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1979132042London: Cinema International 1979. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the British release of the 1979 US film. Rubber-stamped on the versos from the UK distributing company Cinema International Corporation. <br/><br/>An ex-boxing champ makes his way back into the ring to provide for his young son. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Cinema International unknown books
189861972New York and London: G. P. Putnams Sons. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes ex-library copies good for reading or reference. . G. P. Putnams Sons hardcover books
197152079Barre Massachusetts: Barre Publishers 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Introduction by Philip C.F. Smith. Illustrated with photographs by John M. Clayton. Review copy with the publisher's slip and press release laid in. A unique and definitive record of the craft of wooden shipbuilding from the clear white pine model of the envisioned ship to the crack of the champagne bottle against the prow. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Barre Publishers hardcover books
1952133067Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1952. Original Pressbook for the 1952 film released on a double-bill with "The Secret Sharer" and collectively given a new title "Face to Face." This pressbook was produced prior to release and only advertises for 1 film. <br/><br/>Based on the story of the same name Stephen Crane and written for the screen by James Agee. A two-part film released as "Face to Face" in 1952 with the second half of the film based on Crane's story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" and the first half based on a Joseph Conrad story "The Secret Sharer" starring James Mason and Gene Lockhart. Equal parts nautical drama and hilarious western unique during its time with no apparent connection between the two segments. <br/><br/>4 pages folded 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus with a horizontal fold at the middle a corner crease and light soil. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1949137966Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage photograph showing an illustrated advertisement for the 1949 film noir based on the short story of the same name by Frederick Nebel. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
198919595New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989. First American Edition. First Printing. Quarto; illustrated boards; dustjacket; 37pp; illus. Remainder mark to lower edge of text else Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. A children's book one of several collaborations between Eco and reknown illustrator Eugenio Carmi. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1925140430Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Draft script for the 1926 silent film "The Blackbird" seen here under the working title "The Mocking Bird." <br/><br/>Lon Chaney again serves as a versatile "man of a thousand faces" here playing the role of high-profile thief The Blackbird who lives a double-life as a beloved local bishop. He falls in love with a vaudeville starlet who's already being courted by another wealthy thief. The Blackbird attempts to use his Bishop persona to break up the pair and fails becoming crippled and nearly being caught by the police in the process. <br/><br/>Set in the Limehouse district in London. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 2 and production No. 1537 dated October 10 1925 with credits for screenwriter Waldemar Young. Title page integral with the first page of the text with credits for screenwriters Tod Browning and Waldemar Young. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Ditto style mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1941126195Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1941. Draft script for the 1941 film. <br/><br/>The 1941 version of "The Black Cat" is neither a remake of Edgar G. Ulmer's 1934 Karloff-Lugosi film of the same name nor does it bear much relation to the Edgar Allan Poe story though in fairness neither did the 1934 version. It is more of a horror-comedy affair than its predecessor with Broderick Crawford and Hugh Herbert in the lead Bela Lugosi reappearing now in the more minor role of "Eduardo" and Basil Rathbone ably handling the part of the shady Mr. Hartley. Shot by the legendary Stanley Cortez of "Magnificent Ambersons" fame. Hal Erickson Rovi<br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers noted as FILE COPY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 6856 dated January 29 1941. 91 leaves mimeograph duplication dated variously between 5/23/40 and 6/1/40. <br/><br/>Pages Near Fine. Wrappers Very Good plus or better with slight toning and a few short creases and tears at the extremities a small faint stain on the front wrapper and a professionally repaired vertical tear at the rear wrapper bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1934135018Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1934. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white photograph from the set of the 1934 film. Snipe in manual type on the verso mentioning Karloff in "his latest picture for Universal The Black Cat" and rubber stamps crediting photographer Roman Freulich noting that the struck print is for an archive and that the photo is to be an exclusive. A stunning image of Karloff in full high priest regalia. <br/><br/>One of several great films by director Ulmer and along with "Detour" probably his finest achievement an efficient tale in which a young couple with a broken down automobile land not in a decidedly art deco haunted house where Karloff resides and Lugosi along with the couple is visiting. Michael Weaver notes: "Boldly thumbing its nose at convention the film is a veritable catalog of human corruption. Sadism shades of incest revenge murder torture voyeurism Satan worship ailurophobia necrophilia rape and insanity are weaved into the nearly plotless story with remarkable precision."<br/><br/>8.5 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Weaver p. 87-95. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963144429Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage photograph of Alfred Hitchcock Tippi Hedren and members of the crew releasing a large number of birds from a cage on the set of the classic 1963 film. With holograph annotations and a photo agency stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Shot in various locations throughout California including Bodega Bay Bloomfield Valley Ford the Venice Canals and Union Square in San Francisco. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1986132794Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1986. Archive of three title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1963 film. Also included are two fascinating autograph letters both elaborately designed and executed in a calligraphic style from Adler to author illustrator and editor Fridolf Johnson relating to Adler's work with Hitchcock. <br/><br/>Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on over 100 films worked frequently with Alfred Hitchcock and was a favorite of legendary title sequence designers Saul Bass and Pablo Ferro. In addition to "The Birds" 1963 his credits include "Comanche!" 1956 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 "The Seven Year Itch" 1955 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "Psycho" 1960 "In the Heat of the Night" 1967 and "Justine" 1969. <br/><br/>In 2012 an exhibition of Adler's work was organized by noted typographer and design historian Jill Bell at the American Advertising Federation Kansas City. <br/><br/>In the first letter dated May 16 1986 Adler describes after touching on other topics meeting Hitchcock and then presenting him with layout ideas for the titles. He then goes into detail regarding his answer to a question about the techniques of artist Eric Gill stating that Hitchcock "was amazed" by this answer and after that would "request 'to be sure to bring that nice young man along" meaning Adler whenever he had a job for Adler's firm. <br/><br/>The second letter dated June 10th 1986 focuses almost exclusively on Adler's work on "The Birds" going into some detail regarding both the creative and technical processes of producing hand lettered titles for films. He also describes Hitchcock as "an unusual person to work with. He was a master at what he did knew what he wanted and smoked the finest cigars." He then concludes the letter with some brief remarks on how his approach to title lettering evolved over the course of his career. <br/><br/>The letters themselves are works of art executed in a variety of inks in Adler's detailed penmanship with Johnson's name on each in particular receiving full calligraphic treatment. <br/><br/>Also included are draft title cards for the film stylistically similar to each other but much different from the titles used in the finished film. Two of the cards are marked as "camera ready" in holograph colored pencil with titles executed in white paint on black board. The third card photo stat on black paper which accompanied the June 10th letter has been annotated by Adler on both the recto and verso explaining the in more detail the technical process of putting the lettering on film. <br/><br/>Overall a significant collection of material illuminating a little explored aspect of film design with a direct and significant connection to a seminal work by a director known for personally overseeing all aspects of production. <br/><br/>Each letter 19 x 24 inches single leaf rectos only. May 16th letter folded twice for mailing June 10th letter folded. Two long diagonal creases to the May 16th letter else both are Fine. Original mailing envelope for the May 16th letter included. <br/><br/>"Camera ready" title cards 22 x 14 inches. Lightly rubbed and about Near Fine. Third card 18 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1965148379Hollywood: Berkshire Productions 1965. Draft script for the 1968 film with titled written on front wrapper very boldly in holograph marker script containing a few copied annotations striking dialogue and altering actions. <br/><br/>From an original story from producer and director Josef Shaftel.<br/><br/>When no one will pay the ransom for the return of retired Mob Boss Cesare Celli Vittorio De Sica he sides with his kidnappers Robert Wagner Raquel Welch and offers to help them pull off a huge heist even bringing in criminal mastermind Professor Samuels Edward G. Robinson to help run the operation.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in France and Italy. <br/><br/>Green hand titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Sy Salkowitz and author Josef Shaftel. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 150. Spirit duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with fading at edges wrapper Very Good plus with creasing and light foxing on lower outer edge bound with prong binding. Berkshire Productions unknown books
