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Child's Play [Childsplay] (Two original photographs from the 1988 film)
by Brad Dourif, Chris Sarandon, Catherine Hicks (starring); Tom Holland (director, screenwriter); Don Mancini, John Lafia (screenwriters)
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1988. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1988 film [here with an early spelling of the title as "Childsplay," one showing actors Catherine Hicks and Alex Vincent with Chucky, the other showing Hicks screaming in fear. The first entry in the successful supernatural horror film series, about Chucky, a toy doll... Read More
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Kalifornia [California] (Original screenplay for the 1993 film)
by Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes (starring); Dominic Sena (director); Tim Metcalfe, Aris McGarry, Mitch Sacharoff (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Propaganda Films, 1992. Draft script for the 1993 film, seen here under the working title "California." A graduate student couple decide to take a cross-country road trip to visit serial killer murder sites, picking up an unusual couple along the way through a ride-sharing advertisement. The uneasy balance between the two couples begins to degrade... Read More
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World War Z (Original screenplay for the 2013 film)
by Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale (starring); Marc Forster (director); Max Brooks (novel); Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 2012. Draft script for the 2013 film. Early draft script, with a generic (untitled, undated, and uncredited) title page as issued. Copy belonging to weapons master Simon Atherton, with his name watermarked on every page, and his manuscript annotations on multiple leaves relating to weapon props. Based on the 2006 novel by Max Brooks, set... Read More
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L.A. Times (Original screenplay for the pilot episode of an unproduced television series)
by Brad Williams, Joseph Staretski, Stephen Sustarsic (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 2012. First Draft script for the pilot episode of an unproduced television series. A relationship comedy in the vein of "Seinfeld," set in Los Angeles, about a psychologist and his friends—including an ex-nun and a little person set on extorting money from large corporations. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 07/12/12, noted as FIRST... Read More
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The Edge of Doom (Signed Limited Edition)
by Leo Brady
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1949. First Edition. First Edition. One of 1500 copies SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in colophon page. Basis for the unusual 1950 film noir, directed by Mark Robson and starring Dana Andrews and Farley Granger. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.
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The Edge of Doom (First Edition)
by Leo Brady
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1949. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the unusual 1950 film noir, directed by Mark Robson and starring Dana Andrews and Farley Granger. Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket faintly toned to the flap folds, with brief edgewear and a lightly faded spine panel.
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Charlie Brown (Signed Limited Edition)
by Davin Brainard
Detroit: Time Stereo, 2005. Limited Edition. One of 40 copies (this being No. 12) of this small photocopied perfect-bound zine in yellow photocopied wrappers. SIGNED by the artist on the first blank. Created by Detroit artist and noise musician Davin Brainard, the zine contains collections of alternative, slightly more misanthropic Charlie Brown comics. Fine in... Read More
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Life at the Top (UK Uncorrected Proof)
by John Braine
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1962. UNCORRECTED PROOF for the First UK Edition, preceding all others. Rare. Basis for the 1965 film starring Laurence Harvey and Jean Simmons. Sequel to the author's first novel, "Room at the Top" (1957). Very Good in publisher's card wrappers, spine lean and slight roll, with a rubbed and creased spine (some... Read More
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Original flyer for a performance by Bad Brains, Driftwood, Soylent Green, and Junior Achievement at the Calderon Ballroom, October 24, 1982
by [Punk Rock] Bad Brains
Phoenix, AZ: Calderon Ballroom, 1982. Vintage flyer for a performance by Bad Brains, with supporting acts, Driftwood, Soylent Green, and Junior Achievement, presented by Mersey Productons, at the Calderon Ballroom in Phoenix, Arizona, October 24, 1982. A forerunner of hardcore punk, and adept at reggae, heavy metal, funk, hip hop and soul, Washington DC's acclaimed Bad Brains have... Read More
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Brakhage Films (Original sales catalog for 1971)
by Stan Brakhage
Rollinsville, CO: Self published, 1971. Original mail order catalog for Stan Brakhage films issued in 1971. Featuring 35 8mm and 35 16mm titles, with brief descriptions for the 8mm films. 7 x 8.5 inches. Ten pages, saddle stapled in self wrappers. Very Good, with dampstaining on the front wrapper and shallow vertical and horizontal creases.
