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1841668361841. Boston 1841. 1st edition. Boston 1841. 1st edition. "A Truly Luminous Exposition" Story Joseph 1779-1845. Commentaries on the Law of Partnership as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence. With Occasional Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown/London: A. Maxwell 1841. xxi 690 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary sheep blind fillets to boards raised bands and small lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and some shallow scuffing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities somewhat heavier rubbing to spine corners bumped. Moderate toning to text light foxing in places upper corners of some leaves have fold lines a few have early underlining and other marks in pencil. An appealing copy. $950. First edition of one of Story's great treatises. Like the others it was a standard work in the United States and to some extent Great Britain. In his Law Studies Samuel Warren said the Commentaries on the Law of Partnership is "a truly luminous exposition of a subject noted for its intricacy and the subtlety of the rules upon which the system depends" 451. It was a deeply influential work as well. Indeed Pound mentions it his list of texts that were "a significant force in our legal development.": The Formative Era of American Law 140. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 9321. unknown books
1938148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. <br/><br/>One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937.<br/><br/>Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
195716096JHollywood May 28 1957. Original 12 page carbon typescript on yellow paper bradbound in blue studio wrappers dated May 28 1957 a year before the final finished film Attack of the the 50 Foot Woman was released on My 18 1958. Taken from her home high in the Himalayas ala King Kong from Skull Island a 100-ft tall woman is brought to NY city.  The opening paragraph synopsis: “Think of Esther Williams; now think of Anita Ekberg. Think of them both -- physically. Then after turning them both slowly over in your mind of course dwell on the most luscious attributes lavished on each by a bountiful Nature. … Take that result and multiply IT by about twenty. Now you have Gigante. She’s something over a hundred feet tall and most ALL of that vast loveliness is quoted practically verbatim under the skimpy animal skins she being feminine to the ultimate has managed to piece together into a garment of sorts.  …. she is found in the limitless unknown of the brooding Himalayan mountains of Mongolia by our intrepid adventurer…later in New York jealous of the attention he pays to another woman she runs amok… Up Broadway and down Fifth Avenue she strides casually kicking taxis trucks and busses out of her way…a squadron of fighter planes are warming up.†Ultimately the final screenplay was written by Mark Hanna who wrote such B films as The Undead Not of This Earth and The Amazing Colossal Man a sort of male precursor to Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. Hanna turned the story into a dramatically changed sci-fi picture with film noir crime film aspects using certain elements from this story idea like the giant woman Gigante her smashing of automobiles her obsession with a man and a rival woman Gigante hunting down her female rival because she knows that her man will be near her rival and Gigante reaches into the building with her giant hand to find them. As envisioned by Beck and Birdwell the film was way too expensive with its elaborate New York location and set scenes with the New York City sequence too close to King Kong Hanna transferred the location to a small American town with inexpensive science fiction alien effects which were suited to the budget of the B movie that was desired to be made cheaply. George Beck wrote the screenplays for several B-movies during the 30’s and 40’s before moving into television where he wrote scripts for GE Theater Make Room for Daddy The Thin Man Lassie The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and others. Russell Birdwell spent 25 years as a studio publicist doing the publicity for such films as Gone With the Wind Rebecca Nothing Sacred The Outlaw The Alamo etc. before writing the screenplay for Jim Thorpe - All American and several other B-films. unknown books
1959145643Culver City CA: Associated Producers Inc 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. <br/><br/>Sequel to Kurt Neumann's "The Fly" and taking place one year after the conclusion of that film. Phillipe Delambre Brett Halsey takes up his father's work of matter transmission and with his uncle Francois Vincent Price they accidentally produce a monstrous creature a man with the head of a fly. <br/><br/>Title page integral to front wrapper with credits for screenwriter and director Edward Bernds. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mechanical duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between February 24 1959 and February 25 1959. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Associated Producers Inc unknown books
