Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph of Mitchell Leisen Myrna Loy and John Howard from the preview party at Leisen's house for the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Alhambra California and Beaver Dam Wisconsin. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1936. Continuity and Dialogue script pre-production for the 1936 film here under the working title "Twenty Hours by Air." With faint holograph pencil annotations throughout. Typescript in black and red type.<br/><br/>What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. <br/><br/>Brown untitled wrappers rubber-stamped Paramount Production No. 1801. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kenyon Nicholson. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Black and red typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with yapping to the front wrapper's right edge bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary.<br/><br/>During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events.<br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1937. Vintage photograph for the 1937 film showing stars Lombard McMurray and Butterworth relaxing with director Leisen behind the scenes. With an archive stamp of Argentine writer and film critic Israel Chas de Cruz and holograph ink annotations identifying the subjects on the verso. <br/><br/>The second of three adaptations of the Broadway play "Burlesque" following "The Dance of Life" 1928 and preceding "When My Baby Smiles at Me" 1948. The second teaming of Lombard and MacMurray with Mitchell Leisen after the classic screwball comedy "Hands Across the Table" 1935 and the third of four on screen pairings between Lombard and McMurray. <br/><br/>10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine with some light wear to the corners. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Collectible - Good. Collectible - Good. No date stated. Volume 1. Slightly dampstained. Owner's name on front cover. Nuclear Regulatory Commission unknown
Miyazaki Hayao Curator/ Director w/afterword by Shuji Takashina. Ghibli Museum 2001 ncrd soft cover fine w/fine dj 96 pages Text in English & Japanese color photographic illus. 4to "Spirited Away" A Special Exhibition at the Ghibli Museum Mitaka $37.50 paperback
Tokyo: Shintoho Film 1950. Two Draft scripts for the 1950 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Selichi Funabashi . A young servant girl Hamako has recently begun working for her hero Madame Yuki who quickly disillusioned her to her dream when she is presented with a list of the Madame's personal problems. First draft: White illustrated titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Second draft: White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 15 leaves with last page of text numbered 15. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. Shintoho Film unknown
Kanagawa Japan: Dalei Studios 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Text in Japanese. With annotations on a few pages in holograph ink. Based on the novel "Susaki No Onna" by Yoshiko Shibaki. The last film of Mizoguchi this film is a vivid portrayal of prostitution in 1950s Japan shot before the Japanese government's anti-prostitution bill told through the perspective of several different women who work in the business for various reasons. Set in Tokyo and shot on location there. White titled perfect bound wrappers. Title page present. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. Criterion Collection Eclipse 13. Eureka Masters of Cinema. Dalei Studios unknown
Tokyo: Toho Company 1964. Vintage black-and-white reference studio still photograph from the 1964 US release of the 1952 Japanese film. Though not indicated in any way this film still belonged to screenwriter Leonard Schrader. The film follows the life of a woman who was sold into various forms prostitution by her father at a young age and whose bad luck follows her into ruin. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 664. Complete collation details available on request. Toho Company unknown
New York New York: Playbill 1989. First Edition. Magazine. Near Fine. Play opened October 26 1989. Octavo 9 " tall 82 pages wire saddle stitch pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in near fine condition clean with little edge wear. Contains many advertisements for current shows automobiles hotels etc. Playbill unknown
New York: New School Arts Center 1965. Soft Cover/Pamphlet . Like New. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. Page Number: N/A. Clean fresh copy with very light shelf wear crisp pages and clean text. <br/> <br/> New School Arts Center paperback
