Media And Journalism from Royal Books, Inc.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1979. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1979 film, showing two images of Jane Fonda. A television reporter surreptitiously records hazardous dealings at a nuclear power plant, but finds her planned report suppressed by a widening network of politicians and businessmen determined to keep the danger a secret. Set and shot… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1995. Revised Shooting script for the pilot episode of the 1995 television series, which originally aired on September 28, 1995, on CBS. A fictional tabloid publication struggles to survive in the fast-paced world of New York journalism. The series ran for a brief single season, with 13 episodes total, only eight of which were… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1984. Second Draft script for the 1985 film. Internally duplicated script, made from a previous copy, with copied hole shadows and a few copied annotations to the first few pages, but also with manuscript ink annotations throughout regarding casting. A newspaper reporter working undercover is offered $50,000 by a wealthy businessman in exchange for killing the… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1948. Post-production Censorship Dialogue script for the 1949 film noir. Based on Tiffany Thayer's 1947 novel "One Woman." A South Side reporter discovers the body of a dead call girl, and tries to track down her killer using her address book. Set in Chicago. Tall white titled wrappers, noting 11… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1949. Post-production Release Dialogue script for the 1949 film. Based on Tiffany Thayer's 1947 novel "One Woman." A South Side reporter discovers the body of a dead call girl, and tries to track down her killer using her address book. Set in Chicago. Tall white titled wrappers, noting 10 reels,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989. First Revision Draft script for an unproduced film, with a copied "(1st) Revision" stamp on the titled page. OCLC locates three copies. An early draft, dated "June 1989," written by screenwriters Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen (who had been previously nominated for an Academy Award for their screenplay for the 1983 Mike Nichols'… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 2000. Third Draft script for the pilot episode of the 2002 television series, which originally aired on July 17 on the Bravo Network. The series aired for a brief, one-season run, and followed the team members of a fictional 24-hour cable news television network named "I-24." Set in Milwaukee, and shot on location… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1984. Two Draft scripts for an unproduced television film. A two-part biopic about wealthy businessman and newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, with particular focus on his less-than-savory journalistic practices. Set in New York. Part 1: White untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated January 1984, with credits for screenwriter James Costigan. 119… Read more about this item

Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1923. Later printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page to American journalist Edgar Mowrer: "To Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ansel Mowrer / with sincere friendship / Henry Justin Smith / Oct. 21, '23." Considered by many to be "the dean of American foreign correspondents," Edgar Mowrer was born in Bloomington in 1892. He… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1921. Vintage borderless photograph of writer Sinclair Lewis with his wife and son onboard the Carmania, circa 1921. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso, along with the stamp of photographer Charles Trampus. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus, slightly creased at the corners.

N.p.: N.p., 1931. Vintage portrait photograph of writer Sinclair Lewis in New York, circa 1931. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, discussing a heated altercation between Lewis and Theodore Dreiser at a 1931 dinner in honor of Russian novelist Boris Pilnyak. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine, housed in the original Very Good plus glassine sleeve, measuring… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition. First Edition. A foundational work of New Journalism, describing the author's experiences in Vietnam as a war correspondent for "Esquire." Some paper residue on the top edge of the rear pastedown (see image), else Fine in a Fine dust jacket.

N.p.: N.p., 1986. Second Draft script for the 1987 film. An early draft, seen here without a title. With copied manuscript annotations noting the date on many pages. Laid in with the script is a single page of notes, ribbon copy typescript, regarding the script, likely from an agent or producer. A beautiful, talented young television producer… Read more about this item

London: National Film Archive, 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 film, showing director Tay Garnett and a camera crew capturing a scene with Lew Ayres. National Film Archive stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the rise to… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1952. Two vintage publicity photographs taken at a special premiere of the 1952 film, held in New York at the Waldorf-Astoria's Starlight Roof. One photograph shows director Samuel Fuller with New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons, and the other shows Fuller with Hearst Foundation executive Richard Berlin and King Features Syndicate columnist George Sokolsky.… Read more about this item

New York: Cameo / Midwood, 1971. First Edition. No. M-195-30. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good plus in wrappers, slightly cocked, and lightly edgeworn. Not in Holroyd.

Los Angeles: Propaganda Films, 1992. Draft script for the 1993 film, seen here under the working title "California." A graduate student couple decide to take a cross-country road trip to visit serial killer murder sites, picking up an unusual couple along the way through a ride-sharing advertisement. The uneasy balance between the two couples begins to degrade… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1918. Vintage borderless vernacular photograph of actor Charlie Chaplin, writer Upton Sinclair, and editor and publisher Rob Wagner on the set of the 1918 silent film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso identifying subjects. Wagner was the editor and publisher of "Script," a left-leaning, weekly literary film magazine published in Beverly Hills between 1929… Read more about this item

London: British Lion, 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film, seen here under the working title "The Big Birthday." Copy belonging to producer Alec Snowden, with his name in manuscript ink on several leaves, and his extensive annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on virtually every page (and many page versos as well). Bound in before and after the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage portrait photograph of newspaper reporter, screenwriter, and progressive rights advocate Florence Welch, circa 1940s. Annotations in Welch's hand on the verso: "Florence / 1. Welch / 2. Wagner (Rob) / 3. Breese (Jim) / How fortunate and happy I have been / Florence." Welch worked as a newspaper journalist and activist for women's… Read more about this item