Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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STEINBECK, John (1902?1968). Typed document signed (?John Steinbeck?) for the sale of his shooting script for ?Emiliano Zapata?, 1 February 1951. 10 pages, 8vo (279 x 222 mm), correction in manuscript, tiny stain on p. 10. A contractual agreement between the author and Twentieth Century?Fox Film in regard to the sale of his shooting script for the screenplay originally authored by Steinbeck. Accepted and SIGNED BY STEINBECK, countersigned by the treasurer of Twentieth Century?Fox studios. Released in 1952 as Viva Zapata!, the screenplay starred Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn and was nominated for several Academy Awards including best story. This was Steinbeck?s only completely original screenplay.