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1954166036London: Welbeck Films 1954. Revised Draft script for the 1954 film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the front wrapper and a manuscript ink annotation of the date "9/6/54" on the bottom of the title page here under the working title "To Dorothy - A Son" released in the UK as "To Dorothy a Son" and in the US as "Cash on Delivery." With a manuscript pencil annotation on one page 12A underlining a needed prop and one page 38 with a clipping of a revision page affixed over the previous dialogue.<br /> <br /> George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1950 play "To Dorothy a Son" by Roger MacDougall. Shelley Winters stars as Myrtle an American woman who stands to inherit $2 million dollars from her uncle as long as she doesn't have any male heirs. The only thing standing in her way is John Gregson as her ex-husband and his very pregnant new wife played by Peggy Cummins.<br /> <br /> Tall untitled green wrappers. Title page present with an annotated date of "9/6/54" noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Peter Rogers and playwright Roger MacDougall. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a prong binding. Welbeck Films unknown
193329193HBDJ STATED 1ST Modern Library 1933 225 other titles listed on the inside & BACK of the DJ. BLUE TOPSTAIN The book is Very Good with a definite lean. Edges slightly dusty appears lightly read. Covers clean and spine gilt bright. Jacket is Very Good- little shopworn with overall soiling & SOME SLIGHT SEPARATION AT FRONT FOLD. Only minor wear to extremities and the spine is neither tanned nor faded. . Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Meets all the Toledano Guide points for the true first edition. #7 spine with bright gilt lettering Kent Endpapers BLUE Balloon cloth binding #139 listed on the spine of the DJ with Pre zipCode Coupon. There is minor chipping to the spine ends but the 139 designation at the base of the DJ spine is still present. No internal marks names or writing. Very Scarce! In correct first-issue dust jacket. Bound in blue balloon cloth with matching topstain. 552 PGS LIST Title <br /><br /> MODERN LIBRARY Lew WALLACE, LITERATURE hardcover
193527431California Graphic Press Los Angeles Calif. 1935 ACTOR Starred in Just My LuckThe Busher Clodhopper Egg Crate WallopString Beans Paris The Girl I Loved ETC HBDJ BROWN Hardback WITH GOLD GILT TITLES with dust cover wear and tears. October 1935 1st Edition 1st Printing . Autographed by author no other markings noted inside or out. Sound binding. Small teears corner front DJ VG BK / DJ GOOD WITH LIGHT RUB WEAR Tiny chips Tears DJ Edges. the margins are clean. The DJ has some additional moderate edge wear. NOT an Ex-library copy!. DJ small chips Top Spine DJ small Chip Front DJ Color Illustration of Map of Hollywood 1935 INTACT Blue cloth cover Front Nice Condition lettered in Gold Gilt 177 pgs It is Said That Charles Ray has caught the Spirit of Hollywood better than any Narrator who has attempted description of the Film Capital Taking the Short Short Story technique He had compiled 29 Stories Technique short stories by the former silent film star and producer Charles Ray Handsome leading man in the mold of Rudolph Valentino. -Compiled from incidents in everday Life of Men & Women who Entertain in Pictures short stories by the former silent film star and producer Charles Ray Handsome leading man in the mold of Rudolph Valentino. . A collection of short scripted stories about day to day life in Hollywood from its heyday era of the late 1920's and early 30's Charles Ray starred in Busher Clodhopper Egg Crate Wallop ETC . A collection of short scripted stories about day to day life in Hollywood from its heyday era of the late 1920's and early 30's "Compilation of 29 stories of satire comedy pathos and tragedy with an O. Henry-type kicker . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. California Graphic Press, Los Angeles, Calif. hardcover
1985208481985. The North Star published in Berkeley between 1985 and 1987 documents the interconnected networks of leftist political organizing anti-imperialist activism feminist debate labor politics and international solidarity movements that shaped progressive activism during the Reagan era. The magazine reveals how grassroots organizers socialist intellectuals labor advocates feminists and antiwar activists engaged with domestic and international political struggles through interviews movement reporting cultural criticism and ideological debate. Across its coverage of Central America South African apartheid U.S. electoral politics feminism labor organizing and revolutionary movements abroad the publication illustrates the mechanisms by which American leftist networks circulated political analysis and built coalitions during the late Cold War period. The archive provides primary-source evidence for the study of 1980s American radicalism transnational solidarity movements feminist political discourse and progressive electoral organizing.<br /> Berkeley: The North Star Network 1985-1987. Collection of six issues each 44-48 pages measuring 8.5 x 11 inches in original staple-bound illustrated wrappers with black-and-white photographs and graphic illustrations throughout. 1 The North Star. May 1985. No. 1. Includes "The Liberation of Vietnam" "Building Unity in El Salvador" "Comparable Worth - An Activist's Guide" "Australia's Nuclear Disarmament Party" poetry by Nicaraguan women writers and "Hemingway Has Been with Us in Crucial Moments" an interview with Fidel Castro focused on revolution anti-imperialism and cultural politics. 2 The North Star. Fall 1985. No. 2. Features articles on the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos the anti-apartheid student movement armed struggle in Colombia urban gentrification and interviews on culture and political organizing. 