Trouble in Mind (Original photograph from the set of the 1985 film)
by Alan Rudolph (director, screenwriter); Luke Wynne (photographer); Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Genevieve Bujold, Lori Singer, Divine (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Vintage oversize reference photograph of director Alan Rudolph and Genevieve Bujold on the set of the 1985 film. Ex-cop, Hawk (Kris Krisofferson), released from jail after serving eight years for murder, is in need of "a woman and a job," and returns to his former hangout, Wanda's Cafe, run by his ex, Wanda (Bujold). Wanda's new waitress Georgia (Lori Singer), whose errant husband Coop (Keith Carradine) has gotten embroiled in shady dealings, catches Hawk's... Read More
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Love at Large (Original photograph from the 1990 film)
by Alan Rudolph (director, screenwriter); Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer (starring)
N.p.: David Blocker Productions, 1990. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1990 film. Alan Rudolph puts a modernist spin on the hard-boiled detective film in this underrated gem. Starring Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer and Kate Capshaw and directed by Alan Rudolph. Shot on location in Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with a small stain to the image and a blue manuscript ink notation to the verso. ... Read More
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Goodbye Johnny (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Alan R. Trustman, Theodore J. Flicker (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A highly trained, volatile cop takes on an unexpected job as a babysitter for a wealthy man's wayward adult daughter. Seemingly the only collaboration between seasoned screenwriters Alan R. Trustman ("The Thomas Crown Affair," "Bullitt") and Theodore J. Flicker ("The President's Analyst"). Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Alan R. Trustman and Theodore J. Flicker. 110 leaves, with last... Read More
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Chaka (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Alan Scholefield (screenwriter, author)
London: Jud Kinberg and Stanley Mann, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Alan Scholefield's 1967 novel "Great Elephant," about a white settler family and their experiences in 19th century South Africa. Oversized yellow wrappers with title window die cut in the British style. Title page present, dated June 8, 1970, noted as Revised, with credits for screenwriter and author Alan Scholefield. 125 leaves, with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication,... Read More
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The Man Who Gave the Beatles Away (First Edition in paperback)
by Alan Williams, William Marshall
New York: Ballantine Books, 1977. First Edition. No. 27074. First Edition in paperback, preceded by the hardcover edition published by Macmillan. About Very Good plus in wrappers, with owner name on the first leaf, rear wrapper slightly wavy on the top edge, and a few nicks on the front wrapper. Not in Holroyd.
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Malcolm (Signed First Edition)
by Edward Albee
New York: Atheneum, 1966. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by Edward Albee on the half-title page. A stage adaptation of the 1959 novel by James Purdy. Very Good plus in a strong Very Good plus dust jacket. Page edges faintly foxed. Jacket lightly rubbed at the extremities.
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The Play About the Baby (Signed First Edition)
by Edward Albee
New York: The Overlook Press, 2003. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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Albee Directs Albee (Original poster for The One Act Plays of Edward Albee | Directed by the Author | Presented by Mark Hall Amitin as a forty week international tour in 1978-1979)
by Edward Albee
New York: Mark Hall Amitin, 1979. Vintage poster for Albee Directs Albee, a forty week international tour of eight Albee one act plays, directed by the playwright. It started in 1978 and was presented by Mark Hall Amitin, the founder of World of Culture. Plays included "The Zoo Story" (1958), "Fam and Yam" (1959), "The Sandbox" (1959), "The American Dream" (1960), "Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung" (1968), "Listening" (1975), and "Counting the Ways" (1976). ... Read More
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All Over (First Edition)
by Edward Albee
New York: Atheneum, 1971. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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The Outrageous Unbelievable Mechanical Love Machine [The Very Friendly Neighbors] (Original photograph from the 1969 film)
by Albert Zugsmith (director); Alexander Beckett, Angelica Caron, Alain Germaine, Ami Paisley (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 US sexploitation film. With the stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. A wealthy Hollywood couple searches for new sexual partners. 10 x 8 inches. Fine.
