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1960118802Los Angeles: United Artists / Contemporary Productions / Harold Hecht Productions 1960. Draft script for the 1961 film "The Young Savages" here under its working title "A Matter of Conviction" SIGNED by director John Frankeheimer on the front wrapper. Directed by Frankenheimer based on the 1959 novel "A Matter of Conviction" by Evan Hunter who also wrote as Ed McBain written for the screen by Edward Anhalt and J.P. Miller and starring Burt Lancaster Dina Merrill Shelley Winters Telly Savalas. <br/><br/>One of the first "thinking man's pictures" of the 1960s addressing the topic of juvenile delinquency head-on with Lancaster as a lawyer initially bent on prosecuting a group of young thugs then coming around to them as he studies the details of the case. The first of four films that Lancaster would make with director Frankenheimer. <br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers with only the title on the front wrapper and a holograph ink notation at the top edge of same reading "Lanchester" sic which is possibly contemporary to the script's use and possibly later. Title page present with a date of April 9 1960 and a credit for Harold Hecht Productions also known as Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions. 131 leaves mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light fading and a couple of short closed tears at the edges bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Contemporary Productions / Harold Hecht Productions unknown books
1901292613London: Vale Press 1901. Limited. hardcover. very good. Charles Ricketts. Illustrated by Charles Ricketts with initial letters and several elaborate wood engraved border designs. 3 volumes. 8vo white cloth spines sunned as usual. London: Hacon & Ricketts The Vale Press 1901. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> A very good copy with some very light foxing at bottom margins of a few pages otherwise fine & fresh.<br/><br/> Vale Press unknown books
2418London & New York: Macmillan & Co. 1900. Bound in sumptuous midnight blue full levant by Bumpus Binders of Oxford 8vo. 708 pages including index of first lines. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Shelley. The binding is like the poet deeply romantic. The six paneled spine is laden with gilt hearts and sinuous gilt borders punctuated by chaste pointielles. Both upper and lower covers have dual linear borders and gilt hearts the design beautifully mirrored on the turn-ins. All edges gilt. Aside from some light minor wear primarily confined to the lower cover this is an exceptionally handsome binding from the Art Nouveau period of design. A perfect marriage of poetry and the bookbinder's art. books
18761287891London: Reeves and Turner 1876/1877. Hardcover. Octavos. 4 volumes; VG; 3/4 bound in dark green leather marbled boards; paneled spines with gilt lettering tooling; marbled endpapers; top edges of text blocks gilt; very mild wear to boards spines; frontispieces with tissue guards; shelved above Holocaust studies. 1287891. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Reeves and Turner hardcover books
1967149907N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Carl Reiner and actors Jose Ferrer and Elaine May on the set of the 1967 film. Reiner's debut as a director and Elaine May's first feature film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1963 play which was in turn based on the semi-autobiographical novel by director Carl Reiner. Against the wishes of his parents a young working-class man dreams of becoming an actor but has little to offer the stage given his lack of experience and ability. <br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1955137952Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1955. Vintage candid photograph of Robert Mitchum sharing a moment with his wife Dorothy while on the set of "The Night of the Hunter." Dressed in costume as Harry Powell the image of a smiling relaxed Mitchum is incongruous with the severe terrifying nature of the character he played one of the most iconic villains in all film history. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Shallow vertical slice to the right side of the image. United Artists unknown books
1951123070Small 4to. Florence Italy: The L-D Allen Press 1951. Small 4to 16 pp. printed in brown with floral decorations to every page. Original pink wrappers front cover titled in black. Edges slightly faded otherwise as new. § From the introduction: “This ode described as the most perfect of English lyrics illustrates Shelley’s superior gift of expression. In 1819 he also composed Prometheus Unbound cited as the most radiant of all Utopian visions and The Cenci greatest of the tragedies since Shakespeare. That these three poems each taking a supreme place among its own kind should have been produced by one man and in a single year of his life is one of the astonishing accomplishments of literary biography.†The L-D Allen Press unknown books