3 The North Star. Spring 1986. No. 3. Contents include "Race and Realignment in American Politics" coverage of the Conference on Socialism and Activism reporting on the fall of Marcos in the Philippines discussion of World Beat music and an interview with feminist writer Margaret Randall. 4 The North Star. Fall 1986. No. 4. Includes "The Sex Wars: Pornography Sexuality and the Left" "Alabama's Black Belt Moves Toward Independent Politics" an interview with Bernie Sanders during his Vermont gubernatorial campaign reporting on anti-abortion violence targeting women's clinics and commentary on Cuba and political repression. 5 The North Star. Spring 1987. No. 5. Features articles on feminism and gay liberation in Nicaragua Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition debates surrounding gender and sexuality and organizing strategies against urban gentrification in "A City Called Mandela." 6 The North Star. Winter 1987. No. 1. Includes debates over organized labor in the United States interviews with Rainbow Coalition director Ron Daniels and Salvadoran novelist Manlio Argueta articles on the Mexican debt crisis and socialist politics infant mortality activism and leftist coalition-building in Australia.<br /> Published during a period marked by Reagan-era conservatism intervention in Central America anti-apartheid activism and renewed debates within the American Left over feminism sexuality race and electoral strategy The North Star captures the ideological diversity and international orientation of progressive political culture in the 1980s. The magazine's contributors and interview subjects connect local activism to broader global struggles documenting how activists framed issues such as labor rights racial justice women's liberation and anti-imperialism within transnational political movements. Minor wear to wrappers and corners with light handling wear throughout. Otherwise clean and tightly bound. Very good condition overall. Substantial documentary archive of late twentieth-century American leftist political and cultural discourse. unknown
1967157986N.p.: N.p. 1967. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. One with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso regarding cropping. <br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> A bold film adaptation of the controversial allegorical drama by Amiri Baraka writing here as he often did in the 1960s as Leroi Jones. An erratic white woman meets an African American man on a subway car. When he begins to respond to her erotic advances she begins to taunt him viciously goading him until he explodes into violence. Anthony Anthony Harvey's important and still impactful first directorial effort followed by many successful films including "The Lion in Winter" 1968 "They Might Be Giants" 1971 and "The Glass Menagerie" 1973. <br /> <br /> Set in New York with subway exteriors shot in Manhattan and interiors shot in London. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1958140666N.p.: Regal Films 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to actress Lyn Thomas with annotations throughout relating to her character in the film Laura. <br /> <br /> A space probe returns to earth bearing an unusual extraterrestrial fungus which when accidentally mixed with human blood turns into space rust. The rust expands rapidly threatening to consume the entire planet. Produced on a tight budget $12500 with $25000 for the screenwriters and rushed to production so that the release would coincide with the Explorer launch. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in California. <br /> <br /> Red untitled wrapper lacking front wrapper. Title page present dated March 7 1958 with credits for screenwriters Daniel Mainwaring and George Worthing Yates. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. mechanical duplication with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/4/58 and 3/13/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine lacking front wrapper. Bound with two gold brads. Regal Films unknown
1958162526N.p.: N.p. 1958. Two vintage reference photographs of director Richard Brooks on the set of the 1958 film one showing Brooks talking with Elizabeth Taylor the other showing Brooks with Paul Newman. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos along with the printed labels of Stillphoto in Amsterdam. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams about the deeply dysfunctional family of a dying plantation owner on the Mississippi Delta. Nominated for six Academy Awards. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Long Island New York. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1964153070Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Sue Lyons and playwright Tennessee Williams sharing a script on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe to the verso.<br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> Based on Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic former priest finds himself caught between the attentions of three women while leading a failing tour of Puerto Vallarta. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Mismaloya and Puerto Vallarta Mexico the latter of which became a popular tourist destination after the film's release. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1964155108Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Two vintage borderless reference photographs one double weight of director John Huston and playwright Tennessee Williams on location of the 1964 film. One photo with a National FIlm Archive stamp on verso and one with a Sunday Telegraph stamp on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic former priest finds himself caught between the attentions of three women while leading a failing tour of Puerto Vallarta. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Mismaloya and Puerto Vallarta Mexico the latter of which became a popular tourist destination after the film's release. <br /> <br /> 9 x 11 inches and 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1980159604Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1980. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1980 Japanese pink film. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Fine faintly age toned. Nikkatsu unknown
1977197301977. Lucas George. Star Wars: A New Hope 1977 reshaped American cinema through its synthesis of mythic storytelling science fiction and commercial spectacle establishing the modern blockbuster model. The film follows a young protagonist drawn into an interplanetary conflict integrating archetypal narrative structures with advanced visual effects. Its unprecedented global commercial success becoming the first film to surpass $500 million in worldwide revenue contributed to a reorientation of studio production toward franchise development merchandising and serialized storytelling supporting research into late twentieth-century media economics and popular culture.<br /> George Lucas's Star Wars: A New Hope. Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox 1977. Archive of 6 original vintage silver gelatin photographic stills. Glossy black-and-white prints measuring approximately 7.5 x 10 inches. The images depict staged scenes from the film including the trash compactor escape sequence with principal characters in confined mechanical space and the closing award ceremony featuring formal assembly and costumed figures. Additional compositions include appearances by Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher and Alec Guinness shown in character within spacecraft interiors battle environments and ceremonial settings. The photographs emphasize costume design spatial staging and group dynamics central to the film's visual identity.<br /> Produced during a period of transition in the American film industry Star Wars contributed to the emergence of effects-driven storytelling and long-form franchise planning. Its influence extended across subsequent science fiction and fantasy productions shaping visual expectations and narrative scope in global cinema. Light handling wear with minor surface marks; overall very good condition. A cohesive group of early production stills from the first installment of a major cinematic franchise. unknown
1940219737Order of the Eastern Star 1940. First Edition. Paperback. The certificate is in a very good to near fine condition with some minor marks and edge dulling. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; One life membership certificate for the Order of the Easter Star a Freemasonry-related fraternal organization est. in Boston 1850. The certificate is awarded to Clyde E. Hadley and dated 10 June 1940. It is signed by Amanda Christian Worthy Matron; L. C. Hamilton Worthy Patron and Goldie Sherwood Secretary. Also includes invoice and membership card. Certificate dimensions: 30 x 22cm. In original envelope with Order of Eastern Star printed label. Order of the Eastern Star paperback
1964151602Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage press kit for the 1964 film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 20 black and white photographs and one gathering of promotional reading material.<br /> <br /> Based on Tennessee Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic former priest finds himself caught between the attentions of three women while leading a failing tour of Puerto Vallarta. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Mismaloya and Puerto Vallarta Mexico the latter of which became a popular tourist destination after the film's release. <br /> <br /> Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970159131N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 experimental film showing actress Verity Bargate. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso regarding cropping.<br /> <br /> Director Stephen Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception disability and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966 and the film collective Spectre in 1980. "Times For" was the first of Dwoskin's longer films and notably included a performance by performance artist and filmmaker Carolee Schneemann with a soundtrack by experimental musician Gavin Bryars. <br /> <br /> 10 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
19182092902141501773Isseidoshoten 1918. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 46 size Isseidoshoten paperback
1966900209Johannesburg: The Star 1966 A clean and tightly bound book. A pictorial record of early Johannesburg to commemorate the city's 80th year. Wrinkling at IFC and flyleaf. The Star hardcover
1953148513Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage photograph of director Budd Boetticher and Julie Adams relaxing in a tree from the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br /> <br /> An early Technicolor Western from seminal American director Budd Boetticher. Gringo miner Gallager Van Heflin is caught up in the Mexican revolution of 1910-1911 when corrupt administrator Ruiz George Dolenz appropriates his mine. Gallager saves the life of guerilla leader Raquel Adams then finds there's a price on his head.<br /> <br /> Set in Mexico shot on location in the Simi Hills and the Ray Corrigan Ranch Simi Valley California. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing near the edges. Universal Pictures unknown
1968145862Hollywood: M.J. Frankovich Productions 1968. Final Draft script for the 1969 film. Single manuscript notation on the title page.<br /> <br /> The story of two West Coast couples as they navigate the changing social and sexual climate of the late 1960s. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Nevada and California.<br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 5 1968 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between September 9 1968 and October 17 1968. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. M.J. Frankovich Productions unknown
1956150328Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of actor Dean Martin on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamp of Paramount photographer Jack Harris on the verso.<br /> <br /> Two men arrive in a small western community hoping to avenge the deaths of their fathers and eradicate the town's lawless criminals. The penultimate musical comedy film collaboration between Martin and Jerry Lewis. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Arizona.<br /> <br /> 13.5 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the bottom edge. <br /> <br /> Pitts 3040. Paramount Pictures unknown
2000x-0415145759Routledge 2000. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 496 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. Routledge hardcover
1997BN42244Star Trek Ge Fabbri Ltd. 1997. 1997. Die offiziellen Star Trek Fakten und Infos Heft 1 bis 304 = komplett 19 Sammelordner Ge Fabbri Ltd. Science-Fiction Die Offiziellen STAR TREK Fakten und Infos Hefte 1-304 in 19 Ordnern <br/><br/>Science-Fiction Die Offiziellen STAR TREK Fakten und Infos Hefte 1-304 in 19 Ordnern Die offiziellen Star Trek Fakten und Infos Heft 1 bis 304 = komplett 19 Sammelordner Ge Fabbri Ltd. Star Trek Ge Fabbri Ltd. unknown
192661673New York & Detroit MI: Durant Motors Inc. April 1 1926. 8vo. 154 pp sections unpaginated others separately paginated. including Retail Order Forms in duplicate on pink & beige-coloured paper with carbons perforated prospect forms. With numerous colour plates black & white photo plates text illustrations. Simulated textured green-brown flexible calf 6-ring binder raised embossed lettering in blind on front cover minor shelfwear rubbing slight age toning faint tidemark to upper fore-edges of a few plates still a VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce dealership salesmen’s hand book for Durant Motors Star Four Star Six automobiles and commercial vehicles introducing their newly introduced 6-cylinder engine. The Star Six produced 40 horsepower and had a 107-inch wheelbase with models including the Star Six Touring Star Six Sport Coupe Coupe Coach Roadster Landau and Sedan all designed and priced to compete with similar Chevy and Ford Models. Durant Motors was founded in 1921 by William Durant after he lost control of General Motors and in the subsequent years built and sold cars assembled from parts manufactured by other suppliers with the intent of building a company that rivaled GM and Chevrolet. This salesman’s hand book describes and illustrates the Durant “New Star Four†Model F which when introduced in 1925 featured the Continental 35 horsepower engine and was very popular. This salesmen’s book includes specific Retail Order forms detailing the price of car freight financing insurance how to push sales through garage owners cultivate Star Car owners as rolling advertising salesman 129 Star Quality Features over competitor’s automobiles low operating costs and pushing the newly introduced Compound Fleetruck commercial truck vehicles. Along with specifics on the factory sales organization the dealership sign is depicted along with specific instructions on developing service/lubrication schedules with new others. This line-up continued into 1927 but Durant began running into capitalization problems and sold his Flint MI plant to GM and in 1927 sold his Long Island City plant to Ford and suspended the Durant Motor Car production in 1927 although the Star continued to be produced with over 70000 sold in 1927. Sales continued to drop in 1928-1929 and by 1932 ceased production and by 1932 Durant was wiped out by the Great Depression. No copies in Worldcat; See: Pat Foster After Being Ousted from GM Billy Durant Aimed for the Skies Hemmings July 11 2024; John B. Rae The Fabulous Billy Durant Business History Review Vol. 32 No. 3 Autumn 1958 pp. 255-271. Durant Motors, Inc., unknown
1993169975N.p.: Wife N' Kids Productions 1993. Fifth Draft script for the 1993 film. With extensive manuscript marker and ink annotations to the front wrapper and manuscript ink annotations to six pages.<br /> <br /> After his grandmother is murdered a nerdy repairman with a knack for invention stumbles onto a method to make his clothes bulletproof and decides to become the low budget superhero "Blankman" to help defend his neighborhood from crime.<br /> <br /> Set in New York City filmed on location in Chicago Illinois. <br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 20 1993 noted as 5th DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Damon Wayons "based on revisions" by Wayons J.F. Lawton and Chris Matheson and "Revised by" Wayons and Lawton. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Wife N' Kids Productions unknown
19960041<p>Fine/As New copy of a rare catalogue of an exhibition of Louise Bourgeois sculptures and drawings staged in Madrid from November 28 1996 - January 18 1997 and signed in red pencil "L Bourgeois" by Bourgeois on the first free end page.</p><p>French flap soft cover with a sewn binding and 15 illustrations in color and 8 in B/W. Introductory essay by Estrella de Diego is both in Spanish and English.</p><p>Very tiny minor bump to upper edge of spine.</p> Galeria Soledad Lorenzo paperback
19802081402109801465Presented by Contemporary History Publishing Association Tokuma Shoten 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Presented by Contemporary History Publishing Association, Tokuma Shoten paperback
