Search Results: Titles starting with M from James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.

New York: Pocket Books, 1976. First Edition. Paperback original. Fine bright copy. Radar gets married Las Vegas style with Hawkeye,Trapper John, and Hot Lips ensuring a wild time for all.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1980. First Edition. Oversize paperback. Signed and inscribed by Alan Alda: “To Joyce, with love, Alan Alda”. Alan Alda played the part of chief surgeon Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” pierce in the phenomenally successful television series M*A*S*H based on the Robert Altman film and novel by Richard Hooker set in a U.S. Army medical hospital unit during the Korean War. Illustrated throughout with 200 photographs, many behind the scenes shots, as well as never-before-published baby pictures of some of the stars of the show. With interviews with the lead actors, including Alan Alda (Hawkeye Pierce), Loretta Swit (Hotlips Houlihan), Harry Morgan (Col. Sherman T. Potter), Jamie Farr (Corporal Klinger), Mike Farrell (Capt. B.J. Hunnicut), Larry Linville (Major Frank Burns), Gary Burghoff (’Radar’), Wayne Rogers (Trapper John" McIntyre), William Christopher (Father Mulcahy), McLean Stevenson (Lt. Col. Henry Blake), David Ogden Stiers (Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester… Read More

St. Leo, FL: Katharine T. Carter & Associates, n.d. First Edition. Paperbound, 11 3/4” x 8 3/4”. Four page color brochure presenting paintings by M.M. Pipkin. With an essay by art critic and independent curator, Karen Chambers. Fine in printed wrappers.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television, 1982. Original 32 page complete final shooting script, dated December 6, 1982, for an episode of the award winning television series MASH titled ‘Give and Take’ which aired on February 14, 1983 (Season 11, Episode 14). Printed on green paper. Bradbound in printed studio covers. Tiny spot and a tear to the upper punch hole at the front cover, else fine. The script belonged to crew member Richard Glassman who was a unit production manager for the show. The episode was written by Dennis Koenig, directed by Charles S. Dubin, and starred Alan Alda as Capt. Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce, Mike Farrell as Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt, Harry Morgan as Col. Potter, Loretta Swit as Maj. Margaret ‘Hotlips’ Houlihan, with David Ogden Stiers, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher. In this episode a wounded soldier played by a young Craig Wasson learns a painful lesson from the enemy soldier he’s wounded. The television series MASH was developed by Larry… Read More

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television, 1981. Original 35 page complete final shooting script dated March 18, 1981 for an episode of the award winning television series MASH titled ‘Identity Crisis’ which aired on November 2, 1981 (Season 10, Episode 2). Bradbound in printed studio covers. Fine fresh copy. This script belonged to an assistant director for the show. The episode was written by Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, directed by David Ogden Stiers, and starred Alan Alda as Capt. Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce, Mike Farrell as Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt, Harry Morgan as Col. Potter, Loretta Swit as Maj. Margaret ‘Hotlips’ Houlihan, with David Ogden Stiers, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, and Joe Pantoliano. In this episode, Father Mulcahy counsels a guilt-ridden GI (Pantoliano) who swapped tags with a dead colleague in order to be able to go home. The television series MASH was developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 film directed by Robert Altman, starring Elliott… Read More

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television, 1982. Original 34 page complete final shooting script, dated February 12, 1982, for an episode of the award winning television series MASH titled ‘Picture This’, which aired on April 5, 1982 (Season 10, Episode 20). Printed on blue and green paper. Bradbound in printed studio covers. Tiny spot to the front cover, else a fine fresh copy. The script belonged to crew member Richard Glassman who was a unit production manager for the show. The episode was written by Karen Hall, directed by Burt Metcalfe, and starred Alan Alda as Capt. Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce, Mike Farrell as Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt, Harry Morgan as Col. Potter, Loretta Swit as Maj. Margaret ‘Hotlips’ Houlihan, with David Ogden Stiers, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher. In this episode Hawkeye becomes annoyed enough with his bunkmates’ living habits that he moves out of ‘The Swamp’. The television series MASH was developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970… Read More

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television, 1980. Original 33 page complete final shooting script dated July 17, 1980 for an episode of the award winning television series MASH titled ‘Tell It to the Marines’, which aired on January 12, 1981 (Season 9, Episode 8). Bradbound in printed studio covers. With a hint of marking to the front cover, else a fine fresh copy. This script belonged to an assistant director for the show. The episode was written by Hank Bradford, directed by Harry Morgan who plays Col. Potter in the show, and starred Alan Alda as Capt. Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce, Mike Farrell as Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt, Harry Morgan as Col. Potter, Loretta Swit as Maj. Margaret ‘Hotlips’ Houlihan, with David Ogden Stiers, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher. In this episode B.J. and Hawkeye work together on behalf of a Marine trying to connect with his mother who is about to be deported. The television series MASH was developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 film… Read More

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television, 1980. Original 34 page complete final shooting script dated August 15, 1980 for an episode of the award winning television series MASH titled ‘That’s Show Biz’, which aired on October 26, 1981 (Season 10, Episode 1) and was the first of a two-part episode which began the tenth season. Bradbound in printed studio covers. Fine fresh copy. This script belonged to an assistant director for the show. The episode was written by David Pollock and Elias Davis, directed by Charles S. Dubin, and starred Alan Alda as Capt. Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce, Mike Farrell as Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt, Harry Morgan as Col. Potter, Loretta Swit as Maj. Margaret ‘Hotlips’ Houlihan, with David Ogden Stiers, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, Gwen Verdon, Danny Dayton, Gail Edwards, Karen Landry, Richard Molnar, and Kellye Nakahara. In this episode, a touring USO show brings some novelty to the daily routine when the star showgirl requires an operation. The… Read More

