réf. 140947454New York: Seven Stories Press 1998. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by Gary Webb on the half-title page inscribed "1-16-99 Eugene OR For Charles Overbeck Ashley. Onward upward And keep Parascope as great as it is. Best wishes signed Gary Webb." The inscribee is an Oregon journalist and author. xxviii 5 548 pp. with eight pages of b/w photos. Fine with light shelfwear to boards and dust-soiling to upper edge of textblock. In a Near Fine dust jacket with sunned spine panel hint of toning to flaps and several very small stains along lower edge. Signed copies are rare. Journalist Gary Webb's still-controversial expose of CIA drug dealing and its relationship to the crack epidemic in the US fueled by crack dealers like "Freeway" Ricky Ross. In 2004 Webb would be found dead in his apartment shot in the head twice which police ruled a suicide. A 2014 film Kill the Messenger dramatized Webb's life his claims and the severe backlash he faced from the media. To his supporters Webb remains an inspirational journalist who persevered in the face of tremendous official corruption and coverup. Seven Stories Press unknown books
réf. 140945013New York: Seven Stories Press 1998. First edition. First edition. Signed by Gary Webb on the half title inscribed to the former owner with Webb's AOL email address. xxviii 548 pp. with eight pages of b/w photos. Fine in Fine dust jacket. An attractive copy. A very rare signature. Journalist Gary Webb's still-controversial expose of CIA drug dealing and its relationship to the crack epidemic in the US fueled by crack dealers like "Freeway" Ricky Ross. In 2004 Webb would be found dead in his apartment shot in the head twice which police ruled a suicide. A 2014 film Kill the Messenger dramatized Webb's life his claims and the severe backlash he faced from the media. To his supporters Webb remains an inspirational journalist who persevered in the face of tremendous official corruption and coverup. Seven Stories Press unknown books
1971réf. 431761Charlotte North Carolina: Red Clay Books 1971. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. Octavo. Photographic wrappers. Very near fine. Inscribed by one of the editors Robert Waters Grey to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor. Red Clay Books 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
1994réf. 226628San Francisco: Bay Area Bisexual Network 1994. Magazine. 64p. 8.5x11 inches b&w photos art ads fiction poetry features very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. San Francisco-based Bay Area Bisexual Network's magazine. Bay Area Bisexual Network 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
