What's New Pussycat? (Four original photographs from the 1965 film)
by Woody Allen (screenwriter, starring); Paula Prentiss (starring); Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine (starring); Clive Donner (director); Louis Goldman (photographer)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1965. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film. One with a provenance stamp on the verso. Woody Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter, about a soon-to-be-married womanizer as he attempts to adjust to a monogamous life, with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst. Set and shot on location in Paris, Sevres, and Chaumontel, France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. About Near Fine.
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Play It Again, Sam (Collection of 6 stills from the 1969 Broadway stage play)
by Woody Allen (playwright, starring); Joseph Hardy (director); Leo Stern (photographer); Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Sheila Sullivan, Barbara Brownell, Diana Walker, Jean Fowler, Cynthia Dalbey, Lee Ann Fahey, Barbara Press (starring)
New York: Sabinson, 1969. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1969 Broadway play, written by and starring Woody Allen, as well as Allen's first production with a young Diane Keaton. Each photo with a mimeograph snipe on the verso crediting photographer Leo Stern and the Sabinson Agency, along with a credits blurb. "Play It Again, Sam" was the third play by Woody Allen to be staged on Broadway (following "From A to Z" in... Read More
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The Black Curtain (First Edition)
by Cornell Woolrich
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. First Edition. First Edition. The author's second mystery, basis for the 1942 film noir "Street of Chance," starring Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine panel lightly faded, with minor rubbing at the spine ends and a couple of corners. An excellent example of a book almost always found in lesser condition. In a custom green cloth clamshell box. ... Read More
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Black Alibi (First printing in paperback)
by Cornell Woolrich
New York: Ballantine Books, 1982. First printing in paperback. Spine lightly faded, else Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers.
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Black Alibi (First Edition)
by Cornell Woolrich
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for Jacques Tourneur's 1943 film "The Leopard Man," one of the famed Val Lewton productions of the early 1940s. Very Good in a Good to Very Good jacket. Book has a moderate lean, an owner name on the front endpaper, foxing to the bright red topstain, and a tide mark along the bottom edge of the front board. Jacket has a few small chips at the corners... Read More
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Rendezvous in Black (First printing in paperback)
by Cornell Woolrich
New York: Bantam Books, 1982. No. 30489. First printing in paperback. Very Good plus in perfect-bound, moderately rubbed wrappers, with an owner name on the verso of the front wrapper.
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Violence (First Edition)
by Cornell Woolrich
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1958. First Edition. First Edition. Collects six of Woolrich's longer pulp stories for the first time, including his only horror story, "The Moon of Montezuma." "Violence" is one of the few Woolrich titles to feature an author photo on the jacket's rear panel: the author is shown almost smiling, next to his beloved mother. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, lightly faded at the spine as almost always found. An... Read More
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The Bride Wore Black (First printing in paperback)
by Cornell Woolrich
New York: Bantam Books, 1984. No. 30847. First printing in paperback. Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers. Lightly rubbed at the extremities.
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The Black Path of Fear (First Edition)
by Cornell Woolrich
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1944. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the dreamlike 1946 film noir "The Chase," starring Robert Cummings, Michele Morgan, and Peter Lorre. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Small tap on the bottom right corner of the front board. Jacket spine ends and corners lightly chipped, with two pinholes on the front flap and rear flap fold. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 296.
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Cool Breeze (Complete set of eight original color photographs from the 1972 film)
by W. R. Burnett (novel); Barry Pollack (director, screenwriter); Thalmus Rasulala, Jim Watkins, Judy Pace (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1972. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Four photos shown, please inquire to see the others. Loosely based on the 1950 film "The Asphalt Jungle," which was in turn based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel. A former inmate decides to gather a gang of criminals to execute a diamond heist, in the hopes of using the profits to start a community bank for black-owned... Read More
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Cool Breeze (Seven original photographs from the 1972 film)
by W. R. Burnett (novel); Barry Pollack (director, screenwriter); Thalmus Rasulala, Jim Watkins, Judy Pace (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1972. Seven black and white studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Loosely based on the 1950 film "The Asphalt Jungle," which was in turn based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel. A former inmate decides to gather a gang of criminals to execute a diamond heist, in the hopes of using the profits to start a community bank for black-owned businesses. Set in Los Angeles and San Quentin. ... Read More
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Port O' Missing Men: Strange Tales of the Stranger Regiment (First Edition)
by P.C. Wren
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W., 1934. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus lacking dust jacket. Light fading to the spine, light foxing to the top and front page edges, and a slight lean.
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The Disappearance of General Jason (First UK Edition)
by P.C. Wren
London: John Murray, 1940. First Edition. First Edition, preceding all others. Very Good plus in a Very Good example of the scarce dust jacket. Light foxing along the edges and to the interior leaves. Jacket chipped to the crown, repaired with tape on the verso, and lightly foxed overall.
