1940Best.-Nr. 29379n.p. 1940. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Marginal chipping and tape-mended tears to first and last pages else very good. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 60187New York: The Viking Press 1963. First edition. Drawings and source material recorded by Oswald White Bear Fredericks. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket with slight fading to spine. Ashley Montagu's copy with his name in his hand on the front flyleaf. First edition. Drawings and source material recorded by Oswald White Bear Fredericks. 1 vols. 8vo. The Viking Press unknown books
2017Best.-Nr. 16621New York: Clarkson Potter 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket unclipped $27.00 rubbed at the top-right corner. Quarter black cloth with red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Waters's memoir that "reflects on the desultory road that brought her to 1517 Shattuck Avenue culminating in the opening of that iconic establishment in 1971. Clarkson Potter hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 170426Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1978. Collection of 17 vintage studio still photographs from the 1978 film including nine bordered and black-and-white and eight borderless and in color. Black-and-white photographs with provenance stamps or labels on the versos. Frequently hailed as one of the greatest documentary concert films ever made capturing a performance by The Band on November 25 1976 accompanied by Ronnie Hawkins Bob Dylan Eric Clapton Bobby Charles Emmylou Harris Dr. John Joni Mitchell Muddy Waters Neil Young and others. Shot at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 172057N.p.: Saliva Films / Dreamland Productions 1974. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1974 film showing the film's poster. John Waters' fourth feature after his wildly successful 1972 film "Pink Flamingos" about a rebellious high-school student who embarks on a murder spree after her parents deny her request for cha-cha heels at Christmastime. Dedicated to Manson Family member Charles "Tex" Watson who inspired the theme of the film: "crime is beauty." Shot on location in Baltimore Maryland. 10 x 8 inches with wide top and bottom margins. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 929. Saliva Films / Dreamland Productions unknown books
1910Best.-Nr. 629712Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company 1910. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Illustrated by Will E. Chapin. Tall octavo. Illustrated cloth. Modern owner label on front fly. Binding worn lacking the front fly and preliminary leaves opens to title page the upper hinge has been reinforced with archival tissue gutters separating in a few places but held together by the sewing a few plates with light marginal staining good only. Rand, McNally & Company hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 170773N.p.: N.p. 1990. Five vintage color transparencies from the 1990 film showing cast members during filming on location. A characteristically oddball romantic comedy set in Baltimore in the 1950s about the romance between rockabilly outcast Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker and an upper-class girl named Allison. Shot on location throughout Maryland in Ellicott City Hampden Baltimore Reisterstown Jessup Milford Mill and Sykesville and in Santa Clarita California and Hershey Pennsylvania. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 170434Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Collection of 36 vintage reference photographs from the 1952 film including 35 bordered and one borderless. Most with provenance stamps and labels on the versos and four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to same. Based on Carson McCullers' beloved 1946 novel which McCullers also adapted for Broadway in 1950 starring actors Ethel Waters and Julie Harris who reprised their roles for the film. A young lonely tomboy dreams of escaping her small southern town with her brother and his fiancée. Harris was 27 more than double the age of the fictional Frankie Addams at the time of the film's production. Set in the American South. 35 photographs 10 x 8 inches one 7.5 x 9.25 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine a couple with annotations in manuscript ink on the margins. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 168629Denver: Self published 1980. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "Love Lust / Chocolate." Illustrations by Mary Alice Guthrie. A collection of erotic lesbian poetry. About Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers. Self published unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 168068N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage borderless satin-finish color publicity photograph from the 1992 film showing Michelle Pfeiffer in costume as Catwoman. Sequel to Tim Burton's 1989 classic "Batman" following the Dark Knight as he faces off against Catwoman and the Penguin. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 168474N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage photograph of Muddy Waters with trombonist Chris Brubeck and Bob Dylan whom Waters invited onstage during a show at the Bottom Line in New York on June 30 1975. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink identifying subjects on the verso. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1993Best.-Nr. 167532Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Silver Pictures 1993. Final Draft script for the 1993 film. Laid in with the script is a call sheet dated March 1 1993. An overly aggressive police officer and a homicidal crime lord are both cryogenically frozen in the year 1996 reawakening in 2032 to a futuristic supercity known as "San Angeles." Loosely based on Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel "Brave New World" and on H.G. Wells' 1899 novel "The Sleeper Awakes." Set and shot on location throughout Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 1 1993 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Peter Lenkov Daniel Waters and Jonathan Lemkin. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers / Silver Pictures unknown books
Best.-Nr. 161161Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1987. Revised Second Draft script for the 1989 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Francis Kenny with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and his ink and pencil annotations on several pages noting deletions and occasional additions. A dark satire of the popular John Hughes teen comedies of the early 1980s today considered a classic coming-of-age film. The debuts of both director Michael Lehmann and screenwriter Daniel Waters. Set in Sherwood Ohio and shot on location in Los Angeles California. White untitled New World Pictures production wrappers. Title page present dated November 17 1987 noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Daniel Waters. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. New World Pictures unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 159636N.p.: American International Pictures 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 re-release of the 1960 film noir. With one provenance stamp on the verso. A woman has been sentenced to death for a murder she did not commit. The woman who actually committed the murder tries to will herself to confess before the innocent woman is killed by the state. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Spicer US. Weldon 1983. American International Pictures unknown books
