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1944151748Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1944. Original story script for an unproduced film Edward Everett Hale's unedited 1863 short story "The Man Without a Country" here reproduced by Vanguard Films dated August 7 1944.<br/><br/>Hale's short story was first published in the December 1863 issue of The Atlantic. The story has been adapted four times for film. First in 1917 directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring Florence La Badie and Holmes Herbert again in 1918 under the title "My Own United States" directed by John W. Noble and starring Arnold Daly in 1937 directed by Crane Wilbur and starring John Litel and Gloria Holden and most recently in the 1973 television film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Cliff Robertson and Beau Bridges.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers dated August 7 1944 with credits for author Edward Everett Hale. Title page integral with first page with credits for author Edward Everett Hale. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 28. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three small metal brads. Vanguard Films unknown books
1955135492Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the seminal 1955 Western. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Pitts 2525. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1942148689Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Final Draft script for the 1942 film here under the working title "The Magnificent Jerk." Production No. 647 and copy No.1 stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printedd at the top right corner of same. Single annotation on title page amending title with "Dope" in holograph pencil. Laid in is a credit sequence page with credits divided horizontally from letters "a" to "h."<br/><br/>Don Ameche runs a Dale Carnegie-esque "success school" that isn't terribly successful and at the suggestion of his secretary decides to pursue a promotion where the company makes a success out of the "laziest man in America" who turns out to be Henry Fonda. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 1 and production No. 647 dated FEB. 14 1942. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated February 14 1942 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter George Seaton. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/18/42 and 3/30/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with one two and a half inch closed tear on front wrapper and several small closed tears bound internally with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Credit Sequence 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with center crease open tears at top and bottom hole punch and very small chip on top right. Twentieth Century-Fox 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
194828597New York: Capitol Publishing Co. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Spiral bound. Thick stiff cardboard covers and pages with two die cut windows on front cover one showing the magic cricket a clicker that works well and a man's face. The book is shaped like a castle the two children enter. The transparent plastic covering the window where the cricket is located is missing. The book is very good otherwise with a few tiny soil spots.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . Capitol Publishing Co. unknown books
1942136737Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1942. Mimeograph story reproduction for an unproduced film taken from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1908 book "Round the Fire Stories."<br/><br/>A private train on a journey from Liverpool to London disappears and a nameless private detective thought to be Sherlock Holmes writes into a newspaper explaining how he believes the crime was accomplished only to be vindicated eight years later when the criminal mastermind behind the job admits to his actions for use as a bargaining chip. <br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers dated June 11 1942 with credits for story writer Doyle. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 22 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown books
1958138662Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1958 film. <br/><br/>The lost missile circles Earth and destroys everything in its path using a mysterious technology gained from outer space. Incorporates Cold War propaganda stock footage and the mid-century focus on the importance of science relating to aviation and military weaponry. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York and Canada. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good with creasing staple holes to the center. <br/><br/>Lentz p. 1283. United Artists unknown books
19571320109Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1957. Hardcover. Thin Quarto; unpaginated; G/Fair; red/white checkered spine with black text; dust jacket has noticeable chips to edges; slight soiling to exterior; slightly sunned exterior; price clipped flap; mylar wraps; cloth shows modest wear to edges; sturdy boards; text block has mild tone to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; profusely illustrated; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece;. 1320109. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
1935147721Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1935. Draft script for the 1935 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period.<br/><br/>Based on F. Britten Austin's 1923 short story "The Drum."<br/><br/>During WWI British Officer Michael Andrews Cary Grant is captured and awaiting execution when local Turkish commander helps him escape revealing he is British intelligence officer John Stevenson Claude Rains. Convalescing in Cairo Andrews falls in love with his nurse Rosemary Haydon Gertrude Michael who reveals she's secretly married to a man she'd briefly known a few years before John Stevenson.<br/><br/>Tall white self wrappers in the 1930s Paramount style. Title page dated May 15 1935 rubber-stamped production No. 967. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered C-52. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with three staples. Paramount Pictures 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
