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2004182780Universal City: Focus Features 2004. Paperback. 97p. screenplay very good script in slim white printed trade paperback wraps. Focus Features paperback books
1989137550Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1989. Final Draft script for 1989 science fiction film adapted by John Varley from his 1977 short story "Air Raid" which he then expanded into the 1983 novel "Millennium." In a custom wrapper with a two-color logo for the film's initial production company prior to being picked up by Twentieth Century-Fox First Millennium Partnership. <br/><br/>A soldier from the future Ladd is sent back in time to prevent a present day NTSB investigator Kristofferson from uncovering a conspiracy where people about to die in air crashes are sent forward in time to repopulate Earth after pollution has made everyone in the future sterile. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers with First Millennium Partnership logo on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for Varley. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Photocopied. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light soil bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1944128959Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Post-production Continuity & Dialogue script for the 1945 film.<br/><br/>The fourth entry in Universal's six-film "Inner Sanctum" series released to theaters between 1943 and 1945.<br/><br/>White studio self wrappers dated October 6 1044 noting 6 reels. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures 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
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
49190London: George Newnes Ltd. Southhampton Street n. d. Circa early 1900s. Ltigh blue cloth binding with git stamped spine lettering & front board printed in white & black. Slight lean. Average wear. Foxing to text-block edges. Age-toning to paper. Overall Very Good. 186 2 adverts pp. Illustrated with drawings & from photographs. 6" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/> George Newnes, Ltd. Southhampton Street hardcover books
2014686342014. ISBN-13: 9781584775942; ISBN-10: 1584775947. Story Joseph; Grigsby W.E. Editor. Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence. Originally published: London: Stevens and Haynes 1884. lxxiii 1093 pp. Reprinted 2006 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775942; ISBN-10: 1584775947. Hardcover. Spine is slightly bumped. Else good. $75. Reprint of the first English edition based on the 12th American edition with notes on English decisions by W.E. Grigsby. "Probably the decisive factor in our reception of English equity was Story's Equity Jurisprudence. With much art . he made it seem that the precepts established by the decisions of the English Courts of Chancery coincided in substance with those of the Roman law as expounded by the civilians and hence were but statements of universal principles of natural law universally accepted in civilized states. If equity had been expounded to American judges and lawyers and students in the dry and technical fashion of the contemporary English treatises we might have been sorely hampered in the development of American Law by a crippled equity. Story's sympathetic exposition of English equity . was the one thing needed to commend equity to our American courts and to counteract the forces that were working against it." Pound The Formative Era in American Law 156-157. unknown books
1949140729Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage double weight still photograph from the 1949 film noir. Mimeograph snipe and photographer's rubber stamp to the verso. Seen here under the alternative title "Hounded." and featuring William Geer George Raft and Nina Foch aboard a speeding boat. <br/><br/>George Raft plays an ex-mobster turned undercover agent helping the Treasury Department root out a right wing counterfeiter George Macready attempting to bring down the government by flooding the US with false currency. And hey so what if he just so happens to win over the gangster's girl Nina Foch in the process<br/><br/>Set in California and Florida. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
201022429ELos Angeles: Disney / Pixar 2010. First Edition. Small format paperbound 5 1/4†x 8 1/4†130 pages. This is first appearance in book form of this screenplay specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Adapted Screenplay for the animated film Toy Story 3 screenplay by Michael Arndt story by John Lasseter Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich featuring the voices of Tom Hanks Tim Allen Joan Cusack Ned Beatty Don Rickles Wallace Shawn John Ratzenberger and Estelle Harris. A perfectbound book looking like a trade paperback. Hint of handling else a fine copy in printed wrappers. The film won 2 Oscars; Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song and was nominated for 3 more; Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound Editing. Disney / Pixar paperback books
1954134915New Orleans LA: Howco Productions 1954. Vintage black and white studio photograph from the 1954 film. With distributor's red warehouse stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Cult director Ed Wood Jr.'s attempt at serious film noir with the director's usual flare for bad music acting sets dialogue etc. resulted in a film that is in both the B-noir pantheon and the realm of the Psychotronic. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Archival repair to a long closed tear at the verso some faint creasing but no loss or staining. Good to Very Good overall. <br/><br/>Lyons p. 108-109. Spicer p. 412. Howco Productions unknown books
189310647Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1893. 3rd edition. Hardcover. VG some wear ends of spine bookplate T.E.G. Brown cloth. 295 pp. No illus. Includes chapters on "Michel Angelo" "Phidias and the Elgin Marbles" "The Art of Casting in Plaster Among the Ancient Greeks and Romans" "A Conversation with Marcus Aurelius" and "Distortions of the English Stage As Instanced in 'Macbeth'" Houghton, Mifflin and Co hardcover books
1930144997Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1930. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1938 film. Mimeograph description on the verso of each and holograph annotations on one. Shown in the photos are director Alfred Werker some crew members and actors Preston Foster Phyllis Brooks Preston Foster and Arthur Treacher<br/><br/>One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other.<br/><br/>A remake of the 1930 film of the same name directed by John Ford Starring Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart. A comedic rendition of a prison film. 'Chipper' Morgan Preston Foster and Tommy Grant Tony Martin go to prison after conning an undercover officer in a card game. Once in prison they join the football team and continue to pursue their mischief and antics. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1955135492Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the seminal 1955 Western. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Pitts 2525. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1957146680N.p.: Regal Films 1957. Collection of 11 vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. <br/><br/>Cowhand Jeff Donner John Agar is accused of murder and helped to escape by dancehall girl Susan Crowley Penny Edwards only to discover she's actually a Union Army spy working on foiling a Confederate plot. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Kanab Utah. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus some with creasing 2 with closed tears on bottom. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Pitts 3417. Regal Films unknown books
