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1957135366Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the US release of the 1957 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1935 novel "Pylon" by William Faulkner. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1966131621Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 film. Both are reference photographs featuring director Frankenheimer on the set: one from a scene at the beach with his shooting crew the other in a social setting with the film's star Rock Hudson. <br/><br/>Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead. Hamilton is eventually introduced to a firm that will fake his death and create an entirely new look and life for him. After undergoing physical reconstruction surgery and months of training and psychotherapy Hamilton returns to the world in the form of artist Tony Wilson. He has a nice house in Malibu and a manservant a company employee who is there to assist him with his adjustment. He finds that the life he had hoped for isn't quite what he expected and asks the company to go through the process with surprising results. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1959132441London: Rank Film Distributors 1959. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1959 UK release of the 1958 US film. <br/><br/>Based on the novel and written for the screen by Ernest K. Gann about a disgraced former Navy captain piloting a disparate group of passengers through a storm on a rundown schooner. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few light creases and some light stains on the versos else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown books
19893671Boston MA: Museum of Science Boston 1989. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Minor shelf wear bookplate on front wrap owner signature on ffep else tight bright and unmarred. Color pictorial wraps. 4to. 224pp. Illus. b/w plates. Appendix. <br/><br/>Presentation plate from the MoS celebrating its 50th anniversary. Previous owner was a noted Harvard entomologist. A wonderful history of the Boston MoS. A very handsome copy of the rather scarce volume. Museum of Science, Boston paperback books
2001151555London: Vision On 2001. First edition. Softcover. A terrific collection of color and black and white photographs of rock stars and groups like David Bowie Iggy Pop Queen Lou Reed Mick Jagger and others. A very near fine copy in French style wrappers. Vision On unknown books
19785832NY SEAVIEW 1978 1978. SIGNED BY ROCK FIRST EDITION FINE. Signed by Authors. F. NY, SEAVIEW, 1978 unknown books
201827714Mount Desert ME: Beech Hill Publishing 2018. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. 399 pp. Autobiography from legendary rock and roll guitarist and founding member of Television. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Second printing. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Lloyd and is uncommon thus. Beech Hill Publishing hardcover books
200414143JNew York: Cooper Square Books 2004. First Revised & Expanded Edition. Signed by former Buffalo Springfield band member Richie Furay who went on to found the group Poco. The definiive work on the influential rock band which launched the careers of Neil Young Stephen Stills Richie Furay and Jim Messina. Illustrated. 320 pages. Paperbound. Fine clean copy. Cooper Square Books unknown books
183313299London: W. E. Andrews 1833. 12mo. 2 vols. in 1. I: x 239 pp. II: 234 pp. 1 f. Plates. <br><br>Travel and description of Rome illustrated with a few interesting wood engraved plates. Publisher's gilt stamped brown cloth top of spine chipped with loss. Bookplate ownership stamps rubber and embossed. Ink spots on front cover. A decent copy. W. E. Andrews hardcover books
1961132742London: Unviersal International Pictures 1961. Collection of 5 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1961 UK release of the 1961 US film. <br/><br/>Based on Howard Rigsby's novel "Sundown at Crazy Horse" about a cowboy who on the lam from the law travels to visit an old flame in Mexico only to find her married to a drunk. Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was also at work writing the script for Otto Preminger's "Exodus" while he wrote for this film. <br/><br/>A story set and shot on location in Mexico. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1902089691902. Wrappers. Agreement for single track grade crossing of maintrack of St. Paul Co's K.C. cut off over maintrack of Oscsloosa Branch of R. I. Co. in Block 3 M. M. Young's addition to the City of Washington Wash. Co. Iowa. 9 pages typed one side. With an attached plat showing proposed crossing at grade of the main track of the Oskaloosa Branch in Block 3 Washington Iowa. Signed on the last page by H.A. Parker Vice President and Geo. H. Crosby Secretary for the Rock Island Line and A. J. Earling President and E. W. Adams Asst. Secretrary of the St. Paul Line additionallly initaled and signed by several witnesses and attorneys and with the blind-stamp seals of both companies. Agreement held by 2 brass brades at top in a light gray cover sheet with handwritten title. 8" x 13 size. Some edge wear and minimal chips cover with agreement and bueprints in very good condition. <br/><br/> unknown books
198956930NY: Simon & Schuster 1989. First Edition first printing. Nice signed presentation from the author on the half-title page: To my good neighbor Mae Greene with all my very best wishes for the best decade of the millennium ever Rock Brynner. December 1989." Brenner sets straight the record on Yul Brenner and pays tribute of truth to a magical actor a difficult father and an extraordinary man. Books signed by Rock Brynner are hard to find. Tall 8vo. cloth & boards in dust jacket; 252 pages. Illustrated. Very Good covers nice with few light scratches; contents clean & tight; near fine nice d/j. Simon & Schuster unknown books
198930826New York: McGraw-Hill 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Good /very good. Thick hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 639 pp comprehensive biography of Bob Dylan by the author of Barefoot In Babylon and other books on Woodstock and the Beatles. Illustrated with photographs. A well-thumbed copy with general light soiling and some stray inked notes on the rear blank endpaper. The unclipped dustwrapper is also lightly worn. This copy with a full-page INSCRIPTION by Spitz and dated in November 1988 the book didn't come out until early 1989. Includes a "Compliments of the Author" card laid in. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1888101899Chicago: J.M.W. Jones Stationery 1888. Softbound. VG ex art library with faded stamp on top of cover ancient colored tape strips along spine. Original color pictorial wrappers. 88 pp. profusely illustrated with line engravings. A very clean tight copy of this book with a beautiful color illustrated cover of a dramatic mining scene. J.M.W. Jones Stationery paperback books
