The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Original vinyl 45 RPM record of radio spots for the 1975 film)
by Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien (starring); Jim Sharman (director, screenwriter); Richard O'Brien (play, screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975. Vintage 33 1/3 RPM vinyl record of eight radio spots for the beloved 1975 film. A cult film favorite, based on a now lesser-known 1973 stage musical by Richard O'Brien. On a dark and stormy night, an uptight young couple finds that their car has broken down in the middle of nowhere,... Read More
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Tim Hawkinson (First Edition)
by [Tim Hawkinson] Lawrence Rinder; Howard N. Fox, Doug Harvey (essays)
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition which opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art on February 11, 2005 and closed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on September 5, 2005. Near Fine and unread without a dust jacket as issued.
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The Female Response (Original photograph from the 1973 film)
by Tim Kincaid (director, screenwriter); David Newburge (screenwriter); Raina Barrett, Jacque Lynn Colton, Michaela Hope (starring)
N.p.: American International Pictures, 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film, with a provenance stamp on the verso. A feminist newspaper columnist, Marjorie, is fired for not curbing her column's libertine content and begins to organize monthly sessions with five other women to discuss sex for a future writing project. 8 x 10 inches.... Read More
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Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art (First Edition)
by Timothy Clark, C. Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami, Akiko Yano (editors)
Leiden (Netherlands): Hotei Publishing, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held from October 3, 2013, through January 5, 2014, at the British Museum in London. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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Original photograph of Timothy L. Pflueger, Charles H. Purcell, Rob Wagner, and Walter G. Swanson during the construction of the Bay Bridge
by Timothy L. Pflueger, Charles H. Purcell, Robert [Rob] Wagner, Walter G. Swanson (subjects)
N.p.: N.p., 1935. Vintage photograph of architect Timothy L. Pflueger, civil engineer Charles H. Purcell, editor and writer Rob Wagner, and photographer Walter G. Swanson, standing at the base of the then-incipient San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, circa 1935. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Purcell and Pflueger both oversaw the construction of the Bay Bridge—Purcell... Read More
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The Siberian Express (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod (screenwriters), Laurence Mark (producer)
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1989. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. A Russian assassin captured by the Americans escapes prison on the eve of a Russian Premier's visit to Washington DC. For help, the officer responsible for letting the assassin escape turns to the (nearly-crazy) agent who first caught him. Yellow titled wrappers.... Read More
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Return from the River Kwai (Original screenplay for the 1989 film)
by Timothy Bottoms, Nick Tate, George Takei, Edward Fox (starring); Andrew V. McLaglen (director); Joan Blair, Clay Blair Jr. (book); Sargon Tamimi, Paul Mayersberg (screenwriters)
London: Roadshow Productions, 1989. Draft script for the 1989 film. Based on the 1979 book by Joan and Clay Blair, detailing a 1944 Japanese naval transport of thousands of British and Australian prisoners-of-war, during which the ships used to transport the prisoners were torpedoed by US submarines, causing 1,559 of the captives to perish. ... Read More
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Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Sun Ra, John Ashbery, and others (Original poster for the 1981 performance)
by Tim Page (curator); Steve Reich and Musicians, Philip Glass, Sun Ra, John Ashbery, Paul Jacobs, Kirk Nurock, Richard Munson, Paul Alexander, Jonathan Haas Harmonic Choir, David van Tieghem, Ad Hoc Rock (performers)
New York: Soho News, 1981. Original poster for a performance by Steve Reich and Musicians, Philip Glass, Sun Ra, John Ashbery, Paul Jacobs, and others on May 27, 1981. An important moment for modern classical music. This concert coincided with the unveiling of a new music programming policy at New York's WNYC, at that time the "broadest... Read More
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Action for Slander (Original photograph from the 1937 film)
by Tim Whelan (director); Mary Borden (novel); Miles Malleson, Ian Dalrymple (screenwriter); Clive Brook, Ann Todd, Margaretta Scott, Arthur Margetson, Ronald Squire (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: London Film Productions / United Artists, 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1937 novel by Mary Borden. A man accuses the man who is having an affair with his wife of cheating during a card game. 10 x 8 inches.... Read More
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Farewell Again [Troopship] (Original photograph from the 1937 film)
by Tim Whelan (director); Clemence Dane, Ian Hay, Patrick Kirwan, Henry Koster, Wolfgang Wilhelm (screenwriter); Leslie Bans, Flora Robson, Sebastian Shaw, Patricia Hilliard, Robert Cochran (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: London Film Productions / United Artists, 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. A group of British soldiers who just finished their tour in India are told they are going to be immediately redeployed. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
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The Warrior Empress (Original photograph from the 1960 film)
by Tina Louise, Kerwin Mathews (starring); Pietro Francisci (director, screenwriter); Ennio De Concini, Luciano Martino (screenwriters)
Burbank, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. An historical sword-and-sandal drama, about the ancient Greek poet Sappho, who leads a life without men inside an all-women temple on the island of Lesbos. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the left edge.
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My Shit and My Love: 10 Poems (First Edition)
by Walasse Ting
Brussels: Galerie Smith, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition, one of 1099 unnumbered copies. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held in November of 1961 at Galerie Smith in Brussels. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled wrappers. Corners bumped, with a short closed tear at the crown.
