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1975rif. 162161N.p.: Cinema International 1975. Six vintage lobby cards for the 1975 French film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An experimental film loosely based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" about a young woman in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks refuge from a violent civil war in an abandoned château. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 571. Cinema International unknown books
1950rif. 81802London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1950. First Edition. First impression. Inscribed in ink on front endpaper: "For Louise Thomas with affectionate regards from the Author" dated May 1950. 12mo; red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 159pp. Spine gilt slightly dulled else a clean tight copy Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced 8/6 net at base of front flap toned with a small loss at crown of spine panel just into titling; Very Good. A novel of village life in contemporary West Africa written by a white author well-meaning but nonetheless embarrassingly paternalistic in a way that is neatly embodied in Joyce Cary's introduction: "I wish Africans who read it may be inspired to explore and record the religious life of old Africa before it is utterly lost and forgotten." "Denys Craig" was the pseudonym apparently used for this book only of British novelist and composer Dennis Gray Stoll 1912-1987. Victor Gollancz Ltd unknown books
1981rif. 149805N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee which debuted at the Morosco Theatre directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion as told through the eyes of his family. Set in Jerusalem. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 17 1981 with credits for screenwriter John Gay and playwrights Leonore Coffee and William Joyce Cowen. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 9/9. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled overall bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1992rif. 161314N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage oversize portrait photograph of author Joyce Carol Oates. Dated October 24 1992 in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto with Oates' name and a credit for photographer Geraint Lewis. Layout annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. In 1992 Lewis released her novella "Black Water" based on the real-life 1969 Chappaquiddick incident involving US senator Ted Kennedy. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1984rif. 63066Northridge: Lord John Press 1984. First Limited Edition. One of 125 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.12. Slim octavo 23.75cm; letterpress printed sheets string-tied into publisher's original unprinted white card wrappers; folded decorative paper dustjacket with title label mounted to upper front cover; 20pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. An attractive fine press production by the northern California publisher collecting six poems by Oates. Lord John Press unknown books
1975rif. 159968N.p.: Public Broadcasting Service PBS 1975. Vintage studio still photograph of actors Joyce Ebert Joseph Maher and Geraldine Fitzgerald from the 1975 broadcast of the 1971 stage play. With mimeo snipe on the recto identifying Long Wharf Theatre of New Haven as the theatre company the names of the actors and promoting the play's broadcast on March 26 1975 on Channel 24. Also with provenance stamp on the verso. A forty-something-year-old man looks back on his childhood in England during World War II often literally walking as a grown man next to his younger self his parents and his wife when they first met. Set in England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Public Broadcasting Service [PBS] unknown books
1952rif. 160124London: Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film noir. A woman and her younger sister flee London after their father is murdered by a dictator. When she returns seven years later she comes across her old lover who is planning to kill that same dictator. Audrey Hepburn's first significant role. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some wear to the finish and some minor creasing along the edges. Grant UK. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures unknown books
1972rif. 152995Hollywood: Marimark 1972. Revised Final Shooting Draft script for the 1973 film here under the working title "Supergirl." Copy belonging to story writer John Burrows with his name in manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. An attractive free-spirited flight attendant with boyfriends in New York Miami and Los Angeles unwittingly becomes involved in an in-flight robbery. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/5/72 noted as Revised Final Shooting Draft with credits for screenwriter Gary Crutcher. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 10/20/72. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Marimark unknown books
1994rif. 55764Concord NH: William B. Ewert Publisher 1994. First Edition. One of 50 copies signed by the author. Broadside with text letterpress printed in black and blue on pale grey laid paper measuring 18.25cm x 24cm 7.25" x 9.5". A Fine copy of this broadside poem which first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly. William B. Ewert, Publisher unknown books
1958rif. 150887N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Alec Guiness and producer John Bryan on the set of the 1958 film. Based on the 1944 novel by Joyce Cary. Alec Guiness who also wrote the screenplay stars as the cantankerous and ill-mannered aging artist Gulley Jimson. Determined to not let anything come between himself and his artistic vision he proceeds to paint a mural in the home of the millionaires Sir William and Lady Beeder away for a six week holiday. Set in London. 10 x 7.75 inches. Faded evenly else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 154. N.p. unknown books
1953rif. 154829Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film two showing scenes from a beauty pageant and one showing actress Joyce Holden performing a burlesque show for her sorority sisters. Two with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A pair of siblings from a slum neighborhood in New York dream of escaping to a better life but become involved in criminal activities out of desperation and poverty. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1936rif. 57400London: Gollancz 1936. First Edition. First impression. Octavo 20cm. Black cloth titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 448pp. Faint foxing to text block edges else Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper priced 8/6 net on spine panel; slightly dusty and toned with a ca. 1/2" closed tear on rear panel and a shade darkened on spine still Very Good. Cary's third published book based on his own service as a colonial administrator in Nigeria. Gollancz unknown books
1963rif. 52268New York: The Vanguard Press Inc 1963. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.25cm; brown cloth with titles stamped in silver and orange on spine and decorative elements embossed onto front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; 1112-2533pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Tiny wrinkle to spine ends else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $4.50 with gentle sunning to spine and some trivial wear to extremities. The author's first book and first collection of short fiction gathering 14 stories told "within a framework of realism in a world of sex and blood of poverty and poetry" from front flap. The Vanguard Press, Inc unknown books
