Recent Arrivals from Royal Books, Inc.

Allentown, PA: Bonney Forge and Tool Works, 1940. Collection of nine vintage photographs of Bonney Tools sales vans, bound with a plastic comb binding, circa late 1940s. Pencil annotation on the front wrapper of "Master Set / Bonney Forge and Tool Photos / M-9 - M-11." The nine photographs in the collection feature four views of the full… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1978. Collection of seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film documentary, including images of The Band, Emmylou Harris, and Bob Dylan. Included with the collection is a flyer for the French release of the film at the Cannes Film Festival on June 14, 1978. Frequently hailed as one of the greatest… Read more about this item

Accra, Ghana: N.p., 1960. A small archive of 43 batik fabric samples, housed in a "School and College Jotter," compiled by a student in Accra, Ghana, circa 1960s, with ink annotations of "Samples / Batik" and the name "Albert Turkson" on the front wrapper and an Accra address on the rear wrapper. The jotter was manufactured by the Presbyterian… Read more about this item

N.p.: Levitt-Pickman, 1972. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. A parody of "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), about an unemployed former child star who supports himself as a hustler in Los Angeles. The third film in producer Andy Warhol's trilogy of films directed by Paul Morrissey, preceded by "Flesh" (1968) and "Trash" (1970). 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

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Collection of 13 vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1966 French film. Loosely based on the 1946-1950 memoirs of Gilbert Renault writing as Colonel Remy, about a small town in the Jura divided by a narrow river which forms the border between Nazi-occupied France and the free zone. The first of four… 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., 1949. Vintage reference photograph of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers between takes on the set of the 1949 film. A husband-and-wife musical comedy team decides to break up the act when the wife is persuaded to try her luck as a dramatic actress. The first film to reunite Astaire and Rogers after ten years apart… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1974 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on the 1959 novel. While living in Bangkok, a naive French diplomat's wife experiences a whirlwind of sexual discovery. The first film in the wildly successful, much-emulated series. Set and shot on location in Thailand and the Seychelles. … Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film, showing actress Natalie Wood. Based on the 1959 Broadway musical. The rise to fame of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, aided by her ambitious mother, Mama Rose. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn.… Read more about this item

New York: United Press International, 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 film, including one glossy and single weight, and one matte finish, borderless, and double weight. One photograph shows actor Sidney Poitier talking with producer Sam Goldwyn, and the other shows Poitier with actors Dorothy Dandridge and Brock Peters. One with a provenance stamp… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1947. Vintage reference photograph of choreographer Tilly Losch and actress Yvonne de Carlo on the set of the 1947 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fictional episode in the life of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, imagining a love affair with a Spanish cabaret dancer that leads him to pen the titular composition "Scheherazade."… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Follows the travels of a Vietnam veteran and expatriate living abroad in France. Set in Paris. Red titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter E. Lourie. Title page present, dated 1974, with credits for screenwriter Lourie. 21 leaves, unnumbered. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine,… 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

Berlin: N.p., 1921. Vintage borderless double weight publicity photograph from the lost 1921 German film, showing actress Ursel Renate Hirt slouched in a chair. Insignia of photographer Alexander Binder from the negative at the bottom right corner the recto, with Binder's stamp and a printed mimeo snipe on the verso. Noted portrait and film photographer Alexander Binder… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1955. Collection of five vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film. Two with provenance labels affixed to the versos. Perhaps the ultimate film noir in the classic cycle, and by far the best (and most insanely interpreted) Spillane adaptation. Director Robert Aldrich spins the hard boiled source material into a symphony of speed, violence, and… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 film, showing director George Sidney inspecting a chorus line of women's legs. Columbia Pictures stamp specific to the Dutch release on the verso. Based on Norman Krasna's 1958 Broadway play "Who Was That Lady I Saw You With?" A mild-mannered chemistry professor falsely claims to be… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film, including one showing director Héctor Babenco talking with actor William Hurt on the set. Based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig, about two cellmates who form an unusual bond during their imprisonment in a Brazilian prison. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Puig's novel also… Read more about this item