Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Thomas Hardy (novel); Allan Scott (screenwriter); Jennifer Jones (actress)
Los Angeles: Selznick International, 1946. Draft script for an unproduced film based on the 1892 Thomas Hardy novel. David O. Selznick held the movie rights to Hardy's story for many years (with Jennifer Jones in mind for Tess). Selznick's two greatest dreams had been to film "Gone With the Wind" and "Tess of the D'Urber villes." He never fulfilled his second dream. At his death the rights to the novel remained in his estate. Goldenrod... Read More
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Marked for Love (Original photographs from the 1967 film)
by Adam Clay (director); Michelle Angelo, Capri, Kitten (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A sadistic maniac preys on young couples. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes in the corners.
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The Nutt House [The Nutty Nut] (Original photograph of Traci Lords and Stephen Kearney from the set of the 1992 film)
by Adam Rifkin (director); John Paschal (photographer); Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Bruce Campbell (screenwriters); Stephen Kearney, Traci Lords, Amy Yasbeck (starring)
Arcadia: Celebrity Photo Agency, 1991. Vintage borderless reference photograph, with left margin, of Traci Lords and Stephen Kearney sitting amongst the aftermath of a massive pie fight, on the set of the 1992 film. Printed snipe label, here under using the working title "The Nutty Nut," and photographer "John Paschal" stamp on verso. Wealthy Presidential candidate Philbert Nutt's identical twin (separated since birth), Nathan, who suffers multiple personality disorder, shows up at his mansion, ensuing a series... Read More
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Pat Adams: Artist in Residence, Winter 1994, Paintings (First Edition, with brief Autograph Note Signed from Adams)
by [Pat Adams]
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Catalog for an exhibition held from January 11 through February 13, 1994, at the Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries at Dartmouth College. Illustrated in black-and-white and color. Laid in with the catalog is an Autograph Note Signed from artist Pat Adams, dated March 15, 1994, executed on a photograph verso. Very Good plus in side-stapled wrappers.
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The Girl in a Swing (First UK Edition, signed by the author)
by Richard Adams
London: Allen Lane, 1980. First UK Edition. First issue text, with lead character named "Käthe Geutner." SIGNED by the author on the title page. Basis for the 1988 film starring Meg Tilly. Backstrip and jacket spine panel lightly faded, else about Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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The Outer Limits: The Invisible Enemy (Original screenplay for the 1964 television episode)
by Adam West, Chris Alcaide, Joe Maross, Robert DoQui, Rudy Solari (starring); Byron Haskin (director); Jerry Sohl (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1964. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 7 of the 1963-1965 television series. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member, with a penciled drawing with annotations on the rear wrapper, laying out a set design. In the year 2024, astronauts visiting Mars are picked off one by one by mysterious "Sand-Beasts," shark-like monsters that live and travel under the planet's surface. Loosely based on a short story by screenwriter Jerry Sohl, which originally appeared in "Imaginative... Read More
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Lisak Volpone (Original flyer for the 1966 Czechoslovakian stage production)
by Ben Johnson Stephan Zweig (adaptation)
Prague: Jiriho Wolkra Theatre, 1966. Original flyer for a 1966 production of Stephan Zweig's 1928 adaptation of Ben Johnson's Jacobean Era play, "Volpone," at the Jiriho Wolkra Theatre in Prague in May 1966. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. Offset lithograph image with letterpress text to the recto and verso. Light foxing to the verso, else bright and Near Fine.
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The Rivals (Original script for an unproduced play)
by Richard Sheridan (playwright); June Shannon (adaptation)
N.p.: N.p., 1950. Ribbon copy typed manuscript for an unproduced play, with essays on the history of the project, the production, casting, and set/costume design written by June Shannon, a drama student at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. With extensive manuscript annotations in ink and pencil on virtually every page, and 15 hand painted watercolor sketches of set and costume designs. Based on the 1775 play by Richard Sheridan. A comedy of manners set in 18th century Bath,... Read More
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Creature Comforts (Signed First Edition)
by Charles Addams
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Tiny chip at the crown (see images), else Fine in a Fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
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The Charles Addams Mother Goose (First Edition, inscribed in the year of publication)
by Charles Addams
New York: Harper Crest, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Alice Stern / All best / Charles Addams / 1967." Near Fine in a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Jakcet is lightly toned at the extremities, with a few tiny chips at the spine ends and edges. Price of $4.43 at the bottom right corner of the front flap. See images.