1939138289Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1939. Bound presentation script for the 1939 film based on the 1933 short story by Gordon Malherbe Hillman originally published in "American Magazine." SIGNED by members of the cast and crew including stars John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler and Donald McBride director Garson Kanin screenwriter John Twist and producers Cliff Reid and Pandro S. Berman. Presented to newspaper film critic Karl Krug with his name in gilt on the front board. <br/><br/>One of John Barrymore's final films where he plays a terminally ill man who has to cast the deciding vote in a town's mayoral election. <br/><br/>6.75 x 9 inches. Mimeograph duplication bound in flexible leather boards with gilt stamping. Very Good plus with a small dampstain to the front page edge. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1930857New York: Bibo & Lang Exclusive Distributors 1930 First edition second issue. Quarto 12" x 9" 15 & 1 pages plus covers. Original pictorial stapled paper wraps.<br /><br /><p>Moderately soiled & rubbed wraps beginning to separate about 3 inches brief wear at edges & corners light foxing a Very Good copy of a fragile book. </p><p>The second issue of the first Mickey Mouse book which adds Bobette Bibo's age on the title page revises the lyrics of The Mickey Mouse Song removing "Kill Him" & adds two comic strips. The game board & adjacent perforated sheet with the games pieces so often lacking are present & uncut.<br /></p> Bibo & Lang paperback books
1949139871Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Revised Final script for the 1950 film. Bound presentation belonging to producer Sol C. Siegel with his name in gilt on the front board. With 53 studio still photographs tipped in throughout four pages of retakes and added scenes tipped in at the rear as well as a number of holograph annotations primarily denoting the titles of various musical numbers. <br/><br/>Based on the short story "Stork Don't Bring Babies" by S.K. Lauren Grable and Dailey play a showbiz couple who discover in successive order that they cannot have children that they can adopt children and that they aren't really fit to raise children. But things get better with the help of several musical numbers scored by Harold Arlen. <br/><br/>Bound in green faux leather boards with gilt titles and rule and marbled endpapers. Title page present dated Dec. 1 1949 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriters Trotti and Binyon. 191 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/21/19 and 1/5/50. Pages Very Good plus photographs Near Fine with some bruising or chipping to the verso of the preceding page on either the top or bottom edge. Boards Near Fine with a bump to the upper rear corner. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1932145965Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1932. Draft script for an unproduced film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>An early screenplay by American playwright Zoe Akins who won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1935 for her adaptation of Edith Wharton's "The Old Maid." <br/><br/>Based on the 1898 story by John Luther Long. An American naval officer purchases marries and abandons a Japanese geisha named Butterfly leaving her penniless pregnant and increasingly despairing of his return. <br/><br/>Madame Butterfly has been adapted numerous times for opera stage and film although many of these productions have faced increased scrutiny in recent years for their stereotypical portrayals of Japanese people white actors in "yellowface" and inaccurate descriptions of Japanese customs and culture.<br/><br/>Tall white titled self wrappers noted as MASTER FILE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 1083 with credits for screenwriter Zoe Akins. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered G-25. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1834715771834. Boston 1834. First edition. Boston 1834. First edition. Handsomely Bound First Edition of One of Story's Most Important Treatises Story Joseph 1779-1845. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws Foreign and Domestic in Regard to Contracts Rights and Remedies and Especially in Regard to Marriages Divorces Wills Successions and Judgments. Boston: Hilliard Gray and Company 1834. xxv 1 557 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Superbly bound in period-style full calf blind rules to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine original endpapers retained. Moderate toning to text somewhat darker or browned in places light foxing faint gradually diminishing dampstaining to margins of several leaves at beginning and end of text. A handsome copy. $1500. First edition. Story's Conflict of Laws the first systematic treatise on the subject is one of his greatest and most influential works. Warren says: "It is not too much to say that its publication constituted an epoch in the law; for it became at once the standard and almost the sole authority.it received the honor of being practically the first American law book to be cited as authority in English courts." Expanding on this latter point Marvin quotes "a late English writer" who says that "no work on international jurisprudence merited nor received greater praise from the jurists of Europe. It impressed English lawyers with the highest respect for Story's extensive learning." Marvin Legal Bibliography 471. Warren A History of the American Bar 545. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 2723. unknown books
