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2008ref. 164759Brighton England Gottingen Germany and Belfast: Photoworks Steidl and Belfast Exposed Photography 2008. First edition. Oblong hardcover. 72 pages. Essays by Colin Graham and Mary Warner Marien. A collection of 24 color photographs of bonfires built in Protestant communities in Belfast Northern Ireland for the annual July 12 celebrations of the defeat of James Stuart at the Battle of the Boyne. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Photoworks, Steidl, and Belfast Exposed Photography unknown books
1970ref. 107991New York: Grossman Publishers 1970. First edition. Hardcover. A review copy with two press prints and two review slips laid in. Illustrated throughout out with color and black and white photographs. One of 5000 copies. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with a small tear at the base of the spine and a little wear at the base of the rear panel. Grossman Publishers unknown books
2007ref. 516582007. ISBN 9781584778356; ISBN 1584778350. Sanders Francis Williams. An Essay on Uses and Trusts and on the Nature and Operation of Conveyances at Common Law and of Those Which Derive Their Effect from the Statute of Uses. Edited by John Warner. Philadelphia: R.H. Small 1855. 2 volumes in 1 book. xliv 507 xvii 337 pp. Reprint The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2007. Two volumes bound in one. Octavo. xliv 507; xvii 337 pp. Reprinted 2007. ISBN-13: 9781584778356. Publisher's Smythe-sewn navy cloth gilt-stamped spine and front cover. New. $75. Edition Note: Facsimile reprint of the second American edition which was originally expanded from the fifth and final London edition 1844 retaining the original star-paging. First published in London in 1791. Sanders' treatise stands as one of the definitive 19th-century legal works on property law equity and the evolution of the Statute of Uses 1535. It remains crucial for tracing the intersection of English common law conveyancing and equity law explaining how the 1535 statute reshaped land ownership and trusts for both British and American lawyers. Legal bibliographer John Gage Marvin highly praised this specific text calling it a "thorough comprehensive and learned discussion of the Law of Uses and Trusts" Legal Bibliography 628.Author Francis Williams Sanders 1769-1831 was an eminent English barrister and an influential member of the Royal Commission on Real Property Law. unknown books
1956ref. 171353N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage press photograph of Marilyn Monroe being interviewed by journalist Kendis Rochlen at the Los Angeles Airport on February 25 1956. The press conference was held at the airport to promote Monroe's return to Hollywood after 14 months in New York. Monroe would appear in the 1956 film "Bus Stop" directed by Josh Logan whom Monroe had chosen after securing director approval from Twentieth Century-Fox. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 149761N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage photograph of legendary film moguls Jack and Sam Warner standing in the entryway to a theatre in Atlantic City circa 1905. Struck from the original negative circa 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1933ref. 172061N.p.: Fox Film 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film musical showing chorus girls posed leg-first around a balustrade directed by ballet master Sammy Lee. Mimeo snipe and provenance stamps and labels on the verso. Based on the 1932 play by William DuBois and Molly Ricardel about a ballet dancer who falls in love with two unavailable men during her international travels. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with a few splashes and scuffs to the margins. Complete collation details available on request. Fox Film unknown books
1962ref. 172439N.p.: N.p. 1962. Collection of 81 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 UK film noir. Based on the 1959 novel "Sleep Long My Love" by Hillary Waugh. Police uncover a mutilated corpse and try to uncover her identity as well as her killer's. Set in Brighton England shot on location in East Sussex and London England. 8 x 10 inches. Curling at the edges and some images with toning else About Near Fine. Grant UK. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 163631Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Vintage promotional family portrait photograph of Gregory Peck Lee Remick and Harvey Stephens from the 1976 film. Gregory Peck stars as an American ambassador who begins to believe the child he is raising may be the antichrist. Winner of an Academy Award. The film spawned a franchise followed by "Damien - Omen II" 1978 "The Final Conflict" 1981 and "Omen IV: The Awakening" 1991 as well as a 2006 remake and a prequel in 2024. Shot on location in London Berkshire and Surrey England and Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Near FIne. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1995ref. 166024N.p.: Dark Horse Entertainment 1995. Draft script for the 1996 film with rainbow revisions. Based on the comic book character created by Chris Warner first appearing in the 1993 comic "Comic's Greatest World: Steel Harbor" and on the "Barb Wire" series published from 1994 to 1996. Pamela Anderson stars as the titular Barb a nightclub owner in a fictional coastal California town "the last free city" in the US which has been divided by a Second Civil War. When Barb's former lover now a freedom fighter arrives at the club asking for help Barb finds herself thrust onto the political stage. Largely panned by critics upon release the film has since attracted a cult following. Shot on location in Long Beach California and Pascagoula Mississippi. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 07/03/95 with credits for screenwriters Chuck Pfarrer and Adam Rifkin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 06/08/95 and 07/03/95. Pages slightly wavy else Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Dark Horse Entertainment unknown books
