Charles Agvent

THE STONE DIARIES

SHIELDS, Carol · 0

$62.50 (€56.71 | £47.31 | ¥9,980)

New York. Viking. First Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize.. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a crease at the bottom corner of the rear flap

ONE WRITER'S BEGINNINGS

WELTY, Eudora · 1984

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,998)

Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. First Edition. Welty's memoir, illustrated with black and white photographs.. Some foxing to bulked text edges; tiny tear at head of spine and front panel of dustwrapper. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

DOVE AT THE WINDOWS: LAST LETTERS OF FOUR QUAKER MARTYRS

1973

$187.50 (€170.12 | £141.92 | ¥29,941)

Lincoln, MA. Penmaen Press. First Edition. Tall quarto (8" x 11-3/4") in original cloth. Illustrated with five woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. One of 24 copies of a total edition of 224 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. This copy is marked "GS" at the colophon and belong...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of His Important Article on John Huston Published in LIFE Magazine

AGEE, James · 1940

$15,625.00 (€14,176.42 | £11,826.91 | ¥2,495,111)

Included are 23 pages of a handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT in pencil on unlined 8-1/2" x 11" and lined 6" x 9" paper, along with a 15-page carbon typescript draft of most of the article that appeared in LIFE on 18 September 1950. A fair amount of the content here was not used ...

SEVEN CARD STUD (Life-Story). Typescript of Early Draft of His MEMOIRS

WILLIAMS, Tennessee · 1974

$3,125.00 (€2,835.28 | £2,365.38 | ¥499,022)

New York. Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Mimeographed copy, approximately 440 pages, bound with two brass screws in black leatherette covers, the title lettered in gilt, and labeled “Studio Duplicating Service” with the firm's address. An early, unexpurgated version of his MEMOIRS...

THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOWMAN: THE LEGEND OF CECIL B. DEMILLE

(DeMILLE, Cecil B) Produced by ROBERTS, Stanley and WILCOXON, Henry · 0

$43,750.00 (€39,693.99 | £33,115.35 | ¥6,986,310)

Hollywood. Two large (12" x 14-1/4") volumes bound by the California Book Binding Company in maroon leatherette with gilt lettering and decorations created as a posthumous tribute to DeMille containing the important elements of the 1963 television documentary that highlighted ...

LITTLE BIG MAN

(BERGER, Thomas) WILLINGHAM, Calder · 41969

$1,875.00 (€1,701.17 | £1,419.23 | ¥299,413)

New York. Stockbridge Productions Inc.. First Edition. Vintage original film script, light blue wraps, brad bound, mimeographed. Along with the date on the front cover is the statement "Final Draft" as well as "Cinema Center Films" and the number 5041. The title page states "P...

SONGS FROM "ON THE AVENUE" Inscribed to the film's producer Darryl Zanuck

BERLIN, Irving · 0

$6,250.00 (€5,670.57 | £4,730.76 | ¥998,044)

[New York]. [Irving Berlin Music Co.]. First Edition. Small folio (9" x 12") privately printed by Berlin for friends and bound in flexible dark brown leather with gilt lettering on the front cover; 31 pages. Includes sheet music for Berlin's songs from the musical film starrin...

ARCHIVE OF 13 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs)

SONDHEIM, Stephen · 1973

$3,437.50 (€3,118.81 | £2,601.92 | ¥548,924)

Collection of 13 Typed Letters on personal letterhead, all but two SIGNED "Steve" with one SIGNED "Steve Sondheim" addressed to Daniel Coyle and spanning 40 years. Another letter dated 22 September 2021 and SIGNED "Stephen Sondheim" is addressed to Brian Campbell thanking him ...

