Search Results: Fantasy from Royal Books, Inc.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1953. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures and still photographer Van Pelt. A Technicolor musical fantasy about a boy who dreams he is a world ruled by a diabolical piano teacher who enslaves children and forces them to play a piano so immense, it takes 500 children to play it. The only feature film written by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), who co-wrote the screenplay and song lyrics. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000.

N.p.: N.p., 1999. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film, here under the working title "Seeing in the Dark." With a handwritten post-it note affixed to the verso of the front wrapper, noting the name and phone number of director Robert Manganelli. A deaf clairvoyant who receives visions of an unknown serial killer's movements teams up with a former crime photographer to find the murderer. The third of four film appearances of singer and occasional actor John Mellencamp. Shot in Rochester, New York. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 6-9-99, noted as Rev., with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Manganelli. 120 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available.

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1922 novella by the same author, of the same title. The protagonist, a doctor who has moved to India from Germany to practice medicine is overcome by an obsession which eventually leads to his committing suicide. "Amok" is an Indonesian word of Malay origin, referring to people caught up in a blind rage who try to kill their enemy and do not care about whoever else gets killed in their way. From this novella and the word's meaning originates the term "running amok." Set in India. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for Stefan Zweig. 65 leaves, with last leaf of text number 65. Carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.

N.p.: Cimesa, 1943. Original small Spanish language brochure for the 1943 Mexican film. The second color feature film and the first children's fantasy film produced in Mexico. With a live-action cast set in a fantastical world, the film follows the adventures of Pinocho, the same character revived in Disney's classic 1940 animation. 4.5 x 6 inches. Fine.

London: Two Cities Films, 1945. Vintage reference photograph from the 1945 film, showing actors Rex Harrison, Margaret Rutherford, and Constance Cummings. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Noel Coward's 1941 play, which follows the accidental ghostly summoning of a novelist's long-dead first wife by an eccentric medium. Set in Kent. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Television, 1998. Draft script for Season one, episode 11 of the 1998-1999 television series, which originally aired January 29, 1999 on FOX. Copy belonging to actor Brian O'Sullivan who played Brian Reed in the episode, with his name and character on a label tipped onto the front wrapper. A deceased cop is sent back to earth from hell to hunt down escaped demons. In this episode he meets a young boy who was abused by his step father and seeks revenge. Cherry titled self-wrappers, noted as production draft on the front wrapper, and production number 467461, dated January 5, 199, with credits for screenwriter Fred Golan and director Larry Carroll. Title page integral to front wrapper. 66 leaves, with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication, with goldenrod, salmon and cherry revision pages throughout, dated variously between December 23, 1998 and January 5, 1999. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

New York: Black Cat / Grove Press, 1981. First Combined Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by Andrew Offutt (under his pseudonym) to his son, noted author Chris Offutt: "For Chris / From this John Cleve." From the author's estate. Near Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers (softcover).

New York: Black Cat / Grove Press, 1981. First Combined Edition, first printing. Lusty saga of fiery passion in a turbulent era! From the author's estate. Collects two previously published books in a single volume: "Julanar the Lioness" (Book III), and "My Lady Queen" (Book IV). Near Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers (softcover).

Munich: Dreilander Verlag, 1920. Collection of 38 issues of the landmark Weimar-era periodical highlighting fantasy, horror, and early science fiction stories. Text in German. One of the world's first fantasy periodicals, (alongside the Swedish "Hugin") "Der Orchideengarten" featured a mix of new German stories alongside translations of foreign literature (largely French), including works by Victor Hugo, Guy de Maupassant, Voltaire, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Capek, H.G. Wells, and many others. The magazine also made forays into the proto-science fiction genre, as seen in Vol. 2 No. 4, entitled "Phantastik der Technik." A true product of the Weimar era's cultural blossoming, the magazine also features stunning illustrations both with its two- and three-color cover art and its woodcut reproductions throughout: sinister yet elegant visions of anthropomorphic flowers, religious idols, Grim Reapers, and gory deaths. "Der Orchideengarten" featured the work of Gustave Dore, Otto… Read More

London: British Film Institute [BFI], 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film. With a stamp from the National Film Archive on the verso. Based on the 1906 short story by H.G. Wells. A man is haunted by a supernatural door that keeps reappearing to him, leading to a seemingly perfect other world. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Vogel, Film as Subversive Art.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940. Final draft script for the 1940 film. Notation on front wrapper in manuscript purple ink adding ."9A" to the production number. Notations in manuscript pencil in script adding tics to dialogue and names on the verso of pages. Laid in are 3 blue "retake" pages dated after principal photography had been completed. A remake of T. Hayes Hunter's 1920 silent film of the same name. Irving Pichel's "Earthbound" finds Nick Desborough (Warner Baxter) called away from his honeymoon with Ellen (Andrea Leeds) for business in Paris, only to find his ex-mistress Linda Reynolds (Lynn Bari) sent the telegram. Linda, rejected by Nick, shoots and kills him and her husband Jeff (Henry Wilcoxon) is arrested and tried for the crime. Nick's ghost helps guide Ellen to clear Jeff and convict Linda so he can rest in peace. Set in Paris and Switzerland. Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 33 and production No. 1884, dated January 12,… Read More

