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1978ref. 159677Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1978. Vintage studio still photograph of actor Fernando Lamas from the 1978 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. A parody of Humphrey Bogart films. A detective has to prove his innocence in the murder of his partner. He also has to recover a large egg-shaped diamond. Set in San Francisco shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1992ref. 193070Peoria IL: Lakeview Museum of the Arts and Sciences 1992. First edition. Softcover. 24 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 22 through April 12 1992. Features a foreword by John Heintzman and text by Simon Grennan and Christopher Sperandio. Includes some color and black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Lakeview Museum of the Arts and Sciences unknown books
1975ref. 193194New York: Random House 1975. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 87 pages. A two act comedy from the author of "The Odd Couple" "Bright Beach Memoirs" and numerous other classics. An about very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some faint evidence of moisture to the bottom edge and in a very good dust jacket that has some faint moisture stains to the bottom and top of the spine. Still a solid copy. Random House unknown books
1981ref. 193193New York: Random House 1981. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 96 pages. A two act comedy from the author of "The Odd Couple" "Bright Beach Memoirs" and numerous other classics. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a very good plus price clipped dust jacket that has some minor wear. Random House unknown books
1947ref. 159803Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing screenwriters Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer visiting director S. Sylvan Simon and actors Lucille Ball and Franchot Tone on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of photographer Irving Lippman. A newly married man is suspected of murdering an inventor who has recently come up with two groundbreaking formulas. The man's wife helps allay suspicions ultimately providing the testimony that will save his life. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1983ref. 159735Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1983. Vintage reference photograph from the 1983 television series. With manuscript ink annotation and mimeo snipe on the verso advertising the series' weekly broadcast on Wednesday nights. The series was very short-lived lasting only four episodes and followed a group of fake news anchors as they satirized weekly stories. 7 x 9 inches. Fine. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1999ref. 9030310New York: Alfred A. knopf 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Cover illustration stamped in blind. Illustrated throughout with many color plates and b/w illustrations. 750 pages. 10 x 7 1/2 inches. 748 pages. Alfred A. knopf hardcover books
2005ref. 193921Vancouver British Columbia Canada and Berkeley CA: Vancouver Art Gallery and Douglas & McIntyre 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 159 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 29 through December 31 2005 at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and then traveled to Vancouver and Montreal for additional dates. Features texts by Daina Augaitis Cuauhtemoc Medina Trevor Smith Ralph Rugoff and the text of a conversation between Jungen and Simon Starling. Includes numerous color illustrations biographical information bibliography and a checklist. A near fine copy in illustrated boards with some minor wear. No dust jacket as issued. Vancouver Art Gallery and Douglas & McIntyre unknown books
1982ref. 147593Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1982. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. Based on the 1979 play following a Hollywood screenwriter who abandoned his family 16 years earlier now pursued by his teenage daughter who desires his help in securing an acting career. Set in Los Angeles. Three 8 x 10.5 inches with one 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 160435N.p.: N.p. 2017. Archive of two Draft scripts for the 2020 film one undated and with the ownership name of screenwriter Christ Zois on the title page-this being from Zois' archive collection-with Zois' extensive annotations in manuscript ink throughout the other dated June 27 2017. From the archive of Christ Zois Abel Ferrara's frequent co-screenwriter. The sixth collaboration between actor Willem Dafoe and director Abel Ferrara a psychological thriller heavily based on the work of Carl Jung about an American living a largely solitary existence in Siberia. Undated script: Self wrappers. Title page present undated. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus unbound. June 27 2017 script: Self wrappers. Title page integral with first page of text dated June 27 2017. 37 leaves with last page of text dated 37. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single binder clip on the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1934ref. 160349N.p.: Franco-American Film Company 1934. Vintage Spanish magazine advertisement for the 1934 film here under the Spanish title "El lago de las damas." Based on the 1929 novel "Grand Hotel" by Vicki Baum. A young man starts a summer job at a lake resort where he falls in love. Their situation is complicated by the tomboy who lives across the lake and his ex girlfriend showing up. 9.5 x 13 inches. Very Good with creasing along the right edge and at the top right corner as well as four small tears at the right edge presumably from creasing. Franco-American Film Company unknown books
1685ref. 782761685. London 1685. Only English edition. London 1685. Only English edition. A Critical Examination of Tithes and Other Forms of Ecclesiastical Revenue Simon Richard 1638-1712. The History of the Original and Progress of Ecclesiastical Revenues. Wherein is Handled According to the Laws Both Ancient and Modern Whatsoever Concerns Matters Beneficial The Regale Investitures Nominations And Other Rights Attributed to Princes. Written in French by a Learned Priest. And Now Done into English. London: Printed for Henry Faithorne and John Kersey 1685. xvi 271 1 pp. Octavo 7" x 4-1/2"; 17.78 x 11.43 cm. Contemporary sheep blind rules and corner fleurons to boards rebacked in period style with blind fillets to spine blind tooling to board edges edges of text block rouged marbled pastedowns free endpapers clipped. Rubbing and some shallow scratches to boards light rubbing to extremities corners bumped and worn hinges cracked later armorial bookplate of John Percival Earl of Egmont 1736 to front pastedown shelfmarks in ink and pencil to front endleaf light edgewear to rear endleaf. Light toning to interior later faint ink owner stamp "Rev'd A.L. Green/ Library" and early ink annotation to title page light foxing to a few leaves. $350. Only English edition. This critical work was originally published in Frankfurt in 1684 as Histoire de l'Origine & Du Progres des Revenues Ecclesiastiques. This anonymous translation was clearly intended to criticize laws concerning tithes to support the Church of England. According to the preface "this work" is worth reading because it "plainly discovers what good Use the Ecclesiastics have made of the Pious Inclinations of the Laity to their own Advantage." The owner is very likely the pioneering Jewish preacher and bibliophile Aaron Levy Green 1821-1883 of London. Green was "eminent as minister of the Central Synagogue London" The Jewish Encyclopedia 1907 III: 388. Much of his impressive library went to the London School of Jewish Studies Karen Attar A Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland 2016 p. 204. English Short-Title Catalogue R19448. unknown books