182833114Boston: Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins 1828. 1st edition American Imprints 35420; Bradford 5255; Sabin 92299. INSCRIBED by the author in the t.p. top margin "To his Honor / Lieut Govr Winthrop / with the Respects of / The Author". Disbound. Chemised and housed in a custom brown quarter-leather slipcase with marbled paper boards. Slipcase - Fine. Pamphlet - Top trimmed from first 2 words of inscription. Lacks lower right corner of title leaf otherwise VG. 90 pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>Story the famed Supreme Court Justice known for his Commentaries on the Constitution 1833 was the youngest attorney ever be nominated to the court at 32 here inscribes this work to Winthrop while Winthrop was serving as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1826 - 1833. Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins hardcover books
1845598981845. Early French Edition of Story's Commentaries on the Constitution Story Joseph 1779-1845. Odent Paul Editor and Translator. Commentaire Sur la Constitution des Etats-Unis Traduit du Commentaire de J. Story Professeur de Droit a L'Universite de Harvard Et Augmente des Observations de Mm. Jefferson Rawle De Tocqueville Etc. Et de Notes Sur la Jurisprudence et L'Organisation Judicaire par Paul Odent Docteur en Droit Avocat a la Cour Royale de Paris Ancien Avocat aux Conseils du Roi et a la Cour de Cassation. Paris: Joubert 1845. Two volumes. ix lxxi 390; iii 498 1 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards raised bands and lettering pieces to spines. Light rubbing to boards and extremities a few minor nicks to spines corners bumped. Moderate toning occasional light foxing internally clean. A handsome copy of an uncommon title. $1500. Reissue of the first French edition 1843 with a slightly different title. The first is entitled Commentaire Sur la Constitution Federale des Etats-Unis. The first complete translation into a foreign language it is taken from Story's first abridged edition 1833. Along with Franz Joseph Buss's Uber die Verfassungs-Urkunde der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika. Historischer Teil Nach Story's Commentarien Bearbeitet 1838 Odent's preface is an important source of information on the European reception of Story's work and the American Constitution. In addition to original notes Odent added relevant commentary by Jefferson Rawle Tocqueville and others and discussed aspects of the American government that could be adopted in Europe. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries University of Alabama and University of Michigan. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 2918. unknown books
1843605041843. First French Edition of Story's Commentaries on the Constitution Story Joseph 1779-1845. Odent Paul Editor and Translator. Commentaire Sur la Constitution Federale des Etats-Unis Precede d'un Apercu sur l'Histoire des Colonies et des Etats Avant l'Adoption de la Constitution Traduit du Commentaire de J. Story Professeur de Droit a L'Universite de Harvard Et Augmente des Observations de Mm. Jefferson Rawle De Tocqueville Etc. Et de Notes Sur la Jurisprudence et L'Organisation Judiciaire par Paul Odent Docteur en Droit Avocat a la Cour Royale de Paris Ancien Avocat aux Conseils du Roi et a la Cour de Cassation. Paris: Joubert Libraire de la Court de Cassation 1843. Two volumes. ix i x lxxi 1 390; iv 498 1 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4". Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards gilt title fillets and blind-stamped ornaments to spine speckled edges marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards hinges starting. Moderate toning to text light foxing in places mostly to margins. Early owner stamp A. Armand to front endleaf of each volume interiors otherwise clean. A nice copy of a scarce title. $1500. First French edition. The first complete translation into a foreign language it is taken from Story's first abridged edition 1833. Along with Franz Joseph Buss's Uber die Verfassungs-Urkunde der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika. Historischer Teil Nach Story's Commentarien Bearbeitet 1838 Odent's preface is an important source of information on the European reception of Story's work and the American Constitution. In addition to original notes Odent added relevant commentary by Jefferson Rawle Tocqueville and others and discussing aspects of the American government that could be adopted in Europe. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law schools George Washington University University of Alabama University of Michigan. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 2918. unknown books
1934135018Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1934. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white photograph from the set of the 1934 film. Snipe in manual type on the verso mentioning Karloff in "his latest picture for Universal The Black Cat" and rubber stamps crediting photographer Roman Freulich noting that the struck print is for an archive and that the photo is to be an exclusive. A stunning image of Karloff in full high priest regalia. <br/><br/>One of several great films by director Ulmer and along with "Detour" probably his finest achievement an efficient tale in which a young couple with a broken down automobile land not in a decidedly art deco haunted house where Karloff resides and Lugosi along with the couple is visiting. Michael Weaver notes: "Boldly thumbing its nose at convention the film is a veritable catalog of human corruption. Sadism shades of incest revenge murder torture voyeurism Satan worship ailurophobia necrophilia rape and insanity are weaved into the nearly plotless story with remarkable precision."