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1940WRCLIT82807Beverly Hills: United Artists 1940. 16pp. Quarto. Stiff pictorial self-wrapper. Illustrations including color. Upper wrapper quite tanned and soiled around edges internally very good. An original theatrical souvenir program for the 1940 release of Chaplin's barbed satirical attack on Nazism and Fascism and their respective figureheads. This was both Chaplin's first full sound film and commercially the most successful in its original release. Paulette Goddard and Jack Oakie costarred. United Artists unknown books
1956139119Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1956. Original British black-and-white premiere program for the 1956 US film. Printed and distributed to coordinate with a European gala premiere of the film at the Odeon Theatre June 26 1956 as a charity fundraiser to benefit the Actors' Orphanage and the Variety Club Heart Fun for Under-Priveleged Children. <br/><br/>Based on Max Catto's often wrote as Simon Kent 1950 novel "The Killing Frost." Lancaster who was an acrobat in his younger years plays Mike a trapeze artist trying to overcome an injury. Tino Curtis and Lola Lollobrigida pursuade him to pursue his dreams and return to the Big Top. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>8.5 x 11 inches 12 leaves with color wrappers saddle-stapled. Very Good plus with rubbing a vertical crease and light spine stress. Scarce. United Artists unknown books
1978147796Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1978. Collection of 13 vintage black and white reference photographs 6 vintage color studio still photographs 5 vintage studio still photographs 2 vintage black and white borderless reference photographs and 1 color reference photograph from the 1978 film. Several of the photographs are candid shots taken on the set of the film.<br/><br/>The sequel to "National Velvet" 1944 based on the 1935 novel. A former horse riding champion helps her troubled niece achieve Olympic horse riding glory.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in England.<br/><br/>24 photographs 10 x 8 inches 1 photograph 7.25 x 9.5 inches one photograph 6 x 9.5 inches 1 photograph 7.5 x 5 inches. Near Fine some with faint edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1999PW1093Cambridge MA:: MIT Press 1999. 1999. 8vo. xii 377 1 pp. Figs. index. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. ISBN: 0262522950 A major comparative study of systems of large-scale classification. See book review by Stefan Helmreich "Torqing Things Out" Science Technology & Human Values Vol. 28 No. 3 Summer 2003 pp. 435-440. Bowker is a professor of Informatics at UC Irvine. Susan Leigh Star American sociologist UCSD "She specialized in the study of information in modern society; information worlds; information infrastructure; classification and standardization; sociology of science; sociology of work and the history of science medicine technology and communication/information systems." She is called by some "one of the most influential science studies scholars of the last several decades." MIT Press, 1999. unknown books
188039439.71880. Dated & SIGNED in lower right of the "June" sketch; titled & dated in lower left of the "July" sketch. Bit of age toning to extremities. The June drawing with thumbtack holes in the corners otherwise Very Good Plus as is the 2nd drawing. Single sheet each The June sketch oriented vertically: 9-3/4" x 6-3/8". The July sketch oriented horizontally: 6-3/8" x 9-7/8" <br/><br/>The two sketches depict "J. De Estrella" a cowboy or man of such an aspect. the first shows him grasping a six-shooter at a holster on the left waist; the second the man is relaxing in a chair reading a paper feet up on a nearby table. Booksin a Calfornia native who settled in the San Jose area ~ 1881 where he died almost 70 years later. Named after this individual is Booksin Elementary a high achieving elementary school located in the heart of San Jose's Willow Glen suburb. From the Jeff Sahadi collection of L A Booksin drawings. unknown books
1995169802New York: Fly By Night Press 1995. First edition. Softcover. 91 pages. A collection of poems by Star Black. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Includes a laid in handwritten note from Star Black presenting this book to fellow poet Star Black. Note in near fine condition. Fly By Night Press unknown books
1955147888N.p.: Visual Drama 1955. Vintage studio still photograph of Joyce Jameson and Myron Healey from the 1955 film here under the alternative title Gangbusters. <br/><br/>NBC aired the True Crime television series Gang Busters from March 20 1952 to October 23 1952 and reedited the three episode storyline The Pinson Gang into the 1955 feature film Gang Busters. <br/><br/>Lifelong criminal Pinson Healy keeps escaping from prison. Loosely based on Omar August Pinson American robber and murderer.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing to corners some edgewear and two small closed tears in left margin. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Lyons US. Visual Drama unknown books
1971151346Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Vintage press kit for the French release of the 1971 documentary film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing five black and white photographs and three pages of promotional reading material.<br/><br/>A documentary following the star-studded 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival which featured Crosby Stills Nash and Young Joan Baez Joni Mitchell and many others. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Big Sur. <br/><br/>Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1956132800London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1956 UK film. <br/><br/>Based on Moore Raymond's 1945 novel of the same name about a young boy in the Australian bush hailed as the Australian "Huckleberry Finn." <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few moderate creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1944141117Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Based on John Steinbeck 1943 novella of the same name. Reference numbers are 619-53 black-and-white stamped on verso as "KEY SET" and 619-70 sepia apparently mounted for internal use. <br/><br/>The film follows a group of survivors stranded on a lifeboat following an attack on their merchant ship. Tensions are high as the group negotiates food rations and tries to plot a course to land or rescue. The film is the first in Hitchcock's "limited-setting" fims followed by "Rope" Dial M for Murder" and "Rear Window." Steinbeck who wrote the novella for the film was aggravated by the changes made to his work specifically to an African American character who he felt had been transformed into a grotesque caricature. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Florida and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with toning to one image as well as a holograph graphite notation to the other. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968132378New York: Stuart Millar Productions 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. <br/><br/>Based on George Plimpton's 1966 book. Alan Alda in his first starring role plays Plimpton who has put himself into the sports arena writing about his experiences. He's entered the ring with a professional boxer and pitched in an All-Star game. He decides to try his hand at being the quarterback of a professional football team and he gets his opportunity with the Detroit Lions. While everyone involved agrees to keep his secret feigning time spent as a semi-pro in Canada it soon becomes clear that he is clueless on the field. Eventually he earns his teammates' respect and even gets to play in an exhibition game. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York Missouri and Florida. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for writers Roman and Plimpton. 132 leaves mimeograph duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 131. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stuart Millar Productions unknown books
606454not signed from the 1974 film "Dark Star." 1. 3/4 length shot of two astronauts fighting over a weapon. 2. Full length dramatic shot of an astronaut on the floor of his space ship trying to reach his fun in front of him. 3. Full length shot of three astronauts in the control room. 4. Full length shot of an astronaut seated inside the space ship. Photographs are on heavy weight stock; 10" x 8"; very good fresh minor signs of handling; 1974. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
606424not signed from the 1974 film "Dark Star." 1. 3/4 length shot of a man in deep sleep with the doctor observing. 2. Full length dramatic shot of an astronaut walking in space. 3. Full length distorted shot of three astronauts in the control room. Photographs are on heavy weight stock; 10" x 8"; very good fresh minor signs of handling; 1974. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