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The Key (Six original photographs from the 1983 film)
by Tinto Brass (director, screenwriter); Jun'ichirô Tanizaki (novel); Frank Finlay, Stefania Sandrelli, Barbara Cupisti, Franco Branciaroli (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1983. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1983 film. All six with photographer labels on the versos. Based on Jun'ichirô Tanizaki's 1956 novel, about a married, middle-aged woman who undergoes a sexual awakening through a relationship with her daughter's fiancé. Tanizaki's novel was previously adapted by Kon Ichikawa for his film "Odd Obsession" (1959). ... Read More
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Salon Kitty (Seven original photographs from the 1976 film)
by Tinto Brass (director, screenwriter); Ennio De Concini (screenwriter); Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin, Teresa Ann Savoy (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1976. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 Italian film. Based on the real Salon Kitty, a cabaret and brothel used by Nazi secret intelligence to collect information on high-ranking SS commandants and foreign dignitaries during World War II. Heavily edited for its US release, with many political elements purged in order to market the... Read More
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Salon Kitty [Vicky] (Original lobby card for the German release of the 1976 Italian film)
by Tinto Brass (director, screenwriter); Ennio De Concini (screenwriter); Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin, Teresa Ann Savoy (starring)
Hamburg: Kinothek, 1976. Vintage lobby card for the German release of the 1976 Italian film. Kinothek stamp on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali,... Read More
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Attraction [The Artful Penetration of Barbara] (Two original photographs from the 1969 film)
by Tinto Brass (director, screenwriter); Cian Carlo Fusco, Francesco Longo (screenwriters); Anita Sanders, Terry Carter, Nino Segurini (starring)
N.p.: Audubon Films, 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 Italian film, here under the US release title, "The Artful Penetration of Barbara." One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. A married British woman explores the English psychedelic youth scene and is attracted to an African American man. Featuring... Read More
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Miranda (Four original photographs from the 1985 film)
by Tinto Brass (director, screenwriter); Serena Grandi, Andrea Occhipinti, Franco Interlenghi (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Four vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1985 Italian film. Loosely based on the 1753 comedy play "La locandiera" by Carlo Goldoni. An innkeeper whose husband is lost in World War II enjoys a series of affairs with men in the small town where she lives. Director Tinto Brass is best known for his... Read More
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Titian (First UK Edition)
by [Titian] Charles Hope, Jennifer Fletcher, Jill Dunkerton
London: National Gallery Company, 2003. Hardcover. First UK Edition. As New. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [Part] 2 (Original photograph from the set of the 1986 film)
by Tobe Hooper (director); Eric H. Lasher (photographer); L.M. Kit Carson (screenwriter); Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Moseley (starring)
N.p.: Cannon Films, 1986. Vintage studio still photograph of director Tobe Hooper with Dennis Hopper and Caroline Williams on the set of the 1986 film. Nearly a decade after the first installment (now a slasher classic), Tobe Hooper revisits his chainsaw-toting prodigy, "Leatherface," but to the dismay of most critics. This feature, with the great Dennis Hopper... Read More
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The Funhouse (Original screenplay for the 1981 film)
by Tobe Hooper (director); Lawrence J. Block (screenwriter); Elizabeth Berridge, Kevin Conway, Sylvia Miles, Cooper Huckabee, William Finley (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: BNB Productions, 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting copy No. 78. Four teenagers accept a bet to spend the night at a sleazy traveling carnival, and find themselves stalked by the barker's violent, deformed son. Set in rural Iowa, shot on location... Read More
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The Texas Chainsaw [Chain Saw] Massacre (Original photograph from the 1974 film)
by Tobe Hooper (director, screenwriter); Kim Henkel (screenwriter); Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Gunnar Hansen (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1974. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing actor Gunnar Hansen in costume as Leatherface. Provenance labels on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Loosely based on the crimes of serial murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein. Shot on a shoestring budget, with the cast mostly... Read More
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Alien Nation: Crossing the Line (Original screenplay for the 1990 television episode)
by Tobin Bell, Heather McComb, Gary Graham, Jenny Gago (starring); Gwen Arner (director); Craig W. Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990. Second Revised Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 17 of the 1989-1990 television series. The episode originally aired on February 26, 1990, on Fox. Based on the 1988 film, the short-lived series followed the partnership between a Los Angeles police officer and an extraterrestrial detective. In this installment, Francisco suspects Sikes of... Read More
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West of Zanzibar (Original photograph from the 1928 silent film)
by Tod Browning (director); Chester De Vonde (play); Elliott J. Clawson (screenwriter); Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 silent film, showing actress Mary Nolan. With a mimeo snipe to the verso, along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. A bitter magician in charge of a small outpost in Zanzibar, paralyzed by the man who wooed and killed his wife, seeks to exact revenge upon... Read More
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West of Zanzibar (Original photograph from the 1928 silent film)
by Tod Browning (director); Chester De Vonde (play); Elliott J. Clawson (screenwriter); Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1928. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1928 silent film, showing actor Lon Chaney swallowing a sword. Manuscript ink annotations regarding layout on the verso, along with a provenance stamp. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Having been abandoned by his wife and paralyzed by her lover, a... Read More
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Miracles for Sale (Original photograph from the 1939 film)
by Tod Browning (director); Clayton Rawson (novel); Harry Ruskin, Marion Parsonnet, James Edward Grant (screenwriters); Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1939. Vintage double weight matte-finish reference photograph from the 1939 film, showing actors Robert Young, Henry Hull, and Florence Rice. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Clayton Rawson's 1938 novel "Death from a Top Hat." A retired magician sells illusions for use in magic shows, and makes a hobby of exposing fake... Read More
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