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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
1976133466Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to producer Tony Bill with his signature in black holograph ink at the top right corner: "Tony Bill exec. producer." Also included is a typed letter of provenance signed by Bill. <br/><br/>A star-studded film in which a third-rate vaudeville duo decides to attempt a large bank robbery in New York. Set in 1890s Middle America and New York shot on location in Mansfield Ohio. <br/><br/>Faux leather titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Byrum and producer Bill. 134 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
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
1956139915N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK one sheet poster for the 1956 British film. <br/><br/>After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during the war. <br/><br/>Set in Malaya shot on location in Malaya and England. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine with light toning and black holograph annotations to the verso. The Rank Organization unknown books
1956139914N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK three sheet poster for the 1956 British film. <br/><br/>After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during World War II. <br/><br/>Set in Malaysia shot on location in Malaysia Australia and England. <br/><br/>41 x 81 inches rolled and mounted on archival linen. Near Fine. The Rank Organization unknown books
1970144863Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Chrislaw Productions 1970. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of actor Sammy Davis Jr. and director Jerry Lewis on the set of the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Chris Pepper Peter Lawford and Charlie Salt Sammy Davis Jr. are about to lose their London nightclub. In desperation they turn to Pepper's aristocrat twin brother for help who shortly after they contact is murdered. Pepper assumes his dead brothers identity and together with Salt they try to solve the crime. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Herefordshire and London England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists / Chrislaw Productions unknown books
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
1933146070Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. First Draft script for the 1933 film. With holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>Lt. Henry Crocker a blithe Royal Air Force pilot realizes that the constant violence of war is beginning to take a harsh toll on Lt. Jerry Young his flying ace buddy who is showing signs of cracking up. When Young breaks down and eventually commits suicide Crocker decides to stage his death as an in-air combat casualty in order to save his friend's reputation. The script's original ending seen in this early version depicted Crocker years later as a bedraggled old man homeless and alone staring at a memorial plaque with an epitaph praising Young's heroism. <br/><br/>Tall peach titled self wrappers noted as FIRST SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 451 dated January 30 1933 with credits for screenwriters Bogart Rogers and Seton I. Miller. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeographed on peach stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with creasing to the top left corner of the rear wrapper side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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
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
1976146900N.p.: Films du Berry 1976. Collection of four vintage borderless studio still photographs and one contact sheet from the 1976 film. Two larger gloss finish photographs and two smaller matte finish photographs and contact sheet containing eleven images.<br/><br/>Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning work on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began a foray into making adult sex films under the pseudonym Michel Gentil which he continued to make under various pseudonyms through the mid 1980s.<br/><br/>An erotic comedy directed by Jean Rollin under the pseudonym Michel Gentil and starring Tania Busselier and Martine Grimaud.<br/><br/> 2 - 7 x 9.5 inches 2 - 5 x 7 inches Contact Sheet 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine some light curling. Films du Berry unknown books
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
1972150803N.p.: Norway Productions 1972. Draft script for the 1974 television film a serious sci-fi obscurity that originally aired on January 23 1972 on NBC. An early inspiration for the android character Data from the 1987 series "Star Trek: Next Generation" created by Gene Roddenberry and Gene Coon who are the screenwriters here. <br/><br/>A group of scientists create an android superhuman named Questor unaware that the project's creator Dr. Vaslovik who has disappeared installed a secret mission into the android's programming directing the android to find Vaslovik and save humanity. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. Title page present dated August 2 with credits for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered 72. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 8-8-72. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good lightly soiled and worn bound with two gold brads. Norway Productions unknown books
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
1950327Twelve Menus from R.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" Cunard White Star Line printed in England September 6-10 1951 for September 6 Luncheon and Dinner September 7 Breakfast Luncheon and Dinner September 8 Luncheon and Dinner September 9 Luncheon and Dinner September 10 Breakfast Luncheon and Farewell Dinner. Luncheon and dinner menus measure 26.5 cm x 21 cm with illustrated front covers by Vernon Ward Arthur Rowlands Cowlam Edgar Woolax C. F. Hopkinson and T. Peddie. Breakfast menus measure 27.5 cm x 17 cm printed on one side only. Condition is fine. <br /> Cunard White Star Line paperback books
1930152279N.p.: Caddo Company 1930. Vintage program for the premiere of the 1930 Pre-Code film which was famously held as a gala event at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.<br/><br/>Howard Hughes' most expensive and ambitious production a story about World War I combat pilots today still a dazzling work of blockbuster action and actual aerial biplane footage. Originally conceived as a silent film and then retooled as a talkie in the wake of "The Jazz Singer" 1927. Most of the film is shot in black and white but one sequence is in color-the only color footage ever released of actress Jean Harlow before her untimely death. <br/><br/>8.75 x 11.75 inches bifold. Very Good with a few light dampstains to the front wrapper and a short closed tear to the bottom fold. Caddo Company unknown books
1929419731929. Album a commercial aligator leatherette style. Album's leather spine perished with covers detached. Poor binding. Text & ephemera - Very Good. "Albertic" stationery - signs of use. Holes from prior attachment. Overall Very Good. Album: 6"x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>This lot includes two diaries or journals that were kept during a "Grand Tour" trip to Europe from Canada aboard the R.M.S. "Doric" and the S.S. "Albertic". The journals were written by Miss Anita Cronk from Chicago. The first journal begun July 12th 1929 was kept in a leather "Album" containing ~ 140 pages of mss entries. Interspersed among each days entries are photographs postcards telegrams tickets maps menus programs & other interesting ephemeral items that document the trip. At the rear are collected autographs & inscriptions from fellow passengers as well as a list of hotels frequented during the trip. The second 'journal' of 40 pages written on loose S.S. "Albertic" stationery documents the trip back home again with associated ephemera from the trip again such as programs telegrams tickets photographs & menus. The first journal starts on July 12th 1929 when Miss Cronk and her friends arrive in Montreal. The ship sailed on 7 a.m. on July 13th and the next 20 pages of the journal document the eight day trip to Ireland. On Monday July 22nd the ship docked in Galway Ireland. After spending four days in Ireland the ship left for Liverpool England. After almost seven days in England the ship sails for Brussels. After spending a few days in France Miss Cronk and her friends take a train to Germany were they spend several days and then on to Austria Italy and back to France. In this interesting journal Anita Cronk records the modes of travel the hotels the restaurants the scenery and the people that she meets and also documents the travels with photographs and postcards and other numerous types of ephemera that are pasted into the album. The second journal starts on August 19th 1929 is written on White Star Line S.S. "Albertic" stationary and documents the trip home. Interspersed among the pages are several "programs" documenting the activities aboard the ship. There are also some photographs tickets and menus. Also included with the two journals is the R.M.S. "Doric" passenger list that also includes a map of the journey. An interesting accounting from this young lady's shipboard activities & continental travel just before the advent of the crippling 1929 Depression which would severely curtail the number of such journeys. hardcover books
