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Affiches de Cinma [Cinema Posters]

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Paris, Galerie Intemporel / Stanislas Choko : N.D.

Seller ID: 26035

Condition: Fine

(laminated boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean as-new copy]. (color facsimiles) Catalogue, in French, issued by a gallery specializing in film posters. The introductory note, translated from the French, reads in part: "Now a recognized collector's item, the original cinema poster is more and more present in our environment. The evolution of the market has made generalist collections impossible. The choices are made more and more precise, new themes are researched, and the artistic quality is taken into account. We offer in this book a choice of posters classified by genre, as a po...
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Celebrity Yearbook: The World's Largest Collection of High School Yearbook Photos of Hollywood's Greatest Stars

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Arcadia CA, Del Rey Enterprises : (c.1977)

Seller ID: 25518

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

[modest edgewear to covers, diagonal creasing at bottom corner of rear cover, general handling wear]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) More or less set up in yearbook format: the bulk of the book reproduces about 120 high school yearbook photos of the subsequently-famous, with basic data on each (real name, date and place of birth, school, activities), and there are also sections in the back for "Activities" and "Campus Groups," with each of the group or action photos in these sections guaranteed to contain at least one celebrity. Most of those depicted are from the worlds of sports, music, movies...
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Cosmopolitan Magazine (February 1913)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, International Magazine Company : 1913

Seller ID: 26475

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good

[rear cover missing, otherwise a good sound copy with general external wear; front cover has a small ink mark across "m" in title, a few small edge-tears, a small column of mostly-erased numbers at left edge, small surface-peel scar near upper right corner]. (illustrations, photographs, advertisements) As the cover blurb states: "Read this issue and see why Cosmopolitan is America's Greatest Magazine." Based on the content of this issue, you won't get an argument from me. Herein are (a partial list): an article, "Ninety-Nine Per Cent Efficiency," by Elbert Hubbard; an article, "The Battle of...
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Image for Diamond - Ruby - Emerald - Sapphire - Pearls & Other Precious-Stone Jewels [including the] Estate of the Late Mrs. Carl J. Schmidlapp - Public Auction, Thursday, October 3, 1968 (Sale Number 2739)

Diamond - Ruby - Emerald - Sapphire - Pearls & Other Precious-Stone Jewels [including the] Estate of the Late Mrs. Carl J. Schmidlapp - Public Auction, Thursday, October 3, 1968 (Sale Number 2739)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. : 1968

Seller ID: 23352

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

[a little uneven fading to covers, short diagonal bend at bottom right corner of front cover, minor spotting to rear cover]. (B&W photographs) Jewelry auction catalogue. Highlights noted on the title page include "two magnificent unmounted diamonds, pear and heart shapes; an important ruby and diamond necklace; an exquisite diamond Necklace, Harry Winston." Includes the "prices received" list, laid in.
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Federico Cantú: Obra Realizada de 1922 a 1948 [limited edition, with original print]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Mexico City, Editorial Asbaje : 1948

Seller ID: 23314

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

[moderate browning to edges of covers and spine, minor creasing along top edge]. (B&W art reproductions) Catalogue of the early work of this Mexican painter, engraver and sculptor (1907-1989). Contains: brief introductions in Spanish (by Salvador Toscano) and English (by Luis Cardoza y Aragon); biographical data and a catalogue of his works (in both Spanish and English); and a section of black-and-white reproductions of 106 paintings and drawings. Limited edition of 1,500, containing a print of an original line engraving of a horse (with the print and the book itself both No. 52); this part...
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Het Lumineuze Beeld / The Luminous Image

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Gary Schwartz in cooperation with the Stedelijk Museum : 1984

Seller ID: 26280

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

[some edgewear to covers, otherwise a nice solid copy, internally clean]. (B&W and color photographs, graphics) Catalogue issued in conjunction with an exhibition of video art presented at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum in September and October of 1984; all text is in Dutch and English. Artists whose work was featured, and is extensively discussed in this catalogue, include: Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Max Almy, Dara Birnbaum, Michel Cardena, Brian Eno, Kees de Groot, Nan Hoover, Michael Klier, Shigeko Kubota, Thierry Kuntzel, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Mary Lucier, Marcel Odenbach, Tony Oursler,...
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Jerry Lewis; a man in motion

Price: $100.00

Publisher: (n.p.), Pisani Printing Company : [ca.1967]

Seller ID: 25297

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good+

[moderate wear at corners, a few horizontal stress lines adjacent to spine]. (B&W photographs, graphics) A remarkable piece of self-sycophancy, uncredited (except for some of the individual pieces, as noted) but pretty obviously issued with the full cooperation of Lewis himself. Dozens of photographs showcase Jerry "the man," "the comedian," "the clown," "the maestro," "the sportsman," "the director," "the man of many faces!", etc. -- Jerry behind the scenes, on stage, on television, on tour, with his family, and on and on. The interspersed text is equally fawning: the introduction by Bill ...
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Mickey Mouse Magazine (August 1938)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, K.K. Publications, Inc. : 1938

