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1980ref. 109682Boston MA: Davide R. Godine 1980. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of 32 color and 15 duotone photographs. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the top of the rear panel. Davide R. Godine unknown books
1980ref. 104012Boston MA: David R. Godine 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with 32 color and 15 duotone photographs. A clean very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that has some rubbing and a minor amount of edge wear. David R. Godine unknown books
1940ref. 165665Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Allan Jones Nancy Kelly Peggy Moran and Robert Cummings posed behind a large straw hat. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso referring to the film by its working title "Caribbean Holiday." Based on Earl Derr Biggers' 1914 novel "Love Insurance." The film debut of Abbott and Costello. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1993ref. 171234Burbank CA: MFS Productions Inc 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1994 television film here under working title "My Father's Son." Copy belonging to an unknown cast member inscribed by director-star Beau Bridges. With production documentation laid in. A family is torn apart when a farmer is suspected to have murdered his wife and his son is picked to lead the investigation. Green titled self wrappers noted as REVISED GREEN on the front wrapper dated May 28 1993 with credits for screenwriter Ken Hixon. Title page integral with front rapper with three title pages laid in corresponding with previous revision pages dated variously between May 11 1993 an May 26 1993. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between Apr 28 1993 and 5/28/93. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. MFS Productions Inc unknown books
1932ref. 152592Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage press portrait photograph from the 1932 film showing actress Polly Moran. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript ink annotations and a written date of 3-13-32. A beautiful socialite pretends to have fallen in love with a weird plumber in order to make her lover jealous. MGM's first attempt to pair actors Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante as a comedy team followed by "Speak Easily" 1932 and "What-No Beer" 1933. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned and soiled. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1938ref. 164624Universal City: Universal Pictures 1938. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1938 film showing actors Beryl Wallace and Dick Purcell. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the credit stamp of studio photographer Ray Jones. Two discharged Marine pilots sign on as airborne policemen for a dictator of a small South Sea island eventually finding themselves at odds over their shared affection for a beautiful woman. 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. 9.25 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1938ref. 164609Universal City: Universal Pictures 1938. Vintage publicity photograph of Mamo Clark from the 1938 film. 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. Two discharged Marine pilots Larry J. Blake and Dick Purcell sign on as airborne policemen for a dictator of banana-republic south sea island and begin fighting over the same girl Marcia Brandford before realizing they may be on the wrong side. Marguerite Mamo Clark better known as Mamo Clark or simply Mamo was a Hawaiian born actress and is best known for her debut as a Polynesian girl who marries Clark Gable in the 1935 Academy Award winning film "Mutiny on the Bounty" directed by Frank Lloyd. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1935ref. 158578N.p.: N.p. 1935. Vintage photograph of architect Timothy L. Pflueger civil engineer Charles H. Purcell editor and writer Rob Wagner and photographer Walter G. Swanson standing at the base of the then-incipient San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge circa 1935. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Purcell and Pflueger both oversaw the construction of the Bay Bridge-Purcell being the Chief Engineer and Pflueger serving on the committee of architects for the project. Rob L. Wagner is best remembered today as the editor and publisher of "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine published in Beverly Hills between 1929 and 1949. A lifelong Socialist and advocate for progressive causes Wagner used "Script" to give a voice to blacklisted screenwriters including Dalton Trumbo and Gordon Kahn and prominent leftists including Upton Sinclair Max Eastman and William C. deMille. While Wagner's involvement with Pflueger Purcell and Swanson is unclear it is evident that Wagner maintained many connections with powerful leaders in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the right corners. N.p. unknown books
1937ref. 148098Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1937. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1937 film two showing actors Jane Wyman and William Hopper and one showing Wyman and actors Berton Churchill Dick Purcell Archie Robbins and Raymond Hatton. A family of con artists decide to stage a sham public wedding to make money off the ticket sales not counting on the bride actually falling in love with the groom. Jane Wyman's first starring film role. Set in New York. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. Two Very Good plus with light edgewear and toning and one Very Good with a small open tear to the bottom right corner. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 158729Iver Heath Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 1962. Shooting script for the 1963 British film. A young woman moves to the countryside in order to start a new job as a district nurse and must face the suspicions of the local townsfolk who distrust her due to her age. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows no holdings. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. Tall tan titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 19th October 1962. Title page present dated 16th October 1962 with credits for novelist Joanna Jones and screenwriter Norman Hudis. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with a silver prong. Pinewood Studios unknown books
1944ref. 150926Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Three vintage photographs and one borderless publicity photograph from the 1944 musical film. A musical revue about a former vaudeville star who decides to try his luck at Hollywood. Notable for its extensive celebrity cameos including appearances by Orson Welles Lon Chaney Jr. Dinah Shore Noah Beery Jr. The Andrews Sisters Jeanette MacDonald and Maria Montez among many more. Set in Hollywood. Three 8 x 10 inches one 6.75 x 9 inches. Very Good plus several lightly and evenly toned one with a short closed tear to the top left corner. Universal Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 147936Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Vintage studio still photograph of Gloria Jean and orchestra performing from the 1940 film. The unofficial sequel to 1939's "The Under-Pup" which introduced Jean to the screen "A Little Bit of Heaven" finds the twelve year old singing sensation singing on a radio quiz show and hired to a big-bucks contract. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with both right corders chipped and two small chips on upper right. Universal Pictures unknown books