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Valiant Dust (First UK Edition, inscribed)
by P.C. [Percival Christopher] Wren
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W., 1932. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on his coat of arms bookplate, affixed on the front pastedown: "To Mrs. D.O. Williams / with the author's regards / Wren." Moderate spine lean and moderate foxing to the fore-edges outer page margins, else About Very Good in a like dust jacket. Jacket is uniformly soiled on the spine and rear panel, with some minor chipping at the extremities, one short closed... Read More
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Mysterious Waye: The Story of "The Unsetting Sun" (First Edition)
by Percival Christopher [P.C.] Wren
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1930. First Edition. First Edition. An adventure novel from the author of "Beau Geste" (1924). Fine and unread, topstain bright, in a Fine dust jacket. A sharp copy.
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Johnny Jupiter: Frontier Scout Story (Original screenplay for Season 2, Episode 2 of the 1953-1954 television series)
by Wright King, Gil Mack, Gene London (starring); Jerome Coopersmith (screenwriter);
New York: Kagran Corporation, 1953. Revised script for Season 2, Episode 2 of the 1953-1954 ABC television series. Screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith's working copy, with his substantive annotations in manuscript ink throughout, marking deletions, editorial notes, and revisions. The "Johnny Jupiter" program appeared in two iterations throughout 1953 and 1954: the first aired on the DuMont Television Network from March to June of 1953, and the second aired on ABC and aired between September 5, 1953, and May 29,... Read More
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M31: A Family Romance (Signed First Edition)
by Stephen Wright
New York: Harmony Books, 1988. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The author's second book, a satire about a midwestern family with extraterrestrial beliefs. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket.
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Vision and Legacy (First Edition)
by [Frank Lloyd Wright]
Urbana: University of Illinois / Committee of Architectural Heritage, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Frank Lloyd Wright's work held at the University of Illinois from September 15 through October 1, 1965. Near Fine in saddle stapled wrappers.
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The Casino Murder Case (First Edition)
by Willard Huntington writing as S. S. Van Dine Wright
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. First Edition. A Philo Vance mystery. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. A hint of fading to the green on the spine panel. Jacket has light rubbing to front panel, with tiny closed tears to extremities. A very presentable copy.
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Confessions of an Old Maid (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Doug McHenry (screenwriter); John Sack (writer)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the treatment is a copied letter addressed to writer John Sack from Lawrence S. Dietz, the west coast editor of Playboy magazine, discussing a Playboy assignment for "a piece tentatively titled 'Confessions of an Old Maid Man,' which will reflect on the experience-yours-of being an adult male, between 35 and 50, who has never been married." A 32-year-old realizes advancements in his career at a... Read More
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Triptych (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by John Melson (screenwriter); John Anderson (writer)
Madrid, Spain: The Monovox Company, 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. A mysterious man posing as an artist is luring young women to his apartment in 1936 Madrid, where he asks them to pose and then kills them and takes their photo. Forty years later, a young woman is living in the apartment these unspeakable acts occurred in and she decides to find out who lived there before her. When she ends up dead, her friends... Read More
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Death Warmed Over (Original treatment script for the 1980 radio broadcast)
by Lawrence Tubelle (writer)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Treatment script for "Death Warmed Over," which would later be turned into a radio broadcast and aired in on September 24, 1980 on the Mutual Radio Theater program, then replayed on December 3, 1980. Mutual Radio Theater, formerly the Sears Radio Theater, changed names in 1980 when the program moved from CBS to the Mutual broadcasting network. Tubelle was the head movie critic at "Variety" magazine in the early 1960s. A man is cryogenically... Read More
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20,000 Bikinis Under the Sea (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Norman Maurer (writer)
Hollywood: Self published, 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film called "20,000 Bikinis Under the Sea." Maurer rose to some popularity after his brief stint as a comic book artist, notably for "Three Stooges" titles and the first 3-D comics, "Three-Dimension Comics," featuring Mighty Mouse. He also married Joan Howard, daughter of Stooge Moe Howard, and this association led him to managing the Stooges after their contract with Columbia, producing seven Stooge films as well as the television series,... Read More
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Anniversary Songs (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)
by James Wronoski
Ardmore, PA: Merwood Books, 2000. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED on the title page to author Chris Offutt: "September 21, 1999 / For Chris Offutt / The real deal of a poet and a hero in the fine art of humanity. With thanks for your support and friendship. Keep up the good work-we need it / Your friend / Jim Wronoski." Offutt is the author of "Kentucky Straight" and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction,... Read More
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Encore (Four original publicity photographs of W. Somerset Maugham from the 1951 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Pat Jackson, Anthony Pelissier, Harold French (directors); T.E.B. Clarke, Arthur Macrae, Eric Ambler (screenwriters); Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan, Kay Walsh (starring)
London: J. Arthur Rank, 1951. Four vintage borderless publicity photographs of writer W. Somerset Maugham, showing Maugham sitting on his garden verandah at his home on the French Riviera, taken to publicize the 1951 film. All four with the stamps of J. Arthur Rank Organization on the verso, and one with a printed mimeo snipe. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A three-episode anthology film based on several short story collections written... Read More
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