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London: Methuen, 1922. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a few tiny chips to the corners, and faint toning at the extremities.

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing 13 black-and-white photographs, and 11 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1973 novel by Peter Gent. A satire of American pro football loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s, following an aging wide receiver for a Texas… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of executive producers Robert Rosen and Robert Evans on the set of the 1977 film. Based on the 1975 novel by Thomas Harris, about a terrorist attack during the Super Bowl, loosely inspired by the real-life Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The production used an actual Super Bowl… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1936. Collection of four vintage photographs, including two vintage studio still photographs and two vintage reference photographs, one double weight, from the 1936 film. In spite of his extreme allergy to horses, a man takes up polo to impress his horse-loving next-door neighbor. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with light wear… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. During a visit to the 1890 Annual Bicycle Race in Boston, a young man gets inspired to take up bicycle riding. He improves, and eventually is ready to compete on a professional level. Set in Boston. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, with credit… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. The true story of Moe Berg, a baseball player who was commonly known as the smartest man in the game, having graduated from Princeton and Columbia. Berg, who spoke several languages and read ten newspapers a day, was contracted by the United States government to use his fame… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1973. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1973 film. Based on the 1956 novel by screenwriter Mark Harris, about a developmentally disabled baseball catcher with a terminal illness, and his friendship with the team's star pitcher. Shot on location in New York, Washington DC, and Florida. 27 x 41 inches. Very… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Draft script for the 1940 film. A dramatization of the life of noted Norwegian-American football coach Knute Rockne, who led the University of Notre Dame team from 1918 to 1930, before dying tragically in a 1931 plane crash at the age of 43. Set in Voss, Norway, and Indiana. Blue untitled… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. A man with substantial debt is laid off from his casino job, but is allowed a second chance at life at another casino in another country. Blue titled wrappers, undated, with no credit for the screenwriter. 241 leaves, with last page of text numbered 240. Mimeograph duplication,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper reading "99." A young man who learns he was born out of wedlock is driven to succeed in life to prove himself greater than his sullied heritage, eventually becoming a prizewinning bullfighter. But his success comes at the expense… Read more about this item

Santa Monica: Wildwood Enterprises, 1999. Revised Draft script for the 2000 film. With two manuscript ink annotations to pages 113 and 116, noting editorial revisions. Based on the 1995 novel by Steven Pressfield, about an unhappy, unlucky WWI veteran who becomes a pro golfer with the help of a mystical caddy named Bagger Vance. Set… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing 5 black-and-white photographs, and 12 gatherings of promotional reading material. A bankrupt perfume magnate seeks to recoup her losses by sponsoring a washed-up boxer turned driving instructor, hoping to return him to his former glory in the ring. Folder,… Read more about this item

London: J. Arthur Rank, 1957. Shooting script for the 1957 film. Hoping to impress the woman he loves with a diamond pendant, a jeweler places a one-pound bet on a six-horse accumulator at the Goodwood races, which begins to pay off in a substantial way-to the unhappiness of his bookie. Beige titled wrappers, noted as… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1973. Vintage banner poster from the 1973 film. Based on the 1956 novel by screenwriter Mark Harris, about a developmentally disabled baseball catcher with a terminal illness, and his friendship with the team's star pitcher. Shot on location in New York, Washington DC, and Florida. 81 x 24 inches. Very Good… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures, 1984. Vintage program for the 1984 film. Based on the 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud. A ridiculously great cast, an equally great novel, and a fine director in his prime helped make the adaptation of Malamud's timeless baseball novel into a sweeping success. Nominated for four Oscars, including Best Cinematography. Shot… Read more about this item

N.p.: April Fools Productions, 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film. A rare acting role for New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath. A football team owner will be able to keep his substantial inheritance as long as he restores an old train, The Chattnooga Choo Choo, and completes a 24 hour round trip from Tennessee to New… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1982. Vintage press kit for the 1982 film, containing four black-and-white photographs, and three gatherings of promotional reading material. A young track-and-field athlete prepares to compete in the 1980 Olympic Games, finding romance with a fellow competitor along the way. Featuring noted real-life track-and-field athlete Patrice Donnelly, and cameos by many contemporary athletes, including… Read more about this item

Santa Monica, CA: Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1999. Blue Revision script for the 2000 film, bound in a black vinyl binder, printed on all blue leaves, as well as a binder of various production documents. Laid in with the script is an autograph letter signed from Set Decoration Buyer Margaret Hungerford, on "Remember The Titans" letterhead, dated Oct. 11, 1999… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1991. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the 1992 film. Based on the 1976 semi-autobiographical novella by Norman Maclean. A Presbyterian minister, his wife, and their two sons live a quiet life in rural Montana. As they grow older, their differing interests pull the brothers apart-one moving east to attend college and become a renowned reporter, the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, noting copy No. 19. A quirky woman copes with her arranged marriage to a wealthy Middle Eastern eunuch while enjoying a romance with a young man at a ski resort. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, undated,… Read more about this item