Black Alibi (First Edition)
by Cornell Woolrich
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for Jacques Tourneur's 1943 film "The Leopard Man," one of the famed Val Lewton productions of the early 1940s. Very Good in a Good to Very Good jacket. Book has a moderate lean, an owner name on the front endpaper, foxing to the bright red topstain, and... Read More
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The Black Curtain (First Edition)
by Cornell Woolrich
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. First Edition. First Edition. The author's second mystery, basis for the 1942 film noir "Street of Chance," starring Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine panel lightly faded, with minor rubbing at the spine ends and a couple of corners. An excellent... Read More
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Violence (First Edition)
by Cornell Woolrich
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1958. First Edition. First Edition. Collects six of Woolrich's longer pulp stories for the first time, including his only horror story, "The Moon of Montezuma." "Violence" is one of the few Woolrich titles to feature an author photo on the jacket's rear panel: the author is shown almost smiling, next to his beloved... Read More
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The Black Path of Fear (First Edition)
by Cornell Woolrich
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1944. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the dreamlike 1946 film noir "The Chase," starring Robert Cummings, Michele Morgan, and Peter Lorre. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Small tap on the bottom right corner of the front board. Jacket spine ends and corners lightly chipped, with two pinholes... Read More
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Cool Breeze (Complete set of eight original color photographs from the 1972 film)
by W. R. Burnett (novel); Barry Pollack (director, screenwriter); Thalmus Rasulala, Jim Watkins, Judy Pace (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1972. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Four photos shown, please inquire to see the others. Loosely based on the 1950 film "The Asphalt Jungle," which was in turn based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel. A former inmate decides to gather a gang of... Read More
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Cool Breeze (Seven original photographs from the 1972 film)
by W. R. Burnett (novel); Barry Pollack (director, screenwriter); Thalmus Rasulala, Jim Watkins, Judy Pace (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1972. Seven black and white studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Loosely based on the 1950 film "The Asphalt Jungle," which was in turn based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel. A former inmate decides to gather a gang of criminals to execute a diamond heist, in the hopes of using... Read More
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The Disappearance of General Jason (First UK Edition)
by P.C. Wren
London: John Murray, 1940. First Edition. First Edition, preceding all others. Very Good plus in a Very Good example of the scarce dust jacket. Light foxing along the edges and to the interior leaves. Jacket chipped to the crown, repaired with tape on the verso, and lightly foxed overall.
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Dead Men's Boots and Other Tales from the Foreign Legion (First UK Edition)
by P. C. Wren
London: Gryphon Books Limited, 1949. First Edition. First Edition, preceding all others. Collects for the first time in one volume previous novels by the author, including "Stepsons of France" (1917), "Good Geste" (1929), "Flawed Blades" (1933), and "Port O' Missing Men" (1934). Near Fine in a Very Good example of the scarce dust jacket. Light toning along... Read More
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Port O' Missing Men: Strange Tales of the Stranger Regiment (First Edition)
by P.C. Wren
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W., 1934. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus lacking dust jacket. Light fading to the spine, light foxing to the top and front page edges, and a slight lean.
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Valiant Dust (First UK Edition, inscribed)
by P.C. [Percival Christopher] Wren
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W., 1932. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on his coat of arms bookplate, affixed on the front pastedown: "To Mrs. D.O. Williams / with the author's regards / Wren." Moderate spine lean and moderate foxing to the fore-edges outer page margins, else About Very Good in a like dust jacket.... Read More
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M31: A Family Romance (Signed First Edition)
by Stephen Wright
New York: Harmony Books, 1988. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The author's second book, a satire about a midwestern family with extraterrestrial beliefs. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket.
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Vision and Legacy (First Edition)
by [Frank Lloyd Wright]
Urbana: University of Illinois / Committee of Architectural Heritage, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Frank Lloyd Wright's work held at the University of Illinois from September 15 through October 1, 1965. Near Fine in saddle stapled wrappers.
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The Casino Murder Case (First Edition)
by Willard Huntington writing as S. S. Van Dine Wright
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. First Edition. A Philo Vance mystery. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. A hint of fading to the green on the spine panel. Jacket has light rubbing to front panel, with tiny closed tears to extremities. A very presentable copy.
