1981ref. 160272New York: Bleecker Street Cinema 1981. Vintage flyer for the 1981 film produced to promote screenings at the James Agee Room of the Bleecker Street Cinema. An early feature by independent filmmaker Adam Brooks photographed by Jonathan Demme and shot entirely on super-8. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Very Good plus slightly age toned with light foxing on the verso folded once horizontally. Bleecker Street Cinema unknown books
2014ref. 195563New York: G.P. Putnam's & Sons 2014. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Pelzman's first novel. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Pelzman on the title page. G.P. Putnam's & Sons unknown books
2002ref. 195289Santa Fe NM: Twin Palms 2002. First edition and first printing. Large hardcover. An often ethereal collection of 26 tritone and four color plates. A fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some very light wear. Signed by Fuss facing the colophon page. Twin Palms unknown books
1961ref. 160356Rome: Cineriz 1961. Four vintage borderless double weight publicity photographs from the 1961 film. With stamp on verso identifying photographer H. Martin. Also with file folder with the film title in manuscript ink. A businessman wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Set in France shot on location in Lot-et-Geronne Hauts-de-Seine and Paris Fracne. Photographs 9.5 x 7.25 inches Folder 10.25 x 12.75 inches. Photographs Very Good plus Folder Very Good plus with one small tear at one of the folds. Cineriz unknown books
2013ref. 196136Syracuse NY: Lightwork 2013. First edition. Softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 14 through March 22 2013 and then traveled for additional dates. Features text by Hannah Frieser and with a brief artist statement by Magyar. Includes some color and numerous black and white images with some fold out plates. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Lightwork unknown books
1987ref. 196344New York: The Pace Gallery 1987. First edition. Oblong softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 31 through November 28 1987. Features an essay by Adam Gopnik. Includes numerous color illustrations. A very good plus fine copy in French style wrappers with some light soiling to the rear panel. The Pace Gallery unknown books
1972ref. 551968New York: Random House 1972. Unbound. Good. Uncorrected proof. Tall red wrappers. Good only with a chip on the spine head creasing and foxing. Random House unknown books
2000ref. 191311San Francisco CA and New York: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Thames & Hudson 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 215 pages. Monograph published in conjunction an exhibition that ran June 10 through September 3 2000 at Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco California Palace of the Legion of Honor and then traveled to Fort Worth Washington DC and New York for additional dates. Features text by Steven A. Nash and Adam Gopnik. Inclues 120 color illustrations and some additonal illustrations a chronology by Nash list of previous exhibitions and selected bibliography. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards in a near fine dust jacket. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Thames & Hudson unknown books
2013ref. 185921Washington DC: National Gallery of Art 2013. First edition. Hardcover. 239 pages. Published in conjunction an exhibition that ran September 1 2013 through January 5 2014 at the National Gallery of Art and then January 28 through May 17 2015 at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio. Includes numerous illustrations of works by the likes of Richard Diebenkorn John Cage Chuck Close and others commentaries exhibition checklist and an index. A clean very near fine copy in very near fine. National Gallery of Art unknown books
2006ref. 187289Gottingen Germany: Steidl / Dangin 2006. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. Features a preface by Geoff Dyer. Includes 59 color images by Bartos. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap slit open to verify edition. Steidl / Dangin unknown books
1961ref. 183003Los Angeles CA: Ward Ritchie Press 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. A monograph on photographer Adam Clark Vroman edited by Ruth I. Mahood. Features an introduction by Beaumont Newhall. Includes over 100 black and white images. A very near fine copy in a very near fine acetate dust jacket. A fresh copy. Ward Ritchie Press unknown books
1994ref. 180008New York: Random House 1994. First edition. Softcover. First printing of the simultaneous paperback issue. Edited by Mary Shanahan. A monograph published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Whitney Museum that traveled to Minneapolis. A fifty-year retrospective look at Avedon's long career. Essays by Jane Livingston and Adam Gopnik. Includes many of Avedon's most iconic images. A fine copy in wrappers. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Random House unknown books
1999ref. 180327Durham NC: Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University 1999. First edition. Softcover. Spring 1999. 144 pages. Features contributions by Seamus Heaney Nicholas Nixon Cheryl Strayed Adam Bartos Philip Levine Mary Oliver john Berger and numerous others. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University unknown books
1997ref. 154222New York: Matthew Marks Gallery 1997. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery on October 9 through December 24 1997. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Matthew Marks Gallery unknown books
2002ref. 154058New York: Gagosian Gallery 2002. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Gagosian Gallery from May 10 through June 15 2002. Fine and unread in illustrated boards with no dust jacket as issued. Gagosian Gallery unknown books
