Search for Beauty (Original photograph from the 1934 film)
by Wing, Toby, Verna Hillie, Ida Lupino (starring); Erle C. Kenton (director); Claude Binyon, David Boehm, Frank Butler, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Sam Hellman (screenwriters); Buster Crabbe, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1934. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1934 pre-Code film, showing actresses Toby Wing and Verna Hillie. With a mimeo snipe on the verso, along with a dealer label. Two lovers and Olympic athletes fall prey to con artists who want to use their images and good reputations to sell adult magazines. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.
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Heathers (Original screenplay for the 1989 film)
by Winona Rider, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty (starring); Michael Lehmann (director); Daniel Waters (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: New World Pictures, 1987. Revised Second Draft script for the 1989 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Francis Kenny, with his name in manuscript ink on the title page, and his ink and pencil annotations on several pages, noting deletions and occasional additions. A dark satire of the popular John Hughes teen comedies of the early 1980s, today considered a classic coming-of-age film. The debuts of both director Michael Lehmann and screenwriter Daniel Waters. ... Read More
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The Dawn Patrol (First Edition, signed in the year of publication)
by Don Winslow
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the title page. The first Boone Daniels book, a 2009 Barry finalist. About Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Signed First Edition)
by Don Winslow
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The author's first book, and the first book in the Neal Carey series. Recipient of the 1992 MWA Best Novel Award. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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The Trail to Buddha's Mirror (Signed First Edition)
by Don Winslow
New York: St. Martin's [Martin] Press, 1992. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The author's second novel, and the second book in the Neal Carey series. About Fine and unread in a lightly toned, Near Fine dust jacket.
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A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Signed First Edition)
by Don Winslow
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The author's first book, and the first book in the Neal Carey series. Recipient of the 1992 MWA Best Novel Award. About Fine and unread in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dust jacket.
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A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Signed First Edition)
by Don Winslow
New York: St. Martin's [Martin] Press, 1991. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Author's first novel, nominated for an Edgar Award and Shamus Award. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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Maisie Dobbs (First Edition, inscribed)
by Jacqueline Winspear
New York: Soho, 2003. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Frances / Maisie Dobbs." Author's first book, and the first novel in the Maisie Dobbs mystery series. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dust jacket.
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Millions In Motors (First Edition)
by William West Winter
New York: Chelsea House, 1924. First Edition. First Edition. Early novel about the motor industry, focusing on the Fer-de-Lance sports car and automobile manufacturing. Jacket art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack. Very Good plus in a Good dust jacket. Spine lean, extremities lightly bumped. Large chips to the jacket front flap (half is missing) and spine panel, small chips on the front and rear panels, and a few short closed tears.
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West Side Story (Original photograph of Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins on the set of the 1961 film)
by Wise, Robert, Jerome Robbins (directors); Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim (musical); Ernest Lehman (screenwriter); Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists / Mirisch Corporation, 1961. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1961 film, showing director Robert Wise looking through a viewfinder while his co-director Jermone Robbins looks through a pair of sunglasses. Based on the 1957 Broadway musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Robbins, who would go on to direct the film with Wise, served as choreographer and came up with the original... Read More
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Lewis Baltz: The Prototype Works (First Edition)
by [Lewis Baltz] Matthew S. Witkovsky
Gottingen: Steidl, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. As New. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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Selections from The Blue Four: Galka E. Scheyer Collection (First Edition)
by W. Joseph Fulton (introduction); Lyonel Feininger, Alexei Jawlensky, Wassily Kandisky, Paul Klee (artists)
Pasadena: Pasadena Art Museum, 1954. First Edition. First Edition. Catalog for the 1954 exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum (now the Norton Simon Museum). Very Good plus, in saddle-stapled illustrated card wrappers, with faint toning to the extremities and a light tap to the top right corner.
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The Blue Four: Galka E. Scheyer Collection (First Edition)
by W. Joseph Fulton (introduction); Lyonel Feininger, Alexei Jawlensky, Wassily Kandisky, Paul Klee (artists)
Pasadena: Pasadena Art Museum, 1954. First Edition. First Edition. Catalog for the 1954 exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum (now the Norton Simon Museum). Very Good plus, in saddle-stapled illustrated card wrappers, with faint toning to the extremities and a light tap to the top right corner.
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Two original furniture and home decoration booklets produced for municipal housing in Vienna, circa late 1950s
by [Design] [Mid-century modern] [Soziale Wohnkultur]
Vienna: Verein für Soziale Wohnkultur, 1958. Two vintage furniture and home decor booklets, produced by Austrian furniture maker Soziale Wohnkultur, for subsidized housing in Vienna, circa 1958. One booklet illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color photographs, the other illustrated with black-and-white photographs only. Text in German. In 1952, in the midst of rebuilding the city after WWII, the government of Vienna formed a furniture initiative called Soziale Wohnkultur, or "Social Living Culture," a project spearheaded by architect... Read More
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Lang soll er leben [More Than One Life] (Original screenplay for the 1987 film)
by Wolf Dietrich (director); Anita Mally (screenwriter); Carl-Heinz Schroth, Anita Lochner, Ursula Heyer, Inge Wolffberg (starring)
Los Angeles: Paul Kohner, 1982. Draft script for the 1987 West German film, "Lang soll er leben," here under the English working title, "More Than One Life." Agency copy, in Paul Kohner, Inc., wrappers. Screenwriter Mally was an actress in the 1970s, starring in several German films, and starred in German television throughout the 1980s and 1990s. A comedy set in Los Angeles in the mid 1970s, with flashback scenarios to Prague during WWII, and subplots involving... Read More
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Mannerhouse: A Play in a Prologue and Three Acts (First Limited Edition)
by Thomas Wolfe
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1948. First Edition. First Edition, one of 500 numbered copies (this being No. 457), housed in publisher's slipcase. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Contemporary gift inscription on the front pastedown, covered by the dust jacket front flap. Jacket is lightly toned along the spine, front, and rear panels. Slipcase Very Good, with splitting to the joints and moderate wear along the top and bottom edges.
