Man Ray's Paris Portraits: 1921-39 (First Edition)
by [Man Ray] Timothy Baum
Washington DC: Middendorf Gallery, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Includes over 70 black-and-white portraits. Fine in a lightly age toned, else Near Fine dust jacket.
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First Light (Uncorrected Proof, signed)
by Charles Baxter
New York: Viking Press, 1987. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. About Fine in wrappers.
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The Alfred Hitchcock Murder Case (Original Manuscript with author's corrections)
by George Baxt
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Final corrected manuscript for George Baxt's novel, "The Alfred Hitchcock Murder Case," featuring his series character Jacob Singer, set in England between 1925-1936. Ribbon copy typescript, with manuscript pencil corrections by the author throughout. First published in 1986 by St. Martin's Press. 251 pages, Near Fine. In a custom clamshell box,... Read More
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Strictly Ballroom (Two original photographs from the 1992 film)
by Baz Luhrmann (director, screenwriter); Craig Pearce, Andrew Bovell (screenwriters); Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter (starring)
Los Angeles: Miramax, 1993. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1992 Australian film. The first film in director Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy, a comedy about a ballroom dancer who risks his career by agreeing to partner with an unusual, novice dancer. Based on a 1984 play first staged by Luhrmann and his... Read More
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Identification Marks: None (1965) / Hands Up! (1981): Two Films by Jerzy Skolimowski (Region B Blu-ray)
by [Blu-ray] [Region B]
Bridgeport, CT: Vinegar Syndrome, 2024. Like New. Blu-ray disc. As New. NOTE: This is a Region B disc, and will not work on non-modified American Blu-ray players.
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The Force of Women in Japanese History (First Edition, Association Copy, inscribed by the author to George Middleton and Fola La Follette)
by Mary R. Beard
Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, 1953. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED by the author on the verso of the half-title page: "To my great friends who know how to write / George Middleton and Fola La Follette / my tribute to them / Mary R. Beard." Middleton's nephew David's ownership stamp on the front pastedown.... Read More
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The Beatles: 20 Wallet Photos (First Edition)
by [The Beatles]
New York: Dell Publishing, 1964. First Edition. No. 0493. First Edition, a paperback original. Collects photographs of the Beatles, along with band members' horoscopes and biographies. Pinhole on the rear wrapper, else Near Fine in wrappers. Not in Holroyd.
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A Highland Christmas (First Edition)
by Marion Chesney writing as M.C. Beaton
New York: Penzler / Mysterious Press, 1999. First Edition. First Edition. A Hamish Macbeth mystery. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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Cahiers d'Art: Musée Zervos à Vézelay (First Edition)
by Béatrice Petit, Christine Ehm (editors)
Paris: Hazan, 2006. Hardcover. First French Edition. Text in French. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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Betty Blue (Original photograph from the set of the 1986 French film)
by Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland (starring); Jean-Jacques Beineix (director, screenwriter); Philippe Djian (novel)
N.p.: N.p., 1986. Vintage borderless photograph of Jean-Jacques Beineix directing Béatrice Dalle and Jean-Hugues Anglade on the set of the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on Philippe Djian's 1985 novel "37°2 le matin," about a would-be novelist whose relationship with an eccentric nineteen-year-old girl deteriorates as her mental illness unexpectedly worsens. Nominated... Read More
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The Man Without a Country (Original screenplay for the 1973 television movie)
by Beau Bridges, Peter Weller, Cliff Robertson (starring); Delbert Mann (director); Sidney Carroll (screenwriter)
New York: Norman Rosemont Productions, 1972. Draft script for the 1973 television movie, which originally aired on April 24, 1973, on ABC. Production memo and seven-page shooting schedule laid in. An American officer is sentenced to permanent exile from his homeland after being court-martialed for conspiring to attack and annex Mexico with Aaron Burr. Shot on... Read More
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Hans Bellmer: Anatomie du désir (First Edition)
by [Hans Bellmer] Agnès de la Beaumelle
Paris: Gallimard, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition which ran from March 1 through November 19, 2006. Near Fine, with no dust jacket as issued.
