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The Mafia Is Not an Equal Opportunity Employer

The Mafia Is Not an Equal Opportunity Employer

by Nicholas Gage

Gangland

Gangland

by Howard Blum

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Gangland How the Fbi Broke the Mob

Gangland How the Fbi Broke the Mob

by Blum, Howard

Carnival Rock (Original screenplay for the 1957 film, actor Dick Miller's working copy)

Carnival Rock (Original screenplay for the 1957 film, actor Dick Miller's working copy)

by Roger Corman (director); Leo Lieberman (screenwriter); Susan Cabot, Brian G. Hutton, David J. Stewart, Dick Miller (starring)

Hollywood: Howco Productions, 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller, with his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Miller was apparently considered for the role of Stanley, as many of Stanley's lines are marked with manuscript pencil and then struck through, but was ultimately cast in the role of Ben. The gangster owner of a nightclub on a carnival pier is tormented by his love for the club's star, who herself is in love with a local businessman with dreams of... Read more about this item
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£1,820.92
The Little Giant [Little Giant] (Original photograph from the 1933 film)

The Little Giant [Little Giant] (Original photograph from the 1933 film)

by Mary Astor Edward G. Robinson (starring); Roy Del Ruth (director); Robert Lord (screenwriter)

Burbank, CA: First National Pictures / Warner Brothers, 1933. Vvintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1933 film. With a typewritten snipe affixed to the verso, as issued. Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago... Read more about this item
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£36.42
Honor Thy Father

Honor Thy Father

by Talese, Gay

Greenwich: A Fawcett Crest Book Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1972. Repaired; Moderate Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Light Creasing on Rear Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Lightly Cocked; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. Most explosive Mafia story of all from the publishers of The Godfather. 5 MONTHS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST. BOOK NUMBER: X1743. CONTENTS: Author's Glossary; Part One The Disappearance; Part Two The War; Part Three The Family; Part Four The... Read more about this item
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£11.32
Pirates: An Illustrated History

Pirates: An Illustrated History

by David J Mitchell

New York: The Dial Press 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0803769210 Somewhat oversize [about 7" x 9. 75"] volume, 208 pages, with 86 illustrations [15 in color] and 4 maps, bibliography, list of illustrations, index. Near Fine copy in Near Fine jacket with a vertical, interrupted line of light scuffs to the rear panel. clph
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£9.71
Circle of Six (First Edition, inscribed)

Circle of Six (First Edition, inscribed)

by Philip D'Antoni (film producer); Randy Jurgensen, Robert Cea (authors)

New York: The Disinformation Company, 2007. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Randy Jurgensen to film producer Philip D'Antoni on the front endpaper: "To my friend / What else can I say except I love you / your friend / Randy." With Jurgensen's business card laid in. D'Antoni was a major figure in 1970s New Hollywood Cinema, as the producer of "Bullitt" (1968), "The French Connection" (1972), and "The Seven-Ups" (1973). A nonfiction book that addresses the pursuit and capture of New York's... Read more about this item
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£101.16
Wiseguy [Wise Guy] (First Edition)

Wiseguy [Wise Guy] (First Edition)

by Nicholas Pileggi

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, and Lorraine Bracco. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
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£364.18
Hoffa, The True Story (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

Hoffa, The True Story (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

by Robin Moore (screenwriter)

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Final Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation on the title page in manuscript ink. Screenwriter Robin Moore is best known for his 1969 nonfiction book, "The French Connection," filmed in 1971 by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman. A fictionalized retelling of the life of Jimmy Hoffa, labor organizer and president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who mysteriously disappeared in 1975. His disappearance was attributed by many to his connections to... Read more about this item
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£222.56
Handle with Care [Divided By Two] (Original screenplay for the 1932 film)

Handle with Care [Divided By Two] (Original screenplay for the 1932 film)

by James Dunn, Boots Mallory, El Brendel, Victor Jory (starring); David Butler (director, screenwriter); Frank Craven, Sam Mintz (screenwriters)

Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation, 1932. Final Shooting script for the 1932 film, seen here under the working title "Divided By Two," which has been crossed out, with the title "Handle With Care" written in manuscript ink just above. A single mother's peaceful family life is disturbed by her growing attraction to a handsome gangster. Green titled wrappers, noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper, dated 9/28/32, with credits for director David Butler and screenwriters Frank Craven and Sam... Read more about this item
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£283.26
Finders Keepers Story Of A Man Who Found $1 Million

