435 résultats
193318555Mount Vernon: Old Colony Press 1933. First Limited Edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Caldwell and illustrator Alfred Morang. Slim octavo 17cm; light brown stapled wrappers with titles printed in black on front cover; 4 11 1pp; illus. A few faint stress creases else a Fine copy of this scarce and fragile chapbook. A single story written as an elegy to a man's lost lover. Old Colony Press unknown books
19681340318New York: William Morrow & Company 1968. Hardcover. Oblong Octavo; VG/VG; dark blue spine with black text; dust jacket has minimal exterior wear; price clipped front flap; light edge wear; cloth clean; strong boards; text block clean; illustrated; unpaginated. 1340318. FP New Rockville Stock. William Morrow & Company hardcover books
1951140476Rome Italy: Produzione Gallone / Filmsonor 1951. Original souvenir program printed in Italy for the 1951 Italian-French-Spanish film. With several full-color illustrations of Roman warriors and women and black-and-white films stills and on-the-set images. <br/><br/>Based on the powerful and influential wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius who conspired to kill him and was executed as a result. The classic adulterous figure has been portrayed in film since the Silent era and actress Felix a prolific and popular Mexican celebrity marked the third appearance of Messalina on screen. A healthy credit for director Carmine whose 100-plus films leave a considerable impression in early Italian cinema. <br/><br/>9.25 x 12 inches saddle-stapled color illustrated wrappers 12 leaves. Very Good plus with foxing and light curling. Produzione Gallone / Filmsonor unknown books
197326335Chapel Hill: Lollipop Power Inc 1973. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto 28cm; illustrated wrappers; 46pp; illus. A Fine copy. Feminist children's book about a little girl who through the use of a magic hat breaks down the gender barrier between a divided group of boys and girls. Produced by Lollipop Power "a women's liberation collective that works for the liberation of young children from sex stereotyped behavior and role models. Lollipop Power Inc unknown books
1931140125Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1931 film. Featuring Madge Evans and Lew Cody comparing binoculars while a very young and not yet famous Clark Gable smiles over their shoulders. Mimeograph snipe on the verso. Based on the short story "Horse Flesh" by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan published in the "Saturday Evening Post" on September 13 1930. <br/><br/>An orphaned foal's journey through various owners including that of nefarious gambler Ludeking Hallam Cooley before being returned to his loving breeder Jim Ernest Torrence. Clark Gable's first starring role as a card dealer with occasional moral failings whose love story with Ruby Madge Evans makes for an entertaining side plot. <br/><br/>Set in Kentucky shot on location in Lexington Kentucky and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1957146680N.p.: Regal Films 1957. Collection of 11 vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. <br/><br/>Cowhand Jeff Donner John Agar is accused of murder and helped to escape by dancehall girl Susan Crowley Penny Edwards only to discover she's actually a Union Army spy working on foiling a Confederate plot. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Kanab Utah. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus some with creasing 2 with closed tears on bottom. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Pitts 3417. Regal Films unknown books
1953137671Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1953. Shooting script for the 1953 film musical. Based on the original story "Why Should I Cry" by I.A.R. Wylie first seen in the 1949 Saturday Evening Post. <br/><br/>Joan Crawford's first Technicolor feature. Ruthless and demanding Broadway musical star Jenny Stewart Joan Crawford meets her match in a blind rehearsal pianist Tye Graham Michael Wilding who unbeknownst to Jenny has held a soft spot for the tyrannical star since his days as a novice Broadway reporter. <br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as VAULT COPY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 173 dated 04/13/53 with credits for director Charles Walters and screenwriter John Michael Hayes. Title page integral with first page of text dated 04/13/53. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 85. Mimeograph duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 04/13/53 and 04/28/53. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 338. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
16991New York: McLoughlin Bros n. d. Circa 1870 - 1886. Pictorial wrappers sewn. Abt VG wear & soiling to wrappers. Unpaginated though 4 pp of text. Woodcut of 'Mother Bantry' on the front wrapper. Illustrated with 4 full-page color lithographs. 16mo. 4 5/8" x 5 1/2" <br/><br/>Approximate dates based on publisher's address established from Tebbel: Hist. Amererican Book Pub. v. 1 p. 356. Only 3 copies listed on OCLC per a 2/17/02 search. McLoughlin Bros unknown books
196546051Peking: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1965. Fourth Edition. Slim octavo 18.5cm; illustrated wrappers; 88pp; illus. Light wear and dustiness to wrappers with a small tear at upper spine; Very Good. Graphic novel dealing with "an episode in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It describes a group of Young Pioneers composed of Chinese and Korean children like their fathers and elder brothers waged a courageous relentless struggle against the enemy during the occupation of northeastern China by the Japanese imperialists" from introduction. Foreign Languages Publishing House unknown books
1950226895China 1950. hardcover. very good. 10 hand colored illustrations on silk tipped onto silk borders; text in Chinese and English. Thin 8vo bound accordian style in silk boards vertical paper title label in Chinese. Np. China nd. ca. 1950.<br/><br/> unknown books
2000143225Beverly Hills CA: Newmarket 2000. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs for the Canadian release of the 2000 US film. <br/><br/>The film the introduced Christopher Nolan to the world. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Based on a short story "Momento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan who would not only continue to collaborate with his brother but also go on to success as a creator of television. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Newmarket unknown books