1971303341New York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. 1971. First edition so stated. 8vo. Author's introduction. Dust jacket designed by Lawrence Ratzkin price clipped; light offsetting on the front endpapers Very good. 233 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Boldly signed and inscribed by Bailey to actor Rock Hudson on the title page: "To Rock - with much love and continued friendship - God bless - Pearl." Bailey in her later years devoted much time to AIDS causes. Provenance: The estate of Rock Hudson through the late Tom Clark noted Hollywood publicist who was Hudson's associate and intimate friend for more that twenty years. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [1971]. hardcover books
1953132573Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1953. Collection of 8 vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1953 American-English film. <br/><br/>Based on Victor Hugo's 1866 novel "Les travailleurs de la mer" about a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey who helps a beautiful woman to the French coast. The fisherman falls in love with the woman who is actually an English spy pretending to be an ally of Napoleon. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few brief corner creases and faint soil to the versos else Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1960150186Universal City: Universal Pictures 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Rock Hudson signing autographs on the set of the 1961 Western film here under the working title "The Day of the Gun." With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of still photographer Shirley Clarke not to be confused with the filmmaker of the same name.<br/><br/>Based on the 1957 novel "Sundown at Crazy Horse" by Howard Rigsby under the pseudonym Vechel Howard. While on the run from the law a cowboy travels to visit an old lover in Mexico only to find her married to a drunk.<br/><br/>Set in Texas and Mexico and shot on location in Mexico. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the edges. <br/><br/>Pitts 2237. Universal Pictures unknown books
197126493Lime Rock Park Lakeville Connecticut: Not Published 1971. Group includes 15 color slide images of cars track scenes grandstand views spectators at this racetrack. All are 35mm Ektachrome photos; not credited. Photos taken at one of the oldest continuously operating auto racing venues in America. Slides held in a clear plastic binder page with handwritten "Lime Rock T.A. 1970 1971". Light wear images appear taken to professional quality. In very good condition. . Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
1970134169Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. <br/><br/>Set in Italy in 1944 where the entire population of a village has been massacred by the SS except for a group of young boys. Rock Hudson the only US paratrooper left alive after a failed mission to blow up a nearby dam decides to lead the boys on the mission instead. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriters Schweitzer and Colbert. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Schweitzer and Colbert. 143 leaves mimeograph duplication. Scrip bent at the foredge else pages about Fine in Very Good plus wrappers bound with three gold brads. United Artists unknown books
1963151796Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph of Paula Prentiss Howard Hawks and Maria Perschy on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on verso.<br/><br/>Based on the short story "The Girl Who Almost Got Away" by Pat Frank published in the July 1950 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. Roger Willoughby Rock Hudson esteemed author and expert on fishing has never fished and when outspoken and unshakable PR agent Abigail Page Prentiss enters him into a fishing tournament mayhem and possibly romance ensues. <br/><br/>Howard Hawks' homage to the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s particularly his' own 1938 classic "Bringing Up Baby" starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant who he tried unsuccessfully to get to reprise their roles.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Godard Histoires du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1878WRCAM1392St. Louis 1878. 282pp. Illus. Frontis. Original gilt cloth. Some edge wear else good. Lacks the map. A fine guide to Texas in this period listing resources by county. Without the folding map which is usually lacking. HOWES R389. MORRISON 3073. hardcover books
197130268New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 121 pp. A collection of essays on the assessment of the effect and the meaning of the deaths of Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix Brian Jones and Brien Epstein on the rock world. A very good copy in dustwrapper. Although not stated anywhere this copy comes from the library of Al Aronowitz who is one of the contributing essayists to this volume. Quite scarce in the hardbound edition. Illustrated with some black and white photographs. Outerbridge & Dienstfrey hardcover books
1965128722Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1965. First Draft script for the 1967 film. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award. A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major Nazi fuel depot in Tobruk Libya. <br/><br/>Lime green titled wrappers noted as First Draft Screenplay and production No. 00737 on the front wrapper dated May 5 1965. Title page present dated May 5 1965 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Gordon. 134 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 5-10-65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
148410First Edition. hardcover. color folding map of county portraits. 474pp. 8vo orig. cloth; spine expertly repaired inner hinge strenghthened. Chicago: H.F. Kett 1877.<br/><br/> Text-block of book has been bound in upside down but is complete.<br/><br/> unknown books
27640No Place: ESP-Disk No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Near Fine. Large folded single sheet. A promotional poster for The Godz a New York-based 60's underground rock band. Not dated but from other sources appears to be from 1967. Other than the folds it is in near fine condition on thick glossy paper. It measures 22 1/2" wide x 28 1/2" tall. Psychedelic artwork design by H. Bernstein. The Godz were on the ESP-Disk label around this time. Please note: we have seen one other version of this same poster with the words "On Esp-Disk" towards the bottom of the poster. This poster may have been an early pre-punlication design copy. ESP-Disk unknown books
