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183338148Boston: Hilliard Gray and Company; Cambridge: Brown Shattuck and Co 1833. 3 volumes 8vo. xxxiv 2 1-494; 2 1-555 1; 2 1-776pp. Contemporary sheep expert repairs to joints<br/> <br/>Provenance: James Jackson early signature<br/> <br/>First edition of the first substantial treatise on the Constitution.<br/> <br/>Story's Commentaries was the most substantial and influential work written on the American Constitution since the Federalist Papers. Written while serving as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court the work defends both the powers of the federal government and economic liberty. The work begins with a review of American history before the Constitution an analysis of the Articles of Confederation and a history of the writing and adoption of the Constitution. The chapters which follow lay out the rules of interpretation of the Constitution and then go through each of the provisions of both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights line-by-line to explain their intent justification and application. Chief Justice John Marshall to whom Story dedicated the work wrote to Story after reviewing his copy: "I have finished reading your great work and wish it could be read by every statesman and every would-be statesman in the United States. It is a comprehensive and an accurate commentary on our Constitution formed in the spirit of the original text."<br/> <br/>Howes S1047; Sabin 92291; Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 2914. Hilliard, Gray and Company; Cambridge: Brown, Shattuck and Co unknown books
1946149446Culver City CA: RKO 1946. Revised Final Script for the 1946 film with stamps "Revised Final Script" "Please Return to RKO Story Files" and production number "1838" on front wrapper. Carbon typescript on onionskin.<br/><br/>Based on Philip Van Doren Stern's 1943 short story "The Greatest Gift" about a man at the end of his rope during Christmas. Generally considered one of the greatest films ever made and nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 1838 with credits for Frank Capra. 167 pages onionskin stock with last page of text numbered 167. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good plus bound with three gold brads with washers. RKO unknown books
1986132794Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1986. Archive of three title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1963 film. Also included are two fascinating autograph letters both elaborately designed and executed in a calligraphic style from Adler to author illustrator and editor Fridolf Johnson relating to Adler's work with Hitchcock. <br/><br/>Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on over 100 films worked frequently with Alfred Hitchcock and was a favorite of legendary title sequence designers Saul Bass and Pablo Ferro. In addition to "The Birds" 1963 his credits include "Comanche!" 1956 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 "The Seven Year Itch" 1955 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "Psycho" 1960 "In the Heat of the Night" 1967 and "Justine" 1969. <br/><br/>In 2012 an exhibition of Adler's work was organized by noted typographer and design historian Jill Bell at the American Advertising Federation Kansas City. <br/><br/>In the first letter dated May 16 1986 Adler describes after touching on other topics meeting Hitchcock and then presenting him with layout ideas for the titles. He then goes into detail regarding his answer to a question about the techniques of artist Eric Gill stating that Hitchcock "was amazed" by this answer and after that would "request 'to be sure to bring that nice young man along" meaning Adler whenever he had a job for Adler's firm. <br/><br/>The second letter dated June 10th 1986 focuses almost exclusively on Adler's work on "The Birds" going into some detail regarding both the creative and technical processes of producing hand lettered titles for films. He also describes Hitchcock as "an unusual person to work with. He was a master at what he did knew what he wanted and smoked the finest cigars." He then concludes the letter with some brief remarks on how his approach to title lettering evolved over the course of his career. <br/><br/>The letters themselves are works of art executed in a variety of inks in Adler's detailed penmanship with Johnson's name on each in particular receiving full calligraphic treatment. <br/><br/>Also included are draft title cards for the film stylistically similar to each other but much different from the titles used in the finished film. Two of the cards are marked as "camera ready" in holograph colored pencil with titles executed in white paint on black board. The third card photo stat on black paper which accompanied the June 10th letter has been annotated by Adler on both the recto and verso explaining the in more detail the technical process of putting the lettering on film. <br/><br/>Overall a significant collection of material illuminating a little explored aspect of film design with a direct and significant connection to a seminal work by a director known for personally overseeing all aspects of production. <br/><br/>Each letter 19 x 24 inches single leaf rectos only. May 16th letter folded twice for mailing June 10th letter folded. Two long diagonal creases to the May 16th letter else both are Fine. Original mailing envelope for the May 16th letter included. <br/><br/>"Camera ready" title cards 22 x 14 inches. Lightly rubbed and about Near Fine. Third card 18 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1942149240Universal City: Universal Pictures 1942. Archive of three scripts and one post-production script for the 1942 film.