The Witches of Eastwick (Signed First Edition)
by John Updike
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Basis for the 1987 film directed by George Miller, starring Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Jack Nicholson. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Faint bleed from the topstain on the front endpapers, with... Read More
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Bech is Back (First Edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author)
by John Updike
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. First Edition, one of 500 numbered copies (this being No. 217) SIGNED by the author. The second book in the Bech series. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, in an about Fine example of the publisher's slipcase. Faint splash on the center of the spine panel of the... Read More
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The Mystery of Swordfish Reef (First UK Edition)
by Arthur Upfield
London: William Heinemann, 1960. First UK Edition. Detective Napoleon Bonaparte investigates murder in New South Whales. Jacket art by Bill Morden. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine lean, offsetting to the endpapers, owner name on the front endpaper, and faint foxing. Jacket spine and folds moderately toned, with heavy edge rubbing and... Read More
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The Wet Parade (Original photograph from the 1932 film)
by Upton Sinclair (novel); Victor Fleming (director); Dorothy Jordan, Lewis Stone, Neil Hamilton, Emma Dunn, Frederick Burton (starring); John Lee Mahin (screenwriter)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film. Single stamp on the verso. Based on the 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair, following the members of two families whose lives are impacted by alcohol addiction and Prohibition. Set in Louisiana, New York City, and Long Island. 10 x... Read More
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Lanny Budd: Presidential Agent (Original teleplay script for an unproduced television series)
by Upton Sinclair (author); John Goetz (producer, screenwriter); Malvin Wald (writer, editor)
N.p.: N.p., 1961. First Draft script for an unproduced television series. Based on Upton Sinclair's 1944 novel "Presidential Agent," the fifth novel in his Lanny Budd series. Lanny Budd was the only son of a major American arms dealer who actions have the power to affect global decisions. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated... Read More
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Cocaine [Cocain] (Original double weight publicity photograph from the 1921 film)
by Ursel Renate Hirt, Ernst Pittschau, Gustav Adolf Semler (starring); Willi Schaeffers (director); Robert Heymann, Erich Kraft (screenwriters)
Berlin: N.p., 1921. Vintage borderless double weight publicity photograph from the lost 1921 German film, showing actress Ursel Renate Hirt slouched in a chair on the down slope of a cocaine binge. Insignia of photographer Alexander Binder from the negative at the bottom right corner the recto, with Binder's stamp and a printed mimeo snipe on the... Read More
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Casino Royale (Original photograph from the 1967 film)
by Ursula Andress, Jacqueline Bisset, Orson Welles, Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, David Niven (starring); Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish (directors); Ian Fleming (novel)
N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1967 film, showing actress Ursula Andress posing in a feathered robe. Provenance stamp on the verso. Inspired by the 1953 Ian Fleming novel, a spoof of the then-current James Bond films, made when producer Charles K. Feldman, who had the rights, could not come to an agreement to create... Read More
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Double Murder (Three original photographs from the 1977 film)
by Ursula Andress, Peter Ustinov, Marcello Mastroianni (starring); Ugo Moretti (novel); Steno (director, screenwriter); Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli (screenwriters)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1977. Three vintage reference photographs from the American release of the 1977 Italian film, all three showing actress Ursula Andress in the bath. A police commissioner teams up with a political activist to solve the murder of a prince. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches.... Read More
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The Exotic Dreams of Casanova (Five original photographs from the 1971 film)
by Uschi Digard, Johnny Rocco, Debbie Osborne (starring); Dwayne Avery (director, screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Boxoffice International, 1971. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 sexploitation film. A middling Spaghetti Western actor dreams that he has become Casanova, the world's greatest lover, after he is knocked unconscious during a sex party. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
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Spanking at School [Klassenkeile] (Original photograph of Uschi Glas from the 1969 film)
by Uschi Glas, Ulrich Beiger (starring); Franz Josef Gottlieb (director); Paul Hengge, Kurt Nachmann (screenwriters)
Berlin: Rialto, 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 West German film, showing actress Uschi Glas. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, with text in German. 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... Read More
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Diary of early Treasury Department Agent Kenneth T. Brown, Jr., 1956
by [U.S. Treasury Department] Brown, Kenneth T., Jr.
Binghamton, NY: N.p., 1956. Personal diary of Federal Treasury Department enforcement agent Kenneth T. Brown, Jr., dating from 1956. Manuscript manuscript in blue and black felt ink, blue ink, and pencil in a black leather-bound 1956 Business Year Book with gilt titles. The diary largely contains entries regarding on Brown's day-to-day professional life as a rookie Alcohol... Read More
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Lady Day's Diary: The Life of Billie Holiday 1937-1959 (First UK Edition)
by [Billie Holiday] Ken Vail
Chessington: Castle Communications, 1996. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers, with light adhesive residue on the top right corner of the front wrapper.
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Bird's Diary: The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955 (First UK Edition)
by [Charlie Parker] Ken Vail
Chessington: Castle Communications, 1996. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers, with light adhesive residue on the top right corner of the front wrapper.
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Manolo Valdés: Sculpture and Painting (First Edition)
by [Manolo Valdés]
New York: Marlborough Gallery Chelsea, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery held from February 7 through March 8, 2002. About Fine in perfect-bound wrappers.
