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New York: NBC Television Network, 1960. Four vintage photographs from NBC News of the 1960 Democratic National Convention. "NBC photo by Frank Carroll" stamp on the verso of each. Laid in is an NBC News mimeo snipe. One photograph is of the floor of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, largely empty, prior to the beginning of the convention, one photograph of the press, with newscaster David Brinkley in foreground, being shown the convention hall from the upper balcony, and two of the press trolley escorting reporters, photographers, and newscasters to the convention hall, one of which has Brinkley, standing, conversing with other reporters. The 1960 Democratic National Convention was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on July 11-15 and nominated Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts for president and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas for vice president. The other top presidential candidates at the convention were Stuart Syminton, Adlai Stevenson, Robert B. Meyner, and Hubert… Read More

New York: Meredith Press, 1968. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the first blank: "For Barry and Angela / Love to you my darlings / Herewith Georgie-Porgie! / Mary / Mary Higgins Clark / 4/29/92." The author's first book, an historical novel about George Washington. About Near Fine in a Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket is lightly toned overall, with tape reinforcements at the corners and top edges of the verso, and corresponding offsetting on the recto.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1964. Original Pressbook for the 1964 documentary film. From the director of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," a memorial to president John F. Kennedy, and a look at the events surrounding his assassination. 8 pages, saddle-stapled, with one ad supplement, 11 x 17 inches. Black-and-white throughout. A horizontal fold at the middle, else Near Fine.

New York: Posters Against Bullets For Ballots, 1968. Vintage screen printed black-and-white political protest poster from 1968. Shown is one of the infamous backyard photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle and Marxist newspapers, with President Lyndon B. Johnson's face superimposed over Oswald's, and "Militant" and "Worker" imposed on the papers, with "Gun Control Begins In The White House" in block letters along the bottom margin. 22.75 x 34 inches. Near Fine, with faint toning to the extremities and some light edgewear.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966. Final Draft script for the 1967 film. Copy belonging to art director Jack Smith, with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and a single manuscript ink notation to page three. Laid in is a call sheet, with production requirements on the verso, dated "7-20-66" on the recto and verso, with annotations in manuscript ink on recto and verso. The sequel to "Our Man Flint" (1966). Secret agent Derek Flint returns as a smooth-talking man of mystery assigned to stop a matriarchal feminist faction in the Virgin Islands who scheme to take over the world by kidnapping astronauts and replacing them with doubles in order to gain access to missile sites. Set in the Virgin Islands and shot on location in Jamaica. Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 79 and production No. 4156, dated MAY 9, 1966. Title page present, dated MAY 9, 1966, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Hal Fimberg. 134… Read More

Los Angeles: RLC/Finnegan, 1986. Shooting script for the television film, here under the working title "Hoover," first aired on Showtime on January 11, 1987. A biopic documenting the rise to power and final years of J. Edgar Hoover, the long-standing and controversial director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Loosely based on William C. Sullivan's 1979 memoir "The Bureau: My Thirty Years in Hoover's FBI." Set in Washington DC Gray titled wrappers. Title page present, dated March 14, 1986, noted as SHOOTING DRAFT, with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Collins. 117 leaves, with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, with some foxing and light fading to the extremities, bound with two gold brads.

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1964. Original pressbook for the 1964 film, the second time Hemingway's short story was adapted for the screen, following the classic 1946 version starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Notable as Ronald Reagan's last film role and, perhaps in preparation for his move into politics, the first time he played a villain. 12 x 18 inches. 12 pages, saddle stapled. Light foxing overall, else Near Fine.

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1987. Final Revised Draft script for the 1987 television film. Here under the working title, "LBJ." The years 1934 through 1963 of future president Lyndon Baines Johnson's tumultuous career are chronicled, following his political beginnings, style, and progression to presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Set in Washington and Texas. Tan titled wrappers, noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT on the front wrapper. Title page present, noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT, with credits for screenwriters Ken Trevey, Guerdon Trueblood, and Louis Rudolph, and producers John Brice, and Sandra Saxon Brice. 164 leaves, with last page of text numbered 163. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.

New York: Hyperion, 1995. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the title page: "To Sergey / Oliver Stone." Comprises the screenplay for the 1995 film, along with Watergate documents and transcripts, and essays by John Dean, E. Howard Hunt, Daniel Schorr, and others. Fine and unread in perfect-bound wrappers. In a custom red cloth slipcase.

New York: N.p., 1967. Vintage borderless photograph of Richard Nixon playing the piano in 1967. With the stamp of photographer Philippe Halsman on the verso, along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding cropping. Russian-born Halsman began working as a photographer in Paris in the 1930s, later moving to the US and producing reportage and covers for many major American magazines, including a substantial 101 covers for Life magazine. Halsman became well known in his later career for his "jump pictures," a playful series capturing mid-century celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, the Ford family, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and Maria Felix in the act of jumping for the camera. 10.5 x 11.25 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Vintage double-weight black and white borderless photograph of Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara at the sixth annual Kennedy Center Honors gala at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington DC, in 1983. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of photographer Ron Galella. Sinatra received the honor that year alongside Elia Kazan, Katherine Dunham, James Stewart, and Virgil Thomson. 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine, with a small crease along the top edge.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1949. Vintage photograph of actor and future US president Ronald Reagan with actress Viveca Lindfors in a 1948 Lincoln Continental, taking a driving tour of the Warner Brothers back lot. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A publicity photograph taken to advertise the pairing of the two in the 1949 Warner film noir "Night Unto Night," directed by Don Siegel. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1993. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by President Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket.

N.p.: N.p., 1939. Vintage borderless portrait photograph from the 1939 film, showing actor Henry Fonda in costume as a young Abraham Lincoln. A dramatization of the early years of future president Abraham Lincoln, following his upbringing in a log cabin, to his first loves, to his establishment of a law practice in Springfield, Illinois. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the top corners, and adhesive residue on the bottom edge of the verso. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 320.