Off the Wall (First Edition)
by Charles Willeford
Montclair, NJ: Pegasus Rex Press, 1980. First Edition. First Edition. A nonfiction account of the Son of Sam murders, focusing on the work of deputy sheriff Craig Glassman. Faint foxing on the top page edges, else Near Fine in a lightly age-toned, Near Fine dust jacket.
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Sketchbook No. 1: Three Americans (First Edition)
by [Willem de Kooning, Igor Stravinsky, Buckminster Fuller] Robert Snyder, Michael Sonnabend (directors)
New York: Time Magazine, 1960. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Reproduces the script of a 1960 documentary film about contemporary art, focusing on de Kooning, Stravinsky, and Fuller, along with "Time" articles relating to same. Robert Snyder and Michael Sonnabend previously collaborated on the 1950 documentary "The Titan." Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers with French flaps.
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Roadhouse 66 [Roadhouse] (Original screenplay for the 1984 film)
by Willem Dafoe, Judge Reinhold, Kaaren Lee (starring); John Mark Robinson (director); Galen Lee, George Simpson (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Roadhouse Productions, Inc, 1983. First Draft script for the 1984 film, here under the working title "Roadhouse. " While driving cross country down Route 66 to California, Beckman's (Judge Reinhold) car is shot at by three hoodlums. When he meets former rock and roll musician, Johnny Harte (Willem Dafoe), they decide to teach the hoodlums a lesson. Set in Kingman and Oatman, Arizona, shot on location in Kingman, Oatman, and Bagdad, Arizona, and Santa Clarita,... Read More
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The Spirit (Original screenplay for the 1987 television film)
by Will Eisner (characters); Michael Schultz (director); Steven E. de Souza (screenwriter); Sam J. Jones, Nana Visitor, Bumper Robinson, Garry Walberg (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Television, 1986. Third Draft script for the 1987 television film which aired on ABC on July 31, 1987. Bound in following the script is a two page Staff and Crew List, dated March 7, 1986, a 19 page Shooting Schedule, dated 3/7/86, a ten page Revised Shooting Schedule, dated 3/9/86, an eight page Revised Shooting Schedule, dated 3/21/86, and a second two page Staff and Crew List, dated March 26, 1986. Laid in is a... Read More
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Action: One Easy Piece (Original screenplay for the 2000 television episode)
by Will Forté (screenwriter); Don Reo (director); Jay Mohr, Illeana Douglas, Jarrad Paul, Jack Plotnick (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia TriStar Television, 1999. Shooting script for the 2000 television episode, which originally aired on Fox on September 5, 2000. Copy belonging to crew member Lisa Doty, with a printed ownership label affixed to the title page. The show aired on Fox for one season, from 1999-2000, and followed a failed Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated November 15, 1999, noted as Shooting Script, with credits for... Read More
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Original screenplay for the 2004 film)
by Will Ferrell (starring, screenwriter); Adam McKay (director, screenwriter); Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Kathryn Hahn, Ben Stiller (starring)
Universal City: Dreamworks, 2003. Revised Shooting script for the 2004 film. In San Diego in the 1970s, successful news anchor Ron Burgundy is forced to confront his prejudices when the station owners hire a woman anchor, who promptly proceeds to climb her way to the top. Followed by a 2013 sequel, "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues." Shot on location in San Diego, Los Angeles, Glendale, and Long Beach. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 06/09/03,... Read More
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The Film That Was Lost (First Edition)
by Will H. Hays, Howard Dietz (text)
New York: Museum of Modern Art Film Library [MOMA], 1942. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers, with light overall rubbing, toning at the extremities, and a small faint stray pen mark on the bottom of the front wrapper.
