Original invitation to a performance by Frank Zappa at Limelight nightclub, New York, August 14, 1984
by Frank Zappa
New York: N.p., 1984. Vintage invitation to a performance by Frank Zappa at Limelight nightclub, 660 Sixth Ave., New York, on August 4, 1984. The invitation features a black and white photograph of Zappa by Steve Schapiro on the recto, donning an oven mitt over a raised fisted left hand, with an oven mitt graphic and text on the verso: "Limelight ... Invites You To A Plain, Simple, Dignified, Sophisticated, Soireé Mitt Frank Zappa / Tuesday, August... Read More
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Gabriela (Ten original photographs from the US release of the 1950 German film)
by Zarah Leander, Käthe Haack, Gunnar Möller, Grethe Weiser (starring); Géza von Cziffra (director, screenwriter); Kurt Schwabach (screenwriter)
N.p.: Banner Pictures, 1956. Ten vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1950 West German film musical. A now-faded singer begins to regret her estrangement from her daughters after years of neglect while at the height of her career. Swedish-born actress Zarah Leander's first German film appearance after a seven-year hiatus. Although she declared no political position during World War II, Leander was strongly associated with the Nazi Party due to her contract with... Read More
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To Walk is to Die: A Regan Chance Adventure (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Zavada, Ervin, Richard Briggs (screenwriters)
Beverly Hills, CA: William Morris Agency. Draft script for an unproduced film. A local criminal escapes from prisoner transport and bounty hunter Regan Chance is hot on his trail, as well as the mysterious J, another bounty hunter working for the father of the escaped, who wants his son brought back alive. Chance remains one step ahead of the cops in cracking the case of where the kid ended up but still ends up in a final... Read More
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Selected Writings I (First Edition, signed by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela)
by La Monte [LaMonte] and Marian Zazeela
Munich: Heiner Friedrich, 1969. First Edition. First Edition, one of 2100 copies printed in West Germany. Though not called for, this copy INSCRIBED and signed by both authors in February 1997: "To - / With all good vibrations / La Monte / Marian / 97 V 2. As New. Includes several pages of Zazeela's hallucinatory calligraphy, a poem by Young for Diane Wakoski, as well as essays, lectures and interviews by the artists on their own work. Young... Read More
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Drawings (First Edition, inscribed by Marian Zazeela in 2003)
by Marian Zazeela
Polling, Germany: Kunst im Regenboenstadl, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication: "To - / With light of the line / Marian Zazeela / 03 I 22 / NY." With some of the usual scuffing and rubbing to the sensitive black paper-covered boards, overall Very Good plus and unread with no dust jacket as issued.
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America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy (Signed First Edition)
by Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft; David Ignatius (moderator)
New York: Basic Books, 2008. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft on the title page. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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White Fire (Original one sheet poster for the 1981 film)
by Zebedy Colt as Roger Colmont (director, screenwriter); Lisa Marks, Georgette Sanders, Herschel Savage (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1981. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1981 film. Directed by the notorious Zebedy Colt (under a pseudonym), the same year he performed in Tom Stoppard's "Travesties" on the New York stage. Colt is considered one of the innovators of "queer cabaret" in the late 1960s. Vanessa Johnson (Lisa Marks) discovers her boyfriend is having an affair, and retreats to Maine in order to have a mental breakdown. Shot on location in... Read More
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Roadmarks (First Edition)
by Roger Zelazny
New York: Del Rey / Ballantine Books, 1979. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dust jacket.
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Zero (First Edition)
by [ZERO] Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Günther Uecker (artists)
New York: Howard Wise, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Catalog for an exhibition of the work of artist group ZERO, founded by artists Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, and Günther Uecker, held from November 12 through December 5, 1964 at Howard Wise Gallery. Very Good in perfect-bound wrappers, lightly foxed.
