Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Original screenplay for the 1989 film)
by Steven Spielberg (director); Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Allison Doody (starring); Jeffrey Boa, Tom Stoppard as Barry Watson (screenwriters); George Lucas (story)
Los Angeles: Amblin Entertainment, 1988. Fourth Revised Draft script for the 1989 film. All pages with a numeric watermark, noting copy No. 0078. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's beloved homage to the serialized Saturday matinee films of the 1930s and 40s. The third installment in the series features Indy fighting to retrieve his father, an academic specializing in... Read More
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L.A. Story (Original screenplay for the 1991 film)
by Steve Martin (screenwriter, starring); Mick Jackson (director); Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker (starring)
Manhattan Beach, CA: Carolco Pictures, 1990. Draft screenplay for the 1991 film. Steve Martin's love letter to Los Angeles, about a goofy meteorologist who receives messages from an electric freeway billboard encouraging him to pursue a romance with a British journalist. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with... Read More
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The Slap Maxwell Story: Slap Buys the Farm (Original screenplay for an unproduced television episode)
by Steve Cuden, Stephen Sustarsic (screenwriters); Dabney Coleman, Bill Cobbs, Megan Gallagher, Susan Anspach (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1987. Draft script for an unproduced television episode from the 1987-1988 television series. A single-season television series follows a controversial sportswriter constantly on the brink of being fired from the newspaper he works for. In this installment, Slap must get a physical done and is scared when they find something out of the ordinary. ... Read More
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Whitey (Original treatment script with additonal plot, character, and setting concepts for an unproduced animated television series)
by Steve Pepoon, Stephen Sustarsic, David Silverman (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1997. Original treatment script, followed by plot, character, and setting concepts for an unproduced animated television series. The 22 page gathering begins with a six treatment script, dated 12/31/97, for an episode entitled "The Job," followed by "B-Story," "C-Runner," "(Setup)," "Characters," "Things That Piss Whitey Off," "Plot Ideas," and "Story Ideas." Angry, and maybe a... Read More
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L.A. Law: The Good Human Bar (Original screenplay for the 1990 episode of the 1986-1994 television series)
by Steven Bochco, Terry Louise Fisher (creators); Johanna Demetrakas (director); David E. Kelley, Cynthia Saunders (screenwriters); Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1989. Draft script printed on pink leaves for the eighth episode of season four of the 1986-1994 NBC television series, which aired on January 4, 1990. Laid in are two additional copies of script pages 23 and 24. The Emmy Award-winning NBC ensemble legal series, which frequently dealt with topical issues such as AIDS, capital punishment,... Read More
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Hooperman: Me and Mr. Magoo (Original screenplay for the 1988 episode of the 1987-1989 television series)
by Steven Bochco, Terry Louise Fisher (creators); Carl Gottlieb (director); Rick Kellard (screenwriter); John Ritter, Barbara Bosson, Felton Perry (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television, 1987. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the eighteenth episode of the first season of the 1987-1989 ABC television series, which aired on March 16, 1988. Script labeled copy number 3 on the front wrapper and title page. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher (the creators of "L.A. Law"), "Hooperman" premiered... Read More
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Kafka (Original photograph of Steven Soderbergh on the set of the 1991 film)
by Steven Soderbergh (director); Franz Kafka (novel); Alan Pappe (photographer); Lem Dobbs (screenwriter); Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1991. Vintage matte finish reference photograph of Steven Soderbergh on the set of the 1991 film. Printed snipe on verso. Loosely based on the life of Franz Kafka, combined with elements from Kafka's novels "The Castle" (1926) and "The Trial" (1925). Soderbergh's second feature film, experimental in concept and execution, and today a cult favorite, frequently... Read More
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Parenthood (Original screenplay for the 1989 film)
by Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Martha Plympton (starring); Ron Howard (director); Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenwriters)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1989. Seventh Draft script for the 1989 film. A charming ensemble comedy about the trials and tribulations of the Buckman family and their friends as they try to raise their children. Nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Dianne Wiest. Shot on location in Orlando, Florida. ... Read More
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Carla (First Edition)
by Toni Stevens
New York: Beacon Signal, 1964. First Edition. No. B-786X. First Edition, a paperback original. About Fine in wrappers. Holroyd, p. 156.
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Chevrolet Presents Burt Bacharach: Opus No. 3 (Original promotional photograph of Stevie Wonder and Burt Bacharach from the 1973 television film)
by Stevie Wonder, Burt Bacharach, Bette Midler (starring); Dwight Hemion (director)
Los Angeles: Jay Bernstein, 1973. Vintage promotional photograph from the 1973 television film, showing musicians Stevie Wonder and Burt Bacharach sitting side-by-side. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A television special, featuring Bacharach in conversation with Wonder and Bette Midler, discussing modern music and Beethoven. The special first aired on February 28, 1973, on ABC. ... Read More
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Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set - Volume I and II (First Edition)
by [Stieglitz, Alfred] Greenough, Sarah (editor)
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. First Edition. First Edition. Two volumes. A chronological reference of Alfred Stieglitz' work, spanning the length of his illustrious career in American photography. Both volumes Fine and unread with no dust jacket in a Fine linen slipcase as issued, and housed in publisher's shipping carton. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.... Read More
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Ispahan [Isfahan]: Image du Paradis (First French Edition)
by Henri Stierlin
Lausanne and Paris: Bibliotheque des Arts, 1978. Hardcover. First French Edition. Text in French. Jacket spine lightly faded, else Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. In publisher's cardboard slipcase.