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A Man in Full (First Edition, one of 1700 copies signed by the author)
by Tom Wolfe
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1998. Limited Edition, preceding the First Trade Edition, one of 1700 unnumbered copies SIGNED by the author. Publisher's promotional card laid in. Tom Wolfe's second novel, basis for the 2024 miniseries starring Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane. Fine, with no dust jacket as issued, bound in full black leather, with three raised spine bands, all edges gilt, and gilt titles and rule.
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Night Shift (Two volumes, Advance Copy and First Edition)
by Maritta Wolff
New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition. Two volumes: the Advance Copy and the First Edition. An absolutely impeccable copy, accompanied by an equally fine copy of the wrappered Advance Copy. Maritta Wolff's follow-up to "Whistle Stop," basis for the 1942 film noir "The Man I Love," directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Robert Alda and Ida Lupino. First Edition is Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Advance Copy is Fine and unread in... Read More
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The Night in Question (Uncorrected Proof)
by Tobias Wolff
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Publisher's promotional material stapled to the inside front wrapper, and laid in. The author's third collection of stories. Near Fine in wrappers.
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Title Story from The Night in Question (First Edition, inscribed to fellow author Chris Offutt)
by Tobias Wolff
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. First Edition. Advance issue of 1500 non-numbered copies issued by the publisher to the book trade and SIGNED by Wolff. Additionally this is an association copy, INSCRIBED by Wolff to fellow author Chris Offutt on the title page: "For Chris and Rita / With great pleasure in this good time / Toby / Iowa City / 13 Oct 2000." Notably, the inscription was made in Iowa City at the famed Iowa... Read More
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In Pharaoh's Army (Uncorrected Proof, signed by the author)
by Tobias Wolff
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Tobias Wolff's second memoir, chronicling his experiences as a US Army officer during the Vietnam War. Fine in wrappers, with publisher's promotional material stapled to the inside front wrapper.
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![Wenn eine Fraü liebt [When a Woman Loves] (Original program for the 1950 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/739/486/1489486739.0.l.jpg)
Wenn eine Fraü liebt [When a Woman Loves] (Original program for the 1950 film)
by Wolfgang Liebeneiner (director); Charlotte Rissmann (play); Felix von Eckardt (screenwriter); Hilde Krahl, Johannes Heesters, Mathias Wieman (starring)
N.p.: Herzog Film, 1950. Vintage program for the 1950 West German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the twentieth century play "Don't Promise Me Anything," by Charlotte Rissmann. The wife of a talented artist sells his paintings by posing as the artist in order to make ends meet, but is forced to reveal her deception to her husband when she is commissioned to make a mural. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bifold. Very Good... Read More
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![Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen [I Was an Ugly Girl] (Original program for the 1955 German film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/792/486/1489486792.0.l.jpg)
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen [I Was an Ugly Girl] (Original program for the 1955 German film)
by Wolfgang Liebeneiner (director); Annemarie Selinko (novel); Eberhard Keindorff, Johanna Sibelius (screenwriters); Sonja Ziemann, Olga Chekhova, Karlheinz Böhm (starring)
West Germany: N.p., 1955. Vintage program for the 1955 German film. Titles and text in German. Based on the 1937 novel by Annemarie Selinko, about a plain young woman who gets a makeover and then finds herself caught between the advances of a wealthy banker and her poor but loyal friend. 7 x 10 inches. Bifold. Very Good only, with light wear and a few chips on the top and bottom edges.
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Thai and Cambodian Sculpture from the 6th to the 14th Centuries (First English Edition)
by Wolfgang Felten, Martin Lerner
London: Philip Wilson, 1989. Hardcover. First English Edition, preceded by the First German Edition published the previous year. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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Shattered [The Plastic Nightmare] (Screenplay for the 1991 film)
by Wolfgang Petersen (director, screenwriter); Richard Neely (novel); Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley (starring)
Berlin, Germany: Manfred Durniok Produktion, 1991. Revised First Draft agency script for the 1991 film, "Shattered," here under the working title, "The Plastic Nightmare." German agency copy, in wrappers crediting the "Film und [and] Fernsehen [television] Studios" in Berlin. Text in English. Based on Richard Neely's 1971 novel, "The Plastic Nightmare." Dan (Berenger) is involved in an automobile accident leaving him with amnesia. He discovers that he is married to Judith (Scacchi), but enlists the aid of... Read More
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