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Kristin (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Sigrid Undset (author); Laurence W. Beilenson (screenwriter)
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- Royal Books, Inc.
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- 1970
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$275.00
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N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film.
Based on Sigrid Undset's 1920 trilogy "Kristin Lavransdatter." The trilogy is the story of Kristin, a Norwegian living during the Middle Ages, the daughter of an affluent father, who, in difficult times, often found solace in her Catholicism. The popularity, as well as its accurate descriptions of Medieval… Read more
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$275.00

The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 1993 (First Edition)
by Toni Morrison
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- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1994
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- First Edition
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- 9780679434375
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$45.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. First Edition. Reproduces the lecture and speech of acceptance given by Toni Morrison on December 7, 1993, upon receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Fine, with no dust jacket as issued.
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Original photograph of Saul Bellow, 1976
by Saul Bellow (subject)
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- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1976
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$350.00
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N.p.: Rex Features, 1976. Vintage photograph of Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning writer Saul Bellow sitting at his desk in 1976.
10 x 8 inches. Holograph ink annotations on the top margin, noting Bellow's name, the year, and the name of photograph agency Rex Features, else Near Fine.
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Mysterien [Mysterier][The Mysteries] (Original script for the 1976 play)
by Knut Hamsun (novel)
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- 1976
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$450.00
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N.p.: Theater-Verlag Kurt Desch, 1976. Draft script for the 1976 German play. Text in German.
The first known dramatic production of Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun's 1892 novel "Mysterier," premiering at Oslo's National Theater in the summer of 1976. Whether the stage adaptation was done by Hamsun or another unnamed party is not clear. The novel was… Read more
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$450.00

The Mansion (First UK Edition)
by William Faulkner
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- Published
- 1961
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$45.00
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1961. First UK Edition. The final volume of the Snopes Trilogy.
Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, with two tiny closed tears at the bottom edge of the dust jacket.
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Satan Never Sleeps (Original double weight photograph from the set of the 1962 film)
by Leo McCarey (director, screenwriter); Lawrence Schiller (photographer); Pearl S. Buck (story); Claude Binyon (screenwriter); Connie [Constance] Willis (script supervisor); William Holden, Clifton Webb, France Nuyen, Weaver Levy (starring)
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- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1962
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$675.00
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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962. Vintage oversize, double weight, borderless photograph from the set of the 1962 film, showing Leo McCarey directing William Holden from behind the camera (with legendary script supervisor Connie Willis to his right) while actor France Nuyen waits just offstage. With a mimeo snipe tipped on the verso crediting photographer Lawrence Schiller and stamps of… Read more
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$675.00

The Mystic Masseur (Signed First Edition)
by V.S. Naipaul
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- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1959
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$850.00
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New York: Vanguard, 1959. First American Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The Nobel prize winning author's first book, and basis for the 2001 film directed by Ismail Merchant.
Near Fine in a strong Very Good plus dust jacket. Faint splash to the top page edge. Jacket has a sticker shadow on the front… Read more
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$850.00

Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (Uncorrected Proof)
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1978
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$45.00
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New York: Harper and Row, 1978. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First American Edition.
Light fading at the spine and extremities, else just about Fine and unread in light green wrappers. A lovely copy of a scarce proof.
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The Job (First Edition)
by Sinclair Lewis
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- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1917
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- First Edition
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$4,500.00
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1917. First Edition. First Edition.
Lewis' fourth book and his first work of serious fiction, the story of a woman working in a man's world, an early call for sexual equality in the workplace. Lewis would continue on to a successful and lasting career as one of the major American authors from… Read more
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$4,500.00

Dynamo (First Edition)
by Eugene O'Neill
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- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1929
- Edition
- First Edition
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$25.00
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New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus or better in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine slightly faded, boards briefly rubbed and mottled. Jacket extremities moderately toned, with light shelfwear, and a few short closed tears. Debuting on Broadway on Feb. 11, 1929, towards the end of the Nobel-winning playwright's most prolific period,… Read more
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$25.00

Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (Uncorrected Proof)
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1979
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$45.00
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition.
Near Fine in red publisher's wrappers. Light fading to the top of the front panel, with fading and a few mild reading creases at the spine. An attractive copy of this set of short stories.
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