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Tales of Paris [Les Parisiennes] (Original press kit for the 1962 film)
by Allegret, Marc, and Claude Barma, Michel Boisrond (directors, screenwriters); Jacques Poitrenaud (director); Jacques Armand, Claude Brule, Francis Cosne, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Roger Vadim, Annette Wademant (screenwriters); Catherine Deneuve, Johnny Hallyday,
France, Italy: Francos Films / Incei Film, 1961. Original press kit for the 1962 French-Italian film. Includes seven- and four-page pamphlets detailing film production, sequences, and synopses, with a press note and two accompanying film credit sheets from R. Chabert to Monsiuer Gay-Lussac, indicating the supplied press kit, and a note from Christiane Fournier, a film critic, discussing her plans to include the film in an essay for the magazine, Les Dessous Élegants, dated Ocotber 17, 1961, in manuscript... Read More
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Blood Relative (Signed First Edition)
by Michael Allegretto
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. The fourth Jacob Lomax mystery. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Faint toning on the jacket flaps.
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An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay (First UK Edition)
by Grant Allen
London: Grant Richards, 1897. First UK Edition. A collection of stories featuring Colonel Clay, "the first great rogue of mystery fiction," preceding A.J. Raffles by two years. Owner names to the front endpapers, light foxing and offsetting to the prelims, slightly cocked, generally Very Good plus or better, lacking the rare dust jacket. Top edges gilt. Queen's Quorum 21.
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The Jumping Fool (Vintage script for the 1970 play)
by Allen Savage (director); Shirl Hendryx (playwright); Alan Bergmann, Michael Petard, Elizabeth Shepherd (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1984. Vintage script for the 1970 play, which debuted off-Broadway at the Fortune Theatre on February 9, 1970. Laid in with the script are three copies of a review of a later run of the play printed in the American National Theater and Academy West newsletter, and three copies of an advertising sheet for the play, along with a brief autograph note from playwright Shirl Hendryx to talent agent Walter Kohner, introducing the script and review copies,... Read More
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Coyote's Daylight Trip (First Edition)
by Paula Gunn Allen
Albuquerque: La Confluencia, 1978. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers.
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Original press photograph of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky at home, circa late 1960s
by Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky (subject)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Vintage borderless press photograph of poets Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky at home in their apartment at 408 10th Street, in the East Village, circa late 1960s. Printed mimeo snipe, PIX agency label, and Rizzoli Press stamp on the verso. Ginsberg and Orlovsky lived together on 10th Street for ten years, from 1965 to 1975. From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers... Read More
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Original photograph of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky, circa 1968
by Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky (subject)
N.p.: N.p., 1968. Vintage borderless photograph of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky, in what appears to be Washington Square Park, circa 1968. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil on verso. Ginsberg and Orlovsky met and fell in love in San Francisco, 1954, remaining partners until Ginsberg's death in 1997. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. Light wear at the extremities, else Near Fine.
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The Purple Rose of Cairo (Original photograph from the 1985 film)
by Allen Woody (director, screenwriter); Brian Hamill (photographer); Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures Corporation, 1985. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1985 film. A delightfully crafted depression-era fantasy in which an unhappy wife indulges her knack for escapism through persistently visiting the cinema. Eventually, a handsome character in one of the films she frequents breaks the fourth wall, and what ensues is an unusual and fantastical romantic comedy. Shirking his usual self-deprecating style, Woody Allen describes the 1985 film as one of only a few... Read More
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What Do You Say to a Naked Lady (Original poster for the 1970 film)
by Allen Funt (director, screenwriter, producer, starring); Richard Roundtree, Laura Huston, Susanna Clemm, Joie Addison (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1970. Original one sheet US poster for the 1970 X-rated film. Distributor rubber stamp on the verso. Director Funt, notable for his "Candid" series of adult films, explores further the human psyche when confronted with nudity in unusual, candid situations. Richard "Shaft" Roundtree plays one-half of an interracial couple, in his film debut. 27 x 41 inches, folded as issued. Very Good plus, fold stress, small central chips, and a... Read More
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The Ride Back (Eight original photographs from the 1957 film)
by Allen H. Miner (director); Antony Ellis (screenwriter); Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Lita Milan, Victor Millan (starring)
Los Angeles: The Associates and Aldrich Company, 1957. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. Texas lawman Chris Hamish (William Conrad), who feels himself as a failure, is sent into Mexico to retrieve the confident and charismatic Bob Kallen (Anthony Quinn) to stand trial for murder. Finding and arresting Kallen proves easy enough but the journey back proves perilous as they traverse a seemingly endless desert and are stalked by marauding Apaches, forcing lawman and... Read More
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The Floating Light Bulb (First Edition)
by Woody Allen
New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition. First Edition. Fine and unread in Near Fine lightly rubbed dust jacket.