<br/><br/>First is a First Draft script under the working title "'Sherlock Holmes' #2" by screenwriters Edward T. Lowe and Scott Darling dated March 24 1942. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin with annotations in holograph pencil on several pages inquiries about plotline question marks as well as dates and name of screenwriter Darling. Bound in preceding script are: A two-page carbon typescript breakdown of the story in 21 points with annotation of "1st rough draft" and "One 3/24/42" in holograph pencil in upper right of first page. A ribbon copy typescript "continuity" breakdown of locations and sequences in ten points dated 4/6/42. A ribbon copy typescript "comments on Sherlock Holmes #2" broken into nine points dated 4-6-42 and a three page ribbon copy typescript synopsis dated 3/24/42.<br/><br/>Second is a Third Draft script under the working title "'Sherlock Holmes' #2" crediting screenwriter Scott Darling on front wrapper and Edward T. Love and Scott Darling on title page dated April 22 1942. Annotation in holograph pencil of "mimeographed pink" on lower right of front wrapper. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin with several annotations in red or graphite holograph pencil question marks an asterisk underlines and screenwriter S. Darling's name and date "4-27-42." <br/><br/>Third is a Draft script under the working title "Sherlock Holmes Fights Back" with name of screenwriter Edmund L. Hartmann on front wrapper. Title page credits to "Additional Changes by Edmund L. Hartmann" and screenwriters Scott Darling and Edward T. Lowe dated May 22 1942. Carbon typescript with mimeograph duplication revision pages. Bound in preceding script is a page describing concept for "The Miss Bently School for Girls" with photograph affixed illustrating concept. Annotations in red and graphite holograph pencil throughout noting dialogue locations shots characters as well as strikes and dates.<br/><br/>Lastly a Post-production Dialogue and Contitnuity script dated August 6 1942 with single annotation in holograph ink on front wrapper.<br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1903 Sherlock Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.<br/><br/>The fourth Sherlock Holmes movie starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce and the second produced at Universal Studios. Preceded by "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror" 1942 directed by John Rawlins and followed by "Sherlock Holmes in Washington" 1943 also directed by Roy William Neill who would go on to direct all subsequent Holmes films at Universal.<br/><br/>Watson and Holmes transplanted from their usual Victorian setting now in England in the midst of WWII have to protect Swiss scientist Dr. Franz Tobel and his invention an advanced bomb site from falling into the hands Nazi Germany as well as Holmes' arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty Lionel Atwill. The first Holmes film to feature Inspector Lestrade Dennis Hoey of Scotland Yard.<br/><br/>March 24 1942 script "'Sherlock Holmes' #2":<br/>Gray titled wrappers dated March 24 1942 with credits for screenwriters Edward T. Lowe and Scott Darling. Title page integral with first page dated 3/24/42 noted as 1st draft screenplay with credits for screenwriters Lowe and Darling. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with chipping and closed tears to extremities and one large 4.5 inch closed tear on bottom of front wrapper bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>April 22 1942 script "'Sherlock Holmes' #2":<br/>Gray titled wrappers noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated April 22 1942 with credits for screenwriter Scott Darling. Title page integral with first page with credits for screenwriters Edward T. Lowe and Scott Darling. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Ribbon copy typescript rectos. Pages Near FIne wrapper Very Good with closed tears and chipping at extremities bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>May 22 1942 script "Sherlock Holmes Fights Back":<br/>Gray titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Edmund L. Hartmann. Title page present dated May 22 1942 with credits for Additional Chages by screenwriter Edmund L. Hartmann screenwriters Scott Darling and Edwart T. Lowe and author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Carbon typescript with mimeograph duplication revision pages rectos only with pink revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with large closed tear to front wrapper and chipping and closed tears to extremities bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>script:<br/>Titled self wrappers noted as DIALOGUE CONTINUITY on the front wrapperdated August 6 1942 with credits for director Neill. 