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1930Embry 168055P.F. Volland 1930. Cloth somewhat faded overall rubbed along edges gift label from same period on title page very good. Color illustrations. Blue cloth stamped in red on front panel and spine no dust jacket. P.F. Volland, 1930. hardcover books
1970129774London / Berlin: CCC-Film CCC-Filmkunst 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film called "The Representative." Written for screen by Joseph Gross and British novelist Andrew Sinclair. British script with die-cut window. <br/><br/>Based on Rolf Hochhuth's 1963 play "Der Stellvertreter" set during WWII. Set in Europe a story about an SS officer named Gerstein who attempts to inform the Pope about Polish Jews in concentrations camps. <br/><br/>Another adaptation of Hochhuth's play saw light in 2002 as the film "Amen." sic directed and written by Costa-Gavras with additional writing by Jean-Claude Grumberg starring Ulrich Tukur and Mathieu Kassovitz. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with die-cut window. Title page present with credits for writer Hochhuth and for screenwriters Gross and Sinclair. 141 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with two silver brads. CCC-Film [CCC-Filmkunst] unknown books
1959145643Culver City CA: Associated Producers Inc 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film. <br/><br/>Sequel to Kurt Neumann's "The Fly" and taking place one year after the conclusion of that film. Phillipe Delambre Brett Halsey takes up his father's work of matter transmission and with his uncle Francois Vincent Price they accidentally produce a monstrous creature a man with the head of a fly. <br/><br/>Title page integral to front wrapper with credits for screenwriter and director Edward Bernds. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mechanical duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between February 24 1959 and February 25 1959. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Associated Producers Inc unknown books
1956143047Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage studio photograph from the 1956 film showing stars Carol Ohmart and Tom Tyron surrounded by crew during a night shoot in the Hollywood Hills. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the short story "The Kiss Off" by Frank Tashlin who also worked on the screenplay about a an unhappily married woman who convinces her lover to rob some jewel thieves after a heist so they can run away together. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1947151525Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1947. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>An unproduced screenplay adaptation of Ben Hecht's short story "The Shadow" in which the magician Sarastro seeks vengeance against his brother for the having taken his wife. Wikipedia attributes this script to Australian-born screenwriter and playwright Ivan Goff and his frequent collaborator Ben Roberts. While it generated interest particularly on the part of Warner Bros. it didn't see production. Both Goff and Roberts enjoyed long prolific careers as screen and television writers. <br/><br/>Light gray titled wrappers with rubber-stamped copy No. dated October 24 1947. 115 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
199540203Gloucester MA: Ten Pound Island Book Co. 1995. 368 pp. b/w plates. <br /><br />Dana Story brings his lifetime of knowledge and acclaimed narrative style to the remarkable saga of Essex shipbuilding through three centuries. An oversize publication at 9x10 inches with computer enhanced photos to bring out details. Very good condition in dustjacket. Ten Pound Island Book Co. books
1995TB26111Gloucester Mass.: Ten Pound Island Book Company 1995. First Edition. First printing Fine in blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board with illustrated end sheets. A small quarto measuring 10" by 9" with a prior owner's name and date on the title page. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 369 pages including an index appendices and text. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of earlier works of art black and white photographs and line drawings. The history of 300 years of ship building in Essex Massachusetts. Ten Pound Island Book Company hardcover books
1965138323Prague: Filmove studio Barrandov 1965. Re-release herald for the 1965 Czechoslovakia film "The Shop on Main Street" with four image from the film and text in both Czech and English. <br/><br/>Based on the 1962 short story "The Trap" by screenwriter Ladislav Grosman and one of the comparatively few films from the Czechoslovak New Wave filmed in the Slovak as opposed to the Czech language. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film with an additional nomination for Ida Kraminska for Best Actress. <br/><br/>A Slovak man is given a sewing notions shop owned by an elderly Jewish woman as part of the government's Aryanization program. He doesn't have the heart to tell her and pretends to be her new employee. The two form a bond which is tested when the authorities begin rounding up the town's Jewish population. <br/><br/>6.5 x 4.5 inches accordion folded opens to 37.5 x 4.5 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 130. Filmove studio Barrandov unknown books
198618908Leamington Spa: Sixth Chamber Press 1986. First Limited Edition. One of 175 numbered copies signed by the author. Quarto; black clothwith illustrated title label printed in black brown and gold on buff paper affixed to front panel; 30pp; illus. A Fine copy. A short Christmas story by Theroux illustrated with three typographical constructions by Sebastian Carter. Sixth Chamber Press unknown books
1978138793N.p.: Recorded Picture Company 1978. Vintage borderless matte photograph from the set of the 1978 film. Shown are Skolimowski working with his cinematographer Mike Molloy on a shot. With some brief annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Devon town and beaches in the United Kingdom. <br/><br/>Ignored upon its release but subsequently an iconic art-horror film in which a traveler by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Recorded Picture Company unknown books
1978144673N.p.: Recorded Picture Company 1978. Revised Draft British script for the 1978 film. <br/><br/>Winner of the Prix de Jury at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Based on the short story by Robert Graves. Soundtrack by Michael Rutherford and Tony Banks of the progressive rock band Genesis.<br/><br/>A quiet chilling horror film with experimental leanings. Shot on location along the North Devon coastline specifically Saunton Sands and Braunton Burrows. Producer Jeremy Thomas later noted: "Because I had a great director and a quality piece of literature I managed to get a wonderful cast such as John Hurt and Alan Bates. Skolimowski had a sense of shooting style then this was the second director who I had worked closely with and it was fascinating watching him work. He came from a Polish tradition the Wajda Film School he had a different background to other directors I had been working with in the cutting rooms or elsewhere. And it made the film much more creative to me. I saw it more as an artistic endeavour by him."<br/><br/>Beige titled die-cut wrappers in the British style. Title page present dated June 15 1977 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Michael Austin story writer novelist Robert Graves and RECORDED PICTURE COMPANY LTD along with their address in London. Copy No. 54 annotated in blue ink at the bottom right corner. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver flat brads. Recorded Picture Company 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
