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Cincinnati: Crippen and Landru, 2022. First Edition. First Edition. The ninth short story to feature Texas private investigator Helmut Erhard, issued as a pamphlet on Christmas Day, 2022. Fine in side-stapled wrappers.

Fort Worth: United Photo, 1926. Vintage photograph of the Majestic Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas, circa 1926. Stamp of United Photo on the verso. Located at the corner of Commerce Street and East 10th Street, the Majestic opened on November 28, 1911. The theatre was refurbished in 1940, and ultimately closed in 1970. 8 x… Read more about this item

N.p.: Studio Productions / Anthony Brady Farrell Productions, 1949. Vintage borderless photograph of actors Mary Hatcher and Danny Scholl from the 1949-1950 Broadway musical. With manuscript pencil annotation on the verso identifying actors Hatcher and Scholl, the name of the musical and the Mark Hellinger Theater where the musical was shown. Also with stamp on the verso identifying photographer… Read more about this item

Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal, 1965. First Edition. No. K-1502. First Edition, a paperback original. Cover art by Barye Phillips, who drew many important covers during the vintage paperback era for Avon, Dell, Pocket Books, and after 1955, Bantam. Very Good plus in wrappers. Slight lean, with creases along the spine. Holroyd, p. 285.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to poet Ted Weiss on the front endpaper: "To Ted and Renée / with love / Bill / Oct 12 1959." The author's first novel, basis for the 1960 Vincente Minnelli film starring Robert Mitchum, George Peppard, and George Hamilton. Near Fine in… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. The adventures of a man struggling to grow up and pay for the shrimping boat entrusted to him. Autry is lazy and likes to tango with women too much to be a good shrimper. His boss has faith in him but that is quickly slipping away. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 film, showing actress Debbie Harry playfully "drumming" empty beer bottles, while Meat Loaf looks on to her left. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A rowdy beer distributor from Texas gets roped into becoming a roadie for a touring rock band. Featuring numerous… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: Vortex, 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing director Tobe Hooper coaching actress Marilyn Burns in between shots, with cinematographer Daniel Pearl adjusting the camera in the background. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Loosely based on the crimes of serial murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein. Shot on… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the US release of the 1966 film. An underrated, key film for director Penn, something of an intellectual thriller, made between two better known films, "Mickey One" (1965) and "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967). Also, very much an acting tour de force, with early performances by Robert… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1967. Vintage oversize, double weight, borderless photograph from the set of the 1967 film, showing actor Faye Dunaway brandishing a pistol while director Arthur Penn describes the scene and co-star Warren Beatty looks on. With the stamp of photographer Lee Johnson on the verso. The beginning of the New Hollywood Cinema.… Read more about this item

Austin, TX: University of Texas, 1987. First Edition. First Edition. Laid in is a type letter signed by the quarterly's senior editor, Dave Oliphant, on stationery from the university, addressed to Ruth Ford. Oliphant responds to Ford's approval of a recent article he wrote on the archive of actor Zachary Scott, Ford's first husband. Oliphant has also included a… Read more about this item