Conrad joseph novel (12 risultati)

Two vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1953 UK film. Based on Joseph Conrad's "Between the Tides," about a singer with a memorable laugh, working in a Parisian night club, whose life entwines with both a pugilist and a sea captain. 8 x 10 inches. A few faint creases, else Near Fine.…

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condizione: Bien. Col. Clàssics de la Literatura Universal, 8 Todos nuestros libros son de segunda mano. Novel.la (illustratore).

One vintage studio still photograph and one linen backed key book photograph from the 1951 film. A man who was fired for stealing at his job at a shipping port in southeast Asia reconnects with the man who gave him his start. Set in southeast Asia, shot on location in Sri Lanka. One photograph 10 x 8 inches, one photograph 11 x 8 inches. Very Good. Selby US. Selby UK.…

Half title. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in blind & green; spine sl. faded. A good-plus copy.

First Edition Thus. Signed, limited edition (no. 54 of 1500 copies issued). Bound in the publisher's original full blue silk-weave cloth with the title gilt-stamped to a leather label affixed to the front board. 26 cm. 49 pp. Contains 3 exquisite original etchings (one of which folds out) by Bruce Chandler. In fine condition. No ownership marks/writing present. In the publisher's original clothbound, clamshell case (spine sunned, small spots of insect damage). Publisher's prospectus letter loosely laid in.…

Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1911 novel "Under Western Eyes," which was considered by some to be Conrad's response to "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, whom Conrad purportedly despised. The narrative generally depicts the life of an oft-downtrodden revolutionary, told through the story of a language teacher living in Geneva. Set in St. Petersburg, Russia and Geneva, Switzerland. Goldenrod titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriters Adam Gillon and Scott Gordon, and novelist Joseph Conrad. 128 leaves, with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, with the front wrapper partially detached from the binding, bound with two gold brads.…

Second Draft script for an unproduced film, with single manuscript annotation at bottom of title page. Written by author, poet, journalist, and speechwriter Jeremy Larner, who won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Michael Ritchie's "The Candidate" starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle. Larner also co-wrote with Jack Nicholson the 1971 Nicholson film "Drive She Said," starring William Tepper, Karen Black, and Bruce Dern, Nicholson's directorial debut. Based on the 1915 novel by Joseph Conrad. Conrad's novel has been adapted many times for film. The earliest, a silent film in 1919, directed by Maurice Tourneur starring Jack Holt, Seena Owen, and Lon Chaney, Sr. In 1930 as "Dangerous Paradise," directed by William Wellman and starring Richard Arlen and Nancy Carroll. In 1940, directed by John Cromwell and starring Fredric March and Betty Field. In 1987, in Germany, as "Des Teufels Paradies" ("The Devil's Paradise") directed by Vadim Glowna and starring Jurgen Prochnow, Sam Waterston, and Suzanna Hamilton, and most recently in 1995, directed by Mark Peploe and starring Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, and Irene Jacob. Harold Pinter also reportedly wrote an unproduced screenplay adaptation in 2015. Axel Heyst tries lives an isolated life on the islands of the Malay Archipelago but falls in love with and rescues Alma, a member of an all woman orchestra who is being abused by the hotel's owner where they perform. A copy of the script is identified at Boston University at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center in "The Inventory of the Jeremy Larner Collection #613." Green titled wrappers. Title page present, dated February 1977, noted as SECOND DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Jeremy Larner and author Joseph Conrad. 152 leaves, with last page of text numbered 150. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.…

Draft script for the 1967 Italian film. Text in English, printed in Rome. Based on the 1923 novel, wherein a former pirate falls in love with a mentally ill young woman, who falls in love instead with a French naval officer. Set in France, shot on location in Italy. Blue wrappers, with the film's English title printed on a red label and affixed on the front wrapper. Title page present, with the film's English and Italian titles given. 207 leaves, with last page of text numbered 206. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good, with a strip of adhesive residue, likely from tape, running vertically across the rear wrapper binding, bound with two gold brads.…

Vintage reference photograph of director Carol Reed and actor Ralph Richardson on the set of the 1951 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso, along with the stamp of Tele-Magazine. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel. A selfish criminal takes on a new position as the second-in-command of a trading operation on a remote island village, where he seduces the village chieftain's daughter and embezzles from his employers. Controversial at the time of release for its depiction of an interracial romance, even though the so-called indigenous Algerian actress in question (Kerima) was in actuality a white woman from France. Set in Borneo, shot on location in Sri Lanka. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with a short closed tear to the top edge, repaired on the verso with white tape.…

Draft script for an unproduced film, adapted from the collaborative novel written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford in 1909, but not published until after Conrad's death in 1924. The third of three collaborations by the two novelists. Black stiff generic report wrappers, with a red-and-white title label on the front wrapper crediting screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. 129 leaves, with last page of text numbered 126. Photocopied. Toning to the title page, else pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with a silver prong binding.…

Collection of 12 vintage color studio still photographs from the 1965 film. After being labeled a coward, Lord Jim seeks redemption through an exceptionally dangerous mission. In its wake, he finds himself faced again with the choice of self preservation or honor. The Technicolor film was based on Joseph Conrad's novel of the same name. Shot on location in Cambodia, China, Malaysia, and England. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.…

Vintage borderless photograph of director Richard Brooks and actor Peter O'Toole on the set of the 1965 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. After being labeled a coward, Lord Jim seeks redemption through an exceptionally dangerous mission. In its wake, he finds himself faced again with the choice of self preservation or honor. The Technicolor film was based on Joseph Conrad's novel of the same name. Shot on location in Cambodia, China, Malaysia, and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…