The Creative Urge (Original manuscript for the 1991 short story)
by Robert Bloch
N.p.: N.p., 1990. Vintage five-page xerographically duplicated manuscript of Robert Bloch's 1991 short story. Annotations in manuscript ink in Bloch's hand on the first leaf, evidently detailing payment for the story, and noting a single editorial revision on the fifth leaf. Writer Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1959), although his six-decade writing... Read More
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In the Midst of Death (First Edition, inscribed by the author)
by Lawrence Block
New York: Dell Publishing, 1976. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "For Barry Zeman / Best / Lawrence Block." Very Good plus in wrappers, with light reading creases on the spine and a seller stamp on the first leaf.
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Wild Calendar (First Edition, inscribed by the author)
by Libbie Block
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper by the author: "To Jack / A fellow Denverite / Cordialy [sic] / Libbie Block / Valentine's Day / 1946." Rare. The author's first novel. Basis for the 1949 film noir "Caught," directed by Max Ophuls and starring Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan,... Read More
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Parallel Lines (Original pressbook for the 1978 tour)
by [Blondie]
New York: Chrysalis Records, 1978. Original pressbook for the tour supporting Blondie's third album, "Parallel Lines," released by Chrysalist Records in 1978. A record that saw Blondie at the peak of its powers, containing the lion's share of the band's most famous singles, including "Hanging on the Telephone," "One Way or Another," and "Heart of Glass." Along... Read More
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Original mail catalog for Bluebird Records, circa 1941
by [Bluebird Records] Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson, Roosevelt Sykes, Washboard Sam (performers)
New York: Bluebird Records, 1941. Vintage mail catalog for Bluebird Records' newest releases, issued circa 1941. Bluebird was founded in 1932 as a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor. The company is best remembered today for the "Bluebird sound," attributed to the label's session band (which included musicians Big Bill Broonzy, Roosevelt Sykes, Washboard Sam, and Sonny Boy... Read More
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Climax! + Wet Dreams (1985) Blu-ray with slipcover
by [Blu-ray] Henri Pachard (director); Kelly Nichols, Cody Nicole, Eric Edwards, Taija Rae, Sharon Kane, Carol Cross, Tish Ambrose, Rhonda Jo Petty (starring)
Vinegar Syndrome, 2023. Blu-ray disc. As New in original slipcover. Desperate gambling addict Charlie Bartlett is heavily in debt to smarmy, big spender Doc. With no cash at his disposal, he offers Doc sex with his wife Ann as a means of payment for his debt. However, Ann will have no part of her husband's perverse plan, thus... Read More
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Spirit of Seventy Sex [Six] (1976) / Teeny Buns (1978) (Blu-ray with slipcover)
by [Blu-ray] Annette Haven, John Holmes, John Leslie (starring); Stu Segall (director)
Bridgeport, CT: Vinegar Syndrome, 2024. Like New. Blu-ray disc. As New in slipcase. If Martha Washington looked like luscious star Annette Haven, our history books would probably read like the "Kama Sutra." Spirit of Seventy Sex is a playful, tongue-in-cheek romp backward in time, but giant steps forward in eroticism. It's a costume piece with wardrobe mostly... Read More
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Babe (1981) Blu-ray with slipcover
by [Blu-ray] John Christopher (director); Tara Aire, Ron Jeremy, Veronica Hart, Samantha Fox (starring)
Vinegar Syndrome, 2023. Blu-ray disc. As New in original slipcover. Babe is one of New York's top fashion models. She's got almost everything anyone could ask for, but when her grandfather dies, making her the sole heir of his vast wealth, Babe is ready to leave her career behind and settle into the lap of luxury. Although, in... Read More
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Hollywood in Person (Original script for the 1937 live radio show, H. Bruce Humberstone's copy)
by Bob; Baker H. Bruce Humberstone, Arleen Whelan (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1937. Draft script for the 1937 live radio show, which originally aired on CBS. Copy belonging to interviewee H. Bruce Humberstone, with his manuscript pencil annotations regarding line changes and deletions throughout. Sponsored by General Mills and marketed as the "Gold Medal Hour," the Hollywood in Person radio show was hosted by Art Baker (under the... Read More
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Tattoo (Original photograph from the 1981 film)
