Original photograph of W. Somerset Maugham at villa La Mauresque, circa 1950
by W. Somerset Maugham (subject, author); Tom Blau (photographer)
London: Camera Press, 1950. Vintage borderless photograph of author W. Somerset Maugham at his residence at the villa La Mauresque at Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera, circa 1950. Mimeo snipe and provenance stamps on the verso, struck "Parimages" in manuscript ink. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.
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Of Human Bondage (Two original photographs from the 1934 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Lester Cohen (screenwriter); John Cromwell (director); Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee (starring)
London: National Film Archive, 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film, one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard, the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive, clubfooted young man falls in love... Read More
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Strictly Unconventional [The Circle] (Original screenplay for the 1930 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (play); David Burton (director); Sylvia Thalberg, Frank Butler (screenwriters); Frank Reicher, Clarence Wilson, Lewis Stone, Paul Cavanagh, Ernest Torrence (starring)
Culver City, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1929. Draft script for the 1930 film, seen here under the working title "The Circle." Stamped "FILE COPY" on the front wrapper, and noted as "TALKING VERSION." Partial, unsigned distribution receipt laid in. Based on the 1921 play by W. Somerset Maugham, about a young woman who decides to leave her dull, aristocratic husband behind for an elopement with a Canadian. Cream titled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer wrappers, dated Dec. 27, 1929, on... Read More
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Of Human Bondage (Original photograph from the 1964 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway (directors); Bryan Forbes (screenwriter); Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 film. The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel, following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. A waitress and a medical student engage in a tumultuous, years long romance. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
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Of Human Bondage (Collection of 13 photographs from the 1964 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway (directors); Bryan Forbes (screenwriter); Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Seven Arts, 1964. Collection of 13 studio photographs from the 1964 film. The third of three feature films adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel, starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey, following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London and filmed by MGM British Studios at Ardmore Studios in County Wicklow, Ireland. ... Read More
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Of Human Bondage (Original photograph of Kim Novak from the 1964 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway (directors); Bryan Forbes (screenwriter); Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film, showing actress Kim Novak nude and on a bed. The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel, following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine, with pinholes on the corners and edges.
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The Letter (Original keybook photograph from the set of the 1940 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (play); William Wyler (director); Howard Koch (screenwriter); Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson (starring)
N.p.: Vitagraph, 1940. Vintage keybook photograph of L-to-R Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson (back to camera), director William Wyler, and Bette Davis lunching at the Warner Brothers commissary during the filming of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Claiming self defense after shooting a man (David Newell) she was secretly having an affair with, Leslie Crosbie (Bette Davis) is defended by an increasingly skeptical lawyer (James Stephenson). Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture,... Read More
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Miss Sadie Thompson (Original screenplay for the 1953 film, presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald)
by W. Somerset Maugham (short story); Curtis Bernhardt (director); Harry Kleiner (screenwriter); Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1953. Third Revised Final Draft script for the 1953 film with rainbow revisions. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth... Read More
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Up at the Villa (Archive of working material from the 2000 film, including an annotated script and production documents)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novella); Sean Penn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Jeremy Davies (starring); Philip Haas (director); Belinda Haas (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1998. Archive of material from the 2000 romance film, including a draft script and several gatherings of production material. Archive belonging to assistant costume designer Jane Hamilton, with her name on several revision pages, and her annotations in manuscript pencil on several leaves, relating to costuming. Archive includes a bound gathering of information regarding lodging, food, communication, transportation, and more during filming on location in Italy, along with a cast list. Also included are 15... Read More
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Tropical Passions: The Stories of Five Unfaithful Women (First Edition)
by W. Somerset Maugham, Robert Payne, Stefan Zweig, John D. MacDonald, Robert Norman Hubner
New York: Avon Books, 1949. First Edition. No. 44. First Edition. An anthology featuring stories by W. Somerset Maugham, Robert Payne, Stefan Zweig, John D. MacDonald, and Robert Norman Hubner. Very Good in wrappers, with moderate creasing on the edges, and wrappers lightly rubbed.
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The Pagan (Original photograph of Ramón Novarro and Renée Adorée from the 1929 film)
by W.S. Van Dyke (director); Dorothy Farnum, John Howard Lawson (screenwriters); Ramón Novarro, Renée Adorée, Donald Crisp (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1929. Vintage reference photograph of Ramón Novarro and Renée Adorée from the 1929 part-silent, part-talking film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A woman from a small South Pacific island falls in love with a mixed-race man who owns a plantation, but their romance is disparaged by her highly religious guardian. Shot on location in Tahiti. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly toned.