1964137342Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1964. Original pressbook for the 1964 film the second time Hemingway's short story was adapted for the screen following the classic 1946 version starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. <br/><br/>Notable as Ronald Reagan's last film role and perhaps in preparation for his move into politics the first time he played a villain. <br/><br/>12 x 18 inchescm. 12 pages saddle stapled. Light foxing overall else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1946143449Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Vintage photograph showing director Robert Siodmak meeting star Ava Gardner and her then-husband band leader Artie Shaw on the set of the 1946 film. With a fold-over mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>A breakthrough role for Gardner as well as the screen debut of Burt Lancaster the film follows Hemingway's story closely for the first 20 minutes then explores both what led to the killing and its aftermath. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some light soil and shallow diagonal creasing to the corners. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Arrow Academy 1024. Criterion Collection 176. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Selby Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
2017Embry 189639Leonaur 2017. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. B&W illustrations. Leonaur, 2017. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1967147882Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1967 film. <br/><br/>A South African DeLuxe Color remake of William A. Wellman's 1948 film "Yellow Sky" based on W.R. Burnett's unpublished novel which was loosely based on William Shakespeare's "The Tempest."<br/><br/>Prospector Oupa Decker Vincent Price and his granddaughter Diana Ivarson are targeted by bandits led by 'Stretch' Hawkins Robert Gunner.<br/><br/>Set in South Africa shot on location in Australia and South Africa. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966129518Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Original US Pressbook for the 1966 Italian film. Franco Nero plays a small supporting role in this drug-related crime film released just prior to his breakout role as "Django" the same year. <br/><br/>4 pages folded 12.25 X 15 inches. Black-and-white throughout. A horizontal fold at the middle and faint toning else about Near Fine. Paramount Pictures 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
1963148136N.p.: N.p. 1963. Twenty-page Shooting schedule for the 1963 film dated February 12 1963 with strikes through in holograph pencil on all but two pages and several annotations in holograph ink regarding locations and shots.<br/><br/>Aging gunman Rory Calhoun attempts to keep his control over a small town populated by outlaws. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Bronson Canyon Los Angeles California. <br/><br/>8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1947144819Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage photograph of director Charles Vidor and stars Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas speaking to Orson Welles on the set of the 1947 film. Welles was directing the classic Columbia Pictures film "The Lady from Shanghai" at the same time. Mimeo snipe and agency stamps on the verso.<br/><br/>Janet Ames Rosalind Russell seeks out five soldiers who her husband sacrificed his life for during World War II. After suffering a serious injury she meets Smithfield "Smitty" Cobb Melvyn Douglas who helps her find the men her husband saved though he does not tell her he is one of them. He tries to help her reconcile her pain and guilt while he treats his own pain from the war with heavy drinking. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1939138289Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1939. Bound presentation script for the 1939 film based on the 1933 short story by Gordon Malherbe Hillman originally published in "American Magazine." SIGNED by members of the cast and crew including stars John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler and Donald McBride director Garson Kanin screenwriter John Twist and producers Cliff Reid and Pandro S. Berman. Presented to newspaper film critic Karl Krug with his name in gilt on the front board. <br/><br/>One of John Barrymore's final films where he plays a terminally ill man who has to cast the deciding vote in a town's mayoral election. <br/><br/>6.75 x 9 inches. Mimeograph duplication bound in flexible leather boards with gilt stamping. Very Good plus with a small dampstain to the front page edge. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
198218895New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1982. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo; maroon cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 84pp; illus. Fine in a price-clipped else Fine dustjacket. A lovely copy of Singer's translation of the traditional Golem story richly illustrated throughout by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 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
199219596Milano: Bompiani/Stefanel 1992. First English Language Edition. Quarto; powder gray cloth with titles stamped in crimson on spine; dustjacket; 36pp; illus. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. A children's book one of several collaborations between Eco and reknown illustrator Eugenio Carmi. This is the uncommon edition published in Italy preceding all subsequent English language editions. Bompiani/Stefanel unknown books
1956132620London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1956 UK release of the 1955 US film. Layovers for "Blood Alley" 1955 affixed to the versos as these stills were reused to promote a second film. <br/><br/>Based on Charles Samuels' novel about Evelyn Nesbit 1884-1967 the chorus girl and popular "Gibson Girl" of the early 1900s who caught the attention of 47-year-old architect and New York socialite Stanford White. The two maintained a romantic relationship up to her marriage to multi-millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw who later shot and murdered Stanford White on the rooftop theatre of Madison Square Garden leading to what the press would call "The Trial of the Century." <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creases and soil. Twentieth Century-Fox 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
1935143369Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1935. Vintage photograph of director Rene Clair on the set of the 1935 film. With the stamp of Pathe-RKO on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1935 short story "Sir Tristram Goes West" by Eric Keown first published in "Punch" magazine about an American who buys a Scottish castle and has it moved to Florida unaware that the castle's ghost comes with it. <br/><br/>9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
