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1967147886Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1967. Three vintage photographs from the 1967 film one studio still and two on the set photographs. <br/><br/>The second of three Tarzan films to star Mike Henry.<br/><br/>Tarzan is called to Brazil by his old friend The Professor Paulo Gracindo to help stop the evil Barcuma Rafer Johnson and the Jaguar Cult from destroying villages and enslaving natives. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Brazil. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1967147882Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1967 film. <br/><br/>A South African DeLuxe Color remake of William A. Wellman's 1948 film "Yellow Sky" based on W.R. Burnett's unpublished novel which was loosely based on William Shakespeare's "The Tempest."<br/><br/>Prospector Oupa Decker Vincent Price and his granddaughter Diana Ivarson are targeted by bandits led by 'Stretch' Hawkins Robert Gunner.<br/><br/>Set in South Africa shot on location in Australia and South Africa. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1971140038Paris: Albina Productions 1971. Original Japanese B2 poster for the 1971 French film. Based on a short story by Dostoevsky titled "White Nights" originally published in the magazine "Annals of the Fatherland" in 1846. <br/><br/>A typically precise stylized and carefully choreographed outing by Bresson rarely screened. The story concerns a four-day or four-evening relationship between a young artist and a young woman one that begins with the man saving the woman as she contemplates jumping from a bridge. <br/><br/>21 x 29 inches folded. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Albina Productions unknown books
1971126562Paris: Albina Productions 1971. Original French theatrical release poster for the first of three films made by Robert Bresson in the 1970s. "Quatre nuits d'un reveur" is based on a short story by Dostoevsky titled "White Nights" originally published in the magazine "Annals of the Fatherland" in 1846. <br/><br/>A typically precise stylized and carefully choreographed outing by Bresson rarely screened. The story concerns a four-day or four-evening relationship between a young artist and a young woman one that begins with the man saving the woman as she contemplates jumping from a bridge. <br/><br/>24 x 32 inches. Rolled on archival linen. Fine. Albina Productions unknown books
2016Embry 194967Yen Press 2016. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Yen Press, 2016. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1978148026New York: Sheldon R. Lubliner/F. Wendell Minnick 1978. Draft script for the 1978 musical which was to premiere at the Palace but closed during its out-of-town tryout and played The National Theatre in Washington DC from January 1 1978 to February 4 1978. Copy number "#34" written in holograph marker on top corner of title page.<br/><br/>The story of fictional song-and-dance man Jack Beaumont who becomes a Hollywood superstar during the golden age of movie musicals.<br/><br/>Yellow Studio Duplicating Service titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Richard Seff book Jerry Bresler music Lyn Duddy lyrics David Black director and Leonard Starr story. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-4-24. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with bruise near spine bound with two gold screw brads. Sheldon R. Lubliner/F. Wendell Minnick unknown books
1960132579Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1960. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1960 US film. Distributor rubber-stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on a story by Herbert Carlson about a lieutenant who gets tricked into commanding garbage scow with a crew of dimwitted misfits on a secret mission in Japanese controlled waters. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning with a few faint creases. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1956132620London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1956 UK release of the 1955 US film. Layovers for "Blood Alley" 1955 affixed to the versos as these stills were reused to promote a second film. <br/><br/>Based on Charles Samuels' novel about Evelyn Nesbit 1884-1967 the chorus girl and popular "Gibson Girl" of the early 1900s who caught the attention of 47-year-old architect and New York socialite Stanford White. The two maintained a romantic relationship up to her marriage to multi-millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw who later shot and murdered Stanford White on the rooftop theatre of Madison Square Garden leading to what the press would call "The Trial of the Century." <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creases and soil. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966146731N.p.: A.C. Lyles Productions 1966. Collection of 21 vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film in their original brown paper sleeve stamped "'RED TOMAHAWK' 66/365 A17." <br/><br/>Army captain Tom York Howard Keel arrives at the town of Deadwood after discovering the massacred 7th Cavalry and General Custer at Little Big Horn warning of an impeding Sioux attack. In desperate need of weapons he knows 2 Gatling guns are somewhere hidden in town but only Dakota Lil Joan Caulfield knows where and she refuses to disclose their whereabouts having had enough tragedy with the deaths of her husband and little boy. York persuades her to tell but before they can be assembled the guns are stolen by Sy Elkins Wendell Corey a degenerate gambler who intends on selling them to the Sioux.<br/><br/>Set in Deadwood South Dakota shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some with light uniform fading. Paper sleeve Near Fine with annotations of actors names in holograph ink.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Pitts 3338. A.C. Lyles Productions unknown books
