Cell Memory (Signed Limited Edition)
by Macy Chadwick
Oakland, CA: In Cahoots, 2002. First Edition. First Edition. Offset printed in gray and yellow ink on UV Ultra paper. Pamphlet sewn, enclosed in a shaped envelope with string, and fabric additions. One of 100 numbered copies (this being No. 71) SIGNED by Chadwick. From the artist: "Cell Memory is an artist’s book about the microscopic world... Read More
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Once Too Often (First Edition)
by Whitman Chambers
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1938. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1948 film noir "Blonde Ice," directed by B-movie great Jack Bernard and starring Robert Paige and Leslie Brooks. Rare. Near Fine in a bright, Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket is lightly chipped at the corners, with a small bruise at the crown, slightly affecting the... Read More
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The Come-On (First Edition)
by Whitman Chambers
New York: Pyramid No. 74, 1953. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. Basis for the 1956 film noir starring Sterling Hayden and Anne Baxter. Uncommon. Light fading to the topstain, Near Fine overall.
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The Big Sleep (First Movie Tie-In Edition)
by Raymond Chandler
Cleveland: World Publishing, 1946. First printing of this edition. Movie tie-in to the 1946 Warner Brothers film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. With pictorial endpapers and black-and-white photographs from the film. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket creased vertically along the spine, with light toning to same.
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Farewell, My Lovely (First Edition Library Facsimile Edition)
by Raymond Chandler
Shelton, CT: First Edition Library [FEL] / Otto Penzler, 1990. First Edition. First Edition Library facsimile reprint of the 1940 First Edition, published in collaboration with Otto Penzler. With publisher's card laid in. Raymond Chandler's second Philip Marlowe novel, basis for three film adaptations: one in 1942 ("The Falcon Takes Over," starring George Sanders), one in 1944 ("Murder,... Read More
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The Lady in the Lake (First Edition, inscribed to screenwriter Frank Partos)
by Raymond Chandler
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED to Frank Partos on the half-title page: "For Frank Partos / with love / Raymond Chandler." Partos and Chandler co-wrote the screenplay for "And Now Tomorrow" (1944), one of Chandler's few screenwriting efforts. As a screenwriter, Partos was responsible for some of the best genre films of... Read More
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The Little Sister in Cosmopolitan, April 1949 (Volume 126, issue 4)
by Raymond Chandler
New York: Hearst Magazines, 1949. The first appearance of the novel, in an abridged pre-publication format, preceding the version published by Hamish Hamilton in the UK later the same year, and the US edition published just after that. Chandler's fifth novel, written after several years working as a screenwriter, and dripping with his contempt for Hollywood. Basis for... Read More
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The Black Camel (Original photograph of Warner Oland and Chang Apana on the set of the 1931 film)
by Chang Apana (subject); Warner Oland, Blea Lugosi, Sally Eilers (starring); Earl Derr Biggers (novel); Hamilton MacFadden (director); Hugh Stanislaus Stange (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: Fox Film, 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1931 film, showing actor Warner Oland in costume as Charlie Chan, accompanied by Chang Apana, the real-life Chinese-Hawaiian detective who inspired the character. Printed mimeo snipe and Fox Film stamp on the verso. Based on Earl Derr Biggers' 1929 novel. The second film to feature... Read More
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Johnny Guitar (First Edition, Association Copy inscribed to producer Herbert Yates)
by Roy Chanslor
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication to Republic Studios founder Herbert Yates on the front endpaper: "To Herbert Yates / That his faith in this enterprise may be justified / Sincerely / Roy Chanslor / 6/15/53." One of the strangest and most important Westerns ever... Read More
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The Meetings of Anna [Les rendez-vous d'Anna] (Six original photographs from the 1978 film)
by Chantal Akerman (director, screenwriter); Aurore Clement, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Magali Noel (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1978. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. A Belgian filmmaker travels across western Europe to promote her latest film, encountering a wide range of figures, both strangers and important people from her past, along the way. Set and shot on location in Belgium, France, and West Germany. 9.5 x... Read More
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I, You, He, She [Je tu il elle] (Original photograph from the 1985 French film)
by Chantal Akerman (director, screenwriter, starring); Eric De Kuyper, Paul Paquay (screenwriters) Niels Arestrup, Claire Wauthion (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1985 French-Belgian film, showing Chantal Akerman in the process of disrobing. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Akerman's debut, groundbreaking feature film, an intimate and strikingly minimal exploration of sexuality and femininity. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 19. ... Read More
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Georgy Girl (Original photograph from the 1966 film)
by Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, James Mason, Lynn Redgrave (starring); Margaret Forster (novel, screenwriter); Silvio Narizzano (director)
N.p.: N.p., 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 British film, showing Charlotte Rampling and Alan Bates. Based on the 1965 novel by Margaret Forster, a portrait of 1960s Swinging London, about a young woman who is torn between romances with her father's employer and the boyfriend of her pregnant flatmate. 10 x 8 inches. Near... Read More
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Scrooge (Two original photographs taken on the set of the 1970 film)
by Charles Dickens (novella); Ronald Neame (director); Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More (starring); Leslie Bricusse (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1970 film, one borderless and one bordered. A 1970 musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol." Nominated for four Academy Awards. Shot in London and Buckinghamshire. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
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Original Sin (Original screenplay for the 1989 NBC television film)
by Charlton Heston, Ann Jillian, Robert Desiderio, Lou Liberatore (starring); Ron Satlof (director); Philip Frank Messina (screenwriter)
N.p.: Larry A. Thompson Organization, 1988. Shooting script for the 1989 television movie, which aired on NBC on February 20 1989. Laid in are four "Television Call Sheets," three with attached maps and directions to the location shooting. When a suburban couple's young child is kidnapped, the father's hidden past in the Mafia is revealed. Featuring a supporting... Read More
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Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris (First Edition)
by Charles Marville (photographs); Sarah Kennel, Anne de Mondenard, Peter Barberie, Françoise Reynaud, Joke de Wolf (text)
Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition which opened on September 29, 2013, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, later traveling to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery of Canada in Ontario. Very Good plus to... Read More
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Earthquake (Collection of original promotional ephemera for the 1974 film)
by Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Genevieve Bujold (starring); Mark Robson (director); George Fox, Mario Puzo (screenwriter)
Universal City: Universal Studios, 1974. Collection of vintage press and promotional ephemera for the 1974 film. Includes a flyer, three gatherings of promotional material, the November 1974 issue of "American Cinematographer" magazine featuring an article about the film, two flyers promoting the Japanese release of the film, and a composite studio still photograph from the film. A catastrophic... Read More
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Beethoven's 2nd [Second] (Original screenplay for the 1993 film)
by Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Debi Mazar (starring); Rod Daniel (director); Len Blum (screenwriter)
Universal City: Universal City Studios, 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Sequel to the successful 1992 family comedy film "Beethoven," about the adventures of the titular St. Bernard dog and his suburban family. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated May 3, 1993, noted as Rev., with credit for screenwriter Len Blum. 127 leaves, with last... Read More
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Beethoven (Seven original photographs from the 1992 film)
by Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, David Duchovny, Oliver Platt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (starring); John Hughes, Amy Holden Jones (screenwriters); Brian Levant (director)
Universal City: Universal City Studios, 1992. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1992 film, including three compilation photographs. The first entry in the successful "Beethoven" series, about a gentle and intelligent St. Bernard who wins the hearts of a suburban family. Followed by seven sequels and a spin-off television series. 10 x 8 inches. Near... Read More
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The Strange Door (Four original photographs from the 1951 film)
by Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff (starring); Joseph Pevney (director); Jerry Sackheim (screenplay); Robert Louis Stevenson (story); Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley (starring)
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1951. Four items, consisting of two vintage studio still photographs and two vintage reference photographs, all from the 1951 film. Based on the 1877 story "The Sire de Malétroit's Door" by Robert Louis Stevenson. A wealthy gentleman seeks revenge on his brother for marrying his childhood sweetheart, who subsequently died giving birth... Read More
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The Strange Door (Five original photographs from the 1951 film)
by Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff (starring); Joseph Pevney (director); Jerry Sackheim (screenplay); Robert Louis Stevenson (story); Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley (starring)
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1951. Two vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1951 film. One studio still photograph with a blind provenance stamp on the bottom left of the verso with a date stamped over top. Two reference photographs with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on the 1877... Read More
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Girl Without a Room (Original publicity photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film)
by Charles Farrell, Charlie Ruggles, Marguerite Churchill (starring); Ralph Murphy (director); Claude Binyon, Frank Butler (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code musical film. A naïve painter from Tennessee moves to France, where he promptly falls in with a dubious crowd of abstract artists) in Montparnasse. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with a faint ink mark on the upper right portion of the photograph.... Read More
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Chaplin [Charlie] (Original screenplay for the 1992 film)
by Charles Chaplin (autobiography); Richard Attenborough (director); David Robinson (book); William Boyd (screenwriter); Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Dunn (starring)
N.p.: Lambeth Productions, 1991. Shooting script for the 1992 film, here under the working title "Charlie." Based on Charlie Chaplin's 1964 book "My Autobiography" and the 1985 biography "Chaplin: His Life and Art" by David Robinson. Opening on an elderly Chaplin in 1962, recounting his life for the editor of his autobiography, the film flashes back to... Read More
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (Original photograph of Charlton Heston from the 1965 film)
by Charlton Heston (starring); Carol Reed (director); Irving Stone (novel); Philip Dunne (screenwriter); Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965. Vintage studio still photograph of Charlton Heston from the 1965 film. The film follows the quarrels between Michelangelo and Pope Julius II over the painting of the Sistine Chapel. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. Shot on location in Italy. ... Read More
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The All-American Boy [The All American Boy] (Original screenplay for the 1973 film)
by Charles Eastman (screenwriter, director); John Voight, Anne Archer (starring)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1970. Revised Estimating script for the 1973 film. A key title in New Hollywood cinema. Searching for some direction in his life, Vic Bealer (Voight) fights his way to Olympic glory as an amateur boxer, void of emotion and feeling, using women, and taking advantage of everyone to get what he wants. Shot... Read More
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Children's Literaure in Elementary School (Second Edition)
by Charlotte S. Huck, Doris Young Kuhn
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Second Edition. About Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has a number of tiny closed tears and associated shallow creasing, with light fading to the spine. Altogether a presentable copy.
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