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What to Tell Your Children About Sex (Vintage Paperback)
by Adie Suehsdorf (editor); Milton I. Levine, M. D. (foreword)
New York: Perma Books [Permabook] No. M-4106, 1959. First printing of this edition. Copyright states "PERMABOOK edition published January, 1959 / 1st printing / November, 1958." New and revised illustrated edition, prepared by the Child Study Association of America. Cover design by Virginia Cowden. About Fine in illustrated wrappers.
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Compañeras and Compañeros (Archive of ten original photographs from the 1970 film)
by Adolfas Mekas, Barbara Stone (directors)
New York: Contemporary Films, 1970. Archive of ten vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Israel Film Archive. From the collection of film historian Joel Finler. A documentary about the Cuban revolution, told through interviews with activists, workers, students, and others. Co-director Adolfas Mekas was the brother of Jonas Mekas, a film critic, filmmaker, and father figure of the avant-garde New American Cinema of the 1960s,... Read More
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Hallelujah the Hills with Scorpio Rising (Promotional broadside)
by Adolfas Mekas (director, screenplay); Kenneth Anger (director, screenplay)
Los Angeles, 1963. Promotional broadside, designed to resemble an oversized postcard, for the Los Angeles premiere of Adolfas Mekas' feature film debut, "Hallelujah the Hills," along with the debut of Kenneth Anger's short film, "Scorpio Rising." Mekas was the brother of Jonas Mekas, a film critic, filmmaker, and essentially father figure of the avant-garde New American Cinema of the 1960s, which in turn spawned the underground film movement that continued into the 1970s. "Hallelujah the Hills," a... Read More
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Hi Diddle Diddle (Original photograph from the 1943 film)
by Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri (starring); Andrew L. Stone (director); Edmund L. Hartmann, Frederick J. Jackson (screenwriters)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1943. Vintage studio still photograph, linen-backed, from the 1943 comedy film, showing actors Adolphe Menjou and Martha Scott. When the mother of a soon-to-be bride claims she has been swindled by one of her daughter's former suitors, the groom's father-a small-time con man-schemes to set the situation right. 10 x 8 inches (25 x 20cm). Very Good, with a small dampstain to the left edge and light, offset toning.
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The Goldwyn Follies (Four original photographs from the 1938 film)
by Adolphe Menjou, Vera Zorina, Kenny Baker, Andrea Leeds (starring); Ben Hecht (screenwriter); George Marshall (director)
Los Angeles: The Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1938. Two vintage double weight studio still photographs and two vintage reference photographs from the 1938 film. Seeking audience feedback, a film producer recruits an ordinary girl to evaluate his movies from the perspective of the everyday American. Set in Hollywood. Three 10 x 8 inches, one 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, some with light edgewear, creases, and toning.
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Der Dorfmonarch (SIx original photographs from the 1950 German film)
by Adrian Hoven, Beppo Brem, Karin Hardt (starring); Joe Stöckel (director, screenwriter, starring); Max Wagner (screenwriter)
Berlin: Carlton-Film, 1950. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 West German film. The inhabitants of a small village in the Bavarian Alps lose their senses upon the arrival of a beautiful young dancer, arousing the men and enraging their wives. Set and shot on location in Bavaria. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus, with pinholes on the margins.
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Collier's Magazine: Vol. 132, No. 5 (August 7, 1953)
by Adrian Conan Doyle, Pearl S. Buck, Fulton Oursler (contributors); Roger Dakin (editor)
New York: Collier, 1953. Volume 132, Number 5. Features stories by Fulton Oursler, Adrian Conan Doyle, and Pearl S. Buck. 11 x 14 inches. 55 leaves, rectos and versos. Very Good plus in side-stapled wrappers, moderately edgeworn.
