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Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film. Based on Dorothy Baker's 1938 novel of the same name. Loosely based on the life of Bix Beiderbeck, an influential jazz cornetist who died prematurely at the age of 28. In the film, Kirk Douglas plays the Beiderbeck character, here named Rick Martin. His career is constantly on the rocks, owing in part to his insistence on improvisation despite his band leader's request he stick to the written music, and in part to his alcoholism. Notable for implying that one of the main characters was homosexual, although this was not overtly expressed in the film. Shot on location in California and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in dark blue boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 159pp. Signed and inscribed by author in blue ink to top of ffep. Not library copy. (12/5). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. viii, 253 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ; LCCN 76384047 LC F292.W3 J67 Dewey 929.3758756 OCLC 2894208 ; blue cloth with gold lettering, knocked ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Creation of Wayne County -- Court sites -- Establishment of post offices and post roads -- Chartered towns, Revolutionary War veterans -- Altamaha vignettes of places and peopple -- Rotogravure -- Flora of Wayne -- arriage licenses 1809-1900 -- Post Offices -- Census 1820-1880 -- Confederate records -- Registered voters 1892 -- Tax payers - 1909 -- World War I registrations -- County officers -- Marked graves -- Wills -- Bibliography -- Court sites - continued -- Index ; scarce ; G. Book.…

Draft script for the 1950 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). Based on the 1938 novel by Dorothy Baker, in turn loosely inspired by the life of famed jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. A young trumpet player finds himself caught in a love triangle between a talented singer and a beautiful but disturbed heiress. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles and New York. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Carl Foreman and novelist Dorothy Baker. 158 leaves, with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7/9/49 and 8/25/49. Pages Near Fine, binding Good only, cloth lightly foxed, significant wear to the leather quarterbinding, though spine titles can still be read.…