Beverly Hills, CA: Orion, 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1991 film. Copy belonging to Brad Ricker, an unknown crew member, with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript ink. EVE VIII is a military cyborg, designed to look like her creator. When it is damaged during a bank robbery, it begins accessing dark and tragic personal memories of its creator, and sets about on an unstoppable mission to kill. Colonel Jim McQuade (Hines) is tasked with stopping the machine of death. Shot on location in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City. White untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 10/2/89, noted as Revised, with credits for screenwriters Duncan Gibbins, and Yale Udoff. 118 leaves, with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.

London: George G. Harrap, 1913. First UK Edition, preceding all others. A collection of Turkish fairy tales translated and compiled by Ignác Kúnos, wonderfully illustrated with 16 tipped-in color plates by noted Hungarian artist Willy Pogány. Very Good plus, lacking the rare dust jacket, with light scuffing and soil on the boards, and faint foxing on the page block.

New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First Edition. First Edition. A follow-up to Arthur Mason's "The Wee Men of Ballywooden," published the year prior. Three tales for children, set in Ireland. Near Fine in a Good dust jacket. Jacket moderately edgeworn and rubbed, with creasing and loss on the top edge of the rear panel, and a lightly faded spine panel.Scarce in jacket.

Glendale, CA: Roy A. Squires, 1977. First Xiccarph Editions, each copy number No. 20 of variously sized limitations, and each in the original publisher's titled envelope with the corresponding limitation number. Laid in to Volume Five is a "Notes to accompany The Fanes of Dawn and Seer of the Cycles ..." from publisher Squires regarding changes to design and type. Each volume Fine and unread in various colored card wrappers with string bindings. Envelopes Near Fine overall with light toning to the extremities.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Cosmopolitan Productions, 1933. Vintage reference photographs from the 1933 film. With manuscript ink annotation on the border of the recto identifying actor Walter Huston. Based on the 1933 novel by T.F. Tweed. The President of the United States gets in a car accident and begins to not act like himself. He declares himself dictator of the country. Set in Washington D.C. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Weldon 1996.

N.p.: René Clair Productions, 1942. Vintage French film program from the 1942 film. On the heels of his success as the screenwriter for the Marx Brothers' "A Day at the Races" and "A Night at the Opera," Robert Pirosh and Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Marc Connelly collaborated on this adaptation of Thorne Smith's posthumously published 1942 novel, "The Passionate Witch," for French director René Clair, a classic of the screwball style, starring Veronica Lake and Fredric March. Shot on location in California. Bi-fold on card stock. 12 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 676.

N.p.: Southern Cross Productions, 1964. Draft script for an unproduced film, with the annotations in manuscript pencil on the front endpaper of "aka Diaphanoids, Bringers of Death / Ivan Reiner / Schlock Sci-fi or spaghetti sci-fi / Antonio Margheriti 'Gama One Quadrilogy'," and annotations in manuscript red ink striking and amending scenes on 30 pages, in a red presentation binding with gilt rule and title on spine, likely screenwriter Ivan Reiner's copy. Ivan Reiner was a producer and screenwriter best known for screenwriting and producing the low budget sci-fi "Gamma One" film series with director Antonio Margheriti, "The Wild, Wild Planet" (1966), "The War of the Planets" (1966), "War Between the Planets" (1966), and "Snow Devils" (1967). As the United Democracies Space Command (UDSCO) begins their New Years Eve celebrations, unusual light patterns are observed on Delta 2, and Delta 2's captain, Captain Jacques Dubois, is nowhere to be found. Bound in red cloth-covered boards with gilt rule… Read More

London: London Film Productions, 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 British film, showing an aerial view of Whitechapel Road market in London. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1953 novel. A young boy growing up in a working class community buys what he believes to be a unicorn (in reality a small, deformed goat) with the hope that it will bring luck to his friends and family. Set and shot on location in East London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with a small tear to the top left corner.

Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1944. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Warren Stustenant / with best wishes / Edgar Rice Burroughs." The sixth and penultimate book in Burroughs' "hollow earth" series. Near Fine in a strong Near Fine dust jacket. Spine lightly faded, with corresponding fading on the jacket spine panel.