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The Ride of the Valkyrie (Original screenplay for the 1967 short film)
by Zero Mostel, Julia Foster, Frank Thornton (starring); Peter Brook (director, screenwriter)
London: Woodfall Films, 1966. Shooting Script for the 1967 British short film. Two annotations in manuscript ink: one on the title page, noting copy No. 11, and one on page eight, noting a deletion. Clad in an ornate and eye-catching costume, an opera singer must make his way through a succession of busy city streets in order to arrive on time for his performance. Originally commissioned by producer Oscar Lewenstein as one third of a planned anthology... Read More
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The Great Bank Robbery (Original photograph from the 1969 film)
by Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, John Anderson (starring); Hy Averback (director); William Peter Blatty (screenwriter); Frank O'Rourke (novel)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing Zero Mostel. Based on the 1961 novel by Frank O'Rourke. A genre-bending film combining a heist feature and a comedy Western, in which multiple gangs converge on the town of Friendly, Texas, in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the west. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 1631.
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Pablo Picasso [Zervos] (Revised Edition, complete in 33 volumes)
by [Pablo Picasso] Christian Zervos
Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 2014. Softcover. Revised Edition, one of 1200 English language copies. Complete in 33 volumes. As New. Preceded in publication by the original French language editions published individually between 1932 and 1978, and the French language 33-volume set published in 1991. Catalogue raisonné, published by Cahiers d'Art founder Christian Zervos in partnership with Picasso himself. Illustrated with over 16000 black-and-white images of Picasso's work. A monumental production. Fine and unread, each volume in the... Read More
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Zien: No. 9 / 1986: Catalogue Issue (Softcover)
by [Zien] Gerald Van Der Kaap, Gea Kalksma (editors)
Rotterdam and New York: Zien Magazine, 1986. Softcover. Issue No. 9, published in conjunction with "A Distanced View: One Aspect of Recent Art from Belgium, France, Germany, and Holland," a 1986 exhibition at The New Museum in New York. Text in English. Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers.
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Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969 (First Edition)
by [Lesbiana] Jaye Zimet
New York: Penguin / Viking Studio, 1999. First Edition. First Edition, a trade softcover original. As New. Fine in perfect-bound wrappers. Illustrated in color throughout. A cornerstone guide to the artists and artwork from the golden era of lesbiana paperbacks.
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Young Girls of Good Families [Sex og Brillanter] [Les Saintes Nitouches] (Original program for the 1963 film)
by Ziva Rodann, Reggie Nalder, Fred Clark, Marie-France Pisier (starring); Pierre Montazel (director); Mario Brun, Jean Marthin (screenwriters)
Various cities: Columbia Pictures, 1963. Vintage program for the 1963 film. Title in both Danish and French, and text in Danish. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980... Read More
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La Bête Humaine (First Edition)
by Emile Zola
Paris: G Charpentier, 1890. First French Edition (and correct first). Basis for the 1938 film directed by Jean Renoir, and for the 1954 film noir "Human Desire" directed by Fritz Lang, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Broderick Crawford. Fine in original yellow wrappers. Quarter-bound in blue leather with raised bands, gilt rule and design, and blue marbled boards and endpapers. Boards are lightly worn along the outer edges, else a bright copy of an uncommon title. ... Read More
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The Jungle Book (Original photograph from the set of the 1942 film)
by Zoltan Korda (director); Rudyard Kipling (novel); Robert Coburn (photographer); Laurence Stallings (screenwriter); Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen (starring)
Los Angeles: Walt Disney Productions, 1942. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph on the set of the 1942 film. "Photograph by Coburn" stamp and "Bison Archives" stamp on verso. Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. The stunning Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories, made by the Hungarian born filmmaking team the Korda brothers (director Zoltan Korda, producer Alexander Korda, and art director Vincent Korda), which brilliantly utilized live exotic... Read More
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Danish and Blue (Two original photographs from the 1970 film)
by Zoltan G. Spencer (director); William Howard, Suzanne Fields, Erika (starring)