1965133257London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Warner-Pathe 1965. Collection of 8 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1965 UK film. <br/><br/>George the Brain James leads a ragtag band of robbers who steal money and hide it in a tree in a vacant lot but they are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. Once released from prison they seek out the tree only to find it is now on the premises of a police station. Several stars from the "Carry On" film series carryout this classic caper. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout Buckinghamshire England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint corner creases else Near Fine. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Warner-Pathe unknown books
1956132544London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1956 UK release of the 1956 US film. <br/><br/>A star-studded but typical Hollywood biopic based on an original story by John O'Hara "Ten North Frederick" 1955 about a successful 1920s musical writing team DeSylva Brown and Henderson. They score several hits on Broadway but tensions between the three writers mount as two begin to feel neglected. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light creases and rubbing overall else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 356. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1956132545London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Collection of 5 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1956 US film. One still with a cinema The Lorne showing times tag affixed on the verso. <br/><br/>A star-studded but typical Hollywood biopic based on an original story by John O'Hara "Ten North Frederick" 1955 about a successful 1920s musical writing team DeSylva Brown and Henderson. They score several hits on Broadway but tensions between the three writers mount as two begin to feel neglected. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Moderate rubbing to a couple of stills and faint creases overall else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 356. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
195622094ELondon: Beverley Books 1956. First Edition. Paperback Original. Illustrated 40 pages small format 4†x 6 3/8â€. A movie tie-in edition issued to accompany the release of the bio-pic The Benny Goodman Story starring Steve Allen as the ‘King of Swing’ clarinetist and jazz bandleader Benny Goodman co-starring Donna Reed Berta Gersten Herbert Anderson Sammy Davis Jr. and Dick Winslow. Very good bright copy with some minor handling. Beverley Books paperback books
1957118260Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1957. Early Draft script for the 1957 film "The Beginning of the End" directed by Bert I. Gordon based on a story by Gordon indicated here though not credited in the film written for the screen by Fred Freiberger and Lester Gorn and starring Peter Graves and Peggie Castle. <br/><br/>One of two Republic features produced by AB-PT or American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres "The Beginning of the End" is one of the more famous monster cheapies in which Department of Agriculture functionary Graves and photojournalist Castle discover huge grasshoppers that are part of a gone-awry experiment in radioactivity. The US Army finds out too late and the first target is Chicago. <br/><br/>White card wrappers with the stamp of the Sunset Script Service in red on the inside rear wrapper and the film title in black on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for director Gordon original story and screenwriters Freiberger and Gorn with Gordon's name address and phone number at the bottom right corner. 101 leaves mimegraph rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with foxing and some tears at the punch-holes bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Martin 43. Republic Pictures unknown books
1946104614Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1946. American insert poster for the classic 1946 film noir. Based on the short story by W.F. Harvey with a screenplay by noted science fiction writer Curt Siodmak<br/><br/>14 x 36 inches. Extremely colorful easily Near Fine with two faint horizontal folds and a tiny stamp and brief penciled notation at the verso. Warner Brothers unknown 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
