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1971ref. 144376Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1971. Vintage photograph of Gordon Hessler shooting on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe with identifying manuscript annotations in pencil. Based loosely on the Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 story of the same name. Madeline is an actress in a theater troupe in Paris at the turn of the century that is performing Poe's "Murders In The Rue Morgue." Her mother was murdered bye an ax-man some years ago and all of a sudden Madeline begins to dream of the same horrible killer. Soon after these dreams a former lover of Madeline's mother long thought to be dead after an accident on stage comes back to murder members of the troupe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1971ref. 144376Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1971. Vintage photograph of Gordon Hessler shooting on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe with identifying manuscript annotations in pencil. Based loosely on the Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 story of the same name. Madeline is an actress in a theater troupe in Paris at the turn of the century that is performing Poe's "Murders In The Rue Morgue." Her mother was murdered bye an ax-man some years ago and all of a sudden Madeline begins to dream of the same horrible killer. Soon after these dreams a former lover of Madeline's mother long thought to be dead after an accident on stage comes back to murder members of the troupe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1950ref. 132357London: Films in London Publications 1950. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1933 US film. Features Greta Garbo with layout annotations and layover on the verso. Based on an original story by Salka Viertel and Margaret P. Levino about Queen Christina of Sweden the dominant European ruler of the 17th century who falls in love with an emissary from Spain even though a marriage between the two is forbidden. 8 x 10 inches. Slight faint creasing with faint stains to one edge. Films in London Publications unknown
1950ref. 132357London: Films in London Publications 1950. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1933 US film. Features Greta Garbo with layout annotations and layover on the verso. Based on an original story by Salka Viertel and Margaret P. Levino about Queen Christina of Sweden the dominant European ruler of the 17th century who falls in love with an emissary from Spain even though a marriage between the two is forbidden. 8 x 10 inches. Slight faint creasing with faint stains to one edge. Films in London Publications unknown books
1907ref. 270088New York: Wistar Institute 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Without dustwrapper as issued. Very good. Owner initials on contents page. Cover corners worn. Spine ends worn. This contains twelve papers from 1907 two in December 1906 and two in 1905 from the Wistar Institute. The Wistar Institute is one of the first university institutes in America devoted exclusively to researches in Anatomy and Biology. Wistar Institute hardcover
1907ref. 270088New York: Wistar Institute 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Without dustwrapper as issued. Very good. Owner initials on contents page. Cover corners worn. Spine ends worn. This contains twelve papers from 1907 two in December 1906 and two in 1905 from the Wistar Institute. The Wistar Institute is one of the first university institutes in America devoted exclusively to researches in Anatomy and Biology. Wistar Institute hardcover books
1944ref. 163560N.p.: N.p. 1944. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1944 film including one showing actor Gregory Peck standing with a shovel one showing Peck talking with costar Rose Stradner on the set and the third showing Peck talking with actor Vincent Price. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on the 1941 novel by A.J. Cronin. A Catholic priest is sent to China to establish a parish initially facing hostility and distrust from the community but eventually gaining the locals' trust and affection. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Actor. Set in China and Scotland shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 163560N.p.: N.p. 1944. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1944 film including one showing actor Gregory Peck standing with a shovel one showing Peck talking with costar Rose Stradner on the set and the third showing Peck talking with actor Vincent Price. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on the 1941 novel by A.J. Cronin. A Catholic priest is sent to China to establish a parish initially facing hostility and distrust from the community but eventually gaining the locals' trust and affection. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Actor. Set in China and Scotland shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1932ref. 171486Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1929 play by Luigi Pirandello about a lounge singer who learns that she is actually the long-lost wife of an Italian army officer having suffered amnesia during an invasion in World War I years before. The first of three films to pair Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1932ref. 171486Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1929 play by Luigi Pirandello about a lounge singer who learns that she is actually the long-lost wife of an Italian army officer having suffered amnesia during an invasion in World War I years before. The first of three films to pair Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1969ref. 162058N.p.: UM Film Distributors 1969. Five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish and German film. All photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A young college violinist student spends the summer at his family's estate with his mother and has several trysts with young women of the area. Shot on location in Södermanlands län Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. UM Film Distributors unknown
