Lucia Romualdi: una sera / Antonio Ballista: un piano forte (Signed Limited Edition)
by Lucia; Romualdi Antonio Ballista
Rome [Roma]: Studio Tipografico di via Flaminia, 1993. First Edition. First Edition, one of 200 copies (this being No. 115) SIGNED by Lucia Romualdi. Near Fine in black cloth with silver titles and no jacket as issued, with text block a bit wavy (a flaw that we suspect may have affected the entire print run). A beautiful counterpoint of... Read More
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In the Heat of the Night (First Edition)
by John Ball
New York: Harper and Row, 1965. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the Academy Award-winning 1967 Norman Jewison film starring Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier and Warren Oates. Jacket design by Luiz Woods. Fine and unread in a strong Very Good plus, lightly rubbed dust jacket with a tiny chip at the heel. Extremities lightly bumped and toned.... Read More
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Balthus: The Last Studies (First Edition, complete in two volumes)
by [Balthus] Nicolas Pages, Benoit Peverelli (editors)
Munich [Munchen]: Steidl, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, complete in two volumes. As New. Devoted to work produced during the last ten years of Balthus' life, focusing in particular on his use of photographs as an artist's tool. Both volumes Fine and unread, in publisher's slipcase, with no dust jacket as issued. Still in... Read More
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Balthus: Catalogue Raisonné of the Complete Works (First Edition)
by [Balthus] Virginie Monnier, Jean Clair
Paris and New York: Editions Gallimard / Harry N. Abrams, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Text in English. As New. Catalogue raisonné, with over 2000 illustrations, including 80 in color. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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Balthus (First Edition)
by [Balthus] Jean Clair (editor); John Russell, Sabine Rewald, Jean Leymarie (contributors)
New York: Rizzoli, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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Balthus: Un atelier dans le Morvan, 1953-1961 (First French Edition)
by [Balthus] Emmanuel Starcky (preface); Jean Clair, Sabine Rewald, Sophie Lévy, Virginie Monnier (contributors)
Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1999. Hardcover. First French Edition. Text in French. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held from June 12 through September 27, 1999, at the Dijon Musée des Beaux Arts. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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Balthus (First French Edition)
by [Balthus] Olivier Zahm, Setsuko Klossowska de Rola
Paris: Gagosian Gallery, 2016. Hardcover. First French Edition. Text in French and English. As New. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Gagosian Gallery in Paris in 2015. Fine, with no dust jacket as issued.
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Balthus: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet [Catalogue raisonné of the complete works] (First Edition)
by [Balthus]
Paris: Gallimard, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. In original publisher's slipcase, Fine but for a touch of rubbing at the outer corners (see image). Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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Balthus: de Piero dell Francesa à Alberto Giacometti (First Edition)
by [Balthus]
Switzerland: Musée Jenisch / Arts et Lettres Vevey, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition, Near Fine in illustrated perfect-bound wrappers.
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Park City (First Edition)
by Lewis Baltz
Millerton, NY: Artspace Press / Castelli Graphics / Aperture Press, 1980. First Edition. First Edition. One of 3,000 copies. 102 black and white plates, all taken in and around the ski resort town of Park City, Utah during the late 1970s. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Some very light fading to the board... Read More
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The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California / Das Neue Industriegelände in Der Nähe Von Irvine, Kalifornien (First Edition)
by Louis Baltz
New York: Leo Castelli / Catelli Graphics, 1974. First Edition. First Edition. Text in English and German. A key book in the New Topographics movement in American photography. Near Fine in a Very Good plus, lightly age toned dust jacket. Parr and Badger Vol. 2.
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Next Door, Down the Road, Around the Corner: An American Family Album (First Edition, review copy, with two original photographs)
by Richard Balzer
New York: Doubleday, 1973. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto. REVIEW COPY, with slip laid in. Also laid in are two original black-and-white photographs (4.5 x 6.5 inches) taken by Balzer, with his name stamped on the versos. The first is of a young girl standing in a doorway, sucking on her finger, and can be seen on page 61;... Read More
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The L-Shaped Room (First UK Edition, signed by the author)
by Lynne Reid Banks
London: Chatto and Windus, 1960. First UK Edition. SIGNED on the title page. Basis for the 1962 film directed by Bryan Forbes, starring Leslie Caron and Tom Bell. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly dampstained on the rear panel, with a small splash on the front panel, and nicks at the... Read More
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Affliction (First Edition, signed by the author and by Paul Schrader)
by Russell Banks
New York: Harper and Row, 1989. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by both the author and by director Paul Schrader on the title page. Basis for the superb 1997 neo-noir film directed by Schrader, starring Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek. Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket.