1986. Softcover. Fine/No dj. An Exhibition organized by The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco with the National Gallery of Art Washington San Francisco CA. 1986 2nd edition 2nd printing wraps The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco fine condition profusely illustrated A paperback
N.p.: N.p. 1976. Original Treatment script for the 1977 Italian giallo film. Director John Huston's copy. Laid in is a typed letter signed dated January 28 1977 from noted agent Paul Kohner on Kohner's stationery encouraging Huston to read the script and consider directing the film: "Dear John / Please find enclosed copy of the screenplay of PYJAMA GIRL / the Australian project about which we spoke this evening. / Fondly / Paul / P.S. / This is not yet a firm offer John but it may well be one by Monday." Huston did not direct the film instead it became an Italian-Spanish co-production shot in Australia and directed by Flavio Mogherini based on one of Australia's most famous unsolved murders. A little seen but curious entry into the giallo canon lacking the usual shocking moments of most giallos the film would not receive a wide release or any at all in the US until 2006 DVD by Blue Underground Teal titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 1976 with credits for screenwriters Pupi Avati Antonio Avati and Flavio Mogherini. 133 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 130. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with silver spring binding. Blue Underground. Howarth So Deadly So Perverse II. N.p. unknown
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Revised Shooting Final script for the 1943 film. A French Underground melodrama based on a story by Georges Kessel. Dr. Andre Marbel Sanders is a seemingly apolitical Parisian doctor who is actually a resistance leader. His nurse Yvonne Marshall is equally apolitical more than her disillusioned husband Jean Dorn. Jean decides to join the Resistance though he and several others die in the fight against the Germans. Several of the film's crew and cast were actual French refugees including director Moguy and husband-and-wife supporting actors Marcel Dalio and Madeleine LeBeau. Tan titled wrappers noted as Shooting Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 1 and production No. 856 dated May 1 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated May 1 1943 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriters Buchman and Moguy and for writer Kessel. 141 leaves mimeograph duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 144. Blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-7-43 and 5-20-43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with two gold brads. Davenport p. 262. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Peter Lang Gmbh Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften 2000. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 338 pages. German language. 8.31x5.94x0.91 inches. Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften paperback
Paris: Filmsonor 1960. Collection of 12 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1960 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Une fille pour l'été." Featured are several images of the cast and crew on the waterfront basking in the shade director Molinaro in white straw hat and images of starring actress Petit including a striking portrait image of her under an elegant sconce and with Auclair reading scripts. All but one photograph with annotations in the verso in holograph ink film title names of persons pictured and all but two photographs with numerical annotations on the verso in holograph pencil. Based on a novel presumed by screenwriter Clavel. Philippe Auclair is an unsung artist with a mistress he does not love. He spends leisurely vacations at Paule's Presle in the Riviera where he meets Manette Petit a poor girl whom he befriends and lusts for to the chagrin of Manette herself under the romantic allure of Philippe. Late in the canon of cinematographer Jean Bourgoin whose credits include some of Jean Renoir's films in the 1930s Orson Welles' film noir "Confidential Report" 1955 and Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle" 1958. 1 photograph 3.25 x 4.25 inches remaining photographs 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine overall slight curling. Filmsonor unknown
1979: MGM Home Entertainment. DVD Movie. Fine copy/fine. DVD movie. 97 minutes. Widescreen format. In French with optional English subtitles or in dubbed English. <br/><br/>Starring Ugo Tognazzi Michel Serrault Claire Maurier Remi Laurent Benny Luke. MGM Home Entertainment unknown
MGM/UA 1981. VHS Movie. Starring Ugo Tognazzi Michel Serrault Marcel Bozzuffi Paola Borboni Giovanni Vettorazzo Clauco Onorato Robert Bisacco Benny Luke. 102 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Fine copy in a slip-case which lacks the top flap. Screenplay by Francis Verber from a story by Francis Veber Jean Poiret Marcello Danon. Music by Ennio Morricone. MGM/UA unknown
MGM/UA 1978. VHS Movie. Starring Ugo Tognazzi Renato and Michel Serrault Albin. 1978. 91 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Fine copy in original slip-case. The Cage aux folles is a night club at St. Tropez run by two men. A crisis arises when Renato's son announces he is to marry. MGM/UA unknown
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. n.d 1977 . Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Colour and black & white photographs. Unpaginated A lengthy introductory essay by Mollison who was appointed as permanent Director in 1977 about the Gallery existing collections and plans for the future including the new building. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Australian Government Publishing Service paperback
Cambridge Massachusetts: Robert Bentley Inc. 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Quarto. 241 1pp. Illustrated. Boards lightly foxed with wear to the bottom edges near fine in a near fine dustwrapper lightly rubbed with wear to the extremities. Robert Bentley, Inc.) hardcover
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution 1994. HC. good gray boards hardcover couple small edge bumps to boards. B&W illustrations. Limited to 1500 copies for the "New York Gala Celebration October 27 1994." Erratum slip laid in. Internally a very good copy. 107pp. Smithsonian Institution unknown
New York: Julian Messner Inc. 1963 608 pp. Original brown decorative cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends and bottom corner of rear cover a bit bumped. DJ lightly rubbed w/ wear to edges. Price clipped. Illust. w/ drawings paintings engravings historical maps documentary art old prints woodcuts and lithographs. Contents very nice. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Julian Messner Inc. Hardcover
New York: Simon and Schuster. 1969. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Several chips and tears. ; 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. . Simon and Schuster hardcover
Editorial Uritorco 1990-01-01. Paperback. Good. Editorial Uritorco Published Date: 1990. Softcover 181 pp. Text in Spanish. First Edition. Good/ No dust jacket. Glossy illustrated paper covers have bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light to moderate overall scuffing and soiling. Binding tight. Light soiling to edges of text block. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Editorial Uritorco paperback
Ottawa Canada: National Film Board Canada Still Photography Div 1976. Special Ed. Discarded Library Book. Hardbound. Folio. 292 Pgs. Nr Fine. Between Friends/Entre Amis. Lorraine Monk Art Director/Editor. Published by National Film Board Canada Still Photography Div Ottawa Canada 1976. Special Edition. Hardbound no DJ. Folio up to 15'' tall. Condition: Nr Fine. Discarded Library Book. 292 Pgs. Produced by the Still Photography Division of the National Film Board of Canada to honor the American Revolution Bicentennial. This book is a photo essay about people about the Canadians and Americans who live in harmony close to that long thin line know as the International Boundary. It is about the boundary itself that both links these people and helps to define their separate national identities. Text in English and French. 263 pages of color photos with appropriate colloquialisms full description of each photo is listed by page number in the back of the book. Description text copyright 2010 BooksForComfort. Item ID 22657. National Film Board Canada Still Photography Div hardcover
Ottawa Canada: McClelland and Stewart Ltd 1976. First Edition third impression. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair Dustjacket. owner's note on page opposite title page otherwise very good. McClelland and Stewart Ltd hardcover
Paris France: Nagel 1950. Text/BRAND NEW showing trace margin discoloration and humidty staining to lower text edge. Gilt embossed linen boards/NF. Pale blue ribbon bookmark. Near New 7 showing text ed discoloration. Linen boards/NF w/fading to spine. DJ/None. Blue ribbon bookmard & 5 fold-out color maps. English language travel guide to 1950s France. First Edition First Thus. Hard Cover. Collectible - Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition First Thus. Nagel Hardcover
Hollywood:: Monogram Pictures 1919. original printed wrappers. Short splits at the horizontal folds; moderate edge wear. 18 x 12 inches. Press campaign book illustrated with scenes from the motion picture starring Ann Corio. With the "Approved" stamp of the Advertising Advisory Council Hollywood 1919 on the front wrapper. Exhibitor's campaign book. Monogram Pictures, unknown
<br/><br/>Monplaisir Mme; Monplaisir Mons.; Bartholomin Mons. Victor Director. "La Zingarilla" as Danced by Mad. & Mons. Monplaisir in the Grand Asiatic Ballet of l'Almee as Performed Under the Direction of Mons. V. Bartholomin at the Broadway Theatre. New York: Atwill 1847. Hand-colored lithographic cover with 3-6pp. music 1f. blank. Lithograph by New York: Sarony & Major H. De Trobriand Fecit. shows dancing couple on pointe. Dancers are Madame and Monsieur Plaisir. Foxed and aged. Reference: Levy. GLIMG #88. unknown
<br/><br/>Monplaisir Mme; Monplaisir Mons.; Bartholomin Mons. Victor Director. "La Zingarilla" as Danced by Mad. & Mons. Monplaisir in the Grand Asiatic Ballet of l'Almee as Performed Under the Direction of Mons. V. Bartholomin at the Broadway Theatre. New York: Atwill 1847. Hand-colored lithographic cover with 3-6pp. music 1f. blank. Lithograph by New York: Sarony & Major H. De Trobriand Fecit. shows dancing couple on pointe. Dancers are Madame and Monsieur Plaisir. Foxed and aged. Reference: Levy. GLIMG #88. unknown books
Oakland: Oakland Museum of California. Near Fine. N.D. Stapled wraps. Near Fine stapled wraps. 13 pages unmarked. No date. ; N1N; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 13 pages . Oakland Museum of California paperback
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1931. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1931 pre-Code film. Complete representing seven reels. <br/><br/>Brad-bound self wrappers. Mimeograph duplication. Long tear to the first leaf about 5.5 inches else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
Barcelona Conespa 1970. Doce tomos más un �ndice de Materias en 4to.; 166 pp. 158 pp. 158 pp. 162 pp. 160 pp. 152 pp. 156 pp 158 pp. 156 pp. 158 pp. 156 pp. 152 pp. y 23 pp. Numerosas ilustraciones entre el texto y publicidad relativa a la actividad. Cubiertas originales. unknown
Italy: Clesi Cinematografica 1969. Typescript Treatment script for the 1970 film "The Fifth Day of Peace" here under the working title "Gott Mit Uns!!" its translated title being "God's On Our Side." Laid in is a single typescript leaf author unknown dated 9/8/69 detailing the story outline and noting the possibility of actor Max von Sydow taking on the lead role of "Falkenstein" the commanding officer of the German POW's. Sydow would ultimately not take part in the film. Brief notation in holograph ink on two pages. Based on a story by Andrea Barbato whose film credits include "Kill Me Quick I'm Cold" 1967 "Morel's Invention" 1974 and the television mini-series "Caravaggio" 1967. The story involves German deserters and their trial by fellow POWs inside a prisoner of war camp in the waning days of WWII the fifth day of peace to be exact. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present undated but preceded by a "copyright" page dated 2/5/69 in holograph ink and crediting the Clesis Cinematografica production company. 158 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 154 and a laid-in leaf. Typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Laid-in leaf Near Fine with brief annotations in holograph pencil and a few typeovers. Clesi Cinematografica unknown
Rome: Eldorado Films 1987. Original treatment script for the 1987 film "The Gold Rimmed Glasses" here under the working title "The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles." Based on Giorgio Bassani's 1958 novel "Gli occhili d'oro." Dr. Fadigati Noiret is a homosexual doctor living in Fascist Italy where he befriends a Jewish family. Bassani also helped write the screenplay for Michelangelo Antonioni's 1953 film "I vinti" as well as Luchino Visconti's 1954 film "Senso." Self titled wrappers with a credit for writer Bassani on the front wrapper. Title page integral with front wrapper. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Xerographically reproduced. Very Good plus bound with string. Eldorado Films unknown
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1935. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1935 film. Radio tenor Frank Parker plays Danny O'Day a radio tenor himself who gets involved in a robbery-impersonation plot with Tamara Drasin billed as "Tamara" as his sweetheart Delphine. Notable appearances include pugilist Jack Dempsey and Abe Lyman and His Orchestra. Shot on location in New York including the NBC radio studios at Rockefeller Center Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant and aboard the S. S. Normandie several years before it capsized in 1942. 8 x 10 inches. Good only with a large diagonal crease several short closed tears light soil and a few pinholes. Complete collation details available on request. Hirschhorn p. 110. Universal Pictures unknown
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Vintage borderless photograph of James Taylor and director Monte Hellman on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br/><br/>After cutting his teeth under the tutelage of guerilla filmmaker Roger Corman Monte Hellman made two landmark and still rarely screened existential Westerns with Jack Nicholson as producer and star. But it was with "Two-Lane Blacktop" the first screenplay by noted novelist Rudolph Wurlitzer that maverick director Monte Hellman helmed his first masterpiece and a cornerstone of the New Hollywood movement.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Arizona Tennessee Oklahoma California Arkansas and New Mexico. <br/><br/>7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 414. Eureka! 26. Universal Pictures unknown books
Clean and Unmarked Text: 1981 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Fabulous pictorial amazing views incredible details. A must have book for enthusiasts!! This book contains good information for persons wanting to enhance their knowledge of the subject matter in particular. Always a good reference guide to keep on hand. Will help you better understand methods and means in great detail. Informative and easy to read. 2: Paperback Illust. Cover. A: Book: Good or Better Cond./No Dust Jacket. Illus. by A.- Illustrated with Color & Black/White Photography. S: Some Edge Wear Normal for Age of Book. Museum Exhibition Catalog. 1981 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Hardcover
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1983 432 pages. Ordered by department; illustrated in color throughout. Clean and tight. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Tall 4to. Guide Book. The Metropolitan Museum of Art hardcover
Wellspring 2002. DVD Movie. Fine copy/fine. DVD movie. 117 minutes. Color. In Italian with optional English subtitles. Widescreen format. <br/><br/>Starring Paolo Briguglia Pierfrancesco Favino Luciano Scarpa Emilio Solfrizzi. Fine copy with original liner notes. Wellspring unknown
Panama: Colon Free Zone 1979. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. Folding map at back. 12 98 p. Includes illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. Author's continued: Nuia Zarzavilla de Jarpa Economc Advisor. Mr. de Detresno and Ms. de Jarpa were with the General Planning and Projection Department. This was focused on established user companies and other companites involved in assembly operations manufacturing and light industries and companies carrying out trading or assembly operations at the international level. Activities described were to a degree enabled by the Torrijos-Carter Treaty. Colon Free Zone paperback
London: Burke's Peerage Limited 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Gilt stamped red cloth. 8vo. 358 pp. Near fine in good dust jacket with Two small closed tears and chips. Commemorates the 21st anniversary of The Queen's accession to the throne. Details the monarchy in Britain The royal family and the royal lineage. <br/> <br/> Burke's Peerage Limited hardcover
Kit Parker Films 2018. DVD. Very Good. 7.75 x 5.75 x .53. "4 discs. Disc Quality: Excellent. . ISBN: 089859057328. Catalogs: DVD Video. Kit Parker Films unknown
Chicago: Scott Foresman and Company 1954 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company (1954) hardcover
Chicago: Scott Foresman and Company 1948. Teachers Edition. Hardcover. Good . 8vo. 80 pages of the teachers edition and 85 pages of the readers text and illustrations. Color illustrations on every page of the readers portion some full page. Some rubbing of the extremities very small stain front cover pencil mark near the to edge. Red hand stamp of Bend Public Schools Bend Oregon. Binding tight book internals are clean. Scott Foresman and Company hardcover
Chicago: Scott Foresman and Company 1954. Small 8vo; pictorial cloth covered boards; hardcover; 96 pages; color illustrations; school property sticker on front pastedown; Health and Personal Development Curriculum Foundation Series; sunned lightly soiled and edgeworn covers with lightly sunned pages else a very good tight copy. <br/><br/> Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company (1954) hardcover
Toronto: W. J. Gage Pub'd ca. 1956. 2ND PRINTING OF THE CANADIAN EDITION - A RARE COPY IN FINE CONDITION. "Curriculum Foundation Series". Classic Grade 1 primer from the "Health and Personal Development Program" featuring Dick Jane Spot & Sally. Pictorial orange cloth. 95 pp.; illus. throughout in charming bright attractive colours - evocative of the era. Neat school stamp to fr. wrap dated "Victoria School; only a trace of dustiness else as new copy. This volume is part of a recently acquired collection of 1940's-1950's primary grade readers from a deceased paedogogist-feel free to enquire about the other titles. . Scarce Canadian Edition. Cloth Reinforced Wraps. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Ruth Steed. 16mo. 1950's School Reader. W. J. Gage hardcover
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