1969ref. 162058N.p.: UM Film Distributors 1969. Five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish and German film. All photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A young college violinist student spends the summer at his family's estate with his mother and has several trysts with young women of the area. Shot on location in Södermanlands län Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. UM Film Distributors unknown books
1989ref. 145724Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Dillon on the set of the 1989 film. Noted director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown
1989ref. 145724Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Dillon on the set of the 1989 film. Noted director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown books
2012ref. 91165Las Vegas NV: Vegas Seven LLC Wendoh Media Companies 2012. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. Anthony Mair Staff Photographer. The format is approximately 9.75 inches by 11.75 inches. 110 pages plus covers. Illustrations some color some on 'glossy' paper. RARE SURVIVING COPY. The cover story with a graphic color illustration by Bob Whitby is entitled Says of the Rising Desert. The subtext on the cover reads Fifty years ago we believed THIS EXPLOSION at the Nevada Test Site would make the world a better place. The story of Operation Plowshare and what it means to us today. Vegas Seven was a weekly lifestyle magazine published that operated from 2010 to 2018. It was a competitor to local publications like Las Vegas Weekly and Las Vegas CityLife. The magazine covered entertainment and culture with features such as one in July 2012 on Operation Plowshare. It operated within the competitive Las Vegas alternative weekly market which included the Greenspun Media Group publications covering local news arts entertainment dining and politics serving as an "alternative weekly" style publication The magazine ceased its operations and digital updates in 2018 following a consolidation of Wendoh Media's assets. The publication was known for its annual "Best of Vegas" issues and "Nightclub Awards" which recognized top venues like Tryst at the Wynn. It is cited in online entries for its local cultural impact such as awarding Imagine Dragons' It's Time "Best CD of 2011" and naming the show Absinthe "Best New Show" in 2011. The magazine was published by Wendoh Media a Las Vegas-based company that also produced Desert Companion in partnership with Nevada Public Radio. Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives and large non-nuclear explosions for peaceful construction purposes. The program was organized in June 1957 as part of the worldwide Atoms for Peace efforts. As part of the program 35 nuclear warheads were detonated in 27 separate tests. A similar program was carried out in the Soviet Union under the name Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy although the Soviet program consisted of 124 tests. Successful demonstrations of non-combat uses for nuclear explosives include rock blasting stimulation of tight gas chemical element manufacture unlocking some of the mysteries of the R-process of stellar nucleosynthesis and probing the composition of the Earth's deep crust creating reflection seismology vibroseis data which has helped geologists and follow-on mining company prospecting. The project's uncharacteristically large and atmospherically vented Sedan nuclear test also led geologists to determine that Barringer crater was formed as a result of a meteor impact and not from a volcanic eruption as had earlier been assumed. This became the first crater on Earth definitely proven to be from an impact event. Negative impacts from Project Plowshare's tests generated significant public opposition which eventually led to the program's termination in 1977. These consequences included tritiated water projected to increase by CER Geonuclear Corporation to a level of 2% of the then-maximum level for drinking water and the deposition of fallout from radioactive material being injected into the atmosphere before underground testing was mandated by treaty. Vegas Seven LLC, Wendoh Media Companies paperback
1975ref. 135476Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1975. Collection of 10 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1975 film. Featuring Warren Beatty accompanied by numerous women including Carrie Fisher Goldie hawn and Julie Christie. Warren Beatty who co-wrote the script with Robert Towne stars as a narcissistic womanizing hairdresser who begins to discover his shallow lifestyle may be standing in the way of his dream of opening his own salon. Lee Grant won her only Academy Award for her turn as one of Beatty's mistresses and Beatty and Towne were nominated for their screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1975ref. 135476Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1975. Collection of 10 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1975 film. Featuring Warren Beatty accompanied by numerous women including Carrie Fisher Goldie hawn and Julie Christie. Warren Beatty who co-wrote the script with Robert Towne stars as a narcissistic womanizing hairdresser who begins to discover his shallow lifestyle may be standing in the way of his dream of opening his own salon. Lee Grant won her only Academy Award for her turn as one of Beatty's mistresses and Beatty and Towne were nominated for their screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1991ref. 161293N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage reference photograph from the 1991 film showing actress Julie Kessler. Printed label affixed to the verso. Hal Hartley's third feature film about the complex melancholic relationship between a college professor and his student. Shot on location in Poughkeepsie. 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1991ref. 161293N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage reference photograph from the 1991 film showing actress Julie Kessler. Printed label affixed to the verso. Hal Hartley's third feature film about the complex melancholic relationship between a college professor and his student. Shot on location in Poughkeepsie. 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 171337Los Angeles CA: Four D Productions 1982. Final Draft script for Season 8 Episode 12 of the 1975-1982 television series. Originally aired February 11 1982 on ABC. With manuscript ink annotation of actor Max Gail's name written on the top right corner of the front wrapper. With production document laid into the front of the script. Series following the detectives at a Manhattan police department taking place almost entirely in their squad room. This installment is the second part of a two-episode arc where two detectives are stuck in a hotel room with a murder witness who refuses to give testimony. Set in Greenwich Village. Gray wrappers with die-cut title window. Yellow titled internal wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 15 dated January 11 1982. Title page present dated January 11 1982 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1-11-82 and 1-13-82. Pages Near Fine external wrapper Very Good plus internal wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. Four D Productions unknown
1982ref. 171337Los Angeles CA: Four D Productions 1982. Final Draft script for Season 8 Episode 12 of the 1975-1982 television series. Originally aired February 11 1982 on ABC. With manuscript ink annotation of actor Max Gail's name written on the top right corner of the front wrapper. With production document laid into the front of the script. Series following the detectives at a Manhattan police department taking place almost entirely in their squad room. This installment is the second part of a two-episode arc where two detectives are stuck in a hotel room with a murder witness who refuses to give testimony. Set in Greenwich Village. Gray wrappers with die-cut title window. Yellow titled internal wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 15 dated January 11 1982. Title page present dated January 11 1982 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1-11-82 and 1-13-82. Pages Near Fine external wrapper Very Good plus internal wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. Four D Productions unknown books
1994ref. 83577St. Louis : Purina Mills Inc 1994. First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. 180 4 pages. Illustrations some in color. Purina Mills LLC is the farm animal feeds unit of Land O' Lakes. It was previously part of Ralston Purina but the U.S. animal feeds portion was sold in 1986. Purina traces its roots back to 1894 when founder William H. Danforth began producing feed for various farm animals under the name Purina Mills. The predominant brand for each animal was generally referred to as "Chow"; hence there was "Purina Horse Chow" "Purina Dog Chow" "Purina Cat Chow" "Purina Rabbit Chow" "Purina Pig Chow" and even "Purina Monkey Chow". Later in 1902 he merged with university professor Webster Edgerly founder of Ralstonism who was at the time producing breakfast cereals to form the "Ralston Purina Company". Ralston Purina sold Purina Mills the U.S. animal feed business to British Petroleum in 1986 while retaining the pet food and international animal feed businesses. Purina Mills Inc. is the largest manufacturer of animal feed products in the United States producing more than five million tons of feed each year. Through its 50 feed mills the company produces thousands of feed formulations specially designed for various types of animals including beef and dairy cattle goats horses sheep pigs poultry pets and lab and zoo animals. Purina also operates more than 35 retail outlets which sell animal feed lawn and garden supplies hardware and related items. Purina Mills' forerunner the Robinson-Danforth Commission Company was formed in 1894 by George Robinson Will Andrews and William Danforth. The three founders were looking for a business that could thrive despite the depressed economy when after some debate they decided upon the manufacture of horse and mule feed. Their reasoning was that animals had to eat come good times or bad. Just two years after Robinson-Danforth Commission got underway it suffered a major setback. In May 1896 a tornado destroyed the company's milling facility. William Danforth saved the struggling business by borrowing $10000 to build a new mill. Upon building the new mill he effectively became the company's leader. Believing that the "ingredients" of life were body mind personality and character he strove to balance all four in his own life and to help his employees do the same. Danforth's interest in health helped him succeed in diversifying from animal feed into consumer goods. In 1898 while traveling in Kansas Danforth met a miller who had developed a way to prevent rancidity in whole wheat. Packaging the miller's wheat Danforth named it "Purina Whole Wheat Cereal." The name Purina was derived from Robinson-Danforth's company slogan: "Where purity is paramount." To promote his new cereal Danforth approached one of the most famous health spokespersons of the day Dr. Ralston. Ralston agreed to endorse the cereal only if it were named after him. Danforth quickly renamed the product "Ralston Wheat Cereal" and the campaign began. By 1902 there was a whole line of Ralston cereals boasting various health benefits. Danforth changed the company's name to Ralston Purina Company. Also in 1902 Danforth created a marketing gimmick that was to serve the company well for its many years of business. Looking for a way to set Purina products apart and make them easy to spot Danforth remembered a family that always wore clothing made from a red-and-white checkerboard-patterned cloth. Danforth decided to try using the distinctive checkerboard pattern on his product packaging. The ploy was highly successful—and the checkerboard eventually came to play a very important role in Purina's corporate culture. Another of Danforth's marketing techniques emerged from his stint as YMCA secretary for the Third Army Division during World War I. While serving in France the savvy Danforth noticed that solders' rations were often called "chow." He also noticed that soldiers responded positively to the idea of "chow" more than to "food." When he returned from the war Danforth substituted the word "chow" for "feed" on all of Purina's animal products. He also created the company's Chow Division. In the early 1920s Danforth's son Donald joined Purina and convinced his father that the company needed to build a research facility. The company established a research center near Gray Summit Missouri. Purina began making a commercial pet food which was primarily used for hunting dogs and working farm dogs. Purina Mills, Inc hardcover
1959ref. 142889Paris: Cinedis 1959. Collection of 11 original black-and-white photographs from the 1959 French film. Most feature starring actress Morgan and a few show other actors including Vidal. Three on-the-set photographs of Morgan being fitted by a female crew member possibly costume designer Tanine Autré and eleven still photographs with Morgan and Blanche at a bar even an image of kids gathered in a junkyard. On the versos of the three on-the-set are French film title and "M. Morgan" in manuscript ink and rubber stamps for photographer Paul Apoteker numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos of the still photographs. Housed in a French Kodak photo box with French film title label on the lid. Catherine Morgan is an alcoholic lawyer who enlists the help of reporter Walter Vidal to spy on a nefarious wine supplier who may have contributed to the killing of a young man's father. Morgan dominated French cinema for decades and even won the Best Actress Award at the first Cannes festival 1946. Photographer Apoteker's debut film followed by successful crime noirs notably "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and later worked on "Love and Death" 1975 and the futuristic "cinema du look" film "Le prix du danger" 1983. Fourth film of noted costume designer Autré whose other credits include "Love on a Pillow" 1962 "Contempt" 1963 "Lost Command" 1966 and "The Game is Over" 1966. Photos range from 3.75 x 5.25 inches to 7 x 9.25 inches most stills with a 2-inch border at the bottom. Slight curling else Near Fine. Box Very Good overall. Complete collation upon request. Cinedis unknown
1959ref. 142889Paris: Cinedis 1959. Collection of 11 original black-and-white photographs from the 1959 French film. Most feature starring actress Morgan and a few show other actors including Vidal. Three on-the-set photographs of Morgan being fitted by a female crew member possibly costume designer Tanine Autré and eleven still photographs with Morgan and Blanche at a bar even an image of kids gathered in a junkyard. On the versos of the three on-the-set are French film title and "M. Morgan" in manuscript ink and rubber stamps for photographer Paul Apoteker numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos of the still photographs. Housed in a French Kodak photo box with French film title label on the lid. Catherine Morgan is an alcoholic lawyer who enlists the help of reporter Walter Vidal to spy on a nefarious wine supplier who may have contributed to the killing of a young man's father. Morgan dominated French cinema for decades and even won the Best Actress Award at the first Cannes festival 1946. Photographer Apoteker's debut film followed by successful crime noirs notably "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and later worked on "Love and Death" 1975 and the futuristic "cinema du look" film "Le prix du danger" 1983. Fourth film of noted costume designer Autré whose other credits include "Love on a Pillow" 1962 "Contempt" 1963 "Lost Command" 1966 and "The Game is Over" 1966. Photos range from 3.75 x 5.25 inches to 7 x 9.25 inches most stills with a 2-inch border at the bottom. Slight curling else Near Fine. Box Very Good overall. Complete collation upon request. Cinedis unknown books
1957ref. 144445Nice: Studios de la Victorine 1957. Seven original black-and-white photographs from the 1957 French film here under the original French title "Une manche et la belle." Henri Vidal and Isa Miranda are seen in most and in two with Demongeot in the background. All with numerical annotations in manuscript pencil three with blue rubber-stamps Victorine and one with French film titles in manuscript pencil on the versos. Housed in a French Kodak photo paper box. Noirish murder drama loosely based on Chase's novel "The Sucker Punch" 1954. Betty Farnwell Miranda is a rich widow living in Nice with a bewitching daughter Eva Demongeot. Betty marries Philippe Vidal a good-looking but self-interested man. Cue Eva. Philippe falls for the calculating femme fatale who has plans to marry someone else. Betty's life is in danger as Philippe struggles with his transgressions. Photographs 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine with slight curling and light foxing box Very Good overall. Studios de la Victorine unknown
