from Royal Books, Inc.
New Arrivals

Brooklyn Orchid (Original screenplay for the 1942 film, presentation copy belonging to William Bendix)
by William Bendix, Joe Sawyer, Marjorie Woodworth, Grace Bradley (starring); Kurt Neumann (director); Earle Snell, Clarence Marks (screenwriters)
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1941
- Item Price
-
$450.00
Show Details
Description:
N.p.: N.p., 1941. Draft script for the 1942 film, in maroon leather presentation binding belonging to William Bendix, with his name in gilt on front board, and title in gilt on spine.
William Bendix was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor who is best remembered as one of television's archetypal patriarchs, the blundering Chester A. Riley… Read more
Add to Wishlist
Item Price
$450.00

Carola (Original screenplay for a televised play, inscribed by Jean Renoir)
by Jean Renoir; Robert Goldsby, Angela Goldsby (screenwriters)
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1960
- Item Price
-
$4,500.00
Show Details
Description:
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Draft script for an English-language stage adaptation of Jean Renoir's 1960 French play that was ultimately produced as a televised stage production on the series program "Hollywood Television Theater" on WNET in New York, on February 3, 1973. The production starred Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrer, and was produced by Norman Lloyd.
Presentation copy, inscribed… Read more
Add to Wishlist
Item Price
$4,500.00

The Deputy (Archive of 26 scripts from the television Western series, 1959-1961 )
by Norman and Roland Kibbee Lear (creators); Henry Fonda, Allen Case (starring); Tay Garnett, Felix E. Feist, John Brahm, Reginal LeBorg, Sidney Lanfield (directors); Michael Kraike (producer)
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1961
- Item Price
-
$1,500.00
Show Details
Description:
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC] / Top Gun Productions, 1961. Archive of 26 scripts from the early revisionist television Western, the working copies of producer Michael Kraike, consisting the second half of the first season (1959-1960) and the first half of the second season (1960-1961). These two halves are in two full red leather presentation bindings, each with… Read more
Add to Wishlist
Item Price
$1,500.00

This Happy Feeling (Original screenplay for the 1958 film, presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter)
by Blake Edwards (director, screenwriter); F. Hugh Herbert (playwright); Debbie Reynolds, John Saxon, Mary Astor (starring)
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1957
- Item Price
-
$650.00
Show Details
Description:
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1957. Revised Final script for the 1958 film. Based on the 1947 play "For Love or Money" by F. Hugh Herbert. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter, bound in full navy calf with gilt titles and design, with Hunter's name on the front board.
Veteran actor Curd Jurgens begins to have… Read more
Add to Wishlist
Item Price
$650.00

Marriage on the Rocks (Original screenplay for the 1965 film, actor Tony Bill's presentation copy)
by Jack Donahue (director); Cy Howard (screenwriter); Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, Dean Martin, Cesar Romero (starring)
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1965
- Item Price
-
$450.00
Show Details
Description:
Burbank, CA: Artanis Productions, 1965. Final Draft script for the 1965 film, dated 2/15/65. Presentation copy belonging to actor Tony Bill, with his name in gilt on the front board, bound in full maroon calf with gilt titles and design. Housed in a matching maroon cloth-covered slipcase as issued.
A bored husband and wife visit Mexico on… Read more
Add to Wishlist
Item Price
$450.00

Friendly Persuasion (Original screenplay, presentation script)
by Jessamyn West (novel); William Wyler (director); Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins (starring)
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1955
- Item Price
-
$750.00
Show Details
Description:
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1955. Revised Shooting script for the 1956 film. Based on the 1945 novel by Jessamyn West, written for the screen by Jessamyn West, Robert Wyler, and Michael Wilson (though only West and Wyler are credited here) and starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, and Anthony Perkins.
Interestingly, Michael Wilson, who was ultimately granted sole… Read more
Add to Wishlist
Item Price
$750.00

Of Human Bondage (Original screenplay for the 1946 film, presentation copy belonging to actress Alexis Smith)
by W. Somerset Maugham (novel); Edmund Goulding (director); Catherine Turney (screenwriter); Eleanor Parker, Paul Henreid, Alexis Smith (starring)
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1944
- Item Price
-
$875.00
Show Details
Description:
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1944. Second Revised Final script for the 1946 film. Presentation copy belonging to actress Alexis Smith, with her initials in decorative gilt on the front board, bound in full calf. Throughout the script are 5 black-and-white film stills on tipped-in leaves, all featuring Smith and costar, Paul Henreid.
Based on W. Somerset Maugham's… Read more
Add to Wishlist
Item Price
$875.00
![cover of Song of the Eagle [The Beer Story] (Original screenplay for the 1933 film, producer Harry Joe Brown's presentation copy, with stills and notations throughout)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/190/011/696011190.0.m.jpg)
Song of the Eagle [The Beer Story] (Original screenplay for the 1933 film, producer Harry Joe Brown's presentation copy, with stills and notations throughout)
by Ralph Murphy (director); Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker (screenwriters); Charles R. Rogers and Harry Joe Brown (producers); Charles Bickford, Richard Arlen (starring)
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1933
- Item Price
-
$650.00
Show Details
Description:
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1933. Draft script for the 1933 film "Song of the Eagle," seen here partially under the early working title "The Beer Story." Presentation copy belonging to uncredited producer Harry Joe Brown, with his name in gilt titles on the front board, presumably gifted to Brown by prop man William Carr, as the script itself has Carr's… Read more
Add to Wishlist
Item Price
$650.00

Death Hunt (Original screenplay for the 1981 film, actor Lee Marvin's leatherbound presentation copy)
by Peter Hunt (director); Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Angie Dickinson (starring); Albert S. Ruddy (producer)
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1981
- Item Price
-
$2,000.00
Show Details
Description:
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981. Final shooting script for the 1981 film "Death Hunt," directed by Peter Hunt and starring Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin. Actor Lee Marvin's leather bound presentation copy, with Marvin's name in gilt at the bottom right corner of the front board, and is INSCRIBED on the first blank by producer Albert S. Ruddy: "Lee… Read more
Add to Wishlist
Item Price
$2,000.00