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
Original wraps. Crisp, wonderful photograph of Klaus Kinski as the menacing vampire "Nosferatu", signed cleanly and legibly in a blue marker by the legendary director of this atmospheric 1979 re-make, Werner Herzog. The photograph is 8" x 11 3/4" and is in immaculate condition. More
Original wraps. A pristine copy of the color photograph of the original poster for Roger Corman's 1963 film adaptation of "The Raven". Cleanly and clearly signed in a nice blue marker by both Roger Corman (who directed and produced the film) and Richard Matheson (the great science fiction writer who... More
Single sheet. A wonderful collection of 30 autographs of many of the leading stars in Alfred Hitchcock's remarkable body of work. All painstakingly gotten by one singleminded autograph collector, who used exactly the right smudge-free blue magic marker and chose a very strong image of Hitchcock (2 matching photographs of... More
Shanghai, China: Shanghai Film Studios, 1984. Cloth. A solid copy of the December 1984 1st edition of this history of the Shanghai Film Studio, published in both English and Chinese. Tight and VG+ (light offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light scuffing... 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 the infamous scene in "The Godfather" in which Sonny Corleone (James Cann) comes to his end at the tollbooth of a Long Island Causeway. Bullets are flying, Sonny's flailing helplessly in response and yet James Caan found the time to sign this iconic image... 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
Original wraps. A near-pristine copy of this crisp black-and-white studio photograph of Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese standing in front of a cab during the filming of Scorsese's 1976 "Taxi Driver". Signed by Martin Scorsese in a clear, clean blue marker. The photograph measures 8"x10" and is virtually as new... More
Jerusalem: Arnon Milchan Film Poster Collection/The Israel Film Archive/Jerusalem Cinematheque, 1995. Original wraps. A pristine copy of this impressive 1995 catalogue of the Arnon Milchan Film Poster collection. Clean and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, crisp, high-quality color reproductions thruout. More
New York: Corncob, Ltd., 1968. Original wraps. 1968 magazine devoted exclusively to the cultural phenomenon of Tiny Tim. Crisp and VG+ in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. Quarto, dozens of crisp black-and-white photos thruout of Tiny Tim and his many admirers, who here wax on and on about his talents. Also... More
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1930. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1930 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light spotting to the panels) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with mild chipping along the rear panel's top-edge. Thick octavo, "a simple tale of an idea, an experiment, a.... More
1973. Original wraps. The July 1973 "Revised Production Script" of one of the great early episodes of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Approaching the midway point of this landmark comedy series (1970-1977), this episode, pitting the "Happy Homemaker" against a cuckolded Phyllis, was written by Ed. Weinberger --one of the... More
New York: Abbeville Publishers, 1981. Cloth. The Deluxe edition, with the bookpate at the front astedown signed by both authors (Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston) and with a foot of original film ("Fantasia"--1940) neartly laid-in underneath the bookplate. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 stated 1st edition... 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
Woodmont, CT: Cameron Publishing Company, c. 1928. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1st edition (circa 1928-1930), in its scarce original dustjacket. Tight and VG+ in its orangle cloth. And in a Good+ example of the fragile printed dustjacket, with the front flap separated from the rest of the jacket... More
Paris: Maurice de Brunhoff, 1922. Original wraps. The 1922 1st edition of this early French study of the film career of Charlie Chaplin. Good+ in its light-green pictorial wrappers, with pronounced chipping along the panel edges, light tape at the front panel's lower-edge and light offsetting to the rear panel... More
Paris: Aux Editions De La Lampe Merveilleuse, 1921. Original wraps. The 1921 1st edition, in its striking pictorial wrappers. Solid and VG, with very light chipping at the spine crown and along the panel edges. 12mo, wonderful black-and-white photos (stills from the film) thruout. More
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. Hardcover. A nice Association copy: INSCRIBED BY MORRIS ERNST TO RENOWNED PAINTER AND STAGE SET DESIGNER LEE SIMONSON on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1930 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its decorative boards, with light spotting along... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly/Little, Brown, 1968. Cloth. A nice Association copy. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY PAULINE KAEL TO AUTHORS FRANCIS STEEGMULLER AND SHIRLEY HAZZARD on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1968 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG+ (with very light cocking) in a bright... More
Milan: All'Insegna Del Pesce D'Oro, 1960. Original wraps. The scarce 1960 original printing of the 1950 diary (written in Rome but published in Milan) by the great Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini. Clean and VG+ in its fragile dark wrappers, with just a touch of light chipping along the spine... More
