Fantasy from Royal Books, Inc.

London: Bloomsbury, 1992. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Wonderfully INSCRIBED by the author on the title page in the year of publication: "To Kate and Tommy / from their amnesiac pal Alasdair / 2 Sept 1992." Basis for the lauded 2023 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe. Near… Read more about this item

Rotterdam: Film International, 1984. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1984 Japanese film. Loosely based on "One Hundred Years of Solitude," the classic 1967 Gabriel García Márquez novel, previously adapted by director Shûji Terayama for the stage. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine.

Beverly Hills, CA: Copa, 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of his four major romances. In Italy, four artists of various social standing find themselves in a complicated web of love alliances with their peers. Tan titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. At an architecture convention, a young man from Hong Kong meets and spends the night with a woman. He attempts to pursue her, only to discover that she is married to an esteemed professor of architecture. Embarrassed, he returns to Hong Kong, only to find the woman at… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film, agency copy, photocopied for internal distribution. With manuscript ink annotations on the title page, noting a change in address for screenwriter Harley Cokeliss. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg, who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the screenplay adaptation of… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a letter to agent Paul Kohner laid in, dated March 17, 1975, asking actress Mia Farrow to appear in the film. At an architecture convention, a young man from Hong Kong meets and spends the night with a woman. He attempts to pursue her, only to discover… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film, circa 1980s. Not to be confused with the 1968, 2019, or 2023 films with the same name. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg, who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" (1987), based on his 1978… Read more about this item

Manhattan Beach, CA: Carolco Pictures, 1990. Draft screenplay for the 1991 film. Steve Martin's love letter to Los Angeles, about a goofy meteorologist who receives messages from an electric freeway billboard encouraging him to pursue a romance with a British journalist. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1992. Archive of material for an unproduced musical, including original character design art, planned production information, a synopsis, and a tape recording of two songs from the musical, "Draggin' Along" and "Have a Happy Christmas." Also included in the archive is a typed letter of introduction from playwright Nance Crawford to her brother, noted child actor John… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney, 2003. For Your Consideration script for the 2003 film. A blacksmith teams up with a quixotic former pirate captain to save the governor's daughter, who has been kidnapped by a band of undead pirates. The first film in Disney's popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Shot on location in the Dominican… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Moonseed, 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a small folded business card for screenwriter Armando Acosta and his production company Moonseed, signed by agent Pyrrha LaRue Malouf. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the screenplay's title. A shamanic, mystical man with supernatural powers arrives… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. Escaping her recent divorce and the death of her child, an American woman travels to India, where she experiences a variety of mystical encounters and undergoes a liberating and terrifying journey of ego death and oneness. Set in Banhasa, India. Green titled wrappers, with credit… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A discontented, isolated writer befriends and falls in love with a mermaid named Merda. Set in California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Nan Crawford. 189 leaves, with last page of text numbered 188. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine,… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1976. First German Edition. Text in German. A companion book for the 1976 film, illustrated with photographs. Near Fine in silver titled wrappers.

Grunwald, Germany: Sentana Filmproduktion, 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text and titles in German. Loosely based on the 1782 ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, about a young child lured away by the dark king of the fairies. Clear front wrapper, green rear wrapper. Title page present, dated January 7, 1985, with credits for… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Cinema Home Video Productions, 1987. Draft script for the 1988 film, seen here under the working title "Sorority Sisters." Copy belonging to screenwriter Kenneth J. Hall, INSCRIBED to Hall on the title page by cast members Michelle Bauer, Linnea Quigley, Michael Sonye, and Brinke Stevens. Additional annotations in manuscript ink throughout, marking scene numbers. Three dorky… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1999. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film, here under the working title "Seeing in the Dark." With a handwritten post-it note affixed to the verso of the front wrapper, noting the name and phone number of director Robert Manganelli. A deaf clairvoyant who receives visions of an unknown serial killer's movements teams up with… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on page 52. A woman's unhappiness in London prompts her husband to begin making arrangements for their move back to New York City. However, before that can happen, her condition further deteriorates, leading her down a path of misery and mental illness. … Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Cosmopolitan Productions, 1933. Vintage reference photographs from the 1933 film. With manuscript ink annotation on the border of the recto identifying actor Walter Huston. Based on the 1933 novel by T.F. Tweed. The President of the United States gets in a car accident and begins to not act like himself. He… Read more about this item

London: British Film Institute [BFI], 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film. With a stamp from the National Film Archive on the verso. Based on the 1906 short story by H.G. Wells. A man is haunted by a supernatural door that keeps reappearing to him, leading to a seemingly perfect other world. 8 x… Read more about this item