1952148479Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Vintage publicity photograph of Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel and young actor Tommy Rettig from the 1953 film.<br/><br/>The only feature film written by Geisel Dr. Seuss who wrote the story co-wrote the screenplay and the lyrics to songs. <br/><br/>A Technicolor musical fantasy about a boy Rettig who dreams he is a world ruled by a diabolical piano teacher Dr. Terwilliker Hans Conried forever enslaving children and forcing them to play a piano so immense it takes 500 children to play it.<br/><br/>Nominated for one Academy Award.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1965148894N.p.: N.p. 1965. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1965 film. Two studio still photographs of Ursula Andress on production designer Piero Poletto's striking minimalist set and two compilation fashion photographs of Andress in costume bookending Costume Designer Giulio Coltellacci's concept drawings. Two photographs with "La Decima Victima" stamp on verso.<br/><br/>An international cult classic based on the 1953 short story "Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckley. Sheckley wrote the novelization of the film in 1956 and two sequels "Victim Prime" and "Victim" in 1987 and 1988 respectively.<br/><br/>The worldwide officially sanctioned "Big Hunt" is the world's most popular television show giving those inclined to violence and those in search of celebrity a chance to act as "hunter" and "victim." The games top two assassins Caroline Meredith Andress and Macello Poletti Marcello Mastrianni who may be in love are pitted against each another.<br/><br/>A descendant of Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" 1924 and the first of the televised death game films such as "The Gladiators" 1969 "Death Race 2000" 1975 "The Running Man" 1987 and "The Hunger Games" 2012.<br/><br/>Shot on location in New York Rome Geneva and Vatican City. <br/><br/>2 - 9.5 x 7.25 inches 2- 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969136404Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film by screenwriter Nunnally Johnson titled "The $100000000 Snatch" with the working title "The Fortunes of War" on the front wrapper. Johnson was a screenwriter director and producer and highlights of his forty-year career include "The Grapes of Wrath" 1940 "The Three Faces of Eve" 1957 and "The Dirty Dozen" 1967. From the estate of Nunnally Johnson. Several typeovers and holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>A small group of Army rangers are facing court martial accused of stealing $100000000 in gold and jewels from the Nazis at the conclusion of the war with the action alternating between the courtroom and flashbacks to what happened. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers with the working title and credit to screenwriter Johnson on the front wrapper. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Johnson and story writer Cleri. Mechanical duplication with yellow and blue revision pages throughout all undated. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available upon request. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1942130516Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. First Draft Continuity for the 1942 film. This is a pre-production continuity not to be confused with a post-production continuity. <br/><br/>The "other woman" in this early 1940s Twentieth Century-Fox programmer turns out to be Emily Virginia Gilmore faithful secretary to master architect Henry Summers James Ellison. Hoping to trap her boss into marriage Emily begins sending "mash notes" to Henry purportedly from a mysterious female admirer. She then coerces her old pal Ralph Dan Duryea to pose as her jealous Southern-fried boy friend of the nonexistent letter-writer. Poor Henry convinced that Ralph is the gangster who's been threatening him with bodily harm takes off for parts unknown. Our heroine spends the rest of the picture chasing Henry until he finally catches her Hal Erickson Rovi. <br/><br/>From the AFI Catalog: "The working title of this film was 'Leap Year' also the title of Lamar Trotti's original story. According to a September 4 1941 memo in the Twentieth Century-Fox Records of the Legal Department located at the UCLA Arts Special Collections Library Trotti wrote the story "sometime ago" and sold it to the studio for one dollar when producer Walter Morosco decided to make it as a "low budget picture." Although the legal records indicate that Jerry Sackheim worked on a screenplay for the picture the extent of his contribution to the completed film has not been determined. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 185 and production No. 730 dated June 6 1942. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated June 6 1942 noted as 1st Draft Continuity with a sole credit for screenwriter Jungmeyer. 135 leaves mimeograph duplication with revision pages on blue stock dated variously between 6/10/42 and 6/20/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1954147905Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1954. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1954 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1940 short story The Lord in His Corner by Eustace Cockrell published in Collier's.<br/><br/>MGM Ansco Color B-movie starring Shelley Winters who came out of a two year retirement because of her marriage to Vittorio Gassman and the birth of their child Vittoria.<br/><br/>Sarah Winters is the wife of the corrupt boxing manager Willy Keenan Wynn who promotes the religious illiterate and well-intentioned young boxer from Tennessee Danny Dewey Martin.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing in corners and light discoloration to top left of image. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] 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
