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1956139119Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1956. Original British black-and-white premiere program for the 1956 US film. Printed and distributed to coordinate with a European gala premiere of the film at the Odeon Theatre June 26 1956 as a charity fundraiser to benefit the Actors' Orphanage and the Variety Club Heart Fun for Under-Priveleged Children. <br/><br/>Based on Max Catto's often wrote as Simon Kent 1950 novel "The Killing Frost." Lancaster who was an acrobat in his younger years plays Mike a trapeze artist trying to overcome an injury. Tino Curtis and Lola Lollobrigida pursuade him to pursue his dreams and return to the Big Top. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>8.5 x 11 inches 12 leaves with color wrappers saddle-stapled. Very Good plus with rubbing a vertical crease and light spine stress. Scarce. United Artists unknown books
194075257St. Louis 1940. Paperback. Good. photos 20p. Wrapper. 30cm. Moderate soiling and wear but still sound. A Prince Hall affiliate organization. <br/><br/> paperback books
1985WRCLIT77089Np: Cannon Films 1985. Ten 8 x 10" glossy b&w stills with studio captions. Fine. A representative set of stills issued to promote Shephard's own adaptation to the screen of his 1983 Pulitzer short-listed play in which he starred alongside Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid et al under the direction of maestro Robert Altman. Cannon Films unknown books
1942291645Honolulu.: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1942 - 1943. Pictorial stapled wraps. Good corners bumped pages toned. Folio 34.5x26 cm. Contemporary accounts of the war in the Pacific as reported by the Star-Bulletin. weight: 1.3 lb. Numerous illustrations. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. paperback books
196082331Chicago 1960. Paperback. Good. 1960. photos 56p. Original white wrapper. 28cm. Substantial foxing along right side of front cover. A couple of numbers inked on back cover. Their four national award honorees were Richard M. Nixon Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Daisy Bates and Arthur Godfrey. Powell is the only one listed on the program as speaking at the banquet. We don't know if the other honorees attended. <br/><br/> paperback books
1972130710Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Post-production Combined Continuity script for the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1968 novel of the same name and part of the 87th Precinct stories series this mystery involves detectives investigating a murder-extorition racket ran by a deaf man. While preventing several attacks on high-ranking city officials they are also faced with a string of arsons perpetuated against some homeless men. <br/><br/>Set in Boston and shot on location there. <br/><br/>Orange clip-bound titled wrappers dated May 15 1972 noting 10 reels and footage of 8384 feet. Mechanical duplication. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1956132800London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1956 UK film. <br/><br/>Based on Moore Raymond's 1945 novel of the same name about a young boy in the Australian bush hailed as the Australian "Huckleberry Finn." <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few moderate creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
194075874New York NY.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers. VG. 1940. Hardcover. This book is hard-bound in white paper covered boards with color printing to the covers with a white cloth spine in a grasscloth slip-case with a printed paper label on the upper cover with some wear and cracking to the edges. The covers show some light soiling and toning. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with color illustrations. . Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers hardcover books
1965133257London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Warner-Pathe 1965. Collection of 8 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1965 UK film. <br/><br/>George the Brain James leads a ragtag band of robbers who steal money and hide it in a tree in a vacant lot but they are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. Once released from prison they seek out the tree only to find it is now on the premises of a police station. Several stars from the "Carry On" film series carryout this classic caper. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout Buckinghamshire England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint corner creases else Near Fine. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors / Warner-Pathe unknown books
1978152298N.p.: California Stage Review 1978. Vintage "California Stage Review" program for the Westwood Playhouse production of "Jon Hendricks' Evolution of the Blues" with three black and white photographs housed in the original envelope circa 1978. Laid in program is a 6.5 x 5.5 inch flyer for the Coronet Theatre's production of "Bullshot Drummond." <br/><br/>Jon Hendricks first created his masterwork "Evolution of the Blues Song" later amended to "Evolution of the Blues" for the 1960 Monterey Jazz Festival. An ambitious survey of African American music from spirituals and field hollers to blues gospel and jazz Hendricks interspersed his own compositions with classics such as Ma Rainey's "See See Rider" and Big Bill Broonzy's "Sun Gonna Shine in My Door" along with standards "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" "New Orleans" and "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child." Acclaimed musicians and singers such as Jimmy Witherspoon Hannah Dean "Big" Miller Ben Webster and Pony Poindexter were enlisted for the performance and in 1961 Columbia Records released the acclaimed LP of the project. <br/><br/>In the 1970s Hendricks restaged the production at the Broadway Theatre in San Francisco where it ran for an unprecedented five years and in 1978 and 1979 at the Los Angeles' Westword Playhouse featuring performers Ka-Ron Brown Rosalind Cash Gary Chapman and others with co-direction and choreography by Donald McKayle.<br/><br/>Program 8.5 x 11 inches. Four Pages saddle stitched. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Photographs 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Envelope 9 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with toning at edges. California Stage Review unknown books