Atlanta, GA: Turner, 1994. First Edition. From the library of film director Peter Bogdanovich with his ownership stamp. Oversize book with hundreds of full color illustrations of the classic movie posters of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s golden years, from the 1920s through the 1960s. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Netflix, 2020. First Edition. Small format, paperbound, 5 1/4” x 8 1/4”, 87 pages. Specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Adapted Screenplay. Shooting script for the film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, based on the play by August Wilson, directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, and Glynn Thurman. A perfectbound book looking like a trade paperback. The film was nominated for five Oscars; Best Actor (Boseman), Best Actress (Davis), Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Costume Design. It won a Golden Globe for Best Actor (Boseman) and was nominated for Best Actress (Davis). Fine bright copy in printed wrappers.

Los Angeles: Universal Studios, 1974. First Edition. Original 295 page final draft shooting script, dated, July 9, 1974, for the classic film ‘MacArthur,’ directed by Joseph Sargent, starring Gregory Peck as Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Ivan Bonar, Ward Costello, Nicolas Coster, Marj Dusay as Mrs. Jean MacArthur, and Ed Flanders as President Harry S. Truman. Bradbound. Fine in printed studio wrappers. The life story of General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and United Nations Commander for the Korean War, which follows his remarkable and controversial military career through to his forced retirement after being dismissed from the Army by President Truman. Gregory Peck received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama.

Los Angeles: Universal Studios, 1976. First Edition. Original 143 page final draft shooting script, dated, June 11, 1976, for the classic film ‘MacArthur,’ This script belonged to the film’s prop master and certificate of authenticity is included. The film was directed by Joseph Sargent, starring Gregory Peck as Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Ivan Bonar, Ward Costello, Nicolas Coster, Marj Dusay as Mrs. Jean MacArthur, and Ed Flanders as President Harry S. Truman. Bradbound. Fine in printed studio wrappers. The life story of General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and United Nations Commander for the Korean War, which follows his remarkable and controversial military career through to his forced retirement after being dismissed from the Army by President Truman. Gregory Peck received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama.

New York: Journal Graphics, 1984. First Edition. A typeset pamphlet of the text of the PBS television show containing an interview with Eudora Welty on the occasion of her 75th birthday. Fine in wrappers. Printed in an edition of approximately 300 copies. Out-of-print.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1997. First Edition. Signed presentation copy, inscribed by the author / film director Stanley Kramer and his wife, Karen Kramer. Inscribed: “For Robert - Stanley Kramer.” And just beneath: “me too, Karen Sharpe Kramer.” With a foreword by Sidney Poitier. Illustrated. With some of the photographs sadly misprinted and out-of-focus, else fine in a fine dust jacket. The engaging memoirs of the great film director Stanley Kramer, whose body of work includes such classics as ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?,’ ‘High Noon,’ ‘On the Beach,’ ‘Judgment at Nuremberg,’ ‘The Defiant Ones,’ ‘Inherit the Wind,’ ‘Ship of Fools,’ ‘Death of a Salesman,’ and ‘The Caine Mutiny.’ Stanley Kramer was nominated for nine Oscars and in 1961 he received the Motion Picture Academy’s Irving G. Thalberg award for lifetime achievement. With much anecdotal information about Hollywood’s brightest stars, including Marlon Brando, Spencer Tracy, Katharine… Read More

London: Readers Library, 1932. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the Paramount film Madame Butterfly starring Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney. About fine with just a hint of rubbing to the spine in a near fine dust jacket with a trace of dust soiling and a few small tears. The front panel of the dust jacket is a lovely bright colorful illustration showing two Japanese women in kimonos looking out to sea, with one woman holding a baby.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the lost Paramount Pictures silent film Madame Sans-Gene, signed and inscribed by its star Gloria Swanson to noted Hollywood publicist Art Ronnie. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “To Art Ronnie, this brings back great memories of 1924 - 25. Gloria Swanson, November 10th, 1966”. With Ronnie’s bookplate and dated “April 29, 1925” in ink at the top edge of the front pastedown. Fine bright copy in a near fine dust jacket with the faintest hint of use and with some interior reinforcement. The front panel shows Swanson in an elegant dress, carrying a matching parasol, surrounded by a group of onlookers. Madame Sans-Gene (Madame Careless) is a 1925 American silent romantic costume comedy-drama film directed by Leonce Perret and starring Gloria Swanson. Based on the play of the same name by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, the film is now considered lost. A vintage movie trailer displaying short clips of… Read More

London: Madame Tussaud’s, 1955. Revised Edition - January 1955. Paperbound. 88 page guidebook to Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. Lists a number of wax figures no longer on exhibition. Very good.

Los Angeles: Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1981. First Edition. Paperbound. A catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of modern craft and folk art as a part of Los Angeles’ Bicentennial Celebration, including works in clay, glass, fiber, metal, and wood. Illustrated in color and black & white. Fine in printed wrappers.

London: William Heineman, 1963. First Edition - British. Some foxing to outside edges and on a few pages in the text else very good in original green gilt-stamped cloth in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Friends of the USC Libraries, 1983. First Edition. A finely and privately printed transcript of an evening of stories and memories of West. Among the speakers present in the text are Debbie Reynolds, Cesar Romero, Sammy Fain, Mike Mazurki. Lloyd Nolan, Paul Novak, Lyle Talbot, etc. Fine in wrappers.