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Life Magazine, 11 July 1969
Ralph Graves (managing Editor); Hedley Donavan (editor in chief); Thomas Griffin (editor); Richard Pollard (Director of Photography); Jack Rosenthal (contributor); John H. Knowles (contributor); Bill Eppridge (contributing Photographer); John Dominos (contributing photographer)
Published by LIFE Magazine; Inc. July 1969, New York, New York 1969
- Softcover
Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.A Cappella Books, Inc.
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Stapled Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Ten & 1/2-inches x Fourteen inches; very good/fine overall. Clean,sound, with mild toning.

Language: English
Published by Eastman Colour, United Kingdom 1959
- Softcover
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, IrelandDublin Bookbrowsers
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Poster. Condition: Good. Movie poster measures 30 by 40 cms approx. Starring: Mylene Demongeot & many more. Centrefold creases & light stains on rear. Tears & nicks through out poster. Else good +.

The 39 Steps (Original photograph from the 1959 film)
Ralph Thomas (director); John Buchan (novel); Frank Harvey (screenwriter); Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda de Banzie (starring)
Published by Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles 1959
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage studio still photograph from the 1959 British film. Based on John Buchan's 1915 novel. A diplomat returns to his home in London, where he becomes involved in a corrupt, international organization of secret agents intending to sell government secrets relating to weapons resources. Set and shot on location in England and S…cotland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes to the corners.

Agent 8 3/4 [Hot Enough for June] (Original British front-of-house card from the 1964 film)
Sylva Koscina Dirk Bogarde (starring); Ralph Thomas (director); Lionel Davidson (novel); George Courtney Ward (photographer); Lukas Heller (screenwriter); Robert Morley, Leo McKern (starring)
Published by Rank Organisation, London 1964
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1964 UK film. Base on the Lionel Davidson novel, "Night of Wenceslas" (1960), about a man who gets caught up in Cold War espionage, in a romantic spy-spoof. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners, and a few moderate creases.

The High Bright Sun [McGuire, Go Home] (Original British front-of-house card from the 1964 film)
Ralph Thomas (director); Ian Stuart Black (novel, screenwriter); Dirk Bogarde, George Chakiris, Susan Strasberg, Denholm Elliott (starring)
Published by Rank Organisation, London 1964
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1964 UK film. A gritty and realistic portrayal of the Cypriot independence struggle against British military rule in the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases to the corners, else Near Fine.

Doctor in Trouble (Original British front-of-house card from the 1970 film)
Ralph Thomas (director); Richard Gordon (novel); Jack Davies (screenwriter); Leslie Phillips, Harry Secombe, James Robertson Justice, Angela Scoular (starring)
Published by Rank Organisation, London 1970
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1970 UK film. A doctor is in love with a woman but doesn't have time to propose to her before she leaves on a cruise to the Mediterranean. The doctor decides to join the cruise, but getting the opportunity to romance the woman of his dreams proves difficult. 8 x 10 in…ches, with no borders as issued. Tiny creases, else Near Fine.

Doctor in Clover [Carnaby, M. D.] (Original British front-of-house card from the 1966 film)
Ralph Thomas (director); Richard Gordon (novel); Ian Jeayes (photographer); Jack Davis (screenwriter); Leslie Phillips, James Robertson Justice, Shirley Anne Field, John Fraser (starring)
Published by Rank Organisation / Graphocolor S. P. A., London / Italy 1966
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1966 UK film. Leslie Phillips stars as a doctor looking for love and romance from the hospital nurses, much to the annoyance of the main administrator (James Robertson Justice). Based on Richard Gordon's 1960 novel. 8 x 10 inches, with no borders as issued. Very Good plus,…with light creasing overall.

Language: English
Published by The Rank Organisation, United Kingdom 1966
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Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, IrelandDublin Bookbrowsers
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Poster. Condition: Good. Movie poster measures 30 by 40 cms approx. Starring: Leslie Philips, James Robertson Justice, Shirley Anne Field, John Fraser, Joan Sims, Arthur Haynes, Elisabeth Ercy. Vertical centrefold creases. Only two small old tape marks where tape used to be on front of poster. Stains to fold marks on front & bac…k of poster. Top right hand corner of poster lightly dog eared. Biro writing on rear of poster. Else good +.