190657210Washington 1906. Paperback. Fair. 28p. Wrapper. 22cm. Cover worn. Approximately 3cm. sliced off right side of front cover. Laid in are half a dozen blank forms for requesting membership in the Queen of Sheba Chapter No. 3 and a dozen blank forms for the same chapter directing payment of death benefits. <br/><br/> paperback books
19041008268vo promotional pamphlet original printed wrappers. Some soiling to covers some aging to contents; otherwise very good. This promotional and schedule brochure for the White Star Line was published eight years before it launched the Titanic. In addition to providing a schedule for the ships making the Liverpool to New York run it also announces new service to Boston from Liverpool. A list of first class passengers aboard the S.S. Cedric from New York to Liverpool July 22 1904 is included. The front wrapper has an illustration of the White Star logo and the rear cover has a small route map with space to record some comments. books
193443131Great Britain: Cunard White Star 1934. Oblong 8vo unpaged; chiefly color and black and white illustrations some photographic; decorative borders in yellow and silver; original tan staplebound decorative wrappers stamped in red and gilt; "Ships--Queen Mary" in ink at top of upper cover withdrawn rubberstamp on p. 1; very good. Promotional brochure for the iconic ship which was still in preparation as of its publication: "The rooms will be perfectly satisfying to the most cosmopolitan conceptions of culture and good taste at the same time retaining the atmosphere of restfulness and comfort associated with the most dignified English country homes." <br/><br/> Cunard White Star unknown books
1980157470New York: A Wallaby Book Published by Pocket Books 1980. Octavo fourteen folded sheets and title leaf enclosed in plastic portfolio. First edition first printing with "First Wallaby printing January 1980 / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on copyright page. A fine copy. #157470 A Wallaby Book Published by Pocket Books unknown books
1944141117Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Based on John Steinbeck 1943 novella of the same name. Reference numbers are 619-53 black-and-white stamped on verso as "KEY SET" and 619-70 sepia apparently mounted for internal use. <br/><br/>The film follows a group of survivors stranded on a lifeboat following an attack on their merchant ship. Tensions are high as the group negotiates food rations and tries to plot a course to land or rescue. The film is the first in Hitchcock's "limited-setting" fims followed by "Rope" Dial M for Murder" and "Rear Window." Steinbeck who wrote the novella for the film was aggravated by the changes made to his work specifically to an African American character who he felt had been transformed into a grotesque caricature. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Florida and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with toning to one image as well as a holograph graphite notation to the other. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1964168764Brooklyn NY: Star of Bethlehem Grand Chapter OES 1964. Paperback. 209p. lightly-soiled 11x8.5 inch glazed white wraps hinge starting mild toning else very good with numerous photos throughout. Histories officers and associated information on New York chapters of the Prince Hall related Order of Eastern Star the Masonic organization for women. Star of Bethlehem Grand Chapter, OES paperback books
192622861ENew York: United States Polo Association 1926. First Edition. Affixed to the front pastedown is the bookplate of silent film star Marian Nixon Hillman depicting a large sailing vessel cresting a wave. Illustrated with black & white photos throughout and with a fold-out detailing various polo association divisions circuit committees clubs and Army stations by circuits. Very good copy with a bit of pitting and rippling to the gilt-stamped blue cloth some minor handling and edge wear and with some occasional foxing without dust jacket. Marian Nixon 1904 - 1983 began her career in entertainment as a teen dancing in choruses in vaudeville. Her first film roles include Cupid’s Fireman 1923 with Buck Jones Riders of the Purple Sage a925 Hands Up! 1926 and The Chinese Parrot 1927. She also starred as Rebecca in the film adaptation of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1932 with Ralph Bellamy followed by Winner Take All with James Cagney John Ford’s Pilgrimage 1934 with her last film Captain Calamity released in 1936. She was married to Edward Hillman Jr. from 1929 to 1933. United States Polo Association hardcover books
1978407203New York: Random House 1978. A fine complete unused copy. 11.75 x 8.5 inches. 32 pages. Complete with all color cut outs preserved in unused pages. Stapled as issued in pictorial wrappers. The book allows readers to cut out and make: Rs-D2 C-3P0 X-Wing Plane Landspeeder Energy Pistol Lightsaber TIE Fighter and Sandcrawler. Designed by Ib Penick illustrated by Patricia Wynne instructional drawings by Charlotte Staub. <br/><br/> Random House unknown books