1935143369Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1935. Vintage photograph of director Rene Clair on the set of the 1935 film. With the stamp of Pathe-RKO on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1935 short story "Sir Tristram Goes West" by Eric Keown first published in "Punch" magazine about an American who buys a Scottish castle and has it moved to Florida unaware that the castle's ghost comes with it. <br/><br/>9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
001866Tokyo: T. Hasegawa. N.d circa 1903. Probably first edition. Unpaginated twelve folded-over leaves including cover. Larger format 7.5 by 5.25 inches or 19 by 13.5 cm. Probably the best tale ever built around toothpicks! A fairy tale of the supernatural retribution meted out to lazy women with a second shorter variant of the same story included as well. This copy has particularly crisp and bright color! Light soiling to covers and some minor waviness where fabric dinged by bottom edge. <br /><br /> T. Hasegawa books
1942130910Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1942. Draft script for the 1942 film "Mug Town" seen here under the working title "Skidrow." <br/><br/>A crew of teenage tramps finds themselves about to be framed for a freight heist and must clear their names of the charges. Once they are able to do so they enlist in the US Army in order to do their part for the war effort during World War II. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 7060 dated April 16 1942 with credits for screenwriters Tarshis and Sucher. 146 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1942130516Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. First Draft Continuity for the 1942 film. This is a pre-production continuity not to be confused with a post-production continuity. <br/><br/>The "other woman" in this early 1940s Twentieth Century-Fox programmer turns out to be Emily Virginia Gilmore faithful secretary to master architect Henry Summers James Ellison. Hoping to trap her boss into marriage Emily begins sending "mash notes" to Henry purportedly from a mysterious female admirer. She then coerces her old pal Ralph Dan Duryea to pose as her jealous Southern-fried boy friend of the nonexistent letter-writer. Poor Henry convinced that Ralph is the gangster who's been threatening him with bodily harm takes off for parts unknown. Our heroine spends the rest of the picture chasing Henry until he finally catches her Hal Erickson Rovi. <br/><br/>From the AFI Catalog: "The working title of this film was 'Leap Year' also the title of Lamar Trotti's original story. According to a September 4 1941 memo in the Twentieth Century-Fox Records of the Legal Department located at the UCLA Arts Special Collections Library Trotti wrote the story "sometime ago" and sold it to the studio for one dollar when producer Walter Morosco decided to make it as a "low budget picture." Although the legal records indicate that Jerry Sackheim worked on a screenplay for the picture the extent of his contribution to the completed film has not been determined. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 185 and production No. 730 dated June 6 1942. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated June 6 1942 noted as 1st Draft Continuity with a sole credit for screenwriter Jungmeyer. 135 leaves mimeograph duplication with revision pages on blue stock dated variously between 6/10/42 and 6/20/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1952147403Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1952. Mini-poster for a circa 1952 re-release of the 1949 film.<br/><br/>One of the great gangster films based on an original screen story by screenwriter Virginia Kellogg who was nominated for an Academy Award for her work. <br/><br/>8.25 x 13.25 inches. Very Good. Light toned with tape residue to the top and bottom edges a couple of small splash stains and light creasing. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Selby Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
180165512Boston MA: Printed by Russell and Cutler 1801. First edition. 12mo. viii 9-155 pp. Original drab paper boards and tan paper spine. Soiling and cracking to paper spine paper chipping from boards text clean. A good somewhat tender copy. STODDARD and WHITESELL 702. WEGELIN 1157. <br/><br/> Printed by Russell and Cutler hardcover books
1998162871Santa Fe: Twin Palms 1998. Hardcover. 108p 10.25x8.25 inches landscape layout monograph of explicit b&w homoerotic photos accompanied by Homes' story "Ballad for the Beautiful Boy or Why I Like Photography" very good first edition of 4000 copies in glossy red boards and unclipped black dj. A favorite of this bibliographer on page 81 titled "Johnny Rey Waits for Wood" with a bored Johnny bent over a bench waiting for his partner to rise to the occasion surrounded by crew. Twin Palms hardcover books
198218894New York: Random House 1982. First American Edition. One of 500 copies numbered and signed by Pritchett. Octavo; hunter green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; original paper-covered slipcase; 48pp; illus. Fine in a Very Good to Near Fine slipcase lightly sunned at the opening with old sticker residue to right side. Contains a series of engravings by Reynolds Stone entitled "The Seasons' Course" along with Pritchett's autobiographical story "As Old as the Century. Random House unknown books
1931012089NY: The Century Co 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Uncommon title by Edith Ballinger Price 1897 - 1997 American writer and illustrator of eighteen children's books who studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and later at the New York Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. A sea-going juvenile. Book apparently unread - blue linen stamped in gilt prictorial endpapers. Striking dustjacket pictorial in orange blue and white. Dustjacket is dustily soiled more so at spine and chipped at corners and head of spine. Still presentable overall. JUVENILE. The Century Co hardcover books
