Advise and Consent
by DRURY, Allen
Garden City: Doubleday, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Early reprint. Fine in a price-clipped, near fine dustwrapper with some modest and slightly irregular fading to the spine, and the announcement of the Pulitzer Prize printed on the jacket. Inscribed by the author: "For Suzanne Shepherd with best regards, Allen Drury." A nice copy of Drury's first book, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and perhaps the quintessential 20th Century political novel. Basis for the 1962 Otto Preminger film with a great cast... Read More
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.
What Becomes a Legend Most? The Blackglama Story
by Rogers, Peter. Richard Avedon and Bill King (photography). Zwingle, Erla (foreward by)
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A behind-the-scenes look from the ad exec who managed one of the most successful advertising campaigns of the 20thC. An uncommon inscribed copy, with best wishes and dated 11/ 12/79 by Rogers on the ffe. In the bottom right corner is another inscription, " From me too. with love, Aries" whom we might presume was Roger's assistant, but we don't know for certain. Solid copy, near fine... Read More
Offered by Johnnycake Books Inc.
Random Harvest
by HILTON, James
Melbourne: Macmillan & Co, 1941. Hardcover. Fair/Fine. First Australian edition. Boards heavily spotted from oxidation, a fair only copy in near fine dustwrapper with some offsetting from the boards and with a wraparound band. Basis for the 1942 film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and featuring Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, and Susan Peters. The film was nominated for seven Oscars including best picture, but won none. A very scarce issue.
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.
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[PRESENTATION COPY] [MYSTERY] THE SIRENS SANG OF MURDER
by Sarah Caudwell | [Elizabeth Peters] [Alexandra Ripley]
New York: Delacorte Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in pale blue paper-covered boards, backed in blue cloth, with dustjacket; 276 pages; the jacket has not been price-clipped.~~From the library of the late novelist Alexandra Ripley; with a wonderful inscription from Caudwell: "FOR PANSY, BUT WITH WARNINGS NOT TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR FROM ELIZABETH PETERS - & WITH VERY BEST WISHES, SARAH CAUDWELL, BOUCHERCON 1989". "Pansy" is an "in-joke"... Read More
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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (Two original publicity photographs of Heather Angel for the 1933 film)
by Heather Angel (subject); Ray Jones (photographer); Warner Oland (starring); Earl Derr Biggers (novel)
N.p.: Fox Film Corporation, 1933. Two vintage publicity photographs of actress Heather Angel, circa 1933, each with a Fox Films stamp on the verso crediting photographer Ray Jones, and one with a mimeo snipe on the verso describing Angel's outfit for the 1933 film "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case." Film based on the 1925 Charlie Chan novel, "The House Without a Key," by Earl Derr Biggers. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in... Read More
Offered by Royal Books, Inc.
Craft and Vision: The Best Fiction from The Sewanee Review
by LYTLE, Andrew, editor
New York: Delacorte, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Corners a little bumped, near fine in very good dustwrapper with a couple of short tears. Signed by Andrew Lytle, with an author's complimentary card laid in. Although not otherwise marked, this copy is from the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor and his wife, the National Book Award-nominated poet Eleanor Ross Taylor, both of whom have contributions to the book.
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.
THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN
by Shaffer, Peter
NY: Stein and Day, 1965. First US edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Shaffer on the front free endpage to actress June Havoc and her director-producer third husband. "For June Havoc William Spier with affectionate best wishes Peter." Cloth spine ends with touch of shelfwear, front board upper corner with mild bump; dustjacket with toned spine and shelfwear with some loss at spine ends and corners. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Basis... Read More
Offered by Revere Books Modern First Editions
Two Years Beside the Strait. Tangier Journal 1987-9
by BOWLES, Paul
London: Peter Owen, 1990. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. First English edition, inscribed in black ink by Bowles "For Lynne with best Paul 17/I/91 Tangier." Publisher's cream boards in dust jacket with a few short tears. 80 pp.
