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1940réf. 148508Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1940. Vintage borderless photograph of Preston Sturges and Muriel Angelus on the set of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe and "Paramount Photo by G.E. Richardson" stamp on verso. Sturges had become a very successful Hollywood screenwriter by the late 1930s and with his screenplay for "The Biography of a Bum" wanted so much to direct the film that he offered to do the job for free. With very few exceptions notably Charlie Chaplin the notion of an established studio writer directing a film was nearly unheard of in Hollywood where writers were typically not even allowed on the set. Only the irresistible cheapness of Sturges' offer made it possible for the film to get made. Over the six year period during which the script remained unproduced the title changed to "The Vagrant" then "Down with McGinty" then finally just prior to production to "The Great McGinty." It was not only a success but won Sturges an Oscar for Best Screenplay. More importantly he was allowed to continue as a writer-director with a magnificent career that included one classic after another including "Sullivan's Travels" "The Lady Eve" "Unfaithfully Yours" "The Palm Beach Story" and "Hail the Conquering Hero." 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and faint creasing else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1942réf. 152127Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1942. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Cecil B. DeMille laughing with actress Paulette Goddard in the process of getting her hair curled for a scene on the set of the 1942 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of still photographer G.E. Richardson. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1941 novel by Thelma Strabel which was originally serialized in The Saturday Evening Post in 1940. In 1840s Florida a marine salvage businesswoman falls in love with a shipwreck survivor but their romance is complicated by the advances of the head of a steamship company. Director DeMille's second feature film in color hugely successful upon release. Set in the Florida Keys. 9.5 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased with toning to the right portion of the image. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970réf. 152422New York: Arthur Langer Productions 1970. Draft script for an unproduced musical circa 1970. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 18. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. Book and lyrics written by Julian Barry screenwriter and playwright perhaps best known for his Academy Award nominated script for Bob Fosse's 1974 film "Lenny." Music written by Claibe Richardson whose most notable Broadway theatre score was for the briefly run 1971 musical adaptation of Truman Capote's 1951 novel "The Glass Harp" a production that has since developed a devoted cult following. Boston University's Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center in their "Inventory of the Julian Barry Collection #950" records two much shorter drafts of "Escadrille" a first draft dated 7/15/66 42 pages and a second draft dated 12/31/66 63 pages. In July 1971 Arthur Langer whose production company produced the script attempted to form a partnership unsuccessfully for the purpose of producing the musical. A young Harford student travels to France in the early days of World War I to join La Fayette Escadrille flying fighters against the German forces. Teal titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Words by: Julian Barry and Music by Claibe Richardson. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-47. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with creasing and some closed tears at extremities and an inch and half tear at spine bound with two gold brads. Arthur Langer Productions unknown books
1972réf. 152768N.p.: N.p. 1972. Second Draft script for the 1973 film. Laid in with the script is a four-page rehearsal and shooting schedule. Based on the 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen about a woman named Nora who leads a fairly peaceful existence with her authoritarian husband Torvald but is forced to reconsider her marriage when a blackmailer threatens to reveal secrets from her past. Not to be confused with the 1973 film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Jane Fonda. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 9 October 1972 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Christopher Hampton and playwright Henrik Ibsen. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1992réf. 150347N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Louis Malle on the set of the 1992 film. Based on the 1991 novel by Josephine Hart. British cabinet minister Dr. Stephen Fleming Jeremy Irons falls desperately and obsessively in love with his son's fiancee Anna Juliette Binoche. After beginning a tempestuous affair Stephen tells Anna that he is willing to sacrifice his family and his cabinet position to be with her something which Anna has no intention of allowing. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Miranda Richardson. Shot on location in England and France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960réf. 148770N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage studio still photograph of Laurence Olivier and Brenda de Banzie from the 1960 British film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1957 play written at the behest of actor Laurence Olivier who reprised his role as Archie Rice an embittered third-rate music hall performer facing the dissipation of his industry and personal life. Olivier was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Shot on location in Morecambe Lancashire and West Yorkshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with layout annotations to top corners in manuscript wax pencil. N.p. unknown books