by Bob Brooks (director); Joyce Buñuel (screenwriter); Bruce Dern, Maud Adams, Leonard Frey (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1981 US film. A troubled tattoo artist (Dern) becomes obsessed with a model (Adams) he meets when he's hired to paint temporary tattoos on a group of women for a photo shoot. His obsession grows increasingly dangerous, and he is determined to leave his mark on... Read More
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Tattoo (Original one sheet poster for the 1981 film)
by Bob Brooks (director); Joyce Buñuel (screenwriter); Bruce Dern, Maud Adams, Leonard Frey (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1981 film. Bruce Dern, a psychologically unstable tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with a model at a photo shoot, determined to use her body as a canvas for "his masterpiece." Shot on location in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as... Read More
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Yes, Yes, Babette (Original photograph of cast and crew members on the set of the 1925 short film)
by Bobby Vernon, Frances Lee, Yola d'Avril, Hank Mann (starring); Earle Rodney (director); Frank Roland Conklin (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1925. Vintage reference photograph of director Earle Rodney with a camera crew on the set of the 1925 short film, setting up a shot with actors Bobby Vernon and Frances Lee. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. An American infantryman attempts to reunite with his sweetheart in Paris, but instead finds himself the object of... Read More
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Country Girl (Original photograph from the 1968 film)
by Bobby Davis (director, screenwriter); Marie Campbell, Robert Gladney, Jean Wilson (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 sexploitation film. Several couples on a fishing trip become involved in sexual trysts. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with several pinholes.
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Pizza Girls [Hot and Saucy Pizza Girls] (Four original double weight photographs from the Swiss release of the 1978 adult film)
by Bob Chinn (director, starring); John Thomas Chapman (screenwriter); Desiree Cousteau, Paul Thomas, Candida Royalle, John Holmes (starring)
Geneva: Septima Film, 1978. Four vintage oversize double weight photographs from the Swiss release of the 1978 adult film. With the stamp of Swiss distributor Septima Film on the verso. A failing pizza restaurant in San Francisco begins to offer more than just pizza on their deliveries. Directed by noted Chinese-American adult filmmaker Bob Chinn, and restored... Read More
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Tribute (Two original photographs of Jack Lemmon from the 1980 film)
by Bob Clark (director); Jack Lemmon, Robby Benson, Lee Remick, Colleen Dewhurst (starring); Curt Kaufman (photographer); Bernard Slade (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980. Two vintage black-and-white publicity photographs of Jack Lemmon from the US release of the 1980 Canadian film. Layout annotations on the recto of one still. A Broadway press agent (Lemmon) finds out he is dying, and his son, who admittedly is not fond of his father, is coming for a visit. ... Read More
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Porky's (Original screenplay for the 1981 film)
by Bob Clark (director, screenwriter); Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson (starring)
Miami: Porky's Productions (Astral), 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film. Single photocopied manuscript annotation on the title page, noting "Received 10/9/80," and a single annotation in manuscript ink on the same page, noting copy No. 3. One of the highest grossing films of 1980, and the film that kickstarted the teen sex comedies of the 1980s, about... Read More
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Sadismo (Original photograph from the 1967 film)
by Bob Cresse (director); Phillip Marx (screenwriter); Terry Telli, Burt Topper (starring)
N.p.: Trans American Films, 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 documentary film, showing a nurse applying seaweed to a naked woman's back and legs. Layout annotations to the verso. A mondo documentary (although many scenes were staged by the filmmakers) presenting unusual torture methods across the world, including ritual sacrifices by Satanists and pagans, Nazi... Read More
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Hearts of Fire (Two original photographs of Bob Dylan from the 1987 film)
by Bob Dylan (starring); Richard Marquand (director); Scott Richardson, Joe Eszterhas (screenwriters); Rupert Everett, Fiona Flanagan (starring)
Los Angeles: Lorimar, 1987. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1987 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An aging, reclusive musician takes on a young protégée, but her loyalties are tested when she begins to fall in love with a younger, more popular musician while on tour. Shot... Read More
