Here is an item which may appeal most to our French readers: The Jerry Lewis Films. An Analytical Filmography of the Innovative Comic. Lewis' films have long been better appreciated in France than his homeland, though I have no idea why. Perhaps it's the champagne. This 1995 book by James Neibaur and Ted Okuda is accompanied by a page from an autograph book with Lewis' signed inscription "To Bill," dated September 27, 1949. Item 90. $150.

Item 126 is a couple of photographs that will appeal to collectors of John Steinbeck. These two circa 1930s photos show Steinbeck and his wife Gwen in humorous poses. In one, they hold hands, she in a hat with a tall feather stares into space while he, in a leather football helmet, looks at the camera. In the second, she stands on a stone wall and points toward the sky while he lifts the hem of her skirt, revealing her legs. $1,500.

Item 132 is an unfinished autograph manuscript for what was meant to be Dalton Trumbo's last original film, Morning Glory. This 1972 script was to depict the Black experience in America, a pressing issue for the socially conscious Trumbo. $3,750.

James Pepper Rare Books may be found online at www.JamesPepperBooks.com, telephone 805-963-1025.