Kelly's People (First Edition, inscribed by the author in the year of publication)
by Walter Wager
New York: Tom Doherty / Forge, 2002. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Barry/Angela / who have quite a way with words themselves / Best / Walter Wager / NYC / May 17, 2002." The author's final novel before his death in 2004. Fine and unread in a Fine... Read More
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Chinese Moonlight: 63 Poems by 33 Poets (First Edition)
by Walasse Ting (translator, illustrations)
New York: Wittenborn, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. With four multicolor lithograph illustrations by translator Walasse Ting. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers. Reader's crease, with a moderate lean.
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Roy Lichtenstein (First Edition)
by [Roy Lichtenstein] Diane Waldman
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. About Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, with publisher's belly band. Board edges lightly rubbed. Band has a short closed tear on the top edge at the rear. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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Dom [The House] (Three original photographs from the 1959 animated short film)
by Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica (directors, screenwriters); Ligia Branice (starring)
Warsaw: Film Polski, 1959. Three vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1959 animated short film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. A woman experiences a variety of hallucinations while alone in her apartment. Director Walerian Borowczyk began his career in animation, creating a number of surreal short films through the 1950s and 1960s,... Read More
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The Margin (Original oversize photograph from the 1976 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director); Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues (novel); Sylvia Kristel, Joe Dallesandro (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1976. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1972 film, showing actors Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Kristel. Based on the 1967 novel by Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, about a businessman who embarks on an affair with a call girl in Paris. Set in Paris. 12 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. ... Read More
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Art of Love [L'art d'aimer] (Original French poster for the 1983 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Ovid (poem); Wilhelm Buchheim, Enzo Ungari (screenwriters); Marina Pierro, Michele Placido, Massimo Girotti, Laura Betti (starring)
Rome: 2T Produzione Film, 1983. Vintage grande French poster for the 1983 erotic film. Inspired by Ovid's 2 AD collection of poems, "Ars Amatoria" ("The Art of Love"). Set in ancient Rome, the poet Ovid teaches courses in the art of love. One of his students sets out to test his newfound skill on a woman... Read More
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Lulu (Three original photographs from the 1980 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Frank Wedekind (plays); Anton Giulio Majano, Geza von Radvanyi (screenwriters); Anne Bennent, Michele Placido, Jean-Jacques Delbo (starring)
N.p.: Capital Films, 1980. 3 vintage borderless photographs from the 1980 film. Based on Frank Wedekind's character Lulu from his two-play series "Erdgeist" and "Die Buschse der Pandora," Borowczyk's "Lulu" stars Anne Bennent as the enticing, opportunistic and ultimately tragic Lulu. G.W. Pabst's classic 1929 "Pandora's Box" starring Louise Brooks was based on the same character. ... Read More
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Immoral Tales [Contes immoraux] (Three original photographs from the 1973 French anthology film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Andre Marinie (photographer); Jean Baptiste de Boyer (novel); Lisa Danvers, Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini (starring)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Argos Films, 1973. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 French erotic film. Two with stamp snipes on the verso, one with a printed mimeo snipe to the verso, and all three with the stamp of still photographer Andre Marinie. Director Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film, a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the... Read More
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![The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Osbourne [Dr. Jekyll et les femmes] (Ten original color photographs from the 1981 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/671/434/1582434671.0.m.jpg)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Osbourne [Dr. Jekyll et les femmes] (Ten original color photographs from the 1981 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Robert Louis Stevenson (novel); Udo Kier, Patrick Magee, Howard Vernon, Marina Pierro (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1981. Collection of ten vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1981 film, including six in black-and-white and four in color. Black-and-white photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. Loosely based on the classic 1866 novella. In nineteenth-century London, a party guest turns up dead at a respectable couple's engagement gathering, leading the remaining guests... Read More
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La Bête [The Beast] (Original lobby card for the 1975 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Elisabth Kaza, Pierre Benedetti (starring)
Munich: Filmverlag der Autoren, 1975. Vintage borderless lobby card for the German release of the 1975 French film. 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, and... Read More
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Immoral Women [Les Héroïnes du mal] (Six original color photographs from the 1979 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); André Pieyre de Mandiargues (screenwriter); Françoise Quéré, Marina Pierro, Jean-Claude Dreyfus (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1979. Six vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1979 film, all showing actress Marina Pierro. An anthology film divided into three segments, set in three different time periods (Rome in 1520, France at the turn of the century, and modern Paris) and following three women who are driven to commit crimes of passion. ... Read More
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La Bête [The Beast] (Two original oversize photographs from the 1975 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Elisabth Kaza, Pierre Benedetti (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1975. Two vintage oversize borderless French studio still color photographs from the 1975 French film, showing actress Sirpa Lane. Originally conceived as a short film, used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" (1973), and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama. Loosely based on... Read More
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Immoral Women [Les Héroïnes du mal] (Seven original photographs from the 1979 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); André Pieyre de Mandiargues (screenwriter); Françoise Quéré, Marina Pierro, Jean-Claude Dreyfus (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1979. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1979 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso noting the film title in French. An anthology film divided into three segments, set in three different time periods (Rome in 1520, France at the turn of the century, and modern Paris) and following three women who are driven... Read More