1942Best.-Nr. 160003Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1942. Two vintage reference photographs of Ethel Waters from the 1942 film. A successful American newspaper reporter is sent to cover the war in Europe. A British spy asks him to bring a coded message to Cairo where he finds out a movie star he is a fan of is a Nazi spy. Set in the Mediterranean and Cario Egypt shot in Hollywood and on location in Santa Monica Bay California. Both photos 4 x 5 inches. About Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 14325New York: The John Day Company 1933. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. Signed by the authors W.W. Waters and William C. White the first edition of Bonus Expeditionary Force: The Whole Story of the Bonus Army. Octavo 16pp photos 288pp. Beige cloth title in blue on spine. Blue topstain. No additional printings listed. Solid text block faint foxing to edges transference to endpapers. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket $2.50 retail price on front flap short closed tears to top edge thin red stain to rear panel dampstain to verso. Signed by W.W. Waters and William C. White on the front flyleaf a scarce signed example. Walter W. Waters former WWI sergeant led a legion of 43000 remonstrators to Washington D.C. to demand early repayment of their service certificates in 1932. This group named the Bonus Expeditionary Force were cleared from their campsites by Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur with orders from President Herbert Hoover. The veterans did not receive their early payment until 1936 when Congress overrode a veto from President Roosevelt. The John Day Company unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 158257N.p.: N.p. 1988. Vintage test photograph from the 1988 film showing actors Ricki Lake Divine and Jerry Stiller. Globe Photos stamp on the verso along with manuscript annotations in pencil and ink. Perhaps John Waters' most enduring film serving as the basis for the long running 2002 Broadway musical adaptation which itself became the basis for both the 2007 film starring John Travolta Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah and the 2016 broadcast "Hairspray Live!" on NBC. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the bottom right corner. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1979Best.-Nr. 158453Austin TX: Antone's Nightclub 1979. Vintage poster for a performance by Muddy Waters at Antone's Nightclub in Austin Texas on Friday December 7 1979. Poster design by Austin-based illustrator Danny Garrett. Early issue with pale colors and thin paper stock. Printed by the artist. Extremely scarce. In 1979 Waters had just completed work on the third of four albums made with friend and fellow blues musician Johnny Winter "Muddy 'Mississippi' Waters Live" preceded by "Hard Again" and "I'm Ready" in 1977 and 1978. All three were Grammy Award winners. Antone's was established in 1975 by Clifford Antone. It has been an iconic blues and R&B venue in downtown Austin for over 40 years. Austin illustrator and designer Danny Garrett is best known for his work for Antone's serving as the in-house illustrator for the club's posters from 1976-2005. Garrett currently lives in New Zealand and teaches art and design at the Auckland University of Technology. 11.5 x 17.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and two small closed tears to the margin otherwise bright clean and unfaded. Antone's Nightclub unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 7452Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc 1951. Book of the Month Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Waters on the half-title page. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket faded at the edges generally chipped and with some small creases and closed tears. Grey buckram toned at the edges bumped with blue ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound clean internally. A nice signed copy of the acclaimed jazz singer's memoir. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
1926Best.-Nr. 148247Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1926. Vintage reference photograph of actress Arlette Marchal from the 1926 film. Based on the 1927 novel by Zane Grey not published until a year after the film's release. A fugitive is left in the desert to die by his outlaw partner but is rescued by a young rancher unaware that romantic entanglements with a neighboring rancher's daughter will complicate their friendship. Now considered to be a lost film. Shot on location in Hurricane Bluffs Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with light toning and edgewear and a small chip to the right edge. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 153192N.p.: N.p. 1994. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director John Waters on the set of the 1994 film. Brief manuscript ink annotations to the verso noting the film title and Waters' name. A seemingly normal middle-class housewife in suburban Baltimore moonlights as a maniacal unstoppable serial killer. Waters' ninth feature film. Shot on location in Baltimore. 5 x 7 inches. Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown books
2002Best.-Nr. 154088Ibaraki: Contemporary Art Center 2002. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Contemporary Art Gallery Art Tower Mito from April 13 through June 9 2002. Text in Japanese and English. Fine and unread in card wrappers with a Fine dust jacket. Contemporary Art Center unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 154176Hollywood: Roger Corman Productions 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller who had a sizable role in the film with his name to the title page and his manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. The finished film runs a little over an hour so the script at 127 pages was cut down substantially in the filming and editing process leaving a remarkable amount of content for study. An alienated wealthy coed at an all-girls boarding school inflicts increasing cruelties on the other students until her manipulation goes too far. An early role for Miller who appeared in 14 films directed by legendary independent filmmaker Roger Corman between 1955 and 1961 and would continue to work with Corman throughout his career. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Ed Waters. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Roger Corman Productions unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 152320London: United International Pictures 1982. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1982 film one showing director Alan Parker director of animation Gerald Scarfe and cameraman John Stanier in conversation the other showing Parker and actor Bob Geldof. With printed mimeo snipes on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera about a young rock star named Pink whose troubled childhood in 1950s England leads him into an adulthood marred by isolation and depression and eventually complete mental collapse. Shot on location in London and Quebec. 10 x 8 inches with wide bottom margins. Near Fine. Ebert IV. United International Pictures unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 149687N.p.: N.p. 1988. Vintage reference photograph of actors Divine and Jerry Stiller from the 1988 film. Cult independent director John Waters' most enduring film following a kindhearted overweight teenager who becomes an overnight sensation on a Baltimore television dance show and subsequently uses her newfound fame to speak out in support of integration. Basis for the Tony Award winning 2002 musical and subsequent 2007 film adaptation directed by Adam Shankman and starring Nikki Blonsky Michelle Pfeiffer and John Travolta. Set and shot on location in Baltimore Maryland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books