Shampoo (Two original photographs from the 1975 film)
by Warren Beatty (starring, screenwriter); Hal Ashby (director); Robert Towne (screenwriter); Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 film, showing actors Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one photograph. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A New Hollywood satire about a womanizing, money-hungry hairdresser in Beverly Hills. Actress Lee Grant won her only Academy Award for her turn as one of Beatty's mistresses, and Beatty and Towne were nominated for... Read More
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In the Heat of the Night (Original photograph of Warren Oates on the set of the 1967 film)
by Warren Oates, Sidney Poitier, Rod Stieger, Lee Grant (starring); Norman Jewison (director); John Ball (novel); Stirling Silliphant (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1967 film, showing Warren Oates on the set. Based on John Ball's 1965 novel. An African-American police detective from Philadelphia is recruited to help solve a murder in a small, bigoted Mississippi town. The film dealt skillfully with the topic of race relations in the South during the Civil Rights movement, and included a controversial scene in which a white actor, Larry Gates, slaps Poitier in the face, at which... Read More
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Crooks and Coronets [Sophie's Place] (Two original photographs of Warren Oates from the 1969 film)
by Warren Oates, Telly Savalas, Edith Evans, Cesar Romero (starring); Jim O'Connolly (director, screenwriter)
London: Warner-Pathe, 1969. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs of Warren Oates from the 1969 UK film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso of 1 still. Both stills feature the great Warren Oates. A comedy about two crooks hired to rob an old lady, but she proves to be too charming, and the robbers can't muster the guts to steal from her. 8 x 10 inches, and 7.25 x 9.25 inches (no borders, as issued). Smaller... Read More
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Rip Van Winkle (Vintage script for an unproduced musical play)
by Washington Irving (based on the story by); Kermit Goell (lyrics, book); Janice Torre (book); Fred Spielman (music)
N.p.: N.p., 1971. Vintage script for an unproduced musical. Manuscript ink annotations to the title page, adding the address of composer Fred Spielman. A musical comedy based on the 1819 short story by Washington Irving, apparently never produced. Light green titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with lyrics credits to Kermit Goell, book credits to Goell and Janice Torre, and music credits to Fred Spielman. 135 leaves, with last page of text numbered 3-34. Xerographic duplication,... Read More
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Classic Wristwatches 2011-2012: The Price Guide for Vintage Watch Collectors (First Edition)
by [Watches] Stefan Muser, Michael Horlbeck
New York: Abbeville Press, 2010. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers.
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To the man reporter from the Denver Post (First Edition, inscribed by the author)
by Chocolate Waters
Denver: Self published, 1980. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "Love + Lust / Chocolate." Illustrations by Mary Alice Guthrie. A collection of erotic lesbian poetry. About Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers.
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Waterloo Must Go Forward (Original investment prospectus for downtown Waterloo, Iowa, circa 1956)
by [Waterloo, Iowa]
Waterloo, IA: Downtown Waterloo, Inc, 1956. Vintage seven-page promotional investment prospectus from Downtown Waterloo, Inc., a local non-profit consortium of local Iowa business owners, seeking investors for a campaign to modernize the city's downtown business district during the automobile boom of the 1950s, circa 1956. The seven pages of the prospectus includes: An introduction promoting "Centrally located and easily accessible" "Down Town Parking." A Downtown Waterloo Inc. common stock offering ($100 a share), listing all... Read More
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If You Follow Me (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)
by Malena Watrous
New York: Harper Perennial, 2010. First Edition. First Edition, a trade softcover original. Association Copy, INSCRIBED on the title page to author Chris Offutt: "For Chris / with gratitude and affection / Malena Watrous." Offutt is the author of "Kentucky Straight" and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs. In 1996, he was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by "Granta" magazine. He has also written for popular television shows and national publications,... Read More
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The Seven Per-Cent Solution (Signed First Edition)
by Nicholas Meyer as John H. Watson
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1974. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author (as Nicholas Meyer) on the title page. The first entry in Meyer's John H. Watson series. Slight lean, board edges lightly faded, overall Very Good plus in a Near Fine, lightly spine-faded dust jacket.
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Understanding Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Film as Private and Public Art (First Edition)
by [Rainer Werner Fassbinder] Wallace Steadman Watson
Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1996. First Edition. First Edition. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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Ossie Clark 1965-74 (First UK Edition)
by [Ossie Clark] Judith Watt
London: V and A Publications, 2003. Hardcover. First UK Edition. Documents the work of renowned British fashion designer Raymond "Ossie" Clark. Rear board slightly warped, overall Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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The Organ Music of Olivier Messiaen (First Edition)
by Stuart Waumsley
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1968. First printing of this edition, and first edition in English. A brief but intense study of Messiaen's organ music, aimed at an advanced audience, with illustrations of staves throughout. Small octavo. Small, neat owner name on the front wrapper (and again on the second leaf, containing the preface), else easily Very Good plus in lightly rubbed, perfect-bound pictorial wrappers.
