Media And Journalism from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: International Creative Management [ICM], 1980. Early Revised Draft script for the 1987 film, here under the working title "Streets of New York." Magazine reporter Jonathan Fisher (Christopher Reeve) fabricates a story about a New York pimp after he is unsuccessful getting information on the streets. But the police, the district attorney, and a real pimp and… Read more

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by Carl Bernstein on the title page. Basis for the 1976 film, directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket is flaps lightly toned, with a short closed tear… Read more

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939. Vintage photograph of director Alfred Werker and actors Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, George Barbier, and Russell Gleason on the set of the 1939 film. Printed description on the verso. Steve Drum (Preston Foster), a crusading newspaper editor helps free a man framed for a crime, and aids in finding the… Read more

Paris: Ulysse Production / Cinedis, 1959. Collection of 370 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French film, consisting of two unique and complimentary pieces, one being a studio film still keybook with 97 contact prints of small format transparencies, most with 12 images per print, amounting to over 1,000 images captured, nearly all images with series number… Read more

Paris: Cinedis, 1959. Collection of 11 original black-and-white photographs from the 1959 French film. Most feature starring actress Morgan, and a few show other actors, including Vidal. Three on-the-set photographs of Morgan being fitted by a female crew member, possibly costume designer Tanine Autré, and eleven still photographs, with Morgan and Blanche at a bar, even an image of… Read more

Paris: Migra, 1962. Five issues of "Le Guide de la femme" (roughly, "Woman's Guide"), a mid-century Parisian periodical published with the patronage of French author, journalist, politician, and noted feminist, Louise Weiss. The periodical, not unlike similar publications of today found on wire racks at grocery checkout lines, was produced by and for France's modern Woman, "at the forefront… Read more

Paris: Les Editions du Presse du Miroir, 1964. Four issues of "le miroir de l'information" (roughly, "Mirror of Information"), a Parisian periodical published for press relations, including coverage on the press itself, radio, film, television, and other various media. Little is documented on "le miroir," with only a few held in institutions and libraries. The magazine seemingly… Read more

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1925. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1925 silent film. Bumbling newspaper clerk Henry Baxter is helplessly in love with a coworker in this silent-era comedy. The subject of his longing barely acknowledges his existence. His unrequited love coupled with his manager's devious daily taunts makes work tortuous for the… Read more

New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 2002. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Diagonal crease to the upper corner of the front flap, else Fine.

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1987. Revised Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1987-1988 television series, "Max Headroom." The pilot episode would air under the title "Blipverts," noted here simply as "Pilot." Notations throughout in holograph pencil. Max Headroom (Frewer) was created in 1984, portrayed as "The World's First Computer-Generate television Host," developed in… Read more

New York: Newsweek, 1985. First Edition. First Edition. April 22, 1985 issue. Vintage magazine featuring crime fiction writer Elmore Leonard on the front wrapper and in an essay by Peter S. Prescott, examining the author's career and writing process. Also includes essays and articles on "special ops," Ringling Brothers circus goats, President Ferdinand Marcos, "coming out in… Read more

New York: Dell Publishing, 1953. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. Basis for the 1956 film noir, "While the City Sleeps, "directed by Fritz Lang and starring George Sanders and Dana Andrews. Near Fine in illustrated wrappers.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Original British quad poster for the 1973 film. Cool safecracker artwork by Chantrell. Based on Terrence Lore Smith's 1971 novel. Webster (O'Neal) is a computer programmer turned thief, evading an insurance investigator (the immeasurable Oates), and making an impact on Laura (Bisset). Set in Texas. 30 x 40… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Archive of 22 single weight and 7 double weight photographs of newspaper columnist Inez Wallace circa 1940s - 1960s, tipped onto the pages of a large format photo album, complete with a holograph marker title page and mimeograph caption list at the front. Featuring seven oversized photographs of Wallace, as well as several photographs and other… Read more

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film. SIGNED by starring actress Faye Dunaway, and cinematographer Owen Roizman, on the front cover in holograph ink. A highspot among director Sidney Lumet's many cinematic achievements, with an original screenplay written by Paddy Chayevsky and a host of major actors all working at the peak… Read more

London: Independent Television, 1986. 3rd Draft script for the television movie. Based on the 1938 novel by Evelyn Waugh, which in turn was based on Waugh's own experiences working at the Daily Mail. Working copy, with holograph annotations in blue, red, and black ink and pink highlighter throughout, as well as handmade tape tabs marking the scenes. Laid in… Read more

New York: Stuart Millar Productions, 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on George Plimpton's 1966 book. Alan Alda (in his first starring role) plays Plimpton, who has put himself into the sports arena, writing about his experiences. He's entered the ring with a professional boxer and pitched in an All-Star game. He decides to try… Read more

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939. Final script for the 1939 film. Steve Drum (Foster) is a crusading newspaper editor helps free a man framed for a crime, and aids in finding the real culprit. Staff reporter Maxine Thomas (Bari) goes along for the ride. Director Werker's other notable films include the films noir "Shock" (1946)… Read more

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1972. First softcover edition. Just a hint of bumping to a couple of corners, else about Fine and unread in bright, illustrated wrappers. An analysis of modern media (circa 1970s, of course) by the author and his wife. Doig's first book, uncommon in this condition.

Woodstock, VT: The Lilliputter Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. First Edition. Compiles twenty-one facsimile issues of the noted publication: November 1927- November 1929, with two authentic miniature attachments tipped in (one of which has come loose). Foreword and index by Robert E. Massman. A very presentable copy. Near Fine and unread in publisher's orange cloth, lacking dust… Read more