N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 US sexploitation film. With the stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. <br/><br/>A wealthy Hollywood couple searches for new sexual partners. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
Rome: Fair Film 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. An English language script for consideration by US filmmakers though the film was shot in Italian. <br/><br/>Based on Alberto Bevilacqua's 1964 novel of the same name. The widow of a worker killed by police joins the militant strike against the factory owners one of which falls in love with her and is forced to face his glaring conflicts of interest. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Parma Italy. <br/><br/>Grey titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and director Alberto Bevilacqua. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Fair Film unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1946. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1945 horror anthology film.<br/><br/>An architect spends a weekend in a friend's country house with a number of guests that he has never met but has seen in his nightmares. He soon realizes he is able to predict spontaneous events in the house before they happen leading the guests to relate other stories of supernatural occurrences. A classic influential anthology chiller produced and released during a period when horror films were generally banned from production in Great Britain. <br/><br/>Set in Kent partially shot on location in London and Buckinghamshire. <br/><br/>White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper noted as production No. 3022 dated MAY 6 1946 with credits for director ALBERTO CAVALCANTI actors MERVYN JOHNS ROLAND CULVER FREDERICK VALK and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with first leaf lightly toned at the bottom and right edge bound at the top edge with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
Moore Park Australia: Embassy Pictures 1977. Draft script for the 1977 British film here under the working title "Holocaust 2000." Laid in are additional 18 pages of production documents on legal size blue pink and goldenrod stock.<br/><br/>About as good as 1970s exploitation gets. Kirk Douglas is a wealthy industrialist a fervent believer in the benefit of nuclear power to all mankind. On the verge of retiring and handing down a massive global collection of nuclear power plants to his son Angel he begins to believe that Angel may be the Antichrist. <br/><br/>A co-production between Italy and the UK set in the Middle East shot on location in Devon England and studios in Middlesex and Rome. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 14 April 1977 with credits for screenwriters Donati Robson and Herbert. 140 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue green pink and goldenrod revision pages and production notes laid in dated variously between April 18th 1977 and 11.5.7. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internnally with two silver brads. Embassy Pictures unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1957. Final Draft script for the 1958 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy with his annotations throughout. <br/><br/>A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is near death from freezing. He rescues the man and eventually brings him back to health. When the man is well enough to travel the two part company and the man vows to repay the officer for saving his life. Will their paths cross again<br/><br/>Filmed on location in Belgrade Serbia. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as copy No. 3 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 1957 noted as Final Screenplay with credit for writer Pushkin. 142 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Rome Roma: Lux Film 1948. Two vintage French borderless still photographs from the 1948 Italian film. Both images depict African American actor John Kitzmiller. Foto Franci rubber stamp to the verso alongside various holograph annotations in pencil and red felt ink. <br/><br/>At the close of World War II an African American sergeant struggles with the temptation to sell ex-military supplies to the black market finally caving to pressure in order to save a woman with whom he has fallen in love. Though released in the US a year after its Italian debut it would quickly be banned there and in British-occupied Germany. In part the censorship was due to the film's depiction of interracial romance less offensive in Europe than in the US though moreso for its sociopolitical assertion about the state of race relations in the United States: after World War II scores of African American GIs chose to go AWOL rather than return to discrimination. <br/><br/>Set in Northern Italy shot on location in Tuscany Italy. <br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus condition. Lux Film unknown books
Los Angeles: Zenith 1964. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 US release of the 1962 Italian film. All with a stamp noting production No. 65-527 on the verso and seven with the same stamp on the bottom right corner of the recto. <br/><br/>After many years living in northern Italy a factory worker takes his wife and children on a vacation to his rural Sicilian hometown where he is unknowingly conscripted into performing a hit for the local mob boss. One of the first Italian films to address the Mafia a pitch-black satire of class difference and Italian twentieth century culture.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Sicily New Jersey and New York. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 424. Zenith unknown books
Buenos Aires: Imp. de M. Biedma 1888. Libro. Bien. Encuadernaci�n de tapa dura. 18 x 13 cm. 18 x 13 cm.; 440 pp. m�s el apartado Diarios y Peri�dicos de la Rep�blica Arjentina de 97 pp. Imp. de M. Biedma Hardcover
Surry Hills Australia: Gaslight Publishing Pty Limited 1981. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean text has no markings binding is sound. Book is oversize will require extra shipping for Priority or overseas mailing. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gaslight Publishing Pty Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 128621 ISBN : 0958812225 9780958812221
Los Angeles CA: Albion Productions Ltd. A left-folded program containing eight pages including front and rear covers with laid in slip indicating "The role of The American is now being played by Wesley Grant" with his biography. No date although circa late 1970s. The program contains cast biographies and list of all members associated with the production. With Los Angeles advertisements for Fellini's Adagio Bruce Halperin Designs Jolly Wall Gallery others. Covers lightly age-yellowed; light wear. . Very Good. Wraps. First Edition. 1977. Albion Productions, Ltd. paperback
Wash. D. C.: USGPO 1930. Neat two-page map of the park in the center - other maps and illustrations. Includes: Mesa Verde Pack and Saddle Company where divided skirts can be rented rates to the park via Saddle-Horse and pack animal; Motor trips from Santa Fe Transportation company and El Navajo Hotel Gallup Stage service rates . Show some obvious wear and in used condtion - dated in the back USGPO 1930 - a very cool mostly overlooked piece of Americana. Original Issue. Pamphlet. Good Used. Thin 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall. USGPO Paperback
Melbourne: Kozminsky Galleries 1999. 32 page catalogue price list and opening invitation laid in. Includes works by Sidney Nolan Roland Wakelin. Mick Kubbarku and many others. Paperback. Very Good. Kozminsky Galleries Paperback
Mexico D.F.: Perspectiva Mundial 1966. 38p. mimeograped 8x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left staple rusting last page separated but present. Trotskyist newsletter with material on US troops demoralized in Vietnam the trial of Hugo Blanco the Fort Hood Three and more. Perspectiva Mundial unknown
Mexico D.F.: Perspectiva Mundial 1983. Nine issues of the magazine spanning the period from January 24th 1977 to November 28th 1983. Issues present are Vol. 1 No. 1 Vol. 5 No. 12 and Vol. 7 Nos. 1 3 4 12 13 22 and 23. Various pagination stapled wraps 8.5 x 11 inches some light wear and toning else generally good condition. Text in Spanish. Vol. 1 No. 1 has an English-language sheet laid in announcing the new publication. Spanish-language Trotskyist magazine consisting of translations from Intercontinental Press alongside articles from Spanish-language publications and translations from Trotsky. Perspectiva Mundial unknown books
Mexico D.F.: Perspectiva Mundial 1966. 38p. mimeograped 8x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left staple rusted last page separated but present else good condition. Trotskyist newsletter with material on US troops demoralized in Vietnam the trial of Hugo Blanco the Fort Hood Three and more. Perspectiva Mundial unknown books
NY: Stein & Day. VG in VG DJ. 1972. 1st ptg. Uncovering of a major defensive work of a gate tower and also a timber hall. DJ slight edge wear. . Stein & Day unknown
Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona 2003. 2003-2004. Softcover. Good with museum ex-lib. plate and sticker and a wrinkle to front cover; else clean and tight. Turquoise wraps with color illustration and matching lettering; black lettering on spine; 372 numbered pp. with bw illustrations throughout. Text in Catalan; includes several essays/chapters with illustrations. Universitat de Barcelona paperback
Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona 2006. 2006-2007. Softcover. VG but for tiny tear to top of spine. Hyacinth wraps with color illustration and matching lettering; black lettering on spine; 316 numbered pp. with bw illustrations throughout. Text in Catalan; includes several essays/chapters with illustrations. Universitat de Barcelona paperback
Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona 2003. 2003-2004. Softcover. Good with museum ex-lib. plate and sticker and a wrinkle to front cover; else clean and tight. Turquoise wraps with color illustration and matching lettering; black lettering on spine; 372 numbered pp. with bw illustrations throughout. Text in Catalan; includes several essays/chapters with illustrations. Universitat de Barcelona paperback books
Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona 2006. 2006-2007. Softcover. VG but for tiny tear to top of spine. Hyacinth wraps with color illustration and matching lettering; black lettering on spine; 316 numbered pp. with bw illustrations throughout. Text in Catalan; includes several essays/chapters with illustrations. Universitat de Barcelona paperback books
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1981. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1981 film. Three wealthy couples living in New York take seasonal trips with one another. This marital drama and romantic comedy was met with box office success upon its release. Shot on location in various locations around the eastern United States. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown
London: Cinema International 1976. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1976 UK release of the 1975 US film. Mimeo tag affixed to the verso with cropping annotations in holograph pencil and a UK distributor stamp. Lt. Phil Gaines Reynolds is a tough Los Angeles detective investigating the death of a young woman and having a troubled relationship with a call girl Deneuve. Features an early role by Robert Englund Fred "Freddy" Krueger in the "Nightmar on Elm Street" films. An often overlooked entry in the late cycle of film noir. Set in California and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Grant US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Cinema International unknown
London: National Screen Service 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1967 film. Based on the E. M. Nathanson novel about a group of paratroopers who cause hell for German generals on the day prior to D-Day. John Cassavetes was nominated for a Golden Globe and Lee Marvin won a Golden Laurel award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. National Screen Service unknown
London: National Screen Service 1967. Vintage full-color still photograph from the UK country of origin release of the 1967 film. Based on the E. M. Nathanson novel about a group of paratroopers who cause hell for German generals on the day prior to D-Day. John Cassavetes was nominated for a Golden Globe and Lee Marvin won a Golden Laurel award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with creasing overall with a rubber-stamp on the verso. National Screen Service unknown
London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 UK release of the 1965 US film. Mimeograph snipes and rubber-stamps on the versos cropping annotations on the recto of 1 still. One of the great adventure films of the twentieth century wherein a cargo plane with fewer than a dozen men goes down in the Sahara in a sandstorm. One of the men is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before food and water are depleted. A story set in the Sahara desert shot on location in California and Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. First Draft script for the 1965 film. Included are production notes dated November 1965 laid in and an architectural sketch of the "sky truck" noted as "REVISED / APR. 22. '65" As deluxe a script for this film as we have seen and a highspot for noted director Robert Aldrich. One of the great adventure films of the twentieth century wherein a cargo plane with fewer than a dozen men goes down in the Sahara in a sandstorm. One of the men is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before food and water are depleted. Black titled wrappers noted as 2ND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated April 6th. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Heller and novelist Trevor. 178 leaves mechanical duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/15/65 and 4/27/65. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine with a small fingernail-size bruise at the top left corner of the front wrapper. Bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1978. Final Draft screenplay for the 1979 film "The Frisco Kid" seen here under the early working title "No-Knife." Though first offered to John Wayne the part of "Tommy" went to Harrison Ford when Wayne declined having been offered less than his usual fee. Director Aldrich's second Comedy Western following his 1963 Frank Sinatra film "Four for Texas." Gene Wilder plays a Polish rabbi who ventures into the American West to lead a synagogue. Things don't go well on the way where he is nearly burned at the stake and killed by outlaws fortunately encountering Ford in the nick of time. Set in the Old West largely on a desert road between Pennsylvania and San Francisco and shot on location in various locations in Colorado California and Arizona. Pale blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 10/16/78 Rev. 10/25/78. Title page present dated October 16 1978 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Elias and Shaw. #PAGES leaves mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated either 9/26/78 or 10/25/78. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. Original Pressbook for the 1979 film. Harrison Ford won the role of the free-spirited gunslinging "Tommy" a part first offered to John Wayne. Wayne turned the offer down however after being offered less than his usual fee. 12 pages saddle stitched 10.75 x 14 inches. Black-and-white throughout. Near Fine with a hint of toning and foxing. Warner Brothers unknown
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1961. Vintage photograph of Robert Aldrich and Kirk Douglas on the set of the 1961 film. With holograph annotations on the verso in green and brown ink and pencil. Based on the 1957 novel by Howard Rigsby under the pseudonym Vechel Howard about a cowboy who on the run from the law travels to visit an old lover in Mexico only to find her married to a drunk. Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was also at work writing the script for Otto Preminger's "Exodus" while he wrote for this film. Set and shot on location in Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
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