All That Jazz (Original one sheet poster for the 1979 film)
by Bob Fosse (director, screenwriter); Robert Alan Aurthur (screenwriter); Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1980. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1979 film. Director, screenwriter, and choreographer Bob Fosse's triumphant and uncompromising autobiographical masterpiece, often compared to Fellini's "8 1/2," wherein an overworked, obsessive choreographer's womanizing and drug use gradually destroy his relationships, and ultimately threaten to take his life. Credited by Fosse as having been loosely... Read More
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Star 80 (Original photograph of Bob Fosse on the set of the 1983 film)
by Bob Fosse (director, screenwriter); Teresa Carpenter (article); Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1984. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director Bob Fosse on the set of the 1983 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso dated 20/1/84, along with the stamp of Universal Pictorial Press. Based on Teresa Carpenter's Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article "Death of a Playmate," which traced the unusual circumstances of Playboy... Read More
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Lenny (Original screenplay for the 1974 film)
by Bob Fosse (director); Julian Barry (playwright, screenwriter); Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Second Draft script for the 1974 film. In 1969, Julian Barry was hired by Columbia Pictures to write the screenplay for a dramatic biographical account of comedian Lenny Bruce's life. Shortly thereafter the project was delayed, reportedly due to studios' demand for romances as a result of Arthur Hiller's successful 1970 romantic drama "Love Story,"... Read More
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Star 80 (Original photograph of cinematographer Sven Nykvist on the set of the 1983 film)
by Bob Fosse (director, screenwriter); Teresa Carpenter (article); Stephen Vaughan (photographer); Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1984. Vintage black-and-white satin-finish reference photograph of cinematographer Sven Nykvist shooting a carousel scene from the ground up on the set of the 1983 film. With the stamp of still photographer Stephen Vaughan on the verso. Based on Teresa Carpenter's Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article "Death of a Playmate," which traced the unusual circumstances... Read More
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Alias Jesse James (Original pressbook for the 1959 film)
by Bob; Hope Rhonda Fleming (starring); Norman Z. MacLeod (director); William Bowers, Daniel B. Beauchamps (screenwriters)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1959. Vintage pressbook for the 1959 film. A bumbling insurance agent unwittingly sells a life insurance policy to the outlaw Jesse James, and discovers he must protect James in order to protect his company's investment. 15 pages, saddle stitched, 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 53. ... Read More
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Original oversize photograph of Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante on television, 1969
by Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante (subjects); Gene Trindl (photographer)
New York: United Press International, 1969. Vintage oversize borderless satin finish photograph of comedians Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante during a skit on the 1969 television special. Stamps of United Press International and photographer Gene Trindl on the verso, along with a small newspaper clipping date-stamped March 13, 1969. From the archive of the PIX Agency, an... Read More
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Critic's Choice (Three British front-of-house cards from the 1963 film)
by Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn (starring); Don Weis (director); Ira Levin (novel); Jack Sher (screenwriter)
London: Warner-Pathe Distributors, 1963. Collection of 3 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1963 US film. Based on Ira Levin's 1961 play, starring Bob Hope as a New York theater critic and Lucille Ball as his wife, playwrights that may or may not be very good. The fourth and final pairing of... Read More
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The Seven Little Foys (Four British front-of-house cards from the 1955 film)
by Bob Hope (starring); Melville Shavelson (director, screenwriter); Jack Rose (screenwriter); Milly Vitale, George Tobias (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1956. Collection of 4 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. A musical romp about a solo Vaudeville entertainer who marries an Italian ballerina, and the seven children they have together. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning, else Near Fine.
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Shattered [Du Bist Marriott] (Original screenplay for the 1991 film)
by Bob Hoskins, Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi (starring); Wolfgang Petersen (director, screenwriter); Richard Neely (novel)
Munich: Radiant Film, 1991. Agency Draft script for the 1991 film, here seen under its original title "Du Bist Marriott," or "The Plastic Nightmare." Text in German. Based on Richard Neely's 1971 novel "The Plastic Nightmare." A man emerges from a bloody car accident with amnesia, and begins to suspect foul play as he delves further into... Read More
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Louisiana Purchase (Two original photographs from the 1941 film)
by Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, Irene Bordoni, Dona Drake (starring); Irving Cummings (director); Irving Berlin (music, lyrics); Morrie Ryskind (book); Buddy G. DeSylva, Morrie Ryskind, Jerome Chodorov, Joseph Fields (screenwriters)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1941. Two vintage double-weight satin-finish photographs from the 1941 musical film. With the insignia of photography agency Lucas and Monroe and the numbers 8 and 46 on the bottom right corner, along with an agency stamp and the stamp of American Weekly on the verso. Based on Irving Berlin and Morrie Ryskind's 1940 Broadway play.... Read More
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Drawing Power (Original photograph from the 1980 television series)
by Bob Kaliban, Sarah Jessica Parker, Debbie Allen, Jerry Sroka, Kari Page, Lenny Schultz (starring)
N.p.: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1980. Vintage promotional photograph of actor Bob Kaliban from the 1980 television series. With mimeo snipe affixed to the verso promoting the series' regular broadcast on Saturdays at 12:30 PM eastern time. From a number of the same artists who worked on Schoolhouse Rock, this mostly animated series was meant to help... Read More
