The Dwiggins Marionettes: A Complete Experimental Theatre in Miniature (First Edition)
by Dorothy Abbe
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1970. First Edition. Folio. First Edition. Illustrated profusely in color and in black and white, with double fold-outs at end of text. A volume about the art of puppetry in miniature, focusing on the designs of noted type designer, illustrator, writer, and calligrapher William Addison Dwiggins. About Near Fine in a... Read More
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Fire on the Mountain (First Edition)
by Edward Abbey
New York: Dial Press, 1962. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a brilliant, Fine dust jacket. Some tiny stains on the rear board, else as sharp a copy as one could hope for. Rarely found in superior condition.
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Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside (First Edition, inscribed)
by Edward Abbey
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper: "to Virginia and Ford Fletcher / Edward Abbey." A collection of ten essays, by the author of "Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness" (1968). Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slight lean, with light foxing on... Read More
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Changing New York (First Edition)
by Berenice Abbott
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1939. First Edition. First Edition. A very nice copy of an important title, probably the premiere monograph of New York images, predicting the series ideas of Ruscha and many others. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Corners lightly bumped, a little soiling to the boards. Jacket has three small internal... Read More
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Kojak: By Silence Betrayed (Original screenplay for the 1976 episode of the 1973-1978 television series)
by Abby Mann (creator); Selwyn Raab (book); Sigmund Neufeld Jr. (director); Chester Krumholz (screenwriter); Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, Cliff Osmond (starring)
Universal City: Universal Studios, 1976. Draft script for the eighth episode of the fourth season of the CBS television series, printed on yellow leaves, which aired on November 14, 1976. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri, with the pencil annotation of his name on the title sheet next to his character "Lucas" (credited as "Dagger's Associate"), with... Read More
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Can-Can (Original souvenir play program)
by Abe Burrows (director); Cole Porter (composer); Michael Kidd (choreographer); Rita Dimitri, John Tyers, George S. Irving, Ronnie Cunningham (starring)
New York: Shubert Theatre, 1955. Original souvenir play program for the 1953 musical "Can-Can" composed by Cole Porter. This program likely from the mid-1950s touring company production of the play, starring Rita Dimitri, John Tyers, and Ronnie Cunningham. A self righteous judge threatens to shut down a Can-Can dance hall, but finds more trouble than he expected... Read More
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Gay Purr-ee (Original photograph from the 1962 animated film)
by Abe Levitow (director); Dorothy Jones, Chuck Jones (screenwriters); Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Red Buttons (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 animated film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A housecat from the French countryside heads to Paris to experience the excitement of the big city, but is soon seduced by a con artist cat who intends to sell her as a mail-order bride for a... Read More
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Fear City (Two original photographs from the 1985 film)
by Abel Ferrara (director); Nicholas St. John (screenwriter); Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film, both showing actress Melanie Griffith. A former boxer turned nightclub promoter joins together with a police detective to investigate a serial killer targeting strippers. Set in Manhattan, and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles.
