Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China (First Edition)
by Paul Theroux
New York: Putnam, 1988. ADVANCE READING COPY, preceding the First American Edition. Near Fine in illustrated wrappers. A single reading crease at the spine, with light bumping to the extremities. A lovely copy.
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Fong and the Indians (First Edition, inscribed by Theroux to literary editor Michael Ratcliffe)
by Paul Theroux
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author and dated in the year of publication on the front endpaper: "For Michael Ratcliffe / with best wishes / Paul Theroux / 23 Oct, 1968." Ratcliffe was literary editor at the Times during the period when Theroux was writing reviews for that publication. The author's... Read More
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O-Zone (Ozone) (Uncorrected Proof)
by Paul Theroux
New York: Putnam, 1986. UNCORRECTED PROOF, published before the first edition. Near Fine in yellow wrappers. Gently read, with a few creases at the corners and the spine, with a hint of soil. A tight, attractive copy.
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Hollywood Babylon (Original flyer for a 1971 concert)
by The Stooges, The Cockettes, The GTOs (performers)
N.p.: N.p., 1971. Vintage flyer for a performance by The Stooges (billed here as Iggy and The Stooges), hippie theater troupe The Cockettes, and all-girl underground rock group The GTOs, on July 16, 1971 at the Hollywood Palladium. The concert was canceled after The Stooges formally broke up on July 9, 1971. A preview of The Cockettes'... Read More
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Collection of nine posters of performances by Glenn Branca, 1975-1979
by [The Static, Theoretical Girls, Daily Life] Glenn Branca
New York and Boston: N.p., 1979. Collection of nine posters for performances by New York no wave artist and avant-garde musician Glenn Branca. One of the posters dates from 1975, five from 1978, and three from 1979. Locations include The Bastard Theatre, The Kitchen, Franklin Furnace, 3 Mercer Store, Tier 3, and Max’s Kansas City. The posters... Read More
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Hollywood Babylon (Original poster for a 1971 concert)
by The Stooges, The Cockettes, The GTOs, John Mendelsohn-Super Star (performers)
N.p.: N.p., 1971. Vintage two-color poster for an unseen performance by punk icons the Stooges, queer hippie theatre troupe the Cockettes, all-girl rock group The GTOs, and John Mendelsohn's short-lived rock band Super Star, held at the Hollywood Palladium on July 16, 1971. The show would ultimately be canceled after The Stooges formally broke up on July 9, 1971. ... Read More
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Infected (Original promotional sticker for the 1986 album)
by The The
N.p.: N.p., 1986. Vintage promotional sticker for The The's 1986 album "Infected." 6 x 6 inches. Original paper backing unpeeled and fully intact. Near Fine.
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Up-Tight: The Velvet Underground Story (First UK Edition)
by [The Velvet Underground] Gerard Malanga, Victor Bockris
Norfolk, England: Omnibus Press, 1983. Softcover. First UK Edition. Near Fine in lightly rubbed, perfect-bound wrappers.
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![I've Got You, You've Got Me By the Chin Hairs [Je te tiens tu me tiens par la barbichette] (Original oversize publicity photograph from the 1979 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/508/433/1702433508.0.m.jpg)
I've Got You, You've Got Me By the Chin Hairs [Je te tiens tu me tiens par la barbichette] (Original oversize publicity photograph from the 1979 film)
by [The Village People] Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Duchaussoy, Daniel Prévost, Jacques François (starring); Jean Yanne (director, screenwriter, starring); Gérard Sire (screenwriter)
Paris: Sygma, 1979. Vintage oversize matte-finish publicity photograph from the 1979 French film, showing The Village People and actress Mimi Coutelier. French mimeo snipe and agency stamp on the verso. A satire about a television dance show host who is kidnapped, with the detective tasked with investigating the case drawn deeper and deeper into the world of... Read More
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The Who Live 2002 Road Case Collection (50 CDs, 25 double live album performances, booklet, signature card signed by Townshend and Daltrey)
by [The Who] Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey (artists)
2002. THE WHO Live 2002 Road Case Collection (Official US Limited Collectors Edition Box Set, containing Fifty Compact Discs as twenty-five double live album concert sets from the 2002 North American Tour. Each set is an individual sleeve with venue and date details, all stored within a black 8 " x 6 " x 7" metal-appointed replica road case,... Read More
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Tommy (Original photograph of The Who from the 1975 film)
by [The Who] Ken Russell (director, screenwriter); Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Roger Daltrey, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Jack Nicholson, Tina Turner (starring)
London: Hemdale International Films, 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, and John Entwistle performing onstage in the 1975 film. Printed mimeo label affixed to the verso. Based on the 1969 rock opera written by The Who, about a deaf, dumb, and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball and subsequently becomes the... Read More
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Thomas Struth: Pergamon Museum (First Edition)
by [Thomas Struth] Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer, Annette Philip (editors)
Munchen (Munich): Schirmer / Mosel, 2004. Trade softcover. First German Edition. Text in German and English. As New. Fine and unread, still in publisher's cardboard-backed shrinkwrap.