1884026007Washington DC: G.P.O. 1884. First Edition. Quarto. 8 vii-xxxii 473 pages 85 plates 7 double 5 folded illustrations some in color maps. The largest part is devoted to Hawaiian volcanoes on pages 80-219. Besides maps of all the major islands it deals with the major eruptions and its effect on the population. There is also a report on the mining geology of the Eureka District of Nevada; A large section on fossils of oysters and the life-history of the oyster finally there is geological reconnance in southern Oregon. Bound in maroon cloth centrally stamped in a pictorial gilt spine lettering gilt a damp stain to lower front corner new endpapers damp staining to lower corners of leaves. G.P.O. unknown books
19481317879n.p.: Capitol Publishing Co. Inc 1948. Other. Thin Octavo; G/stiff cardboard; red/yellow spine with white and red text; 3 volumes; volumes contained in red blue and yellow box; some rubbing wear to box edges; light soiling to box exterior; covers have slight shelf wear; some wear to edges; cut-out clown duck and horse affixed to front covers; text blocks show light toning to exterior edges; interiors light toned; profusely illustrated; good condition;. 1317879. FP New Rockville Stock. Capitol Publishing Co., Inc unknown books
1973139120London: Walt Disney Pictures 1973. Original British full-color program for the 1973 release of the 1964 US film. Printed by Sackville Smeets Limited. <br/><br/>Based on Travers' 1934 novel and subsequent books. Julie Andrews is a magical nanny briefly employed by a dysfunctional Edwardian London family in this classic Disney feature that combines both live action and animated sequences. The film won five Academy Awards and was nominated for another seven including Best Picture making "Mary Poppins" the highest-awarded Walt Disney feature ever. Novelist Travers famously voiced her objections to the Disney adaptation of her character particularly the animated scenes and musical numbers for which the film later gained so much acclaim. <br/><br/>8.5 x 11 inches 8 leaves with color wrappers saddle-stapled. Very Good plus with light rubbing and creasing and faint foxing. Scarce. Walt Disney Pictures unknown books
1965147917Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film of Glynis Johns and David Tomlinson with Karen Dotice and Matthew Garber. <br/><br/>Based on Travers' 1934 novel and subsequent books. <br/><br/>Julie Andrews is a magical nanny briefly employed by a dysfunctional Edwardian London family in this classic Disney feature that combines both live action and animated sequences.<br/><br/>The film won five Academy Awards and was nominated for another seven including Best Picture making "Mary Poppins" the highest-awarded Walt Disney feature ever.<br/><br/>Novelist Travers famously voiced her objections to the Disney adaptation of her character particularly the animated scenes and musical numbers for which the film later gained so much acclaim. <br/><br/>Set in London. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
007220Weston CT: CC Studios Inc. SCARCE publicity poster for the first release of the 1993 videocassette 18" w x 24" h. Near Fine faint crease top left corner. A great and quite uncommon piece for the Sendak completist. Well suited for framing all posters will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18" x 24". CC Studios, Inc. books
1982129045Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1982. Early Draft script for the 1995 film "Screamers" seen here under its working title "Dragon's Teeth." The script itself is dated 1982 over ten years between script writing and the film's release. Bound at the rear are appendices and a colored map of Soviet and United Nations territories during World War III. Shot on location in Canada. <br/><br/>Based on the 1953 short story "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick the story takes place in the year 2078 on a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war WWIII where scientists have created the perfect weapon: a self-replicating army of killing machines called "Screamers." They have continued to evolve without any human guidance and eventually seek to destroy all of life. Joe Hendricksson Weller leads a group of soldiers still alive on the mining planet Sirius 6B and decides he must negotiate a peace treaty with enemy forces. To do so he will have to cross a wasteland full of Screamers. <br/><br/>Pale gray titled wrappers dated October 29 1982 with credits for screenwriter O'Bannon and for writer Dick. Title page present dated October 29 1982 with credits for screenwriter O'Bannon and for writer Dick. 126 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Lentz p. 1494. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1937148047North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1937. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film here under the working title "It Might Happen to You" three of Elsa Janssen and Christian Rub. Mimeo snipes on the verso. <br/><br/>Max Barrett known to everyone as "Pa" owns a candy store in New York East side neighborhood of immigrants and raises two boys Fred an aspiring lawyer and orphan Bob Ames who begins dabbling in a life of crime.<br/><br/>Screenplay written by author Nathanael West and black-listed screenwriter Samuel Ornitz. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. One Near Fine with light edge wear One Very Good plus with chip in lower right corner and small closed tear in left margin Two Good each with large chip in right corner. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Republic Pictures unknown books