<br/><br/>8.5 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Weaver p. 87-95. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972148406N.p.: N.p. 1972. Revised Version Draft script for the 1972 film belonging to actor Martin Landau with his holograph ink and pencil annotations throughout most in reference to his character Capelli including action and dialogue changes. Also included are a 21-page shooting schedule and call sheet with the name of uncredited crew member Jim O'Roarke in holograph ink on the shooting schedule and holograph annotations to both. <br/><br/>From the estate of Martin Landau.<br/><br/>British director Robert Hartford-Davis originally conceived of the story for the film based on the Black Power movement in contemporary Britain and hired Robert Shearer to write the screenplay. The first American feature-length film for Hartford-Davis and the film debuts of baseball star Vida Blue and football player Gene Washington. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Version Screenplay with credits for story by Robert Hartford-Davis and screenwriter Franklin Coen. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Shooting Schedule 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine with light creasing at corners.<br/><br/>Call Sheet 8.5 x 13 Near Fine with a single fold. N.p. unknown books
1945151322Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1945. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1946 film containing an earlier alternate ending and a revised "New Ending" bound in following the primary narrative. The additional material consists of a pink "New Ending" announcement page dated February 12 1946 ten blue revision pages that include one carbon typescript page on onionskin stock. Notations in holograph pencil throughout the set of revision pages.<br/><br/>Based on the 1945 story serialized in "Good Housekeeping" magazine by Leo Rosten and written by screenwriter Jay Dratler. Private investigator Bradford Galt Mark Stevens is being followed by a man in a white suit who when confronted tells Brad that he was hired by his old business partner from San Francisco who now works for wealthy art aficionado Hardy Cathcart Clifton Webb in New York. Believing he is targeted for murder he avoids being killed but becomes implicated in an actual murder. Through it all his plucky and attractive secretary Kathleen Stewart Lucille Ball stays steadfastly by his side. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 72 dated Oct. 31 1945. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated October 31 1945 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Jay Dratler. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/29/45 and February 12 1946. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some edgewear and small closed tears bound internally with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Grant US. Selby Canon US. Selby Masterworks US. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1834707421834. Boston 1834. First edition. Contemporary binding. Boston 1834. First edition. Contemporary binding. First Edition of "An Epoch in the Law" Story Joseph 1779-1845. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws Foreign and Domestic in Regard to Contracts Rights and Remedies and Especially in Regard to Marriages Divorces Wills Successions and Judgments. Boston: Hilliard Gray and Company 1834. xxv 1 557 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind rules to boards raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and a few shallow scuffs to boards somewhat heavier rubbing to extremities early owner signature of Edwin Conant to front pastedown below early annotation in pencil. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places occasional light foxing. A choice copy of a landmark work. $2000. First edition. Story's Conflict of Laws the first systematic treatise on the subject is one of his greatest and most influential works. Warren says: "It is not too much to say that its publication constituted an epoch in the law; for it became at once the standard and almost the sole authority.it received the honor of being practically the first American law book to be cited as authority in English courts." Expanding on this latter point Marvin quotes "a late English writer" who says that "No work on international jurisprudence merited nor received greater praise from the jurists of Europe. It impressed English lawyers with the highest respect for Story's extensive learning." Conant 1810-1891 was a prominent Worcester Massachusetts lawyer businessman and philanthropist. Marvin Legal Bibliography 471. Warren A History of the American Bar 545. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 2723. unknown books