LIFE MAGAZINE; SEPTEMBER 11, 1970; Vol. 69, No. 11 - WANTED BY THE FBI: ANGELA DAVIS (COVER)
DONOVAN HEDLEY (EDITOR-IN-CHIEF); Thomas Griffith (editor); Ralph Graves (managing editor); Richard Pollard (Director of Photography); Henry Groskinsky (contributor); Dan O;Neill (contributor)
Published by TIME INC. September 1970, N.Y., N.Y. 1970
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Stapled Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Ten & 1/4-inch x Thirteen-inch; Folio; Stapled (3-staples) magazine, published weekly. Mild user wear, light toning. Subscriber address sticker affixed to front corner in the usual location lower left corner. The Making of a Fugitive; Wanted by the FBI: Angela Davis (includes (8 page story… with 11 great b&w photographs); The Sculpture of Matisse; Robert Ardrey's new book. Much more.(76 pages plus cover.).

Appointment with Venus [Island Rescue] (Original photograph from the 1951 film)
Ralph Thomas (director); Jerrard Tickell (novel); Nicholas Phipps (screenwriter); David Niven, Glynis Johns, George Coulouris, Barry Jones (starring)
Published by British Film-Makers, London 1951
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage black-and-white candid still photograph from the 1951 UK film. Features David Niven with the Dame of Sark, Sibyl Mary Hathaway, on the shores of the Channel Islands. Hathaway was Seigneur of the Channel Islands when the Germans invaded (1940-1945). Based on Jerrard Tickell's 1951 novel, about British soldiers during WWII… on the Channel Islands, attempting to save a prized cow from the capture of the Nazis. 8 x 10 inches. Some toning, with an ink notation on the verso, else Near Fine.

Doctor in Love (Original screenplay for the 1960 film)
Ralph Thomas (director); Richard Gordon (novel); Nicholas Phipps (screenwriter); James Robertson Justice, Michael Craig, Leslie Phillips, Carole Lesley, Joan Sims (starring)
Published by J. Arthur Rank, London 1959
- Softcover
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFinal Draft script for the 1960 film. Based on Richard Gordon's 1957 novel. The fourth film in Rank's popular "Doctor" series, and the first not to feature actor Dirk Bogarde as Dr. Simon Sparrow (although Bogarde would return for the next film in the series, "Doctor in Distress" in 1963). The series follows the frequently roman…tic, comic antics of a group of young doctors. Set and shot on location in London. Green titled wrappers, noted as Semi-final Script on the front wrapper, dated 14-12-59. Title page present, dated December 1959, with credits for screenwriter Nicholas Phipps and novelist Richard Gordon. 128 leaves, with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong.
More imagesEmbryo (Two original screenplays for the 1976 film, with ALS)
Ralph Nelson (director); Anita Doohan, Jack W. Thomas (screenwriters); Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Roddy McDowall (starring)
Published by Sandy Howard Production, N.p. 1974
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- Signed
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerTwo Draft scripts for the 1976 film. One script, a Final Draft, belonging to an auditioning actor, Jenny Sullivan, with her name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper; the other script is bound in red faux leather with gilt tiles, a color photograph of a human fetus bound in, and both scripts bear letters from a professor at th…e University of California describing the possible methods and techniques detailed in the screenplay, and their applicability to contemporary (1974) ethical and legal conditions. Brief annotations on laid-in slips in manuscript ink throughout the first script. Laid in is a signed letter from director Nelson to Jenny, informing her that she is a finalist for the role of Victoria (ultimatly the role went to Barbara Carrera). An exploitation film owing much to "Bride of Frankenstein," as well as the technological advances with DNA in the 1970s. Dr. Paul Holliston (Hudson) is a scientist who discovers a method to accelerate the birth cycle to just a few days. The maturation process has detrimental side effects, and the mature adult, a woman, shows homicidal tendencies. Set in Los Angeles. First script: Light blue titled wrappers, undated. Title page present, undated, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with credits for screenwriters Thomas and Doohan. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 119. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two silver brads. Second script: Red faux leather titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriters Thomas and Doohan. 140 leaves, with last page of text numbered 136. Mechanical duplication, with a color photograph, Near Fine overall, bound internally with three gold brads. Muir 1970s.
More imagesDoctor in Clover [Carnaby, MD] (Original screenplay for the 1966 film)
Leslie Phillips, James Robertson Justice, Shirley Anne Field, John Fraser, Joan Sims (starring); Ralph Thomas (director); Richard Gordon (novel); Jack Davies (screenwriter)
Published by Rank Organisation, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire 1965
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- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerDraft script for the 1966 British film. Based on the 1960 novel by Richard Gordon. The sixth film in the Rank Organisation's comic "Doctor" series, and the second to star Leslie Phillips in the title role. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows no holdings. Shot on location at Carnaby Street and Wormwood Scrubs. Tall blue titled…wrappers, dated 2nd September, 1965, with an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, noting copy No. 44. Title page present, dated 27th August, 1965, with credits for novelist Richard Gordon and screenwriter Jack Davies. 100 leaves, with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong.
More imagesEmbryo (Original screenplay for the 1976 film)
Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Roddy McDowall (starring); Ralph Nelson (director); Anita Doohan, Jack W. Thomas (screenwriters)
Published by Sandy Howard Productions, Los Angeles 1975
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- Signed
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerDraft script for the 1976 science fiction film. Included with the script are two bound documents relating to film options and literary purchase agreements, the former being SIGNED by producers Sandy Howard and Plato Skouras and writer Jack Thomas. An exploitation film owing much to the 1935 classic "Bride of Frankenstein," as we…ll as technological advances with DNA in the 1970s. A scientist discovers a method to accelerate the birth cycle to just a few days. The maturation process has detrimental side effects, and the mature adult, a woman, shows homicidal tendencies. Set in Los Angeles. Red titled Sandy Howard Productions wrappers, with titles in gilt. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriters Jack Thomas and Anita Doohan. 138 leaves, with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.
More imagesThe High Commissioner [Nobody Runs Forever] (Original screenplay for the 1968 film)
Ralph Thomas (director); Wilfred Greatorex (screenwriter); Jon Cleary (author); Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv (starring)
Published by The Rank Organization, London 1968
- Softcover
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerDraft script for the 1968 film. Laid in are two pages of corrections. With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema, best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" (1953), "Room at the Top" (1959), "Our Man in Havana" (…1959), "Charade" (1963), and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965). Based on Jon Cleary's 1966 novel of the same title. The New South Wales police sergeant Scobie Malone is summoned for questioning and cooperation when the Australian High Commissioner is wanted in England for murder. Now he must uncover the truth, as well protect the High Commissioner from assassination attempts. Set in London, shot on location there, as well as New South Wales, Australia. Teal blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated October 20, 1967, with credits for author Jon Cleary, and screenwriter Wilfred Greatorex. 136 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication, with pink revision pages throughout, dated variously between November 15, 1967 and January 8, 1968. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads.

