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73847A collection of nearly 150 shooting scripts used by character actor Allan John Melvin 1923-2008 who appeared in hundreds of television episodes from the 1950s to the early '90s often in recurring roles on various series. He is best known for his recurring role as Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch and as Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on both All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place. Melvin also portrayed various characters on The Andy Griffith Show real estate salesman Pete Dudley in My Favorite Martian Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show and Sergeant Hacker on Gomer Pyle.<br/><br/>Born in Kansas City Missouri he attended Columbia University and did some stage work before he broke into television with the role of Corporal Steve Henshaw on the popular The Phil Silvers Show program. "He was proudest of that show. I think the camaraderie of all those guys made it such a pleasant way to work. They were so relaxed" his wife Amalia told the Associated Press in 2008.<br/><br/>Melvin had a long and prosperous acting career but was often cast in the role of slightly loud and abrasive but friendly supporting characters and occasionally as the tough guy. In addition to television he did voice over work providing the voices of cartoon characters such as Magilla Gorilla. Some of his most prolific work was in television commercials for products as diverse as Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes and Remington electric razors. Among the scripts in this collection are five for The Brady Bunch including an episode which features Sam helping Alice solve the Brady family's high telephone bill problem with the addition of a pay telephone like the one in his butcher shop.<br/><br/>The bulk of the scripts in this collection are for the popular television series All in the Family 1971-1979 and its reprisal Archie Bunker's Place 1979-1983. In both series Melvin played Barney Hefner Archie Bunker's neighbor and best friend. According to Smithsonian Magazine the top-rated sitcom represented "a turning point for its engagement with topical controversial themes such as race relations homosexuality and feminism - an effort to reach baby boomer audiences - and for representing the kind of ordinary working people who had thus far been invisible on screen." Among the scripts in this collection is the episode for "The Family Next Door" with Archie Bunker being forced to let go of old prejudices when he learns his wife Edith rented out the house next door to a black family. For an episode entitled "Archie's Dog Day Afternoon" five copies of the script are present from the table draft to the final draft showing the process of television writing. A spring binder imprinted with Melvin's name and Archie's Bunker's Place contains a confidential cast and crew list with addresses and telephone numbers.<br/><br/>The collection also includes copies of scripts Melvin considered and roles he lost. Among them is the March 1965 copy of the script for the stage production of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. There are pencil markings around the lines for the character Speed the gruff and sarcastic poker buddy which was ultimately played by Paul Dooley.<br/><br/>All of the scripts are three-hole punched. With the exception of the All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place scripts most are bound with brads. The collection also includes more than 1000 pages of multicolor script pages for episodes of Archie Bunker's Place likely script changes which have not been paired with their scripts. Overall the material is in very good condition. The collection is housed in five standard file boxes. A detailed Excel spreadsheet listing each of the scripts is available upon request. unknown books
38220L'Edition Française Illustrée, Paris, 1948. Grand in-4 en feuilles .Burins de Decaris.Couverture illustrée rempliée, chemise avec au dos auteur , titre et illustrateur en gros caractères. Emboîtage. Exemplaire n°3/5, avec 3 suites des burins, le 1er état sur pur fil Johannot, l'état définitif sur pur fil Johannot et le 3ème sur Japon supernacré, plus un cuivre et un dessin original. Très rare.Très bon état avec dos à la toile écrue légèrement salie.
177710687Sens, imprimerie du Roy Pierre Hardouin Tarbé, 1777. In-8 (222 x 168 mm), 526 pp., 12 ff. non chiffrées. Vélin moucheté de marron, pièce de titre en maroquin marron, tranches mouchetées de rouge, fortes usures à deux coins et une coupe, vélin fendu sur 10 cm au mors supérieur, taches d’encre dans la marge p. 234 et pp. 489 à 494 avec petits manques de papier (reliure de l’époque).
1999BRG-1_4_139Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 1999-02-02. dvd. UsedVeryGood. 7x5x0. Very Good Condition CD/DVD. Case or cover show minimal wear. Not Satisfied Contact us to get a refund. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment unknown
BRG-1_6_099Omnifilm Entertainment Ltd. dvd. UsedGood. 5x7x0. Good Condition CD/DVD. Case or cover show some wear. Not Satisfied Contact us to get a refund. Omnifilm Entertainment Ltd unknown
2013104849Insight. New. 2013. Hardcover. 1608870278 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 304 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Insight hardcover
25135London England: Entertainment Publications Limited. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - nd; copyright 1992. -- with a bonus offer-- . Entertainment Publications Limited paperback
70604An archive of holographic letters written by members of a multi-generational show business family which found success on the stage and screen and behind the scenes from Broadway to Hollywood. The family patriarch was Bert Kalmar born Albert Kalvarinsky 1884 -1947 a successful lyricist who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He entered show business as a vaudeville magician and comedian and became a songwriter after a knee injury sidelined his stage career. In addition to yielding numerous hits for the Marx Brothers his partnership with Harry Ruby was portrayed in the 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Three Little Words with Fred Astaire and Red Skelton. Before turning to songwriting Kalmar was in a vaudeville act with Jessie Brown 1892-1985 whom he married in 1910. They had two children: Irving Bert Kalmar Jr. 1913-97 and Margaret "Peggy" Kalmar 1928-64. Peggy married Robert Allison in 1950 and had no children. This archive contains more than 200 letters mostly written by Bert Jr. and Peggy to their parents as well as several dozen cards from friends sent upon the songwriter's death in 1947. The letters span from the 1930s to the 1980s. The collection includes a few business-related letters about projects in development as well as royalty and tax statements following Bert Sr.'s death. Among the condolences for Kalmar Sr.'s death are letters from Hollywood notables. Tillie Winslow the wife of Columbia Picture musical producer Max Winslow wrote: "I am so sorry to hear of Bert's passing. There is so little one can say to help one in times of sorrow. I know how hard the heart can hurt and I feel very keenly for you." Kalmar Jr. also known as "Bigs" followed in his parents' footsteps and pursued a career in acting achieving some limited success. Numerous letters in the collection recount his years traveling with a variety of stage productions. In 1943-44 he appeared with Ethel Barrymore in the production "The Corn is Green." He joined the show in February and recalled the following in a letter to his parents: "I found out to my great surprise that the understudy they had and who had a few lines in Welsh and one in English was leaving before the show that night and I had to learn his business and Welsh lines and go on. The first scene was in mining clothes with soot all over my face. Then in eight minutes I had to have the soot off and juvenile make up on and change clothes for the next scene. I made it. It all went smoothly. Before I went on Miss Barrymore walked all the way across the stage and said 'You're the new one aren't you. We're glad to have you with us.' . Later some of the other members of the cast said it was phenomenal - some of them had been in the show six months before she spoke to them." This collection underscores the growing focus on Hollywood and motion pictures. The Kalmars moved from New York to Beverly Hills for the songwriter's work and Kalmar Jr. moved between the two coasts to take advantage of opportunities on the stage and in film. This is also evident in letters from friends and associates in the acting world. A letter to Kalmar Jr. from James Lister foreshadows his career as a prominent Hollywood casting director. He wrote on September 1 1954 of his decision to leave New York with "Liam" whom he just signed to Universal Pictures: "We both feel that we've had New York and at the moment there seems to be more gold on the other side of the country.as well as trees." The Kalmars were also close friends of Random House president Bennett Cerf. A typed letter signed TLS in the collection dated November 7 1946 recalls a fun evening: "Phyllis and I counted our evening with you and Jessie among the happiest we spent all year. I hope we can do a repeat performance at a very early date." A few years after Kalmar's death Peggy wrote in a letter to her mother about visiting Cerf at his office and his efforts to help her with a job in magazine publishing. The letters are in very good condition and most are accompanied by their original mailing envelope. unknown books
199788629Island Books August 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Island Books paperback
19242604<p> Harper & Brothers New York and London 1924 Octavo bound in original slate gray cloth with gilt titles 294 pp. including index. Top edge stained yellow. Stated first edition in the <b>RARE ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER.</b> Offsetting from old moisture damage evidenced by a white residue mark running the width of the rear cover approximately one inch from the top edge. The damage mirrors a stain on the wrapper's rear panel and spine. The stain while noticeable is less detracting than one might expect not affecting the spine of the book itself that is otherwise fine and bright. There is other minor soiling and wear to the dust wrapper but it is unfaded and complete lettered in navy blue against a pale turquoise ground. '"Price $4.00" is printed on the inner flap along with a list of Harper publications on psychology and psychoanalysis. The back flap and rear panel also serve as advertisements for current Harper publications. The front cover of the dust wrapper however is fully dedicated to the promotion of Houdini ".He dissects with an especially keen scalpel he does not wield it as one determined to destroy but rather a seeker after truth. Although he has the utmost respect for the honest belief of any person he is the relentless enemy of deliberate fraud and the account of his adventures in the investigation and detection of it forms a valuable chapter in the crusade for the truth." Thus the wrapper is indeed a marvelous historical document in its own right. Not just a mere ornamental cover for a book it stands as a publisher's clever harnessing of the public's endless fascination with the magician and man who was the Great Houdini.</p> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1930002433Paris Lapina, Collection Les Images du Temps 1930
19752091502135419341Kamigata Rakugo Listening Party 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 145 Kamigata Rakugo Listening Party paperback
146 p., 36 cm, bross. Text in English, French and German. Supplement paperback book of the SUMO limited edition. This compendium contains essays by Graydon Carter, Annie Leibovitz, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Paul Roth and a short biography of Annie Leibovitz and describes the subjects of the photographs in the Big Book. Illustrated with small format reproductions of the photographs.
1929List2808Sedalia Missouri 1929. 11 x 18 inches heavy cardstock. Manuscript note verso reads “Flor Alpino Vals / Vanderbeckâ€. Some staining and tears mainly marginal. Overall very good to excellent. An advertisement for a performance by the Original Eleven Clouds of Joy likely an iteration—of which there were many—of the popular Kansas City-based swing jazz band Clouds of Joy. The group was formed in 1921 by trumpeter Terrence Holder 1897–1983 and in 1929 was led by saxophonist Andy Kirk 1898–1992 and found success largely due to the arrangements and playing of Mary Lou Williams. They would tour the US through 1948 playing Kansas City-style jazz had the top song on the Billboard chart in 1938 and the first single to hit number one on Harlem Hit Parade in its inauguration in 1942 with the song “Take It and Git.†Contemporary newspaper accounts list the band as performing under the name “The Original Eleven Dark Clouds of Joy†during this period though the banner in the photograph here omits the word ‘dark.’ This poster represents an uncommon relic of the band’s early days touring regionally roughly a decade before they enjoyed national success. unknown
70604An archive of holographic letters written by members of a multi-generational show business family which found success on the stage and screen and behind the scenes from Broadway to Hollywood. The family patriarch was Bert Kalmar born Albert Kalvarinsky 1884 -1947 a successful lyricist who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He entered show business as a vaudeville magician and comedian and became a songwriter after a knee injury sidelined his stage career. In addition to yielding numerous hits for the Marx Brothers his partnership with Harry Ruby was portrayed in the 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Three Little Words with Fred Astaire and Red Skelton. Before turning to songwriting Kalmar was in a vaudeville act with Jessie Brown 1892–1985 whom he married in 1910. They had two children: Irving Bert Kalmar Jr. 1913–97 and Margaret “Peggy†Kalmar 1928–64. Peggy married Robert Allison in 1950 and had no children. This archive contains more than 200 letters mostly written by Bert Jr. and Peggy to their parents as well as several dozen cards from friends sent upon the songwriter’s death in 1947. The letters span from the 1930s to the 1980s. The collection includes a few business-related letters about projects in development as well as royalty and tax statements following Bert Sr.’s death. Among the condolences for Kalmar Sr.’s death are letters from Hollywood notables. Tillie Winslow the wife of Columbia Picture musical producer Max Winslow wrote: “I am so sorry to hear of Bert’s passing. There is so little one can say to help one in times of sorrow. I know how hard the heart can hurt and I feel very keenly for you.†Kalmar Jr. also known as “Bigs†followed in his parents’ footsteps and pursued a career in acting achieving some limited success. Numerous letters in the collection recount his years traveling with a variety of stage productions. In 1943-44 he appeared with Ethel Barrymore in the production “The Corn is Green.†He joined the show in February and recalled the following in a letter to his parents: “I found out to my great surprise that the understudy they had and who had a few lines in Welsh and one in English was leaving before the show that night and I had to learn his business and Welsh lines and go on. The first scene was in mining clothes with soot all over my face. Then in eight minutes I had to have the soot off and juvenile make up on and change clothes for the next scene. I made it. It all went smoothly. Before I went on Miss Barrymore walked all the way across the stage and said ‘You’re the new one aren’t you. We’re glad to have you with us.’ … Later some of the other members of the cast said it was phenomenal – some of them had been in the show six months before she spoke to them.†This collection underscores the growing focus on Hollywood and motion pictures. The Kalmars moved from New York to Beverly Hills for the songwriter’s work and Kalmar Jr. moved between the two coasts to take advantage of opportunities on the stage and in film. This is also evident in letters from friends and associates in the acting world. A letter to Kalmar Jr. from James Lister foreshadows his career as a prominent Hollywood casting director. He wrote on September 1 1954 of his decision to leave New York with “Liam†whom he just signed to Universal Pictures: “We both feel that we’ve had New York and at the moment there seems to be more gold on the other side of the country…as well as trees.