The Cinema of Orson Welles (First Edition)
by Peter Bogdanovich
New York: Museum of Modern Art [MOMA] / Doubleday, 1961. First Edition. First Edition. Bogdanovich's first book (his second was a similar monograph on Hitchcock, published by MOMA in 1963), a photo illustrated essay on Welles' films. This piece is important in that it preceded Bogdanovich's fame as a director, actor and film historian, as well as what would... Read More
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The Tube (First UK Edition)
by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac writing as Boileau-Narcejac
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. First UK Edition, preceded by the First French Edition published as "L'ingénieur aimait trop les chiffres" in 1958. Near Fine in a Very Good plus example of the rare dust jacket.
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Heart to Heart (First UK Edition)
by Thomas Boileau and Pierre Narcejac writing as Boileau-Narcejac
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1959. First UK Edition, published the same year as the First French Edition (under the title "À Cœur Perdu"). Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slight lean. Jacket has an ink mark on the front panel (see image). Scarce.
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Celle Qui N'Etait Plus [Diabolique] (First French Edition)
by Pierre and Thomas Narcejac Boileau
Paris: Denoel, 1952. First French Edition (and correct first). "Celle Qui N'Etait Plus" was the writing team's first effort, basis for Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1955 masterpiece, "Les Diaboliques" (or "Diabolique"), starring Simone Signoret. Before Clouzot had even finished making "Diabolique," Alfred Hitchcock had secured the rights to the duo's forthcoming book, which would become the basis for his... Read More
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Inventaire Des Objets Ayant Appartenu A Une Femme De Bois-Colombes (First Edition)
by Christian Boltanski
Paris: CNAC, 1974. First Edition. First Edition. One of four photo books published by photographer and artist Boltanski, whose notion was to demonstrate a person by way of photographing all her worldly possessions. In this case, the person was a single woman living in a flat in Bois-Colombes, a suburb of Paris. Fine in tan perfect-bound wrappers... Read More
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Rei Kawakubo: Comme des Garçons (First Edition)
by [Rei Kawakubo] [Comme des Garçons] Andrew Bolton
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Includes a pullout poster, as issued. Documents the work of groundbreaking, avant-garde designer Rei Kawakubo for her fashion house Comme des Garçons. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held from May 4 to September 4, 2017, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—the first Costume Institute exhibition... Read More
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Legacy (Signed First Edition)
by Charles Bonner
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. First Edition. One of an unspecified limited edition for "friends of the publisher," SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. Basis for the 1941 film "Adam Had Four Sons," directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward, and Fay Wray. Near Fine... Read More
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Crossroads Community / The Farm (Original proposal relating to the 1974-1980 environmental art piece and community center)
by [Bonnie Sherk, Jack Wickert]
Los Angeles: N.p., 1979. Vintage proposal for an expansion of Crossroads Community, also known as The Farm, a combined performance art piece, community center, and environmental project located at the corner of Cesar Chavez Street (then known as Army Street) and Potrero Avenue in San Francisco. Created by Bonnie Sherk and Jack Wickert in 1974, the seven-acre... Read More
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Living Poor (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Moritz Thomsen (book)
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Draft script for an unproduced film. With annotations in manuscript ink throughout, mostly noting pagination and editorial revisions. Based on the 1969 biography by Moritz Thomsen, about his choice to sell his pig farm and join the Peace Corps in Ecuador. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present, undated. 59 leaves, with last... Read More
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Early Images from the Floating World : Japanese Paintings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, 1660-1720: Exhibition March 3 - April 5, 2008
by [Japanese Prints and Illustrated Books]
New York: Sebastian Izzard LLC, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers.
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God Without Magic (Original treatment script for an unproduced television series)
by Steven P. Duchscherer (screenwriter); Joseph W. Still (book)
N.p.: N.p., 1979. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Based on an unpublished nonfiction book by Joseph W. Still, which proposed to "strip away the veneer of 'magic' and antiquated thought concerning many aspects of Life, Love, the Universe and Nature." The intended television series would address such topics as aging, the birth of the universe,... Read More
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The Diary of Anne Frank (Original photograph from the 1980 television film)
by Boris Sagal (director); Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett (screenwriter); Anne Frank (diary); Maximilian Schell, Joan Plowright, James Coco, Doris Roberts, Clive Revill, Melissa Gilbert (starring)
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1980. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1980 television film. Based on the real-life diary of Anne Frank. A teenage girl and her family must hide from persecution under the Nazi government. Set in the Netherlands. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
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You'll Find Out (Original photograph of Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre from the 1940 film)
by Boris; Karloff Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, Kay Kyser (starring); David Butler (director, screenwriter); James V. Kern, Monte Brice, Andrew Bennison, R. T. M. Scott (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film, showing actors Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre. A popular band takes on a job performing at a wealthy heiress' birthday bash in her large, haunted mansion. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light adhesive residue and wear to the corners.
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The Mask of Fu Manchu (Original photograph of Myrna Loy from the 1932 pre-Code film)
by Boris Karloff (starring); Charles Brabin, Charles Vidor (directors); Sax Rohmer (novel); Irene Kuhn, Edgar Allan Woolf, John Willard (screenwriters); Myrna Loy (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film, showing actress Myrna Loy in yellowface as the daughter of Fu Manchu. Based on the 1932 novel by Sax Rohmer. The best-known of the early Fu Manchu films, wherein the eponymous doctor determines to find the legendary mask and sword of Genghis Khan. 8 x... Read More
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Corridors of Blood (Original photograph from the 1958 film)
by Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie (starring); Robert Day (director); Jean Scott Rogers (screenwriter)
London: National Screen Service, 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1958 British horror film. A surgeon develops a groundbreaking anesthetic for use in surgery, only to become addicted to the substance—leading him to work with a gang of criminals in order to fund his addiction. Released as a double feature in the... Read More
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Dime With a Halo (Original screenplay for the 1963 film)
by Boris Sagal (director); Laszlo Vanay, Hans Wilhelm (screenwriters); BarBara Luna, Rafael Lopez, Roger Mobley, Paul Langton (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film. Four street urchins bet weekly on the horse races and decide to steal a dime from the church one week in order to allow Jesus to be a partner in their scheme. They win an exorbitant amount, only to have the winning ticket float away... Read More
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The Haunted Strangler (Original photograph of Vera Day from the 1958 film)
by Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Anthony Dawson (starring); Robert Day (director); John Croydon, Jan Read (screenwriters)
Various cities: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Amalgamated Productions, 1958. Vintage reference photograph from the 1958 film, showing an outraged actress Vera Day as someone pours champagne down her dress. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending... Read More
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Cauldron of Blood (Two original photographs from the US release of the 1968 film)
by Boris Karloff, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Viveca Lindfors, Rosenda Monteros (starring); Edward Mann (screenwriter, director); John Melson (screenwriter); Santos Alcocer (director)
N.p.: Cannon Films, 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 US release of the 1968 Spanish film. A blind sculptor has been working on a piece using bones, but he doesn't know they are real human bones of the victims of his wife. Shot on location in Madrid, and Andalucía, Spain. ... Read More
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Five Star Final (Original photograph from the 1931 film)
by Boris Karloff Edward G. Robinson (starring); Mervyn LeRoy (director); Louis Weitzenkorn (play); Byron Morgan, Robert Lord (screenwriters); Marian Marsh (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1931. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1931 pre-Code film, showing actor Edward G. Robinson surrounded by newsroom staff. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1930 play by Louis Weitzenkorn. The beleaguered managing editor of a flagging tabloid newspaper attempts to resurrect the publication's readership by reinvestigating... Read More
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Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (Original screenplay for the 1976 television miniseries, two-volume presentation copy)
by Boris Sagal (director); Dean Riesner, Stanford Whitmore (screenwriters); Arthur Hailey (novel); Kirk Douglas, Christopher Plummer, Joan Collins (starring)
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1976. First Draft script in two volumes for the 1976 television miniseries based on Arthur Hailey's 1975 novel. Presentation script belonging to producer Ross Hunter with Hunter's name on the front board of each volume. Boris Sagal directed this star-studded miniseries based on Arthur Hailey's fastidious novel. The laboriously researched story... Read More
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Night Key (Original portrait photograph of Boris Karloff by photographer Ray Jones from the 1937 film)
by Boris Karloff, Warren Hull, Jean Rogers (starring); Lloyd Corrigan (director); Tristram Tupper, Jack Moffitt (screenwriters); Ray Jones (photographer)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1937. Vintage portrait photograph of Boris Karloff by photographer Ray Jones from the 1937 film. Photograph with two studio stamps on the verso, one crediting photographer Jones and one noting Karloff in Universal Pictures, with several provenance stamps, layout annotations, and paper tape also on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood... Read More
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Picabia (First Edition)
by [Francis Picabia] Maria Lluïsa Borràs
New York: Rizzoli, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. With over 1100 illustrations, including 226 in color. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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L'Épopee du Costume Militaire Francais (First Edition)
by Henri Bouchot
Paris: Socieete Francaise D'Éditions C'Art, N.p.. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Light foxing on the front board, toning to the spine, and previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown.
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Run for the Sun (Original British front-of-house card from the 1956 film)
by Boulting Ray (director); Richard Connell (story); Dudley Nichols (screenwriter); Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer, Peter van Eyck (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1956. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1956 US film. Loosely based on Richard Connell's story, "The Most Dangerous Game," about a novelist spending his days in a self-imposed exile in Central America. A reporter tracks him down in the hope of a good story, and the... Read More
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Assia: Sublime modèle (First French Edition)
by [Assia Granatouroff] Christian Bouqueret
Paris: Marval, 2006. Hardcover. First French Edition. Text in French. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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