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1970rif. 518539New York: The Viking Press 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Foredge with a modest water stain binding very lightly cocked with spine faintly sunned very good in a lightly edgeworn very good dust jacket with a small abrasion and slight toning mainly to the spine. Winner of the National Book Award in 1971. Bellow later won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Viking Press hardcover books
1965rif. 170448N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing Charlton Heston talking with Sam Peckinpah during filming on location. Dell Publishing stamp and provenance label on the verso. During the Civil War an obsessed glory seeking Union cavalry officer leads a disparate crew of soldiers Confederate POWs and Native American scouts into Mexico to attack a group of Apaches that have been raiding towns in the US. Shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1965rif. 171371Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 documentary film showing Hedy Lamarr in a scene from the 1933 film "Ecstasy" fully nude floating in the water. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1969rif. 131243N.p.: Cinema V. 1969. Original silkscreen poster designed by legendary title and poster artist Saul Bass for the US release of the 1968 French film "Alexandre le bienheaureux." Printed at the Art Krebs Screen Studios in Los Angeles and used for the film's premiere at the legendary Cinema II Theater in New York City. Bass' initial design proposals were in general too radical for film studios to consider for advertisement and were invariably altered to suit commercial needs. He produced silkscreens of his original designs himself in non-numbered editions of 50 to 200. These posters were then given to fellow artists friends museums and design magazines and never offered directly for sale by Bass. 25 x 33 inches. About Fine with a light crease to the upper left corner. Cinema V. unknown books
1982rif. 19177New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1982. Signed Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. The signed limited edition of The Dean's December by Saul Bellow. Octavo 10 312pp. Red cloth title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Harper & Row Edition" on copyright page with a full number line. Red topstain. In the publisher's fine glassine dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's issue slipcase title blind stamped on side panel. From a limited edition of 500 specially bound copies this being number 434 signed by Saul Bellow on the limitation page. Bellow's first novel after receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Dean's December follows Albert Corde a Chicago university dean and former newspaperman through crises in Chicago and Communist-era Bucharest. Harper & Row, Publishers unknown books
1949rif. 167861Universal City: Universal Pictures 1949. Two vintage portrait photographs from the 1949 film showing actor Taylor Holmes in a concerned and pleasant mood respectively. A Hollywood actor is called to re-enlist in the Army who need him to romance a young debutante as part of a plan to track down historical jewels stolen from occupied Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good moderately toned. Universal Pictures unknown books
1971rif. 16512New York: Random House 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Alinsky on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket unclipped $6.95 faded at the spine and with a chip near the center rubbed at the surface affecting some of the red ink. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and red ink letter on the front board. Bound with some reading wear and a very slight forward lean clean internally. An attractive first printing of Alinsky's influential and controversial work on community organizing telling the "Have-Nots how they can organize to achieve real political power for the practice of true democracy. Random House hardcover books
1998rif. 846501998. Los Angeles: HBO Pictures 1998. iii 129 ff. Los Angeles: HBO Pictures 1998. iii 129 ff. An Unproduced Screenplay Based on the Memoir of an Important 20th-Century Civil Rights Lawyer Janson Saul C. Kinoy Arthur 1920-2003. Rights on Trial. Based on the Book by Arthur Kinoy. Revised Draft September 28 1998. Los Angeles: HBO Pictures 1998. iii 129 ff. Xerographically duplicated typescript bound in stiff glossy HBO wrappers with two metal brads title and date written on left edge of text block. Light soiling and some shelfwear to exterior occasional brief editorial notes and markings in ink to text. Very good. $500. Written by attorney and screenwriter Saul C. Janson this screenplay adapts Arthur Kinoy's memoir Rights on Trial: The Odyssey of a People's Lawyer 1983. Best known for his defense of accused spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg he also argued cases before the Supreme Court and founded the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Public Interest Law Center of New Jersey the Mass Party Organizing Committee and the Women's Rights Law Reporter. unknown books
1943rif. 170238New York: Perls Galleries 1943. Vintage bi-fold catalog brochure for the February 1-27 1943 exhibition at Perls Galleries New York. 6 x 9.25 inches Bi-fold. Light rubbing else Near Fine. Perls Galleries unknown books
1941rif. 170237New York: Perls Galleries 1941. Vintage bi-fold catalog brochure for the February 3 to March 1 1941 exhibition at Perls Galleries New York. 6 x 9.25 inches Bi-fold. Light rubbing and edgewear else Near Fine. Perls Galleries unknown books
1964rif. 42755New York: Viking Press 1964. Very Good /Very Good . New York: Viking Press 1964. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; 341pp. Publisher’s illustrated dust jacket with $5.75 price intact; boards bound in blue cloth with blindstamping at front panel and silver stamping at spine. Dust jacket lightly bumped; small green sticker at spine. Boards likewise bumped but otherwise clean. Binding sound. Textblock and endsheets and interior pages lightly toned. A Very Good or better copy of this National Book Award winner. Viking Press unknown books
1964rif. 163682New York: Stevens Productions 1964. Draft script for the 1965 play undated circa 1965 and seen here under the working title "Bummidge." Working copy belonging to actor Ted Schwartz with his last name on the title page and his extensive annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on virtually every page marking deletions revisions additions to dialogue and stage direction. Saul Bellow's only theatrical effort about a New York comedian who conducts a psychiatric examination on himself in his own apartment which he televises and broadcasts to a group of therapists at the Waldorf. The play debuted on October 1 1964 at the Belasco Theatre and ran for 28 performances closing on October 24 1964. Black titled Hart Stenographic Bureau wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Bellow. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-65. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver screw brads. Stevens Productions unknown books
1975rif. 162376Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Vintage pressbook for the 1975 film. Five daughters of influential men are kidnapped off the yacht "Rosebud" by anti-Israel terrorists in the Palestinian Liberation Army. Peter O'Toole stars as an undercover CIA agent masquerading as a "Newsweek" reporter who must fight for the release of the girls. Shot on location in Corsica France and Germany. 13.25 x 18 inches. Four leaves saddle stapled. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1966rif. 157335N.p.: N.p. 1966. Eight vintage oversize borderless hand-tinted color reference photographs from the French release of the 1966 American sexploitation film. Stamp of French distributor Les Films Hustaix on the versos. Lonely men seek companionship from a variety of increasingly odd sources including an embittered prostitute and the jealous madam of a brothel catering to sadomasochists. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with several with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1969rif. 276887San Francisco: Good Times Commune 1969. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid underground newspaper news opinion reports actions psychedelia ads illustrations photos evenly toned address label and pen notation on front wrap else very good on newsprint. San Francisco's longest lasting underground paper. Originally San Francisco Express Times. Cover features Joyce photo of plaid lumberjack-shirt wearing bushy 'stached guy on a motorcycle. Bobby Seale/Charles Garry interview. Part two of the Castro interview. Blaine on The Last Days at Alcatraz. Good Times subscription poster. Rear page Trips listings includes an announcement of The Rolling Stones concert at Sear's Point Raceway with map. Of course it moved on to Altamont and disaster. Good Times Commune unknown books
1976rif. 155319N.p.: Rex Features 1976. Vintage photograph of Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning writer Saul Bellow sitting at his desk in 1976. 10 x 8 inches. Manuscript ink annotations on the top margin noting Bellow's name the year and the name of photograph agency Rex Features else Near Fine. Rex Features unknown books
1987rif. 155486New York: William Morrow 1987. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Author's tenth novel. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. William Morrow unknown books
1968rif. 155484New York: Viking Press 1968. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket faintly toned on the spine and flap folds. Viking Press unknown books
1973rif. 151057Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1973. Vintage borderless compilation photograph of six Saul Bass title designs and portrait of Saul Bass to promote the 1974 Bass directed film. Bass' title designs shown are "The Man with the Golden Arm" "Carmen Jones" "Anatomy of a Murder" "Bonjour Tristesse" "Exodus" and "Seconds." Mimeo snipe affixed to verso and folded over recto. Bass' first and only directorial effort now a cult favorite which was featured on Season 1 Episode 9 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" which aired on January 15 1989. Ants suddenly begin building strange towers and geometric designs in the Arizona desert and begin to exhibit greater intelligence threatening the scientists studying them and ultimately all of humanity. Set in the Arizona desert shot on location in Rift Valley Kenya and Eloy and Yuma Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1116. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1964rif. 154240N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph of playwright Saul Bellow and actor Sam Levene on the set of the 1964 play. Printed mimeo snipe with a full description affixed to the verso and noting a date of 9/24/64 along with the stamps of The Salt Lake Tribune Library. Bellow's only theatrical effort about a New York comedian who conducts a psychiatric examination on himself in his own apartment which he televises and broadcasts to a group of therapists at the Waldorf. The play debuted on October 1 1964 at the Belasco Theatre and ran for 28 performances closing on October 24 1964. Set in New York. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1994rif. 145558New York: Viking Press 1994. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. Includes a 40-page segment excised from the published book. Not to be confused with the more common advance reader's edition which has a pictorial wrapper and does not include the excised text. Spine panel lightly faded else Fine in pictorial wrappers. Viking Press unknown books
1965rif. 143145Culver City CA: Columbia / Jerry Bresler Productions 1965. Seven vintage lobby cards for the French release of the 1965 US film. During the Civil War an obsessed glory seeking Union cavalry officer leads a disparate crew of soldiers Confederate POWs and American Indian scouts into Mexico to attack a group of Apaches that have been raiding towns in the US. 11.75 x 9.25. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. Columbia / Jerry Bresler Productions unknown books
1957rif. 142897Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Second Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Director Michael Curtiz's Specially bound copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. A highly fictionalized portrayal of the life and career of Prohibition era torch singer/actress Helen Morgan. This film marked Curtiz's return to Warner Bros since leaving in 1954 due to a salary dispute. Ever since Morgan's death Warner Bros wanted to make a film biography though struggled to find an actress and continuously in development. Working titles included "Why Was I Born" "Both Ends of the Candle" and as printed in this copy "The Jazz Age." Many female actresses auditioned including Doris Day who rejected due to her squeaky clean image. Blyth was chosen for her dramatic ability even though her singing voice was akin to Morgan's. Gogi Grant would supply the singing voice dubbed over Blyth. Set in New York shot on location in Burbank CA. Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 1/29/57 with credits for screenwriter Nelson Gidding. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/6/57 and 3/8/57. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown books
1948rif. 140733Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1948. Vintage double weight still photograph from the 1948 film. Photographer's rubber stamp and mimeograph snipe to the verso. Featuring an image of Lee J. Cobb and William Holden at a chess board. A psychopathic killer takes a young psychoanalyst and his family hostage never expecting that the psychoanalyst would cure him of his murderous urges. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1944rif. 137390New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. First Edition. First Edition. The author's first book with a price of $2.50 at the bottom of the jacket front flap as called for. Near Fine in a bright about Near Fine dust jacket with a lovely deep brown topstain. Backstrip and jacket spine panel both very slightly sunned with some minor wear at the spine ends. A very attractive copy overall. Hanna 308. The Vanguard Press unknown books