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1959150777N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica on the set of the 1959 film. Italian "Tele Foto" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the semi-autobiographical 1950 Italian novel "Il generale Della Rovere" by Indro Montanelli. Petty con man Victorio Bardone De Sica is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a dead Resistance leader to extract information from his fellow inmates and identify another Resistance leader.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.<br/><br/>Set in Genoa Italy shot on location in Rome Italy. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Very small crease in lower left corner else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 463. N.p. unknown books
1975135371Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Vintage black and white still reference photograph from the 1975 film. With a printed snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1975135372Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Complete collection of 8 vintage color studio still photographs from the 1975 film. Each with a printed snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1975135374Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Collection of 5 vintage black-and-white studio reference photographs from the 1975 film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1954131088Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1954. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. The fifth of seven films in the popular "Francis the Talking Mules series all made in the 1950s. Copy belonging to technical advisor Major Lane Carlson with his name in holograph blue ink on a label affixed to the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. Carlson acted as a consultant on the military aspects of the film as the film involves Francis joining the Army going to the Pentagon etc. <br/><br/>Salmon titled wrappers noted as Final Screenplay on the front wrapper dated February 9 1954. 157 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-17-54 and 4-5-54. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus in a three ring binder used during production. Universal Pictures unknown books
1964BL4502Barre MA:: Barre 1964. 1964. 8vo. ix 128 pp. Illus. index. Cloth dust-jacket; light wear to extremities of jacket otherwise very good. Barre, 1964. hardcover books
1971140038Paris: Albina Productions 1971. Original Japanese B2 poster for the 1971 French film. Based on a short story by Dostoevsky titled "White Nights" originally published in the magazine "Annals of the Fatherland" in 1846. <br/><br/>A typically precise stylized and carefully choreographed outing by Bresson rarely screened. The story concerns a four-day or four-evening relationship between a young artist and a young woman one that begins with the man saving the woman as she contemplates jumping from a bridge. <br/><br/>21 x 29 inches folded. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Albina Productions unknown books
1956146325Hollywood: Allied Artists Productions 1956. Draft script for the 1957 film noir here under the working title "Night Target." A strike through the printed title and "Footsteps in the Night" and "1956" written in holograph ink on the wrapper with the name of an uncredited crew member written in holograph pencil on upper right of wrapper.<br/><br/>The final of five Los Angeles-set police thrillers starring Bill Elliott as a L.A.sheriff's department detective following "Dial Red O" 1955 "Sudden Danger" 1955 "Calling Homicide" 1956 and "Chain of Evidence" 1957. <br/><br/>Two detectives investigate the strangulation death of well-liked card player. A gambling addicted neighbor is suspected but something doesn't quite add up. "Wild" Bill Elliott's final film retiring from acting in 1957.<br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral to the distribution page present with receipt removed dated March 14 1956 with credits for screenwriter Albert Band. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Spicer US. Lyons p. 91. Grant US. Selby US. Allied Artists Productions unknown books
1943146447Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Post-production script for the 1943 anthology film. With a single holograph pencil annotation to the title page reading UF145. <br/><br/>A three-part anthology film with supernatural stories woven together by a conversation about the occult between two clubmen. The second of the three stories is based on Oscar Wilde's 1891 short story "Lord Arthur Savillle's Crime."<br/><br/>White titled self-wrappers noted as REVISED VERSION on the front wrapper dated AUGUST 28 1943 with credits for director Julien Duvivier and actors Charles Boyer Barbara Stanwyck Robert Benchley and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound at the top edge with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
19685222Santa Barbara CA: University of California Santa Barbara. Art Gallery 1968. Softcover. VG faint library stamp at base of cover. Wraps. 86 pp. 63 bw plates. Catalogue lists a total of 87 works. Chronology list of exhibitions selected bibliography. Essay written by and pictures selected by Ala Story. Scarce catalogue. Published to accompany an exhibition held at Santa Barbara CA: Art Galleries at UCSB Feb. 6 to Mar. 3 1968 three other locations. University of California, Santa Barbara. Art Gallery unknown books