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Lengthy typed letter signed from Stan Brakhage to Will Petersen
by Stan Brakhage
N.p.: N.p., 1973. Lengthy typed letter signed from Stan Brakhage to Will Petersen, roughly 500 words, dated May 28, 1973. Petersen was the director of the Creative Arts Center at West Virginia University, and Brakhage's letter confirms an upcoming talk at the university and answers in some detail a number of Petersen's questions. With Brakhage's manuscript signature in black... Read More
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The Seen (Uncorrected page proofs, with trial wrapper)
by Stan Brakhage
San Francisco: Pasteurize Press / Zephyrus Image, 1975. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOFS, preceding the First Edition. A transcription of Brakhage's remarks following a screening of his film, "The Text of Light," at the San Francisco Art Institute, Nov 18, 1974. One of what could only be a handful of proofs made for Zephyrus Image prior to... Read More
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The Seen (Second Edition)
by Stan Brakhage
San Francisco: Pasteurize Press / Zephyrus Image, 1975. Second Edition, lacking the original printed mailing envelope and smoky mylar endpapers. An offprint of Brakhage's remarks following a screening of his film, "The Text of Light," at the San Francisco Art Institute, Nov 18, 1974. A variant of the first edition described in the Zephyrus Image bibliography by... Read More
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The Seen (First Edition, inscribed to Robert Creeley in the year of publication, with original mailing envelope)
by Stan Brakhage
San Francisco: Pasteurize Press / Zephyrus Image, 1975. First Edition. First Edition. An offprint of Brakhage's remarks following a screening of his film, "The Text of Light," at the San Francisco Art Institute, Nov 18, 1974. ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed to Brakhage's friend, poet Robert Creeley and Creeley's wife on the verso of the title page: "For Bob and Bobby... Read More
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The Seen (Second Edition)
by Stan Brakhage
San Francisco: Pasteurize Press / Zephyrus Image, 1975. Second Edition, lacking the original printed mailing envelope and smoky Mylar endpapers. An offprint of Stan Brakhage's remarks following a screening of his film, "The Text of Light," at the San Francisco Art Institute on November 18, 1974. A variant of the first edition described in the Zephyrus Image... Read More
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![The Brakhage Lectures: George Melies, David Wark [D.W.] Griffith, Carl Theodore [Theodor] Dreyer, Sergei Eisenstein (First Edition, inscribed to Barney Rosset)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/116/219/852219116.0.m.1.jpg)
The Brakhage Lectures: George Melies, David Wark [D.W.] Griffith, Carl Theodore [Theodor] Dreyer, Sergei Eisenstein (First Edition, inscribed to Barney Rosset)
by Stan Brakhage
Chicago: The Goodlion, 1972. First Edition. First Edition. Inscribed by the author to publisher Barney Rosset on the front endpaper: “Dear Barney / In thanks for all you’ve given, made possible: / Thanks, / Stan Brakhage.” Barney Rosset was the founder of the Grove Press, which, in addition to its obvious importance, helped usher Brakhage's work into institutions... Read More
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Brakhage Films (Original sales catalog for 1976)
by Stan Brakhage
Rollinsville, CO: Self published, 1976. Original mail order catalog for Stan Brakhage films issued in 1976. Featuring 47 8mm and 72 16mm titles, with brief descriptions for each film. 9 x 6 inches. 12 pages. About Near Fine in saddle stapled, photo illustrated wrappers.
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Bill Brandt: Camera in London (First Edition)
by [Bill Brandt]
London and New York: The Focal Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Bill Brandt's third book, produced in the postwar period, with black-and-white illustrations throughout. Very Good, with dust jacket affixed to the boards, as issued. Spine worn, with a contemporary owner name on the front endpaper.
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Morituri (Two original photographs from the 1965 film)
by Brando, Marlon, and Yul Brynner (starring); Bernhard Wicki (director); Daniel Taradash (screenwriter); Werner Joerg Luedecke (novel); Trevor Howard (starring)
London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1965 UK release of the 1965 US film. On the versos are studio rubber stamps (UK), and one still has a mimeo tag affixed to the verso, with the reissue title "Sabateur: Code Name Morituri." Based on the 1963 novel by Werner Joerg Luedecke, and one... Read More
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Conversations with Picasso (First Edition)
by [Pablo Picasso] Brassaï
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1999. First Edition. First Edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dust jacket.
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Brassaï: No Ordinary Eyes (First UK Edition)
by [Brassaï] Alain Sayag, Annick Lionel-Marie (editors)
London: Thames and Hudson, 2000. Hardcover. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine panel lightly faded. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
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Brassaï: Paris Nocturne (First Edition)
by [Brassaï] Sylvie Aubenas, Quentin Bajac
London: Thames and Hudson, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine, with no dust jacket as issued.
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Black Fox (Vintage Paperback)
by Matthew Braun
Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books No. M-2634, 1972. Vintage paperback. First printing of this edition. Near Fine. Price on the front panel marked through in ink, minor crease in the spine. A nice copy. Not in Holroyd.
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Complete set of the Galeria Bonino monographs: Floats | More Floats | 93 Floats | Constructions and Films (First Edition)
by Robert Breer
New York: Galeria Bonino, 1967. Complete set of four matching exhibition catalogs for a staggered series of installations by avant-garde film director Robert Breer, held at the Galeria Bonino in New York between 1965 and 1970. The first catalog is for an exhibition at the gallery titled "Constructions and Films," and was held in early 1965, noted... Read More
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Flix (First Edition)
by Robert Breer
Montreal: La Cinematheque canadienne, 1967. First Edition. First Edition. An early animation flipbook by Robert Breer, published on the occasion of the World Retrospective of Animation Cinema in 1967. A highly abstract piece, offset printed in black, white, and yellow, devoted to quickly altering geometric forms. 4 x 2.5 inches, with side-stapled card wrappers. Very Good... Read More
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