Seller ID: 24871

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[a lovely copy with only light handling wear; original subscriber's name and address stamped neatly in upper corner of rear cover (amazing to think that at one time this went through the U.S. Mail -- it honestly appears to have barely been touched by human hands); NOTE that this item has been graded according to book-grading standards, NOT comic-book guidelines]. (cartoon drawings) Early Disney magazine, the precursor to the comic book-format "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" (which first appeared under that title in October 1940). This issue contains these stories: "The White Goat" by Sari;...
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Image for Soviet Film Posters in the Silent Era: The Catalog of "Ippei Fukuro Collection" of National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Soviet Film Posters in the Silent Era: The Catalog of "Ippei Fukuro Collection" of National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art : 2009

Seller ID: 25636

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

[very light surface wear to front cover, slight bump to base of spine]. (color reproductions) Color reproductions of more than 140 film posters. The text is entirely in Japanese, which detracts not one little bit from the pleasure of the graphic art on display; most posters are reproduced 3-4 on a page, although a number are full-page.
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The Book of the Harvard and Radcliffe Clubs of Southern California; containing lists of their officers, directors, committees and members; and their by-laws and constitution

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles/Santa Monica, The Harvard Club / The Radcliffe Club : 1975

Seller ID: 23342

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Near Fine

[light handling wear only]. "As a member of the Harvard Club and/or the Radcliffe Club of Southern California you have received this copy of the Directory of its Members. You should consider this Directory confidential for your own personal use. The names of members should not become available for advertising or commercial use." (A dire warning, issued from 42 years in the past. Govern yourself accordingly.)
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The Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame, Inc. Presents: A Tribute to a Stuntman: Ted Mapes

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (n.p.), The Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame : 1978

Seller ID: 26402

Binding: Ephemera

Condition: Very Good+

[modest handling wear, bumped at lower left corner, light soiling]. (pen and ink drawings) Program (single sheet, folded to 8.5"x11") for an event honoring veteran stuntman Ted Mapes, held at the Palmdale (CA) Holiday Inn on September 18, 1978, during which Mapes was presented with the "Dusty" award, a sort of Oscar statuette knock-off. The award was presented by the evening's special guest, actor Jimmy Stewart. The program is illustrated by drawings of Ted Mapes and Jimmy Stewart, and of the "Dusty." Please note that this is pretty much just a rundown of the event's agenda; there's no rea...
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The Producer Prince: A Celebration of David Oliver Selznick - University of Southern California, April 6, 1975

Price: $50.00

Publisher: [Los Angeles], Friends of the USC Libraries : 1976

Seller ID: 25917

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Fine

[nice clean copy with no discernible wear]. (B&W photo frontispiece) 43-page booklet, a transcript of an event held in David O. Selznick's honor at USC. The moderator was Collier Young, and the participants (most of whom contributed just a single anecdote, if that) included Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, George Cukor, Olivia de Havilland, John Frankenheimer, Lee Garmes, Jennifer Jones, Marcella Rabwin (DOS's longtime secretary/assistant), Miklos Rozsa, Ann Rutherford, King Vidor, William Wellman, Lauren Bacall, and Lyle Wheeler.
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The TV Collector (May-June 1991 issue) [cover: Natalie Schafer]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Easton MA, Stephen W. & Diane L. Albert : 1991

Seller ID: 26250

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

[minor handling wear, rear cover has subscriber's address label and an array of vintage postage stamps affixed]. (B&W photographs) Small-format (8-1/2" x 5-1/2") TV collectors' fanzine, with two primary features in this issue: the cover story, a tribute to the recently-deceased character actress Natalie Schafer, best remembered for her portrayal of Mrs. Thurston P. Howell III on "Gilligan's Island," incorporating comments from several of her professional colleagues; and a brief feature and episode guide to "The Hathaways," a one-season sitcom that starred Peggy Cass and Jack Weston as a marrie...
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The TV Collector (September-October 1991 issue) [cover: James Franciscus]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Easton MA, Stephen W. & Diane L. Albert : 1991

Seller ID: 26251

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

[random ink scribbling at left side of front cover, rear cover has subscriber's address label and an array of vintage postage stamps affixed]. (B&W photographs) Small-format (8-1/2" x 5-1/2") TV collectors' fanzine, with two primary features in this issue: the cover story, a long tribute article about the recently-deceased actor James Franciscus, who starred in several successful TV series during the 1960s and 1970s, incorporating several interviews and quoting from his personal correspondence with the publishers; and a production-history article + episode guide for "Land of the Giants," a fan...
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Uncensored [magazine] (April 1961)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Nutrend Publications, Inc. : 1961