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Jezebel (Original oversize photograph of Bette Davis and Henry Fonda from the 1938 film)
by William Wyler (director); Owen Davis (play); Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, John Huston (screenwriters); Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1938. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1938 film, showing actors Margaret Early, Janet Shaw, Bette Davis, and Henry Fonda. In antebellum Louisiana, a strong-willed southern belle loses her fiancé as a result of her vanity and arrogance, and vows to win him back. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress for Bette Davis, and for Best Supporting Actress for Fay Bainter. Shot on location in Louisiana. 14 x 11... Read More
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Red Alert (Original screenplay for the 1977 television movie)
by William Hale (director); Harold King (novel); Sandor Stern (screenwriter); William Devane, Adrienne Barbeau, M. Emmet Walsh (starring)
Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1977. Final Revised Draft script for the 1977 television movie. Based on the 1977 book by Harold King. Included is a vintage production photo of William Devane from the film, with a snipe on the verso with the CBS television logo. A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and seals off the reactor room, believing that a dangerous explosion has occurred, and trapping the crew inside. One of a string... Read More
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Juarez (Original photograph from the set of the 1939 film)
by William Dieterle (director); Bertita Harding (novel); Franz Werfel (play); Elmer Fryer (photographer); John Huston, Aeneas MacKenzie, Wolfgnag Reinhardt (screenwriter); Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1939. Vintage reference photograph showing Claude Rains, Gale Sondergaard, Montagu Love, and director William Dieterle on the set of the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based upon the 1939 biography of Emperor Maximilan of Mexico and his wife Charlotte, "Phantom Crown" by Bertita Loenarz and the 1925 play "Juarez and Maximilian" by Franz Werfel. Democratic-leaning Mexico President Benito Juarez (Paul Muni) threatens France's rule and battles with Napolean III's (Claude Rains) newly installed... Read More
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Leave Her to Heaven (First Edition)
by Ben Ames Williams
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1944. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the superb 1945 film, a late, blazing-Technicolor noir starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Vincent Price. Scarce in this condition. Meeting all first edition points, which include: (1) red cloth, with titles stamped in black, (2) date of 1944 at the bottom of the title page, (3) measures roughly 8 by 5.5 inches, (4) 429 pages of text, and (5) price of $2.50 on the front jacket flap.... Read More
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Lord Loveland Discovers America (First UK Edition)
by C.N. and A.M. Williamson Williamson
London: Methuen, 1910. First Edition. First Edition. A non-mystery featuring Lord Loveland, written by the prolific, early twentieth century British husband-and-wife mystery writing team. The story here involves the collision of British mores (in the form of Lord Loveland) with the reality of New York society of the early twentieth century. Lord Loveland arrives in American expecting all to bow before him, but is quickly humbled and finds himself enduring a "moral education," including "amusing, exciting, and... Read More
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Lord John in New York (First UK Edition)
by C.N. and A.M. Williamson Williamson
London: Methuen, 1918. First Edition. First Edition. A collection of short stories, written by the prolific, early twentieth century British husband-and-wife mystery writing team. Very Good in a Very Good example of the rare dust jacket. Pages significantly toned though still somewhat supple. Jacket with minor chipping along the top and bottom edge (no loss to titling), neat cellotape reinforcement along the top edge, and significant foxing to the verso. A very presentable copy.
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Two-Up (First Edition, inscribed to fellow author Chris Offutt)
by Eric Miles Williamson
Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2006. First Edition. First Edition, hardcover issue. Association copy, INSCRIBED by Williamson to fellow author Chris Offutt on the half-title page: "For Chris / In admiration of your work, and with appreciation for your friendship / Eric Miles Williamson." The author has also SIGNED the title page in the same ink. From the collection of Chris Offutt. Offutt is the author of "Kentucky Straight" and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction,... Read More
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The Siege of Trencher's Farm (UK Uncorrected Proof)
by Gordon D. Williams
London: Secker and Warburg, 1969. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. Rare. Basis for Sam Peckinpah's violent 1971 film classic, Straw Dogs, starring Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, and a bunch of kill-crazy Devon townies, considered by many to be his finest directorial effort in a career that included many important films. Very Good or better in orange printed wrappers. Address label on the front endpaper. Front hinge split archivally repaired, otherwise with a spine lean... Read More
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The Siege of Trencher's Farm (First UK Edition, signed by the author)
by Gordon D. Williams
London: Secker and Warburg, 1969. First UK Edition, preceding all others. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Basis for Sam Peckinpah's violent 1971 film "Straw Dogs," starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George, considered by many to be his finest directorial effort in a career that included many important films. Small creases on the bottom right corner of the front flap and top left corner of the rear flap, else Fine in a Fine dust... Read More
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Two for the Seesaw (Original promotional photograph from the 1958 play)