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Correspondence Course: An Epistolary History of Carolee Schneemann and Her Circle (Inscribed by Schneemann)
by [Carolee Schneemann] Kristine Stiles
Durham: Duke University Press, 2010. Softcover. Later printing. INSCRIBED on the title page by artist Carolee Schneeman: "All good wishes / Carolee." Comprises decades of correspondence preserved by Schneemann, spanning the international avant-garde, Fluxus, and other conceptual and performance art scenes. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers.
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River of Earth (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)
by James Still
New York: Viking Press, 1940. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED on the half-title page to author Chris Offutt: "For Chris Offutt / who buckled his belt against the universe / And challenged the taut rope of mortality / James Still / 2 December 1999." Additionally SIGNED by Still on the title page. Offutt is the... Read More
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Hounds on the Mountain (Limited Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)
by James Still
New York: Viking Press, 1937. First Edition. First Edition. One of 750 hand numbered copies (this being No. 410). Association Copy, INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to author Chris Offutt: "To / Chris Offutt / He was the sun-bronzed, resolute and free / who challenged the taut rope of mortality / James Still / 1998." Offutt is the... Read More
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Prelude to Night (First Edition)
by Dayton Stoddart
New York: Coward McCann, 1945. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1948 film noir "Ruthless," directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Zachary Scott and Sydney Greenstreet. Rare. Fine in an about Very Good, price-clipped example of the dust jacket. Jacket is bright, with a few small chips at corners and spine ends, and a couple of... Read More
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Balkan Cinema: Evolution after the Revolution (First Edition)
by Michael J. Stoil
University of Michigan: UMI Press, 1982. First Edition. First Edition. Fine with no dust jacket as issued. Scarce.
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Confessions of a Ladies' Chauffeur (First Edition)
by Florence Stonebraker
New York: Croydon Books, 1954. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. Digest size. A chauffeur's "services" are requested by several man-hungry women around town. Cover art by Bernard Safran, who also did nice work for Pocket Books. Light rubbing at the spine ends, else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers. Scarce. Schreuders (UK), p. 222.... Read More
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Underground to Palestine (First Edition, inscribed)
by Isidor Feinstein [I.F.] Stone
New York: Boni and Gaer, 1946. First Edition. First Edition in hardcover, with the publisher's promotional postcard laid in. INSCRIBED by the author to Phil Graham, newspaperman and co-owner of "The Washington Post," on the front endpaper: "To Phil Graham / with best regards / from I.F. Stone." An account of the author's journey with the Haganah to... Read More
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Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film (First Edition, inscribed by Oliver Stone)
by Oliver Stone
New York: Hyperion, 1995. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the title page: "To Sergey / Oliver Stone." Comprises the screenplay for the 1995 film, along with Watergate documents and transcripts, and essays by John Dean, E. Howard Hunt, Daniel Schorr, and others. Fine and unread in perfect-bound wrappers. In a custom red cloth slipcase.... Read More
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Dog Soldiers (First UK Edition, Association copy, inscribed by the author to his bibliographer)
by Robert Stone
London: Secker and Warburg, 1975. First UK Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED by the author to his bibliographer, Ken Lopez, on the title page: "For Ken Lopez / with best wishes / Robert Stone." Winner of the National Book Award and basis for the violent 1978 neo-noir film "Who'll Stop the Rain," directed by Karel Reisz and starring... Read More
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A Hall of Mirrors (First Edition, inscribed to fellow author Chris Offutt)
by Robert Stone
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. First Edition. First Edition. First issue jacket with a price of $5.95 and a Wallace Stegner blurb on the front flap, and a photo of Stone on the rear jacket panel. The author's first book. Warmly INSCRIBED by Stone to fellow author Chris Offutt in the year of publication: "For Chris Offutt / With... Read More
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The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion (Hardcover)
by [Frank Lloyd Wright] William Allin Storrer
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Slightly bumped at one corner, else about Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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Carruthers (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by David Zelag Goodman (screenwriter); Benjamin Manaster (story)
Chicago: Zev Braun Productions, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Carruthers," circa early 1970s. Written by David Zelag Goodman, whose film credits include "Monte Walsh" (1970), "Straw Dogs" (1970), "Farewell, My Lovely" (1975), "Logan's Run" (1976), and "Eyes of Laura Mars " (1978). Based on a story by Benjamin Manaster ("Goldstein," 1964, director), set in... Read More
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The Murder on Jefferson Street (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Frank Partos (screenwriter); Dorothy Canfield (story)
N.p.: N.p., 1944. Treatment script and copy of the original story for an unproduced film "The Murder on Jefferson Street," based on the 1944 short story by Dorothy Canfield. Copy belonging to screenwriter Frank Partos, with his name in manuscript pencil. Also included with the script are contracts from Dorothy Canfield, Story Magazine, and Harcourt, Brace and Company signing... Read More
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