1968132378New York: Stuart Millar Productions 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. <br/><br/>Based on George Plimpton's 1966 book. Alan Alda in his first starring role plays Plimpton who has put himself into the sports arena writing about his experiences. He's entered the ring with a professional boxer and pitched in an All-Star game. He decides to try his hand at being the quarterback of a professional football team and he gets his opportunity with the Detroit Lions. While everyone involved agrees to keep his secret feigning time spent as a semi-pro in Canada it soon becomes clear that he is clueless on the field. Eventually he earns his teammates' respect and even gets to play in an exhibition game. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York Missouri and Florida. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for writers Roman and Plimpton. 132 leaves mimeograph duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 131. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stuart Millar Productions unknown books
1954008118New York: Tannen Music Inc. 1954. SIGNED by Grandpa Jones in ink on front cover. Born Louis Marshall Jones 1913-1998 in Kentucky Grandpa Jones cut his first country music recording in 1943 with Merle Travis. By 1946 he was appearing on the Grand Ole Opry and later he was a fixture on the TV show "Hee Haw". Near Fine a few small rubs and slight discoloring to covers. A great country music collectible would make an excellent framed piece. . SIGNED. First Edition. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tannen Music, Inc. Paperback books
1979149612US: AG Enterprises 1979. Vintage poster for the independent Spanish-language 1979 film. <br/><br/>Written directed produced and starring popular Cuban comedian Alvarez Guedes a farce about an attempt to create an organization of all the various Hispanic peoples in the United States despite their cultural differences. <br/><br/>26. x 37.25 inches. Bright and Near Fine with light bruising to the top edge. Folded as issued. AG Enterprises unknown books
1958143902Paris: Comedie-Francaise 1958. Collection of 19 original studio still color transparencies from the 1958 French film here under the original French title. Starring actors Meyer Seigner Marie Sabouret and Micheline Boudet figure prominently in the images in lavish period costumes. A few have cropping annotations either on the glassine sleeve or on an affixed glassine slip. Laid in is a signed typescript letter from "Y. Guillot" addressed to Gay Lussac at Cinedis the film's distribution company and dated 1960. Guillot was "Le Chef du Service des Editions" and he thanks Lussac for sending him "ektachromes" from the film promising to include images in upcoming issues of his publication. Housed in an original French Crumiere paper photo box with annotations in holograph ink and pencil on the lid. <br/><br/>Based on Moliere's 1670 five-act play "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme" about social climbing and the bourgeois personality. Seigner plays Jourdain middle-aged and aspiring to aristocracy. He learns fencing dancing music and philosophy constantly making a fool of himself. The second adaptation of Moliere's play after Humberto Gómez Landero's "El gran Makakikus 1944 and preceding Roger Coggio's "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" 1982. <br/><br/>18 transparencies 3.25 x 4.5 inches 1 two-frame transparency 2.25 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine glassine sleeves with light soil. Letter Very Good plus folded twice. Box Very Good overall. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Comedie-Francaise unknown books
1985007384Atlanta Georgia: American Library Association 1985. RARE 1985 poster published by the American Library Association featuring a Bob Fitch/Black Star portrait photograph of Dr. King with an extended handwritten quote provided by the Martin Luther King Centre Atlanta lower right corner that begins "Hence the forging of priceless qualities of character is taking place.". Near Fine a small faint crease. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 15" x 23". American Library Association books
1974142784Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1974. Six vintage promotional photographs from the 1974 film. Xerographically reproduced snipe tipped on to the verso of all but one photograph and with rubber stamp to the verso of three photos as well. <br/><br/>The 1974 adaptation of Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel has been praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Coupled with an all star cast and a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola Jack Clayton's film has cemented its place in cinema history. Winner of two Academy Awards. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York England and Rhode Island. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. All photos in Near Fine or better condition with snipe unattached from the verso of two photos. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970136064New York: National General Pictures 1970. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the set of the 1970 film. Shown are director Gene Kelly with James Stewart and Henry Fonda. <br/><br/>A revisionist Western in which James Stewart an aging cowboy inherits his brother's house of prostitution. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. National General Pictures unknown books
