Leigh Vance (28 results)

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. First Edition. Reprint anthology issued on pulp paper with stiff wraps, magazine-sized. Includes "Purpose" by Ray Bradbury; "The Woman from Altair" by Leigh Brackett; "What's It Like Out There?" by Edmond Hamilton; "Planet of the Black Dust" by Jack Vance; "Percy the Pirate" by Henry Kuttner; "De Profundis" by Murray Leinster; "Wanderer of Time" Polton Cross [John Russell Fearn]; "Columbus Was a Dope" by Robert A. Heinlein; "Music of the Spheres" by Walt Sheldon; "Affair of State" by Charles A. Stearns. Sticker pull at upper front foredge corner; lower end dampstain; tanning; a little soiling. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. From the screenplay by Leigh Vance. Chip to lower spine, creasing to spine. a tear without loss across first page, not affecting legibility.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Narrative based on screenplay by Leigh Vance, with Donald Pleasence starring as Crippen. Was it the case, as Raymond Chandler commented, that, 'You couldn't help liking the guy?' Minor spine damage, creasing, occasional marking but very readable. 156 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £5.80.

Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light Wear.

Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A bright, clean, almost unworn copy.

Pulp Magazine. Near Fine condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Number 1 published in 1964, Number 2 in 1965, both have 100 pages including the covers. No. 1 is in good condition with wear, rubbing and creasing to covers, toning to pages. Spine head torn and lightly chipped. No. 2 is in very good condition with light wear, minor toning to page margins. See photos. bx74.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Cover art by Alex Schomburg (illustrator). 1st edition. Starling Stories for Spring 1954 Featuring The Houses of Iszm a novel by Jack Vance and Runaway a novelette by Leigh Brackett A good to very good copy of this vintage pulp with chips to the lower edge and foot of spine, with other light edge wear, light dust soiling , text toned. See Photos 276.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good+. First Edition, First Printing. Vintage anthology issued on pulp paper with stiff wraps, magazine-sized. Contents: "Purpose" by Ray Bradbury; "The Woman from Altair" by Leigh Brackett; "What's It Like Out There" by Edmond Hamilton; "Planet of the Black Dust" by Jack Vance; "Percy the Pirate" by Henry Kuttner; "De Profundis" by Murray Leinster; "Wanderer of Time" Polton Cross [John Russell Fearn]; "Columbus Was a Dope" by Robert A. Heinlein; "Music of the Spheres" by Walt Sheldon; "Affair of State" by Charles A. Stearns. Covers with chips, and one inch tear on front; tanning interior. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover] 98 pp.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Single issue. 98pp. Pictorial wrappers. Pages and wrappers stained and worn, page 37 has penned checkmark, a good only copy. Contributions by Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Henry Kuttner, Theodore Sturgeon, John D. MacDonald, Leigh Brackett, Joseph Shallit, Margaret St. Clair, Jack Vance, and William Ratigan.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 31, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Schomburg for "The Houses of Iszm" (complete novel) by Jack Vance. Includes "Runaway" (novelet) by Leigh Brackett; "Peeping Tom" (novelet) by Judith Merril; "Little Enos" by Charles A. Stearns; "Stop-Over" by Robert F. Young; "The Sound of Willow Pipes" by Wilbur S. Peacock. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Video-Technics" by Pat Jones; "Submicroscopic Galaxy" (verse) by A. Kulik; "How Long Will a Space Pilot Live?" by G. Gnarlen; "Coming: The Great Skyhook" by Norman A. Wiltsey; "The Seetee Mind" by Gotthard Gunther; "Donovan's Brain: A Movie Review." Ilustrated by Virgil Finlay, Connell, Emsh, Orban, and Peter Poulton. Minor loss at lower front edge (see scan); staple wear and poke; large, but light stamp on rear "Not Made Ready Copies"; minor chips and tears; tanning. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 31, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Schomburg for "The Houses of Iszm" (complete novel) by Jack Vance. Includes "Runaway" (novelet) by Leigh Brackett; "Peeping Tom" (novelet) by Judith Merril; "Little Enos" by Charles A. Stearns; "Stop-Over" by Robert F. Young; "The Sound of Willow Pipes" by Wilbur S. Peacock. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Video-Technics" by Pat Jones; "Submicroscopic Galaxy" (verse) by A. Kulik; "How Long Will a Space Pilot Live?" by G. Gnarlen; "Coming: The Great Skyhook" by Norman A. Wiltsey; "The Seetee Mind" by Gotthard Gunther; "Donovan's Brain: A Movie Review." Ilustrated by Virgil Finlay, Connell, Emsh, Orban, and Peter Poulton. Minor creasing; minor tear at lower edge of rear cover; staples poke through rear. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 31, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Schomburg for "The Houses of Iszm" (complete novel) by Jack Vance. Includes "Runaway" (novelet) by Leigh Brackett; "Peeping Tom" (novelet) by Judith Merril; "Little Enos" by Charles A. Stearns; "Stop-Over" by Robert F. Young; "The Sound of Willow Pipes" by Wilbur S. Peacock. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Video-Technics" by Pat Jones; "Submicroscopic Galaxy" (verse) by A. Kulik; "How Long Will a Space Pilot Live?" by G. Gnarlen; "Coming: The Great Skyhook" by Norman A. Wiltsey; "The Seetee Mind" by Gotthard Gunther; "Donovan's Brain: A Movie Review." Ilustrated by Virgil Finlay, Connell, Emsh, Orban, and Peter Poulton. Small cover scuff over upper staple; marks in pencil on cover. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 31, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Schomburg for "The Houses of Iszm" (complete novel) by Jack Vance. Includes "Runaway" (novelet) by Leigh Brackett; "Peeping Tom" (novelet) by Judith Merril; "Little Enos" by Charles A. Stearns; "Stop-Over" by Robert F. Young; "The Sound of Willow Pipes" by Wilbur S. Peacock. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Video-Technics" by Pat Jones; "Submicroscopic Galaxy" (verse) by A. Kulik; "How Long Will a Space Pilot Live?" by G. Gnarlen; "Coming: The Great Skyhook" by Norman A. Wiltsey; "The Seetee Mind" by Gotthard Gunther; "Donovan's Brain: A Movie Review." Ilustrated by Virgil Finlay, Connell, Emsh, Orban, and Peter Poulton. Staple wear-through; stamp on rear ("Not Made Ready Copies"). Book.