1965133257London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Warner-Pathe 1965. Collection of 8 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1965 UK film. <br/><br/>George the Brain James leads a ragtag band of robbers who steal money and hide it in a tree in a vacant lot but they are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. Once released from prison they seek out the tree only to find it is now on the premises of a police station. Several stars from the "Carry On" film series carryout this classic caper. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout Buckinghamshire England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint corner creases else Near Fine. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Warner-Pathe unknown books
1975135372Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Complete collection of 8 vintage color studio still photographs from the 1975 film. Each with a printed snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1954150196N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1954 film showing actors Mary Murphy Bruno VeSota Will Wright and others looking on as Robert Keith and Robert Osterloh restrain a wounded Marlon Brando. <br/><br/>Based on Frank Rooney's 1951 short story "The Cyclists' Raid." Two rival motorcycle gangs raise hell in a small town disrupting local racing events stealing and seducing the town girls. Widely considered the original outlaw motorcycle gang film firmly installing the rebel biker figure as an American cultural icon and launching Marlon Brando's career from initial stardom into infamy. <br/><br/>Set in Carbonville and Wrightsville California and shot on location in Calabasas Thousand Oaks and Hollister California. <br/><br/>9 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1956132544London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1956 UK release of the 1956 US film. <br/><br/>A star-studded but typical Hollywood biopic based on an original story by John O'Hara "Ten North Frederick" 1955 about a successful 1920s musical writing team DeSylva Brown and Henderson. They score several hits on Broadway but tensions between the three writers mount as two begin to feel neglected. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light creases and rubbing overall else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 356. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
189849345New York: Frank Tousey 29 West 26th Street 1898. 1st Printing. Printed paper newspaper format. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning & browning to paper which is becoming brittle. Possibly removed from a bound volume stab holes along spine. An About Very Good copy. 16 pp. Text quadruple column. Adverts. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. Internal wood engravings. 14-1/8" x 10-5/8" <br/><br/>"USS Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor in February 1898 contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April. American newspapers engaging in yellow journalism to boost circulation claimed that the Spanish were responsible for the ship's destruction. The phrase 'Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!' became a rallying cry for action. Although the Maine explosion was not a direct cause it served as a catalyst that accelerated the events leading up to the war." Wiki <br /> <br />Happy Days jumped on this bandwagon as demonstrated by this issue. and like most publishers wishing to hook their readership many stories of the stories herein are published in installments requiring the buyer to purchase a number of issues in order to read the entire tale. Frank Tousey, 29 West 26th Street unknown books
198618908Leamington Spa: Sixth Chamber Press 1986. First Limited Edition. One of 175 numbered copies signed by the author. Quarto; black clothwith illustrated title label printed in black brown and gold on buff paper affixed to front panel; 30pp; illus. A Fine copy. A short Christmas story by Theroux illustrated with three typographical constructions by Sebastian Carter. Sixth Chamber Press unknown books
182955461Boston: Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins 1829. First edition 8vo pp. 60; removed from binding; very good. Story was the first Dane Professor at Harvard a position he took while serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. American Imprints 40553; Sabin 92301. <br/><br/> Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins unknown books
185162801Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1851. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. xii 574pp.; viii 676pp. Original brown cloth spine ends worn with chipping to ends. Vol. 1 has a small piece that has been glued back on the top of spine. Scattered foxing throughout. <br/><br/> Charles C. Little and James Brown hardcover books
1964132433London: Warner-Pathe 1964. Collection of 8 vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the 1964 UK film. <br/><br/>Base on a short story by Stanley Ellin about an eager young man with a crush on the boss' daughter who gets involved with a bank heist and a murder. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few with faint corner creases else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1901011069London: Chappell & Co 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. LArge 8vo custom rebound in baby blue half leather over patterned paper boards. 225 adv. Printed vocal score with 25 songs for this light operetta first produced in 1900 by George Edwardes. Chappell & Co hardcover books
2014424382014. ISBN-13: 9781584775942; ISBN-10: 1584775947. Story Joseph; Grigsby W.E. Editor. Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence. Originally published: London: Stevens and Haynes 1884. lxxiii 1093 pp. Reprinted 2006 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775942; ISBN-10: 1584775947. Hardcover. New. $95. Reprint of the first English edition based on the 12th American edition with notes on English decisions by W.E. Grigsby. "Probably the decisive factor in our reception of English equity was Story's Equity Jurisprudence. With much art . he made it seem that the precepts established by the decisions of the English Courts of Chancery coincided in substance with those of the Roman law as expounded by the civilians and hence were but statements of universal principles of natural law universally accepted in civilized states. If equity had been expounded to American judges and lawyers and students in the dry and technical fashion of the contemporary English treatises we might have been sorely hampered in the development of American Law by a crippled equity. Story's sympathetic exposition of English equity . was the one thing needed to commend equity to our American courts and to counteract the forces that were working against it." Pound The Formative Era in American Law 156-157. unknown books