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Confessions of an Old Maid (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Doug McHenry (screenwriter); John Sack (writer)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the treatment is a copied letter addressed to writer John Sack from Lawrence S. Dietz, the west coast editor of Playboy magazine, discussing a Playboy assignment for "a piece tentatively titled 'Confessions of an Old Maid Man,' which will reflect on the experience—yours—of being an adult male,... Read More
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Triptych (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by John Melson (screenwriter); John Anderson (writer)
Madrid, Spain: The Monovox Company, 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. A mysterious man posing as an artist is luring young women to his apartment in 1936 Madrid, where he asks them to pose and then kills them and takes their photo. Forty years later, a young woman is living in the apartment these unspeakable acts... Read More
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Death Warmed Over (Original treatment script for the 1980 radio broadcast)
by Lawrence Tubelle (writer)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Treatment script for "Death Warmed Over," which would later be turned into a radio broadcast and aired in on September 24, 1980 on the Mutual Radio Theater program, then replayed on December 3, 1980. Mutual Radio Theater, formerly the Sears Radio Theater, changed names in 1980 when the program moved from CBS to the Mutual broadcasting... Read More
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20,000 Bikinis Under the Sea (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Norman Maurer (writer)
Hollywood: Self published, 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film called "20,000 Bikinis Under the Sea." Maurer rose to some popularity after his brief stint as a comic book artist, notably for "Three Stooges" titles and the first 3-D comics, "Three-Dimension Comics," featuring Mighty Mouse. He also married Joan Howard, daughter of Stooge Moe Howard, and this association led... Read More
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Encore (Four original publicity photographs of W. Somerset Maugham from the 1951 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Pat Jackson, Anthony Pelissier, Harold French (directors); T.E.B. Clarke, Arthur Macrae, Eric Ambler (screenwriters); Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan, Kay Walsh (starring)
London: J. Arthur Rank, 1951. Four vintage borderless publicity photographs of writer W. Somerset Maugham, showing Maugham sitting on his garden verandah at his home on the French Riviera, taken to publicize the 1951 film. All four with the stamps of J. Arthur Rank Organization on the verso, and one with a printed mimeo snipe. From the... Read More
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Quartet (Original photograph from the 1948 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (stories); Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart (directors); Lawrence Turner (photographer); R. C. Sherrif (screenwriter); Basil Radford, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Angela Baddeley (starring)
London: Gainsborough Pictures, 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 British film, showing actress Mai Zetterling. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamps of Movie Life and J. Arthur Rank, a stamp specific to the film's UK release, and the stamp of still photographer Lawrence Turner. A British anthology film based... Read More
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Quartet (Original photograph from the US re-release of the 1948 British film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (stories); Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart (directors); Lawrence Turner (photographer); R. C. Sherrif (screenwriter); Basil Radford, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Angela Baddeley (starring)
N.p.: Fine Arts Films, 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US re-release of the 1948 British film, showing actors Jack Watling and Mai Zetterling. A British anthology film based on several stories by W. Somerset Maugham, including "The Colonel's Lady," "The Kite," and "The Facts of Life." Zetterling and Watling appear in "The Facts of Life," a... Read More
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Original photograph of W. Somerset Maugham at villa La Mauresque, circa 1950
by W. Somerset Maugham (subject, author); Tom Blau (photographer)
London: Camera Press, 1950. Vintage borderless photograph of author W. Somerset Maugham at his residence at the villa La Mauresque at Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera, circa 1950. Mimeo snipe and provenance stamps on the verso, struck "Parimages" in manuscript ink. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.
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Of Human Bondage (Two original photographs from the 1934 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Lester Cohen (screenwriter); John Cromwell (director); Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee (starring)
London: National Film Archive, 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film, one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard, the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author... Read More
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Strictly Unconventional [The Circle] (Original screenplay for the 1930 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (play); David Burton (director); Sylvia Thalberg, Frank Butler (screenwriters); Frank Reicher, Clarence Wilson, Lewis Stone, Paul Cavanagh, Ernest Torrence (starring)
Culver City, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1929. Draft script for the 1930 film, seen here under the working title "The Circle." Stamped "FILE COPY" on the front wrapper, and noted as "TALKING VERSION." Partial, unsigned distribution receipt laid in. Based on the 1921 play by W. Somerset Maugham, about a young woman who decides to leave her dull,... Read More
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Of Human Bondage (Original photograph of Kim Novak from the 1964 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway (directors); Bryan Forbes (screenwriter); Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film, showing actress Kim Novak nude and on a bed. The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel, following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in... Read More
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Of Human Bondage (Collection of 13 photographs from the 1964 film)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway (directors); Bryan Forbes (screenwriter); Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Seven Arts, 1964. Collection of 13 studio photographs from the 1964 film. The third of three feature films adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel, starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey, following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor... Read More
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