Mystery And Crime from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First Edition. First Edition. The first Hoke Mosley mystery, basis for the superb 1990 film starring Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. A touch of rubbing at the jacket corners, else Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.

N.p.: N.p., 1982. Draft script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to stuntman Joe Dunne, with his annotations in manuscript ink on three pages, noting scenes with special effects and stunts. A beautiful young journalist attempts to find Chief Inspector Clousseau, who has disappeared en route to France. The seventh entry in the successful "Pink Panther" series,… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster, 1974. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1950 Lew Archer novel by Ross Macdonald. Private investigator Harper returns in this sequel to the eponymous 1966 film, investigating a blackmail plot in a Louisiana bayou, where he finds himself in between an… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1968. Vintage studio still photograph of Kirk Douglas and Sharon Farrell from the 1968 film noir. A man is hired as a bodyguard for a woman whose husband was murdered. She has to face trial over his murder, though her witness for her alibi was also murdered. Shot on location… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1968. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1968 film noir. A man is hired as a bodyguard for a woman whose husband was murdered. She has to face trial over his murder, though her witness for her alibi was also murdered. Shot on location in New York City and Greenwich,… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Two Cities Films / United Artists, 1953. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film. A teenage girl has a crush on her Latin teacher, much to the displeasure of his wife. When the student goes missing, the teacher is blamed and becomes the source of scandal and gossip in the community. Set… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Lipstik Productions / Paramount Pictures, 1975. Revised Draft script for the 1976 film, here under the working title "Lipstik." Laid in with the script are a studio still photograph and a xerographically duplicated call sheet dated 11/3/75. A fashion model is raped by a music teacher and composer. Through a series of mud-raking tactics he is acquitted… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1941. Vintage photograph of director Orson Welles, actress Dolores Del Rio, socialite Elsa Maxwell, and RKO studio head George Schaefer at the premiere of the 1941 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Often considered to be one of the finest American films ever made, the story of a reporter investigating the… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1954 film, showing actor Marlon Brando giving his parents a tour of the famed "roof" set from the film, accompanied by producer S.P. Eagle. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on screenwriter Budd… Read more about this item

N.p.: Astor Pictures, 1961. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1961 French film. An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about an unnamed man and woman who meet at a party, where he insists they have met before, and she that they haven't. A divisive film, viewed by critics as either an ambiguous, surreal… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Vintage matte-finish double-weight borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn talking with actress Jane Fonda on the set of the 1966 film. With a Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso, along with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1952 Broadway play by Horton Foote, about a small-town sheriff on the lookout… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film, showing actor Kirk Douglas. With a provenance stamp to the verso. Based on Daniel Mainwaring's 1946 debut novel "Build My Gallows High." A former private detective lives a quiet life in a small town until his past catches up with him, forcing him to return to the… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951. Vintage herald (or possibly program) for the 1951 film noir. With an advertisement for a coming attraction, "A Millionaire for Christy," starring Fred MacMurray and Eleanor Parker, on the final leaf. Based on Dana Lyon's 1948 novel "The Frightened Child." A concentration camp survivor (Valentina Cortese) finds herself in too deep when… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1985. Vintage reference photographs from the 1985 film, showing actors Lori Laughlin and a worse-for-wear Shannon Presby sitting at a diner. After the death of their parents in a car accident, a brother and sister are sent to live with relatives in a small Florida town, where they must contend with a… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1966. Revised Draft script for the 1967 film. Studio File Copy, with paper label on the front wrapper. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page. Based on the 1966 play by Frederick Knott. A blind woman is tormented by three violent criminals who believe a doll stuffed with smuggled heroin is… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures, 1989. Draft script for the 1990 film. Based on Charles Willeford's 1984 novel, the first Hoke Moseley book. A newly released inmate is set loose upon the city of Miami, deciding to steal the badge of a local police detective to aid him in his criminal dealings. Set and shot on… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1972 film. Based on the 1971 debut novel of Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote almost exclusively about the day-to-day lives and work of Los Angeles police officers. The film follows three rookies entering the Los Angeles police department as they are paired with veteran partners and experience… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film. A dutiful bank clerk is convinced by his new neighbor, an eccentric artist, to steal gold bullion in order to melt it down to make miniature Eiffel Towers. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Ranked the 17th greatest British film of all time by the… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. A unique script in terms of the narrative, with each scene described in fragmented sentences. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir, heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" (1967), with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway… Read more about this item

Glendale, CA: Security Pictures / Allied Artists Pictures, 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film noir. A police detective is ordered to stop investigating a crime boss. He tries to get information from the crime boss's girlfriend instead. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with creasing along the top edge and pinholes with bruising… Read more about this item