Mystery And Crime from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1994. Third Draft script for the 1995 film. Copy belonging to drapery foreman Scott Garrett, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on Walter Mosley's 1990 novel, about an African American war hero who is hired to find the missing fiancée of a prominent mayoral candidate. Set in 1948… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1980. Final Draft script for the 1981 film, seen here under the working title "Hawks." Copy belonging to sound mixer Les Lazarowitz, with his name in manuscript ink on several pages, and his profuse annotations throughout. Two undercover New York police officers are hired to take down a deadly European terrorist. Actor Rutger… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1941. First Edition. First Edition, preceded by the First French Edition published by A. Fayard in 1933 as "L'Ecluse No. 1." The book includes two full length novels: "The Lock at Charenton" and "Maigret Returns." Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Light glue darkening to the endpapers. Jacket is… Read more about this item

London: Jarrolds, 1947. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, with slight spine lean, front board warped, and faint soil to the boards.

Universal City: MCA TV, 2000. Vintage studio still photograph from the 2000 re-release of the 1938 film, showing actors Sylvia Sidney and George Raft. Two former convicts meet while working at a department store and fall in love, but their relationship soon sours when one suspects the other of infidelity, leading him to return to a life… Read more about this item

N.p.: Live Entertainment, 1997. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1997 film, showing actor Craig Sheffer. After racially profiling an innocent man in a politically motivated murder case, a writer sets about finding the true killer. Shot on location in Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1971. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film. Based on the 1968 novel by Thomas Rogers, about a college student who is convicted of vehicular manslaughter, subsequently deciding to go on the run to Canada with his girlfriend to avoid prison. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches.… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1979. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1979 film, showing two images of Jane Fonda. A television reporter surreptitiously records hazardous dealings at a nuclear power plant, but finds her planned report suppressed by a widening network of politicians and businessmen determined to keep the danger a secret. Set and shot… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Archive of over 100 vintage color photographs and over 80 vintage color contact sheets from the 1966-1967 ABC television series. Nearly all of the photographs include a small label affixed to the top right corner with a production number in ink, and many of the contact sheets bear annotations in manuscript pencil. Unseen since the series'… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal, 1997. Vintage studio still photograph for the video release of the 1997 film, showing actress Gail O'Grady. An engaged woman is troubled by increasingly intense flashbacks to a previous life, triggered by the arrival of a man who claims she is his long-missing wife. Shot on location in North Carolina. 8… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1971. Second Draft script for the 1972 film. Noted as copy No. 54 in blue manuscript ink on the title page. Copy belonging to hair stylist Philip Leto, with his annotations on several pages, and with several pages folded by Leto, indicating the completion of scenes during production. Based on the 1969 novel by… Read more about this item

Kanagawa: Daiei Studios, 1960. Vintage Japanese reference photograph from the 1960 Japanese film noir, showing actors Yukio Mishima and Yaeko Mizutani in an intimate moment. After being released from prison, a young man decides to turn his back on his past as a yakuza mobster, but finds that escaping his former life is harder than expected. Mishima's… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the stark 1969 neo-noir film, both showing actress Rita Moreno. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on Lionel White's 1953 novel "The Snatchers," about a wealthy young woman who is kidnapped and held hostage in a remote French beach house. Set and shot on location in Le… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 Japanese film. Three with faint censorship blindstamps on the versos. A masterpiece of 1960s Japanese cinema, based on the novel by K b Abe and adapted by Abe for the screen, about an amateur entomologist who is held captive in a small, impoverished seaside village. 7.25… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Vintage reference photograph taken during shooting on location for the 1980 film, showing actors Gene Davis (in drag) and Randy Jurgensen. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1970 novel by Gerald Walker, about a cop who goes undercover in the leather scene in New York to catch a serial killer targeting gay men.… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1950. Three vintage photographs from the 1950 film, including one publicity photograph showing James Cagney with Helena Carter and Barbara Payton, and two studio still photographs showing cast members and a camera crew on the set. Publicity photograph with the stamp of Warner Brothers photographer Bert Six on the verso. Based on the… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1959. Vintage studio still photograph of director Alfred Hitchcock talking with actor Cary Grant on the set of the 1959 film. An innocent man is pursued across the US by a group of foreign spies, who have mistaken him for a government agent. Widely considered one of Hitchcock's best films, the last… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1944. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1944 film noir, showing actors Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer entering Bergman's aunt's long-vacant London townhouse. Based on Patrick Hamilton's 1938 play, and a remake of the 1940 British film starring Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynard. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning two, including Best Actress for… Read more about this item

New York: Cannon Films, 1985. First Draft script for the 1986 film. A hardened LAPD detective is framed by a vengeful ex-convict and sent to prison, where he befriends a foul-mouthed petty criminal, hatching a plot to escape together. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing 23 black and white photographs, and 5 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Sidney Sheldon's 1977 novel. A pharmaceutical industry billionaire dies in a mysterious climbing accident, leaving his daughter to investigate the circumstances of his death. Folder,… Read more about this item