Editore: Gloria Enterprises, Inc.
Da: Biblio Pursuit, Lenhartsville, PA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Like New. Gloria Enterprises, Inc. Paperback. Like New.
Editore: Columbia Pictures, 1979
Da: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Poster. Folder, 8.5 x 11 inches when folded. Cover in color with couple with foreheads together. Rear with cast, credits and movie details. Film stars James Caan, Marsha Mason, James Bologna, and Valerie Harper. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
Editore: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1978
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Vintage studio still photograph of actor Fernando Lamas from the 1978 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. A parody of Humphrey Bogart films. A detective has to prove his innocence in the murder of his partner. He also has to recover a large egg-shaped diamond. Set in San Francisco, shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US.
Editore: United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1957
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film. During WWII, members of a troop occupy a derelict Tunisian farmhouse until they are discovered by German infantrymen. The first Hammer war film, and the second Hammer film produced in collaboration with a major US studio. Set in Tunis, shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.
Editore: Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1968
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Vintage oversize studio still photograph of Robert Wagner and Glynis Johns from the 1968 film. Based on Charles Williams' 1966 novel The Wrong Venus. Screenwriter Williams was one of the great and most popular hard-boiled writers in the Gold Medal stable. His screenplay, Don't Just Stand There!, for Universal, was the first of two screenplays Williams wrote in Hollywood, also a comedy. Robert Wagner is hired to finish a "sex" novel by a famous authoress in Europe (Glynis Johns) who has suddenly decided to stop writing. 8 x 10 inches. Very good plus, with small pinholes.
Editore: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1978
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1978 film. Peter Falk parodies every detective role he has ever played in this goofy spoof about a private eye who is accused of murdering his partner and who is also simultaneously searching for a dozen diamond eggs. The film trots out an all-star set of cameos including appearances by Stockard Channing, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, James Cromwell, James Coco and many others. Set in 1940s San Francisco. Set in San Francisco, shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with blue manuscript annotations to the verso.
Editore: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1982
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Two vintage reference photographs from a 1982 re-release of the 1979 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1977 Broadway play by Neil Simon, about the whirlwind romance between a widower and a divorcée. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Marsha Mason. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Editore: Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1964
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. A Cambridge professor of astrophysics accidentally gets mixed up in a plot to make it appear that he has defected to Russia. Set and shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Editore: Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1939
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1940 film. A young journalist finds himself unjustly accused of murder. White titled self-wrappers, production No. 1033, dated December 19, 1939, with credits for director Harold D. Shuster. Approximately 130 leaves, with last page of text numbered 19. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, with tearing to the last three leaves along the top edge, wrapper Very Good plus, with some tearing to the back self-wrapper along the top edge, bound with two gold brads along the top edge.
Editore: Blue Period Productions, N.p., 1989
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Draft script for the fifth episode of season two of the 1989-1990 television series. The series followed B.L. Stryker, a private eye who lives on a houseboat in southern Florida. In this episode, which originally aired on March 10, 1990, on ABC, Stryker must resolve a hostage situation. Shot in West Palm Beach. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated September 26, 1989, noted as production No. 65707, with credits for screenwriters Robert and Joan Parker. 119 leaves, with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 10/25/89 and 10/30/89. Pages Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.
Editore: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1960
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. A man travels to a remote military academy to inquire about his son, reported to have died in an unspecified accident, only to learn that the boy's death was caused by a violent hazing ritual. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned, else Near Fine.
Editore: Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1982
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Vintage press kit for the 1982 film, containing four black-and-white photographs, and three gatherings of promotional reading material. A young track-and-field athlete prepares to compete in the 1980 Olympic Games, finding romance with a fellow competitor along the way. Featuring noted real-life track-and-field athlete Patrice Donnelly, and cameos by many contemporary athletes, including Evelyn Ashford, Jodi Anderson, Earl Bell, Pam Spencer, Deby LaPlante, and many others. Photographs and promotional material Near Fine.
Editore: Universal City Studios, Universal City, CA, 1967
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Final script for the 1968 film. Prop master C.S. Chrisman's copy, with his trademark manuscript ink initial on the front wrapper, and profuse manuscript annotations throughout the text regarding scenes that will require props. Based on the 1966 novel "The Wrong Venus" by Charles Williams. An author on a European cruise is slacking on finishing her newest novel when her publisher sends someone to check in on her progress. The first of two screenplays Williams wrote in Hollywood. Williams was one of the most popular hard-boiled authors in the Gold Medal stable. Beginning in the early 1960s, he found work as a screenwriter, adapting his novel "All the Way" (first adapted in 1960 in the US as an obscure, late film noir, "The 3rd Voice") as a comedy for French director Marcel Ophuls. Set in Europe. Red titled wrappers, noted as Final draft on the front wrapper, production No. 02000, dated February 6, 1967. Title page present, noted as Final draft, with credits for author and screenwriter Charles Williams. 132 leaves, with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.
Editore: N.p., N.p., 1965
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Early Draft script for the 1965 British comedy film. Based on the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. In 1818, the parents of 20 boys establish a tontine, a fund to go to the last surviving boy. It is now 1882 and only 2 elderly brothers are left, Joseph (Ralph Richardson), protected by his nephews (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) determined to keep him alive, and Masterman (John Mills) in ill health and poverty, protected by his perpetually confused grandson (Michael Caine). Shot on location in Surrey, England. Yellow untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated May 21, 1965, with credits for screenwriters Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove. 127 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two flat metal brads.