1948réf. 149366London: British Lion 1948. Vintage reference photograph of director Julien Duvivier and cinematographer Henri Alekan in conversation with Orson Welles on the set of the 1948 film at London Film Studios in Shepperton. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso regarding layout and identifying the figures in the photograph. Based on the 1877 novel wherein a young woman's loveless marriage leads her to begin an affair with a dashing Czarist officer. Welles visited England in 1948 to discuss his 1949 film "The Third Man" with producer Alexander Korda who also served as the producer for Duvivier's "Anna Karenina." Although Duvivier arguably achieved a lesser degree of lasting fame than many of his contemporaries the director was held in high esteem by Welles and fellow Hollywood greats Ingmar Bergman Michael Powell and John Ford. Set in Russia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. British Lion unknown books
1951réf. 149388London: London Film Productions 1951. Vintage reference photograph of director Carol Reed and actor Ralph Richardson on the set of the 1951 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamp of Tele-Magazine. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel. A selfish criminal takes on a new position as the second-in-command of a trading operation on a remote island village where he seduces the village chieftain's daughter and embezzles from his employers. Controversial at the time of release for its depiction of an interracial romance even though the so-called indigenous Algerian actress in question Kerima was in actuality a white woman from France. Set in Borneo shot on location in Sri Lanka. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a short closed tear to the top edge repaired on the verso with white tape. London Film Productions unknown books
1968réf. 147232Paris: Les Films Marceau 1968. Three Draft scripts for the 1969 film by three different screenwriters. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. The first script is an undated draft script by screenwriter George Bluestone who previously adapted Winston Graham's 1967 novel "The Walking Stick" for the 1968 Eric Till film with copied annotations throughout striking adding and adjusting dialogue. The second is a Second draft script dated 1st April 1968 by novelist playwright and screenwriter Derek Marlow with copied annotations striking scenes or pages on nearly every page. Marlow said in an interview that he was asked by director Tony Richardson which book he'd like to adapt for a screenplay and Marlow suggested Nabakov's "Laughter in the Dark." Two or three months afterward Marlow received a call from Richardson asking him to write the adaptation. At the time Richard Burton was to star alongside Marianne Faithfull. Marlow then went to the US to promote his 1968 novel "Memoirs of a Venus Lackey" and upon his return to the UK found out a new screenplay by Edward Bond had been written and Burton and Faithfull had been replaced. The third is a draft script dated 24th June 1968 by Edward Bond. IMDB shows the filming date as starting June 1968 thus likely a draft used early in the production. The first half of the script to page 66 is on pink paper with the remainder on green paper with no revision date change. Based on the 1932 novel by Vladimir Nabokov updating the original 1930s Berlin setting to 1960s swinging London about a wealthy art dealer who is seduced and swindled out of his fortune by a young woman and her lover. Set in London and the Riviera shot on location in Spain France and the United Kingdom. George Bluestone script: Wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter George Bluestone and author Vladimir Nabokov. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Derek Marlowe script: Black wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 1st April 1968 obscured but visible through Winkast sticker noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Derek Marlowe and author Vladimir Nabokov. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads Edward Bond script: Black wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 24th June 1968 with credits for screenwriter Edward Bond and author Vladimir Nabokov. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Les Films Marceau unknown books
1959réf. 141486N.p.: Orion 1959. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1959 film. Mimeo snipes affixed to the versos of each still. Based on John Osborne's 1956 play of the same name. A superb set of uncommon images. Ripe with both class and sexual tension Tony Richardson's 1959 film portrays a marriage on the brink of collapse in claustrophobic quarters. In the vein of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" class resentment simmers beneath the surface of a relationship between a man and a woman. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Occasional dampstaining to the margins and versos. Ink notation to the verso of one image. Orion unknown books
1978réf. 140398Los Angeles: Chris/Rose Productions 1978. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1978 television movie. A true-crime television movie following the trial of a teenage boy who murdered his mother in their small Connecticut town. Aired on March 1 1978. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Stamp to the verso else Near Fine. Chris/Rose Productions unknown books
1961réf. 140940N.p.: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 1961. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on William Faulkner's novels "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun." A harsh film with frank dialogue throughout regarding rape female sensuality and sexual brutality. The final version of the film suffered from the changes made an attempt to make something "literary" and "respectable" from a novel where disrespect and ill repute were at the center of a grim story. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light toning overall wrinkling and a graphite manuscript notation to the verso of one image. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions unknown books
1961réf. 141152N.p.: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 1961. Collection of 28 vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on William Faulkner's novels "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun." A harsh film with frank dialogue and thematic content throughout regarding rape female sensuality and sexual brutality. The final version of the film suffered from censorship as well as an attempt to make something "literary" and "respectable" from a novel where disrespect and ill repute were at the center of a grim story. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine condition. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions unknown books