1958150599N.p.: N.p. 1958. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1958 film. <br/><br/>The anemic undead governor of a nineteenth century prison for the criminally insane conducts cruel illegal experiments on his inmates mostly involving blood transfusions. <br/><br/>Set in Transylvania. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1966151319N.p.: N.p. 1966. Collection of five vintage reference photographs from the 1966 film showing Herman's Hermits who appear as fictionalized versions of themselves in the film. <br/><br/>A NASA scientist is sent to covertly gather information about Herman's Hermits after the children of US astronauts pick "Herman's Hermits" to be the name of the newest Gemini space capsule. The second US film to feature the British-based band following "When the Boys Meet the Girls" 1965. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1949149210Universal City: Universal Pictures 1949. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1950 film here under the working title "Java." Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone with his name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper and single annotation on page 41. <br/><br/>Loosely based on Tay Garnett's 1940 film "Seven Sinners." A sick steam ship crewman attempts to clear his name while being blackmailed for wartime collaboration with the Japanese. Liberace's first credited film appearance as a cabaret performer named "Maestro."<br/><br/>Set on the fictional Pacific island of Oraka.<br/><br/>Tan textured titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated June 14 1949. Title page present noted as Revised Final Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Oscar Brodney. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/15/49 and 7/21/49. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
18982804London: Aldine House 1898. First edition thus. First edition thus. Original light blue cloth with superb gilt illustrated front cover gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated title twelve superb full-page tissue-guarded plates in Housman's early Nouveau-style line. A fine copy of a scarce title. <br/><br/> Aldine House hardcover books
1952151256Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film showing actress Shelly Winters. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>While waiting for a delayed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles a lawyer meets three fellow travelers all of whom have painful conversations waiting for them in California. The plane crashes and the lawyer is one of the few survivors compelling him to contact the families of the three travelers he met before their untimely deaths. <br/><br/>Set in Chicago and Los Angeles. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a short closed tear at the bottom edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
19322265350D. Appleton and Company 1932. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Limited edition #166 of 500 copies. Spine faded. 1932 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xii 2 473 1 pp. 8vo. "John Underhill 7 October 1597 D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1859256115London: Smith Elder and Co 1859. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece. 8vo. Contemporary quarter vellum gilt red edges some edgewear and soiling to binding very good. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece. 8vo. INSCRIBED. Inscribed by Lady Shelley on the half-title to A. Elmore R.A.<br/>M. Buxton Forman's copy with his bookplate also with Percy F. Shelley's card laid in along with two extra versions of the title page and some loose bibliographic notes possibly in Forman's hand. Smith, Elder and Co unknown books
189180722London: William Paterson & Co. 1891. Octavo pp. i-iv v-xv xvi 1 2-386 387-388: ads inserted frontispiece portrait of the author original decorated blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold all edges untrimmed slate coated endpapers. First edition. Seventeen stories some fantasy including "Transformation" and "The Mortal Immortal" many appearing in this collection for the first time in a book. Issued as the second volume of Paterson's "Treasure House of Tales" series which is used as the binder's title. Barron ed Horror Literature 2-88. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 194. Suvin Victorian Science Fiction in the UK p. 47. See Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1465c d and e. See Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2021c. Bleiler 1978 p. 178. Not in Reginald 1979; 1992. Merest hint of rubbing to cloth at head and tail of spine panel and corner tips several tiny bits of leather adhered to rear cover some transfer from a once adjacent leather bound volume else a bright near fine copy. A nice copy of a book usually found in lesser condition. #80722 William Paterson & Co. unknown books
188944014London: Richard Bentley & Son 1889. First Edition. With portraits and facsimile. xv 369; viii 325 1 imprint 1 note verso blank 1 errata verso blank 2 ads pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original tan cloth with decorative overlays to boards. Bookplate of Henry Cabot Lodge. Spines dull heads bumped else very good plus. First Edition. With portraits and facsimile. xv 369; viii 325 1 imprint 1 note verso blank 1 errata verso blank 2 ads pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Richard Bentley & Son unknown books
19116030London: Heinemann & Lippincott nd 1911. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Textblock Fine. No DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear small closed splits at hinge else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering and pictorial elements pictorial endpages frontispiece teg. 8vo. 128pp. Illus. color plates. <br/><br/> Heinemann & Lippincott hardcover books
1974135912Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1974. Vintage press kit for the 1974 film. Includes 29 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs each with the Paramount two-color folding snipe a facsimile cover of Newsweek drawn from the film's content a dense program that includes essays on the making of the film and several stapled information sheets. <br/><br/>Folder 9 x 11.5 inches. Contents 8 x 10 inches. Contents Fine housed in a Very Good studio folder. Paramount Pictures unknown books