Finders Keepers Story Of A Man Who Found $1 Million

by Bowden, Mark

Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good. 2002. Hardcover. 087113859X . Black hardcovers in Fine condition, tightly bound and unmarked with light bumping to the bottom spine end. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. "Bowden recounts a mystery that captivated the city of Philadelphia when $1 million went missing. "Finders Keepers" is the remarkable tale of an ordinary man faced with an extraordinary moral dilemma, and the fascinating reactions of the friends and neighbors to whom... Read more about this item
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£9.44
Cop to Call Girl

Cop to Call Girl

by Almodovar, Norma Jean

New York, N. Y., U. S. A.: Avon Books, 1994. Paperback. Very Good +. Very Good. No DJ Issued A former Los Angeles cop recounts her disgust at the extensive corruption she witnessed within the department, her decision to become a high-society prostitute, and the lengths to which the LAPD went to prevent her book.
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£3.24
Confession from a Jericho Jail

Confession from a Jericho Jail

by Langfur, Stephen

NY: Grove Weidenfeld. 1992. First edition 0802114822 . 259pp. The book has minor dust soiling in a fine dust jacket.clph
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£8.09
Portrait of a Racist: the Man Who Killed Medgar Evers?

Portrait of a Racist: the Man Who Killed Medgar Evers?

by Massengill, Reed

NY: St Martins Pr. 1994. Fine in near fine dust jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. .bx 25
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£8.09
THE BLACK PANTHER STORY

THE BLACK PANTHER STORY

by Valentine, Steven

New English Library. Very Good. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. 0450030997 . Paperback 12mo (7" tall). Light wear to cover edges/corners, light scuffing, interior clean, feels tight and unread, age tanning to pages. B/w photos. 159 pages. The vicious shotgun killing of a Yorkshire sub-postmaster was the opening shot in the Black Panther's one-man war against society. His criminal career reached it's horrific crescendo when he was linked to the kidnapping of Lesley Whittle.....This is... Read more about this item
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£7.24
The Beloved Intruder (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

The Beloved Intruder (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

by Al Rogell Lester Cowan (screenwriters)

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A corrupt politician places one of his cronies in charge of a boy's home, where he intends to misuse funds in the home's budget. Unluckily for him the crony finds that he has much in common with the unruly boys he's been put in charge of. Tan wrappers. 12 leaves, carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, side stapled.
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£76.88
Death Wish 3 [Death Wish III] (Original screenplay for the 1985 film)

Death Wish 3 [Death Wish III] (Original screenplay for the 1985 film)

by Michael Winner (director); Don Jakoby (screenwriter); Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter, Martin Balsam (starring)

Hollywood: Cannon Films, 1984. Second Draft script for the 1985 film. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting "Reg. W.G.A. West". The third film in the popular "Death Wish" film series, following "Death Wish" (1974) and "Death Wish II" (1982). In this entry, vigilante killer Paul Kersey battles a succession of New York street gangs with the assistance of a local police lieutenant. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 26 May 1984, noted as 2ND DRAFT, with... Read more about this item
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£283.26
Little Miss Marker (Original press kit for the 1980 film)

Little Miss Marker (Original press kit for the 1980 film)

by Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Lee Grant (starring); Walter Bernstein (director, screenwriter); Damon Runyon (screenwriter)

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing 21 black and white photographs, and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. A crooked, cantankerous bookie in 1930s Los Angeles is given a six-year-old little girl as collateral for a bet, and soon finds himself the child's sole caretaker. A remake of the 1934 film directed by Alexander Hall, starring Shirley Temple. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles, Long... Read more about this item
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£60.70
The Bind (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

The Bind (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

by Stanley Ellin (novel, screenwriter)

London: Winkast Programming, 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Stanley Ellin's screen adaptation of his 1970 novel. Film rights for Ellin's novel had been bought in 1969, prior to its publication, by producer Phil Waxman, wanting Robert Redford in the lead. It would not be made into a motion picture until 1979 when Richard C. Sarafian filmed a loosely based, comedic adaptation entitled "Sunburn," written by James Booth, John Daly, and Stephen Oliver and starring Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Charles... Read more about this item
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£101.16
Ride, Kelly, Ride [Corncob Kelly's Benefit] (Original screenplay for the 1941 film)

Ride, Kelly, Ride [Corncob Kelly's Benefit] (Original screenplay for the 1941 film)

by Norman Foster (director); Peter B. Kyne (story); William Conselman Jr., Irving Cumming Jr. (screenwriters); Eugene Pallette, Marvin Stephens, Rita Quigley (starring)

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940. Final Draft script for the 1941 film, here under the working title "Corncob Kelly's Benefit." Production No. 301 and copy No. 105 rubber stamped on front wrapper, with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation, in manuscript pencil, of two names on verso of page 119. Eight blue revision pages follow final page of script. Young "Corn Cob" Kelly (Marvin Stephens), a natural with horses, is taught to be a jockey by trainer Duke Martin... Read more about this item
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£222.56
Dangerous Mission (Two original photographs from the 1954 film)

Dangerous Mission (Two original photographs from the 1954 film)

by Louis King (director); Horace McCoy, W. R. Burnett, Charles Bennett (screenwriters); Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix, Vincent Price (starring)

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1954. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1954 UK release of the 1954 US film. Written for the screen by Horace McCoy and W. R. Burnett, with the help of Charles Bennett (a Hitchcock favorite), about a mob killing and a witness, young Louise Graham, who flees to Montana too afraid to testify. Two men become very interested in Louise and both vie for her attention, but she is unaware that one is a mob hitman, and the other a cop sent to protect her.... Read more about this item
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£24.28
City for Conquest (First Edition)

City for Conquest (First Edition)

by Aben Kandel

New York: Covici-Friede, 1936. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1940 film noir directed by Anatole Litvak, starring James Cagney and Ann Sheridan. Not noted in The Dark Page. Rare. Near Fine in a solid Very Good dust jacket with some chipping at the crown (titles not affected), some light toning on the spine panel, and a few nicks on the extremities. A rare book in its original jacket, this being only the second example we have ever encountered. In a custom maroon clamshell box.
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£2,023.25
Stiletto (Original screenplay from the 1969 film)

Stiletto (Original screenplay from the 1969 film)

by A.J. Russell (screenwriter); Bernard L. Kowalski (director); Harold Robbins (novel); Alex Cord, Britt Ekland, Joseph Wiseman, Barbara McNair, Patrick O'Neal (starring)

New York: AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1968. Revised Draft for the 1969 film. Script belonging to uncredited crew member, with their name in manuscript ink in three places in the script. Additionally included with the script is a vintage reference photograph from the film, showing cast and crew members on location. Based on the 1960 novel by Harold Robbins. A Mafia hit man is ready to retire, but his employers, not happy with this idea, send a hit man out after him. Shot on location in New York City and... Read more about this item
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£364.18
Tucker's People (First Edition)

Tucker's People (First Edition)

by Ira Wolfert

New York: L.B. Fischer, 1943. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1948 film noir "Force of Evil," directed by Abraham Polonsky and starring John Garfield. Near Fine lacking the dust jacket. Contemporary owner name on the top edge of the front pastedown. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 280, 326.
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£60.70
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Original screenplay for the 1993 film, actor Dick Miller's working copy)

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Original screenplay for the 1993 film, actor Dick Miller's working copy)

by Mark Hamill, Dana Delaney, Kevin Conroy, Stacy Keach (starring); Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm (directors); Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Martin Pasko, Michael Reaves (screenwriters)

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller, with his manuscript ink annotations underlining lines to several pages, and with a letter to Miller from casting and voice director Andrea Romano regarding the project. From the estate of Dick Miller. Based on the 1992-1995 television show "Batman: The Animated Series." The first original theatrical film produced by Warner Brothers Animation, and the first film in the DC Animated Universe... Read more about this item
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£1,618.60
Mob Rule Inside the Canadian Mafia

Mob Rule Inside the Canadian Mafia

by Dubro, James R

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada A Division of Canada Publishing Corporation BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (2 Stamps on Front Free Endpaper: North York Seniors' Centre 1 Empress Avenue Willowdale, Ontario M2N 3T2 in Blue; NOT FOR RESALE in Red); Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Heavily Chipped, Including 1.7 cm by 1 cm Portion Missing From Front, Lower Edge; Non-Sticky Tape Residue to Spine... Read more about this item
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£56.85
Gangland How the FBI Broke the Mob

Gangland How the FBI Broke the Mob

by Blum, Howard

Poseidon Pr. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth first edition is near fine in near fine jacket. Signed by Blum to title page. ; 1.23 X 6.54 X 9.55 inches; 349 pages; Signed by Author .
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£32.36
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