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1996Embry 155388Denver Art Museum 1996. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Full page color reproductions. Denver Art Museum, 1996. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1952132351London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1952 film. Features Leo G. Carroll with studio rubber-stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the Hemingway short story about a wounded writer reflecting on his failures and only the love of his wife helps him regain the will to live. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Slight light corner creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox 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
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
1934147697N.p.: Paramount Pictures 1934. Final draft script for the 1934 film with two annotations in holograph pencil and Paramount "File Copy" stamp on front wrapper. Laid in are four blue revision pages dated 1-20-34 "Changes in Scene A-28" with Paramount "File Copy" stamp and one annotation in holograph pencil on first page.<br/><br/>US Marine Sergeant "Lucky" Davis Richard Arlen leads his squadron on an expedition through the Philippine jungle against a guerrilla rebellion and are assigned to rescue a group of children cut off from communication. Davis and his squadron are pleasantly surprised to discover the "children" are a group of 18-25 year old girls bathing in a pool awaiting rescue.<br/><br/>Tall self wrappers front wrapper dated January 16 1934 rubber-stamped production No. 310. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered E-2. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with laid in blue revision pages dated 1-20-34. rubber-stamped production No. 310. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with three staples.<br/><br/>Laid in Revision Pages 8 x 12.25 inches Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown 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
133025London: British Lion Film Corporation. Early Draft script for the 1950 British film "Into the Blue" seen here under the early working title "Rendezvous in Cannes." The film was released in the US under the title "Man in a Dinghy." Copy belonging to sound recordist Peter Handford with his name in blue holograph ink to the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Hal Erickson: A film much enhanced by the presence of two veteran British movie favorites. Jack Hulbert and Constance Cummings as John and Kate Ferguson who embark upon their first vacation in years. Traveling from England to Norway by yacht the Fergusons are joined by their taciturn skipper Bill Edward Rigby and romantic leads Nicholas Foster top-billed Michael Wilding and ship's cook Jackie Odile Versois. A quiet story one whose strongest suits are its stars and its location photography. Set on the Seine river and other waterways between Norway and England. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with a yellow cloth tape spine marked copy No. 14. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Wilcox and Taylor and dialogue and story writer Phipps. 124 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good perfect bound. British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
20011337899Norfolk VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers Inc 2001. Softcover. Booklet 5x7; VG/paperback; red covers show minimal wear to exterior; black titles to front; mild edge wear; intact binding; text block clean; pp 10<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 10 in Netdesk office. Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 2001 Bouchercon. 1337899. FP New Rockville Stock. Crippen & Landru Publishers, Inc unknown books
2015626022015. ISBN-13: 9781616194543; ISBN-10: 1616194545. Story Joseph. Horowitz Valerie L. Editor. The Unsigned Essays of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story: Early American Views of Law. Introduction by Morris L. Cohen 1927-2010 Professor of Law Yale Law School. Clark New Jersey: Talbot Publishing an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2015. xxx 387 pp. ISBN-13: 9781616194543. ISBN-10: 1616194545. Hardcover. New. $65. Written anonymously for the Encyclopedia Americana and now gathered in one volume this work presents eighteen articles about major legal subjects by Joseph Story Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the first Dane professor of law at Harvard Law School. The articles are virtually unknown today because they were unsigned and never republished in any other form. Ranging from "Law Legislation and Codes" "Common Law" and "Congress of the United States" to "Law of Nations" "Natural Law" and "Prize" these extended essays are fascinating distillations of Story's jurisprudence. The Encyclopedia Americana was edited by Story's friend Francis Lieber 1798-1872 who wrote the "Lieber Code" and was a distinguished professor at Columbia Law School who helped establish the field of political science in the United States. The book includes an introduction by Morris L. Cohen that describes the genesis of Story's involvement in writing the pieces and some of their main ideas. The appendix offers texts of rare related materials. With an index. "After the American Revolution the United States caught fire as a commercial republic. But adaptation of the common law to the needs of a trading nation required a broad erudition and a long view of America's role in the world. That combination was supplied by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story -- who was the faithful partner of Chief Justice Marshall and a New Englander who understood America's commercial future. Now in a literary event that should excite every lawyer these extraordinary essays -- published anonymously in the serial volumes of the 19th century Encyclopedia Americana -- are again available. The detective work of historian Valerie Horowitz in identifying the essays and the preface by Yale's celebrated law librarian the late Morris Cohen goes to show that antebellum l. unknown books