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Rosalie (Original photograph of W.S. Van Dyke on the set of 1937 film)
by W.S. Van Dyke (director); William Anthony McGuire (screenwriter, play); Guy Bolton (play); Cole Porter (composer); Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Powell, Frank Morgan, Ilona Massey (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1937. Vintage photographs of director W.S. Van Dyke instructing a bleacher full of young women, including stars Eleanor Powell and Ilona Massey, on the set of the 1937 musical film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1928 Broadway musical, about a West Point cadet who falls for a Vasser student who just happens to be a princess in disguise, with most of the original songs by George and... Read More
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Archive of material on "White Shadows in the South Seas" [Southern Skies] from the estate of Monte Blue
by W.S. Van Dyke (director); Frederick O'Brien (novel); Jack Cunningham (screenwriter); Ray Doyle (adaptation); Monte Blue, Raquel Torres (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1928. Archive of material from the 1928 film. From the estate of actor Monte Blue, who starred in the film. Included in the archive are a carbon typescript draft script, here under the working title "Southern Skies," four vintage photographs, each with a mimeo snipe on the verso, one with a press stamp as well, and a later, 1921 edition of the 1919 travel book by Frederick O'Brien which served as the... Read More
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White Shadows in the South Seas (Archive of 94 original photographs from the 1928 film)
by W.S. Van Dyke (director); Frederick O'Brien (book); Jack Cunningham, Ray Doyle, John Colton (screenwriters); Monte Blue, Raquel Torres (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1928. Archive of 94 vintage, double weight photographs from the 1928 film. Inspired by the 1919 nonfiction travel book by Frederick O'Brien, and retaining much of that work's anti-imperialist themes, about an alcoholic doctor who is set adrift by white traders after objecting to their treatment of the Polynesian workers, only to wash ashore on an island where the natives have never seen a white man. MGM's first film with... Read More
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Rosalie (Two original photographs from the 1937 film)
by W.S. Van Dyke (director); Guy Bolton, William Anthony McGuire (screenwriter, play); Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Powell, Frank Morgan (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1937. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film. Based on George Gershwin and Sigmund Romberg's 1928 musical of the same name. A young princess and a West Point cadet fall in love. Although the play on which the film is based was also a musical, an entirely new score was written for the film. Gershwin was originally suppose to compose the score for the film as well, but Cole Porter... Read More
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Nog (Original first draft manuscript and archive for the 1968 novel)
by Rudy Wurlitzer
N.p.: N.p., 1968. Archive of manuscript material for Rudolph Wurlitzer's 1968 debut novel "Nog," including a complete first draft of the novel, showing significant differences from the published version and with an unpublished final chapter, and over 300 loose manuscript pages, both with extensive manuscript annotations throughout. As complete and detailed an archive regarding a writer's creative process as we can imagine. From the collection of Rudolph Wurlitzer, with full provenance available. A landmark of... Read More
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The Certain Sound: Thirty Years of Motor Racing (First Edition)
by John Wyer
Lausanne: Edita, 1981. First Edition. First Edition. Autobiography of English racing engineer and team manager John Wyer. Faint fading along the top edge of the rear board, else Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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Consider Her Ways and Others (First UK Edition)
by John Wyndham
London: Michael Joseph, 1961. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Collects three short stories and three novellas by the author of "The Day of the Triffids" (1951). Light offsetting to the endpapers, else about Fine in a strong, Near Fine dust jacket with a nick to the top right corner of the front panel.
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Trouble with Lichen (First UK Edition)
by John Wyndham
London: Michael Joseph, 1960. First UK Edition. A dystopian satire by the author of "The Day of the Triffids" (1951). Slight lean, light offsetting to the endpapers, generally Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket with light toning and rubbing to the spine and a pinhole to the center front flap fold.
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Private Libraries of New York (First Edition, copy belonging to Thomas Bailey Aldrich)
by James Wynne
New York: E. French, 1860. First Edition. First Edition. Copy belonging to noted travel writer and poet Thomas Bailey Aldrich, SIGNED by him on the title page in the year of publication. Very Good. Light wear at the spine ends and corners, with a chip at the crown and light fading to the spine and extremities.
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Yohji Yamamoto: Rewind/Forward (First French Edition)
by [Yohji Yamamoto]
Paris: M/M, 2001. First French Edition. Text in English. Comprises 238 color and black-and-white photographs of the remarkable creations of legendary Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, spanning 1995 to 2000. Fine in card wrappers and a Fine dust jacket. Lacking the publisher's slipcase.
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Original pennant for the New York Yankees, circa 1940s
by [New York Yankees]
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage felt pennant for the New York Yankees, circa 1940s. 24.5 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly worn.
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![Early Spring [Soshun] (Original photograph from the 1956 Japanese film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/235/076/1402076235.0.l.jpg)
Early Spring [Soshun] (Original photograph from the 1956 Japanese film)
by Yasujiro Ozu (director, screenwriter); Kogo Noda (screenwriter); Chikage Awashima, Ryo Ikebe, Keiko Kishi (starring)
Tokyo: Shochiku, 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1956 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso noting the film's title and the names of director Yasujiro Ozu and actor Chishu Ryu. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A married white-collar worker begins an affair at his job with a young woman nicknamed Goldfish. Ozu's first film after a three year hiatus, and one of the last of his marriage-related films. ... Read More
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Equinox Flower [Higanbana] (Four original photographs from the 1958 Japanese film)
by Yasujiro Ozu (director, screenwriter); Ton Satomi (novel); Kogo Noda (screenwriter); Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga, Keiji Sada, Shin Saburi (starring)
Tokyo: Shochiku, 1958. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1958 film. With the stamp of Shochiku Co. on the verso, along with a mimeo snipe noting the film's Japanese title, "Higanbana." From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Ton Satomi's 1957 novel. A businessman hopes to arrange a marriage for his headstrong youngest daughter, who has fallen in love with a musician. Director Yasujiro Ozu's first color film. ... Read More
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An Autumn Afternoon (Original photograph of Shima Iwashita from the 1962 film)
by Yasujiro Ozu (director, screenwriter); Kogo Noda (screenwriter); Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada (starring)
Tokyo: Shochiku, 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Shima Iwashita from the 1962 Japanese film. With the stamps of Tele-Magazine and manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout on the verso. An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter. Director Yasujiro Ozu's final film, a farewell to his mother, whom he had lived with and cared for his entire life, with the title drawn from a poem he wrote upon returning from her funeral. Ozu became... Read More
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