1986ref. 115890N.p.: N.p. 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. Production assistant Cynthia Jessen's copy with her name in manuscript ink on the title page numerous lines throughout the script circled and several dog-eared pages. Not to be confused with the 1994 film directed by Robert Benton and starring Paul Newman. A young woman who is tired of her life falls for a man in a traveling Shakespeare troupe. Shot on location in Prescott and Sedona AZ. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated February 19 1986 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Beth Henley. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated March 3 1986. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1845ref. 375903New York: John C. Riker 1845. 20 of 36 lithographed views. Plus 8 pencil drawings on 6 sheets being based on the lessons one signed C.W.T. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. Publisher's marbled slipcase color lithographed label on the upper cover slipcase split at joints. 20 of 36 lithographed views. Plus 8 pencil drawings on 6 sheets being based on the lessons one signed C.W.T. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. An extremely rare series known to Drepperd only from the first part of which he found only a single example. "This set of drawing cards is so rich in American views that it is comparable to a miniature Currier and Ives portfolio . these same views are to be found in finished but unsigned paintings by mid-nineteenth century American amateurs ." Drepperd. Purcell served as the drawing master at the Mechanic's School and in 1841 was awarded a prize for the best water color drawing at the the American Institutute Annual Fair. In all Purcell issued six parts in the series under the general title The Artist's Class Manual each offered for sale priced separately. An 1847 advertisement by the publisher John C. Riker in The American Bookseller's Complete Reference Trade List details each part's composition: "No. 1 contains a series of elementary and cottage drawing lessons consisting of fifty cards . No. 2 consists of thirty-six cards . subjects elements of landscape drawing exhibiting varieties of trees with their characteristic foliage . No. 3 consists of thirty-six cards . 12 elementary and 24 advanced landscapes . No. 4 contains twelve colored subjects with full instructions in the use and mixing of colors . No. 5 consists of twelve colored lessons more advanced than No. 4 . No. 6 consists of the same number of colored subjects being the finishing lessons in the art." The prices for each part ranged from .63 cents to $1.25 getting progressively more expensive for the later numbers and each was contained within a separate slipcase. Examples of various parts are located in the collections of the New York Historical Society the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Yale Center for British Art i.e. from the Paul Mellon collection. Very rare on the market. Drepperd Amer. Drawing Books p. 15 John C. Riker unknown books
1977ref. 71195London: Anvil Press Poetry/Rex Collings 1977. First edition. 47 pp w/notes. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover design by Asa Benveniste. London: Anvil Press Poetry/Rex Collings unknown books
1971ref. 41680London: Anvil Press Poetry 1971. First edition. 47 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover by the Trigram Press. London: Anvil Press Poetry unknown books
1972ref. 4393London: Anvil Press Poetry 1972. First edition numbered & signed issue. 47 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Purcell. London: Anvil Press Poetry unknown books
1977ref. 629382Berkeley California: Aldebaran Review 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Limited edition later issue. 26pp. Stapled wrappers. Foxing on wrappers else very good. One of 250 copies printed on Edna by Shameless Hussy Press Oakland May 1976 by Oliver Simon and friends. Aldebaran Review unknown books
1964ref. 595202London: Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1964. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 36pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Several chips and creased tears corners and spine ends bumped splits at the spine ends very good only. Uncommon OCLC locates no copies. Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation unknown books
1996ref. 586434Vancouver: Peanut Butter Publishing 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 41pp. Green cloth gilt. Poetry. Peanut Butter Publishing hardcover books
1976ref. 541716Oxford: Ziprint Parchment 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover by Jon Piper. Octavo. 43pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Near fine with some rubbing to the rear wrap. A short-lived poetry anthology edited by James Lindesay and Bruno Tolentino with a name inspired by W.H. Auden's early 1920s magazine Oxford Poetry. Contributors to this issue Lindesay Tolentino Elizabeth Jennings Sally Purcell Ruth Padel Francis Warner John Wain and many others. Both runs of this magazine and individual issue appear scarce. OCLC locate 10 assorted copies over two records. Ziprint Parchment unknown books
1965ref. 541935Santa Monica California: Earth Books & Gallery 1965. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Cover by Anna Purcell. Edited by Steve Richmond. Oblong small octavo. Stapled cardstock covers with white and blue mimeograph pages. This little magazine features the long Charles Bukowski poem with the equally long title: "Rimbaud Be Damned: I Have Withstood 99000 Seasons in Hell and I Still Look Down into This Glass Wondering Wondering." Other contributors include Doug Blazek John Buckner d.a. levy Max Schwartz William Wantling Purcell and Richmond. Earth Books & Gallery unknown books
1997ref. 434575San Francisco: Chronicle Books 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 176pp. Quarter patterned cloth with pictorial glossy boards. Illustrated from color or black & white photographs. Sunned spine with age-toning on the pages and an abrasion on the front board near fine. Signed by the author. A study of the relationship between the mythical monster and its real counterpart. Chronicle Books hardcover books
1957ref. 105070Welwyn Garden City Herts: The Broadwater Press Limited 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition preceding the Sagamore trade edition. Octavo. 66pp. Red cloth gilt without dustwrapper as issued. Very good with the spine ends bumped and a water stain on the bottom edge of the boards. A satire of T.S. Eliot printed for private circulation. The Broadwater Press, Limited hardcover books
1947ref. 46357Santa Barbara: Schauer Publishing 1947. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Owner stamp else very good plus in wrappers. Schauer Publishing unknown books