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Archive of 16 photographs featuring rock performers, circa 1960s-1970s
by Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Sly and the Family Stone, Santana, Jim Morrison, Tina Turner, The Allman Brothers Band (subjects); Jim Marshall (photographer)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Archive of 16 photographs (seven double weight and ten single weight) of rock performers, circa the late 1960s and early 1970s. Struck by photographer Jim Marshall circa 1990s, most with his stamp and manuscript identification number on the verso. Artists represented include Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Sly... Read More
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My Sister Eileen (Six original photographs taken on the set of the 1955 film)
by Bob Fosse (starring, choreographer); Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett (starring); Richard Quine (director, screenwriter); Joseph A. Fields, Jerome Chodorov (play)
Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film, showing actor and choreographer Bob Fosse rehearsing dance steps with Janet Leigh and others on the set. Five with mimeo snipes on the versos, and all six with stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on the 1940 play by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, about... Read More
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Cabaret (Original photograph from the 1972 film)
by Bob Fosse (director); Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Marisa Berenson (starring); Jay Allen (screenwriter); Joe Masteroff (musical); John Kander (music); Fred Ebb (lyrics); Christopher Isherwood (book)
N.p.: N.p., 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film, showing actors Fritz Wepper and Marisa Berenson. French release stamps on the verso. Based on Joe Masteroff's 1966 musical, which was based on John Van Druten's 1951 Broadway play "I Am a Camera," which was in turn based on short stories by Christopher Isherwood from his collection... Read More
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Sweet Charity (Original photograph of Bob Fosse and Shirley MacLaine on the set of the 1969 film)
by Bob Fosse (director); Neil Simon (play); Dorothy Fields (lyrics); Cy Coleman (music); Peter Stone (screenwriter); Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr. (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1969. Vintage reference photograph of director Bob Fosse showing actress Shirley MacLaine how to execute a leap on the set of the 1969 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the verso. Based on the 1966 musical, which was loosely based in turn on Federico Fellini's 1957 film "Nights of Calabria." A happy-go-lucky... Read More
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Sweet Charity (Original color photograph from the 1969 film)
by Bob Fosse (director); Neil Simon (play); Dorothy Fields (lyrics); Cy Coleman (music); Peter Stone (screenwriter); Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr. (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage borderless double weight color reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing Sammy Davis Jr. surrounded by groovy dancers. French agency stamps on the verso. Based on the 1966 musical, which was loosely based in turn on Federico Fellini's 1957 film "Nights of Calabria." A happy-go-lucky taxi dancer dreams of romance, but only meets jerks... Read More
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Cabaret (Original photograph from the 1972 film)
by Bob Fosse (director); Marisa Berenson (starring); Jay Allen (screenwriter); Joe Masteroff (musical); John Kander (music); Fred Ebb (lyrics); Christopher Isherwood (book); Joel Grey, Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem (starring)
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film, showing actress Marisa Berenson. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Joe Masteroff's 1966 musical, which was based on John Van Druten's 1951 Broadway play "I Am a Camera," which was in turn based on short stories by Christopher Isherwood from... Read More
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Lenny (Original photograph of Valerie Perrine from the 1974 film)
by Bob Fosse (director); Julian Barry (screenwriter, play); Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing actress Valerie Perrine in costume, or arguably lack thereof, as Lenny Bruce's wife, stripper Honey Bruce. With manuscript annotations in ink and pencil on the verso regarding layout. Based on Julian Barry's 1971 play, which followed the career, decline, and death by morphine overdose... Read More
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