ARCHIVE OF 60 LETTERS

[ZOLOTOW, Sam] BERLIN, Irving; FELLINI, Federico; HELLMAN, Lillian, et. al · 1963

$3,125.00 (€2,835.28 | £2,365.38 | ¥499,022)

A collection of letters, mostly typed but some handwritten, all SIGNED by their authors to noted NEW YOR TIMES theater reporter and columnist, Sam Zolotow, on a variety of matters. Correspondents include Audrey Wood, Claire Booth Luce, Iphrigini Ochs Sulzberger, David Susskind...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on the Death of Jesse Lasky and the Afterlife

DeMILLE, Cecil B · 231958

$1,250.00 (€1,134.11 | £946.15 | ¥199,609)

Hollywood. A letter on 8" x 10" Paramount Pictures Corporation Office of DEMILLE, Cecil B stationery to Arthur S. Wenzel, in response to his expressions of sympathy after the death on 16 January of Jesse L. Lasky, associate with DeMille and Sam Goldwyn in the founding of the L...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

DeMILLE, Cecil B · 311958

$937.50 (€850.59 | £709.61 | ¥149,707)

Hollywood. A letter on 8" x 10" Paramount Pictures Corporation Office of DEMILLE, Cecil B stationery matted and framed to an overall size of 12" x 15" from the famous director to his six-year old granddaughter, Valentina Quinn, daughter of Anthony Quinn. A charming letter with...

MADLY SINGING IN THE MOUNTAINS: An Appreciation and Anthology of Arthur Waley

[GUARE, John] · 0

$937.50 (€850.59 | £709.61 | ¥149,707)

New York. Walker and Company. First Edition. Edited by Ivan Morris. Presented to the playwright John Guare by the cast of his play THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES before the play's opening and INSCRIBED on the half-title page "To John, February 5, 1971/From the residents of/The Hous...

UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT ON ILLUSION AND HOLLYWOOD

AGEE, James · 1940

$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)

A 21-page handwritten UNPUBLISHED ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT in pencil on unlined 8-1/2" x 11" paper, most pages about one-third to one-half full, and none numbered. There is no title, and it appears to be a collection of beginnings rather than a completed essay. At the very top of o...

SUMMER AND SMOKE. The Lead Actress's Annotated Copy of the Script

WILLIAMS, Tennessee · 0

$18,750.00 (€17,011.71 | £14,192.29 | ¥2,994,133)

New York. Anne Meyerson Typing & Mimeographing. Bound with one of two brads (the bottom is missing) in light gray paper covers (8-1/2" x 11"), untitled on the front, this is the working copy belonging to actress Margaret Phillips (who played the lead, Alma Winemiller, a young ...

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

WILLIAMS, Tennessee · 0

$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)

New York. Hart Stenographic Bureau. Bound with two screws in burgundy leatherette covers (8-1/2" x 11"), the title lettered in gold, the number "14" written in ink at the top right corner of the title page. Original mimeographed rehearsal script of approximately 120 pages. Thi...

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

(WILLIAMS, Tennessee) · 0

$437.50 (€396.94 | £331.15 | ¥69,863)

Carbon copy typescript, approximately 40 pages, on onionskin, stapled at the top left corner (8-1/2" x 11"). An agreement between Tennessee Williams and Edwina D. Williams with Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions for the film rights to THE GLASS MENAGERIE.. A few pages loose, a...

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

[WILLIAMS, Tennessee] (WILLIAMS, Cornelius Coffin) · 91956

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Dayton, OH. Carbon copy typescript on onionskin paper (8-1/2" x 11"), two pages, naming Walter Dakin Williams and Rose I. Williams as beneficiaries, and concluding: “My other son, Thomas Lanier Williams, has more than enough money to take care of himself....”. Near Fine

ORPHEUS DESCENDING

WILLIAMS, Tennessee · 0

$2,500.00 (€2,268.23 | £1,892.31 | ¥399,218)

New York. Anne Meyerson Typing & Mimeographing. Bound with two brass screws in dark green leatherette covers (8-3/4" x 11"), the title lettered in gold. Original mimeographed rehearsal script of 130 pages from the first production, produced by Robert Whitehead at the Producer'...

WONDERFUL TOWN. A New Musical Comedy

FIELDS, Joseph and CHODOROV, Jerome · 0

$187.50 (€170.12 | £141.92 | ¥29,941)

New York. Random House. First Edition. Cloth with pictorial inset on the front cover. Illustrated with photographs. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. A Tony Award-winning musical about two sisters.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper