US Presidents from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: Acme News Pictures, 1941. Vintage borderless photograph of actor Edward G. Robinson on his way to the inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941, carrying a scroll with wishes of goodwill and luck, signed by his fellow Warner Brothers stars, including Bette Davis, James Cagney, and others. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1945. Vintage candid photograph of actors Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, 1945. With the stamp of United Press International to the verso. After starring together in "Brother Rat" (1938) and its sequel "Brother Rat and a Baby" (1940), Reagan and Wyman were married in 1940. The couple divorced in 1949, a decision purportedly attributable to Wyman's… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Two vintage photographs of actors Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan in 1940, holding their newly received marriage license in one photograph and descending the stairs of the Wee Kirk o' the Heather Church in Glendale after their wedding in the other. Both with mimeo snipes on the verso. After starring together in "Brother Rat" (1938)… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing 18 black-and-white photographs, and 10 gatherings of promotional reading material. A television consultant is hired to organize a telethon in order to raise funds for the now-bankrupt US government, who are on the brink of losing the country to wealthy… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Draft script for the 1940 film. A dramatization of the life of noted Norwegian-American football coach Knute Rockne, who led the University of Notre Dame team from 1918 to 1930, before dying tragically in a 1931 plane crash at the age of 43. Set in Voss, Norway, and Indiana. Blue untitled… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1976. Vintage script for the 1976 off-Broadway play, seen here under the working title "Washington." INSCRIBED on the title page by playwright Barrie Stavis: "December, 1976 / This copy of Washington is for Norman Weinstein, friend, poet, valued colleague. It is presented with gratitude for the brilliant cutting he did on the script during that midstream time… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1948. Vintage script for the 1948 play, first produced by the Actors Lab in California. INSCRIBED by playwrights Janet and Philip Stevenson on the title page: "To Steve / with deep affection and 'eternal hostility to every form of tyranny over the mind of man' / May 12, 1952 / Janet Stevenson / + Phil S." … Read more about this item

New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1993. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by President Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket.

New York: Meredith Press, 1968. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the first blank: "For Barry and Angela / Love to you my darlings / Herewith Georgie-Porgie! / Mary / Mary Higgins Clark / 4/29/92." The author's first book, an historical novel about George Washington. About Near Fine in a Good, price-clipped dust… Read more about this item

New York: Hyperion, 1995. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the title page: "To Sergey / Oliver Stone." Comprises the screenplay for the 1995 film, along with Watergate documents and transcripts, and essays by John Dean, E. Howard Hunt, Daniel Schorr, and others. Fine and unread in perfect-bound wrappers. In a custom red cloth slipcase.… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1949. Vintage photograph of actor and future US president Ronald Reagan with actress Viveca Lindfors in a 1948 Lincoln Continental, taking a driving tour of the Warner Brothers back lot. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A publicity photograph taken to advertise the pairing of the two in the 1949 Warner film… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966. Final Draft script for the 1967 film. Copy belonging to art director Jack Smith, with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and a single manuscript ink notation to page three. Laid in is a call sheet, with production requirements on the verso, dated "7-20-66" on the recto and verso, with annotations… Read more about this item

New York: Posters Against Bullets For Ballots, 1968. Vintage screen printed black-and-white political protest poster from 1968. Shown is one of the infamous backyard photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle and Marxist newspapers, with President Lyndon B. Johnson's face superimposed over Oswald's, and "Militant" and "Worker" imposed on the papers, with "Gun Control Begins In The… Read more about this item

New York: N.p., 1967. Vintage borderless photograph of Richard Nixon playing the piano in 1967. With the stamp of photographer Philippe Halsman on the verso, along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding cropping. Russian-born Halsman began working as a photographer in Paris in the 1930s, later moving to the US and producing reportage and covers for many major… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Vintage double-weight black and white borderless photograph of Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara at the sixth annual Kennedy Center Honors gala at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington DC, in 1983. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of photographer Ron Galella. Sinatra received the honor… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1939. Vintage borderless portrait photograph from the 1939 film, showing actor Henry Fonda in costume as a young Abraham Lincoln. A dramatization of the early years of future president Abraham Lincoln, following his upbringing in a log cabin, to his first loves, to his establishment of a law practice in Springfield, Illinois. 7… Read more about this item

New York: NBC Television Network, 1960. Four vintage photographs from NBC News of the 1960 Democratic National Convention. "NBC photo by Frank Carroll" stamp on the verso of each. Laid in is an NBC News mimeo snipe. One photograph is of the floor of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, largely empty, prior to the beginning of… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: RLC/Finnegan, 1986. Shooting script for the television film, here under the working title "Hoover," first aired on Showtime on January 11, 1987. A biopic documenting the rise to power and final years of J. Edgar Hoover, the long-standing and controversial director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Loosely based on William C. Sullivan's 1979 memoir "The… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1987. Final Revised Draft script for the 1987 television film. Here under the working title, "LBJ." The years 1934 through 1963 of future president Lyndon Baines Johnson's tumultuous career are chronicled, following his political beginnings, style, and progression to presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Set in… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1964. Original pressbook for the 1964 film, the second time Hemingway's short story was adapted for the screen, following the classic 1946 version starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Notable as Ronald Reagan's last film role and, perhaps in preparation for his move into politics, the first time he played a villain.… Read more about this item