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1965148894N.p.: N.p. 1965. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1965 film. Two studio still photographs of Ursula Andress on production designer Piero Poletto's striking minimalist set and two compilation fashion photographs of Andress in costume bookending Costume Designer Giulio Coltellacci's concept drawings. Two photographs with "La Decima Victima" stamp on verso.<br /> <br /> An international cult classic based on the 1953 short story "Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckley. Sheckley wrote the novelization of the film in 1956 and two sequels "Victim Prime" and "Victim" in 1987 and 1988 respectively.<br /> <br /> The worldwide officially sanctioned "Big Hunt" is the world's most popular television show giving those inclined to violence and those in search of celebrity a chance to act as "hunter" and "victim." The games top two assassins Caroline Meredith Andress and Macello Poletti Marcello Mastrianni who may be in love are pitted against each another.<br /> <br /> A descendant of Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" 1924 and the first of the televised death game films such as "The Gladiators" 1969 "Death Race 2000" 1975 "The Running Man" 1987 and "The Hunger Games" 2012.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in New York Rome Geneva and Vatican City. <br /> <br /> 2 - 9.5 x 7.25 inches 2- 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1944145835Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage photograph from the 1944 film.<br/><br/>Universal Pictures' follow up to "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" ups the ante on its predecessor with the addition of Dracula John Carradine a mad scientist Boris Karloff and a hunchback J. Carroll Naish. Glenn Strange takes up the role of the creature the fourth actor to play the part with Lon Chaney Jr. reprising his role as the Wolf Man making it the first multi-monster movie from Universal.<br/><br/>Set in Switzerland. <br/><br/>7.75 x 10 inches. Very Good Plus with a slight crease on bottom right and some light creasing throughout. <br/><br/>Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
19165774London: Grant Richards Limited 1916. First Separate Edition. Shortly after the publication of Inclinations Firbank decided to reprint Odette D'Antrevernes. "In June or July he revised the text of Odette working directly on a copy of the 1905 version.The effect of all the changes as Firbank later told Carl Van Vechten was to make this Odette "less naif" than the 1905 version" Benkovitz pp.148-49. Benkovitz A4. One of 2000 copies. Slim octavo 21cm; original stiff beige pictorial wrappers; publisher's original beige unprinted paper dustjacket; 44pp with four illustrations by Albert Buhrer. Base of spine gently nudged trivial wear along lower edge with very subtle toning to wrappers; a fresh very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is edgeworn sunned at spine and extremities with a few tiny nicks and tears; Very Good. Grant Richards Limited unknown
1951163751N.p.: N.p. 1951. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1951 film both showing Gene Kelly with cabaret dancers. Minute annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. <br /> <br /> Inspired by George Gershwin's 1928 jazz-influenced orchestral composition and featuring a show-stopping 17-minute ballet choreographed to the piece as well as a number of other Gershwin tunes including the classics "Embraceable You" "Nice Work if You Can Get It" and "I Got Rhythm."<br /> <br /> Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Picture and nominated for two others including Best Director. Also nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1952.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Schrader 34. N.p. unknown
1960142951New York: Music Theatre Inc 1960. Draft script for the 1965 production of the play a revival run at New York City Center April 28 to May 9 1965 for a total of 15 performances. Props and costume plot bound in. <br /> <br /> Based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure" two short stories by Damon Runyon. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. Won five Tony Awards in 1951 including Best Musical. 1965 production starred Alan King as Nathan Detroit Sheila MacRae as Adelaide Jerry Orbach as Sky and Anita Gillette as Sarah. <br /> <br /> Set in Broadway Save-a-Soul Mission Havana Cuba and The Hot Box Club. <br /> <br /> Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for story writer Damon Runyon music and lyricist Frank Loesser book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-7-50. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Music Theatre, Inc unknown