Some Girls Do (Original screenplay for the 1969 film)
Ralph Thomas (director); David D. Osborn, Liz Charles-Williams, Herman C. McNeile, Gerard Fairlie (screenwriters); Richard Johnson, Dallah Lavi, Beba Loncar, James Villiers (starring)
Published by United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA 1968
- Softcover
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerDraft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to producer James H. Ware with his name and annotations, in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema, best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" (1953), "Room at the Top" (1959), "Our Man in Havana" (1959), "Charade" (1963), and… "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965). Following the success of the James Bond series of the 60s, studios resurrected the Bulldog Drummond character, this being the second of the revamp after 1967's "Deadlier Than the Male." Drummond uncovers a plot where a criminal mastermind, aided by robots in form of beautiful women, will receive eight million pounds if an experimental plan doesn't launch on time. Set in Spain and London, shot on location in Catalonia, Spain and at Pinewood Studios in London. Orange blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated May 1968, with credits for screenwriters David Osborn, and Liz Charles-Williams. 129 leaves, with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication, with salmon revision pages throughout, dated May 30, 1968. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good bound internally with two gold brads.
More imagesHot Enough for June (Original photograph of Sylva Koscina from the 1964 British film)
Sylva Koscina, Dirk Bogarde (starring); Ralph Thomas (director); Lukas Heller (screenwriter); Lionel Davidson (novel)
Published by N.p., N.p. 1964
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 British film, showing actress Sylva Koscina undressing. Stamp of photographer Georg Michalke on the verso. Based on Lionel Davidson's 1960 novel "The Night of Wenceslas," about an ordinary man who is unknowingly pulled into a Cold War plot. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine.
More imagesCoonskin (Original vinyl 45 RPM record of radio spot announcements for the 1975 film)
Barry White, Charles Gordone, Philip Thomas, Scatman Crothers (starring); Ralph Bakshi (director, screenwriter)
Published by Bryanston Pictures, Beverly Hills, CA 1975
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage 45 RPM vinyl record of two radio spot announcements for the 1975 film. A satirical crime film written and directed by legendary, controversial animator Ralph Bakshi, blending live action and animation, about three anthropomorphic "Uncle Remus" characters-Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, and Br'er Bear-who rise to the top of a cr…ime syndicate in Harlem. Originally subjected to widespread protest due to its provocative racial content, and subsequently given a limited release by Bryanston, the film has since been reevaluated and is today considered Bakshi's masterpiece. 7 inches. Near Mint in a Mint white paper sleeve. Parish and Hill, Black Crime Films. Howard, Blaxploitation: The Essential Reference Guide.