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2016Embry 194967Yen Press 2016. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Yen Press, 2016. First edition, first printing. 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
1941126200Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1941. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1941 film "Horror Island" along with a script for a "Double Bill Trailer" in which this film was featured with another George Waggner film of the same year "Man Made Man-Made Monster." The latter film was based on a story called "The Electric Man" written by H. J. Essex director of "I the Jury" 1958 Sid Schwartz and Len Golos with Joseph West Waggner as screenwriter. <br/><br/>Hal Erickson: "It has been alleged that 'Horror Island' was the least expensive of Universal's 1940s second features. While it certainly looks that way it remains an enjoyable outing from fade-in to fade-out. In the tradition of 'Ten Little Indians' a group of disparate types are lured to a supposedly haunted mansion on a remote island. Their 'host' is peg-legged privateer Tobias Leo Carrillo who possesses half of a valuable treasure map. One by one the treasure-hunters are killed off by a mysterious assailant with Tobias the first victim. <br/><br/>White wrappers production No. 1132 dated March 22 1941 with credits for cast members Dick Foran Leo Carrillo Peggy Moran Fuzzy Knight John Eldredge and Lewis Howard as well as director Waggner. 133 leaves mimeograph duplication. <br/><br/>The "Double Bill Trailer" script is in white wrappers side-stapled rubber-stamped copy No. 6883 production nos. 1137 and 1119 dated March 29 1941 with credits for both films and "Central Files" in holograph pencil in the upper left corner. 8 leaves mimeograph duplication. <br/><br/>Pages Near Fine with a small corner crease to the first page. Wrapper Very Good plus or better with a touch of toning and short corner creases to the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Wrappers encapsulated in archival mylar. Universal Pictures unknown books
1951148055Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1951. Vintage studio still photograph of Tim Holt and Richard Martin from the 1951 film. <br/><br/>Cowboys Tim Holt and Chito Rafferty Richard Martin help Dave Collins Ross Elliott recently released from prison from getting roped back into crime from his old outlaw friends Turk Thorne John Dehner and his gang. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Santa Clarita and the Andy Jauregui Ranch and Walker Ranch in Newhall California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good edgewear some creasing and fading on the right side and light soiling in top and right margins. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
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
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
1973149309Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films 1973. Vintage grande French poster from the 1973 erotic film. <br/><br/>Borowczyk's fourth feature length film an anthology film of four erotic tales set in different historical eras. Incest bloodlust masturbation and loss of virginity are among the film's themes featuring characters ranging from a nineteenth-century country girl fantasizing about Jesus to the bloodthirsty exploits of sixteenth-century Hungarian noblewoman and purported serial killer Elizabeth Bathory.<br/><br/>47 x 63 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine. Argos Films unknown books
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
1986130697Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced television episode. <br/><br/>Barish is screenwriter best known for "Desperately Seeking Susan" 1985 and two episodes of "The Hitchhiker" television series 1985-1986. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 22 1986 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for writers Barish and Bean. 39 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers 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
1955128858Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1955. Early Draft script for the 1957 film a remake of an earlier Universal Pictures release "Singapore" 1947. This draft dated September 1955.<br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers dated September 21 1955. Title page present with credits for story writer Miller. 121 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. 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
1937148047North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1937. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film here under the working title "It Might Happen to You" three of Elsa Janssen and Christian Rub. Mimeo snipes on the verso. <br/><br/>Max Barrett known to everyone as "Pa" owns a candy store in New York East side neighborhood of immigrants and raises two boys Fred an aspiring lawyer and orphan Bob Ames who begins dabbling in a life of crime.<br/><br/>Screenplay written by author Nathanael West and black-listed screenwriter Samuel Ornitz. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. One Near Fine with light edge wear One Very Good plus with chip in lower right corner and small closed tear in left margin Two Good each with large chip in right corner. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Republic Pictures unknown books
1963147896Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1963. Vintage studio still photograph of Sterling Holloway from the 1963 film. <br/><br/>Stanley Kramer's outrageous comedy about a massive group of strangers fighting over hidden treasure with one of largest unrivaled ensemble of players including Spencer Tracy Milton Berle Sid Caesar Buddy Hackett Ethel Merman Mickey Rooney Phil Silvers Jonathan Winters and many many others.<br/><br/>Winner of one Academy Award and nominated for five others including Best Cinematography. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 692. United Artists 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