by William Gibson (playwright); Howell Conant (photographer); Arthur Penn (director); Henry Fonda, Anne Bancroft (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1958. Vintage double weight narrow margin matte finish promotional press photograph of Henry Fonda and Anne Bancroft from the 1958 play, by photographer Howell Conant. Three "Two for the Seesaw," and one "Photo by Howell Conant" stamps on verso. "Two for the Seesaw" opened on January 16, 1958 at the Booth Theatre for a highly successful run of 750 performances, closing on October 31, 1959. The play was an unexpected hit, marking the debut of... Read More
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The Heiress (Original photograph of William Wyler and Olivia de Havilland on the set of the 1949 film)
by William Wyler (director); Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz (play, screenwriters); Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1949. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1949 film, showing director William Wyler and actress Olivia de Havilland talking between takes. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Ruth and Augustus Goetz's 1947 play, which was in turn based on Henry James' 1880 novel "Washington Square." A shy young woman falls in love with a poor but handsome man, to the displeasure of her... Read More
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The Heiress (Original photograph of William Wyler, Betty Linley, and Ralph Richardson on the set of the 1959 film)
by William Wyler (director); Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz (play, screenwriters); Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1947. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film, showing a camera crew filming a scene between actors Betty Linley and Ralph Richardson, while director William Wyler looks on to the left. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Ruth and Augustus Goetz's 1947 play, which was in turn based on Henry James' 1880 novel "Washington Square." A... Read More
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The Heiress (Original photograph taken on the set of the 1949 film)
by William Wyler (director); Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz (play, screenwriters); Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1949. Vintage studio still photograph taken on the set of the 1949 film, showing director William Wyler on a camera crane, capturing a nighttime party scene on a terrace. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Ruth and Augustus Goetz's 1947 play, which was in turn based on Henry James' 1880 novel "Washington Square." A shy young woman falls in love with a poor but handsome man, to... Read More
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Research archive for "The Theory and Practice of the Cine-Roman
by William F. Van Vert (researcher, author); Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jean Cayrol, Henri Colpi (contributors); Agnes Varda, Alain Resnais (subjects)
Bloomington: N.p., 1974. First Edition. Archive of research materials used by William F. Van Wert in preparing his dissertation "The Theory and Practice of the Cine-Roman" (Arno Press, 1978). Included are responses to a questionnaire and an album of film stills. Focusing on the filmmakers of the Rive Gauche movement, which slightly preceded the French New Wave and ran parallel through the 1960s, Van Wert wanted to explore the literary influence on the works of the movement's... Read More
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Union Station (Original promotional photograph of William Holden and Barry Fitzgerald from the 1950 film)
by William Holden (starring); Rudolph Mate (director); Sydney Boehm (screenwriter); Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir, showing actors William Holden and Barry Fitzgerald. A woman suspects several fellow train passengers of being the culprits in a highly publicized kidnapping case. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the corners. Grant US. Olive Films 256. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.
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Big Hearted Herbert (Original photograph from the 1934 film)
by William Keighley (director); Lillie Hayward, Ben Markson (screenwriter); Sophie Kerr, Anna Steese Richardson (playwright); Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis, Helen Lowell, Phillip Reed (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1934. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1934 film. Based on the 1934 play by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson. A shopkeeper ruins his daughter's engagement with his bad attitude. His wife gets revenge by vowing to embarrass him in front of his customers. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good.
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The Hunted (Original screenplay for the 2003 film)
by William Friedkin (director); Art Monterastelli (screenwriter); Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 2001. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film, including a six page "Alternate Ending" preceded by a memo notice that both "endings will be shot." Laid in are three gatherings of revisions, each with a label on their title page for credited crew member "Brian Markey / Construction Coordinator." From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. The three gatherings of revisions are: Eight pages of "White Revised Pages," dated 12/06/01. Seven pages of "Pink4" revision... Read More
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The Shadow on the Window (Original pressbook for the 1957 film)
by William Asher (director); Leo Townsend and David P. Harmon (screenwriter); Phil Carey, Betty Garrett, and John Barrymore, Jr. (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Vintage pressbook for the 1957 film. Betty Garrett plays a woman being held hostage by three thugs who have just killed her employer and whose son, shocked catatonic by seeing his mother being terrorized, helps lead her husband and the police to find her. Eight pages, saddle stapled, 12 x 16 inches. Near Fine, with a manuscript ink notation on the front wrapper. Grant US. Selby US.... Read More
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