†The Kalmars were also close friends of Random House president Bennett Cerf. A typed letter signed TLS in the collection dated November 7 1946 recalls a fun evening: “Phyllis and I counted our evening with you and Jessie among the happiest we spent all year. I hope we can do a repeat performance at a very early date.†A few years after Kalmar’s death Peggy wrote in a letter to her mother about visiting Cerf at his office and his efforts to help her with a job in magazine publishing. The letters are in very good condition and most are accompanied by their original mailing envelope. unknown
185519521New York: Pruden & Roberts Printers 51 Beekman street 1855. First edition. Some light soiling; in very good condition. Single leaf printed recto and verso 13.75 x 7.88 inches. Benton b. 1808 here advertises his recent relocation of his medical offices from Brooklyn to Manhattan as well as a series of lectures and demonstrations on the powers of electricity--"And in keeping with the philosophy illustrated by Experiments those who have witnessed them with one accord agree that No Theatre or Band of Minstrels can equal the sport or amusement and all in keeping with good order not objectionable to the most fastidious. The Hearing Sight Taste Smell or any of the senses disturbed the Mental or Muscular Power controlled and all are Relieved at the pleasure of the operator." Benton also notes for visitors consulting at his offices "Examinations by Clairvoyants for disease which have astonished those who have witnessed them can be had if desired." The numerous press notices included here go as late as Oct. 30 1854 and the dates of performance indicate an 1855 performance. Benton noted in the 1855 New York census as a New York City resident eventually moved upstate appearing in directories in Lansingburgh N. Y. as an electric physician as late as 1882. Not noted in Atwater. Not found on OCLC. Pruden & Roberts, Printers, 51 Beekman street, unknown books
170120822Paris, Henry Charpentier, 1701 ; in-12, veau marbré, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, roulette dorée sur les coupes (reliure de l’époque) ; [11-1 bl.], 198, [18] pp., figures in texte.Suivi de : Suite du Trictrac, contenant les règles des jeux du revertier [...], et du toc. Comme on les joüe aujourd’huy. Paris, Heny Charpentier, 1699 ; [4], 111, [9] pp. (Barbier II-996-997).
[40] + 481 + [3] pp., (Sig. A12 e8 A-V12 X2), 17cm., reliure plein-cuir d'époque à cinq nerfs, titre et décorations dorées au dos, texte frais, bon état, V106922
DADAX1887953043AEG Alderac Entertainment Group 0000-00-00. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. AEG Alderac Entertainment Group hardcover
2 voll. In 4°, mezza pergamena con angoli, taglio superiore dorato, titoli oro al piatto e al dorso, pp. XX,483,(7), VII,429,(3), piccole abrasioni alla tela dei piatti, lievi erosioni alla tela
SONG1594720738Alderac Entertainment Group 2014-09-18. hardcover. Used: Good. 8.88x0.75x11.38. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Alderac Entertainment Group hardcover
DADAX04392604180000-00-00. Special Edition. paperback. New. xx. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. paperback
20181-1506706762Dark Horse Comics 2018. Hardcover. New. 120 pages. 11.00x9.00x0.50 inches. Dark Horse Comics hardcover
19242091502135405434Manchuria Cultural Association 1924. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Manchuria Cultural Association paperback
1938206506New York: Apollo Theatre 1938. Small staple holes at upper margin; old horizontal fold long since flattened. Double-sided handbill 5-5/8 x 8-1/2 in. printed on both sides. Weekly handbill advertising upcoming shows for three weeks beginning September 16 1938 although the year is not printed. Headliners for the three weeks are Ethel Waters Andy Kirk and Duke Ellington. Located on west 125th Street in the heart of Harlem the Apollo was and remains one of the cultural meccas of New York City providing top-level entertainment mostly by Black artists for a mostly Black audience. Apollo handbills from the postwar era are not uncommon those from the 1930s are far less so. Apollo Theatre unknown