Offered by Sanctuary Books
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[Teal Coming to the Pool, by the Willow on a Misty Morning]
by SCOTT, after Sir Peter Markham (1909-1989)
London: The Curwen Press for Arthur Ackermann, 1981. Coloured offset-lithograph by the Curwen Press, signed in pencil by the artist (lower right just beneath the image) In pristine condition. A very fine signed print from the one of the greatest bird artists of the 20th century. An exquisite image of a flock of teal coming in to land in the wetlands on a mid-winter's afternoon. Sir Peter Scott was best known in later life for his work as... Read More
Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
Songs of Peter Rabbit, The
by POTTER, Beatrix; Glass, Dudley
London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1951. The Songs of Peter Rabbit" [POTTER, Beatrix]. GLASS, Dudley. The Songs of Peter Rabbit. Based on "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter. Words and Music by Dudley Glass. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1951]. First edition. Large quarto (11 15/16 x 9 9/16 inches ; 303 x 243 mm.). 31, [1] pp. With lithographed reproductions of thirty of the original illustrations printed in blue. Original color pictorial boards... Read More
Offered by David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Story of Doctor Dolittle, The
by LOFTING, Hugh
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. Money," he said, "is a terrible nuisance. But it's nice not to have to worry." First Edition of Doctor Dolittle LOFTING, Hugh. The Story of Doctor Dolittle. Being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign Parts. Never before printed. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. First edition of the First Doctor Dolittle Book. Octavo (8 x 5 1/4 inches;... Read More
Offered by David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Autograph Letter Signed, Mt. Vernon Square, Baltimore. Oct. 22, 1854, To Count Jules Menon, former French Consul at Boston, Rue Godot, Paris, France.
by Carroll, Charles, of Doughregan (also known as Charles Carroll V)
Quarto, 4 pages, including stampless address leaf, postal markings on address leaf, formerly folded, in very good, clean, and legible condition. The Carrolls of Doughregan: Rich life of the premier Catholic family in America "in these Know Nothing days." The only grandson of the famed Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the sole Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, was the fifth Charles Carroll, attached Doughregan, his Baltimore manor house, to his name, to distinguish himself from his forbears. He lived a rich... Read More
Offered by Michael Brown Rare Books
Aquidneck; a poem. Pronounced on the hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the Redwood Library Company, Newport, R.I. August XXIV, MDCCCXLVII. With other commemorative pieces
by Brooks, Charles T.
Providence: Charles Burnett, Jr., 1848. First edition, small 8vo, pp. iv, [3], 8-63, [1]; original tan printed wrappers; back wrap loosening, but otherwise very good and sound. Aquidneck is the largest island in Narragansett Bay on which Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport at the south end. The Redwood Library was founded in 1747 as a private subscription library and still occupies its original building, now a National Landmark, designed in the Palladian style by Peter Harrison in 1750. Brooks was... Read More
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Star Wars [Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope] (Five original photographs from the 1977 film)
by George Lucas (director, screenwriter); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977. Five vintage studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1977 film. The film that started a multibillion dollar media empire (pun intended) which now includes ten additional live action films, animated shows, novels, comic books, video games, and countless tons of officially licensed merchandise, with no signs of slowing down. Winner of six Academy Awards, nominated for four more, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor... Read More
Offered by Royal Books, Inc.
The Queen (Original screenplay for the 2006 film)
by Stephen Frears (director); Peter Morgan (screenwriter); Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 2005. Draft script for the 2006 film. An intimate look at the British Royal family from May to September of 1997, following the death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1977, and the struggle between Queen Elizabeth's (Helen Mirren) desire to treat it as a private affair, and Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) and Prince Charles' (Alex Jennings) desire to quell the public's demand for a more overt and public expression of grief. ... Read More
Offered by Royal Books, Inc.