Editore: Wildwood Enterprises, Burbank, CA, 1979
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Second Draft script for the 1980 film. Internally duplicated copy, with copied punch holes, but with a vintage wrapper and a mailing envelope with the MTM [Mary Tyler Moore Productions] at the top left corner. SIGNED by actor Mary Tyler Moore on the front wrapper. The script was originally signed and sent by MTM Productions to be sold at a charity auction in Tennessee. Robert Redford's directorial debut, based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Judith Guest, about the disintegration of a wealthy family following the accidental death of one of their two sons and the attempted suicide of the other. Nominated for six Academy Awards, winning four: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Timothy Hutton. Set and shot on location throughout Illinois, in Chicago, Lake Bluff, Fort Sheridan, Lake Forest, Wilmette, and Northbrook, and in Columbus, Ohio. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present, noted as second draft, dated September 21, 1979, with credit for screenwriter Alvin Sargent. 149 leaves, with last page of text numbered 150. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with revision pages throughout on white stock, dated variously between 9/26/79 and 11/16/79. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Signed.
Editore: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1978
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Collection of nine vintage reference photographs and one vintage color studio still photograph from the 1978 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. A satirical comedy and spoof of the 1940s detective genre, about a San Francisco private detective who attempts to prove his innocence in the murder of his partner's wife, as well as search for a lost treasure. Robert Moore and Neil Simon's follow-up to their 1976 film "Murder by Death." Set in San Francisco, CA, shot on location in Los Angeles, CA. Five photographs 8 x 10 inches, five photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Editore: Twentieth Century-Fox, London, 1955
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Before Sheree North, there was Betty Grable, the owner of the most beautiful legs in Hollywood, but both musical darlings star in this comedy about two dancing girls who hide at Bristol College while they attempt to locate the killer of a fellow performer. Marilyn Monroe was originally cast as "Curly" but refused the role, and Sheree North landed the part. Grable's final acting role. 8 x 10 inches. A hint of toning, and a tiny edge tear here and there, else Near Fine.
Editore: Universal Pictures, Universal City, 1939
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Vintage publicity photograph of Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd from the 1939 film, with a mimeo snipe attached to the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. The third film to feature Edgar Bergen and his ventriloquist dummies Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, and the first film to feature them in the lead. Bergen, McCarthy, and Snerd help solve the murder of a corrupt editor with ties to the mob. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Editore: RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1949
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film, showing the titular gorilla facing off against a man on a rearing horse. Printed mimeo snipe and RKO Radio Pictures stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A stop-motion monster fantasy film created in the wake of the massive success of Radio Pictures' "King Kong" (1933), even using the same director-screenwriter-producer team. A young woman heads to Hollywood with her pet gorilla named Joseph, hoping to make enough money to save her ranch home in Africa. When a seedy nightclub entrepreneur proposes the gorilla be used as part of his nightclub's entertainment, it seems like an easy way to make money-but Joe is miserable, as he is mistreated and unhappy in America. Received an Academy Award in 1950 for Best Special Effects. Set in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. About Very Good plus, with short closed tears at the edges and creases at the corners.
Editore: San Diego, CA: Panama-California Exposition., 1915
Da: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Good. Five Letter-Sized Pages, Signed on Exposition Letterhead by dignitaries and civic officials connected to the Exposition, some stamped with the names of their organizations. Good with losses, marginal tears, creasing, perforations & some staining.Provenance: Letters and Autographs from a Who's Who in California 1914 - 1917, to the author Ellis A. Davis, regarding Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona. Sold by Cherokee Book Shop to Frederick Ruffner, Jr., the founder of Gale Research, Detroit.
Editore: N.p., N.p., 1993
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Vintage large-format color slide from the 1993 film, showing Demi Moore trying on a dress. Based on Jack Engelhard's 1988 novel, about a couple who are forced to grapple with the terms of their marriage after a handsome stranger offers the wife a million dollars to sleep with him. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine.
Editore: PPCM Photo Press Agency, N.p., 1996
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Five vintage studio still photographs from the French release of the 1996 animated comedy film. Based on the satirical 1990s animated television series created by Mike Judge, about the misadventures of two apathetic teenage slackers. Followed by a 2022 sequel, "Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Editore: Saint Subber / Studio Duplication Service, New York, 1969
Da: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Very Good. New York: Saint Subber / Studio Duplication Service, 1969. First Edition. Quarto; original buff printed post-bound card wrappers; 35,28,26ll. printed mimeograph from typescript. Moderate wear to wrapper edges with old indentation from removed paper clip at top edge of upper cover, light soil, else Very Good and sound. Original working stage play to the 1969 Broadway production, inscribed and signed on title page by the playwright Neil Simon, the director Robert Moore, and the producer Saint Subber: "Without you Jessica it wouldn't have come out this way / Saint Subber"; "Dear Jessica / Thank you for your help / Bob Moore"; "To Jessica / Affectionately / Neil Simon." Most likely inscribed to Jessica Levy, the production's casting director. Offered with eight glossy stills from the original production, five of which sport the rubber-stamp of Friedman-Abeles to verso. Simon's sexy comic hit ran on Broadway for 706 performances at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre starring James Coco, Linda Lavin, and Doris Roberts. The play was later adapted into the 1972 film of the same title directed by Gene Saks and starring Alan Arkin.