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Original Siouxsie and the Banshees UK "Peepshow" tour poster
by Siouxsie and the Banshees
N.p.: N.p., 1988. Vintage Siouxsie and the Banshees UK tour poster in support of the 1988 album "Peepshow," 1988, featuring the first six UK dates for the "Peepshow" tour (omitting a September 9 performance at Cornwall Coliseum). The widely acclaimed ninth studio album by the iconic London post-punk band, produced by long time Banshee studio alumni Mike Hedges,... Read More
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Original Belgian concert poster for a performance by Siouxsie and the Banshees at Forest National, Vorst, April 22, 1986
by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Brussels: Sound and Vision, 1986. Vintage Belgian concert poster for a performance by Siouxsie and the Banshees at Forest National, Vorst, on April 22, 1986, in support of (and one day after the release of) their 1986 album "Tinderbox." With a small "Belgique / Brussels" stamp at the bottom left of the recto. Siouxsie and the Banshees' seventh... Read More
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Castle of Blood (Original photograph from the 1964 Italian film)
by Barbara Steele, Benito Stefanelli, Georges Rivière (starring); Antonio Margheriti (director); Giovanni Grimaldi, Bruno Corbucci (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Woolner Brothers, 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1964 Italian film. A journalist accepts a bet to stay overnight in a haunted castle, encountering the ghosts of the castle's many murdered inhabitants over the course of the night. Basis for a 1971 color remake, "Web of the Spider," again directed... Read More
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Preliminary Report of the Committee on Film and Television Resources and Services (First Edition)
by Barbara; Humphrys Seth Feldman (editors); Jonas Mekas, Daniel Taradash, et al (contributors)
New York: Committee on Film and Television Resources and Services, 1975. First Edition. First Edition, noted as "Not for review or quotation / Draft" on the front wrapper. A series on reports on various aspects of film culture in the United States, including "Filmmaking," "Preservation," "Distribution," "Exhibition," and "Study," complete with historical background information and recommendations. The... Read More
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New Love American Style: Love and the Solitary Santa (Original screenplay for the 1986 television episode)
by Barbara Stuart, Dick Gautier, Ronnie Schell, Bruce Solomon (starring); Kathy Peyser, Tony Peyser (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. First Draft script for part two of Season 1 Episode 11 of the 1985-1986 television series. Originally aired January 6, 1986. With manuscript pencil annotations throughout. An updated version of the 1969-1974 television show "Love, American Style," focused on love and relationships and following in the vignette style of the original. In this installment,... Read More
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Video Watchdog: Issue No. 7 / October 1991 (Softcover, signed by Barbara Steele)
by [Barbara Steele] Tim Lucas, Donna Lucas (editors)
Cincinnati: Video Watchdog, 1991. Issue No. 7, published in October 1991. SIGNED on the front wrapper by British actress Barbara Steele. "Video Watchdog" was a digest-size film magazine published bimonthly from 1990 to 2017, based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Although the publication had a stated focus on horror, science fiction, and fantasy cinema, content frequently deviated from... Read More
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Video from Tokyo to Fukui and Kyoto (First Edition)
by Barbara J. London, Fujiko Nakaya (text)
New York: The Museum of Modern Art [MOMA], 1979. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Catalog for a traveling exhibition which opened on April 19, 1979, at the Museum of Modern Art, later traveling to the Long Beach Museum of Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Prefectural Museum of Art in Fukui. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled wrappers. ... Read More
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Chattanooga Choo Choo (Original screenplay for the 1984 film)
by Barbara Eden, George Kennedy, Melissa Sue Anderson, Joe Namath (starring); Bruce Bilson (director); Robert Mundi, Stephen Phillip Smith (screenwriters)
N.p.: April Fools Productions, 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film. A rare acting role for New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath. A football team owner will be able to keep his substantial inheritance as long as he restores an old train, The Chattnooga Choo Choo, and completes a 24 hour round trip from Tennessee to New... Read More
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Original photograph of Barbara Walters interviewing Henry Kissinger, 1978
by Barbara Walters, Henry Kissinger (subjects)
N.p.: N.p., 1978. Vintage photograph of Barbara Walters interviewing Henry Kissinger for the ABC News television series "20/20," November 1, 1978. From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.... Read More
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Illicit (Original portrait photograph of James Rennie from the 1931 film)
by Barbara Stanwyck, James Rennie, Ricardo Cortez (starring); Archie May (director); Edith Fitzgerald, Robert Riskin, Harvey F. Thew (screenwriters)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1931. Vintage portrait photograph of a menacing James Rennie from the 1931 film. Ann and Dick live happily together out of wedlock due to Ann's "modern" beliefs about love. After marrying due to social pressure, both prove to be unfaithful, and attempt to salvage their love by separating and dating. Stanwyck's first starring role,... Read More
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Wanda (Two original photographs from the 1970 film)
by Barbara Loden (director, screenwriter, starring); Michael Higgins, Jerome Thier (starring)
N.p.: Dell Publishing, 1970. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. Both with Dell Publishing photograph library stamps on the verso. An unhappy, apathetic housewife who has just left her husband decides to go on the run with a bank robber. Shot largely on location on a shoestring budget, with much of its dialogue improvised, the... Read More
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