2015626742015. ISBN-13: 9781616194567; ISBN-10: 1616194561. Story Joseph. Horowitz Valerie L. Editor. The Unsigned Essays of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story: Early American Views of Law. Introduction by Morris L. Cohen 1927-2010 Professor of Law Yale Law School. Clark New Jersey: Talbot Publishing an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2015. xxx 387 pp. ISBN-13: 9781616194567. ISBN-10: 1616194561. Paperback. New. $55. Written anonymously for the Encyclopedia Americana 1829-present and now gathered in one volume this work presents eighteen articles about major legal subjects by Joseph Story Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the first Dane professor of law at Harvard Law School. The articles are virtually unknown today because they were unsigned and never republished in any other form. Ranging from "Law Legislation and Codes" "Common Law" and "Congress of the United States" to "Law of Nations" "Natural Law" and "Prize" these extended essays are fascinating distillations of Story's jurisprudence. The Encyclopedia Americana was edited by Story's friend Francis Lieber 1798-1872 who wrote the "Lieber's Code" and was a distinguished professor at Columbia Law School who helped establish the field of political science in the United States. The book includes an introduction by Morris L. Cohen that describes the genesis of Story's involvement in writing the pieces and some of their main ideas. The appendix offers texts of rare related materials. With an index. "After the American Revolution the United States caught fire as a commercial republic. But adaptation of the common law to the needs of a trading nation required a broad erudition and a long view of America's role in the world. That combination was supplied by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story - who was the faithful partner of Chief Justice Marshall and a New Englander who understood America's commercial future. Now -- in a literary event that should excite every lawyer -- these extraordinary essays published anonymously in the serial volumes of the 19th century Encyclopedia Americana are again available. The detective work of historian Valerie Horowitz in identifying the essays and the preface by Yale's celebrated law librarian the late Morris Cohen. 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
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
1963151796Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph of Paula Prentiss Howard Hawks and Maria Perschy on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on verso.<br/><br/>Based on the short story "The Girl Who Almost Got Away" by Pat Frank published in the July 1950 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. Roger Willoughby Rock Hudson esteemed author and expert on fishing has never fished and when outspoken and unshakable PR agent Abigail Page Prentiss enters him into a fishing tournament mayhem and possibly romance ensues. <br/><br/>Howard Hawks' homage to the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s particularly his' own 1938 classic "Bringing Up Baby" starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant who he tried unsuccessfully to get to reprise their roles.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Godard Histoires du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1957145964N.p.: Bel-Air Productions 1957. Vintage studio photograph from the 1957 film. Bel-Air Productions stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the story "Wanton Murder" by Peter Godfrey and shot under the working title "Black Stockings" Howard W. Koch's B movie noir "The Girl in Black Stockings" despite it being a low-budget "second feature" film is surprisingly enjoyable mostly due to its exceptional cast.<br/><br/>LA lawyer David Hewson Lex Barker arrives at a Utah lodge for a peaceful vacation only to find women being mutilated and murdered and everyone is suspect. Featuring a young Anne Bancroft as pretty young Beth Dixon switchboard operator and assistant to the bitter wheelchair-bound lodge owner Edmund Parry Ron Randell. Mamie Van Doren is Harriet Ames the flirtatious bombshell of course and "the Queen of the B's" the fabulous Marie Windsor is Julia Parry Edmund's dutiful companion and sister.<br/><br/>Filmed in and around the Parry Lodge in Kanab Utah. The Parry lodge opened in the early 1930s by the Parry brothers was built to lodge Hollywood film crews filming early Westerns in the area and was popular among movie stars of Hollywood's golden age.<br/><br/>Set in Kanab Utah shot on location in Kanab Utah and Fredonia Arizona. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light creasing and edgewear. <br/><br/> Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. Bel-Air Productions unknown books
1997406660Toronto: The Champlain Society 1997. A fine copy. 8vo. Plates and maps. Original red cloth gilt-lettered on spine top edges gilt others untrimmed. One of 925 copies of volume LX of the Publications of The Champlain Society. <br/><br/> The Champlain Society hardcover books
1968260361New York: Universal Pub./Sphere 1968. Paperback. 188p. backlist lightly-worn first mass-market movie tie-in/novelization edition in pictorial wraps with b&w scenes from the film on the cover. Award Books A426S. Basi of the Elizabeth Taylor/Mia Farrow film about the relationship between a wealthy nymphet and an aging prostitute directed by Joseph Losey. Universal Pub./Sphere paperback books