1858542971858. Bennett E.H. Editor. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. Bennett E.H. Editor. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. Attractive Third Edition of Story's Commentaries on the Constitution The Last Edition Published Before the Civil War Story Joseph 1779-1845. Bennett E.H. Editor. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1858. Two volumes. 8 xxxiii ii 735; ii 702 pp. Eight-page publisher catalogue at beginning of Volume I. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth raised bands retaining original red morocco lettering pieces endpapers renewed. Light to moderate toning negligible foxing to a few leaves some offsetting to margins of Volume II title page internally clean. A nice copy in a handsome binding. $2000. Third edition. First published in 1833 this work is probably the most important work written on the American Constitution during the nineteenth century. Though overshadowed by Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court Story had no peer as a teacher or writer. Comparing the Commentaries to The Federalist James Kent observed that Story's treatise was "written in the same free and liberal spirit with equal exactness and soundness of doctrine and with great beauty and eloquence of composition. Whoever seeks for a complete history and exposition of this branch of our jurisprudence will have recourse to the above work which is written with great candor and characterized by extended research and a careful examination of the vital principles upon which our government reposes" cited in Marvin Legal Bibliography 669-670. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 2917. unknown books
1966148795N.p.: N.p. 1966. Collection of 20 vintage borderless photographs from the 1966 film 18 reference photographs and 2 fashion photographs of Rosaleen Murray and Ann Norman. Mimeo snipes on the verso of three of the photographs. <br/><br/>Inspired by the 1959 short story "Las Babas del Diablo" by Julio Cortazar.<br/><br/>Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language film marking the beginning of the final phase of his work co-produced by companies in Italy the United States and the United Kingdom and featuring an international cast. The director's brash use of color set design non-standard editing techniques and typical emphasis of atmosphere over plot would carry over into the two major films that followed "Zabriskie Point" 1970 and "The Passenger" 1975. <br/><br/>In his 2009 essay on the film Danny Lyon notes "It is apt that through his established style Antonioni made a movie that is perhaps closest to communicating the myth of the swinging Sixties scene but also the confusion of the time. . Britain's new and very chaotic cultural revolution was perhaps most effectively captured by an Italian."<br/><br/>Winner of the Palme d'Or. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Lightest edgewear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 865. Ebert I. Grant UK/Italy. N.p. unknown books
1945121814Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1945. Original treatment titled "Characters and Premise" and complete set of continuities for the 1945 13-episode film serial including a continuity for the trailer constituting a virtually complete record. Hammett debuted his Nazi-fighting agent in 1934 in comic book form with artwork by the legendary Alex Raymond. A film adaptation was made by Universal in 1937 and this serial starring Lloyd Bridges was produced in 1945. Neither the film or serial version are noted in the film appendix of Layman's Hammett bibliography. Any original paper relating to serials is extremely uncommon; a complete set such as this rare. Each document in white studio self-wrappers with the treatement side-stapled and dated January 4 1945 the trailer and episode continuities top-stapled and dated between June 6 1945 and August 16 1945. <br/><br/>Treatment is 16 pages each of the fourteen continuities represent two reels each and run 16-18 pages each and the trailer continuity is 5 pages. All mimeograph duplication Very Good plus condition each with two blank leaves at the rear a few terminal blanks loose from staples a couple of short edge tears all leaves supple and clean. In a custom clamshell box. Universal Pictures unknown books
1930151357Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1930. Archive of 68 vernacular photographs housed in a contemporary photo album each photo with descriptions in silver holograph ink just below it and distributed in three sections as follows: 1 34 photos taken on the set of "The Dawn Patrol" Howard Hawks 1930 an aviation drama set during World War I. Included are shots of planes in flight and several others of star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. With holograph annotations to the album pages identifying most of the photographs; 2 16 vernacular photographs taken on the set of the pre-Code film "The Life of the Party" Roy Del Ruth 1930 and 18 vernacular photographs of the sinking of the RMS Tahiti off cost of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands on August 16-17 1930 taken from the nearby SS Ventura.<br/><br/>The front cover of the photo album identifies the photographer as J.N. Boucher and he appears four times in the album twice dressed as a pilot in "The Dawn Patrol" section and twice in "The Life of the Party" section in one standing in front of a Vitaphone truck along with a man identified as Dolph Thomas who worked as an uncredited sound engineer on the film.<br/><br/>Photographs variously sized generally between 3.5 x 2.5 and 5.25 x 3.25 inches Very Good plus. Photo album Good only with several pages detached a few loose photographs. First National Pictures unknown books