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Two original photographs, one each of Alma Rubens and Anita Stewart, circa 1920s
by Albert Witzel (photographer); Alma Rubens, Anita Stewart (subjects)
N.p.: N.p., 1920. Two vintage matte double weight portrait photographs of silent film actresses Alma Rubens and Anita Stewart, respectively, circa 1920s. Insignia of photographer Albert Witzel from the negative at the bottom corners. One with the stamp of King Features Syndicate to the verso. Witzel Studios was founded in 1909 and rapidly rose to success as one of Hollywood's foremost portrait studios and society photographers. Witzel occasionally took on freelance assignments for Fox Studios, work which gradually... Read More
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Hong Kong '97 [Hong Kong 97] (Original screenplay for the 1994 film)
by Albert Pyun (director); Randall Fontana (screenwriter); Robert Patrick, Brion James, Tim Thomerson, Ming-Na Wen (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1993. Draft script for the 1994 film. A political thriller set during the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China, wherein a British assassin is tasked with killing several prominent Chinese government officials. Set in Hong Kong, shot on location in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper, dated June 2, 1993, with credits for screenwriter... Read More
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Interplay [Part-Time Virgins] (Three original photographs from the 1970 film)
by Albert T. Viola (director); Harvey Flaxman (screenwriter); Zee Wilson, Ed Moore, Gwen Saska (starring)
N.p.: Times Films, 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 release of the 1970 sexploitation film, here under its alternative title "Part-Time Virgins." All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
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The Dresser (Original screenplay for the 1983 film)
by Albert Finney, Eileen Atkins, Edward Fox, Michael Gough, Sheila Reid, Tom Courtenay (starring); Peter Yates (director); Ronald Harwood (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1983. Second Draft script for the 1983 British film. Noted as copy No. 101 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1980 play by Ronald Harwood, loosely based on his own experiences as a personal dresser to Shakespearean actor and manager Donald Wolfit. The dresser and confidante of a faded veteran actor struggles to keep his employer's life together, eventually realizing that the actor's mental capacities are failing in his advanced age.... Read More
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The Last Warning (Two original keybook photographs from the 1938 film)
by Albert S. Rogell (director); Jonathan Latimer (novel); Edmund L. Hartmann (screenwriter); Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Joyce Compton, Kay Linaker (starring)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1938. Two vintage black-and-white keybook photographs from the 1938. Mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on Latimer's Bill Crane and Doc Williams characters, from his books "Headed for a Hearse," "The Lady in the Morgue," "Murder in the Madhouse," "The Dead Don't Care," and "Red Gardenias." The last of three Bill Crane films, the first two being "The Westland Case" (1937) and "The Lady in the Morgue" (1938). Here, Bill Crane... Read More
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[Alberto Giacometti, Francis Bacon] Isabel and Other Intimate Strangers (First Edition)
by [Alberto Giacometti, Francis Bacon] Martin Harrison, Veronique Wiesinger (contributors)
New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with a show at the Gagosian that ran from November 3 through December 13, 2008. Fine and unread, with no dust jacket as issued.
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Six studies of Henri Matisse by Alberto Giacometti (Original catalog for the 1955 exhibition)
by [Alberto Giacometti, Henri Matisse]
New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1955. Vintage catalog for an exhibition held in 1980 at the Pierre Matisse Gallery. Features six black-and-white reproductions of the studies. The studies were executed by Giacometti during several trips to Matisse's hotel apartment in Nice and his home in St. Paul-de-Vence throughout 1954. Giacometti created the studies as drafts for a medallion commissioned by the French mint, although the coin was ultimately never struck. About Near Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers. ... Read More
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Tom Jones (Original photograph from the 1963 British film)
by Albert Finney, Hugh Griffith, Susannah York, Edith Evans (starring); Tony Richardson (director); Henry Fielding (novel); John Osborne (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 British film. Based on Henry Fielding's popular 1749 novel, wherein a young, good-natured man of questionable origins is turned loose on the world (and more to the point, the world's women). Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning four, including Best Picture and Best Director. Set and shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine.
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How to Prevent Your Child from Becoming a Neurotic Adult (First Edition)
by Albert Ellis, Janet L. Wolfe, Sandra Mosely
New York: Crown Publishers, 1966. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light foxing on the page edges. Jacket lightly worn at the corners, with a moderately rubbed rear panel, and faint offsetting on the left edge of the rear flap.
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College Confidential (Original banner poster for the 1960 film)
by Albert Zugsmith (director); Irving Shulman (screenwriter); Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Walter Winchell, Mamie Van Doren (starring)
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1960. Vintage full color banner poster for the 1960 film, with a "Classified By Ontario Board of Censors as Adult Entertainment" label on the lower right. Rare in this format. Steve Allen stars as a sociology professor accused of corrupting the students morals after conducting a survey about their lifestyles and sexual habits. An unofficial follow-up to the hit 1958 film "High School Confidential!" 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus, with... Read More
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Josef Albers (First Edition)
by [Josef Albers]
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Catalog for an exhibition held at Sidney Janis Gallery from October 2-28, 1961. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled, lightly toned wrappers.
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One Naked Night (Two original photographs from the 1965 film)
by Albert T. Viola (director); Barbara Morris, Joseph Sutherin, Audrey Campbell (starring)
N.p.: Four Seasons Production, 1965. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A sheltered country girl, whose mother was a prostitute and committed suicide, trying for a fresh new start in the city, moves into an apartment with pinup models. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine. Vinegar Syndrome 21.
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Josef Albers: Murals in New York (First German Edition)
by [Josef Albers]
Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Sextodecimo. First Edition. Text in German. Illustrated in black-and-white and color. Approximately 4 x 6 inches. About Fine in perfect-bound wrappers.
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Mafioso (Eight original photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film)
by Alberto Lattuada (director); Rafael Azcona, Marco Ferreri, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli (screenwriters); Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell (starring)
Los Angeles: Zenith, 1964. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film. All with a stamp noting production No. 65-527 on the verso, and seven with the same stamp on the bottom right corner of the recto. After many years living in northern Italy, a factory worker takes his wife and children on a vacation to his rural Sicilian hometown, where he is unknowingly conscripted into performing a hit for the... Read More
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Alberto Giacometti (First German Edition)
by [Alberto Giacometti] Willi Rotzler, Marianne Adelmann
Bern and Stuttgart: Hallwag, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated in color. Text in German. Near Fine, with no dust jacket as issued.
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