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Lulu (Two original photographs from the set of the 1980 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Anton Giulio Majano, Geza von Radvanyi (screenwriters); Frank Wedekind (play); Anne Bennent, Michele Placido, Udo Kier (starring)
N.p.: Capital Films, 1980. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 film, one showing actors Anne Bennent and Udo Kier, the other showing Bennent, Kier, and director Walerian Borowczyk. Based on Frank Wedekind's plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Buschse der Pandora." An opportunistic, amoral young woman rises in society through her relationships with monied men. 9.25... Read More
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![Goto, Island of Love [Goto, L'île d'amour] (Original oversize photograph from the 1969 film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/892/043/1502043892.0.m.jpg)
Goto, Island of Love [Goto, L'île d'amour] (Original oversize photograph from the 1969 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Dominique Duvergé (screenwriter); Ginette Leclerc, Pierre Brasseur, Ligia Branice (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the French release of the 1969 film. A pompous dictator holds control over a small, isolated community on a distant island, but a simpleton thief threatens to overturn societal balance. Noted Polish director Walerian Borowczyk's second feature film. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus, with... Read More
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La Bête [The Beast] (Original photograph from the 1975 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Elisabth Kaza, Pierre Benedetti (starring)
Paris: Cinemagence, 1975. Vintage oversize double weight photograph from the 1975 French film. Stamp of Paris photograph distributor on the verso. Originally conceived as a short film, used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" (1973), and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama. Loosely based on... Read More
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Immoral Tales [Contés immoraux] (Original photograph from the 1973 anthology film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Jean Baptiste de Boyer (novel); Valentine Penrose (poem); Lisa Danvers, Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini (starring)
Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films, 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film, showing actress Paloma Picasso, in costume as Countess Bathory, staring down at four nude women. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York... Read More
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La Bête [The Beast] (Original photograph from the 1975 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Elisabth Kaza, Pierre Benedetti (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1975. Vintage borderless color photograph from the 1975 French film, showing actress Lisbeth Hummel. Originally conceived as a short film, used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" (1973), and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama. Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A... Read More
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The Streetwalker [La Marge] (Three original photographs from the 1976 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Sylvia Kristel, Joe Dallessandro (starring); André Pieyre de Mandiargues (novel)
N.p.: N.p., 1976. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 film. One with a stamp noting the film's French title on the verso, and all three with layout annotations in manuscript ink. Loosely based on the 1967 novel by André Pieyre de Mandiargues, about a man who becomes romantically involved with a Parisian sex worker shortly... Read More
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Immoral Women [Les Héroïnes du mal] (Original photograph from the 1979 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); André Pieyre de Mandiargues (screenwriter); Françoise Quéré, Marina Pierro, Jean-Claude Dreyfus (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1979. Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso noting director Walerian Borowczyk's name and the film title in French. An anthology film divided into three segments, set in three different time periods (Rome in 1520, France at the turn of the century, and modern Paris) and following three... Read More
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Immoral Tales [Contés immoraux] (Two original photographs from the 1973 anthology film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Jean Baptiste de Boyer (novel); Valentine Penrose (poem); Lisa Danvers, Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1973. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 film. One with a provenance stamp on the verso, and one with a French visa refusal stamp on the verso. Director Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film, a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to... Read More
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Immoral Tales [Contés immoraux] (Original photograph from the 1973 anthology film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Jean Baptiste de Boyer (novel); Valentine Penrose (poem); Lisa Danvers, Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini (starring)
Paris: Paris Match, 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1973 film, showing Walerian Borowczyk directing actress Paloma Picasso, in costume as Elizabeth Bathory, for the fourth segment of the film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Borowczyk's fourth feature length film, a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory... Read More
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The Story of Sin (Two original photographs from the 1975 film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Stefan Zeromski (novel); Grazyna Dlugolecka, Jerzy Zelnik, Olgierd Lukaszewicz (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Grazyna Dlugolecka from the 1975 Polish film. Beautiful young Ewa (Dlugolecka) falls in love with the handsome lodger Lukasz (Jerzy Zelnik) and travels Europe in search of him, falling prey to the lusts and abuses of various men. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 5 x 7... Read More
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Immoral Tales [Contés immoraux] (Original photograph from the 1973 anthology film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Jean Baptiste de Boyer (novel); Valentine Penrose (poem); Lisa Danvers, Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini (starring)
Paris: Paris Match, 1973. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film, showing actress Paloma Picasso half-nude, in costume as Elizabeth Bathory, for the fourth segment of the film. Stamps of Paris-Match and France-Match on the verso, along with the stamp of photographer G. Wurtz. Director Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film, a sexually explicit time-traveling... Read More
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Immoral Tales [Contes immoraux] (Original French grande poster for the 1973 anthology film)
by Walerian Borowczyk (director, screenwriter); Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues (story); Jean Baptiste de Boyer (novel); Valentine Penrose (poem); Lisa Danvers, Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini (starring)
Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films, 1973. Vintage grande French poster for the 1973 erotic film. Borowczyk's fourth feature length film, a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 47 x 63 inches. Linen backed, and rolled. Near Fine.
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