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Original photograph of Thomas Edison and A. Harry Moore, 1927
by Thomas Edison, Arthur Harry Moore (subjects)
New York: Wide World Photos, 1927. Vintage press photograph of Governor Arthur Harry Moore and inventor Thomas Edison standing with Edison's first phonograph on August 12, 1927, during an event held at Edison's home in West Orange, New Jersey, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the invention of the phonograph. Printed mimeo snipe and Wide World Photos stamp on... Read More
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Swing Kids (Original screenplay for the 1993 film)
by Thomas Carter (director); Jonathan Marc Feldman (screenwriter); Christian Bale, Barbara Hershey, Robert Sean Leonard, Frank Whaley (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Several months before the outbreak of World War II, a group of German teenage boys band together over their shared love of forbidden swing music from the US. As the Nazi party tightens its grip over the country, the boys must decide where their loyalties lie. ... Read More
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Swing Kids (Original screenplay for the 1993 film)
by Thomas Carter (director); Jonathan Marc Feldman (screenwriter); Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1992. Revised British Draft script for the 1993 film. Rainbow revision draft, with copied manuscript annotations throughout, and one manuscript pencil annotation to page 6, noting a deletion and line revision. Several months before the outbreak of World War II, a group of teenage boys band together over their shared love of forbidden swing music... Read More
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Thomas Struth: New Pictures from Paradise (First Edition)
by [Thomas Struth] Ingo Hartmann, Hans Rudolf Reust (editors)
Munchen [Munich]: Schirmer / Mosel, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Text in German and English. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the University of Salamanca from February 27 through April 14, 2002, and at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Dresden from June 14 through September 8, 2002. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. ... Read More
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Animals Are Us: Anthropomorphism in Children's Literature: Celebrating the Peter J. Solomon Collection (First Edition)
by Thomas Hyry (foreword); Peter J. Solomon, H. Nichols B. Clark (essays)
Cambridge: Houghton Library, 2021. First Edition. First Edition. Catalog accompanied an exhibition at Harvard University's Houghton Library, September 1, 2021 through January 7, 2022. Extremely scarce. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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The Sporting Club (Original screenplay for the 1971 film, set director's copy)
by Thomas McGuane (novel); Larry Peerce (director); Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (screenwriter); Robert Fields, Nicolas Coster, Margaret Blye, Jack Warden (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Lorimar Productions / AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1969. Revised Final Draft script for the 1971 film. Copy belonging to Phil Abramson, set director for the film, with his name in manuscript ink on a couple of pages, and manuscript annotations throughout. Laid in is a folded photocopied shooting schedule sheet with photocopied annotations, and "Phil 140" in... Read More
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Original press photograph of Thomas Mann and his wife Katia, circa 1954
by Thomas Mann, Katia Pringsheim Mann (starring); Paul Dorsey (photographer)
N.p.: N.p., 1954. Vintage press photograph of German writer and social critic Thomas Mann with his wife, Katia Pringsheim, circa 1946. Printed mimeo snipe and PIX agency stamp crediting "Life" magazine photographer Paul Dorsey on the verso. Mann and his wife moved from Germany to Switzerland after Hitler rose to power in 1933, and then from Switzerland to... Read More
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Old Mother Riley's Circus (Original screenplay for the 1941 film)
by Thomas Bentley (director); Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, John Longden (starring); Barbara K. Emary, Geoffrey Orme, Con West (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1941. First Dialogue script for the 1941 British film, copy belonging to Associate Art Director George Provis, with an ink annotation of "July 1941" on the title page. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies (low budget features made to... Read More
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![Thomas Ruff 13 April—9 June 1996 [13 April—9 Juni 1996] (First Edition)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/904/007/1685007904.0.m.jpg)
Thomas Ruff 13 April—9 June 1996 [13 April—9 Juni 1996] (First Edition)
by [Thomas Ruff] Bo Nilsson (preface); Thomas Wulffen, Matthias Winzen, Stephan Dillemuth (contributors)
Malmö: Rooseum, 1996. Softcover. First Swedish Edition. Text in Swedish and English. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held from April 13 through June 9, 1996, at the Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art in Malmö. Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers.
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The Black Rose (Original screenplay for the 1950 film)
by Thomas B. Costain (novel); Henry Hathaway (director); Talbot Jennings (screenwriter); Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cecile Aubry, Jack Hawkins (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1949. Final Draft script for the 1950 film. With a "New York Legal Department" rubber stamp on the front wrapper and extensive manuscript pencil annotations throughout, likely by a professional reader, regarding differences between the source novel by Thomas B. Costain and the script. Based on Costain's 1945 novel, and partially conceived as... Read More
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Choice Cuts (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Thomas Narcejac, Pierre Boileau (novel); Robert Harrington, Jane-Howard (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Agency script, for an unproduced film. Based on the 1965 novel "Et mon tout est un homme" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, which was later adapted into the film "Body Parts" (1991), directed by Eric Red and starring Jaff Fahey and Kim Delaney. A famous professor tries out a brand new technique on... Read More
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The Porkchoppers (First Edition, inscribed)
by Ross Thomas
New York: William Morrow, 1972. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the title page: "To Frances / all good wishes / Ross Thomas." Slight lean, overall Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket flaps lightly toned, with front flap creased, and spine panel moderately faded.
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If You Can't Be Good (First Edition)
by Ross Thomas
New York: William Morrow, 1973. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Page edges lightly foxed. Jacket flaps moderately creased.
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