1997réf. 139690Stockholm: Sveriges Television SVT 1997. Three vintage color still photographs showing Ingmar Bergman on the set of his 1997 Swedish television movie which also screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard section. Two patients at a mental hospital attempt to make and market a film. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Fine. Sveriges Television [SVT] unknown books
1949réf. 135959London and Los Angeles: London Film Productions / Selznick Releasing Organization 1949. Post-production Dialogue Cutting Continuity script for the 1948 film. Dated June 29 1949 and printed for use in the November 15 1949 US release of the UK film. Orange studio wrappers dated June 29 1949 noting 6 reels and footage of 768 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine. Criterion Collection 357. London Film Productions / Selznick Releasing Organization unknown books
1949réf. 135960London and Los Angeles: London Film Productions / Selznick Releasing Organization 1949. Advertising supplement ad mat for the US release of the 1948 UK film. 20 x 14 inches. Folded vertically at the center as issued else Fine. Criterion Collection 357. London Film Productions / Selznick Releasing Organization unknown books
1982réf. 132618Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1982. Vintage black-and-white still photograph Jack Nicholson from the 1982 film. Nicholson stars as a corrupt border patrolman who decides to clean up his act. An underrated classic with both the great Warren Oates and Harvey Keitel as supporting players. 8 x 10 inches. Ink notation on the verso Near Fine overall. Universal Pictures unknown books
1984réf. 132133London: National Screen Service 1984. Five vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1984 UK film. A businessman falls in love with a single mother who lives next to a night club. The mother obsesses over the man when he dumps her and her rage can not be controlled. Miranda Richardson's first feature credit. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown books
1933réf. 144921933. RICHARDSON WILLIAM H. George Washington and Jersey City. Jersey City 1933. 29 3 p. Plates. Wrappers. Some marginal check marks. Chiefly local Revolutionary War incidents. Reprinted from Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society 1933. unknown books
1977réf. 113714Princeton: Princeton University Press 1977. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. viii 75 3 pages. First edition. Author's first book of verse. Dust jacket with two short closed tears. Princeton University Press unknown books
1929réf. 17011929. RICHARDSON WILLIAM H. Washington and "The Enterprise Against Powles Hook": A New Study of the Surprise and Capture of the Fort . August 19 1779. Jersey City 1929. 69 p. Illus. Plates folding facsim. Cloth-backed boards. Revolutionary War incident in present-day Hudson County. unknown books
1928réf. 1304041928. First Edition. RICHARDSON James D. editor. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. New York: Bureau of National Literature circa 1928. Twenty volumes. Tall octavo original black pebbled cloth gilt pictorial endpapers top edges gilt. $2800.Early edition of this monumental collection of presidential messages and papers illustrated with color frontispieces and numerous plates many in color in publisherÕs cloth with gilt Great Seal on all covers.Richardson's purpose in compiling this massive work was to amass in one place what he considered ""among the most interesting instructive and valuable contributions to the public literature of our Republic. The Messages and Papers discuss from the loftiest standpoint nearly all the great questions of national policy and many subjects."" Included are inaugural addresses important speeches before Congress messages to the American public and proclamations from George Washington through Calvin Coolidge. The Messages and Papers were updated and reissued periodically; this edition contains material through early 1927 with the full encyclopedic index in Volumes XIX and XX. Bookplates.Faint dampstaining to top edge of some leaves in Volume V. About-fine condition. hardcover books
1796réf. 373757New York: Printed by Mott & Lyon for Evert Duycinck 1796. 144pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf backed patterned paper boards. Small tear at lower outer corner of title just touching a few letters. Cloth clamshell box. 144pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First published in London 1740 the first American abridged edition of Richardson's important epistolary novel was published in Philadelphia 1792 Evans 24744. A lovely example. ESTC W12615; Evans 31101; Welch 1103.5 Printed by Mott & Lyon, for Evert Duycinck unknown books
1968réf. 314047N.p. Seattle 1968. One of a few copies printed for private distribution to friends. Duplicated typescript printed rectos only. 19 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Hole punched and brad bound in card folder. Fine. One of a few copies printed for private distribution to friends. Duplicated typescript printed rectos only. 19 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Detailed journal of a fishing trip to the Copper River in Alaska. After one memorable day on the river his fishing companion observed: "'This will ruin us for the rest of our lives' said Fred 'For all other rivers must suffer by comparison.'" Richardson quotes briefly from this work in his chapter on Alaska in You Should Have Been Here Yesterday. All of Richardson's privately printed accounts of sporting trips are RARE. Not in OCLC unknown books
1972réf. 595494Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Forward by Mircea Eliade. Small quarto. xxvii 564pp. Binding a trifle cocked topedge modestly foxed and a few light foxed spots on the preliminary pages very good or better in a price-clipped and very lightly worn near fine dust jacket. Indiana University Press hardcover books