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Foxes [California Girls] (Original screenplay for the 1980 film)
by Adrian Lyne (director); Gerald Ayres (screenwriter); Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid, Cherie Currie (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1977. Early First Draft script for the seminal 1980 film, here under the working title "California Girls." Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Jim Brown (no relation to the actor, we suspect), with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. A bleak, seminal coming-of-age drama about four teenage girls grappling with their families, drugs, and relationships in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Adrian Lyne's directorial debut. Shot on location in San... Read More
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Behind the Green Door (Vintage typescript short story, basis for the 1972 adult film)
by [Adult films] Marilyn Chambers (starring); Artie Mitchell (director, screenwriter); Jim Mitchell (director)
N.p.: N.p., 1950. Vintage eleven-page ribbon copy typescript short story, circa 1940s-1950s, subsequently serving as the basis for the 1972 adult film. Rare. An iteration of an explicit short story penned by an anonymous author sometime before or during World War II, circulated underground in retyped typescript or carbon typescript copies during the 1940s and after. "Behind the Green Door" is notable as one of of the first American hardcore pictures to receive widespread distribution in the... Read More
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Selecting a Producer (First Edition)
by [Early Film Production] [Wilding Picture Productions] [Industrial Films] [Advertisement]
Various American Cities: Wilding Picture Productions, 1930. First Edition. First Edition. A volume produced by Wilding Picture Productions (also known as Wilding Studios), advertising their audiovisual communications services for industrial use. Contemporary ownership annotation in manuscript ink on the second leaf. Wilding was founded in Detroit in 1914, moving into the Essanay Building in Chicago in 1937. The company would become one of the largest producers of industrial films over the ensuing decades, and at one point... Read More
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Archive of 1970s General Motors design and advertising reference photographs and print advertising proofs
by [Automobile Design and Advertising]
Detroit, MI: General Motors, 1980. Substantial archive of over 750 General Motors (GM) design, assembly, and advertising photographs, 23 contact sheets of vehicles and parts photographs, and 100 print advertising proofs and mockups from the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors, dating from 1973 through 1980. Nearly all the materials in the archive are overlaid with Campbell Ewald Advertising Agency watermarks, or bear GM Photographic stamps on the bottom margins or versos. Materials also frequently note catalog numbers and... Read More
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Archive of 26 original die-cut wax-based advertising stickers, circa 1980s
by [Advertising]
Racine, Wisconsin: S.C. Johnson, 1980. Archive of 26 vintage wax-based die-cut stickers advertising S.C. Johnson products. The S.C. Johnson company was founded in 1886 in Racine, Wisconsin, primarily selling wax for parquet flooring. The company would expand throughout the twentieth century, eventually departing from wax-based products in 1955 with the launch of Raid insecticide, accompanied over the next three years by a new suite of products, including Off! insect repellent, Pledge cleaner, and Glade air freshener. The company... Read More
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Archive of 26 original mid-Atlantic roadside alert signs with advertisements, circa 1930s-1940s
by [Transportation] [Automobiles] [Photography] [Advertisement]
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Archive of 26 vintage photographs of mid-Atlantic roadside alert signs with advertisements, circa 1930s-1940s. Includes 21 double weight photographs and two matte-finish. Three photographs bear annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. The collection contains thirteen photographs of alert signs advertising Champion spark plugs, seven advertising hotels (the Biltmore in Dayton, Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati, Hotel Adelphia in Philadelphia, Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh, Hotel Webster Hall in Detroit, and two for Hotel Elizabeth Carteret in... Read More
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Original American Express display featuring Lou Reed
by [Lou Reed] [Advertising]
N.p.: N.p., 1988. Vintage 1988 cardboard display stand featuring Lou Reed, with a pocket for holding American Express application forms, expressly targeting college students. An artifact from Reed's brief phase as a corporate pitchman, which also saw him shilling for Honda scooters in an advertisement that repurposed "Walk on the Wild Side." 14 x 6 inches. Near Fine, with minor starting to two folds and some light creasing to the flaps from having been folded.
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A noir, E blanc, I rouge, O vert, U bleu: AEIOU (Issue 7, March 1983)
by [AEIOU] Bruno Corà (director); Fernando Melani, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Paolo Marinucci, Bizhan Bassiri, Luciano Fabro, Ettore Spaletti, Meret Oppenheim, Jole De Sanna, Giorgio Pagano (contributors)
Rome: AEIOU, 1983. Softcover. Issue 7. Text in Italian. An Italian arts periodical, named after Rimbaud's 1883 poem "Voyelles" ("Vowels"), published quarterly, with a focus on Arte Povera. This issue features work by Fernando Melani, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Paolo Marinucci, Bizhan Bassiri, Luciano Fabro, Ettore Spaletti, Meret Oppenheim, Jole De Sanna, and Giorgio Pagano. Near Fine in perfect-bound, lightly toned wrappers, missing wraparound band. Subscription card laid in.
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