The Pumpkin Eater (Original photograph from the 1964 British film)
by Anne Bancroft, James Mason, Peter Finch, Janine Gray (starring); Penelope Mortimer (novel); Harold Pinter (playwright); Jack Clayton (director)
London: Columbia Pictures, 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 British film, showing Anne Bancroft. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1962 novel by Penelope Mortimer, about a woman who suspects her third husband of infidelity, and begins to mentally unravel under deeper examination of the marriage. Winner of four BAFTA Awards, including Best Foreign Actress for Bancroft and Best Screenplay for Harold Pinter. Nominated for the Palme d'Or, and winner of the Best... Read More
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Serpico (Original Polish poster for the 1973 film)
by Sidney Lumet (director); Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe (starring); Jakub Erol (designer); Peter Maas (biography); Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler (screenwriters)
Poland: ZRF, 1977. Original Polish poster for the 1973 film, designed by Jakub Erol. Based on Peter Maas' 1973 biography "Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System," about a plainclothes police officer who exposes corruption in the New York City Police Department, only to face harassment and threats from his fellow officers. Nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Actor and Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in New York. 19 x... Read More
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Easy Rider (Original photograph from the 1969 film)
by Dennis Hopper (director, screenwriter, starring); Peter Fonda (screenwriter, starring); Terry Southern (screenwriter); Jack Nicholson, Karen Black (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing Peter Fonda chatting up Sabrina Scharf, with Dennis Hopper making his own connection in the background. With the stamp of Tele-Cine on the verso. "Bonnie and Clyde" may have given the New Hollywood era its legs, but "Easy Rider" gave it the gas. Dennis Hopper's directorial debut had its world premiere at Cannes, on May 8, 1969, but would not debut... Read More
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Cheer the Brave (Original screenplay for the 1951 film, editor Peter Hunt's copy)
by Kenneth Hume (director, screenwriter); Geoffrey Keen, Elsie Randolph (starring)
London: Apex, 1950. Draft script for the 1951 British film. Editor Peter Hunt's copy, with his manuscript annotations throughout. Peter Hunt began his career in the UK film industry as an editor, working on several of the best-known early James Bond films ("Dr. No," "From Russia With Love," "Goldfinger"), as well as "The Ipcress File." He debuted as a director with "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" in 1969. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated April... Read More
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The Kennel Murder Case (Original photograph from the 1933 film)
by William Powell, Mary Astor (starring); Michael Curtiz (director); S. S. Van Dine (novel); Robert N. Lee, Peter Milne, Robert Presnell (screenwriters)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 film, showing actors Eugene Pallette, William Powell, and Robert McWade. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Easily the best entry in the series of the 15 Philo Vance film adaptations made between 1929 and 1947. Powell's second of four appearances as the great detective, setting the model for his unforgettable persona in "The Thin Man," released the following year. 10 x 8 inches. Very... Read More
Offered by Royal Books, Inc.
Outlaw Blues (Original screenplay for the 1977 film)
by Susan Saint James, Peter Fonda (starring); Richard T. Heffron (director); Bill L. Norton (screenwriter); John Crawford, James T. Callahan (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1976. Revised First Draft script for the 1977 film. Bobby (Peter Fonda) is a struggling musician who gets a chance to showcase some of his songs to country star, Garland Dupree (Callahan). The country star steals Bobby's best song, "Outlaw Blues," and makes it a hit. Receiving no credit, Bobby confronts Garland, and when Garland is found shot dead shortly afterward, Bobby becomes the prime suspect. Only Garland's back-up singer Tina Waters (James)... Read More
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The Prisoner of Zenda (Original screenplay for the 1979 film)
by Richard Quine (director); Anthony Hope (novel); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais (screenwriters); Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries, Elke Sommer (starring)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1978. Revised Final Draft script for the 1979 film. Copy belonging to "M. James," with the name in manuscript ink (marked through) on the front cover, but James' association with the film is unknown. Probably the best of the seven adaptations of Anthony Hope's 1894 adventure novel, this time a campy swashbuckler. Rudolf IV (Sellers), the reigning monarch of the tiny nation of Ruritania, plummets to his death while flying in a... Read More
Offered by Royal Books, Inc.
March Violets
by KERR, Philip
(London): Viking, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Margins of pages with the usual toning, and a tiny line on top edge, thus near fine in lightly rubbed, near fine dust jacket with a short crease on the front flap. Inscribed by the author: "To Peter with very best wishes and thanks for a great wedding video. Philip Kerr.
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.
Wand of Noble Wood
by [POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE] NZEKWU, Onuora
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1961. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in white and gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-207,[1]pp. Early owner's ink name ("Madeline Currie, July 31/63, Lagos Nigeria") on front pastedown and endpaper, faint foxing to text edges and endpapers, with a small, faint splash mark to front cover; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 16s. net), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with some foxing and dust-soil, and a corresponding faint splash... Read More
Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books
Life Sketches
by HERSEY, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Very light wear, still easily fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. Short biographical sketches. Inscribed to the poet Peter Taylor and his wife, Eleanor Ross Taylor: "For Eleanor and Peter – With warm best wishes. John." A nice association.
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.