1953130748Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Revised Shooting Final script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. Includes a 10-page shooting schedule. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the St. Albans Raid the northernmost land action of the American Civil War. The film took great liberties changing both the time and motivation for the raid. In the film a group of Confederate POWs escape across the US-Canada border to plan an attack on St. Albans Vermont. They send ahead of them a spy who begins to question the ethics of their mission. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as Revised Shooting Final on the front wrapper dated December 10 1953. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated December 10 1953 noted as Revised Shooting Final with credit for screenwriter Boehm. 116 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12-12-53 and 1-6-54. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Shooting Schedule: 10 leaves with annotations. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox 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
1940146331Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final draft script for the 1940 film. Notation on front wrapper in holograph purple ink adding ."9A" to the production number. Notations in holograph pencil in script adding tics to dialogue and names on the verso of pages. Laid in are 3 blue "retake" pages dated after principal photography had been completed.<br/><br/>A remake of T. Hayes Hunter's 1920 silent film of the same name. Irving Pichel's "Earthbound" finds Nick Desborough Warner Baxter called away from his honeymoon with Ellen Andrea Leeds for business in Paris only to find his ex-mistress Linda Reynolds Lynn Bari sent the telegram. Linda rejected by Nick shoots and kills him and her husband Jeff Henry Wilcoxon is arrested and tried for the crime. Nick's ghost helps guide Ellen to clear Jeff and convict Linda so he can rest in peace.<br/><br/>Set in Paris and Switzerland. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 33 and production No. 1884 dated January 12 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated January 12 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Samuel G. Engel. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeographed rectos only with Blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/15/40 and 2/21/40 with laid in Blue Retake pages dated 3/1/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1974131516New York: Chelsea Theater Center 1974. Original script for the 1974 play. Based on the 1962 short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer and adapted by him and playwright Leah Napolin for the stage the play premiered October 25 1975 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and ran for a total of 223 performances. Tovah Feldshuh was nominated for a Tony for her portrayal of the title role. <br/><br/>Faithful to the original story the play follows a young woman who begins living as a man named Anshel after her father dies in order to continue studying the Torah in defiance of Jewish tradition. An early exploration of transgender identity as Anshel describes himself as "neither one sex nor the other" and having "the soul of a man in the body of a woman." Yentl's choice to live as Anshel even after being discovered strongly contrasts with the text of the better known Barbra Streisand musical film purportedly despised by Singer where the transgender aspect of the narrative is replaced by a more heteronormative romance.<br/><br/>Blue studio wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for novelist Singer and playwright Napolin. 155 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Chelsea Theater Center unknown books
1958144208Tokyo: Toho Company 1958. Vintage photograph from the 1958 Japanese film. Holograph annotations in pencil and black ink on the verso. <br/><br/>A drug smuggler's death stumps the police until they are convinced by a young scientist of the presence of "H-Men" slimy radioactive creatures who dissolve anything they come into contact with. The scientist refers to a ghost ship that washed up in the harbor as evidence of the H-bomb tests role in creating these monsters. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Tokyo Japan. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Toho Company unknown books
1964146737N.p.: Ivan Tors Films 1964. Collection of 30 vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. <br/><br/>Zoologist Dr. Jim Hanlon Robert Culp unknowingly hires poacher Alec Burnett Harry Guardino as a guide in an attempt to capture two white rhinos. Burnett intending on selling the rhinos on the black market steals Hanlon's car and equipment. Burnett's girlfriend nurse Edith Arleigh Shirley Eaton is intent on making him see the error of his ways and reveals his location to Hanlon. When Hanlon saves Burnett's life after a cobra bite the two unite and capture the rhinos and join forces in animal research.<br/><br/>Set in Africa shot on location in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Ivan Tors Films unknown books
1957130948Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1958 film. <br/><br/>White brad-bound titled wrappers dated December 16 1957 noting 11 reels. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1953151113Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film. One with mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>An amateur astronomer and school teacher witness an unidentified flying object crash land in the Arizona desert. Upon further inspection it turns out to be an alien spaceship. This is the first 3-D film released by Universal-International. Originally based on a story treatment by Ray Bradbury. <br/><br/>Set in Arizona shot on location in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing one with a small closed tear in top margin Near Fine overall. Universal Pictures unknown books
1901011069London: Chappell & Co 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. LArge 8vo custom rebound in baby blue half leather over patterned paper boards. 225 adv. Printed vocal score with 25 songs for this light operetta first produced in 1900 by George Edwardes. Chappell & Co hardcover books