189310647Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1893. 3rd edition. Hardcover. VG some wear ends of spine bookplate T.E.G. Brown cloth. 295 pp. No illus. Includes chapters on "Michel Angelo" "Phidias and the Elgin Marbles" "The Art of Casting in Plaster Among the Ancient Greeks and Romans" "A Conversation with Marcus Aurelius" and "Distortions of the English Stage As Instanced in 'Macbeth'" Houghton, Mifflin and Co hardcover books
1960143202Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 Japanese film. Holograph ink and stamp on the outer page edges. Production designer's script with holograph underlining on numerous pages regarding objects needed for a given scene swimsuits sun cream summer kimonos Persian cat etc. Other annotations in the same hand fill in the names of actors who have been chosen to play the parts of various characters whose names are printed. <br/><br/>The double directed feature intentionally creates a juxtaposition between each director's lens and the credits give no indication of how the two collaborated also intentional. According to Audie Bock author of "Japanese Film Directors" Naruse filmed all of the older generation scenes and the Japanese restaurant scenes while Kawashima did the younger generation and the geisha house scenes comparatively the 'comic relief'. <br/><br/>A family love triangle sees a mother and daughter in competition and parallels the conflicting nature of new and older generations in modern society. <br/><br/>Set in Japan. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1960. Title page present. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered g-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples wrapped in paper on spine. Toho Company unknown books
1976148808N.p.: N.p. 1976. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film here with the slightly different working title "Empire of Ants." Loosely based on the 1905 short story by H.G. Wells. <br/><br/>American International Pictures AIP third and final film in their H.G. Wells trilogy beginning with "The Food of the Gods" 1976 directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner and Pamela Franklin and followed by "The Island of Dr. Moreau" 1977 directed by Don Taylor and starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York.<br/><br/>Another classic "giant" movie from Bert I. Gordon following "King Dinosaur" 1955 "The Amazing Colossal Man" 1957 "Earth vs. the Spider" 1958 "Village of the Giants" 1956 and "Food of the Gods" 1976 this time featuring giant ants mutated by radioactive waste which attack a shady land developer and her prospective clients and threaten to take over a whole island town.<br/><br/>Set in the Florida everglades and shot on location in Fort Pierce Belle Glade and Jensen Beach Florida. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 8 1976 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jack Turley and story by Bert I. Gordon. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
2005221252New York: Be Beautiful 2005. Paperback. 208p. English-language translation of Japanese yaoi manga comic novel erotic images very good trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Be Beautiful paperback books
1937152130N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film showing actor Sabu. With a mimeo label snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamps of National Film Archive library. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Based on Rudyard Kipling's story "Toomai of the Elephants" which originally appeared in Kipling's 1895 collection "The Jungle Book." A young Indian boy helps guide his father and a government elephant hunter to the secret elephant camp in the jungle. A breakthrough role for Sabu who would go on to work under exclusive contract for film mogul Alexander Korda in "The Thief of Bagdad" 1940 "Arabian Nights" 1942 and "The Jungle Book" 1942. <br/><br/>Set in colonial India shot on location in Gwynedd Wales. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned. N.p. unknown books
1937150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary.<br/><br/>During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events.<br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1940146331Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final draft script for the 1940 film. Notation on front wrapper in holograph purple ink adding ."9A" to the production number. Notations in holograph pencil in script adding tics to dialogue and names on the verso of pages. Laid in are 3 blue "retake" pages dated after principal photography had been completed.<br/><br/>A remake of T. Hayes Hunter's 1920 silent film of the same name. Irving Pichel's "Earthbound" finds Nick Desborough Warner Baxter called away from his honeymoon with Ellen Andrea Leeds for business in Paris only to find his ex-mistress Linda Reynolds Lynn Bari sent the telegram. Linda rejected by Nick shoots and kills him and her husband Jeff Henry Wilcoxon is arrested and tried for the crime. Nick's ghost helps guide Ellen to clear Jeff and convict Linda so he can rest in peace.<br/><br/>Set in Paris and Switzerland. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 33 and production No. 1884 dated January 12 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated January 12 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Samuel G. Engel. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeographed rectos only with Blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/15/40 and 2/21/40 with laid in Blue Retake pages dated 3/1/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1967132226Beverly Hills CA: Walter Wagner / United Artists 1967. Original late 1960s Polish R61 poster for the Polish re-release of the 1939 US film designed by Jerzy Treutler. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. <br/><br/>John Ford's smash hit and enduring masterpiece "Stagecoach" revolutionized the Western elevating it from B movie to the A-list and establishing the genre as we know it today. The quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances "Stagecoach" features outstanding performances from Hollywood stalwarts Claire Trevor John Carradine and Thomas Mitchell. And of course John Wayne in his first starring role for Ford as the daredevil outlaw the Ringo Kid. Superbly shot and tightly edited "Stagecoach" Ford's first trip to what would become his beloved Monument Valley is Hollywood storytelling at its finest. <br/><br/>23 x 33 inches non-archivally mounted on board. Light rubbing and soil pulling slightly from one corner. Very Good plus overall. <br/><br/>Shipping billed at cost. Item can only be shipped within the US. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 515. Walter Wagner / United Artists unknown books
20091340365New York: Universe Publishing 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; black/red/yellow pictorial spine with gray and red text; first edition; no jacket; cloth has only light wear to exterior; strong straight boards; text block clean; pop up illustrations; unpaginated. 1340365. FP New Rockville Stock. Universe Publishing hardcover books
1944148705Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1945 film here under the working title "Two-Faced Quilligan." Production No. 911 and copy No. 6 rubber stamped on the front wrapper with SHOOTING FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation in the script in holograph pencil noting three names on the verso of last leaf.<br/><br/>Patrick Michael Quilligan William Bendix captain of a barge named Mary named after his mother meets and falls for two women Joan Blondell and Mary Treen who remind him of his beloved deceased mother inadvertently marrying both.<br/><br/>Set in Brooklyn and Utica New York. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 6 and production No. 911 dated DECEMBER 21 1944. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 21 1944 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Arthur Kober. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/2/45 and 2/28/45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with large chip on right edge of front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
182955461Boston: Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins 1829. First edition 8vo pp. 60; removed from binding; very good. Story was the first Dane Professor at Harvard a position he took while serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. American Imprints 40553; Sabin 92301. <br/><br/> Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins unknown books
199753182Royal Oak MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 1997. First Limited Edition. One of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.143. Small quarto 26cm; red cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 24pp; 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
200553185Clarkston MI & Mission Viejo CA: A.S.A.P. 2005. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors this being copy no.122. Small quarto 26cm; russet cloth with titles stamped in white on spine and pictorial title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 191pp; 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
1917241667Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1917. hardcover. very good-. Ed. by Edward Gray. Illus. 8vo 1/2 tan cloth spine lightly soiled. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1917.<br/><br/> One of 570 copies.<br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown books
191726311Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1917. 370 pages; limited edition of 570 printed; with a useful index at back. Sepia-toned tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Harriette Story Paige from a painting by Savinien-Edme Dubourjal 1844 and a similar portrait within of Caroline LeRoy Webster also by Dubourjal 1845 and one of Daniel Webster from the portrait by Chester Harding along with a couple more illustrations. Anecdotes of the diarist's travel to Europe in London England Scotland and Wales as touching upon the life of Daniel Webster 1782 - 1852 American lawyer & statesman. ".Webster's remarkable political diplomatic and legal careers were aided by his intellectual brilliance and personal magnetism. He contributed significantly to the concept of American nationality to the idea of a perpetual Union to perspectives on economic growth to a modern legal system and to the rising importance of the United States in foreign relations." Maurice G. Baxter in the ANB Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" size; original marbled paper covered boards beige cloth spine black leather spine label gilt titles; a little edge tips wear to the boards; no slipcase; contents clean and in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