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Original Documents Lithographiques design sheet, plate 26
by [Art Nouveau] [Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts]
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1900. Vintage Documents Lithographiques design sheet, plate 26, with a "Wm. J.C. Klamm" provenance stamp on the verso. Art Nouveau color lithograph design sheet featuring five headers, for use by designers and typographers in the arts and industry, published by the Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts, Paris, circa 1900. 11 x 15 inches. Very... Read More
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Original Documents Lithographiques design sheet, plate 16
by [Art Nouveau] [Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts]
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1900. Vintage Documents Lithographiques design sheet, plate 16, with a "Wm. J.C. Klamm" provenance stamp on the verso. Art Nouveau color lithograph design sheet featuring margin designs, a drop cap design, and a book plate, for use by designers and typographers in the arts and industry, published by the Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts, Paris,... Read More
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Bernd and Hila Becher: Life and Work (First Edition)
by [Bernd and Hilla Becher]
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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Dangerous Men (Signed First Edition)
by Geoffrey Becker
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1995. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Faint adhesive residue on the dust jacket rear panel, else Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine panel lightly faded.
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Used People (Original screenplay for the 1992 film)
by Beeban Kidron (director); Todd Graff (screenwriter); Shirley MacLaine, Marcia Gay Harden, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990. Second Draft script for the 1992 film. A recently widowed Jewish woman finds love in her autumn years with a charming Italian playboy, but faces criticism from her two unhappy daughters, who believe she is moving forward too quickly. Set in Queens, New York. Blue titled wrappers, dated MARCH 2,... Read More
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Vanessa Beecroft: Photographs, Films, Drawings (First Edition)
by [Vanessa Beecroft]
Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2004. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in photo-illustrated boards and no dust jacket as issued.
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Around Theatres (First Edition, in two volumes)
by Max Beerbohm
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition. First Edition. Two volumes. The collected theatre writings of essayist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm. Both volumes Very Good plus in Very Good dust jackets. Short closed tear on the bottom of the half-title page of volume one. The jackets of both volumes are lightly chipped at the corners, with... Read More
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Things New and Old (Limited Edition, signed by the author)
by Max Beerbohm
London: William Heinemann, 1923. Limited Edition, one of 380 numbered copies (this being No. 83) SIGNED by the author. Includes a color frontispiece and 49 black-and-white plate illustrations, with an additional color plate in a pocket at the rear, each with captioned tissue guards. Very Good plus in a Good only dust jacket. Bookplate on the front... Read More
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Fifty Caricatures (First Edition)
by Max Beerbohm
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1913. First American Edition, preceded by the First UK Edition published by William Heinemann the same year. Includes caricatures of George Bernard Shaw, Auguste Rodin, Enrico Caruso, Lord Rosebery, and others. Very Good, with no dust jacket, with a gift inscription on the front endpaper, brief wear at the spine ends, and faint... Read More
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Gutter Gang (First Edition)
by Jay de Bekker
New York: Beacon Books, 1954. First Edition. No. B-108. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good plus in wrappers, lightly edgeworn, with faint foxing on the text block and spine. Holroyd, p. 148.
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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (Original lobby card for the 1952 film)
by Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo (starring); William Beaudine (director); Tim Ryan, Edmond G. Seward (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Realart Pictures / Jack Broder Productions, 1952. Vintage lobby card for the 1952 film. While stranded on a desert island, a comedy entertainer is transformed by a mad scientist into a gorilla. Initially intended to be the first in a series of films starring comedy duo Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, best known for imitating... Read More
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Murders in the Rue Morgue (Original photograph from the 1932 film)
by Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames (starring); Robert Florey (director); Tom Reed, Dale Van Every (screenwriters); Edgar Allan Poe (story)
N.p.: N.p., 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 film, showing actors Bela Lugosi and Leon Ames looking on while Sidney Fox encounters a sinister ape (Joe Bonomo in a monkey suit). Loosely based on the 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe, an atmospheric tale heavily influenced by German Expressionism, about a mad scientist who kidnaps... Read More
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Six Plays: Madame Butterfly, Du Barry, The Darling of the Gods, Adrea, The Girl of the Golden West, The Return of Peter Grimm (First Edition, Association Copy, inscribed to George Middleton)
by David Belasco
Boston: Little, Brown, 1928. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED in the year of publication by the author on the front endpaper to playwright George Middleton: "To George Middleton / with affectionate regards / David Belasco / October 1928." Middleton's nephew David's ownership stamp on the front pastedown. New Jersey-born playwright, director, and producer... Read More
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