Rare books from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

Culver City: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios. 1934. Final shooting script. Culver City: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, 1934. 4to, pale blue st udio covers, 2-hole punched with brad fasteners. 225 pp. Based up on the 1932 best-selling novel, this is the complete shooting script, dated Dec 27,1934. Studio label on front cover with producti on no. 0554; â2072â stamped in upper right corner. All pages are white with black mimeographed text; no colored page insertio ns or written interlineations. The film was produced by Irving Th alberg and directed by Frank Lloyd. Starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, it was one of MGM's biggest hits of the 1930âs an d was a critical success. Despite some historical inaccuracies, later film critics consider this adaptation to be the best cinema tic work inspired by the mutiny and the film is #86 on the Americ an Film Instituteâs list of 100 best American films. It was no minated for eight Academy Awards, including best screenplay, and won the award for Best… Read More

Paris: Editions Roger DaCosta. 1972. Facsimile edition of Bidloo's noted atlas of human anatomy first published in Amsterdam in 1685. Large 4to (11"x16"), bound in bu rgundy leatherette, marbled end-papers, all edges gilt. No. 411 of 2000 copies printed. A bit of rubbing at top and bottom of sp ine, otherwise fine. The atlas is illustrated with 105 plates by Gerard de Lairesse, showing the human figure both in living at titudes and as dissected cadavers. The book was later plagiarized by English surgeon William Cowper for his Anatomy of the Humane Bodies (1698), which gave no credit to either Bidloo or de Laires se. This led to a number of vitriolic exchanges between Bidloo an d Cowper, including several pamphlets published in each anatomist 's defense. William III, Dutch stadholder and king of England, asked Bidloo to become his personal physician in 1695. The king died in his arms on 8 March 1702. .

1972. Original unpublished and unproduced screenplay about revolt on an American Slave ship [the Fair Angelica] navigating the middle pa ssage, circa 1835. A very unusual subject for Matthiessen. Fair Angelica is a first draft, typed carbon, 123 loose leaves -- an agency copy used to solicit producers and investors -- one of whom was the progressive filmmaker Martin Ritt. Black Cargoes is a revised and retitled draft, 112 pp. in black studio 2 -post covers. Mostly mimeographed, but with a dozen typed and corrected pages interleaved; numerous holographic additions or changes throughout by Matthiessen. The change in title may have been to capture investor interest; there was popular work of non-fiction several years prior [Black Cargoes - A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade by Daniel Mannix and Malcom Cowley.] However this treatment by PM is a work of fiction and unrelated to the earlier book. This screenplay is not mentioned in any bibliographic works about PM. The only other known copy is in… Read More

The Century Company. Near Fine. 1913. 1st edition, second state. 1st ed, second state.12mo. "Published, May, 1913" and "1913" printed at foot of title page.1 page undated ads at back. Original light green cloth decorated in dark green and black, in dust jacket . First Edition of London's prizefighting tale. frontispiece by Gordon Grant. This copy is in the second binding state, which is identical in design to the first except for the colors. Sisson & Martens p. 70; Blanck 11945. Near fine; a clean tight copy with just some dust discoloration on top edge. In very good d/w with just a few small edge and corner nicks. Bookstore ink-stamp on back end-paper. .

Thick 4to, 3/4 brown leather, marbled boards. 1056 pp. Willis moved from the east coast to Sacramento county in 1871, where he engaged in farming near Elk Grove, and teaching, until 1892. He then became a member of the editorial staff of the Record-Union, and continued the association for thirteen years. In 1879 he was tendered an appointment on the county board of education, of which he remained a member for twenty-three years.

CONDITION: FAIR. A clean, tight copy internally. Covers well worn with substantial rubbing to edges, corners, and spine. Front board nearly detached. Owner's inked and penciled names on front pastedown and title page.

A life of Jimi Hendrix told through text, rare photographs, reproductions of documents and memorabilia, and a 70-minute audio CD.
4to, 10.25x10.75", illustrated boards, 64 pp. plus inserts of memorabilia.
With exclusive access to the private family archives, the authors provide an indispensable addition to the Hendrix canon. The book includes a 70-minute audio CD with interviews and unreleased recordings of live concert music and a Record Plant jam
CONDITION: A new copy, with CD pocket still sealed. However, a former store display copy with some light surface wear to the cover and slipcase.

ALS to Hon. J.R. Lewis, Sept 20, 1863, 7.5x10". Declining [Judge] Lewis's invitation to attend a Washington D.C. political event in support President Lincoln. "Our soldiers in the field will look with great anxiety at the endorsement which their friends give at the ballot box, when I and confident Iowa will heartily respond favorably to their cause. /// Hoping that you will cast a united vote for the Union ticket and thereby convince the rebels that we of Iowa stand firmly in favor of our cause and country."
Samuel Ryan Curtis [1805-1866] was the most successful union general west of the Mississippi, remembered mostly as the victor at the battles of Pea Ridge [1862] and Westport [1864]. But Curtis was far more than just a successful general. He played a key role in the opening and exploitation of the American West, as an engineer, politician, railroad advocate. He was also one of the first Republicans elected to Congress, serving three terms the 1st Iowa congressional district In September,… Read More

