Monja Danischewsky (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Robert Sheffield (illustrator). 1st Edition. Jacket mildly tanned, light jacket wear, light cloth wear, foxing on sides, otherwise vg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.NEAR FINE HARDBACK IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAPPER.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. M Joseph hardback 1972 , first edition , first impression , very good+ in very good+ dustjacket , unclipped.

Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards for the 1958 UK film. Based on the 1957 Compton MacKenzie novel, and filmed on the island of Barra (Hebrides), a British comedy about a quaint island that becomes a testing zone for rockets. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with corner creases, and faint creases overall.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Robert Sheffield (illustrator). Hardback in jacket 1972. INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT & REAR END PAPERS. Clean and tight book. Jacket is complete. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched Royal Mail TRACKED 24 next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref b65. Out of My Mind by Monja Danischewsky. Published in 1972 by Michael Joseph, London.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Rare. 1966. Dust jacket in plastic sleeve. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers. A tan to the page edges. Contents clear and firm within. A good condition book.

Three vintage studio still photographs and one vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film. One photograph with mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1962 novel, "The Light of Day" by Eric Ambler. Two ex-lovers plan to steal from Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. They hire a man to drive explosives for the burglary, but when the police stop him they assume he is part of an assassination attempt. Winner of one Academy Award for Peter Ustinov as Best Actor. Set in Istanbul, shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey, Kavala, Greece, Paris, France, and Hauts-de-Seine, France. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches, one photograph 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, with one photograph with pins holes at the corner and a tear at the bottom right corner. Lee, The Heist Film. Penzler 101.

Final Draft script for the 1958 film. Based on the 1957 novel by Compton Mackenzie, sequel to Mackenzie's 1947 novel "Whisky Galore," which was also adapted for film in 1949. Britain's Royal Air Force declares plans to establish a guided missile base on a small Hebridean island, aggravating the locals, who intentionally delay construction, to the consternation of an RAF officer sent to negotiate with the islanders. Set in the Hebrides, shot on location on the island of Barra. Beige titled wrappers, noted as Semi-Final Script on the front wrapper, dated 14.2.58. Title page present, dated February, 1958, noted as Semi-Final Script. 102 leaves, with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing director Ronald Neame talking to actor Robert Mitchum between takes. Based on the 1961 novel by Max Catto, about a con artist who finds himself the subject of religious fervor in a small African village after he is found injured and unconscious in the reeds on the banks of a river. Shot on location in Kenya, at Lake Naivasha and the Amboseli National Park. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing actress Carroll Baker laughing in a makeshift bath on the set. Based on the 1961 novel by Max Catto, about a con artist who finds himself the subject of religious fervor in a small African village after he is found injured and unconscious in the reeds on the banks of a river. Shot on location in Kenya, at Lake Naivasha and the Amboseli National Park. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine.

Collection of 16 vintage lobby cards from the French release of the 1964 US film. Based on the 1962 novel by Eric Ambler, about a con man forced to help a group of thieves steal a jeweled dagger from an Istanbul museum. Peter Ustinov won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the film. 9 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine.