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1952ref. 164797Universal City: Universal-International 1952. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1952 Western film showing actor Hugh O'Brian. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. During the Gold Rush a man seeks vengeance for the murder of his wife and assault on his brother only to learn that the culprits are under the employ of the town's crooked sheriff. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Set in Napa California. 8 x 10 inches. Poor moderately dampstained on the top corners. Pitts 3222. Universal-International unknown books
1948ref. 170987Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1948. Eleven vintage photographs including ten studio still photographs and one borderless reference photograph from the 1948 film noir with one photograph under the working title "Martin Rome." Three photographs with mimeo snipes two with provenance stamps and two with a provenance label on the verso rear. One photograph with cropping annotations in the margins of the recto. Several with title corrections at the bottom margin the film was retitled from "Martin Rome" and "The Law and Martin Rome" to "Cry of the City" during post-production Based on the 1947 novel "The Chair for Martin Rome" by Henry Edward Helseth. Richard Conte stars as hardened criminal and jewel thief Marty Rome wounded and in the hospital following a shoot out which left a police officer dead when he is implicated in another murder and jewelry heist by a sleazy lawyer. Following Rome's partial recovery and escape in an attempt to recover the jewels and flee he's pursued by his childhood friend a conflicted hard-nosed New York detective played by Victor Mature. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. BFI BD-25. Grant US. Selby Cannon Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1974ref. 161802N.p.: International Artists 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1973 Spanish/Italian film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Shot on location in Milano Madrid and The Pyrénées. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. International Artists unknown books
1969ref. 161856N.p.: Haven International Pictures 1969. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 Italian/Swedish film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. Loosely based on the 1797 novel "Juliette" by the Marquis de Sade. Shot on location in Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light creasing overall several pinholes and one photograph with wax pencil layout annotations in the margins of the recto. Haven International Pictures unknown books
1989ref. 168126Culver City CA: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1989. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1989 film. A clumsy inept private investigator is hired to locate a young heiress who has been kidnapped-unaware that his employer is responsible for the woman's disappearance. Set in Los Angeles shot on location throughout Los Angeles and in Vancouver. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown books
1706ref. 87605Nürnberg: Joh. Leonhard Buggel 1706. Second edition. First published 1701; reissued by the same publisher under revised title in 1718. 12mo 125cm. 19th-c. mottled calf over marbled boards; gilt spine title; 123146pp; engraved extra-title. Pressure-stamp of a 20th-century owner to base of title page David B. Dickens. Two small ink-spots to the engraved extra-title; mild age-darkening to text but overall a very clean and attractive copy. Very Good. Text entirely in German. Uncommon collection of brief parables and humorous vignettes each intended to illustrate a particular virtue vice or crime - Rejuvenation Kindness Friendship Industry; Superstition Jealousy Fratricide Adultery etc - built around the author's conceit of a book organized as a pleasure-garden wherein "Just as a garden lover tired from office business and worries is refreshed again and.comes alive when he strolls around in his sweet-smelling flower field picking a little flower here and there.so a person recovers his spirits when he occasionally devotes an hour to reading various moral stories picking their morals as he would flowers and fruits and applying their beneficial use." from the author's Foreword; translation ours. Apparently the only published work by Caspar Blanckard to whom we can find no reference beyond his authorship of the current work. Very scarce; OCLC and KVK find only three physical locations for any edition; we note another apparently unindexed copy in the Harold Jantz Collection of at Duke University. This copy from the collection of David B. Dickens long-time professor of German Language and Literature at Washington & Lee University. Joh. Leonhard Buggel unknown books
1953ref. 164750Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1953 film showing actress Arlene Dahl. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Georges Surdez' 1927 novel "The Demon Caravan." A French Foreign Legion soldier discovers a lost city in the desert mountains of North Africa. A breakthrough role at Universal for actor Alan Ladd. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 166166London: Parroch-McCallum Productions 1963. Draft script for the 1964 UK-US film copy belong to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on eight pages. Laid in are two copies of a carbon typescript copy set listing dated "19.3.1963" one with manuscript pencil annotations listing costs and a "With Compliments" slip on Shepperton Studio letterhead. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. When a wealthy family member goes missing the family seeks the help of a sullen teenage orphan played by Francesca Annis who is said to have psychic powers. Inspiration for the 1978 film "Eyes of Laura Mars" directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two flat metal brads. Laid in pages Near Fine bound with a paper clip. Parroch-McCallum Productions unknown books
1953ref. 162382Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film noir showing Richard Conte and Anne Baxter flanking Nat King Cole at the piano. Provenance stamp on the verso along with annotations in manuscript pencil. Based on Vera Caspary's 1952 novella. A telephone operator wakes up with a hangover and a creeping feeling that she might have murdered her date the previous night. The first installment in director Fritz Lang's "newspaper noir" trilogy followed by "While the City Sleeps" 1956 and "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" 1956. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the two left corners and pinholes at three edges. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963ref. 141155Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Draft script for the fifth episode of season six of the 1958-1964 television series. The series followed Stu and Jeff a pair of womanizing wisecracking private investigators. In this episode Stu heads to Tel Aviv to uncover a Nazi art-smuggling plot. Set in Paris and Tel Aviv. White titled self-wrappers dated July 2 1963. Approximately 71 leaves not numbered. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between June 28 1963 and July 2 1963. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a staple. Pagination available upon request. Warner Brothers unknown books
1955ref. 158962Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 film noir. A police lieutenant is ordered by his boss to stop trying to catch a sadistic gangster but finds himself increasingly obsessed with catching the man-and increasingly bewitched by the man's girlfriend. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pin holes at the corners and one small chip missing from the top left corner. Grant US. Olive Films. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Allied Artists Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 158445Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1958. Draft script for the 89th episode of season three of the 1955-1958 anthology televison series. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name on the title page in manuscript ink and his annotations throughout. Embittered after being fired by his brother-in-law a man takes out his anger on his wife by not allowing her to adopt a child. Originally aired on February 4 1958 on NBC. Housed in a brown card folder with a label noting the script title affixed to the front. Self wrappers. Title page present undated noted as production No. 4710 with credit for screenwriter Anthony Spinner. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1958ref. 158446Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1958. Draft script for the 134th episode of season three of the 1955-1958 anthology television series. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his annotations throughout. Laid in with the script is a carbon typescript rehearsal schedule dated 4/24/58 with Crawford's name circled. An old woman living alone believes that her adult son has forgotten her unaware that she has been sending letters and greeting cards to the wrong address for years. Originally aired on April 24 1958 on NBC. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Greer Johnson. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-10. Mimeograph duplication on yellow and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound at the top left corner with a single staple. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1958ref. 158443Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1958. Draft script for the 117th episode of season three of the 1955-1958 anthology television series. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his annotations throughout. In her last years of life a dying mother tries to show her stern husband that he must change for the sake of their two children. Originally aired on March 25 1958 on NBC. Self wrappers. Title page present undated. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-7. Mimeograph duplication on yellow and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound at the top left corner with a single staple. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1958ref. 158442Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1958. Draft script for the 83rd episode of season three of the 1955-1958 anthology televison series. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his annotations throughout. A couple whose child has recently died decide to adopt a young boy but discover that the boy believes his mother will still return to claim him from the orphanage. Originally aired on January 23 1958 on NBC. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriters Kathleen and Robert Howard Lindsay. 68 leaves with last page of text numbered III-10. Mimeograph duplication on yellow and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with first and last pages detached from the binding partially bound at the top left corner with a single staple. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1962ref. 193384Chicago IL: Guildhall Galleries Ltd 1962. First edition. Softcover. 16 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May through June 1962. Features text by Giuseppe Gatt. Includes 9 black and white illustrations a black and white photograph of the artist and a checklist. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon with only 3 copies listed in OCLC. Guildhall Galleries Ltd unknown books
1956ref. 152150Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 198th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on August 7 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his personal stamp to the first two leaves and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout regarding substantive revisions and deletions. Incomplete as issued. An elderly man's family forces him to find a new romantic interest as a means of distraction from his horse betting addiction. Brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 7 Aug. 1956. Title page present undated noted as REVISED in manuscript pencil annotation with credits for screenwriter B.M. Atkinson Jr. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered III-18. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1956ref. 152154Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 111th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on April 4 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. A driven executive discovers that she is being slowly poisoned and begins to suspect everyone around her of the crime including her own husband. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Robert Esson. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered III-21. Mimeograph duplication on yellow and white stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1956ref. 152169Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 149th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on May 29 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript annotations in pencil and ink throughout. A comic narrative following a remarkable occurrence in the life of Juan a cantina owner living with his unusual family in the fictitious border town of Agua Bonita. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Claborne and story credits to Guy de Maupassant. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered III-28. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with two undated revision pages on onionskin stock bound in. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1955ref. 152157Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1955. Draft script for the 159th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on June 12 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. An opportunistic newspaper reporter captures a photograph of a little boy with his head stuck in a garbage can and proceeds to use the image in a piece about child neglect-to the embarrassment and anger of the boy's parents. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter B.M. Atkinson Jr. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered III-25. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1956ref. 152137Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 127th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on April 26 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. Incomplete as issued. An invalid boy's mother begins to suspect her son's nurse of mistreatment and deceit although nobody else in her family notices the deception. Brown titled card wrappers dated April 26 1956 in manuscript ink annotation. Missing title page possibly as issued. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered III-31. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1957ref. 152104Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1957. Draft script for the Season 2 Episode 182 of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on June 21 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name to the title page in manuscript ink and his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. A New York executive vacationing in the country with his family undergoes a mid-life crisis deciding to stay at the vacation home and live a carefree life as a painter. Brown titled card wrappers dated June 1957. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Charles Allen. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered III-17. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1956ref. 152175Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 1956 television film originally aired on April 4 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. A driven executive discovers that she is being slowly poisoned and begins to suspect everyone around her of the crime including her own husband. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Robert Esson. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1946ref. 150908N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage reference photograph from the 1946 film showing actors James Cagney and Blanche Yurka. A head spy discovers one of his agents-in-training is a German mole but decides not to arrest the man instead feeding him false information in hopes of misleading the Nazis. Shot on location in Quebec Canada and Boston Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 153219N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang in conversation with actress Anne Baxter on the set of the 1953 film noir. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1951 novella by Vera Caspary. A telephone operator wakes up with a hangover and a creeping feeling that she might have murdered her date the previous night. The first installment in Lang's "newspaper noir" trilogy followed by "While the City Sleeps" 1956 and "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" 1956. Set in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
