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N.p.: N.p., 1970. Original manuscript of Terry Southern's short story. Boldly inscribed by the author in manuscript ink to author and editor Jean Stein on the title page: "To darling Jean, this personally inscribed copy of 'The Donkey and the Darling,' now on prominent display at your basic Museum of Modern Art in downtown Gotham, the Empire City, in… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Klub Komotion, 1989. Vintage flyer for a performance by Janor Hypercleets and The Band That Dare Not Speak It's Name at Klub Komotion in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 17, 1989. Performance artist Hypercleets (also known as Hypercleats) and The Band That Dare Not Speak It's Name were proponents of The Church of the Subgenius, a… Read more about this item

New York: Realist Association, 1974. Collection of 13 vintage issues of the 1958-2001 freethought [free-thought] news magazine, including Nos. 41, 47, 48, 50, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 63, 94, and 98. The Realist was founded in 1958 by writer and satirist Paul Krassner, a key figure in the countercultural movement of the 1960s, and a… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1963. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1963 film, showing director Pier Paolo Pasolini on the set with actor Orson Welles. Both with provenance labels on the verso, and one with a printed mimeo snipe. An anthology film with four segments, titled after the names of the four directors: "Illibatezza," directed by Roberto Rossellini,… Read more about this item

Paris: Garnier Frères, 1873. First Edition. Folio. First Edition. A monumental, two-volume collection of the works of François Rabelais, illustrated with frontispiece portrait, 60 plates, and 658 in-text illustrations by Gustave Doré. Text and titles in French. Both volumes Very Good plus, with light foxing on the endpapers and page edges.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1930. Vintage double weight portrait photograph of writer P.G. Wodehouse, circa 1930. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio stamp crediting photographer Clarence Sinclair Bull on the verso, and Bull's blindstamp on the bottom right corner of the recto. Wodehouse went to Hollywood in 1929, largely at the behest of his wife, Ethel May Wayman. He signed as… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper by Dorothy Parker: "To Ruth Bergum / with great gratitude for her ever having heard about me / and for wanting this signature / With all good wishes / Dorothy Parker." A pitch-black, two-act satire first performed in New York on October 21, 1953… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Orson Welles from the 1963 film. Italian "ROGOPAG / LA RIOTTA" stamp on verso. An anthology film of four short films, titled after the names of the four directors: "Illibatezza," directed by Roberto Rossellini, "Il Nuovo Mondo," directed by Jean-Luc Godard, "La Ricotta," directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, and… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First Edition. First Edition. Copy belonging to Academy Award-winning director William Wellman, with his signature on the front endpaper. Very Good plus overall, lacking the dust jacket. Vintage bookstore label to the rear pastedown. A few small tears to the edges of the advert pages at the rear, else a very presentable… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Vintage borderless photograph of Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Brialy, and Monica Vitti on the set of the 1974 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. A masterpiece like most all of the director's films, a nonlinear surrealist comedy that challenges bourgeois notions of morality. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. … Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Vintage borderless photograph of Luis Buñuel, Julien Bertheau, and Michel Piccoli on the set of the 1974 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. A masterpiece like most all of the director's films, a nonlinear surrealist comedy that challenges bourgeois notions of morality. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. … Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Vintage borderless photograph of Luis Buñuel, Pierre Lary, Jean Rochefort, and Julien Bertheau on the set of the 1974 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. A masterpiece like most all of the director's films, a nonlinear surrealist comedy that challenges bourgeois notions of morality. 9.5 x 17.75 inches. Near… Read more about this item

N.p.: Timon Productions, 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Paper snipe affixed to the verso. Shot on location in Wales, UK. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive manuscript ink and graphite annotations to the verso.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995. First Edition. First Edition. REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip laid in. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Scott / All the best / Bruce Friedman." Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Boca Raton, FL: Self published, 2006. First Edition. First Edition, one of 400 copies. A good natured, gently satirical look at the contemporary art world, framed as the textbook for "Earl Bronsteen's Online School of Art." Profusely illustrated in color throughout, with photographs, collages, prints, and numerous tipped and laid in pieces. After retiring from careers in… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Five vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1962 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1974 film. A masterpiece like most all of the director's films, a nonlinear surrealist comedy that challenges bourgeois notions of morality. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 290. Rosenbaum 1000.

New York: Kanrom, 1963. First Edition. First Edition. Two volumes, oblong 16mo, illustrated paper boards. Published by controversial comedian and singer, Jackie Kannon, and his friend Alex Roman, about whom not much is known. The two entrepreneurs also published the "JFK Coloring Book" and a book of poetry called, "Poems from the John" (largely written by television writer, Sol… Read more about this item

London: Independent Television, 1995. Draft scripts for four episodes of the 1996 television show "Delta Wave:" "A Twist of Lemming: Part 1," "A Twist of Lemming: Part 2," "A Glitch in Time: Part 1," and "A Glitch in Time: Part 2." A television show about two children with psycho-kinetic powers and their scientist caretaker. The show ran for… Read more about this item

Various cities: Various Publishers, 1967. A collection of 10 original lobby cards for the Mexican releases of nine films directed by or featuring Charlie Chaplin. Highlights of this bright, charming collection include lobby cards for the Mexican releases of Chaplin's "Limelight," "King of New York," and "The Circus," as well as two variants for "The Chaplin Revue,"… Read more about this item