191462821New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co 1914. Hardcover. Good. Frances Brundage. Illustrations. Stiff pictorial card covers backed in cloth. 37cm. Cover scuffed and edgeworn. Contents sound but with some soiling and foxing. No jacket. Top edge of cover loosely shaped around Dolly's hat. <br/><br/> Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co hardcover books
189826355London: George Newnes Ltd 1898. First edition. 12mo. 169 pp. 6 adverts illustrated from engravings and halftones. Blue cloth illustrated with black and gilt. Occasional foxing else very good. An excellent book in which the author surveys the history of the medium and details the various printing processes. He also raises the possibility of photography as a fine art.<br/><br/>Issued in the series: The Library of Useful Stories. Roosens and Salu No. 4923 incorrectly listing the priority as: NY:Appleton 1898; London: George Newnes 1899. Alfred T. Story was a British journalist whose books were first printed in England. <br/><br/> George Newnes, Ltd hardcover books
49190London: George Newnes Ltd. Southhampton Street n. d. Circa early 1900s. Ltigh blue cloth binding with git stamped spine lettering & front board printed in white & black. Slight lean. Average wear. Foxing to text-block edges. Age-toning to paper. Overall Very Good. 186 2 adverts pp. Illustrated with drawings & from photographs. 6" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/> George Newnes, Ltd. Southhampton Street hardcover books
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1986241586Santa Barbara: John Daniel publisher 1986. Paperback. 95p. ex-library uncirculated gift label on inner cover lightly-worn first edition paperback in blue wraps with slightly-sunned spine. John Daniel, publisher paperback books
1942148848Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1942. Collection of seven vintage keybook photographs from the 1942 film. Mimeo snipe and "Approved Advertising Advisory Council Apr 21 1942 Hollywood" stamp on verso of each. <br/><br/>Political activist Leopold Dilg Cary Grant is framed when a lumber mill burns down and a man is killed. Escaping prison he hides out in former schoolmate and sweetheart Nora Shelley's Jean Arthur house currently being rented to the newly arrived law professor Michael Lightcap Ronald Coleman. <br/><br/>Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Set in fictional Lochester New England. <br/><br/>8 x 11 inches images 4.5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1942151502Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1942. Vintage reference photograph of a supine Cary Grant surrounded by Jean Arthur director George Stevens and crew from the set of the 1942 film. Mimeo snipe on verso here under the working title "The Talk of the Town." <br/><br/>Political activist Leopold Dilg Cary Grant is framed when a lumber mill burns down and a man is killed. Escaping prison he hides out in former schoolmate and sweetheart Nora Shelley's Jean Arthur house currently being rented to the newly arrived law professor Michael Lightcap Ronald Coleman. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Set in fictional Lochester New England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. <br/><br/>Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1950147524Los Angeles: Selznick International 1950. Post-production Dialogue Cutting Continuity script for the 1949 film. <br/><br/>Carol Reed's classic 1949 British film noir based on an original screenplay by Graham Greene starring Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins Anna Schmidt as Valli and Orson Welles as Harry Lime with Cotten and Welles at the peak of their respective powers. The second of three films in which Graham Green collaborated directly with Reed and remains Greene's only original screenplay. Produced and directed by Carol Reed who narrated the UK version and who worked with Greene on two other films "The Fallen Idol" and "Our Man in Havana." Released on September 3 1949. <br/><br/>Winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominated for Best Editing and Best Director.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Vienna Austria and England UK. <br/><br/>Orange titled card wrappers noted as DIALOGUE CUTTING CONTINUITY on the front wrapper dated March 11 1950. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL 6 PAGE 23. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound at top with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 64. Ebert I. Grant UK. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader Canon Fodder 18. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Wobbe D11. Selznick International unknown books
197118901New York: Harper and Row 1971. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; illustrated cloth boards; dustjacket; 32pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustacket price-clipped with faint sticker residue to upper right corner of front panel and Harper Crest sticker across spine. A charming story by Singer who tells of a Chinese emperor who runs his kingdom backwards - wrong is right and right is wrong. An attractive copy. Harper and Row unknown books
1955150634Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1955. Complete set of ten vintage color studio still photographs from the 1955 film. Stamped production No. 63-71 on the versos and bottom right corner of the rectos. <br/><br/>Based on Jack Trevor Story's 1950 novel. The dead body of a local man is discovered in the woods near a small New England town leading the townspeople to speculate on what should be done with the corpse and more importantly the identity of the culprit. One of director Alfred Hitchcock's few true comedies. <br/><br/>Set and shot in Craftsbury Vermont. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1964147638New York: Janus Films 1964. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. <br/><br/>"The Troublemaker" was inspired by The Premise an improv group begun by Theodore J. Flicker in 1960 and starred all but one of the original members of the group George Segal.<br/><br/>New Jersey chicken farmer Jack Armstrong Tom Aldredge moves to Greenwich Village to open a coffee house with the help of his friend lawyer T.R. Kingston Buck Henry.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near FIne. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Janus Films unknown books
198218894New York: Random House 1982. First American Edition. One of 500 copies numbered and signed by Pritchett. Octavo; hunter green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; original paper-covered slipcase; 48pp; illus. Fine in a Very Good to Near Fine slipcase lightly sunned at the opening with old sticker residue to right side. Contains a series of engravings by Reynolds Stone entitled "The Seasons' Course" along with Pritchett's autobiographical story "As Old as the Century. Random House unknown books