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The Addiction (Collection of 17 original photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film)
by Abel Ferrara (director); Shade Rupe (photographer); Nicholas St. John (screenwriter); Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1994. Collection of 17 vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film by photographer Shade Rupe. Variously featured are director Abel Ferrara, actress Lili Taylor, cinematographer Ken Kelsch, screenwriter Nicholas St. John, and other cast and crew members, all photographed over the course of a single evening near Manhattan's Puck Building, Lafayette Street, an... Read More
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Body Snatchers (Original screenplay for the 1994 film)
by Abel Ferrara (director); Jack Finney (novel); Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, Nicholas St. John (screenwriters); Gabrielle Anwar, Terry Kinney, Billy Wirth, Forest Whitaker, Meg Tilly (starrng)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1991. Draft script for the 1994 film, with annotations in manuscript ink on the title page. Loosely based on the 1955 novel "The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney. The third film adaptation of Finney's novel, preceded by "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956), directed by Don Siegel, and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter,... Read More
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Pasolini (Original screenplay for the 2014 film, from the archive of screenwriter Christ Zois)
by Abel Ferrara (director, screenwriter); Willem Dafoe (starring); Maurizio Braucci, Nicola Tranquillino (screenwriters); Ninetto Davoli, Riccardo Scamarcio, Valerio Mastandrea (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 2011. First Draft script for the 2014 film. From the archive of Christ Zois, Abel Ferrara's frequent co-screenwriter. A biopic about the final days in the life of controversial Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, then middle-aged and living in Rome, as he finishes production of his notorious 1975 film "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom."... Read More
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New Rose Hotel (Archive of four original screenplays and ephemera from the 1998 film, from the archive of screenwirter Christ Zois)
by Abel Ferrara (director, screenwriter); William Gibson (story, screenwriter); Willem Dafoe, Christopher Walken, Asia Argento (starring); Christ Zois, Zoë Lund (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1997. Archive of material relating to the 1998 film. Archive includes four scripts dated variously between 1991 and 1997 and credited variously to screenwriters Christ Zois, Zoë Lund, and William Gibson, as well as approximately ten pages of correspondence and ephemera relating to the film's production, and a xerographically duplicated copy of Gibson's source story. One screenplay... Read More
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The Blackout (Archive of seven original screenplays for the 1997 film, from the archive of screenwirter Christ Zois)
by Abel Ferrara (director, screenwriter); Dennis Hopper, Matthew Modine, Claudia Schiffer (starring); Marla Hanson, Christ Zois (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1996. Archive of seven original screenplays for the 1997 film, dated variously between May 15, 1995, and August 14, 1996. Archive includes one script with screenwriter Christ Zois' ownership name on the title page, and four of the script drafts bear Zois' extensive substantive annotations in manuscript ink. From the archive of Christ Zois, Abel... Read More
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Siberia (Archive of two original screenplays for the 2020 film, from the archive of screenwirter Christ Zois)
by Abel Ferrara (director, screenwriter); Willem Dafoe (starring); Christ Zois (screenwriter); Dounia Sichov, Simon McBurney, Daniel Giménez Cacho (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 2017. Archive of two Draft scripts for the 2020 film, one undated and with the ownership name of screenwriter Christ Zois on the title page—this being from Zois' archive collection—with Zois' extensive annotations in manuscript ink throughout, the other dated June 27, 2017. From the archive of Christ Zois, Abel Ferrara's frequent co-screenwriter. The sixth... Read More
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Tower of Lust [La tour de Nesle] (Original oversize photograph from the 1955 film)
by Abel Gance (director, screenwriter); Michel Bouquet, Pierre Brasseur, Lia Di Leo, Paul Guers (starring); Alexandre Dumas (play); Etienne Fuselier, Fernand Rivers (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1955. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1955 French film, showing actors Lia Di Leo and Marcel Raine in an intimate moment. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the 1832 play by Alexandre Dumas and Frédéric Gaillardet, about Queen Margaret of Burgundy, who kills her partners after their dalliances have... Read More
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![The Madness of Dr. Tube [La Folie du Docteur Tube] (Two photographs from the 1915 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/135/831/1167831135.0.m.jpg)
The Madness of Dr. Tube [La Folie du Docteur Tube] (Two photographs from the 1915 film)
by Abel Gance (director, screenwriter); Albert Dieudonne (starring)
France: Le Film d'Art, 1915. Photograph from the 1915 French experimental short film, struck from the original negative circa 1936. With manuscript annotations and agency stamps on the verso. Dr. Tube develops a powder that distorts reality after ingestion. He tests it out on himself, a dog, and a two couples. An early experimental film that uses... Read More