109 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound at top with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1932136754Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1932. Screenplay archive for the 1932 film. Archive consists of a Revised Final script and a typescript rewrite of the film's opening sequence onboard a yacht. The rewrite credits an unknown screenwriter named "Eliscu." Based on the Richard Connell short story first published in "Colliers" in 1924. <br/><br/>A rare set of scripts for a groundbreaking film. A deranged millionaire living on an island arranges for a yacht to be shipwrecked on his shores whereupon he arranges for the survivors to be hunted. Decades ahead of its time and almost iconoclastic in the cynicism of its subtext Pichel and Schoedsack used ideas from their film "Gow the Headhunter 1931 and predicted their classic "King Kong" 1933 and dozens of other films that would follow using a theme of man being the hunted rather than the hunter. <br/><br/>Revised Final script:<br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped PLEASE RETURN TO STORY DEPT. / RKO STUDIOS Inc. / WEST COAST" dated May 13 1932 with credits for story writer Conell and screenwriter Creelman. Title page integral with first page of text with credits for Connell and Creelman. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication on onionskin stock some leaves tan and others white. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Opening Yacht Sequence script:<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as OPENING YACHT SEQUENCE on the front wrapper rubber stamped "Property of RKO STUDIOS Inc. / Return to Scenario Dept. Files" dated July 2 1932 with credits for story writer Conell and screenwriter Creelman further noted as ELISCU CHANGES / Ciopied by RKO Stenographic Dept." Title page integral with first page of text with credits for Connell and Creelman. 15 leaves with last leaf of text number 123. Typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine. A few small chips to the edges fragile wrapper else about Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 46. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1942149229Universal City: Universal Pictures 1942. Archive of three scripts and one post-production script for the 1942 film.<br/><br/>First an early Draft script under the working title "Sherlock Holmes vs. Lord Haw-Haw" by screenwriter John Bright noted as "Contract File Copy" on front wrapper. Carbon typescript preceded by a four page ribbon copy typescript outline dated 3/10/42. Annotation of inquiry into necessary story elements and plotline on title page in holograph pencil. Several annotations throughout of Bright's name page numbers strikes question mark and dates ranging from 3/10/42 to 3/27/42 in holograph pencil and ink.<br/><br/>Second is a Draft script under the working title "Sherlock Holmes #1" by screenwriter Lynn Riggs dated April 2 1942. Annotations in red and graphite holograph pencil on front wrapper some illegible citing Arthur Conan Doyle and the story upon which script is based and "Copy from which we mimeod yellow script 4/27/42." Carbon typescript on onionskin with annotations in holograph pencil and ink throughout primarily amending page numbers scene numbers and character names as well as striking the "#1" on title page title and adding "Saves London" amending title to "Sherlock Holmes Saves London" another early working title. <br/><br/>Third is a Draft script under the working title "Sherlock Holmes' Series #1 'Sherlock Holmes Saves London'" credited as "A Free Adaptation" by Robert Andrews and credits for screenwriters Lynn Riggs and John Bright dated May 4 1942. One annotation in holograph pencil of the name "M. Nicht" on top right of page 107 likely a stenographer.<br/><br/>Lastly the post-production Dialogue and Contitnuity script here under the working title "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Fear" dated July 28 1942. Annotation on front wrapper in holograph pencil striking "Fear" in title adding "Terror" amending title to it's release title.<br/><br/>Based on the 1917 short story "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and loosely on the real-life exploits of Lord Haw-Haw several broadcasters but most notably William Joyce a US born Briton who broadcast Nazi Propaganda from Germany to the UK during WWII. Joyce would be convicted of high treason in 1945 and hanged in 1946 the last person executed for treason in the UK.<br/><br/>The third Sherlock Holmes movie starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce and the first produced at Universal Studios. Preceded by "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" 1939 directed by Alfred L. Werker and followed by "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" 1942 directed by Roy William Neill.