1940148688Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Early First Draft Continuity script for the 1942 film thirteen months before the beginning of the production according to the AFI Catalog by screenwriter Tom Reed. Front wrapper contains annotation of "Legal Dept." in manuscript ink on upper right margin and ."3" amending "2152" stamp a Twentieth Century Fox "Received" stamp dated "Nov 12 40" and "Permanent Legal Records" production number "574" and copy number "7" stamps.<br /> <br /> Laid in is a four page mimeograph duplicated letter dated December 10 1940 on a Twentieth Century-Fox interoffice form from Darryl Zanuck who was in charge of the production to Lou Edelman who was originally assigned to produce of suggestions and criticisms to a December 6 1940 treatment of the script. Front page of letter contains two annotations in manuscript pencil and "Permanent Legal Records" and production number "2152" stamps. <br /> <br /> Congress reestablishes a military academy at West Point lead by a strict commander Laird Cregar who pushes the young men in hopes of breaking their spirits. After a grueling trial the remaining ten men are sent to the Indiana territory to fight with General William Henry Harrison Douglass Dumbrille. <br /> <br /> Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.<br /> <br /> Set in West Point NY. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 and production No. 547 dated NOV. 11. 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated November 11 1940 noted as 1st Draft Continuity with credits for screenwriter Tom Reed and story credit for Malvin Wald. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.<br /> <br /> Letter 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1941148712Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Revised Shooting Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 574 and copy No. 7 studio "Received" dated Dec 9 1941 and "Permanent Legal Records" all rubber stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. One annotation in holograph pencil of three names on the verso of page 156.<br/><br/>Congress reestablishes a military academy at West Point lead by a strict commander Laird Cregar who pushes the young men in hopes of breaking their spirits. After a grueling trial the remaining ten men are sent to the Indiana territory to fight with General William Henry Harrison Douglass Dumbrille. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Set in West Point NY. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as REVISED SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 and production No. 574 dated DECEMBER 9 1941. Title page present dated December 9 1941 noted as Shooting Final. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered 1. Memeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/9/42 and 3/5/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with faint dampstain on front wrapper fading text bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966132301Poland: N.p. 1966. Original Polish A1 poster circa 1966 for the 1959 US film. <br/><br/>Kirk Douglas and Earl Holliman reunite in this film after Gunfight at the OK Corral 1957 again under the direction of John Sturges. The story brings together elements of "High Noon" "3:10 to Yuma" and Sturges' "Bad Day at Black Rock." Remade in 1985 as the Indian film "Bhawani Junction."<br/><br/>Shot by Charles Lang on location in Old Tucson Arizona and set in the fictitious neighboring towns of Pauley and Gun Hill. <br/><br/>Artwork by Jerzy Flisak. <br/><br/>22.5 x 32 inches rolled. A few minor professional repairs on archival linen. Fine. <br/><br/>Pitts 2240. N.p. unknown books
1967131318Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. <br /> <br /> Private detective John Rogue Smith is willing to do anything to help his finances. A psychiatrist Morgan hires him to follow a wealthy woman Baldwin on the verge of suicide. A mystery in the vein of Philip Marlowe stories. With late performances by Jackie Coogan and Brian Donlevy. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 5 dated May 29 1967 with credits for screenwriter Fisher and story writer Lyles. 127 leaves mechanical duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8-22-67 and 9-1-67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1939147709Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1940 film with the name of uncredited screenwriter Leonard Lee in manuscript pencil over date on lower left. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps and manuscript annotation in pencil on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period.<br /> <br /> Paramount's 1940 Technicolor south seas adventure. Dea Dorothy Lamour is marooned on an isolated island since childhood with only the company of Koko the chimp when Skipper Joe Lynne Overman and Johnny Potter Robert Preston are marooned on the island by a mutinous crew. The three must battle angry natives and survive tidal waves a forest fire and the titular typhoon to survive.<br /> <br /> Nominated for an Academy Award. <br /> <br /> Set on a South Sea island and shot on location in Santa Catalina Island Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden and Baldwin Dry Lake California. <br /> <br /> Self wrappers with front wrapper dated July 8 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1908. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered E-31. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1979133649Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. A Final Draft and a Revised Draft script for the 1979 film seen here as "Stepping Out." Based on the short story "Here on a Visit" by Edward Cannon. Both drafts belonging to producer Tony Bill with his signature in black manuscript ink at the top right corner: "Tony Bill producer." Included is a typed letter of provenance signed by Bill. <br /> <br /> A delightful comedy that follows three retired men living on social security who decide to pull off a bank heist to finance their final days but more importantly to bring some excitement to their otherwise humdrum lives. The first major feature film from director and screenwriter Martin Brest who would go on to make the blockbuster success "Beverly Hills Cop" and who was only 28 at the time this film was shot. <br /> <br /> Set in New York City shot on location there and in Las Vegas. <br /> <br /> Revised Draft:<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 16 1978 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Brest and short story writer Cannon. 128 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound with three silver screw brads. <br /> <br /> Final Draft:<br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated October 16 1978. Title page present dated April 12 1979 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Brest and short story writer Cannon. 134 leaves photocopy with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated 1/22/79 and 4/12/79. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1948167643London: The Rank Organization 1948. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1948 British film. Printed mimeo snipes and J. Arthur Rank stamps on the versos. <br /> <br /> Loosely based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen following an up-and-coming prima ballerina whose personal life is strained by her ballet master's obsessive demand that she devote herself entirely to her career. Michael Powell's tenth collaboration with his longtime partner Emeric Pressburger a critical success and worthy successor to their 1947 Technicolor classic "Black Narcissus."<br /> <br /> Nominated for five Academy Awards winning two. <br /> <br /> 9.75 x 7.75 inches. About Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 44. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 41. The Rank Organization unknown
1940148708Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final Draft script for the 1941 film here under the working title "Corncob Kelly's Benefit." Production No. 301 and copy No. 105 rubber stamped on front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation in holograph pencil of two names on verso of page 119. Eight blue revision pages follow final page of script.<br/><br/>Young "Corn Cob" Kelly Marvin Stephens a natural with horses is taught to be a jockey by trainer Duke Martin Eugene Pallette but runs into trouble when he gets word racehorse owner Dan Thomas Richard Lane is conspiring with gangsters to fix the race.<br/><br/>Set in Thousand Oaks California. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 105 and production No. 301 dated SEPT. 6 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated September 6 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters William Conselman Jr and Irving Cummings Jr. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages following last page dated 10/17/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox 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
1925137138Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1925 film with a mimeo snipe and photographer's stamp on the verso. Based on the unfinished 1832 novel "Dubrovsky" by Alexander Pushkin. <br /> <br /> A posed shot showing director Brown and stars Valentino and Banky with painter Federico Beltran Masses a well known figure in Hollywood because of his friendship with William Randolph Hearst. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with diagonal chips missing from two corners but the image largely unaffected. United Artists unknown
1944140148Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1944. Draft script for the 1945 film musical. Based on the 1940 French comedy "L'homme qui cherche la verite" written by Poerre Wolff. With three pages of shooting schedule laid in and holograph pencil annotations to the verso of the rear wrapper. <br/><br/>America's wealthiest bachelor Eddie Bracken joins the Navy to escape his gold-digging suitors only to be wooed by another Veronica Lake. a cigarette girl at a club already engaged to his best friend Sonny Tufts. Luckily another girl appears at the same club a singer Marjorie Reynolds and the quartet of main characters sort things out via a series of comedic if predictable falterings. Veronica Lake's first proper musical and her return to the screen after a several-month absence in which she lost a child and got divorced. <br/><br/>Set largely in Miami. <br/><br/>White titled self wrappers noted as production No. 1384 dated January 4 1944 with credits for screenwriters Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered E-53. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1-10-44 and 3-18-44. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn 254. Paramount Pictures unknown books
189288902 vols. London: Richard Bentley & Son 1892. 2 vols. 8vo Vol. I: xxi 308pp; Vol. II: 284pp. 2 frontispieces with tissue guards and 21 illustrations. Original blue cloth with gilt edges and lettering to spine. Moderate foxing to title pages and throughout. Pages untrimmed. Very good. § First edition. John Linnell was an English Romantic painter 1792-1882. Linnell was one of the best friends and patrons of William Blake. Bentley Blake Books 2769. Richard Bentley & Son hardcover books
