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1939147885Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Vintage studio still photographs from the 1939 film here under the working title "The World on Parade." "Silver Screen Archives" stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Scientist Douglas Cameron William Henry invents the "Iconoscope" a television device that can broadcast across the country and finds himself pursued by international spies.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light creasing at corners. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1967147886Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1967. Three vintage photographs from the 1967 film one studio still and two on the set photographs. <br/><br/>The second of three Tarzan films to star Mike Henry.<br/><br/>Tarzan is called to Brazil by his old friend The Professor Paulo Gracindo to help stop the evil Barcuma Rafer Johnson and the Jaguar Cult from destroying villages and enslaving natives. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Brazil. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1954139856Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1954 film. Based on Paul W. Fairman's 1953 short story "Deadly City." <br/><br/>Nora King Cathleen Crowley wakes up after a suicide attempt to find the city of Chicago deserted. As she wanders around she bumps into three more stragglers and together they learn that the city was evacuated due to a hostile automated alien ostensibly from Venus. The quartet tries to survive as the government attempts to disarm the deadly invader. The film was one of the first to explore the genre of alien invasion following the notable science fiction classic "War of the Worlds." <br/><br/>Set in Chicago shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a chip and light creasing to the right margin. Allied Artists unknown books
1953130749Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. <br/><br/>Safari guide Van Heflin is hired to hunt murderer Abel McCracken in the wilds of Africa though the guides motives may go beyond his assigned task. <br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers noted as Final Screenplay on the front wrapper dated September 24 1953. Title page integral with the first page of the text. 147 leaves mimeograph duplication with yellow carbon typescript revision pages collected at the end dated variously between 10-3-53 and 10-10-53. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1944145409los Altos CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Starring actress Baxter is featured in two stills. Two stills with "Silver Screen Archives" New York rubber-stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>One image from the set is shown. Please inquire for others.<br/><br/>Based on a story by Cheavens source author of "Penny Serenade" 1941. Tessa Baxter leads an impoverished family holding a dinner for a soldier returning from war. They don't receive the soldier they expected and the charming stranger Sgt. Eric Hodiak quickly involves himself. The film was reprised for radio by Lux Radio Theatre in 1945 with original starring actors performing.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Florida.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches one slightly larger two single-weight glossy and one double-weight matte. Very Good plus faint discoloration to the matte still small surface chips and brief creases to the glossy stills. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1946WRCLIT61588New York 1946. Volume 8 whole numbers 42-47 and volume 9 whole numbers 48-53. Twelve issues bound up in two volumes gilt buckram original wrappers bound in for contributor James Laughlin. One leaf is missing from #51 wrappers trimmed a bit in binding cloth slightly marked and dusty but very good. Edited by Martha Foley and Whit Burnett. Published initially bimonthly then monthly then bimonthly again as one of the most popular venues for new as well as established writers of short fiction. "When STORY celebrated its tenth anniversary in 1941 it had published over a thousand stories about 90 per cent of which were considered distinctive by short story anthologist O'Brien." - Hoffman et al. Contributors to these issues include Huxley Stegner DeVries Sandoz Greene E.W. White Anderson Dunsany Saroyan Neagoe Woolrich Knight et al. HOFFMAN et al pp.160-1 and 303. hardcover books
