photographs and full color illustrations throughout.
New York: Putnam, 1917. Later printing, Near Fine in a Poor dust jacket. Gift inscription on front endpaper, dust jacket has lost the top and bottom of the spine though the title is not affected and the bottom of the rear panel, otherwise complete.
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.....
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1955. Three vintage linen backed photograph from the set of the 1955 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A telling of the 11th century legend of the English noblewomen, Lady Godiva who famously rode on horseback with only her long hair covering her body, as an appeal to her husband's oppressive taxation of his.....
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.
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New York: Richard Fields, Circa 1968. Draft script for the musical which premiered in 1968 by the Lincoln Center Workshop at the Forum Theatre. Numeric holograph annotation in holograph pencil on verso of last leaf. One of two musical plays written by actor Austin Pendleton. "Booth is Back in Town!" was first performed, with music by Jim Massengale, by the Yale.....
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.....
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1964. Reprint, Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Slight fading on spine and edges; dust jacket creased and chipped at spine crown, closed tear on rear bottom edge and rear top edge, and foxing to front left corner as well as inside edges.
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.....
Paris: Libra Films, 1969. Vintage Moyenne (medium) poster for the 1969 French-German-Italian film. Based on Juliette Benzoni's 1963 novel, "Il suffit d'un amour," the first of her "Catherine" series. Set in the Middle Ages, Catherine (Georges-Picot) is a Joan of Arc-style heroine. Director Borderie wanted the "Catherine" film to mark a new series of historic heroine films, like his previous.....
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.....
Berkeley, CA: Berkley Slavic Specialties, 1989. First Edition. Text in English and Russian. Fine and unread in tan wrappers and a Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of this collection of essays.
N.p. Vanguard Films, 1944. Original story script for an unproduced film, Bret Hart's unedited 1869 short story, here reproduced by Vanguard Films, dated August 9, 1944. Harte's short story was originally published in the January 1869 edition of Overland Monthly magazine. There have been several film and television adaptations made of the popular story, the earliest being John Ford's 1919 silent.....
Garden City: Doubleday, 1980. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket with light edgewear and toning to the extremities.
New York: Grossman Publisher, 1966. First Edition. The story of Adlai Stevenson's career told through photographs, including texts from his essays and speeches. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Some light rubbing to the board edges. Jacket has moderate edgewear and rubbing overall.
France: Illria Film, circa 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Based on the 1876 oft-produced novel by Jules Verne of the same title. Michael Strogoff is the courier of the Tsar, tasked to deliver a very important message to the Tsar's brother who is in Siberia, cut off from the main army due to the Tatar Army during the.....
![The Affairs of Messalina [Messalina] (Original Italian Souvenir Program for the 1951 film)....](/pictures/thumb/140476.jpg?v=1492980536)
Rome, Italy: Produzione Gallone / Filmsonor, 1951. Original souvenir program, printed in Italy, for the 1951 Italian-French-Spanish film. With several full-color illustrations of Roman warriors and women, and black-and-white films stills and on-the-set images. Based on the powerful and influential wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who conspired to kill him and was executed as a result. The classic adulterous.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965. Five vintage color studio still photographs from the 1965 film. The film follows the quarrels between Michelangelo and Pope Julius II over the painting of the Sistine Chapel. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. Shot on location in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Fine...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. The film follows the quarrels between Michelangelo and Pope Julius II over the painting of the Sistine Chapel. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. Shot on location in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
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Sao Paulo: Companhia Editora Nacional, 1935. First Portuguese photoplay edition of the 1929 E. Barrington book "The Laughing Queen: A Romance of Cleopatra," translated by Monteiro Lobato, for the Brazilian release of the 1934 US film. INSCRIBED "To Mr. Cecil B DeMille / With kindest regards" from the head of Paramount's South American headquarters, with a blind stamp from Cecil.....
![Flame of Araby [Flame of the Desert] (Original screenplay for the 1951 film). Charles Lamont,...](/pictures/thumb/134846.jpg?v=1638075946)
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.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Television, 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television miniseries, originally aired on NBC from February 19-21, 1978. SPIN. Based on Conrad Richter's trilogy of novels: "The Trees" (1940), "The Fields" (1946), and "The Town" (1950). The story follows a young woman who has recently moved from post-revolutionary Pennsylvania to the unsettled Ohio Valley frontier, navigating the.....
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.....
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003. First Edition. Fine and unread in a just about Fine dust jacket. Jacket is very lightly rubbed at the spine ends and corners, else as new. A bright, clean copy, with black and white and color illustrations throughout.