1934460668New York: Blue Ribbon Books 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Quarto. Papercovered illustrated boards. A little rubbing along the bottom of the boards and very faint spotting along the edge of the front board else near fine in good dustwrapper with erosion along the edge of the front flap fold and internal tape repairs. Blue Ribbon Books hardcover
1958170388London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Eight vintage front-of-house cards for the British release of the 1958 film. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1957 short story by George Langelaan about a scientist who is transformed into a grotesque human-fly hybrid after his experiments with a matter-transportation machine go very wrong. A breakthrough hit for actor Vincent Price as well as director Kurt Neumann although Neumann would pass away a month after the film's release. <br /> <br /> Basis for David Cronenberg's 1986 film and its subsequent sequel "The Fly II" in 1989. <br /> <br /> Set and shot partly on location in Montreal. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned with neat pinholes at each corner overall Very Good or better. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1944128914Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Draft script for the 1945 film. Copy belonging to studio secretary Marion Pecht with her name in holograph pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. <br/><br/>The sixth and final Inner Sanctum installment featuring spiritualists a haunted house and a murder by suffocation in what was seemingly a last gasp from the studio's film series. Sadly the film's failure superseded its potential even with all the right elements of a chilling melodrama. <br/><br/>ChaneyJr. plays attorney Wayne Fletcher who is engaged in an affair with his secretary Donna Joyce who is tied to a rich family. He arrives home after a late night at the office to discover his wife has been murdered a death by asphyxiation with Wayne as the suspect. With the help psychic Julian Julian Bromberg the police investigate the murder. The psychic's motives are questionable but he says he can contact Wayne's dead wife. At a seance to reach Vivian's spirit the reluctant Wayne hears what he thinks is her voice but discovers Julian Julian in the shadows and accuses him of conspiracy. After several sleepless nights haunted by the voice of his lost wife Wayne finally "gives in" to her spirit and attempts to kill Donna with a pillow but is overpowered by police and leaps from a window to his death per his wife's instructions. <br/><br/>Gray card titled wrappers lacking rear wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7285 dated February 19 1945 with credits for screenwriter Bricker and story writer Babcock. 106 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good lacking rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
20002081502111900102Beijing China Light Industry Publishing House 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 1211p Beijing China Light Industry Publishing House paperback
1961SEXBLAKE10Amalgamated Press 1961. Soft Cover. VG - Very Good. First Edition. Collection of ELEVEN issues from the 4th series of The Sexton Blake Library published by Amalgamated Press in 1961. Featuring issues: #469: 'Shot From The Dark' by Philip Chambers 1961. #470: 'Pursuit To Algeria' by Arthur Maclean George Paul Mann 1961. #471: 'Something to Kill About' by Desmond Reid Robert C. Elliott 1961. #472: 'Assault and Pepper' by Jack Trevor Story 1961. #473: 'Suddenly it's Murder' by Jack Trevor Story 1961. #474: 'State of Fear' by Desmond Reid George Hamilton Teed 1961. #482: 'Murder By Moonlight' by Desmond Reid Wilfred McNeilly 1961. #483: 'Death Her Destination' by Warwick Jardine Francis Warwick 1961. #484: 'Trouble Is My Name!' by Rex Dolphin 1961. #485: 'Assignment Doomsday' by Martin Thomas Thomas Martin 1961. #489: 'Keep It Secret!' by Philip Chambers 1961. 64 pages. Black & White illustrations. 5" x 7" 135mm x 185mm. 3 Amalgamated Press paperback
53212<p>London Blackie and Son Limited 1906. FIRST EDITION 1906 Blackie's Miniature Picture Books small oblong format 150 x 74 mm 6 x 3 inches 30 comical coloured illustrations by CHARLES ROBINSON 2 line captions on facing pages pages are french folded original publisher's grey pictorial cloth blue lettering to spine red blue and white picture to upper cover with black lettered title small picture on lower cover in red black and white with "Blackie's Miniature Picture Books" in black lettering original pictorial endpapers. Professionally recased slight wear and rubbing to spine tiny split to top of lower hinge with very slight loss of cloth blue lettering on spine rubbed with slight loss of colour to a few letters some light scratching to covers very occasional very light fox spots to text and margins of plates bookseller's small pale green ink stamp to bottom of first free pictorial endpaper near to hinge otherwise a very good copy of this uncommon title. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.</p> London, Blackie and Son Limited, (1906). hardcover
20052081502111903606Tianjin ancient books 2005. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Tianjin ancient books paperback
19942081502111905203jiangsu art 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 233p Size: B4 hardcover book box jiangsu art paperback
