Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Royal Books, Inc.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1950. Archive of material from the 1951 film belonging to actor Lon McCallister, including a Final Draft script with McCallister's annotations throughout, an eleven-page shooting schedule, four reference photographs, and three poster mock-ups for the film. Additionally laid in with the script are two loose leaves, one with notes in McCallister's hand, noting lines of dialogue. A group of green army recruits nicknamed the "peach fuzz brigade" become hardened over the course of the Korean War, facing violent raids and attacks by snipers. Script: Green titled Columbia Pictures wrappers, noting the working title "Rookie in Korea," noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper and production No. 8031, dated Oct. 17, 1950. Title page present, dated October 17, 1950, noted as Final Draft, with credits for screenwriter William Sackheim. 124 leaves, with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with yellow revision pages… Read More

Marietta, GA: Deeds Publishing, 2010. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page, and initialed on the author's blindstamp. Additionally INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "To Linda / This comes highly recommended by our buddy Phil. He suggested that you call Paramount before Warner gets it. Come fly with us and enjoy! / C.K. McCusker / Nov., 2012." From the collection of Tony Bill, whose credits include "The Sting" (1973, producer), "Soldier in the Rain" (1963, actor), "Shampoo" (1975, actor), and "Five Corners" (1987, director-producer). Light shelfwear to the jacket, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1942. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1942 film musical. Winner of three Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Score, and nominated for five others, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Hirschhorn, p. 205.

Beverly Hills, CA: National Screen Service / United Artists, 1979. Collection of 6 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1979 American-English-German film. Set during WWII on American army bases in Great Britain. Many of British military personnel have prejudices against the "Yanks," mostly when it comes American men interacting with British women. Winner of two BAFTA awards (1980), and Lisa Eichhorn was nominated for two Golden Globe awards. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing overall, and a few faint creases, else Near Fine.

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing 15 black and white photographs, and 17 gatherings of promotional reading material. A group of rowdy Americans soldiers living on an army base in the UK are distrusted by the native British men, who dislike the Americans' skill at romancing the local girls. Folder, photographs, and promotional material Very Good plus.

Beverly Hills, CA: National Screen Service / United Artists, 1979. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1979 American-English-German film. Set during WWII on American army bases in Great Britain. Many of British military personnel have prejudices against the "Yanks," mostly when it comes American men interacting with British women. Winner of two BAFTA awards (1980), and Lisa Eichhorn was nominated for two Golden Globe awards. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing overall, and a few faint creases, else Near Fine.

Hollywood: William F. Boidy Pictures, 1956. Final Draft script for the 1956 film. Laid in are 7 pages of revisions on pink paper from 4/3/56. Mexican bandit Yacqi Jack (J. Carrol Naish) teams up with ranch owner Webb Dunham (Rod Cameron) to oppose the crooked land grabbing saloon keeper Matt Quigg (Roy Roberts). Red titled wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 49. Title page present, noted as Final Draft Screenplay, with credits for screenwriter D. D. Beauchamp. 104 leaves, with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 3/23/56 and 3/26/56 with laid in pink revision pages dated 4/3/56. Pages Near Fine, Laid in Pages Very Good with fading and chipping the outer right edge, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

Hollywood: Terri Crane Productions / Sunfire Productions, 1980. Original "pre-production package and script" for an unproduced film called "Yaqui, Fox and Mose," including a separate synopsis. Included in the "pre-production package" is character information: Fox, half Choctaw Indian, half Irish, a loner in total control of his destiny; Yaqui, an Indian at the end of his rope looking for redemption; and Mose, half Black, half Indian, on the run for a crime he didn't commit. Also included: letters from various productions companies regarding possible crew members, like director Ted Post, cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, Will Sampson as "Yaqui," Philip Michael Thomas as "Mose," producers Richard Kaye, Jay Lovins, and Carol Hughes, music by Carlos Santana, technical personnel, stunt coordinator Bill Hart (letter signed by Hart), wrangle Dick Lundin (letter signed by Lundin), special effect director Johnny James (letter signed by James). Letters are dated 1979 or 1980. Various photocopied… Read More

Los Angeles: Miramax, 2000. Vintage reference photograph of director James Gray and Victor Arnold on the set of the 2000 film. Leo (Mark Wahlberg), out of prison for auto theft, attempts to go straight and gets a job with his uncle Frank (James Caan), one of the largest contractors at the rail yards, which is rife with corruption and graft. Nominated for the Palm d'Or. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US.

Tokyo: Sogetsu Art Museum / Committee of the Exhibition of Yayoi Kusama, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Bound in red felt, with silver titles to front and spine, with errata slip laid in. Text in Japanese and English. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of Yayoi Kusama's work which ran from September 21 to October 31, 1992 at the Sogetsu Art Museum, and from November 7 to December 13, 1992 at the Nigita City Art Museum. One of a series of retrospectives in the 1980s and 1990s which brought the artist back into international prominence, following a period of inattention as a result of Kusama departing New York in 1973. Brief wear along the bottom board edges and light bumps to the corners, else Near Fine. Lacking the publisher's acetate jacket. Scarce.

New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Yayoi Kusama's early work which ran from May 3 to June 21, 1996. Near Fine in wrappers.

New York: Center for International Contemporary Arts, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Yayoi Kusama's work which ran from September 27, 1989 to January 31, 1990. Near Fine in wrappers, with light creases to the bottom corners of the fore-edge.

Dijon: Contemporary Art Center, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with a 2000-2001 traveling exhibition of Yayoi Kusama's work. About Fine, with no dust jacket as issued.

N.p.: N.p., 1991. Fourth Draft script for the 1992 film, here under the working title "The Year of the Comet." An international chase ensues in pursuit of the most valuable bottle of wine in history, bottled in the year of the Great Comet of 1811. Shot on location in France, Scotland, and England. Self front wrapper, integral with title page, dated February '91, noted as Fourth draft, with credits for screenwriter William Goldman. 121 leaves, with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, back wrapper Very Good plus, with light dampstains on bottom left, bound with two gold brads.

N.p.: Edward R. Pressman Film, 1991. Vintage portrait photograph of director John Frankenheimer from the 1991 film. Based on the 1984 novel by Michael Mewshaw. Andrew McCarthy plays an American journalist covering politics in 1970s Italy, who becomes entangled with the Brigate Rosse's (Red Brigades) plan to kidnap the Italian Premier. Set in and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer Neo-Noir US.

London: Abelard-Schuman, 1963. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Author's second Paul Chevasse novel, and second book writing as Martin Fallon, reprinted in 1996 with Patterson writing as Jack Higgins. Jacket design by Michael Ross. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Slight lean, faint foxing to the page edges. Jacket front flap is clipped at one corner with American price intact, light creasing, and a few small chips and tears.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1934. First Edition. First Edition. A play about the yellow fever in Cuba, basis for the 1938 film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Montgomery and Virginia Bruce. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Slight spine lean, with a small dampstain on the bottom right corner of the front board. Jacket with silverfish damage along the flap folds and on the top right portion of the rear panel.

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Vintage oversize borderless black and white photograph of actor Omar Sharif playfully clicking his heels in the air between takes while filming on location in Austria for the 1964 film. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso, along with a PIX Agency stamp crediting photographer Denis Cameron. From the archive of the PIX Agency, a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A romantic comedy anthology about the varied owners of an idiosyncratic yellow Rolls-Royce, from its first owners (a British aristocrat and his unfaithful wife) to its last (a socialite who accidentally becomes involved in the Nazi invasion of Ljubljana). Set and shot on location in London and Hertfordshire in England, Naples, Florence, and Tuscany in Italy, and Austria. 11.25 x 14 inches. Near Fine, with brief wear to the corners.

London: National Screen Service / MGM, 1964. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1964 UK film. A star-studded romantic comedy, about the lives and loves of those who own a certain yellow Rolls-Royce. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases at the extremities, else Near Fine.

N.p.: Cannon Films, 1968. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish film. Sexploitation pioneer Joe Sarno's lesser known coming-of-age tale about a young girl who is introduced to the ways of lesbian love. One of few sexploitation auteurs to receive critical acclaim, in with the likes of Radley Metzger and the indefatigable Russ Meyer. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall, else Near Fine.