Two vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1961 UK film. Sean Connery stars as Paddy Damion, the best friend of a gangster who is killed in opposition to the extortionist mob that runs a decrepit area of London. Paddy swears revenge on those responsible for his friend's death, and after a bit of bloodshed, agrees to provide information to the police in exchange for a light sentence. An early starring role for Sean Connery, who would solidify his status in Hollywood as James Bond, in "Dr. No" (1962), and a gratifying crime drama in the noir style, with a nightclub setting, a femme fatale (Yvonne Romaine), and downbeat ending. Set in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with slight toning, pinholes to one still, and a closed tear to one still. Grant US. Keaney US. Selby US. Spicer US.

First Edition. TREASURY OF GREAT SCIENCE FICTION STORIES, Numbers 1 & 2, 1964 & 1965 respectively, Popular Library, first editions, lower rear fore edge corner chipped in the 1964 issue, else very good plus to near fine in full color pictorial wraps. Contains contributions by Ray Bradbury; Isaac Asimov; Henry Kuttner; Gordon R. Dickson; Robert Zacks; Leigh Brackett; Leslie Waltham; Margaret St. Clair; L. Sprague De Camp; Murray Leinster; Horace L. Gold, Leigh Brackett, Edmound Hamilton; Jack Vance; Polton Cross; Robert A. Heinlein; Walt Sheldon and Charles A. Stearns. Illustrated.

Mass market paperback with Donald Pleasance as Crippen to the front cover. Cheap paper browning to the page edges, slight spine slant, message to the first page, page sections loose. Member of the P.B.F.A. TRUE CRIME.

Pulp mag in color illus wraps. Condition: Fine, bright wraps, no wear. 1st edition. Feature stories in this issue: The Houses of Iszm/Vance, Runaway/Brackett, Peeping Tom/Merrill, plus short stories, features. Unusually bright tight copy, like new. 6-3/4 x 9-1/4, 130 pp, b/w illus, ads.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Includes first publication of The Houses of Iszm, by Jack Vance, pp.10-46.

paperback. Vintage paperback. Good, creasing, slightly cocked spine' edge chipping, tanning.

Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1974 UK film. Layout annotations to the versos of 3 stills and the rectos of 2 stills, with a mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso of 1 still. Based on Clive Egleton's 1973 novel, "Seven Days to a Killing," about the kidnapping of a British agent's son, and the quest for revenge by the agent. Shot on location in England and in Paris. 8 x 10 inches, with no borders as issued. Very Good plus, with corner creases, and light stains.

Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A Complete Run, 101 Issues January 1939- Fall1953, From Original Owner, A Prominent Jpl Astronomer, Used But Stored In Boxes For Decades, Good To Near Fine, Average Good, One Poor. A Few Issues With Small Tape Repairs To Spines And / Or Marks, Very Light Chipping To Covers. Cover Edges Are Flush With Text Blocks, So Trimmed To Edges. No International Orders Please, Shipping Till Be Hundreds Of Dollars, Fully Insured Shipping To Uk Over $500.

very good - fine.

Draft script for the 1963 film. Laid in is a two page, stapled cast list, dated December 21, 1962, as well as a three page, stapled cast and unit list, dated December 21, 1962. Here under the working title, "It's All Happening." A local talent-spotter organizes a benefit concert to save the orphanage he grew up in. Later categorized as a "children's musical," this film featured a great number of actual popular singer and bands active in the 1960s in England. Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated November 29, 1962. 72 leaves, with last page of text numbered 71. Multilith duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads.

Revised and Final Shooting script for the 1958 film, copy belonging to Production Designer George Provis. Laid in are over 30 pages of notes, shooting schedules, and call sheets, including four pages of original pencil storyboards, as well as several clippings of handwritten notes, all in Provis' hand, as well as seven letters written to Provis, most typed letters signed from Production Manager "Freddie" Pearson, all dating from 1957. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies (low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927) in the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures, and is credited on over 120 films. Based on the 1940 novel by Phyllis Bottome. Set in Austria during WWII, a young Austrian boy is forced to sell the family dog to pay for food, rather than have his abusive father, played by Donald Pleasence, sell the dog to the butcher. Shot on location in Innsbruck, Austria. Tall titled orange wrappers, noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper, dated 26.9.57. Title page present, dated September 12th, 1957, noted as Revised and Final Shooting Script. 61 leaves, with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a prong binding. Laid in materials, Very Good plus to Near Fine overall.

Draft script for the second episode of the second season of the 1975-1978 CBS television series, which aired on September 28, 1976. Copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri, with the manuscript pencil annotations of his name and his character's name on the title page, with a stuck manuscript ink annotation of Margot Kidder and her character's names along the top edge of the title page, and with manuscript pencil annotations on the first five pages of the script, underlining his character and striking dialog. Bound in, following the script is a "Shooting Call" sheet dated, July 14, 1976. Inspired by the 1973 film "The Sting," the series was created by Glen A. Larson and starred Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert as a con man and a retired bunco cop, respectively, who open a detective agency in Los Angeles. The series aired on CBS for three seasons and 70 episodes beginning on September 9, 1975 and ending on August 27, 1978. In this episode a stolen attache case is found to contain a bundle of money and an apparent death note pinned to a picture of several priests. Set in and shot on location in Southern California. Front wrapper integral with title page, dated June 29, 1976, with credits for screenwriter Leigh Vance. 64 leaves, with last page of text numbered 59. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue, yellow, and green revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7/5/76 and 7/9/76. Pages Very Good plus, with light splashing and foxing to the extremities of the title page, bound with two gold brads.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing actors Michael Caine and Delphine Seyrig talking with director Don Siegel on the set. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Clive Egleton's 1973 novel "Seven Days to a Killing," about the kidnapping of a British agent's son, and the agent's subsequent quest for revenge. Shot on location in England and in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Paperback. Condition: new. Vance, Mia Leigh (illustrator). Paperback. Something Special For You 365 is a Christian devotional intended to encourage the reader in their walk with Jesus through this journey of life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.