Original wraps. A nice collection of "Exorcist"-related signatures (all gotten by the same person) on a photograph of the iconic image of the exorcist himself (Max Von Sydow) standing in front of the fog-enshrouded Georgetown home. SIGNED BY WILLIAM FRIEDKIN, WILLIAM PETER BLATTY, LINDA BLAIR AND AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE COMPOSER GEORGE..... More
London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1979. Original wraps. An immaculate copy of the catalogue based on the May-June 1979 exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery. Crisp and Fine in its decorative wrappers. Tall quarto, black-and-white photos and film stills thruout. Also includes a laid-in example of the publisher's uncommon stapled..... More
Germany: 1969. Photograph. A 1969 German promotional package for the Andy Warhol vehicle "Blue Movie", which Warhol wrote, produced and directed, and which starred Viva and Louis Waldron. Called "the first adult erotic film depicting explicit sex to receive wide theatrical release in the United States", "Blue Movie", among other..... More
Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1930. Original wraps. The scarce 1930 French novelization of Greta Garbo's "The Single Man" (Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1929). The film is essentially a forward-thinking, "feminist" take on the right ("le droit") of women to be held to the same standard as men and to take on multiple..... More
Chicago: Motion Picture Publications, 1929. Original wraps. A crisp, very sharp copy of the November 1929 issue of "Motion Picture", with a radiant Lupe Velez gracing the cover. Clean and Near Fine in its colorful pictorial wrappers. Articles include "Hollywood Whoopee Handbook", "His Unwedded Wife", "The Girl with Six Careers"..... More
New York: Film-Maker's Cinemartheque, 1967. Pictorial wrappers. A scarce early run (20 issues) of this New York-based film monthly: New York Film-Maker's Newsletter. The earliest issues can be very elusive; in this case we have all but a complete run of the newsletter's first 2 years (late 1967 thru late..... More
New York: Screenland Magazine Inc., 1931. Original wraps. A clean, well-preserved copy of the September 1931 issue of "Screenland", with a startlingly young Tallulah Bankhead gracing the cover (portrait by Edward L. Chase). Crisp and VG+ in its colorful pictorial wrappers, with light wear at the spine ends and a...... More
1970. A wonderful collection of 9 autographs from key figures in the original 1970 film "MASH". All neatly signed in a blue marker on a still photograph of one of the great scenes in the film, in which over a dozen members of the camp eagerly pull up chairs to..... More
Original wraps. Crisp, clean photograph of Robert De Niro, posing in front of his cab in his Vietnam jacket and sporting his new mohawk, in Martin Scorcese's timeless 1976 film "Taxi Driver". Signed by De Niro in a clear blue marker across the photograph. All-but-pristine except for a small former..... More
Original wraps. Crisp, very sharp color photograph of Robert DeNiro in the ring as Jake LaMotta in a scene from "Raging Bull". Signed by DeNiro in a clean, clear blue marker. The photograph measures 8"x10" and, except for a small tag at the rear which has been neatly crossed out..... More
Single sheet. A wonderful collection of autographs relating to Martin Scorcese's seminal 1976 film "Taxi Driver". On a crisp photograph of the film's original poster are the clean, unsmudged signatures of Martin Scorcese, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd, Vincent Argo and the screenwriter Paul Schrader..... More
Single sheet. A very impressive collection of autographs relating to one of the landmark horror films in history, 1973's "The Exorcist". On a crisp photograph of the original poster for the film are the clean, unrubbed signatures of Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, William Peter Blatty, William Friedkin, Kitty Winn, Mercedes..... More
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1932. A. Frederick Collins. Pictorial cloth. A fresh, bright copy of the 1932 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial blue cloth with crisp, silver-decorated front panel and spine. And in a sharp, VG+ to Near Fine..... More
Screenplay. The very rare screenplay based on Dick Gregory's autobiography, "Nigger". This first draft screenplay was written by Al Young ("Snakes", "Sitting Pretty", CA's poet laureate 2005-2008) and the screen treatment was by Joseph Strick. By all indications, the screenplay was never produced, making this a truly uncommon piece of..... More
New York: 1925. Cloth. A very presentable copy of the 1925 1st photoplay edition, with the wonderful pictorial dustjacket (a still from the 1925 silent film, with both Wallace Beery and Bessie Love gracing the front cover). Clean and Near Fine (very light spotting along the top-edge) in a bright..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1973. Decorative Boards. The 1973 1st edition of this important interpretation of the history of "Black rolls" in American cinema up to this writing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one small piece of clear tape neatly applied at..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1931. Cloth. The 1931 1st edition --in the very uncommon pictorial dustjacket-- of this (extremely) early textbook on the uses and methods of the nascent invention known as television. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG- to VG dustjacket, with chipping (especially along the spine crown..... More
New York: Film-Makers' Cinematheque, 1963. Pictorial wrappers. The 1963 signed/limited of the premiere issue (Monograph Series #1) of Film-Makers' Cinema. #110 OF 1,000 COPIES SIGNED BY GREGORY MARKOPOULOS. A very presentable copy to boot. Tight and VG+ in its stapled pictorial wrappers, with light soiling along the rear panel. Quarto..... More
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1971. Original wraps. The uncommon April 1st, 1971 original screenplay for "Dirty Harry", written by H.J. Fink and Dean Riesner, and produced by Warner Brothers (and, within Warner Brothers, specifically from the office of Don Siegel, who both directed and produced the film). Solid and VG..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1929. Cloth. The 1929 1st photoplay edition AND true 1st edition of the novelization by Irwin R. Franklyn, "from the all-talking Columbia picture by Howard Green and Henry McCarthy". Solid and VG+ in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with chipping at the tipds and spine ends..... More
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1979. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR J.H. MATTHEWS TO PRE-EMINENT LITERARY SCHOLAR AND YALE PROFESSOR HENRI PEYRE on the front free endpaper. (Also includes a laid-in, affectionate, half-page typed letter from the author to Henri Peyre as well). A very solid copy to boot of the..... More
New York: Film Culture Non-Profit Corpopration, 1965. Pictorial wrappers. Issue #37, the "Harry Smith" issue, summer 1965. With New York artist and filmmaker Harry Smith (1923-1991) adorning the front cover and featuring a lengthy Harry Smith interview. Clean and very sharp. Easily VG+ to Near Fine. Also features a piece..... More
New York: Film Culture Non-Profit Corporation, 1968. Pictorial wrappers. A crisp, very sharp copy of Issue #45, from the Summer of 1967. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its brown pictorial wrappers. Featuring a lengthy interview with Jack Smith by Gerard Malanga, profiles of Edie Sedgwick and Viva, and..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Cloth. A very impressive copy of the 1925 1st edition --AND 1st photoplay edition. Clean and Near Fine in an exceptionally crisp, Near Fine example of the wonderful pictorial dustjacket. 12mo, charming Grosset & Dunlap ads at the rear. More
New York: Film-Makers' Cinematheque, 1966. Original wraps. A clean, well-preserved copy of this 1966 original program presenting a number of films of the great underground film-maker (and practitioner of black magic) Kenneth Anger. Included are his seminal "Scorpio Rising" from 1964 and "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" from 1966. The..... More
