Stanford University: Joseph Brodsky and Circulation of Poetry: A Colloquium (Original Poster)
by [Joseph Brodsky] [Stanford University
Stanford, CA: Stanford University, 2001. Poster advertising a colloquium on Joseph Brodsky at Stanford University on Friday February 23, 2001. Topics include "Joseph Brodsky and the Russian Tradition" and "Joseph Brodsky and the Anglo-American Tradition." Glossy black and white card stock. 11 x 14 inches. Fine.
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Original photograph of a graduating class at Hampton University, circa 1940s
by [African American Interest] [Virginia] [Hampton University]
Hampton, VA: N.p., 1940. Vintage black and white photograph of a graduating class posing outside of Ogden Hall at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, circa 1940s. Hampton was founded in 1868 by leaders in the American Missionary Association to provide education to freedmen. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, moderately edgeworn and faintly toned. ... Read More
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Lundy and Foxxe (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Unknown
N.p.: N.p., 1986. Draft script for an unproduced film. Lacking page 1, likely as used or issued. A British spy turned bestselling author finds himself falling for a Hollywood stunt woman, although their romance turns out to have its own share of action sequences. Set in London. Blue rear wrapper, lacking front wrapper and title page.... Read More
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Unknown
N.p.: N.p.. Draft script for an unproduced film. A twisted vision of the beginnings of a post-apocalyptic world, which starts with a plane exploding over southern Sweden. Soon everyone is a peninsular town begins getting sick with the same illness, which the doctor has never seen before. As soon as he calls the county medical examiner about... Read More
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Maestro (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Unknown
N.p.: N.p., 1981. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 2024 film of the same name. A famous, aging orchestra conductor is notorious for sleeping with, and impregnating, young married women. When a private investigator arrives on his doorstep determined to hold him accountable for his heartless ways, the conductor is forced... Read More
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Operation Interregnum (Two original screenplays for an unproduced film)
by [Unknown]
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Two Draft screenplays for an unproduced film. Both with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. While in Rome on vacation, a CIA operative witnesses three strange, apparently unrelated deaths. He begins to ask questions and ends up uncovering the connections between the Vatican City and several resurgent Nazi groups. Set in Rome.... Read More
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Big Iron (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Unknown
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A criminal and commander of a mobile oil rig discovers one of the biggest reserves of oil in international waters in the Gulf of Mexico, much to the contempt of other oilmen, who seek revenge. Set in the Gulf of Mexico. Brown titled wrappers,... Read More
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Child of Heaven (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Unknown
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a manuscript letter addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner, and a two-page manuscript list of prospective filming locations. A dramatization of the life of Princess Kaiulani, the last heir apparent to the Hawaiian monarchy, ended in 1893 with the overthrow of the Hawaiian... Read More
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Rooms of the Heart (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Unknown
Marina Del Rey, CA: Kings Road Productions, 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a handwritten letter in Spanish dated May 22, 1986, addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner and his wife, the actress Lupita Tovar. With a single manuscript annotation in pencil to the first leaf, noting the script's title. A newly... Read More
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Runaway Bay (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Unknown
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young, struggling journalist in New York City decides to abandon her career and go back home to California, where she begins a tentative relationship with an old flame. Set in Southern California. Lacking wrappers and title page, with no credit for the screenwriter.... Read More
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A Sherry with "Creme de Coco" (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Unknown
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. A man with substantial debt is laid off from his casino job, but is allowed a second chance at life at another casino in another country. Blue titled wrappers, undated, with no credit for the screenwriter. 241 leaves, with last page of text numbered 240. Mimeograph duplication,... Read More
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Wanted by the FBI (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by [Unknown]
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ilse Hahn, who worked for the Paul Kohner Agency, with her name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Two criminals abduct a young boy from a well-to-do family and then hold him for ransom. Yellow agency wrappers, with no screenwriter credit. 26 leaves,... Read More
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Praia of Nazare (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Unknown
N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With annotations in manuscript ink throughout, mostly noting page sequence changes and grammatical revisions. A FBI agent investigates a murder on the coast of Portugal. Set in Portugal. Lacking wrappers and title page, housed in an orange folder. 57 leaves, with last page of text numbered... Read More
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When Time Was Young (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Unknown
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Bound in at the end of the text is a black-and-white head shot of actor Sydney Penny, noting her interest in the role of "Alamo." With a few small annotations in manuscript ink on the title page. Two older men are charmed by a mysterious, free-spirited fourteen-year-old girl they... Read More
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Original antiwar poster from an unknown artist
by [Unknown]
Washington, DC: Peace Papers, 1960. Vintage two-color antiwar poster likely dating from the late 1960s, featuring a repeated image of a green sweater covered in pins that tout antinuclear proliferation and antiwar slogans. From the estate of McKendree Spring violinist Michael Dreyfuss, who in 1936 as a child fled the Nazis, likely contributing to this later antiwar... Read More
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The Shadow Guest (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by [Unproduced screenplays] Unknown
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on page 52. A woman's unhappiness in London prompts her husband to begin making arrangements for their move back to New York City. However, before that can happen, her condition further deteriorates, leading her down a path of misery and mental illness. ... Read More
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A Postcard from the Edge of the Underside (Original promotional comic book, "Tales from the Underside," for Sound Unlimited's 1992 debut album)
by Sound Unlimited
N.p.: N.p., 1992. Vintage "Tales from the Underside" comic issued to promote the debut 1992 album "A Postcard from the Edge of the Underside" from the Australian hip hop group Sound Unlimited. 7.75 x 10.75 inches. Side-stapled. Six pages with color wrappers and center spread. Very Good plus, with faint rubbing and a small bump to the heel.... Read More
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Untitled: Vol. 1, No. 1, March-April, 1974 (Softcover)
by [Untitled] Barbara Munger, Peter Plagens, Fyodor Zest, Ingmar Jargone, Sharon Keel, Christine Neuwirth (contributors); Timothy Silverlake (editor)
Torrance: Straight Turkey, 1974. Softcover. Vol. 1, No. 1. An arts journal focusing on the world of contemporary art. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled wrappers. Wrappers moderately creased.
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Roger's Version (First Edition, inscribed by the author)
by John Updike
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to noted educator and University of Iowa and Dartmouth College president on the front endpaper: "For James O. Freedman / John Updike." Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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The Music School: Short Stories (First Edition, inscribed)
by John Updike
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First Edition. First Edition. First printing, with error on page 46 as called for. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Ella Scull / with best wishes / John Updike." Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Faintly foxed on the first five leaves and page... Read More
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Rabbit at Rest (Uncorrected Proof, signed by the author)
by John Updike
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. The fourth novel in the Rabbit series. About Fine in a Very Good plus, lightly rubbed example of the publisher's folding paper box.
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The Collected Stories (First Edition)
by John Updike
New York: The Library of America, 2013. First Edition. First Edition. Two volumes in publisher's slipcase. Fine and unread in Fine dust jackets, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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Terrorist (Signed First Edition)
by John Updike
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. First Edition, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
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More Stately Mansions (Signed Limited Edition)
by John Updike
Jackson: Nouveau Press for Mississippi Civil Liberties Union, 1987. Limited Edition, one of 300 copies (this being No. 80), SIGNED and numbered by the author on the limitation page. Fine in quarter bound cloth and paper boards. Without dust jacket as issued.
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In The Beauty of the Lilies (First Edition, inscribed)
by John Updike
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. First Edition, INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper, "for Gwenn Cohen / warm regard to a great book collector and weight lifter / John U." Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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