1937130740Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1937. Revised Final Draft script for the 1937 film. Copy belonging to Van Heflin with his holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>A romantic drama set to the back drop of the Annapolis Naval Academy. Bill Martin a young midshipman must chose between his love for Julia and his commitment to the navy in this 1937 film. <br/><br/>Mint green titled wrappers rubber-stamped as Revised Final script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 70 dated May 18 1937 with credits for writers Cabanne and Twist. Distribution page present with receipt removed. 140 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1937144987Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1937. Vintage photograph of various members of the cast and crew including script supervisor on the set of the 1937 film. Identifying holograph annotations on the recto helpfully naming each person and holograph annotations and studio stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Jimmy Hughes Preston Foster a wealthy and eccentric lawyer loses a bet and has to work a day digging a ditch in his suit. While on the job Trudy Olson Joan Fontaine the daughter of the mayor who is up for reelection stops by to campaign. Being the smarmy talker that he is they strike up a conversation. As they fall into disagreement Trudy suggests that Jimmy run himself and in an empty threat he says he will. The newspaper picks up the story and Jimmy is swept up into politics and drawn close to Trudy striking up an unlikely romance. <br/><br/>8 x 9.5 inches. One inch tear in the bottom of the left margin otherwise Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1925138534Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1925. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph of Rudolph Valentino from the 1925 film. Typed mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Pushkin's 1841 novel "Dubrovsky." Dubrovsky Valentino is a Cossack in the Russian army who becomes a masked vigilante and attempts to save his family from an evil carpetbagger. Unfortunately he falls in love with the carpetbagger's daughter. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a small cello-tape repair a tiny tear and a tiny chip. United Artists unknown books
1971145923Burbank CA: The Malapaso Company 1971. Vintage borderless studio press photograph from the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>Clint Eastwood's directorial debut after decades as an actor a second career that would garner him two Best Director Oscars for Unforgiven 1992 and Million Dollar Baby 2004 and two more nominations for Mystic River 2003 and Letters from Iwo Jima 2006. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in California. <br/><br/>7.5 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine light score along top edge light edgewear. <br/><br/>Clover "Men Women and Chainsaws." Spicer US Neo-Noir. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Grant US. The Malapaso Company unknown books
1964132433London: Warner-Pathe 1964. Collection of 8 vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the 1964 UK film. <br/><br/>Base on a short story by Stanley Ellin about an eager young man with a crush on the boss' daughter who gets involved with a bank heist and a murder. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few with faint corner creases else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1964132434London: Warner-Pathe 1964. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1964 UK film. <br/><br/>Base on a short story by Stanley Ellin about an eager young man with a crush on the boss' daughter who gets involved with a bank heist and a murder. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown books
200553185Clarkston MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 2005. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.122. Small quarto 26cm; russet cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 191pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown books
199953184Royal Oak MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 1999. First Limited Edition. One of 225 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.137. Small quarto 26cm; black cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 20pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown books
199753182Royal Oak MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 1997. First Limited Edition. One of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.143. Small quarto 26cm; red cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 24pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown books
199853179Royal Oak MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 1998. First Limited Edition. One of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.167. Small quarto 26cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 151pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown books
200153180Clarkston MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 2001. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.73. Small quarto 26cm; orange cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 182pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown books
200053181Royal Oak MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 2000. First Limited Edition. One of 250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.91. Small quarto 26cm; hunter green cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 20pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown books
200253183Clarkston MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 2002. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.132. Small quarto 26cm; brown cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 22pp; illus with a photographic portrait of the author mounted on verso of half-title page. Fine in a dustjacket with modest wear. Short story by Coel best-known for her Wind River mystery novels set among the Arapaho natives on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. A.S.A.P. unknown books
1990188574Houston: Arte Público Press 1990. Paperback. 224p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Arte Público Press paperback books