1987rif. 52374Northridge: Lord John Press 1987. First Limited Edition. One of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.134. Octavo 23.5cm; green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; vi233pp. A Fine copy without dustjacket as issued. A fine press publication collecting six poems three of which first appeared in the pages of The Hudson Review The New York Times Magazine and Poetry. Lord John Press unknown books
1977rif. 52275Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.121. Quarto 26cm; pictorial paper-covered boards and red cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 1011-244pp. Tiny indentation to upper rear board edge else very Near Fine in a lightly shelfworn Near Fine dustjacket. A slim attractive volume collecting 12 poems several of which first appeared in the pages of The Hudson Review the Nation The New Republic and Poetry Northwest. One of the few volumes of Oates's work published by Black Sparrow for which there was no simultaneous wrappered issue. MORROW & COONEY 284a. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1984rif. 52376Northridge: Lord John Press 1984. First Limited Edition. One of an undetermined number marked "Presentation Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Slim octavo 23.5cm; letterpress-printed sheets sewn into original unprinted white card wrappers; folded patterned paper dustjacket with title label mounted to front cover; 20pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Slim volume collecting six poems four of which first appeared in the pages of Bennington Review Georgia Review Poetry and Southern Review. The entire run consisted of 125 copies in wrappers with 26 lettered copies bound in boards. Lord John Press unknown books
1967rif. 151301Los Angeles: Continental Distributing 1967. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane for the time language and was given an X rating in the UK after director Joseph Strick refused to edit out any of the "offending" passages. Set in Dublin and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned. Continental Distributing unknown books
1971rif. 152448N.p.: N.p. 1971. Shooting Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Sunshine Ladies." The second film in producer Roger Corman's "nurse quartet" preceded by "Student Nurses" 1970 and followed by "Night Call Nurses" 1972 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1974. George Armitage's directorial debut and the second film released by Corman's New World Pictures. Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach and South Bay Los Angeles. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 2 1971 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 84. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1936rif. 52662London: Gollancz 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20cm.; black boards embossed in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 448pp.; former owner's bookplate inside front cover; spine ends gently pushed; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped with faint soil to front panel and light toning to the jacket spine; Near Fine. Author's third novel set in Nigeria between the wars. Gollancz unknown books
1969rif. 148004New York: NR Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1972 play which opened on March 26 1972 at the Martinique Theater. Not listed in the Internet Broadway Database. Parishioners at St. Thomas' on-the-Green Episcopal Church in the cozy Connecticut town of Westwood suddenly erupt in a rash of glossolalia - speaking in tongues. Set in Westwood Connecticut. Orange Studio Duplicating Service titled wrappers with credits for playwright Tom LaBar. Title page present dated 1969 with credits for playwright Tom LaBar. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-4-17. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold screw brads. NR Productions unknown books
1976rif. 147965New York: Frissell and Macdonald Productions 1976. Draft script for the 1976 play which premiered on May 18 1976 at the Little Theatre for a run of 396 performances closing on October 30 1978 copy number "#13" written in manuscript marker on top right of title page. Inspired by the August 1907 murder of Sr. Mary Janina Mezek. Named best Broadway Play of 1976 in the annual Best Plays book. Set in 1911 in Michigan a Roman Catholic priest on trial for a nun's murder. Milan Sitt wrote the screenplay for the 1979 film adaptation directed by Stanley Kramer his final film and starring Dick Van Dyke Kathleen Quinlan and Maureen Stapleton. Green Studio Duplicating Service titled wrappers with credits for playwright Milan Stitt. Title page present with credits for playwright Milan Stitt. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-43. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold screw brads. Frissell and Macdonald Productions unknown books
1941rif. 148690Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 690 and copy No. 140 both rubber stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. John T. Bromley Joseph Allen a young man from high society is physically humiliated by a prizefighter William Haade before his socialite sweetheart Jenny Killian Brenda Joyce. He goes to a training camp to redeem his self-respect and ensure his success in a rematch. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 140 and production No. 690 dated OCT. 23 1941. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 23 1941 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Walter Bullock. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/27/41 and 11/11/41. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a few small closed tears bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1955rif. 147888N.p.: Visual Drama 1955. Vintage studio still photograph of Joyce Jameson and Myron Healey from the 1955 film here under the alternative title Gangbusters. NBC aired the True Crime television series Gang Busters from March 20 1952 to October 23 1952 and reedited the three episode storyline The Pinson Gang into the 1955 feature film Gang Busters. Lifelong criminal Pinson Healy keeps escaping from prison. Loosely based on Omar August Pinson American robber and murderer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing to corners some edgewear and two small closed tears in left margin. Selby US. Spicer US. Lyons US. Visual Drama unknown books
1956rif. 24052Evanston: Northwestern University Press 1956. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; publisher's green cloth gilt-lettered spine in original glassine dust jacket; xxix1146pp. Glassine spine toned a few tiny losses at top edge of rear panel otherwise Fine. The first in a series of three "Censuses" by the Joyce scholar. Northwestern University Press unknown books
1981rif. 140505N.p.: Joseph E. Levine Productions 1981. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film. Bruce Dern plays a psychologically unstable tattoo artist who becomes obsessed with a model. After kidnapping her he uses her body as a canvas for "his masterpiece." Shot on location in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Joseph E. Levine Productions unknown books