Baton Rogue: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
N.p. N.p., circa 1979. Draft manuscript for the 1979 novel. Lavinia Fenton is cast as Polly in a production of "The Beggar's Opera" where her wildest dreams begin to come true as she believes herself to be a true duchess. Set in London. Title page present, with credits for author David Telfair. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine, no wrapper, unbound.....
Los Angeles: David O. Selznick, circa 1940. Report and Story Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Red titled wrappers, noted as Report and Synopsis on the front wrapper, with credit for screenwriter Weiss. 17 leaves, mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
N.p. Self published, 1986. Draft script for the an unproduced three-act play called "Purr Poor Richard," or "Franklin in France," with both titles on the title page, written by Dennis Whelan. The play opens with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and follows Benjamin Franklin to France to negotiate a peace treat with the Crown. Notable characters include Major.....
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.....
London: Unviersal International Pictures, 1954. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1954 UK release of the 1954 US film. Similar to the Italian Peplum (sword-and-sandal) epics, this film centers on a Roman centurion's (Jeff Chandler) attempts to prevent Attila the Hun (Jack Palance) from conquering Rome. A story set in Eastern Europe, shot at Universal Studios in.....
Universal City, CA: Unviersal International Pictures, 1954. Vintage linen backed keybook photograph of director Douglas Sirk and actor Jeff Chandler on the set of the 1954 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Similar to the Italian Peplum (sword-and-sandal) epics, this film centers a Roman centurion's (Jeff Chandler) attempts to prevent Attila the Hun (Jack Palance) from conquering Rome. Also.....
Washington, DC: Naval History Division / Office to the Chief of Naval Operations / Navy Department, 1961. First Edition. Near Fine in blue semi-flexible binder with gilt titles on the front panel. Contains black and white illustrations. 169 pages.
Australia: Embassy Pictures, 1964. Collection of 8 vintage color studio still photographs from the 1964 film. The film follows a wealthy tycoon with a disagreeable temperament set to the backdrop of 1930s Hollywood. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951. Final script for the 1952 film. Based on the life of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata. Xerographically 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.....
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First Edition. Very Good in a Good example of the scarce dust jacket. Light foxing to the leaves and fore-edge and slight spine lean. Jacket toned and soiled overall, frayed overall, with a large tear to the spine panel.
Eagle City, AK: Eagle Historical Society And Museums, 1997. First Edition. Near Fine in large wrappers (softcover). INSCRIBED by the author on the first leaf.
Paris: Eugene Penaud et Comp, 1847. First Edition. Text in French. Very Good condition. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Tissue guard intact. Light foxing to the interior pages, minor splitting to the corners, light fraying to the crown, lightly rubbed overall.
New York: Moffat Yard, 1908. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication: "Dear Mrs. Whitin / I promised you these so long ago you have probably forgotten. All the same I send them with my love / Emily Post / 107 E. 34th St. / March 1908." A rare inscription from the author. Published fourteen years.....
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.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1955. Original title sequence artwork by Charles K. Hagedon for the 1955 film, the credit for director George Sidney, carved into a wall with two Romans standing by to the right, leading to a stormy sky. Archivally framed, mounted, and matted, with a description of the film in a die cut window in the matte.....
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph of an animated Federico Fellini with Martin Potter on the set of the 1969 film. "1969" stamp on verso. Loosely based on the late first century satire by Gaius Petronius. Fellini's dream-like depiction of first century imperial Rome, in a series of gloriously decadent, extravagant, and grotesque episodes, following the pan-sexual scholar.....
![Fellini] Satyricon (Original photograph of Federico Fellini from the set of the 1969 film)....](/pictures/thumb/151549.jpg?v=1638078188)
N.p. Produzione Europee Associate (PEA), Circa 1969. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph, with left margin, of Federico Fellini on the set of the 1969 film. Three "Christophe L." provenance stamps on verso. Loosely based on the late first century satire by Gaius Petronius. Fellini's dream-like depiction of first century imperial Rome, in a series of gloriously decadent, extravagant, and.....
![The Story of Adele H [L'histoire d'Adele H.] (Collection of 4 photographs from the 1975 film)....](/pictures/thumb/135604a.jpg?v=1492979149)
Paris: Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes, 1975. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white press photographs from the set of the 1975 film. Three of the four photographs show Truffaut and his crew working on the set, both in front of the camera and behind it, and the fourth is a lovely shot of Truffaut in uniform next.....
New York: NBC Television Network, 1960. Collection of four vintage photographs from NBC News of the 1960 Democratic National Convention. "NBC photo by Frank Carroll" stamp on the verso of each. Laid in is an NBC News mimeo snipe. One photograph is of the floor of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, largely empty, prior to the beginning of the.....
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1937. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1937 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Set in the 1840s, Ramsey Mackay (Joel McCrea), a Wells Fargo mail courier is promised an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters from New York City to Buffalo. Along his way he rescues Justine Pryor (Frances Dee) and her.....
![Rulers of the Sea [Ruler of the Seas] (Original screenplay for the 1939 film). Frank Lloyd, Frank...](/pictures/thumb/147679.jpg?v=1638076953)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1939. Second Buff script for the 1939 film, here under the working title "Ruler of the Seas." Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences, as was customary for the period. Inspired by the success of "Lloyds of London" (1936), Paramount made a series of million-dollar "spectacles" revolving around the history.....
Santa Monica, CA: HBO, 1992. Shooting script for the 1992 television film, with lines and phrases highlighted in yellow throughout. Included with the script are three separate sets of color revision pages (blue, pink, and yellow), dated between 2/7/92 and 2/11/92. Based on the true story of Joseph McCarthy's chief council Roy Cohn, who acted as one of the head proponents.....
10-16-31. Vintage photograph, 1931. Mimeo snipe and International News Photos stamp on verso. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York addressing spectators at the dedication of the Colonial National Monument at Yorktown during Virginia's Sesquicentennial Celebration of Cornwallis surrender. By the fall of 1931 Roosevelt was already being considered a likely candidate for the Democratic nominee for President in the.....
![Lionheart [Lionheart: The Children's Crusade] (Original screenplay for the 1987 film). Franklin...](/pictures/thumb/147435.jpg?v=1638076898)
N.p. Taliafilm II, circa mid 1980s. Draft script for the 1987 film. An early draft written solely by the creator of the story, Menno Meyjes. Loosely based on the 13th Century Children's Crusade, we follow the knight Robert Nerra (Eric Stoltz) as he joins up with King Richard the Lionheart (Neil Dickson) to protect orphan children from the Black Prince (Gabriel.....
N.p. Robert Cohn Productions, 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. B-film about the Korean War starring John Hodiak. Fred F. Sears used a combination of stock footage and live action to form his picture. Shot on location in South Korea. 10 x 8 inches. Fair, with a large crease to the bottom right corner and blue holograph.....
![Kean: A Play for Life [Kean: A Film Biography] (Two original screenplays for an unproduced film)....](/pictures/thumb/147444.jpg?v=1638076901)
New York: N.p., 1983, 1990. Two scripts for an unproduced film, a 1983 First Draft script and a 1990 Draft script. The First Draft script, titled "Kean: A Film Biography," contains a few annotations in holograph marker of text and dialogue corrections. The 1990 Draft script is entitled "Kean: A Play for Life." Accompanying the First Draft script is a......
Paris: Boussod, Valadon, and Cie, 1892. First Edition. Rebound in three quarter leather and marbled boards with gilt titles and raised bands. Good condition overall. Small portion of spine missing, moderate edgewear, and a large scratch to the top corner.
N.p. N.p. Master copy for the 1977 novel. The story of Paul Kohner, famed agent and producer of mostly foreign films for Universal Pictures, due to his ability to speak a few European languages. This novel was written by someone who knows him very well, his own brother. Set in Hollywood. Brown titled card wrappers, noted as MASTER COPY on.....
Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1924. First Edition. Very Good plus without dust jacket. Moderate fading to the extremities of the blue cloth boards, with some light dampstaining on the front board and a few underlines in red pencil to the text. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Contains black and white photographs of Russian porcelain throughout.
Paris: Combet and Cie, 1902. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light rubbing overall, small dampstain to the bottom of the front board, and owner bookplate on the front pastedown. A bright presentable book.
Paris: Librairie D' Education De La Jeunesse, Circa 1895. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good plus. Unbound signatures interspersed with 40 color chromolithograph illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light dampstain to the top of the title page, light toning to the leaves, and owner bookplate on front pastedown. A bright presentable.....
Paris: Boivin and Cie, [Circa 1897]. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good plus. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light rubbing on the front board, owner bookplate on the front pastedown, and leaves lightly toned. A bright presentable book.
Paris: Charavay, Martin, N.p. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light dampstain along top page edge of interior leaves, light foxing on the front board, and owner bookplate on front pastedown. A bright presentable book.....
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1969. Two vintage borderless photographs of Genevieve Bujold from the 1969 film, one on the set and one promotional portrait of her as Anne Boelyn. Mimeo snipes printed on the verso of each. Based on the 1948 play by Maxwell Anderson. Bujold in her first English language film as the young and beautiful Ann Boleyn, who captures the.....
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N.p. N.p., Circa 1943. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Georg Wilhelm [G.W.] Pabst on the set of the 1943 German film. Production stamps on verso. Made to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Paracelsus. Story of the 16th century Swiss physician/alchemist/astrologer Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), played by Werner Krauss. Made under the auspices of the Third Reich.....
