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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Quartet (Original photograph from the US re-release of the 1948 British film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (stories); Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart (directors); Lawrence Turner (photographer); R. C. Sherrif (screenwriter); Basil Radford, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Angela Baddeley (starring)
N.p.: Fine Arts Films, 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US re-release of the 1948 British film, showing actors Jack Watling and Mai Zetterling. A British anthology film based on several stories by W. Somerset Maugham, including "The Colonel's Lady," "The Kite," and "The Facts of Life." Zetterling and Watling appear in "The Facts of Life," a segment following a beautiful, mysterious woman who seduces a wealthy young tennis player. 10 x 8 inches. Near... Read More
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Quartet (Original photograph from the 1948 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (stories); Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart (directors); Lawrence Turner (photographer); R. C. Sherrif (screenwriter); Basil Radford, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Angela Baddeley (starring)
London: Gainsborough Pictures, 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 British film, showing actress Mai Zetterling. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamps of Movie Life and J. Arthur Rank, a stamp specific to the film's UK release, and the stamp of still photographer Lawrence Turner. A British anthology film based on several stories by W. Somerset Maugham, including "The Colonel's Lady," "The Kite," and "The Facts of Life." Zetterling appears... Read More
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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 (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 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 (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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