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Sierra Passage (Original photograph from the 1950 Western film)
by Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Lloyd Corrigan (starring); Frank McDonald (director); Warren Douglas, Samuel Roeca, Tom W. Blackburn (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Monogram Pictures, 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 Western film. File stamp and layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A young sharpshooter is consumed by his lust for revenge for the murder of his father years before by a group of professional killers. Shot on location in Columbia and Jamestown, California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, moderately creased on the top and bottom edges. Pitts... Read More
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Play Rough! (First Edition)
by Rick Wayne
New York: Rainbow Books / Magazine Productions, 1952. First Edition. No. 113. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good plus in wrappers, with a diagonal crease on the top right corner of the front wrapper, and lightly rubbed rear wrapper. Scarce. Holroyd, p. 497.
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Real Art Ways [RAW] Moving On: 1982 (Softcover)
by [Real Art Ways]
Hartford: Real Art Ways, 1982. The summer 1982 issue of the long-running arts periodical published out of Hartford, Connecticut. Real Art Ways continues to operate as a nonprofit arts space and theater. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled wrappers, pages moderately age toned.
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (Three original photographs from the 1939 film)
by W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Eddie Anderson (starring); George Marshall, Edward F. Cline (directors); Geroge Marion Jr. Richard Mack, Everett Freeman (screenwriters); Ray Jones (photographer)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1939. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1939 film, two of W.C. Fields with Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy, and one of Fields with Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. Two of the photographs with a Universal Studios stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones, two photographs with mimeo snipes, and two with an additional stamp, all on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones... Read More
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Big Broadcast of 1938 (Original screenplay for the 1938 film)
by W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Shirley Ross (starring); Mitchell Leisen (director); Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Russel Crouse, Walter DeLeon, Ken Englund, Howard Lindsay, Francis Martin (screenwriters)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1937. Final script for the 1938 film. The S.S. Gigantic, an expensive, "radio-powered" ocean liner prepares to race its rival, the ocean liner S.S. Colossal, across the Atlantic, from New York to Cherbourg, in two and a half days. Sabotage and romantic hijinks ensue on both sides. Bob Hope's first feature film appearance. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated September 11, 1937, noted as FINAL WHITE SCRIPT, stamped FILE COPY and MASTER... Read More
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Tillie and Gus [Don't Call Me Madam] (Original screenplay for the 1933 film)
by W.C. Fields (starring); Rupert Hughes (novel); Francis Martin (director, screenwriter); Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, Ray Harris, Walter DeLeon (screenwriters); Alison Skipworth, Baby LeRoy, Julie Bishop (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1933. Second Script for the 1933 film. Rubber-stamped on the front wrapper, "FILE COPY / RETURN TO SCRIPT DEPT. / PARAMOUNT STUDIO - HOLLYWOOD," and "1837 / MASTER FILE." The film's original title, "Don't Call Me Madam," is present on the front wrapper, crossed through, with the new title "Tillie and Gus" written in manuscript ink above it. Based on a short story entitled "Don't Call Me Madame," by Rupert Hughes, about Tillie and... Read More
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The Bank Dick (Original publicity photograph from the 1940 film)
by W.C. Fields (screenwriter, starring); Edward F. Cline (director); Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1940. Vintage publicity photograph of W.C. Fields with Una Merkel and Evelyn Del Rio from the 1940 film. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. An American comedy classic,... Read More
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The Bank Dick (Two original photographs of W.C. Fields from the 1940 film)
by W.C. Fields (screenwriter, starring); Edward F. Cline (director); Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1940. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1940 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Egbert Souse, a slovenly drunk, finds himself in several different positions of employment through sheer luck and happenstance. After being hired on the spot to replace a film crew's no-show movie director, Souse unintentionally thwarts a bank robbery and is immediately offered a job as a security guard. 8... Read More
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Willy Weber: Metal Reliefs / Metallreliefs (First Edition)
by [Willy Weber]
London, Zurich, and New York: Gimpel Fils, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Sextodecimo. First Edition. Text in German and English. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Produced in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of Willy Weber's work which ran from May 2, 1973, through January 5, 1974. 4.25 x 6 inches. Spine lightly faded, else about Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers.
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The Spanish Maze Game (First Edition, Review Copy)
by Noah Webster
Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1991. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, preceding the First Edition, with publisher's slip laid in. Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket.
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A Pay-Off [Payoff] in Switzerland (First Edition)
by Noah Webster
Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1977. First American Edition. About Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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An Incident in Iceland (First Edition)
by Noah Webster
New York: Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. First Edition. A couple taps to the bottom board edges, else Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket.
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If They Move... Kill 'Em!: The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah (First Edition)
by [Sam Peckinpah] David Weddle
New York: Grove Press, 1994. First Edition. First Edition. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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