1980ref. 147262N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1911 novel "Under Western Eyes" which was considered by some to be Conrad's response to "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky whom Conrad purportedly despised. The narrative generally depicts the life of an oft-downtrodden revolutionary told through the story of a language teacher living in Geneva. Set in St. Petersburg Russia and Geneva Switzerland. Goldenrod titled wrappers with credits for screenwriters Adam Gillon and Scott Gordon and novelist Joseph Conrad. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with the front wrapper partially detached from the binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1991ref. 150137Arcadia: Celebrity Photo Agency 1991. Vintage borderless reference photograph with left margin of Traci Lords and Stephen Kearney sitting amongst the aftermath of a massive pie fight on the set of the 1992 film. Printed snipe label here under using the working title "The Nutty Nut" and photographer "John Paschal" stamp on verso. Wealthy Presidential candidate Philbert Nutt's identical twin separated since birth Nathan who suffers multiple personality disorder shows up at his mansion ensuing a series of mistaken identity mishaps which spiral out of control. Screenwriters Sam Raimi Ivan Raimi and Bruce Campbell were so displeased with the film they used pseudonyms in the credits with the Raimis using the long running pseudonym Alan Smithee Jr. and Sr. respectively. Shot on location in Los Angeles California. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Celebrity Photo Agency unknown books
1973ref. 149662N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 French film showing actress Brigitte Fossey in silhouette. A man recently released from the hospital falls in love with a woman who is identical in appearance to his wife. Shot on location in Morbihan France. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
2002ref. 167545Sacramento CA: Crocker Art Museum 2002. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 4 2002 through January 12 2003. Text by Elizabeth Adan. Includes 7 color illustrations. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers and with laid in exhibition postcard. Uncommon. Crocker Art Museum unknown books
1988ref. 168433Woodstock NY: Center for Photography at Woodstock 1988. First edition. Softcover. 30 pages. Features articles by Gretchen Garner Julia Ballerini and John Matturri. Also Includes a portfolio and text by Shelby Lee Adams. A fine unused copy in stapled wrappers. Center for Photography at Woodstock unknown books
2003ref. 168487New York: Cheim and Read 2003. First edition. Softcover. 103 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show from September 2003. A collection of 104 images. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Cheim and Read unknown books
2019ref. 4504London: Reaktion Books 2019. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Fine. About Fine. Wraps lightly bumped at the top corners. Square and firmly bound clean internally. A collection of "the most entertaining most appalling most fantastic films of Mars-Jones's viewing lifetime. Reaktion Books paperback books
1969ref. 145466Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1969. Two vintage photographs of crew members on the set of the 1969 film. Manuscript annotations on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other. An action-packed feud between two bikers over a new motorcycle. Shot on location in Tucson Arizona. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1961ref. 144105Nice: Gaumont-Palace 1961. Vintage French program and two invitations for the 1961 film here under the original French titles. The collection both predates and postdates November 1 1961 generally considered the original release. A small invitation "for two" doubles as a folding RSVP for the October 17 showing at the Cyrano theatre in Villeneuve-sur-Lot a Southwest France commune with the Lot River running through the middle. The invitee's RSVP is unsigned. The two remaining pieces are from a slightly later November 15 1961 showing at the Gaumont-Palace in Nice in the Southeast of France the Riviera. A folding invitation stamped in blind with the theatre's coat of arms credits the president of the Societe Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont Jean Le Duc suggests formal wear and the invitee has inscribed in manuscript blue ink in French "one chair." A large program accompanies printed by Havas for the Gaumont-Palace showing details film credits and synopsis greetings from the Gaumont and advertisements for businesses in Nice. Formal programs often omitted still images from the film like this example opting for candor instead of promotion. The film echoes director's Clair's early silent films interweaving separate themes of comedy and fantasy involving a well with supernatural powers that lengthens life expectancy. Cyrano invitation 4 x 5.25 inches Gaumont invitation 4 x 8.25 inches the program 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Light rubbing and foxing overall and a vertical crease to the Gaumont invitation else Near Fine. Gaumont-Palace unknown books
1961ref. 144268France: Limot 1961. Original black-and-white single weight photograph from the 1961 French film. Actor Philippe Noiret is seen anxiously conversing on a telephone. Rubber-stamped on the verso crediting photographer Limot and with numerical annotations 641 in manuscript pencil. A businessman Noiret wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. One of Clair's final films. Shot on location throughout France. 5 x 7 inches tiny white border at the foot. Near Fine with light curling and faint foxing. Limot unknown books