1964145375Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1964. Revised Final script for Season 1 Episode 31 of the 1964-1966 television show "The Outer Limits" originally aired April 27 1964 on ABC. <br/><br/>Robert Duvall plays a disaffected CIA agent sent to infiltrate an alien flying saucer that has crash landed. He finds that the genetic material used to alter his appearance has overridden his human nature and he ultimately chooses to return to the home planet of the benevolent aliens and leave humanity and its violence behind. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 52 and production No. SF# 30 dated March 3 1964 with credits for screenwriter Robert Towne. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Towne. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1873680951873. Uncommon Cooley Edition of Story's Commentaries on the Constitution Story Joseph 1779-1845. Thomas M. Cooley 1824-1898 Editor. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1873. Two volumes. xxxii 752; 737 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Recent period-style calf blind fillets and lettering pieces to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text moderate edgewear light soiling and small library inkstamps to title pages. Quite uncommon in the trade. $1750. Fourth edition. Commentaries on the Constitution was the most extensive and widely discussed study of the Constitution written during the antebellum period. It was originally published in 1833 and the next two editions appeared in 1851 and 1858. Divided into three books it offers a strongly nationalist interpretation of the Federal constitution. Book I contains a history of the colonies and a discussion of their charters. Book II discusses the Continental Congress and analyzes the flaws that crippled the Articles of Confederation. Book III begins with a history of the Constitution and its ratification. This is followed by a brilliant line-by-line exposition of each of its articles and amendments. Published in 1873 Cooley's edition updated Story's text to include discussion of the 13th 14th and 15th Amendments as well as other changes introduced during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Cooley's additions are enclosed in square brackets some notes by Edmund Bennett the editor of the third edition are retained and attributed. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:669. unknown books
1973143674Tokyo: Toho Company / 1973. Draft script for the 1973 Japanese film. Based on the 1972-1973 manga written by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura. <br/><br/>The story of a woman with a sword in the end of her umbrella who seeks vengeance against the men who murdered her father and raped her mother leaving a trail of blood in her wake. A gorgeously shot cult classic and one of the best films of early 1970s samurai cinema. One of Quentin Tarantino's greatest influences for his "Kill Bill" duology borrowing plot and thematic elements character and set design and even re-creating specific shots. <br/><br/>Off white wrappers perfect bound with red and blue titles dated 1973.9.20. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered "e-28." Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper a moderately foxed Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Arrow 662. Criterion Collection 790. Toho Company / unknown books
1928140436Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Draft script for the 1929 silent film. <br/><br/>Lon Chaney plays a heavily-scarred wild animal trapper whose daughter's upcoming marriage is threatened by the return of her femme fatale mother. The mother harbors bitterness to Chaney and seeks revenge on him by attempting to woo her daughter's fiance thwarted by a gorilla Chaney releases from a cage that gruesomely attacks her. Lon Chaney's penultimate silent film and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. The film was released with a Movietone music and effects soundtrack that could be played alongside the film. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 10751 and production No. 415 dated Dec. 31 1928 with credits for producer Irving Thalberg. Title page integral with the first page of the text with credits for story writers Tod Browning and Harry Sinclair Drago and screenwriter Waldemar Young. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1927140438Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Draft script for the 1927 silent film "Mockery" seen here under two early draft titles "Terror" and "The Harelip." <br/><br/>Lon Chaney is a half-witted Russian peasant who is promised food and a place to live if he escorts a Countess Bedford safely home. He does so despite becoming caught up in the Bolshevik revolution and even moreso in a case of terminally unrequited love for the countess. <br/><br/>Danish director Christensen is best known for his avant garde work and in particular the seminal documentary "Haxan: Witchcraft through the Ages" 1922. Between 1922 and 1929 Christensen made films for MGM and Warner Brothers/First National this being one of his last silent films. Like many of the films from the silent era many unusually bold turns are made with many touches that affirm Christensen's status as an auteur. The film was rediscovered and restored in the 1970s. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 0378 and production No. 1608 dated May 18 1927 with credits for screenwriter Bradley King. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated May 17 1927 with credits for screenwriters Bradley King and Benjamin Christensen. 133 leaves with unnumbered leaves. Ditto style mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