Seller ID: 26478

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[sharp-looking copy, minor edgewear and a few tiny edge-nicks to front cover]. (B&W photographs, advertisements) A typical issue of one of the numerous "Confidential"-inspired scandal mags of the era, purporting to supply "all the facts [and] all the names." The latter, in this issue, include: Red Skelton ("he rode a non-stop carousel of babes and bourbon"); Marlon Brando (about his purported romance with Rita Moreno); Marilyn Monroe (an article about "the hidden secrets behind [her] tragic bust-ups!"); and Loretta Young (her "uncensored" story, "a story you won't see any Sunday night!"). T...
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Famous Monsters of Filmland (#58, October 1969) [cover illustration: Boris Karloff in THE MUMMY]

By: (Ackerman, Forrest J, ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Warren Publishing Co. : 1969

Seller ID: 25388

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

[nice clean copy, minimal handling wear, tiny nick in right edge of front cover, some minor stress lines along spine]. (B&W photographs, ads) This issue includes: an account by editor FJA of his visit with Basil Rathbone on the set of Curtis Harrington's VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET; a preview (with a full plot synopsis, lots of spoilers!) of DIE, MONSTER, DIE! (referred to by its working title, HOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD; this seems to be an article reprinted from an earlier issue, since the movie had been released four years earlier, and there's also no mention of Karloff having died...
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Movie (issue no. 22, Spring 1976) [cover: FAREWELL, MY LOVELY]

By: (Cameron, Ian, publisher)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Movie : 1976

Seller ID: 26294

Binding: Journal

Condition: Very Good+

[modest wear to edges and extremities, vertical crease along left edge of front cover]. (B&W photographs) This issue of this well-regarded British journal of film criticism devotes 29 of its 64 pages, rather amazingly, to MANDINGO -- first with a lengthy analysis/defense of the film (which was pretty universally savaged by critics) by Andrew Britton, followed by an interview with its director, Richard Fleischer. The next section, under the blanket title "American Cinema in the '70s," discusses THE WAY WE WERE (Sydney Pollack), NIGHT MOVES (Arthur Penn), and ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (M...
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Millennium Film Journal (Fall/Winter 1980-1981)

By: (Carroll, Noel, Victorina Z. Peterson, and David Shapiro, eds.)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Millennium Film Workshop : 1980

Seller ID: 26482

Binding: Journal

Condition: Very Good

[modest edgewear and external rubbing, creasing and fading to spine]. (B&W photographs) A triple issue (288 pages), with three themes/topics: Interviews; Rediscoveries; Third World. The interviews, which take up almost half the issue, are with: filmmaker Hollis Frampton (specifically about his film cycle MAGELLAN); actor/director Eric Mitchell; filmmaker/dancer Yvonne Rainer (focusing on her film JOURNEYS FROM BERLIN; critic Annette Michelson (talking about the acting in Rainer's JOURNEYS FROM BERLIN; filmmaker Jackie Raynal; and performance artist/filmmaker Carolee Schneemann. The "Rediscov...
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Cinaste (Fall 1967) [cover: Arthur Penn and Faye Dunaway during production on BONNIE AND CLYDE]

By: (Crowdus, Gary, ed.)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Cineaste Magazine : 1967

Seller ID: 26307

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

[several small nicks and chips in the edges of the rear cover, also slightly affecting the upper edges of the last several pages in the magazine; the pages are also somewhat age-toned (although printed on toned stock) and a bit fragile]. Early issue of this long-running critical/political film magazine. Contents include: "Film Study in Colleges," by Bernard R. Kantor; "Pauline Kael -- Film Critic with a Chip on Her Shoulder," by Richard Ayers; "What Do We Mean by Widescreen?" by Tony Shapps; an analysis of BONNIE AND CLYDE, by Paul Glushanok; "Amateurs and Animation," by Marjorie Lenk; a l...
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Metal Hurlant (issue no. 110, April 1985) [special feature: MAD MAX 3, aka MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME]

By: (Dionnet, Jean-Pierre, ed.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Paris, Les Humanodes Associs Metal Hurlant : 1985

Seller ID: 25440

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[light handling wear only]. (graphic art, photographs) French-language magazine devoted primarily to graphic art/comic-strips, although this issue's primary feature is a 16-page section devoted to the third "Mad Max" film, MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (released in France as MAD MAX 3), incorporating photographs, samples of storyboard illustrations, interviews (including Mel Gibson, Tina Turner and George Miller), etc. Did I mention that it's all in French? Well, it is.
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