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Produced by Richard Moore (who interviews Millar in these tapes) for the KQED documentary series, Writers in America. The archive consists of: 27 16mm reels of film or audio, housed in either metal canisters or original Scotch Brand boxes, some with "Highland Laboratory of San Francisco" labels to exterior, with addional labels identifying the subject matter as Kenneth Millar / Ross Macdonald dated August 8, 1977. A collection of raw film and sound footage. Together with the mimeographed transcription of the interview (with index, approx 75-80 pages). The archive ARCHIVE OF A VIDEO INTERVIEW, AUGUST 8, 1977
Macdonald, Ross (Kenneth Millar)
n.p.: n.p., 1977. Produced by Richard Moore (who interviews Millar in these tapes) for the KQED documentary series, Writers in America. The archive.. more
Price: $2,000.00
Small 8vo. Rare hardcover edition, being one of only 506 copies. This copy is inscribed by Tennessee Williams on the front endpaper: " Hard Cover! / What Radical Chic! / Tennessee Williams / Key West, 1971." 114pp. With four photographic plates inserted throughout. When this play first premiered in New York in 1945, actor Montgomery Clift played the role of Hadrian (directed by Gurthrie McClintic) YOU TOUCHED ME! A Romantic Comedy In Three Acts. Suggested by a Short Story of the Same Name by D. H. Lawrence.
Williams, Tennessee and Donald Windham
New York: Samuel French, (1947). Small 8vo. Rare hardcover edition, being one of only 506 copies. This copy is inscribed by Tennessee Williams on the.. more
Price: $2,000.00
One of only 26 lettered copies, the deluxe issue, signed in full by Hunter S Thompson on the colophon page. A small book, 38pp, containing three pieces by the Doctor of Gonzo: Mescalito, Death of a Poet, and Screwjack. Bound in brown leather with gilt decoration (HST's monster), issued without dust jacket. SCREWJACK.
Thompson, Hunter S
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1991. One of only 26 lettered copies, the deluxe issue, signed in full by Hunter S Thompson on the colophon page... more
Price: $3,000.00
This copy is inscribed to Edward Hyde Cox (1914-1998) who served as the President of the Cape Ann Historical Association (MA): "For Hyde Cox, the Canary / of Crow Island / Wallace Stegner." This book, while written from the perspective of the Mormon immigration, is more than a recounting of history. Rather, it is a glimpse into the culture, mindset, and mantra of the many different people and parties that tamed what is now Utah, northern Arizona and New Mexico, western Colorado, southern Idaho and Wyoming, and eastern Nevada. MORMON COUNTRY. Part of the American Folkways Series
Stegner, Wallace
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, (1942). This copy is inscribed to Edward Hyde Cox (1914-1998) who served as the President of the Cape Ann Historical Association.. more
Price: $850.00
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