<br/><br/>Watson and Holmes transplanted from their usual Victorian setting and from the WWI setting of the original story are now in England at the start of WWII investigating the mysterious broadcasts by "The Voice of Terror" apparently from Nazi Germany warning of acts of terror moments before their occurrence.<br/><br/>3/10/42 script "Sherlock Holmes vs. Lord Haw-Haw":<br/>Gray titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John Bright. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Bright. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some chipping creasing and closed tears at extremities primarily to front wrapper bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>April 2 1942 script "Sherlock Holmes #1":<br/>Gray titled wrappers dated April 2 1942 with credits for screenwriter Lynn Riggs. Title page integral with first page with credits for screenwriter Lynn Riggs. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 122a. Carbon typescript on onionskin. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some creasing and small closed tears to extremities on front wrapper bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>May 4 1942 script "Sherlock Holmes' Series #1 'Sherlock Holmes Saves London'":<br/>Gray titled wrappers dated May 4 1942 with credits for adaptation by Robert Andrews author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and screenwriters Lynn Riggs and John Bright. Title page integral with first page. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/8/42 and 5/14/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some chipping creasing and closed tears to extremities bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>July 28 1942 Dialogue and Contiuity post-production script:<br/>Title self wrappers noted as DIALOGUE CONTINUITY on the front wrapper dated July 28 1942. 117 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound at top with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1941137464Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1941. Draft script for the 1941 film here under the working title "The Great Man" with holograph annotations on nearly every page. W.C. Fields' last starring film before his death in 1946. <br/><br/>Told as a "real life" film starring Fields as himself "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" is an off-beat and slightly bizarre spoof on the Hollywood and filmmaking industry of Fields' time. The film doesn't quite follow a storyline and is instead intentionally riddled with inconsistencies forgotten characters and wacky plot holes. <br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers. Title page integral with the first page of text with credits for screenwriters John T. Neville Prescott Chaplin and Fred Cribblecobbis W.C. Fields pseudonym. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 156. Typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1925140430Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Draft script for the 1926 silent film "The Blackbird" seen here under the working title "The Mocking Bird." <br/><br/>Lon Chaney again serves as a versatile "man of a thousand faces" here playing the role of high-profile thief The Blackbird who lives a double-life as a beloved local bishop. He falls in love with a vaudeville starlet who's already being courted by another wealthy thief. The Blackbird attempts to use his Bishop persona to break up the pair and fails becoming crippled and nearly being caught by the police in the process. <br/><br/>Set in the Limehouse district in London. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 2 and production No. 1537 dated October 10 1925 with credits for screenwriter Waldemar Young. Title page integral with the first page of the text with credits for screenwriters Tod Browning and Waldemar Young. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Ditto style mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1911005946Moscow: I. Knebel 1911. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 4to. 30 by 23 cm. Each volume is 12 pp. including wraps text and illustrations on inside of cover front and back. Immensely enchanting illustrations by great Ukrainian artist. Scarce in the West. OCLC First Search reveals only two copies at Western institutions -- Oxford and the Getty. We assume there are copies in Russia and/or the Ukraine but these aren't picked up on OCLC. Narrative involves a boy traveling on his hobby horse to a toy village. Condition: scattered light soiling. Name written in light ink on one cover. <br /><br /> I. Knebel paperback books
2019128344Shooting script for the history-making South Korean film winner of four Academy Awards: Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film. This script was hand-signed in our presence with photo of the signings attached to rear of script by Writer/Director Bong and writer of the original story Han Jin Won.<br />A superb unique cinema collectible. paperback 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
