SIGNED Publicity Photograph of Jane Fonda in the Film "Agnes of God" by Screenplay by James Pielmeier - 1985

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Hon. Will H. Hays- Who's(sic) powerful influence is for American Pictures that are clean and above reproach, this humble little book-"Solemn Johnson Plus" which I hope at least is clean, I most cordially inscribe- Earl Wayland Bowman, Hollywood, Calif. Feb. 1-1928". A wonderful and UNIQUELY INSCRIBED Hollywood Association Copy from the era of blacklists and morality codes ! Will. H. Hays was most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937. Copy #469 of 1050 copies in the First Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitation Page, Two volume set in original red cloth, top edge gilt, map end pages Vol. I, tissue-guarded lithograph of Major Robert Rogers Vol. II, Both volumes Near Fine, spines sunned, lacking the dust jackets and slipcase, toning at title and verso of half title from an old clipping , which also left impression from clip top edge 1st 4 pages. Binding tight and unmarked, set appears unread. Basis of the 1940 film starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, and Walter Brennan. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

New York (1999): Grove Press Film Division RARE, Worldcat shows one institutional holding. No date (1971). Catalog of feature films, for rental and sale. 72 pages : illustrated with black and white photographs, with rental and sale prices, running times, and order numbers. The catalog Near Fine, lightly rubbed. Together with 5 pamphlets: a 6 page 4to pamphlet "Announcing Grove Presss International Film Festival" Very Good, caption at top of page 6 cut out and clipped to front cover; 4 page 4to pamphlet for the film "Darkness. Darkness": 2 single sheets 8 1/2" x 11" announcing release of new films "Malcolm X Speaks" and Yukio Mishima's Film "Rite of Love and Death (Yukoku)": and 10" x 17" bi-fold sheet announcing "Three Films by Les Blank; A Well Spent Life, Spend It All, and The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins". The latter 3 pamphlets all Fine. "By the early 1970s, the Grove Press Film Division catalog… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. Near Fine, scant shelf rub bottom edge, in a Near Fine dust jacket, small chips at head of spine. From the library of James Armsey, ( 1918-2008) who was the Ford Foundation executive who oversaw grants to universities and colleges in the 1960s, with the only requirement that they had to raise matching funds from other sources. At his urging the Foundation added the requirement that the colleges and universities could not bar black students. This change caused a number of them, including Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Tulane University, and several major private colleges, to admit black students for the first time. Armsey's name and gift inscription from his wife front paste down, hidden by front flap. Basis for the 1962 Broadway play starring Robert Morse and Rudy Vallee, the 1967 film also starring Robert Morse and Rudy Vallee, as well as the 1975 TV movie of the same title. . First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo -… Read More

New York: Arbor House, 1985. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED and Dated BY AUTHOR former President Richard Nixon at half title page "Richard Nixon 1-15-90". The First Trade Edition in dust jacket, not the ubiquitous Presidential Edition in blue slipcase. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, the spine and top edge back panel a shade sunned. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Hon. Will H. Hays- Who's(sic) powerful influence is for American Pictures that are clean and above reproach, this humble little book-"Solemn Johnson Plus" which I hope at least is clean, I most cordially inscribe- Earl Wayland Bowman, Hollywood, Calif. Feb. 1-1928". A wonderful and UNIQUELY INSCRIBED Hollywood Association Copy from the era of blacklists and morality codes ! Will. H. Hays was most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937. Copy #469 of 1050 copies in the First Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitation Page, Two volume set in original red cloth, top edge gilt, map end pages Vol. I, tissue-guarded lithograph of Major Robert Rogers Vol. II, Both volumes Near Fine, spines sunned, lacking the dust jackets and slipcase, toning at title and verso of half title from an old clipping , which also left impression from clip top edge 1st 4 pages. Binding tight and unmarked, set appears unread. Basis of the 1940 film starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, and Walter Brennan. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

New York (1999): Grove Press Film Division RARE, Worldcat shows one institutional holding. No date (1971). Catalog of feature films, for rental and sale. 72 pages : illustrated with black and white photographs, with rental and sale prices, running times, and order numbers. The catalog Near Fine, lightly rubbed. Together with 5 pamphlets: a 6 page 4to pamphlet "Announcing Grove Presss International Film Festival" Very Good, caption at top of page 6 cut out and clipped to front cover; 4 page 4to pamphlet for the film "Darkness. Darkness": 2 single sheets 8 1/2" x 11" announcing release of new films "Malcolm X Speaks" and Yukio Mishima's Film "Rite of Love and Death (Yukoku)": and 10" x 17" bi-fold sheet announcing "Three Films by Les Blank; A Well Spent Life, Spend It All, and The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins". The latter 3 pamphlets all Fine. "By the early 1970s, the Grove Press Film Division catalog… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. Near Fine, scant shelf rub bottom edge, in a Near Fine dust jacket, small chips at head of spine. From the library of James Armsey, ( 1918-2008) who was the Ford Foundation executive who oversaw grants to universities and colleges in the 1960s, with the only requirement that they had to raise matching funds from other sources. At his urging the Foundation added the requirement that the colleges and universities could not bar black students. This change caused a number of them, including Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Tulane University, and several major private colleges, to admit black students for the first time. Armsey's name and gift inscription from his wife front paste down, hidden by front flap. Basis for the 1962 Broadway play starring Robert Morse and Rudy Vallee, the 1967 film also starring Robert Morse and Rudy Vallee, as well as the 1975 TV movie of the same title. . First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo -… Read More

New York: Arbor House, 1985. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED and Dated BY AUTHOR former President Richard Nixon at half title page "Richard Nixon 1-15-90". The First Trade Edition in dust jacket, not the ubiquitous Presidential Edition in blue slipcase. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, the spine and top edge back panel a shade sunned. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.