1968ref. 9030482London: Clarendon 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original navy cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Owner's name written on front free endpaper. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches. 109 pages. Clarendon hardcover books
1977ref. 158139Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Final Shooting Draft for the 1978 film. A New Hollywood neo-noir based on Simon's 1973 novel. Moses Wine Dreyfuss is a 1960s radical-turned-private eye who is hired by Lila Anspach to investigate a smear campaign against a popular political candidate. The investigation soon becomes a murder case involving a hippie leader whose values like Wine's have been compromised over the years. Set in California shot on location in southern California. Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 02111 dated October 19 1977. Title page present noted as Final Shooting Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Studios unknown books
2007ref. 9029438Munich: Prestel 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original grey cloth with spine stamped in black. Illustrated. 10 x 11 1/2 inches. 274 pages. Prestel hardcover books
1936ref. 61130New York: Press of the Pioneers Inc 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xvi2333pp; illus. Early owners inscription to front endpaper old bookseller's description clipped and tipped onto front pastedown with some offsetting to pastedowns from binders glue; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $3.75 sunned at spine and panels modest wear with several shallow losses and small tears; Very Good. Press of the Pioneers, Inc unknown books
1973ref. 9029639Boston: David R. Godine 1973. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original navy cloth with spine and front cover9029638 stamped in gilt. Illustrated. 6 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches. 261 pages. David R. Godine hardcover books
1973ref. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1996ref. 190914New York: Simon & Schuster 1996. First edition. Softcover. Advance Reading Copy. A memoir from the noted American playwright of such classics as "The Odd Couple" and "Biloxi Blues." A fine copy in glossy illustrated wrappers with publication information on the rear cover. Signed by Simon. An as new unread copy. Simon & Schuster unknown books
2006ref. 190972New York: Gagosian Gallery and Other Criteria 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 408 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 15 through October 28 2006. Essay by Simon Baker. Features the text of a conversation between Hirst and John Gray. Includes numerous illustrations many of which are gatefolds. A fine copy in cloth boards. No dust jacket as issued. An as new copy in the publisher's shrinkwrap. A beautifully printed and designed book. Gagosian Gallery and Other Criteria unknown books
1968ref. 158766Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1968 film. On the back of one photograph is the stamp of the Silver Screen Archives in New York. Photographs housed in a brown paper envelope as issued. Based on Evelyn Waugh's debut novel "Decline and Fall" 1928. A man is unjustly dismissed from Oxford University for indecent behavior and finds employment at a boys' private school in Wales where he meets a young woman. The two are set to married until he is arrested for involvement in her white slavery operation. Set and shot on location in Hertfordshire and London. Two photographs are 8 x 10 inches and one photograph is 10 x 8 inches. Two photographs Fine one photograph Near Fine with brief wear along the right edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978ref. 158774Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1978. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs and one vintage color studio still photograph from the 1978 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. A satirical comedy and spoof of the 1940s detective genre about a San Francisco private detective who attempts to prove his innocence in the murder of his partner's wife as well as search for a lost treasure. Robert Moore and Neil Simon's follow-up to their 1976 film "Murder by Death." Set in San Francisco CA shot on location in Los Angeles CA. Five photographs 8 x 10 inches five photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 158722London: Mediarts 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1971 British film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on seven leaves noting deletions. Based on the 1958 radio drama by Giles Cooper about a boarding school teacher who begins to suspect his predecessor of having been murdered by the students. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows one holding. Set in Cornwall and shot on location in Llandudno Wales and in Sonning Berkshire. Missing front wrapper with pink rear wrapper. Title page present dated May 1970 noted as REVISED with credits for playwright Giles Cooper and screenwriter Simon Raven. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages laid in throughout dated August 7 1970. Pages Poor wrapper Poor with moderate dampstaining affecting the last 60 leaves and rear wrapper bound with a silver prong. Mediarts unknown books
1979ref. 158872N.p.: El Imán Cine y Televisión S.A. 1979. Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 film. With a production release stamp in Spanish and a stamp crediting photographer Federico Grau on the verso. A Spanish film. An English scholar investigating the death of an ancient scholar in the Adalusian mountains learns of the legend of a dragon woman associated with the mountains. Set in Andalucia shot on location in Andalucia Madrid and Toledo Castilla-La Mancha Spain. 7 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. El Imán Cine y Televisión S.A. unknown books
1995ref. 184834Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library 1995. First edition. Hardcover. A special edition from the Signed First Edition Society. Contains a special message from Simon not present in the trade edition. Collects three plays: "Lost in Yonkers" "Jake's Women" and "Laughter on the 23rd Floor." A fine copy in decorated full leather binding with all edges gilt and a silk book marker. No dust jacket as issued.Signed by Simon. Franklin Library unknown books