18801329929London: C. Kegan Paul 1880. Large Paper Edition #41/50. Hardcover. Octavo 393 pages; VG; bound by Maltby Oxford in full dark blue calf gilt titling and rules to spine light gilt to boards; gilt turn-ins; mild sun-fading and wear to spine; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> "This Large-Paper Edition consisting of Fifty Copies all of which are numbered was printed in the month of November 1880. This Copy is No. 41" / Signed by the printer Charles Whittingham Co.; Printed at the Chiswick Press: C. Whittingham and Co.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> shelved case 0. 1329929. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. C. Kegan Paul hardcover books
1955150447Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1955. Vintage reference studio still photograph of Charles Laughton being playful with child actor Cheryl Callaway on the set of the 1955 film. Cheryl Callaway played Mary one of the children living at the home of Rachel Cooper Lilian Gish.<br/><br/>Based on the 1953 novel by David Grubb. <br/><br/>Charles Laughton's only directorial credit with tremendous performances throughout led by a never-better Robert Mitchum and a resurgent Lillian Gish. Reviled upon its release but today considered one of the classic noir films of the 1950s. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint creasing to margins bruise to lower right border just touching image.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 541. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterworks. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. United Artists unknown books
1952149876Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage reference photograph of director Jean Negulesco and actress Beatrice Straight on the set of the 1952 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with holograph annotations regarding layout.<br/><br/>While waiting for a delayed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles a lawyer meets three fellow travelers all of whom have painful conversations waiting for them in California. The plane crashes and the lawyer is one of the few survivors compelling him to contact the families of the three travelers he met before their untimely deaths. <br/><br/>Set in Chicago and Los Angeles. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with a wide top margin. Very Good plus with light edgewear. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970152335N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actor Marty Feldman as a satyr gleefully reading a salacious paperback novel. <br/><br/>An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. <br/><br/>Shot on location in London and Surrey. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly wavy and edgeworn with light soil to the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown books
1966138768Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1966 UK film. Featuring a very relaxed Michael Caine laying across the laps of his four female costars Vivien Merchant Jane Asher Julia Foster and Shelly Winters between takes. Tipped-on snipe humorously describing Michael Caine's interest in the opposite sex on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on Naughton's 1966 play about a young man from the working classes of sexy swinging 1960s London Alfie Caine in his first starring role is a confident charming ladies' man whose appetites for sex are met in the fun-loving Ruby Winters. <br/><br/>Director Gilbert breaks the fourth wall in this film with Caine directly addressing the camera in attempt to gain sympathy from the audience a technique used again by Gilbert in "Shirley Valentine" 1989. Gilbert also addressed the then-taboo issues of pregnancy and abortion in an uncommonly candid style. <br/><br/>Set in London shot on location there and in Middlesex England. <br/><br/>7 x 9 inches. About Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1925007777London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1925. Fine in unsigned contemporary fine binding stamped "Genuine French Levant" rear inner dentelle the initials "TKD" in gilt front cover covers with triple gilt rules bordering quadruple gilt rules backin six compartments with gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering and tail date all edges gilt marbled end papers with wide gilt-ruled inner demntelles. Small stamp picturing man in fez bottom corner rear end page. A quite lovely copy indeed. Later Edition. Levant Morocco. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press Hardcover books
2001175021New York: PPP Editions in association with Roth Horowitz 2001. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. While the choices in this book are highly subjective this book along with the the books by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger helped codify and illustrate what are some of the truly classic photography books. Features essays by Richard Benson May Castleberry Jeffrey Fraenkel Daido Moriyama Shelley Rice and Neville Wakefield and with the catalog by Vince Aletti and David Levi Straus. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. An as new copy of this excellent reference book that is still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PPP Editions in association with Roth Horowitz unknown books