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Archive of 7 original photographs of Alligator Records artists, circa 1970s
by [Alligator Records] Ed Williams, Lonnie Brooks, Maurice John Vaughn, and Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials (subjects)
Chicago: Alligator Records, 1970. Archive of seven vintage promotional photographs for Alligator Records recording artists, circa 1970s. Founded in 1970, independent blues label Alligator Records continues to release music to this day. Included are images of Ed Williams, Lonnie Brooks, Maurice John Vaughn, and Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
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Mr. Campion's Lady: The Second Allingham Omnibus (First UK Edition)
by Margery Allingham
London: Chatto and Windus, 1965. First UK Edition. Light foxing to the top page edges, a few taps to the board edges, generally Very Good plus in a Good dust jacket with dampstains and foxing to the rear panel, light toning to the spine, and silverfish damage to the flap folds (see image).
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Dancers in Mourning (First UK Edition)
by Margery Allingham
London: William Heinemann, 1937. First UK Edition. The eight Albert Campion mystery. Slight lean, leaves moderately foxed, slight fray at the corners and spine ends, overall Very Good or better, lacking the dust jacket.
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Dancers in Mourning (First Edition)
by Margery Allingham
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1937. First American Edition, preceded by the First UK Edition published the same year by Heinemann. A Mr. Campion mystery. Slight spine lean, boards moderately bowed and soiled, with a contemporary owner name on the first blank. Overall, book Very Good or better in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket moderately foxed, with a thumbnail-sized hole at the center left of the faded spine panel, and closed tears and accompanying creasing to the... Read More
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Kingdom of Death (First Edition)
by Margery Allingham
Garden City: Doubleday, 1933. First American Edition. The seventh Albert Campion mystery. About Very Good lacking the dust jacket. Spine lean, some soil to the front board, an acceptable copy. Map endpapers as called for.
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Dancers in Mourning (First UK Edition)
by Margery Allingham
London: William Heinemann, 1937. First UK Edition, preceding all others. The ninth Albert Campion mystery. Scarce in jacket. 7/6 price on the front flap of the dust jacket, as called for. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Leaves foxed, with a spine lean. Jacket lightly and evenly toned, with some foxing to the verso and rear flaps, and chips at the spine ends (lettering affected at the heel).
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No Love Lost: Two Stories of Suspense (First Edition)
by Margery Allingham
New York: Doubleday Crime Club, 1954. First American Edition, preceded by the First UK Edition published by The World's Work the same year. Comprises two mystery novellas, "The Patient at Peacocks Hall" and "Safer Than Love." Very Good plus in a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Backstrip toned, evidence of erasure to the front endpaper, and some light foxing to the boards. Jacket shows nonprofessional restoration to the front flap fold and bottom quarter of the... Read More
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Traitor's Purse (First Edition)
by Margery Allingham
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1941. First American Edition. The eleventh Albert Campion mystery published in book form. About Fine and perhaps unread in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Book has a lovely black topstain, and only some moderate offsetting to the endpapers to note. Jacket has a lightly toned spine panel with a few splashes to the verso, and some rubbing and light fray at the spine ends. A very attractive copy.
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No Love Lost: Two Stories of Suspense (First UK Edition)
by Margery Allingham
Kingswood: The World's Work, 1954. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Comprises two mystery novellas, "The Patient at Peacocks Hall" and "Safer Than Love." Light offsetting to the endpapers, some fading to the board edges and heel, generally Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket with a diagonal closed tear and accompanying creasing to the heel, an old cello tape repair to the crown verso, and moderate rubbing overall.
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The Fashion in Shrouds (First Edition)
by Margery Allingham
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1938. First Edition. First Edition. The tenth Albert Campion novel. Spine lean, moderately faded backstrip, hinges slightly tender, overall about Very Good in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket faded on the spine panel, some wear at the extremities, and cello tape reinforcement on the verso along the front hinge. Contemporary owner name to the front endpaper.
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Mr. Campion's Clowns: The Third Allingham Omnibus (First UK Edition)
by Margery Allingham
London: Chatto and Windus, 1967. First UK Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slightly cocked, with moderate foxing to the page edges, and light offsetting to the endpapers. Jacket toned to the extremities, with light wear (but no loss) at the spine ends.
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Black'erchief [Blackerchief, Blackkerchief] Dick (First Edition)
by Margery Allingham
Garden City: Doubleday Page, 1923. First American Edition. Author's first novel, published when she was 19 years old. A seafaring, swashbuckling adventure, set on Mersea Island in the 17th century. Very Good plus, bound in brown cloth with bright gilt titles, in a solid Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Slight lean, page edges foxed, with light offsetting and a touch of foxing to the endpapers. Jacket spine lightly toned with some chipping at the crown... Read More
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More Work for the Undertaker (First UK Edition)
by Margery Allingham
London: William Heinemann, 1948. First UK Edition, preceding all others. The 13th Albert Campion mystery. Light foxing to the text block, generally Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket moderately edgeworn and rubbed, with cello tape reinforcements to the verso (see image), and evidence of erasure to the front flap.
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The Oaken Heart (First Edition, Association Copy, inscribed to the publisher)
by Margery Allingham
London: Michael Joseph, 1941. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Association Copy, INSCRIBED by the author to Robert Lusty, the co-founder of Michael Joseph (along with Joseph), accompanied by Lusty's decorative bookplate on the front pastedown. The inscription reads: "Bob (Best Publisher on Earth) Lusty / Margery Allingham / 1941." A nonfiction account of the first year of the Blitz on England, told from the viewpoint of the residents of Tolleshunt D'Arcy, the author's home village (called... Read More
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