Bottle Rocket (Original screenplay for the 1996 film)
by Wes Anderson (director, screenwriter); Owen Wilson (screenwriter, starring); Luke Wilson, Andrew Wilson, James Caan, Robert Musgrave (starring)
Los Angeles: Gracie Films, 1994. Revised Shooting Draft script for the 1996 film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the rear wrapper verso. Wes Anderson's feature film directorial debut, cowritten with actor Owen Wilson, about three friends who plan a heist in the southwestern suburbs. Based on Anderson's 1992 short film of the same title, whose success... Read More
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Bottle Rocket (Original photograph of Wes Anderson on the set of the 1996 film)
by Wes Anderson (director, screenwriter); Owen Wilson (starring, screenwriter); Luke Wilson, James Caan, Andrew Wilson (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1996. Vintage studio still photograph of director Wes Anderson on the set of the 1996 film. Anderson's feature film directorial debut, cowritten with actor Owen Wilson, about three friends who plan a heist in the southwestern suburbs. Based on Anderson's 1992 short film of the same title, whose success at the 1994... Read More
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The Amityville Horror / Last House on the Left (Original vinyl 45 RPM record of radio spots for two films)
by Wes Craven (director, screenwriter); Stuart Rosenberg (director); Jay Anson (novel); James Brolin, Margot Kidder (starring); Martin Kove (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: American International Pictures [AIP], 1980. Vintage double-sided 45 RPM vinyl record of four radio spots for two horror films distributed by American International Pictures: "The Amityville Horror," directed by Stuart Rosenberg and released in 1979, and "Last House on the Left," directed by Wes Craven and released in 1972. 7 inches. Fine plus, with... Read More
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The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 [The Revenge of Jupiter: The Hills Have Eyes Part II] (Original screenplay for the 1984 film)
by Wes Craven (director, screenwriter); Robert Houston, David Nichols, Virginia Vincent, James Whitworth (starring)
Hollywood: The Hills Two Corporation, 1983. Second Draft script for the 1984 film, here under the working title "The Revenge of Jupiter: The Hills Have Eyes Part II." Copy with a manuscript blue marker annotation of "Copy 2-11" on the top of the title page and copied annotations noting scene numbers to the right side of the majority of... Read More
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Andreas Gursky (First Edition)
by [Andreas Gursky] Thomas Weski
Cologne [Koln]: Snoeck, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition which ran from March 23 to May 12, 2007, at Monika Spruth Philomene Magers in London, and from May 4 to June 30, 2007, at Matthew Marks. About Fine, with no dust jacket as issued.
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Too Many Husbands (Original photograph of Wesley Ruggles from the set of the 1940 film)
by Wesley Ruggles (director); W. Somerset Maugham (play); Irving Lippman (photographer); Claude Binyon (screenwriter); Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage reference photographs of director Wesley Ruggles on the set of the 1940 film, by photographer Irving Lippman. Mimeo snipe and photographer "Irving Lippman" stamp on verso. Based on the 1919 play by W. Somerset Maugham, which was based on the 1864 poem "Enoch Arden" by Alfred Tennyson. Soon after presumed window Vicky... Read More
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Invitation to Happiness (Original photograph taken on the set of the 1939 film)
by Wesley Ruggles (director); Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunn, Marion Martin, Charles Ruggles (starring); Claude Binyon (screenwriter)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1939. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1939 film, showing actors Marion Martin, Fred MacMurray, and Irene Dunne listening while director Wesley Ruggles describes a scene, with a script supervisor intently taking notes on the right. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A boxer from the lower class successfully romances a wealthy... Read More
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An American Tragedy / Hippolytus / The Critic (Original annotated play scripts belonging to actor Wesley Lau)
by Wesley Lau (starring); Theodore Dreiser (novel); Erwin Piscator, Lena Goldschmidt, Euripides, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Kirk Denmark (playwrights)
N.p.: N.p., 1948. Carbon typescript copy of the play, "An American Tragedy," with spirit-duplication copies of the plays, "Hippolytus" and "The Critic" bound in. Working copies belonging to actor Wesley Lau, with pencil annotations of Lau's name and the plays' titles on the front wrapper, and manuscript marker annotations of "W. Lau" on the top left of the title... Read More
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London Town (Original photograph of Tessie O'Shea from the 1946 film)
by Wesley Ruggles (director); Val Guest, Siegfried Herzig, Elliot Paul (screenwriters); Sid Field, Greata Gynt, Petula Clark, Kay Kendall (starring)
London: Eagle-Lion Distributors, 1953. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1953 UK film. Features Tessie O'Shea. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. Rubber-stamped on the verso by the distributors and the photography studio, Cannons. An aging stage performer heads to London to be the star of a new show, but when another performer is given the lead... Read More
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Blade (Original screenplay for the 1998 film)
by Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson (starrine); Stephen Norrington (director); David S. Goyer (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: New Line Cinema, 1996. Revised Draft script for the 1998 film, copy belonging to Master Lead Painter Charlie Palazzo, with the annotations in manuscript ink of "Charli P. / Print Dept." and copy number "301" on the front wrapper. "Blue Rev.1" script on blue paper, dated 12/11/96, with copy number "707" in manuscript ink on the top... Read More
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Up in the Cellar [Three in the Cellar] (Original photograph from the 1970 film)
by Wes Stern (starring); Theodore J. Flicker (director, screenwriter); Angus Hall (novel); Joan Collins, Larry Hagman, Judy Pace (starring)
N.p.: American International Pictures [AIP], 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. With an American International Pictures stamp to the verso, alongside a cello-taped mimeograph snipe. Featuring a "black militant" being forcibly removed from the room by actor Larry Hagman, while Harlene Jones and Judy Pace look on. A lighthearted comedy and a movie that... Read More
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Money for Nothing (Signed First Edition)
by Donald E. Westlake
New York: Mysterious Press / Warner, 2003. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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The Last Mile (First Edition, wrappered issue, inscribed by the author)
by John Wexley
New York: Samuel French, 1930. First Edition. First Edition, wrappered variant. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Audrey and Bill / Happy we are together / John Wexley / 2/14/46." Name stamp of one of the inscribees, Audrey Wood of Westport, Connecticut, on the front endpaper. Basis for the 1959 film noir starring Mickey... Read More
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The Mother's Recompense (First printing of this edition)
by Edith Wharton
New York: D. Appleton, 1925. First printing of this edition, published in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the American Bookseller's Association and 100th Anniversary of D. Appleton and Company, as noted on the front pastedown. Presented to Association members and guests at the Annual Banquet "Chicago / May Fourteenth / Nineteen Twenty-five." With an "S." printed... Read More
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The Gods Arrive (First Edition)
by Edith Wharton
New York: D. Appleton, 1932. First Edition. First Edition, first printing with "(I)" at the end of the text on page 432 as called for. Very Good plus, lacking the dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, with a slight lean, otherwise a bright copy.
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Purr Poor Richard, or Franklin in France (Original script for an unproduced play)
by Dennis Whelan
N.p.: Self published, 1986. Draft script for the an unproduced three-act play called "Purr Poor Richard," or "Franklin in France," with both titles on the title page, written by Dennis Whelan. The play opens with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and follows Benjamin Franklin to France to negotiate a peace treat with the Crown. Notable... Read More
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Billie Holiday: Her Life and Times (First UK Edition)
by [Billie Holiday] John Whit
Tunbridge Wells: Spellmount, 1987. First Edition. First Edition. Published simultaneously in the United States. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout; Holiday is well represented. Part of the "Jazz Life and Times" series. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped. Jacket extremities lightly toned, with light wrinkles at the spine ends, and a... Read More
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Some Must Watch (First UK Edition)
by Ethel Lina White
London: Ward Lock, 1933. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Basis for the quintessential 1946 film noir "The Spiral Staircase," directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Dorothy McGuire and George Brent. Rare. Very Good plus in brown cloth-covered boards, lacking the rare dust jacket. Contemporary gift inscription on the front endpaper, with moderate foxing to the page... Read More
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The Money Trap (First Edition)
by Lionel White
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1966 film noir, starring Glenn Ford, Ricardo Montalban and Rita Hayworth. Very Good plus in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Faint foxing to the upper page edges. Jacket is moderately rubbed overall, with a few nicks and creasing to the spine ends and... Read More
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Clean Break (First Edition, in publisher's trial dust jacket)
by Lionel White
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. First Edition. First Edition. In publisher's trial dust jacket, date stamped March 1, 1955, on the bottom of the front flap. Basis for Stanley Kubrick's breakthrough 1956 film "The Killing," starring Sterling Hayden in one of his defining roles. About Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Faint offsetting on... Read More
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Clean Break (First Edition)
by Lionel White
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for Stanley Kubrick's breakthrough 1956 film noir, "The Killing," starring Sterling Hayden in one of his defining roles. Very Good plus in an about Fine review dust jacket, slightly tall as issued, stamped "PUB. MARCH 1, 1955" at the bottom for the front flap. Top page edges... Read More
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Jo Gar's Casebook (Limited Edition, one of 225 copies signed by editor Keith Alan Deutsch and designer Tom Roberts)
by Raoul Whitfield
Norfolk and Woodbridge: Black Mask Press / Crippen and Landru, 2002. Limited Edition, one of 225 hand-numbered copies (this being No. 167) SIGNED by both editor Keith Alan Deutsch and designer Tom Roberts. A collection of 18 short stories featuring Filipino detective Jo Gar. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Lacking the separately printed... Read More
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Leaves of Grass (Later printing, published by Worthington)
by Walt Whitman
Boston: Thayer and Eldridge / Richard Worthington, 1860. Third edition. Richard Worthington "pirated" printing, with no printer and stereotype information on copyright page. Frontispiece tissue guard intact. The third edition of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" was initially published by Thayer and Eldridge in 1860. At the beginning of 1861, however, they declared bankruptcy and sold the... Read More
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One Got Away (First Australian Edition)
by Harry Whittington
New York: Phantom Books, 1956. No. 710. First Australian Edition, a paperback original. Good in wrappers, with a slight lean, moderately edgeworn, with a few bruises on the front wrapper.
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Strangers on Friday (First Edition)
by Harry Whittington
New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1959. First Edition. First Edition. The third of four titles published in hardcover by the prolific author, the rest being paperback originals. Whittington was a major influence on writers that followed in his hard-boiled style, including Charles Willeford. Very Good in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards slightly bowed, light foxing... Read More
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