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[The Battle of] Austerlitz (Five original photographs from the 1960 French film)
by Abel Gance (director, screenwriter); Nelly Kaplan, Roger Richebe (screenwriters); Pierre Mondy, Jean Marais, Claudia Cardinale, Orson Welles, Leslie Caron (starring)
N.p.: Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinematographiques, 1960. Five vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1960 French film, including one borderless photograph. One with a manuscript ink annotation and stamp on the verso noting the photograph as No. 756. A dramatization of the Battle of Austerlitz, wherein Napoleon enjoyed the greatest victory of his career, driving... Read More
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J'accuse [I Accuse] (Original double weight photograph from the 1938 film)
by Abel Gance (director, screenwriter); Steve Passeur (screenwriter); Victor Francen, Line Noro (starring)
France: Forrester-Parant, 1937. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1938 film, showing a group of soldiers, many with facial disfigurements. French annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso, along with a provenance label. Both a remake and sequel to director Abel Gance's 1919 film of the same name, born out of his anger and frustration... Read More
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Napoleon (Original photograph from Francis Ford Coppola's 1980 re-release of the 1927 French silent film, signed by Abel Gance)
by Abel Gance (director, screenwriter); Francis Ford Coppola (producer); Albert Dieudonne, Gina Manes, Antonin Artaud (starring)
N.p.: Images Film Archive, 1979. Vintage studio still photograph of director Abel Gance from Francis Ford Coppola's 1980 re-release of the 1927 French silent film. SIGNED and dated 1979 by Gance on the bottom left corner. One of the late masterpieces of the silent era, following Napoleon’s early life through his appointment as Commander in Chief of... Read More
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The Virginian: The Barren Ground (Two draft scripts for the 1967 television episode)
by Abner Bieberman (director); Joy Dexter, Andy Lewis (screenwriters); Owen Wister (novel); Doug McClure, Clu Gulager, Charles Bickford, James Drury (starring)
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1967. Two Draft scripts for "The Barren Ground," the 1967 episode of "The Virginian" television show. Loosely based on the 1902 novel by Owen Wister. Television's first 90-minute western series, and one of the longest running western shows in history, having aired from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249... Read More
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Archive of 48 original photographs of car accident scenes, 1961-1968
by [Automobile accidents]
N.p.: N.p., 1968. Archive of 48 vintage photographs of car accidents scenes in the Columbia County, New York area, from the years 1961-1965, 1966, and 1968. With the stamp of Lee's Studio in Chatham, NY on the verso of the majority of photographs, along with occasional manuscript annotations. Most photographs housed in sleeves with annotations detailing dates, locations, and... Read More
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Archive of photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera regarding automobiles and automobile accidents, 1963-1966
by [Automobile accidents]
N.p.: N.p., 1966. Archive of photographs, newspaper clippings, and various ephemera belonging to a Kenny Aumont Brown (1943-2016), of Burlington, North Carolina, largely relating to automobiles and automobile accidents, 1963-1966. The archive, assembled by Brown when in his early twenties, documents his preoccupation with automobiles, automobile accidents, and racing, at a time when Brown was first employed as... Read More
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Barnett Newman: October 21, 1971 - January 10, 1972 (Original exhibition checklist for the 1971 retrospective)
by [Barnett Newman] Thomas B. Hess (Acknowledgments)
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1971. Vintage exhibition checklist for the retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, held October 21, 1971 through January 10, 1972. 4 pages, in stapled illustrated card wrappers. Near Fine with a touch of rubbing at the extremities.
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Original promotional theater flyer for the Carver Theater circa 1951, featuring "Fourteen Hours," "The Frogmen," "Teresa," "Bad Men of Nevada," and "The Golden Gloves Story
by [Flyers] [Cinema] [Americana] [Acrophobia]
N.p.: N.p., 1951. Vintage promotional theater flyer for the Carver Theater in Alexandria , Virginia circa 1951. Films promoted in this flyer include other films from 1951, including "The Frogmen," "Teresa," "Bad Men of Nevada," "The Golden Gloves Story," and the film noir, "Fourteen Hours.". The flyer also includes advertisements for local businesses in Alexandria... Read More
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Original Spring 2001 sticker catalog, flyer, contact sheet, and five stickers from Unamerican Activities
by Unamerican Activities
New Bern, NC: Unamerican Activities, 2001. Vintage Spring 2001 catalog, a "Oooh!!! Tons of New Stickers" flyer, a small contact sheet from "!!!Jason" at Unamerican Activities, and five sample stickers, sent to a New York area record store, 2001. The five sample stickers are: "Boy Does Retail Ever Suck," "Groove Matters!," "Listen to Black Sabbath," "Keep Music Evil,"... Read More
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