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1973ref. 153359Berkeley: University Art Museum 1973. First Edition. Trade softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with a 1973 exhibition of Terry Fox's work at the University Art Museum in Berkeley. Near Fine in wrappers. University Art Museum unknown books
1993ref. 153393Lancaster OH: The Hammond Galleries 1993. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of work by Terry Fox Bill Viola Robert Smithson and Andres Serrano which ran from July 20 to August 14 1993. Fine in wrappers. The Hammond Galleries unknown books
1920ref. 148871Paris: Editions Nilsson 1920. First French Edition a trade softcover original preceding the first English language edition by nine years. Text in French. Cover illustration by Maggy Monier. Rare. A seminal horror novel written by one of the most important French genre fiction writers of the early twentieth century. The basis for several films including the classic German silent film starring Conrad Veidt "The Hands of Orlac 1924 and its American rival the sound version starring Peter Lorre "Mad Love" directed by emigre Karl Freund for MGM in 1935 and today considered one of the greatest horror films of the 1930s. Very Good in illustrated wrappers. All edges uncut. Slight lean some vertical wrinkling to the spine small chips at a couple of corners and wrappers foxed particularly rear wrapper. Barron 1999 4-125. Bleiler 1948 US. Clute & Nicholls US. Hubin 1994 US. Locke US. Reginald 12140. Senn US. Editions Nilsson unknown books
1952ref. 441980Boston: Little Brown and Company 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Owner's name stamp on front pastedown else fine in near fine dustwrapper with light overall wear. A John and Suzy Marshall mystery in which the couple investigates "one of the biggest jewel robberies ever perpetrated. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1929ref. 133042New York: E.P. Dutton 1929. First Edition. First Edition in English and first edition in hardcover preceded by the French edition "Les mains d'Orlac" in 1920. With the publisher's wraparound band. A seminal horror novel rare in dust jacket written by one of the most important French genre fiction writers of the early twentieth century. The basis for several films including the classic German silent film starring Conrad Veidt "Orlacs Hande" The Hands of Orlac 1924 and its American rival the sound version starring Peter Lorre "Mad Love" directed by emigre Karl Freund for MGM in 1935 and today considered one of the greatest horror films of the 1930s. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with the publisher's wraparound band "The Dutton Prize Mystery for November". The jacket's deco design is bright and striking with some toning to the spine jacket and band a chip at the crown affecting a portion of the title "The Ha" and part of "n" a portion of the publisher name at the heel the "Du" in "Dutton" and a few tiny chips nicks and closed tears. Barron 1999 4-125. Bleiler 1948 US. Clute & Nicholls US. Hubin 1994 US. Locke US. Reginald 12140. Senn US. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1970ref. 324049New York: Grosset and Dunlap 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Small ink blot on front pastedown board edges are noticeably worn else very good in good only dust jacket with glue stain on the front panel and the top layer peeled off. Story of the center of the N.Y. Knick's championship team. Grosset and Dunlap hardcover books
1948ref. 5678Oxford: Bruno Cassirer 1948. Hardcover. Very fine/Fine. Toulouse-Lautrec H. De. 67pp. Illustrated with 23 lithographed reproductions. Text by Jules Renard. Linen-backed pictorial boards printed in dark green and red spine also lettered in the same colors. A very fine copy with spine-darkened pictorial dust jacket. Stories from animal life by Jules Renard first published in France at the turn of the century in a very limited edition. Illustrated by Toulouse-Lautrec with 23 lithographs of various animals. Bruno Cassirer hardcover books
2005ref. 434492005. Wilson George Grafton and George Fox Tucker. International Law. Fifth Edition. New York: Silver Burdett and Company 1910. Reprint. Buffalo: W.S. Hein 2005. xix 505 pp. Cloth. New. $65. This classic title contains vital information on the rapid growth in the field of international relations and quickly became a necessary work for all legal scholars of the early 20th century when international law evolved from independence to interdependence among nations. The work delves into the nature of international law and its historical development the general rights and obligations of States jurisdiction diplomacy the international law of war and a litany of other topics all of which add to this title's value as one of the preeminent sources for information on international law in the early 1900s. unknown books
2007ref. 170718Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 2007. Revised Shooting script for the 2008 film. Two strangers meet and drunkenly marry in Vegas. Their plans to simply annul the marriage grow complicated when one wins a three-million-dollar jackpot in a casino. Self wrappers. Title page present dated August 7 2007 noted as Shooting Script with credits for screenwriters Dana Fox and Timothy Dowling. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/16/07 and 10/01/07. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1983ref. 168015Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1983. Vintage reference photograph from the 1983 film showing actor Albert Finney preparing for a turn as King Lear with help from his dresser Tom Courtenay. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1980 play by Ronald Harwood loosely based on his own experiences as a personal dresser to Shakespearean actor and manager Donald Wolfit. The dresser and confidante of a faded veteran actor struggles to keep his employer's life together eventually realizing that the actor's mental capacities are failing in his advanced age. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for both Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with dampstains and adhesive residue affecting the top edge. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1992ref. 163973Barnet VT: Kingdom County Productions 1992. Second Draft script for the 1993 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Based on the 1978 novel by Howard Frank Mosher about an aging logger and his feisty Native American friend who refuse to vacate their soon-to-be flooded land despite the offers of the power company boss. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in 1927 Vermont and shot on location in New Hampshire and in Northeast Kingdom and St. Johnsbury Vermont. Self wrappers. Title page present dated January 3 1992 noted as Second draft with credits for screenwriters Jay Craven and Don Bredes and novelist Howard Frank Mosher. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Poor moderately dampstained with soil throughout and first and last pages detached from the binding. Bound with two gold brads. Kingdom County Productions unknown books
1932ref. 167298N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 film showing actors Bela Lugosi and Leon Ames looking on while Sidney Fox encounters a sinister ape Joe Bonomo in a monkey suit. Loosely based on the 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe an atmospheric tale heavily influenced by German Expressionism about a mad scientist who kidnaps the women of Paris in order to mix their blood with his pet gorilla's. The film was the first to have Lugosi in the role of a mad scientist or doctor a role he would reprise throughout his career. 9 x 7 inches. Very Good plus moderately soiled on the verso. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 166250N.p.: N.p. 1983. Second Draft script for the 1983 British film. Noted as copy No. 101 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1980 play by Ronald Harwood loosely based on his own experiences as a personal dresser to Shakespearean actor and manager Donald Wolfit. The dresser and confidante of a faded veteran actor struggles to keep his employer's life together eventually realizing that the actor's mental capacities are failing in his advanced age. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for both Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 8th February 1983 noted as Second Draft with credit for Harwood. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine in a blue cloth binder. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 166412Los Angeles: Avon Productions 1983. Draft script for the 1983 pornographic film. With annotations in manuscript pencil on the first leaf presumably made by screenwriter-director Phil Prince indicating the name of the actor to be associated with each character. A cult leader called "The Confessor" hears confessions from rape victims "cleanses" the female ones with sex and then arranges for all victims and sometimes himself to then recursively rape their own male or female rapists. IMDB. Title page integral with cast of characters no wrapper as issued undated. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 29. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. Avon Productions unknown books
1982ref. 166414Los Angeles: Avon Productions 1982. Draft script for the 1982 pornographic film. Three violent escaped convicts on the run from the law break into a house where a young girl is being given a wedding shower and they proceed on a rampage of violence rape and sexual assaults. IMDB. Title page integral with the first page of narrative text. No wrapper as issued undated. 18 leaves with last page of text numbered 18. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine staple bound at the top left corner. Avon Productions unknown books
2002ref. 163819N.p.: Eye Productions Inc./Spelling Television 2002. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 9 of the 2003 television series. This episode was unaired as the series was canceled after three episodes. This courtroom drama comedy followed the cases at a Supreme Court in Queens New York. In this episode two Muslim men are arrested for a petty crime who homeland security believe to be terrorists. Set in Queens New York. Blue titled self-wrappers noted as WHITE DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 12/10/02 with credits for screenwriters Kevin Fox and Stephen Godcahaux and director Adam Bernstein. Title page integral with front self-wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated 12/10/02. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Housed in a Near Fine blue manila folder. Eye Productions Inc./Spelling Television unknown books
