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1910WRCLIT77006New York: Charles Frohman 1910. Three volumes. 343;150;135 leaves. Quarto. Original and carbon typescripts with red rules bradbound in steno service wrappers each bearing the large rubber stamp of producer Charles Frohman. Some soiling discolorations and fraying to wrappers internally very good. A three act theatrical script associated with the premiere production of this comedy. The script for Act II bears the signature of Joseph Allenton who played the lead and the denotation "Original." Those for acts one and three are stamped "Latest Corrected Copy." The play opened at the Lyceum on 19 September 1910 and closed after 48 performances. One of the scripts is dated "10/20/10" in the corner of the upper wrapper and there are a few corrections and annotations in the texts. Prominent theatrical producer Charles Frohman who was lost on the Lusitania in 1915 while demonstrating exemplary courage produced the play. This was a quite early writing credit for Unger 1885-1940 who had an active career spanning three-decades as screenwriter and playwright. Charles Frohman unknown books
1332069New York: A.C. Armstrong & Son. Hardcover. Quarto; Fair; Hardcover; Spine brown with black print; Boards in brown cloth with black and gold print tattering to spine caps and corners small tear to front hinge wear to edges mild shelfwear; Text block has gilt edges cracked hinges front and rear and very loose binding intermittent spine breaks endpapers have stain to top spine corner initial pages almost separated from binding light amount of foxing; "Designs by Andrè : Chromolithographed by Emrik & Binger"--verso of title page; CONTENTS: The Tempest - The Taming of the Shrew - The Merchant of Venice - The Winter's Tale; unpaged illustrated title page frontispiece illustrated two-color drawings color plates. 1332069. FP New Rockville Stock. A.C. Armstrong & Son hardcover books
1994223819Mexico DF: Coedicion Latinoamericana 1994. 34p. printed on bright-white paper with color illustrations on every recto page facing recipes verso; bound softback in strong yellow glossy cardstock 8.5 inches square. A nice clean copy. Fifteen recipes from around the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking new world ten different countries. Coedicion Latinoamericana unknown books
1990WRCLIT50443Allston MA 1990. Whole number one. Small quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrations. Lower wrapper dust spotted else very good. Edited by David Gionfriddo et al. unknown books
19501310923Kingswood: William Heinemann Ltd 1950. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG-Hardcover; Beige spine with red text; Heavy shelf wear and age to covers rubbing along surfaces spotting and marks to corners discoloration along sides and edges of dust jacket age toning to inside of dj jacket now protected in plastic type cover; Moderate age and wear to bright red cloth boards faded gilt text and design on front cover cover slightly loose at spine binding slightly cocked toned pages; Age toning and foxing to text block exterior text block clean; 145 pp. 1310923. FP New Rockville Stock. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books
19691340856London: The Macmillan Company 1969. Hardcover. Octavo; First printing; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine tan with black print; DJ in mylar tears at spine ends and flap corners one-inch closed tear to rear top edge and to front top edge small hole torn in center of front hinge edgewear toning to spine stains on spine and front; Boards in yellow illustrated cloth light wear to spine caps and corners else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; unpaged illustrated color. 1340856. FP New Rockville Stock. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1993205835Paris: Actes Sud-Papiers 1993. Paperback. 39p. Text in French. Very good. Lightly soiled porous paper covers. One of his first professional works. A theatre text a play developed in collaboration with director Robert Wilson. Originally produced in 1989 this is the French edition released in 1993. Actes Sud-Papiers paperback books
1969WRCLIT70488Bok-Lito Borås: United Artists 1969. Original Swedish one sheet poster. 39 x 27½ 100 x 70cm. Previously folded else near fine. Publicity poster for the Swedish release of this Franco-Italian film directed by François Truffaut who also provided the adaptation of Woolrich's 1947 novel WALTZ INTO DARKNESS for the screen. The film starred Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve among others. United Artists unknown books
1928140906Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Archive of material from the 1928 film. From the estate of actor Monte Blue who starred in the film. <br/><br/>Included in the archive are a carbon typescript draft script here under the working title "Southern Skies" four vintage photographs each with a mimeo snipe on the verso one with a press stamp as well and a later 1921 edition of the 1919 travel book by Frederick O'Brien which served as the source material for the film signed and dated by Blue with his bookplate on the front pastedown. <br/><br/>MGM's first film with a fully prerecorded soundtrack comprised of music and sound effects including most notably the first time the company's mascot Leo the Lion roared at the film's start White Shadows in the South Seas doesn't quite classify as a "talkie" as only the single whispered word "hello" appears in the soundtrack. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. <br/><br/>Set on a Polynesian Island shot on location in Tahiti at the time an ambitious endeavor to shoot a Hollywood film on location among native islanders using many of them as extras in the film. <br/><br/>Carbon typescript draft:<br/><br/>Cream colored titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 5046 and production No. 338 dated November 29 1927 with credits for screenwriter Jack Cunningham and adaptation writer Ray Doyle. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated November 161927 with credits for Cunningham and Doyle. 146 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 146. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>1921 copy of "White Shadows in the South Seas:"<br/><br/>Early The Century edition from 1921 first edition was originally published by The Century in 1919. Very Good lacking jacket. Front hinge split with light rubbing to the cloth at the extremities. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
196726836New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dj. c.1967. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. a tight clean copy with no discernible wear to either book or jacket just a touch of tanning to the jacket spine. B&W photographs Musical adaptation of the "Peanuts" comic strip which ran for 1597 performances in its original off-Broadway production and has been re-staged and adapted for other media numerous times since notably as a 1973 TV special and in a 1999 Broadway revival. The original production starred Gary Burghoff as Charlie Brown and Bob Balaban as Linus Van Pelt. . Random House hardcover books