192917091106London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited 1929. Hardcover. Near fine/very good . Rackham Arthur. Octavo size 123 pp. With Ex-Libris of J.M. Barrie which apparently is not unique there being one other copy online as of this writing with the same plate. The ink looks genuine but the signatures are the same; interestingly the library bookplates are tipped onto different pages. We can come up with several scenarios for the existence of these bookplates but since the bibliographies are silent on it we cannot state anything with certitude. Mary Clarissa "May" Byron 1861-1936 was an author in her own right but was best known for her abridgements of J.M. Barrie's works for children. This work with six full-colour plates and fifteen black and white illustrations all by Arthur Rackham was an excellent gift for young readers. <br/><br/>Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 born into a "typical middle-class Victorian family" showed an aptitude for drawing from an early age especially with "fantastic" subjects. In the autumn of 1884 he enrolled in the Lambeth School for Art; upon graduation he began working on his illustrations part-time submitting them to various periodicals and publishers while working as a clerk. Success found him in 1905 with the publication of his "Rip Van Winkle" which "decisively established Rackham as the leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period". His work remained popular and highly sought for decades through his final illustrated book "The Wind in the Willows" completed just a year before his death in 1939. N.B. above quotes from Derek Hudson "Arthur Rackham His Life and Work". However important Rip Van Winkle and The Wind in the Willows are it is perhaps for his depictions of Peter Pan that Rackham remains most remembered and this book geared towards children is a delight and a joy.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in green cloth with dark green lettering on the front and spine dark green vignette of Peter Pan after the illustration on the dust jacket front endpapers only have half-page map in black and white of "Peter Pan's Map of Kensington Gardens" the verso of the front free endpaper has the bookplate of J. M. Barrie as referred to above likely not his original hand frontispiece is a coloured illustration by Rackham of "Peter Pan is the Fairies' Orchestra" plate not included in the book title page vignette of Peter Pan the same image as on the front board volume not dated printed in 1929 per the bibliographies; six illustrations in colour fifteen other illustrations in black-and-white all by Rackham octavo size 8" by 5.75" pagination: i-iv v- viii 9-123. Lovely pictorial dust jacket with the full colour illustration of Peter Pan referred to above lettering in red and green on the front panel and black on the spine black and white illustrated rear panel listing the three May Byron re-tellings of Peter Pan this title being the last listed; price of 2/6 on the spine.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume near fine the binding clean and the green lettering deep the corners straight and unrubbed a strong square text block with solid hinges clean pages the "Barrie" bookplate is in fine condition and the volume is entirely free of prior owner markings; some foxing to the top edge of the text block and a couple of light marks to the bottom edge some mild offsetting to the endpapers else fine. The unclipped dust jacket is very good plus with some mild edgewear most noticeably to the head of the spine no loss to text and some light dustiness.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Latimore & Haskell pp. 65-66; Riall p. 168.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Hodder and Stoughton Limited hardcover books
189449261New York: Frank Tousey Nos. 34 & 36 North Moore St 1894. 1st Printing. Printed paper newspaper format. Folded now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning & browning to paper which is becoming brittle. Some edge chipping noticably at the end of the fold. Penciled pos to top margin of first page. A Good copy of this exceedingly uncommon survivor. 16 pp. Text quadruple column. Adverts. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. Internal wood engravings. 13-1/4" x 11-1/2" <br/><br/>The rare second installment from Tousey's celebrated story paper which would remain in print through 1924. Frank Tousey, Nos. 34 & 36 North Moore St unknown books
1954134915New Orleans LA: Howco Productions 1954. Vintage black and white studio photograph from the 1954 film. With distributor's red warehouse stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Cult director Ed Wood Jr.'s attempt at serious film noir with the director's usual flare for bad music acting sets dialogue etc. resulted in a film that is in both the B-noir pantheon and the realm of the Psychotronic. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Archival repair to a long closed tear at the verso some faint creasing but no loss or staining. Good to Very Good overall. <br/><br/>Lyons p. 108-109. Spicer p. 412. Howco Productions unknown books
195224100New York: Random House 1952. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.75cm.; original simulated cloth photographic plate mounted to upper cover cream pictorial dust jacket dark blue topstain; 10195pp.; photographically illustrated double-page title page two leaves of photographic stills. A few tiny short closed tears to jacket extremities spine a bit toned else a Very Good copy. Play based on a 1947 short story by Somerset Maugham first produced by the Theatre Guild New York City in 1952 and starring Adrienne Corri and Basil Rathbone. Random House unknown books
1949140729Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage double weight still photograph from the 1949 film noir. Mimeograph snipe and photographer's rubber stamp to the verso. Seen here under the alternative title "Hounded." and featuring William Geer George Raft and Nina Foch aboard a speeding boat. <br/><br/>George Raft plays an ex-mobster turned undercover agent helping the Treasury Department root out a right wing counterfeiter George Macready attempting to bring down the government by flooding the US with false currency. And hey so what if he just so happens to win over the gangster's girl Nina Foch in the process<br/><br/>Set in California and Florida. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1947136079Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Two vintage black-and-white double weight reference photographs from the 1947 film. Shown are Robert Rossen and cast on a casino set and Evelyn Keyes and Dick Powell on a night set discussing the film with Hollywood columnist Jimmy Starr. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1929011943Joliet: P F Volland 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. Unusually well-preserved copy in broken pictorial box top and bottom intact sides unattached or missing. Covers fine. Internals as new really. No names inscriptions or bookplates. P F Volland hardcover books
1978145671Los Angeles: George Barris - Irwin Schaeffer Production 1978. Revised Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to writer George Barris with his name in holograph ink on the title page holograph annotations and paper clip page markers throughout. With a cast that includes Fabian Barris and Casey Kasem.<br/><br/>A sleazy nightclub owner tries to help the comeback of a young disco star.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Gold titled wrappers. Title page present dated 6/4/78 with credits for writer George Barris and screenwriter John Arnoldy. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine clip binding. George Barris - Irwin Schaeffer Production 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
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