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Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003 (Signed First Edition)
by Jean Valentine
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2004. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Winner of the National Book Award. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Original photograph from the 1988 film)
by Valentina Cortese, Oliver Reed, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, John Neville (starring); Terry Gilliam (director, screenwriter); Charles McKeown (screenwriter)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1988. Vintage reference photograph of actress Valentina Cortese from the 1988 film. With a manuscript ink annotation on the verso identifying Cortese, her character, and the name of the film. In the late 18th Century, Baron von Munchausen of Austria wants to save a city besieged by a Turkish Sultan. He travels... Read More
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One Day at a Time: Moving Out (Original screenplay for an unproduced episode of the television show)
by Valerie Bertinelli, Nanette Fabray, Pat Harrington Jr., Bonnie Franklin (starring); Stephen Thomas Sustarsic II (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1975-1984 television series. The series followed a divorced career woman and single mother as she tried to raise her two teenage daughters in an apartment building in Indianapolis, with frequent visits from the building's nosy superintendent. In this installment, the eldest daughter wants to move out... Read More
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One Day at a Time: Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow [Schneider's Stapedectomy] (Two original screenplays for the 1982 television episode)
by Valerie Bertinelli, Nanette Fabray, Pat Harrington Jr., Bonnie Franklin (starring); Stephen Sustarsic, David Silverman (screenwriters); Alan Rafkin (director)
N.p.: N.p., 1981. Two scripts for Season 7 Episode 24 of the 1975-1984 television series, here under the working title "Schneider's Stapedectomy." Includes one treatment script and one First Draft, both with typeovers and tipped-in text throughout. The series followed a divorced career woman and single mother as she tried to raise her two teenage daughters in... Read More
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Girl with a Suitcase (Original photograph from the 1961 film)
by Valerio Zurlini (director, screenwriter); Lorenzo Papi (photographer); Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (screenwriters); Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo, Renato Baldini (starring)
Spain: Ellis Films, 1962. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release, circa 1962, of the 1961 Italian-French film. Owner name rubber-stamped on the verso, in Spanish. Pictured is Claudia Cardinale, Renato Baldini, and Angela Portaluri (former "Miss World" competitor). Valerio Zurlini's second feature film, and his second credit as director, after several short documentaries released... Read More
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Brantôme 81: Vie de dames galantes [Brantôme 81: Life of Courtesans] (Three original photographs from the 1981 film)
by Valérie Kaprisky (starring); José Bénazéraf (director, screenwriter); Gilles Coleno (screenwriter); Olivier Mathot, Antonella Interlenghi, Almata Suska (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1981. Three vintage color reference photographs from the 1981 French film, all showing actress Valérie Kaprisky in various states of undress. One borderless, two with borders. An exploration into the lives of five wealthy women leading glamorous lives alongside their powerful husbands and companions. Borderless photograph 7 x 10.5 inches, bordered photographs 7... Read More
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Black Jesus (Original one sheet poster for the 1968 film)
by Valerio Zurlini (director, screenwriter); Franco Brusati (screenwriter); Woody Strode, Franco Citti (starring)
N.p.: Plaza Pictures, 1968. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1968 Italian film. Woody Strode began his career as an American decathlete and football star, and went on to become a film actor, working in American and international films. Both a modern, Marxist re-imagining of the Christ story, and a poetic and... Read More
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Rockabye (Original screenplay for the 1986 television film)
by Valerie Bertinelli (starring); Richard Michaels (director); Laird Koenig (novel, screenwriter); Rachel Ticotin, Jason Alexander (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1986. Draft script for the 1986 television film, which originally aired on January 12, 1986 on CBS. Based on the 1981 novel by screenwriter Laird Koenig. With the help of a tabloid journalist, a recently divorced woman searches for her two-year-old son, who has been stolen by a black market child selling ring. ... Read More
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The Shillingbury Blowers [...And the Band Played On] (Five original photographs from the 1980 film)
by Val Guest (director); Francis Essex (screenwriter); Trevor Howard, Robin Nedwell, Diane Keen, Jack Douglas (starring)
London: Inner Circle Films, 1980. Five vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1980 UK film. A British drama about a pop musician and his wife who seek a quieter life when big city gets to be overwhelming, and their involvement with the off-key big band in their small town. 8 x 10 inches, one still... Read More
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The Shillingbury Blowers [...And the Band Played On] (Original press kit for the 1980 television movie)
by Val Guest (director); Francis Essex (screenwriter); Trevor Howard, Robin Nedwell, Diane Keen, Miles Anderson (starring)
London: ITC Entertainment, 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 television film, seen here under its British title "The Shillingbury Blowers." Illustrated folder, containing one gathering of promotional reading material. A small English village is thrown into turmoil when a pop star moves into town and takes over conductorship of the local brass band. The film originally aired... Read More
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80,000 Suspects (Collection of 91 photographs from the 1963 film)
by Val Guest (director, screenwriter); Trevor Dudley Smith (novel); Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Yolande Donlan, Cyril Cusack (starring)
London: J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors / Rank Organisation, 1963. Collection of 91 vintage black-and-white (and 1 double weight) still photographs from the 1963 UK film. Daily Express rubber stamp on the verso of the double weight still. Includes several candid shots on the set. Richard Johnson stars as a doctor who arrives in the city of... Read More
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