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1999. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "For that great marine of two wars - my very fine friend who got saddled with two copies of this magnificent addition to the literature of the great war / Llewellyn W. Lord of Baltimore from / George B. Clark / Semper Fidelis / Marine." Fine.....
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.....
Aldershot: Gale and Polden Limited, Circa 1938. Subscriber's Edition. Tipped in illustrations of the artist's work throughout. Very Good lacking dust jacket. Uniform light foxing to the pages.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. First UK Edition (true First), Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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.
London: Eskenazi, 1992. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Eskenazi between December 8 and 22, 1992. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket with light rubbing and scratching.
London: Eskenazi, 1995. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Eskenazi between June 6 and July 8, 1995. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
London: Eskenazi, 1996. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Eskenazi between June 11 and July 13, 1996. Else Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Tiny tap to heel. Jacket with small bump to 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.....
N.p. N.p., 2008. Rainbow Revision Production Draft script for the 2008 film, copy belonging to Director of Photography Harris Savides, his name on labels on the top right of goldenrod revision title page and blue revision title page. The much acclaimed and widely loved biopic of gay rights activist, and first openly gay politician in California, Harvey Milk, portrayed by Sean.....
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.
Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1912. First Edition. Near Fine lacking dust jacket. Bruising to the rear board and bumping to the crown.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1924. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Light offset on the front and rear endpapers. Jacket heavily toned to the spine, professional repair to separation of the front flap, cello tape reinforcements to the crown and rear panel.
N.p. N.p., 1924-1932. Archive of original letters, photographs, and other ephemera relating to "West Virginia Bluebeard" serial killer Harm Drenth, the real-life basis for the character of Harry Powell in Davis Grubb's seminal 1953 novel, "Night of the Hunter," famously portrayed in the 1955 film version by Robert Mitchum. A substantial archive, including an autograph template letter in ink, signed.....
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 television movie. Disney re-edited the 1954 film Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue into a two part movie for The Magical World of Disney, which aired on ABC on October 3 and 10, 1956. Wartime adventures of Scottish highland leader Rob Roy MacGregor (Richard Todd), outlawed and hunted by.....
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1954. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1954 film. Wartime adventures of Scottish highland leader Rob Roy MacGregor (Richard Todd), outlawed and hunted by the forces of King George I (Eric Pohlmann). Set in and shot on location in Scotland. 8 x 10 inches. CONDITION.
Paris: Socieete Francaise D'Éditions C'Art, N.p. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Light foxing on the front board, toning to the spine, and previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown.
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941. Revised Shooting Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 574 and copy No. 7, studio "Received" (dated Dec 9, 1941), and "Permanent Legal Records" all rubber stamped on the front wrapper, with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. One annotation in holograph pencil of three names on the verso of.....
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......
![The Virgin Queen [Sir Walter Raleigh] (Original screenplay for the 1955 film). Henry Koster,...](/pictures/thumb/137577.jpg?v=1492979693)
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......
n.p. N.p., 1950. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman, credited for adding additional dialogue, holograph pencil signature on front wrapper. Holograph ink and pencil annotations throughout. Based on the true story of John Wesley Powell's dangerous inaugural navigation of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Creator of the Cosmos Club, second director of.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1974. Draft script for the 1975 film. Bound presentation script belonging to producer Howard Pine with his named embossed on the front board. With annotations in holograph pencil and ink throughout. A sequel to the 1968 film "Funny Girl," this is a fictionalized account of singer Fanny Brice and her marriage to impresario Billy Rose.....
N.p. Herbert Wilcox Productions, 1935. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1935 film. A British biopic about the eighteenth-century Irish actress, Peg Woffington. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a holograph graphite notation to the verso.
Washington, D C / New York: Smithsonian Books / Orion, 1990. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Near Fine, rubbed dust jacket.
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.....
New York: New Yorker Films, 1968. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs, four borderless, from the 1968 film. Presented in a brown paper envelope with title annotated in holograph pencil. The first feature film from the husband-and-wife team of Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet. An austere portrayal of the life and times of Johann Sebastian Bach, depicted by renowned harpsichordist.....
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Trade softcover. First Edition. Fine and unread in silver and black pictorial wrappers as issued. An analysis of the events of the Holocaust from both the victims' and perpetrators' points of view.
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. Near Fine.
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Hungary: MA-Film, Circa 1985. Film treatment for the 1985 film, here seen under the working title "Oberst Redl: The Spy of the Century." Loosely based on John Osborne's 1965 play "A Patriot for Me." A dramatization of the life of Alfred Redl, a former peasant and closeted gay man who climbs the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian military, eventually becoming Chief.....