Thorton James (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Fine +. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Thus. These 288 pages - INDEX at back - are about a little known group of two-man submarines. Read more about : A/T-net defences, Sliema Creek, COPPs, Ken Hudspeth, Commander W.R. Fell, Gosport, x-craft class, Party `Ted', zip-jackets, and Port Bannatyne. Section of b/w photographs at center. Cond : Paper wrapper is greeney-blue with black lettering. Two of the `x-craft' appear in the cover illustration. Tight in binding. No names. Wear at all fore corners. Minimal soiling. Very good reading copy. QUote (p. 242) : " The small rum-store was speedily drained, and the fishermen, who appeared to think this was all part of the normal routine, were warmly thanked. Then the exercise was continued. A few days later ._._._. . " Size: 12mo.

Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on page 94. Photograph of child actor Nate Goldberg laid in. Based on Thornton Wilder's 1973 novel "Theophilus North," about a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small, wealthy town, where rumors begin to circulate that he has the power to cure sickness and ailments. Originally planned as a project to be directed by Danny Huston. Set and shot on location in Rhode Island. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter James Costigan and author Thornton Wilder. 113 leaves, with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with three silver brads.