1935WRCLIT50762Vienna Palma de Majorca & New York 1935. Whole numbers 5 9 12-14 16-23 25 27-29 31 32 36 and 37. Twenty-one issues. Small quarto. Printed wrappers. Lower wrapper and crown of spine of #5 chipped some sunning and occasional light soiling a few spines have nicks but generally very good. Edited by Martha Foley and Whit Burnett. Published initially bimonthly then monthly then bimonthly again as one of the most popular venues for new as well as established writers of short fiction. The early expatriate issues are uncommon. "When STORY celebrated its tenth anniversary in 1941 it had published over a thousand stories about 90 per cent of which were considered distinctive by short story anthologist O'Brien." - Hoffman et al. Contributors to these issues include Caldwell B.C. Brown Zugsmith Faulkner Saroyan the first appearance of "The Daring Young Man." Fante Boyle Aiken Bates Hurston Coppard Algren Bessie Stein Anderson Vorse March Jolas Bunin R. Fisher Creekmore Appel Lanham Callaghan Laughlin De Vries Levin Wilhelm et al. HOFFMAN et al pp.160-1 and 303. 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
1987006385Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1987. Episode aired 20 February 1988 in season 1. Red brad bound wrappers 3 57 pp. printed rectos only on pale blue paper. . First Edition. Brads. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paramount Pictures Paperback books
1956USTESTA00TWStanford University Press 1956. Fine. Stegner Wallace and Richard Scowcroft editors. Stanford Short Stories 1956. Including Help Her to believe by Tillie Olsen. With a story by Tillie Olsen. Stanford: Stanford University Press 1956. 1st edition. 149pp. 8vo. Tan cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing and clipped price. Bright. Ex-libris Sam Weller. Stanford University Press hardcover books
1965130588Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Revised Final script for the 1966 film. Actor Van Heflin's working copy with his annotations throughout. 1960s remake of the 1939 John Ford Western. <br/><br/>Studio self-wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated June 15 1965 with credits for screenwriter Landon. 130 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/18/65 and 8/31/65. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978148026New York: Sheldon R. Lubliner/F. Wendell Minnick 1978. Draft script for the 1978 musical which was to premiere at the Palace but closed during its out-of-town tryout and played The National Theatre in Washington DC from January 1 1978 to February 4 1978. Copy number "#34" written in holograph marker on top corner of title page.<br/><br/>The story of fictional song-and-dance man Jack Beaumont who becomes a Hollywood superstar during the golden age of movie musicals.<br/><br/>Yellow Studio Duplicating Service titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Richard Seff book Jerry Bresler music Lyn Duddy lyrics David Black director and Leonard Starr story. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-4-24. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with bruise near spine bound with two gold screw brads. Sheldon R. Lubliner/F. Wendell Minnick unknown books
1948017478June. 1948. First Edition. Paperback. Wraps very good with spine wrinkling. Joe Louis cover; Bob Feller George Kell Babe Didrickson et al. No mention of football or basketball but softball and racing are mentioned. . June paperback books
2000229851Oakland: printing & binding by The Key for author 2000. Unpaginated about 15p monochrome illustrations verso and text recto hardbound first edition in 7.5x8.5 monochrome boards with gilt spine panel looks like a little Golden Book the kids' series except slightly larger. Inside the rear cover find a 45rpm vinyl record in an adhered pocket. Book pocket and record in fine clean shape. Content is not for small children; the rasty ghost of a real-life local jazzman comes to haunt a living player. Addictions and sexual jealousy are part of this story which obliquely refers to California realities a music joint on Market Street Ronald Reagan governor &c. Author Malnik may be related to the deceases as Spade's given name was Donnell without the terminal e. printing & binding by The Key [for author] unknown books
1977USTOSPA00efHarper and Row 1977. Very Good. Story Ronald. Space-Gods Revealed. New York: Harper and Row 1977. 139pp. Indexed. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Harper and Row paperback books
1943148845Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Vintage publicity photograph of Lon Chaney Jr. and Louise Allbritton from the 1943 film. Mimeo snipe and "Photofest" label obscuring a "Carlos Clarens Collection" stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>The third Dracula film from the Universal Classic Monster series preceded by "Dracula" 1931 directed by Tod Browning starring Bela Lugosi and "Dracula's Daughter" 1936 directed by Lambert Hillyer starring Otto Kruger and Gloria Holden. <br/><br/>Count Dracula's son Count Alucard is invited to the Louisiana swamps by the young heiress where they secretly marry much to the dismay of her long time lover. Lon Chaney Jr.'s first and only time portraying a vampire.<br/><br/>Set in the swamps of Louisiana. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with closed tear on bottom repaired with paper tape on verso slightly wavy. <br/><br/>Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1946147829Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Original pressbook for the 1948 film noir. <br/><br/>A quintessential "amnesia victim as protagonist" noir with superior dialogue and presentation courtesy of the talented Joseph L. Mankiewicz "Somewhere in the Night" stars John Hodiak as a war veteran suffering from complete memory loss with only two clues to his past: a bitter letter from a woman who hates him and a second even more mysterious letter signed "Larry Cravat." <br/><br/>One sheet folded twice as issued 25 x 11 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear.<br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Grant US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1816705981816. Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story Joseph 1779-1845. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit As Delivered to the Grand Jurors of the District of Massachusetts And to the Members of the Suffolk Bar at the Opening of the Court in Boston May 15 1816. Published at Their Joint Request. Boston: Printed by John Eliot 1816. 20 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light rubbing to extremities light browning and foxing small chip to head of title page clean tears and faint dampstains to final two leaves which are partially detached but secure. A scarce title. $250. Only edition one of 2 issues both in 1816. Considered a model lawyer-statesman by Story Dexter 1761-1816 served in the Massachusetts legislature and both house of the U.S. Congress. He also served briefly as secretary of war and secretary of the treasury under John Adams. OCLC locates 11 copies 4 in law libraries Harvard University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania Yale. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 1975. unknown books
1990188574Houston: Arte Público Press 1990. Paperback. 224p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Arte Público Press paperback books
19861293186New York: North-South Books 1986. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. 4to. picture book unpaginated VG/VG; DJ white spine small black lettering: very mild wear to DJ front flap price clipped; gloss paper boards white spine small black lettering: very mild wear to boards mostly bumping to head and tail; interior pristine fully illustrated by Watts; orig. pub. in Switzerland under the title "SCHUSTER MARTIN"; shelved Case 14. 1293186. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. North-South Books hardcover books
1942149229Universal City: Universal Pictures 1942. Archive of three scripts and one post-production script for the 1942 film.<br/><br/>First an early Draft script under the working title "Sherlock Holmes vs. Lord Haw-Haw" by screenwriter John Bright noted as "Contract File Copy" on front wrapper. Carbon typescript preceded by a four page ribbon copy typescript outline dated 3/10/42. Annotation of inquiry into necessary story elements and plotline on title page in holograph pencil. Several annotations throughout of Bright's name page numbers strikes question mark and dates ranging from 3/10/42 to 3/27/42 in holograph pencil and ink.<br/><br/>Second is a Draft script under the working title "Sherlock Holmes #1" by screenwriter Lynn Riggs dated April 2 1942. Annotations in red and graphite holograph pencil on front wrapper some illegible citing Arthur Conan Doyle and the story upon which script is based and "Copy from which we mimeod yellow script 4/27/42." Carbon typescript on onionskin with annotations in holograph pencil and ink throughout primarily amending page numbers scene numbers and character names as well as striking the "#1" on title page title and adding "Saves London" amending title to "Sherlock Holmes Saves London" another early working title. <br/><br/>Third is a Draft script under the working title "Sherlock Holmes' Series #1 'Sherlock Holmes Saves London'" credited as "A Free Adaptation" by Robert Andrews and credits for screenwriters Lynn Riggs and John Bright dated May 4 1942. One annotation in holograph pencil of the name "M. Nicht" on top right of page 107 likely a stenographer.<br/><br/>Lastly the post-production Dialogue and Contitnuity script here under the working title "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Fear" dated July 28 1942. Annotation on front wrapper in holograph pencil striking "Fear" in title adding "Terror" amending title to it's release title.<br/><br/>Based on the 1917 short story "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and loosely on the real-life exploits of Lord Haw-Haw several broadcasters but most notably William Joyce a US born Briton who broadcast Nazi Propaganda from Germany to the UK during WWII. Joyce would be convicted of high treason in 1945 and hanged in 1946 the last person executed for treason in the UK.<br/><br/>The third Sherlock Holmes movie starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce and the first produced at Universal Studios. Preceded by "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" 1939 directed by Alfred L. Werker and followed by "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" 1942 directed by Roy William Neill.<br/><br/>Watson and Holmes transplanted from their usual Victorian setting and from the WWI setting of the original story are now in England at the start of WWII investigating the mysterious broadcasts by "The Voice of Terror" apparently from Nazi Germany warning of acts of terror moments before their occurrence.<br/><br/>3/10/42 script "Sherlock Holmes vs. Lord Haw-Haw":<br/>Gray titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John Bright. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Bright. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some chipping creasing and closed tears at extremities primarily to front wrapper bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>April 2 1942 script "Sherlock Holmes #1":<br/>Gray titled wrappers dated April 2 1942 with credits for screenwriter Lynn Riggs. Title page integral with first page with credits for screenwriter Lynn Riggs. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 122a. Carbon typescript on onionskin. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some creasing and small closed tears to extremities on front wrapper bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>May 4 1942 script "Sherlock Holmes' Series #1 'Sherlock Holmes Saves London'":<br/>Gray titled wrappers dated May 4 1942 with credits for adaptation by Robert Andrews author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and screenwriters Lynn Riggs and John Bright. Title page integral with first page. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/8/42 and 5/14/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some chipping creasing and closed tears to extremities bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>July 28 1942 Dialogue and Contiuity post-production script:<br/>Title self wrappers noted as DIALOGUE CONTINUITY on the front wrapper dated July 28 1942. 117 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound at top with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1942149240Universal City: Universal Pictures 1942. Archive of three scripts and one post-production script for the 1942 film.<br/><br/>First is a First Draft script under the working title "'Sherlock Holmes' #2" by screenwriters Edward T. Lowe and Scott Darling dated March 24 1942. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin with annotations in holograph pencil on several pages inquiries about plotline question marks as well as dates and name of screenwriter Darling. Bound in preceding script are: A two-page carbon typescript breakdown of the story in 21 points with annotation of "1st rough draft" and "One 3/24/42" in holograph pencil in upper right of first page. A ribbon copy typescript "continuity" breakdown of locations and sequences in ten points dated 4/6/42. A ribbon copy typescript "comments on Sherlock Holmes #2" broken into nine points dated 4-6-42 and a three page ribbon copy typescript synopsis dated 3/24/42.<br/><br/>Second is a Third Draft script under the working title "'Sherlock Holmes' #2" crediting screenwriter Scott Darling on front wrapper and Edward T. Love and Scott Darling on title page dated April 22 1942. Annotation in holograph pencil of "mimeographed pink" on lower right of front wrapper. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin with several annotations in red or graphite holograph pencil question marks an asterisk underlines and screenwriter S. Darling's name and date "4-27-42." <br/><br/>Third is a Draft script under the working title "Sherlock Holmes Fights Back" with name of screenwriter Edmund L. Hartmann on front wrapper. Title page credits to "Additional Changes by Edmund L. Hartmann" and screenwriters Scott Darling and Edward T. Lowe dated May 22 1942. Carbon typescript with mimeograph duplication revision pages. Bound in preceding script is a page describing concept for "The Miss Bently School for Girls" with photograph affixed illustrating concept. Annotations in red and graphite holograph pencil throughout noting dialogue locations shots characters as well as strikes and dates.<br/><br/>Lastly a Post-production Dialogue and Contitnuity script dated August 6 1942 with single annotation in holograph ink on front wrapper.<br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1903 Sherlock Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.<br/><br/>The fourth Sherlock Holmes movie starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce and the second produced at Universal Studios. Preceded by "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror" 1942 directed by John Rawlins and followed by "Sherlock Holmes in Washington" 1943 also directed by Roy William Neill who would go on to direct all subsequent Holmes films at Universal.<br/><br/>Watson and Holmes transplanted from their usual Victorian setting now in England in the midst of WWII have to protect Swiss scientist Dr. Franz Tobel and his invention an advanced bomb site from falling into the hands Nazi Germany as well as Holmes' arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty Lionel Atwill. The first Holmes film to feature Inspector Lestrade Dennis Hoey of Scotland Yard.<br/><br/>March 24 1942 script "'Sherlock Holmes' #2":<br/>Gray titled wrappers dated March 24 1942 with credits for screenwriters Edward T. Lowe and Scott Darling. Title page integral with first page dated 3/24/42 noted as 1st draft screenplay with credits for screenwriters Lowe and Darling. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with chipping and closed tears to extremities and one large 4.5 inch closed tear on bottom of front wrapper bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>April 22 1942 script "'Sherlock Holmes' #2":<br/>Gray titled wrappers noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated April 22 1942 with credits for screenwriter Scott Darling. Title page integral with first page with credits for screenwriters Edward T. Lowe and Scott Darling. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Ribbon copy typescript rectos. Pages Near FIne wrapper Very Good with closed tears and chipping at extremities bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>May 22 1942 script "Sherlock Holmes Fights Back":<br/>Gray titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Edmund L. Hartmann. Title page present dated May 22 1942 with credits for Additional Chages by screenwriter Edmund L. Hartmann screenwriters Scott Darling and Edwart T. Lowe and author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Carbon typescript with mimeograph duplication revision pages rectos only with pink revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with large closed tear to front wrapper and chipping and closed tears to extremities bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>script:<br/>Titled self wrappers noted as DIALOGUE CONTINUITY on the front wrapperdated August 6 1942 with credits for director Neill. 109 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound at top with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1946126189Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Post-production Continuity and dialogue script for the 1946 film. <br/><br/>Phyllis Allenby Lockhart has an ancient curse on her family cast by a pack of wolves. After a series of local murders she is convinced she and her werewolf curse are to blame for she finds her belongings muddied torn and streaked with blood almost every morning. A greedy aunt eventually confesses to framing Phyllis in attempt to retain the Allenby's family fortune and suddenly dies by falling down a flight of stairs and onto a knife. With all the right elements of atmosphere eerie stringed instrumentation as the score and impeccable effects the film was not well received. Stands unique in the werewolf pantheon with a woman as the accursed and no werewolf actually seen. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers dated MARCH 25 1946 production No. 1484 with credits for director Yarbrough actors Don Porter and Lloyd Corrigan and actresses June Lockhart Sara Haden and Jan Wiley. 83 leaves mimeograph duplication. <br/><br/>Pages Very Good plus or better with a few tiny chips short creases and small closed tears at the extremities and some offsetting to the wrappers bound with two gold brads. Wrappers now encapsulated in mylar. <br/><br/>Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1968140420Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage borderless still photograph from the set of the 1968 film. Featuring Mia Farrow on a horse during filming with Jo Losey and Liz Taylor in the background. <br/><br/>A dark psychologically twisted film in which Liz Taylor plays a boozy prostitute who stubles upon a family drama between young wealthy Mia Farrow coming off her success in "Rosemary's Baby" and her stepfather played by Robert Mitchum. Taylor plays a matronly role in Farrow's life though she is unable to tell which of the family members is lying about the other until Farrow kills herself to escape her stepfather's sexual predation and Taylor exacts a bloody revenge. <br/><br/>7.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine condition. <br/><br/>Newman 35. Universal Pictures unknown books
1968260361New York: Universal Pub./Sphere 1968. Paperback. 188p. backlist lightly-worn first mass-market movie tie-in/novelization edition in pictorial wraps with b&w scenes from the film on the cover. Award Books A426S. Basi of the Elizabeth Taylor/Mia Farrow film about the relationship between a wealthy nymphet and an aging prostitute directed by Joseph Losey. Universal Pub./Sphere paperback books