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Rape Squad [Act of Vengeance] (Original pressbook for the 1974 film)
by Bob Kelljan (director); David Kidd, H.R. Christian (screenwriters); Jo ANn Harris, Peter Brown, Jennifer Lee Pryor, Lisa Moore, Connie Strickland (starring)
London: American International Pictures [AIP], 1974. Vintage pressbook for the 1974 film. Downbeat sexploitation film (ultimately quite political) about a group of women who have all been attacked by the same hockey-mask-wearing serial rapist. Fed up, the women band together to form a vigilante crime-fighting squad dedicated to finding the perpetrator. Shot on location in... Read More
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Julie Ege test shots for "Up Pompeii" (3 photographs taken for the 1971 film)
by Bob Kellett (director); Sid Colin, Talbot Rothwell (screenwriters); Julie Ege, Michael Hordern, Frankie Howerd (starring)
London: Anglo-EMI, 1970. Three vintage black-and-white borderless double weight reference photographs Julie Ege, taken as test shots for the 1971 film. Ege is shown sitting in cloth folding chair with her name on it, in various positions designed to hide her breasts as unsuccessfully as possible. Ege, an actress and model, is best known for this film,... Read More
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Original photograph of Bob Marley and Ron Wood backstage in 1979
by Bob Marley, Ron Wood (subjects); Bruce W. Talamon (photographer)
N.p.: N.p., 1979. Vintage black-and-white photograph of Jamaican musician Bob Marley and Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood backstage at the Oakland Coliseum on November 30, 1979. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Wood joined Marley and his Wailers onstage for a six-song encore at the end of the performance. Marley was at the time... Read More
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The Bob Newhart Show (Original photograph from the 1972-1978 television series)
by Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleschette, Peter Bonerz, Bill Daily, Marcia Wallace, Ann Rutherford (starring); Jerry London (director); David Davis, Lorenzo Music (creator); Jerry Mayer (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: CBS / MTM Enterprises, 1973. Vintage reference photograph from, "My Wife Belongs to Daddy," episode 13, season 13 of the 1972-1978 television series. With one provenance stamp and mimeo snipe affixed to the verso promoting actress Ann Rutherford's guest appearance airing on Saturday December 8, 1973. The series follows the work and home life of... Read More
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New Love American Style: Puppy Love (Original screenplay for the 1985 television episode)
by Bob Saget, Aixa Clemente (starring); David Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. First Draft script for Season 1 Episode 25 of the 1985-1986 television series. This episode originally aired in 1985. An updated version of the 1969-1974 television show "Love, American Style," focused on love and relationships and following in the vignette style of the original. In this installment, a school boy fakes a crush on... Read More
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Phoney Baloney (Five original photographs from the 1945 animated film)
by Bob Wickersham (director); Sid Marcus (screenwriter); Frank Graham, Harry Lang (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1945. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1945 animated short film. A fox and a crow each scheme to capture the other in order to claim a $5000 reward for a wanted animal, which is instead intended for the capture of a notorious wolf. 10 x 8 inches overall, with... Read More
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Mel Bochner (First Edition)
by Mel Bochner
Milan: Editore Toselli, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Near Fine in wrappers.
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Mel Bochner (First Edition)
by Mel Bochner
Buenos Aires: Centro de Arte y Comunicacion, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Mel Bochner's work in April, 1972. Text in Spanish and English. Near Fine in wrappers.
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(toward) Axiom of Indifference 1971-1973 (First Edition, inscribed)
by Mel Bochner
Various cities: Sonnabend Gallery, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Mel Bochner on the front endpaper to noted curator Brenda Richardson: "for Brenda / 2.25.75 / With love, / Mel." One of the most distinguished art curators and historians of the twentieth century, Brenda Richardson began her career at the University Art Museum in Berkeley... Read More
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3 Demonstrations From The Theory of Sculpture: Counting (First Edition)
by [Mel Bochner]
Bari: Marlena Bonomo, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Early conceptual artist's book, featuring three black and white images and three sketches of three pieces designed by Mel Bochner: "Triangular and square numbers," dated 1965-1972, "Meditation on the theorem of Pythagoras," dated 1972, and "Ten to 10," dated 1972. Very Good plus, faintly age-toned, with... Read More
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The Bugatti Story (First Edition)
by William Boddy
New York: Sports Car Press, 1960. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. From the Modern Sports Car series. Very Good plus in perfect-bound, lightly rubbed wrappers.
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Naked on Roller Skates (First Edition)
by Maxwell Bodenheim
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First Edition. First Edition, in the rare dust jacket. The final two pages of the book are dedicated to a glossary of Harlem slang. A Jazz Age novel, with proletarian leanings, about an ill-fated love affair between an idealistic young woman from Connecticut and a rambling snake oil salesman who travel from... Read More
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Bolero (Original screenplay for the 1984 film, costume designer's working copy)
by Bo Derek, Olivia d'Abo, George Kennedy, Ana Obregón (starring); John Derek (director, screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1984. Draft script for the 1984 film. Copy belonging to costume designer Jane Hamilton, with her annotations in manuscript pencil throughout the first 13 leaves, all relating to costuming. Included with the script are multiple gatherings of manuscript and xerographically duplicated leaves relating to costuming, including measurements of actors and extras in the film, details for specific... Read More
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Conversations with I.M. Pei: Light is the Key (First Edition)
by [I.M. Pei] Gero von Boehm
Munich: Prestel, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Text in English. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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