N.p.: Satyr IX Production, 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Photographs each with a provenance stamp on the verso, one on two labels obscuring a previous provenance stamp. A young American vacationing in Copenhagen becomes involved in the sexual lives of two local erotic dancers. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
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Storm Over the Nile (Three original photographs from the 1955 film)
by Zoltan Korda, Terence Young (directors); A.E.W. Mason (novel); R.C. Sherriff, Lajos Biro, Arthur Wimperis (screenwriters); Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Mary Ure (starring)
N.p.: London Film Productions, 1955. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 film. Based on A.E.W. Mason's 1902 novel "The Four Feathers," previously adapted by Korda in 1939 under the title "The Four Feathers." A British lieutenant resigns in order to remain with his fiancee, but this choice brands him a coward, leading him to travel to the Sudan to fight incognito as a show of courage. Set and shot on location in Sudan.... Read More
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Storm Over the Nile (Original photograph from the 1956 film)
by Zoltan Korda, Terence Young (directors); A.E.W. Mason (novel); R.C. Sherriff (screenwriter); Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Mary Ure (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. Based on A.E.W. Mason's 1902 novel "The Four Feathers," previously adapted by Korda in 1939 under the title "The Four Feathers." A British lieutenant resigns in order to remain with his fiancee, but this choice brands him a coward, leading him to travel to the Sudan to fight incognito as a show of courage. Set and shot on location in Sudan.... Read More
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Storm Over the Nile (Original photograph of director Zoltan Korda on the set of the 1955 film)
by Zoltan Korda, Terence Young (directors); A.E.W. Mason (novel); R.C. Sherriff, Lajos Biro, Arthur Wimperis (screenwriters); Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Mary Ure (starring)
London: London Films International, 1955. Vintage reference photograph of director Zoltan Korda on the set of the 1955 film, wearing a mask to guard himself from the sun. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with distributor's stamps. Based on A.E.W. Mason's 1902 novel "The Four Feathers," previously adapted by Korda in 1939 under the title "The Four Feathers." A British lieutenant resigns in order to remain with his fiancee, but this choice brands him a... Read More
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The Good Life (Original screenplay for the 2007 film)
by Zooey Deschanel, Bill Paxton, Harry Dean Stanton, Patrick Fugit (starring); Stephen Berra (director, screenwriter)
Bozeman, MT: Crazy Mountain Ink, 2007. Draft script for the 2007 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A lonely gas station attendant's life begins to change as the result of his relationship with an unusual young woman. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker, construction accountant/estimator/buyer, and carpenter on over 20 films, including "The Last Seduction," "Pulp Fiction," "From Dusk Till Dawn," "The Horse Whisperer... Read More
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Original "Zoot" mailer, for a performance by Zoot Sims and his ensemble, at the Church of Heavenly Rest, for their third concert of their fourth "Heavenly Jazz Concert" season, Sunday, February 3, 1980
by Zoot Sims, Lee Konitz, Tommy Flanagan, Red Mitchell, Joe Cohn Mike De Pasqua (artists)
New York: The Day School, 1980. Vintage mailer for "Zoot," a performance by Zoot Sims and his ensemble, for the third performance of the Church of the Heavenly Rest's fourth "Heavenly Jazz Concert" season, Sunday, February 3, 1980. Sims ensemble includes Lee Konitz, Tommy Flanagan, Red Mitchell, Joe Cohn, and Mike De Pasqua. The Heavenly Jazz Concert series were held at the Church of the Heavenly Rest to benefit the Day School (which adjoins the church). John Haley... Read More
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Tofte Journal (First Edition)
by Joe Zucker
New York: Nolan/Eckman Gallery, 1994. First Edition. First Edition. One of 400 unnumbered copies. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Nolan/Eckman Gallery on September 24 through October 22, 1994. Fine and unread in illustrated card wrappers.
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Africa Erotica: A Happening in Africa [Africa Erotica] (Two original photographs from the 1970 film)
by Zygmunt Sulistrowski (director, screenwriter, starring); Jordan Arthur Deutsch (screenwriter); Carrie Rochelle, Alice Marie, Maude Carolle (starring)
N.p.: Manson Distributing, 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film, here under the working title "Africa Erotica." One photograph with two provenance stamps on the verso. A travelogue of young women and a photographer traveling around the African continent. Shot on location in Tanzania and Uganda. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with faint creasing and edgewear.
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