1975ref. 168199New York: Avco Embassy Pictures 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1975 British film musical. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Charles Dickens' 1841 novel "The Old Curiosity Shop" about an elderly gambler who loses his business to an avaricious landlord as the result of his debts. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned. Avco Embassy Pictures unknown books
1935ref. 167569Universal City: Universal Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing a haunted Henry Hull in a laboratory set. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A British doctor is bitten by a strange animal while traveling in Tibet and begins transforming into a bloodthirsty werewolf upon his return to London terrorizing the city's inhabitants at night while desperately searching for a cure in the daytime. Considered by many to be the first feature-length werewolf movie preceding the better-known "The Wolf Man" by six years. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear along the right edge. Universal Pictures unknown books
1991ref. 169054N.p.: Castle Rock Entertainment 1991. Rainbow Revision Shooting script for the 1992 film. Copy with the marker annotations of "Set Copy / Please Do Not Take" written on the front wrapper and a manuscript marker annotation of copy number "193" on the top of the title page. Billy Crystal's directorial debut about the rise and fall of a standup comedian named Buddy Young Jr. The film was adapted for the stage in 2021 with Crystal reprising his performance as Young. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 26 1991 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters Billy Crystal Lowell Ganz and Babloo Mandel. 155 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/27/91 and 10/31/91. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Castle Rock Entertainment unknown books
1931ref. 167296Los Angeles: Fox Film 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1931 film showing actor Warner Oland in costume as Charlie Chan accompanied by Chang Apana the real-life Chinese-Hawaiian detective who inspired the character. Printed mimeo snipe and Fox Film stamp on the verso. Based on Earl Derr Biggers' 1929 novel. The second film to feature Oland as Chan and the only known surviving film of the first five films in the series. Shot on location in Honolulu Hawaii. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Fox Film unknown books
1933ref. 164391N.p.: Fox Film Corporation 1933. Two vintage publicity photographs of Warner Baxter one double weight photograph and one keybook photograph circa early 1930s each with two Fox Films stamps on the verso one crediting photographer Ray Jones and one for actor Baxter and a mimeo snipe on the verso of the keybook photograph announcing Baxter's next film "I Loved You Wednesday" released in 1933. 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. Warner Baxter was a popular film actor who starred in over 100 films between 1914 and 1950. A matinée idol during the silent era Baxter rose to prominence as the Cisco Kid in the 1928 film "In Old Arizona" for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor at the second Academy Awards. In 1936 he starred in John Ford's "The Prisoner of Shark Island" largely considered his finest role. By the late 1930s he openly talked of retiring from the industry and by the mid-1940s suffered a nervous breakdown after which he began to largely focus on film series work in order to reduce his stress most notably in the "Crime Doctor" mysteries a series of low-budget mysteries produced by Columbia Pictures from 1943-1949. Double-weight photograph 7.75 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Keybook photograph 7.75 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus with a small chip to the top left corner and some modest tearing at the top hole punches. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1933ref. 164390N.p.: Fox Film Corporation 1933. Two vintage publicity photographs of actress Heather Angel circa 1933 each with a Fox Films stamp on the verso crediting photographer Ray Jones and one with a mimeo snipe on the verso describing Angel's outfit for the 1933 film "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case." Film based on the 1925 Charlie Chan novel "The House Without a Key" by Earl Derr Biggers. 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. Angel was a British actress who starred in over 50 films between 1931 and 1979. She is perhaps best known for "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" 1935 "The Three Musketeers" 1935 "The Informer" 1935 and "The Last of the Mohicans" 1936 as well as providing the voices of Wendy's mother in Walt Disney's "Peter Pan" 1953 and Alice's sister in Walt Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" 1951. In 1933 Angel starred in three films for Fox Films "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case" "Berkeley Square" and "Pilgrimage." 7.75 x 9.5 inches and 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1924ref. 163780Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1924. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director James Cruze with cast and crew members on the set of the 1924 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1925 play by Leon Gordon and Doris Marquette. A showgirl decides to accept the overtures of a lecherous theatre promoter only to fall in love with another man. Currently considered a lost film. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly creased at the corners else about Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 161604Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film. Release stamp on the verso. Based on Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II's 1928 operetta about a French nobleman disguised as an indentured servant who leads his fellow bondsmen in revolt against their ship's captain. Set in 18th century New Orleans and shot on location in Santa Catalina Island. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1990ref. 163385Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1990. Revised Second Draft script for the 1991 film comedy. Based on Neil B. Shulman's 1979 book "What Dead. Again" After crashing his car in a small town a doctor who dreams of a wealthy life in Beverly Hills is forced to spend several days working at the town hospital. Set in Grady South Carolina and in Beverly Hills and shot on location in Santa Clarita and Beverly Hills California and in Gainesville McIntosh Mechanicsville Micanopy Florida and in Richmond Virginia. Self wrappers. Title page present dated July 10 1990 noted as "Rewrite: Second Draft" with credit for screenwriter Daniel Pyne. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/6/90 and 1/11/91. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
ref. 146805N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television film. Incomplete as issued. With a small handwritten label to the first leaf noting the name and address of screenwriter Martin Warner. A lonely widower finds new love with a vibrant retired school teacher aided by his well-intentioned but meddling apartment building neighbors. Set in Santa Monica California. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Martin Warner. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with light rust to the first and last leaves likely from a paper clip bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1932ref. 151809Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1932. Final Shooting script for the 1932 film. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper noting the name of an unknown crew member. Based on the 1932 novel by Denison Clift. Government agent Stephen Morrow's boss and best friend is engaged to Morrow's former lover a Hungarian woman under investigation for the murder of an ambassador. Set in Washington DC. Green titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 3-12-32 with credits for novelist Denison Clift and screenwriter Leon Gordon. Title page present. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1985ref. 141557Berlin: Silent Night GbR 1985. Draft script for the 1988 film. Here under the working title "Silent Night." The true story of how Father Joseph Mohr an Austrian priest falls in love with a prostitute hopes to reform her does not and ends up composing the popular Christmas hymn "Silent Night" with schoolteacher Franz Gruber in 1818. Set in Austria. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Monica Teuber. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Silent Night GbR unknown books
1921ref. 47638Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press 1921. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 47pp. Offsetting to endpapers else a very good hardback in a darkened and lightly chipped jacket. Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover books
1938ref. 152342N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage matte-finish photograph of Canadian-American film mogul Jack Warner and Warner Brothers sales manager J. Walton Brown in conversation with an unknown third man circa 1938. With the stamp of photographer Schuyler Crail on the verso along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus evenly toned overall with tape reinforcements to the top corners of the verso. N.p. unknown books
1926ref. 152280Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1926. Vintage program for the 1926 silent film. Based on the 1821 epic poem by Lord Byron about legendary womanizer Don Juan. The first feature-length film to use the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system to provide a musical soundtrack and sound effects but not spoken dialogue. 12 x 9 inches. Six leaves saddle stapled. Near Fine with light fading to the edges of the wrappers. Warner Brothers unknown books
1940ref. 146331Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final draft script for the 1940 film. Notation on front wrapper in manuscript purple ink adding ."9A" to the production number. Notations in manuscript pencil in script adding tics to dialogue and names on the verso of pages. Laid in are 3 blue "retake" pages dated after principal photography had been completed. A remake of T. Hayes Hunter's 1920 silent film of the same name. Irving Pichel's "Earthbound" finds Nick Desborough Warner Baxter called away from his honeymoon with Ellen Andrea Leeds for business in Paris only to find his ex-mistress Linda Reynolds Lynn Bari sent the telegram. Linda rejected by Nick shoots and kills him and her husband Jeff Henry Wilcoxon is arrested and tried for the crime. Nick's ghost helps guide Ellen to clear Jeff and convict Linda so he can rest in peace. Set in Paris and Switzerland. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 33 and production No. 1884 dated January 12 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated January 12 1940 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Samuel G. Engel. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with Blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/15/40 and 2/21/40 with laid in Blue Retake pages dated 3/1/40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
