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Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1953 UK film. Printed with the original title, "Appointment in London." A retiring bomber pilot intends to keep the new recruits focused by banning women from the base. Then he meets smiling officer Eve Canyon 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with an ink notation on the verso, two tiny chips, and light toning.

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on the 1959 novel by John Hersey. The hotshot commander of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lives for the most dangerous missions, and acts as though he may have a death wish. Shot on location in Cabridge, Bovingdon, and Kent, England. 10 x 8 inches. One Near Fine, the other Very Good plus, with creasing and tape residue at the bottom left corner.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. xx, 315 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. ; Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1954 ; OCLC: 34219087 ; LC: GV965 ; green and beige cloth ; no dustjacket ; "Bob Jones was an Atlanta lawyer who also happened to become one of the best golfers who ever lived. His ultimate achievement came in 1930, when he became first and only golfer to win the Grand Slam. He promptly retired from competitive golf, returned to his law practice and founded Augusta National Golf Club-the site of the annual Masters Tournament ; Contents: Short stories -- The clicking of Cuthbert / P G Wodehouse -- Mr. Frisbie / Ring Lardner -- The sweet shot / E. C. Bentley -- The Ooley-cow / Charles E. Van Loan -- Golf is a nice friendly game / Paul Gallico -- Cartoons -- The spirit of the game -- reminiscence, comment, history and humor -- The links of Leith / Tobias Smollett -- The birth of the Linksland Courses / Sir Guy Campbell -- Some of the humor of golf / A. J. Balfour -- Hints to golfers of riper years / Horace C. Hutchinson -- How to go about buying a putter / John L. Low -- The old apple tree gang / H. B. Martin -- Across the street from the County Club / Francis Ouimet -- Golf in four acts / George Ade -- Caddying at Edgewater / Chick Evans -- Mr. Dooley on golf / Finley Peter Dunne -- Merion--First visit / Robert T. Jones, O. B. Keeler -- How I kept my wait down / Walter Hagen -- On Diegeling / Bernard Darwin -- The prospect for 1930 / Grnatland Rice -- Two niblicks / Bernard Darwin -- The fabulous Commodore Hear / Grantland RIce -- Golfers with a past / Noel F. Busch -- The Dr. Livingstone of gold / Harry Robert -- Francis drives himself in / S. L. McKinlay -- The Hong Kong Golf Club / Christopher Rand -- Watching my wife / John L. Hulteng -- Le Bing et le golf / Art Buchwald -- The Golfomaniac / Stephen leacock -- Golfmanship / Stephen Potter -- Great players, historic moments -- The triumvirate /Bernard Darwin -- The first United States amateur championship -- How I won the British amateur championship / Walter J. Travis -- 1913, the United States open championship / Henry Leach -- Walter Hagen--my hero, my rival / Gene Sarazen -- Hagen at Hoylake / Bernard Darwin -- 28 holes in 100 strokes / Gene Sarazen -- Little, at Prestwick and St. Anne's / Peter Lawless -- Failure of a mission / Henry Longhurst -- Guldahl wins the Masters / William D Richardson -- Nelson at his peak / Arthur Mann -- The affluent hillbilly / Bob Harlow -- Pinehurst and a Ryder Cup match / Henry Longhurst -- Perfection at Oakmount / Philip W Wrenn -- The greatest year of my life / Ben Hogan, Gene Gregston -- Walker Cup matches--the full parade / John P. English -- The Babe comes back / Al Laney -- The Masters' voices -- Their views on theory, technique, learning and playing -- The importance of style / Willie Park -- Styles and methods, then and now / Henry Cotton -- The grip holds your swing together / Tommy Armour -- How Hogan picks his clubs / Jimmy Demaret -- The woods / Sam Snead -- Playing the irons / Robert T. Jones, and G. B. Keeler -- Putting / Bobby Locke -- It takes brains to play golf / Gene Sarazen -- Discoveries that helped my golf game most / Byron Nelson -- Golf fashions, not fundamentals, change / Horton Smith -- Tournement golf / Robert Jones -- The controlled Golf swing / Percy Boomer -- Golf's greatest teacher / Herb Graffin -- Golf course architecture -- From St. Andrews to the modern American courses / Robert Trent Jones ; ownership stamp, a few scuffs, else VG. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Large octavo. 202pp. Cloth. Illustrated. Gift inscription, pencil loop detached, else a fine, bright copy in price-clipped, fine dust jacket. The pictorial jacket reproduces a design by O. Soglow. Contributions include "How To Sleep" by Robert Benchley, a preface and "The Art of Breaking a Neck" by W.C. Fields, "The Doctor and the Contraption" by Stephen Leacock, "The Body Beautiful" by S.J. Perelman, "Essay on the Advantages of Sleeping in Bed Alone" by Groucho Marx, etc. Scarce in this condition.

Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1970-1971 television series. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated shooting location map. The short-lived series followed three independent criminologistsGeorge Maharis, Yvette Mimieux, and Ralph Bellamywho took on especially dangerous, high-profile cases. In this debut episode, the trio attempt to solve a murder of a man found with a hole in his head that did not come from a bullet. The episode originally aired on October 10, 1970, on ABC. Red titled wrappers, noted as story No. 261 on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated June 30, 1970, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with credit for screenwriter Burton Wohl. 70 leaves, with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between August 7 and 18, 1970. Pages Near Fine, wrapper about Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

Final Draft script for the 1959 film. Based on the first play on Broadway to have been written by an African American playwright, about the challenges of a Black youth growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood. In 1991, "Jump Cut" magazine reassessed the play (and subsequent screenplay), calling it a pioneering work. Yellow titled wrappers, with credits for production company Hecht-Hill-Lancaster along the bottom edge of the front wrapper. Title page present, dated October 1, 1958, noted as Final Draft, with credits for screenwriters Julius Epstein and Louis Peterson. 119 leaves, with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, pages dated variously between 10/1/58 and 10/2/58, rectos only, with blue and eye-rest green revision pages throughout, dated variously between 10/22/58 and 11/3/58. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.

Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1963 UK film. With distributors wraparound band. Nancy Kwan is featured in each still. Based on the 1957 novel by Thelma Niklaus, about a simple Polynesian girl who is sent to live with her uncle in London. Nominated for a BAFTA award for Best British Cinematography in Colour. 8 x 10 inches. A short tear to the wraparound band, else Near Fine.

Vintage reference photograph of Micheal Crawford, Philip Leacock, Steve McQueen, and an unidentified woman, on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1959 novel by John Hersey. The commander of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, cocky hotshot Captain Buzz Rickson, lives for the most dangerous missions, and acts as though he may have a death wish. Shot on location in Cabridge, Bovingdon, and Kent, England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Draft script for the sixth episode of the first season of the 1979-1981 NBC television series, which aired on October 25, 1979. Based on the 1929-1967 comic strip character created by Philip Francis Nowlan. Developed for television by Glen A. Larson and Leslie Stevens, the NBC science fiction series ran for two seasons and 32 episodes, and premiered on September 20, 1979, ending on April 16, 1981. The series' two hour premiere was released as a made-for-TV movie and released theatrically in March 1979. The twentieth century astronaut Buck Rogers emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation in the twenty-fifth century and becomes Earth's greatest hero. In this episode, Buck and Wilma seek the help of a retired fighter pilot and his legendary "Fighting 69th" squadron to go after a notorious gunrunner who has stolen a stockpile of 20th century nerve agents. Front wrapper integral with title page, dated August 23, 1979, with credits for screenwriter David Bennett Carren. 69 leaves, with last page of text numbered 66. Xerographic duplication on blue leaves, rectos only, with pink revision pages throughout, dated 8/29/79. Pages Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.