Presentation copy to actor Basil Rathbone, with lengthy inscription from Wood and [wife] Sara Bard Field explaining why they call this the 'Emma Goldman edition.'
Charles Erskine Scott Wood [C.E.S. Wood (1852 –1944)] was a successful author, civil liberties advocate, artist, soldier, and attorney. He served as a lieutenant with the 21st Infantry Regiment, fought in the Nez Perce War in 1877, and was present at the surrender of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. It was Wood who transcribed, and perhaps embellished, Chief Joseph's famous speech, which ended with: "My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." The two men became close friends.
Following his military service Wood became a pacifist and self-proclaimed anarchist. He did a brief turn as Mark Twain's publisher [1601] and offered advice and money to radical journalist John Reed. After attending Columbia University, Wood moved to Portland Oregon where he became a prominent attorney with both a… Read More

[Feb 16, 1899] 8.5x13" folded to 8.5x6.5". Embossed in gold, black engraving.
This is the event at which McKinley announced that the U.S. would hold on to the Philippines until they were capable of self-government, but that "No imperial designs lurk in the American mind." Mckinley's visit to Boston for this address was one of the most important events in his brief administration.
"This invitation entitles you to purchase a ticket; there is no free list." Laid in is a typed-printed errata on onionskin paper: "Since the invitations were printed, the time for answering has been extended from Jan. 16 to Jan. 21. 3"x5"
Condition: Very good; light edgewear; toning on verso with gum residue apparently from having been mounted in a scrapbook.
None presently online ; none in WorldCat. Believed to be especially scarce with the errata sheet present.

Novo Laughs / NOVO Comic Greeting Cards2 Sample Books, 13"x10"; cards mostly 4.25x5.5" in folded form. 36 greeting cards in each book
1945-1948 – humorous greeting cards, many depicting the misogyny and racial stereotypes of the period. Artists not identified; Birthday, Get Well, Graduation, Congratulations, Xmas.
In the form of two photograph albums, two-post, decorated burgundy covers, black paper pages, with two cards mounted per page.
Condition: individual cards range from Good with occasional folds and creases to Fine – mostly the latter. The album is fair only with extensive exterior wear, creases and tears to some of the pages – not affecting the cards.

1940 MGM file copy of the original screenplay (Paramount, 1931), used for the 1941 direct remake of the film. Written by Percy Heath and Samuel Hoffenstein adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel.
"Second White Script" dated August 7, 1931 [and dated again March 8, 1940 when the script was copied by MGM for the film's remake with Spencer Tracy.] 8.5x11", pale blue studio covers fastened with two brad posts. Stamped Vault Copy/File Copy, with partially peeled studio label at top. 169 mimeographed pages.
The 1931 film was nominated for three academy awards, with Frederic March winning best actor. The film was made prior to the full enforcement of the Production and is remembered today for its strong sexual content. When MGM remade the film 10 years later with Spencer Tracy, the studio bought the negative and the rights to the earlier film; every print that could be located was recalled and destroyed, and for decades, the film was believed lost. A print was rediscovered in 1967. Unknown… Read More

Gone With the Wind / dialogue cutting continuity script.
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939) 4to, Vintage studio covers. Dialogue Cutting Continuity script for the epic film. Typed with title of Film Editor Hal C. Kern. Dated December 9, 1939 and copied by the MGM script department on May 4, 1943.
Mimeographed manuscript, non-sequential numbering broken into 13 reels, December 9, 1939, bound at top with two brads in yellow Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer wrappers, approximately 200pp with 5 additional pages of musical cue listings.
The typed notice on the front wrapper states that it "is sent to the branches of this organization to assist them in connection with censorship, and film repairs. It is for the use only of the film Repair Room, Film Repair Department, your local censorship contact, your local censorship Board…"
CONDITION: Very Good/Fair. Covers exhibit substantial aging, wear and soiling, several tape repairs. Content pages are typed carbon in vintage very good condition.

An unusual Munro Leaf title: A cat teaches a little boy who is afraid of bugs, snakes, lightning, and the dark how to be brave. illustrations by Frances Tipton Hunter.
1st printing. 4to, unpaginated. Pictorial boards.
A fine copy in VG, unclipped dust jacket with minor edge wear.

No. 11 of 15 copies; folio 31 pp.
A series of short, illustrated vignettes about famous people and their relationships with cats -- – Tsar Peter, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and others. Sayenko's works are in private collections and institutions around the world including the Russian National Library Staatsbibliotheck, Grolior Club.
Bound accordion style with printing on one side only and with the final leaf tipped onto the back of sturdy caeboard, quarter-bound in natural thick linen, the sides covered in decorated paper with printing by Sayenko. Top and bottom edges uncut, pastedowns of grey paper, title page in red and black with a small cut of a cat, most of the text in black with some phrases in red, cuts throughout in multiple colors. Unpaginated, with two additional fold-out leaves tipped in.
Enclosed in publisher's cardboard slipcase covered with white paper.
Fine; as new, signed by the artist.

1st paperback edition, inscribed by Fisher on the half-title to food editor/writer Elaine Corn. Corn headed up the food sections for the Louisville Courier-Journal and then the Sacramento Bee. While at the Bee, the paper won awards for Best Food Section and Best Food Reporting from the Association of Food Journalists. Corn is also author of six cookbooks herself and won both the Julia Child and James Beard culinary awards.
CONDITION: Good+; typical pb surface wear, but no chips or tears. Light damp stain to lower front cover, bottom rear cover near spine. But let's face it; you are buying this solely for the great inscription which is bold and bright.