371 résultats
1978réf. 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
1974réf. 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
1990réf. 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
1992réf. 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
1975réf. 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
1966réf. 88806Denver: Alan Swallow 1966. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22.5cm; gray cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; 300pp. Lacking publisher's dustwrapper. Inscribed by Waters on half-title page: "For Nathaniel Tarn in friendship - Frank Waters". Light rubbing to corners else Near Fine. Historical fiction novel based on Edith Warner a tea room owner in Los Alamos New Mexico. Inscribed to noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024. 88806. Alan Swallow unknown books
1993réf. 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
1958réf. 9032457New Haven: Yale 1958. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Foreword by Mountbatten. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photo reproductions maps drawings etc. Book is in fine condition dust jacket has wear to extremities. 6 x 9 3/4 inches. 696 pages. Yale hardcover books
1852réf. 82443New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1852. First American Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's original dark blue embossed cloth titled in gilt to spine with elaborate blindstamping to boards. 238pp. Wear rubbing and scuffing to extremities with book board showing through the cloth at corners and edges fraying and loss to spine ends not interfering with the title in addition there is a cosmetic split to the cloth of the front spine hinge. A good serviceable copy with some conspicuous wear. Internally clean rear inner hinge split two previous ownerships in pencil to the prelims with an additional pencil name to page 22. Some thumbing to prelims and with a pale damp stain to the lower front corner of the first 20pp or so. Perhaps not the most beautiful example of this scarce and sought after title to surface but a legitimate rarity nonetheless. This first US edition although of dubious legality predates the official first edition of this work by 4 years having been collected from US magazine publications syndicating from the Edinburgh Review and bolted together into book form. One of the very earliest fictional police procedurals and an early contributor to the enduring mystique of Scotland Yard. Cornish, Lamport & Co unknown books
réf. 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
1969réf. 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
1942réf. 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
1988réf. 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
1907réf. 61083London: John Murray 1907. Reprint. Octavo 23cm. Green cloth stamped in gilt on front and spine; plain endpapers; xii280pp; 9 folding maps and 2 halftone plates. A tight copy lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners browning to free endpapers but generally Very Good. German Official Account of the War in South Africa October 1899 to February 1900. See MENDELSSOHN II p.590. John Murray unknown books
1979réf. 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
1926réf. 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
1994réf. 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
1957réf. 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
1982réf. 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
1988réf. 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
1954réf. 9026559Covington: Americana Publications 1954. 1st. Paperback. Near fine. Illustrated with photographic portraits. Adams 6 Guns 2324. Americana Publications paperback books
2014réf. 9021879New York: Penguin 2014. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper over boards spine stamped in gilt. Penguin hardcover books
2012réf. 9021860New York: John Adamson 2012. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine and cover stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly rubbed at edges. Profusely illustrated throughout. John Adamson hardcover books
1967réf. 9010536New Haven: Yale University Press 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped and has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. Yale University Press hardcover books
1969réf. 110611Studio City CA: Major Pictures Corporation 1969. Final Shooting script for the 1970 neo-noir film. Boldly SIGNED by lead actor Rod Taylor on the front wrapper. Based on the 1966 novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his series character Travis McGee. Notable as the only feature film adaptation of MacDonald's wildly popular Travis McGee series long unavailable on any kind of viewing format. Red titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper dated 28 January 1969 with credits for screenwriter Ed Waters and novelist John D. MacDonald. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. Grant US. Larson Warped and Faded. Major Pictures Corporation unknown books