1991ref. 163690Los Angeles: Cunningham Productions 1991. Early Reading Draft script for the 1993 film seen here under the working title "Johnny Zombie." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Jim Calvert with his name and role on a tipped-in credit on the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout likely used for a casting read-through of the script during pre-production. A teenage boy rises from the grave as a zombie in order to ask his crush out on a date. Shot on location in Lockhart Bastrop Austin Round Rock and Georgetown Texas. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 27 1991 noted as Reading Draft with credit for screenwriter Dean Lorey. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with loss on the top right corner of the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Cunningham Productions unknown books
1974ref. 163699Universal City: Universal Studios 1974. Collection of vintage press and promotional ephemera for the 1974 film. Includes a flyer three gatherings of promotional material the November 1974 issue of "American Cinematographer" magazine featuring an article about the film two flyers promoting the Japanese release of the film and a composite studio still photograph from the film. A catastrophic earthquake destroys much of Los Angeles killing a huge number of citizens and leaving the rest to struggle for their lives. Hugely successful at the box office ranking as the third highest-grossing film of the year. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Ephemera generally Near Fine with "American Cinematographer" magazine Very Good plus. Universal Studios unknown books
1998ref. 163928Culver City CA: Tingle Productions 1998. Shooting Draft script for the 1999 film here under working title "Killing Mrs. Tingle." From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A high school student seeks revenge on a teacher who gave her a bad grade threatening her ability to become valedictorian. Shot on location in Southern California. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as Shooting Draft on the front wrapper dated 5/17/98 with credits for screenwriter Kevin Williamson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/30/98 and 5/16/98. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Tingle Productions unknown books
1967ref. 162400N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actress Vanessa Redgrave in costume as Isadora Duncan. A biographical film about Isadora Duncan an American dancer and artist who gained fame for her innovation in modern dance and outspoken bohemian lifestyle. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Paris and Chicago. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. 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
1989ref. 151977London: Roadshow Productions 1989. Draft script for the 1989 film. Based on the 1979 book by Joan and Clay Blair detailing a 1944 Japanese naval transport of thousands of British and Australian prisoners-of-war during which the ships used to transport the prisoners were torpedoed by US submarines causing 1559 of the captives to perish. Set in Japan shot on location in the Philippines. Tall red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Paul Mayersberg and writers Joan and Clay Blair. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. Roadshow Productions unknown books
1963ref. 152260London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Archive of production material from the 1965 British film including a Revised Draft screenplay three original character design illustrations and a hand drawn storyboard. A British newspaper offers a substantial prize to the winner of a cross-channel air race bringing aviators from around the world to compete for the chance at victory and grabbing the attentions of various women. A number of authentic airplanes from the 1900s were used during production including a 1910 Deperdussin Monoplane and a 1912 Blackburn Monoplane. Set and shot on location in England including at Book Airfield in Buckinghamshire. Fuchsia titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1963 noted as REVISED SCRIPT with credits for director-screenwriter Ken Annakin and screenwriter Jack Davies. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 174. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly faded on the front wrapper bound internally with two silver brads. Storyboard and design illustrations varying sizes Near Fine overall housed in a manila folder. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973ref. 161147N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage French mini-poster for the 1973 French film. Based on the groundbreaking 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen. Nora leads a quiet existence with her authoritarian husband Torvald but is forced to reconsider her marriage when a blackmailer threatens to reveal secrets from her past. Shot on location in Reros Norway. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 146343London: Ealing Studios 1950. Draft Shooting script for the 1950 British comedy film. With a few manuscript ink annotations and a single copied manuscript notation to page 81 noting a single line of dialogue in Chinese. A young boy cons a friend out of a toy magnet and consumed by guilt donates the magnet to a man collecting items for a charity auction. The story of the boy's assumed sacrifice drives the bids for the magnet up higher and higher and the lowly magnet begins to take on astronomical significance. Set and shot on location in New Brighton Wirral Cheshire and Liverpool. Tan titled wrappers noted as Draft Shooting Script on the front wrapper dated 13th January 1950. Title page present noted as DRAFT SHOOTING SCRIPT. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated pink revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Ealing Studios unknown books
