Condition: Very Good+

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

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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Het Lumineuze Beeld / The Luminous Image

Price: $50.00

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

Edition: First Edition

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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John M. Stahl [bilingual Spanish/English edition]

Price: $60.00

Publisher: San Sebastián/Madrid, Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián / Filmoteca Española : 1999

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23818

ISBN-13: 9788486877248

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

[very slight bumping to lower extremities, about a 1/2" crack in top of spine (integrity of binding unaffected), no other significant wear]. (B&W photographs) Extensive survey of the career of Hollywood director John M. Stahl, best known for what were once called "women's pictures" (such as BACK STREET, IMITATION OF LIFE, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, etc.), but who turned out at least one bona fide, undeniable masterpiece, the delirious 1945 Technicolor melodrama LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN. Issued in conjunction with a retrospective of the director's work at the 1999 San Sebastian Internation...
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Men Only (issue of June 1957) [cover: Gina Lollobrigida]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Proprietors, C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. : 1957

Edition: (Vol. 65, No. 258)

Seller ID: 23050

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

[creasing and light wear to edges of covers due to slight overlap of text block; spine slightly turned, light external soiling]. (B&W photographs, cartoons, ads) Digest-sized publication, issued monthly for the amusement and titillation of the British male. Contains a mixture of light feature articles (on topics such as "Canoes Can Go Anywhere" and "Why I Hate Father's Day"), photographs of buxom but wholesome beauties (no nudity, in fact not even decent cheesecake, at least by American standards), and lots of cartoons (some captioned as stand-alone gags, others illustrating ...
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Nixon Made Perfectly Clear

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Rodney Publications, Inc. : (c.1972)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23279

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good+

[bottom right and top right corners slightly bumped, no other signficant wear]. (cartoon illustrations) A satirical A-to-Z look at Nixon and his policies, e.g.: "M is for Minorities. As a member myself of a minority -- the Republican Party -- I am only too familiar with the frustration, discrimination and oppression suffered by minority groups. Believe me when I say that if I had my way there would be no minorities." Possibly my favorite, not least because of its great resonance for today: "S is for Secrecy. In my first inaugural address, I vowed that mine would be an open administration...
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Ramsey Lewis [promotional booklet]

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Irvington NJ, Gil Kravette : [1966]

Seller ID: 27205

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good+

[modest edgewear to covers, slight indentation crease at bottom edge of front cover]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) Promotional booklet (11" x 11"; 12 pages including covers) for the jazz pianist and his then-group, the second iteration of the Ramsey Lewis Trio (the other members being Cleveland Eaton and Maurice White, who had replaced the two previous founding members earlier in 1966). The booklet itself contains numerous photos of Lewis and the group, reproductions of various laudatory newspaper reviews (all from mid-1966), and page devoted to the administrative staff of his company, Rams'...
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The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly (March 1953)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Historical Society of Southern California : 1953

Edition: (Vol. XXXV, No. 1)

Seller ID: 25415

Binding: Journal

Condition: Very Good+

[light browning to spine, no other significant wear, old price sticker (with information blacked-out) on front cover]. (B&W photographs) Contents: "Drought, Lawlessness and Smallpox," by Robert Glass Cleland; "The Gabilan Peak Campaign of 1846," by Richard H. Dillon; "El Alisal: The House That Lummis Built," by Dudley Gordon; "Madame Modjeska in California," by Maymie R. Krythe; "Confederates in Southern California," by Helen B. Walters; "From Boulder to the Gulf (Part V)," by Margaret Romer.
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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 TV Collector (May-June 1991 issue) [cover: Natalie Schafer]

Price: $15.00

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

Edition: (Vol. 2, No. 54)

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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Sky Birds (April 1933)

By: (A.A. Wyn, ed.) (T.W. Ford, Arch Whitehouse, Joe Archibald, et al.)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Magazine Publishers, Inc. : 1933

Edition: (Vol. XII, No. 3)

Seller ID: 21917

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

[minor foldover at right side of front cover, otherwise a nice clean solid copy with only light wear, one tiny tear at top of front cover]. Novel: "Wing Warriors" by T.W. Ford. Novelette: "Canyon of Crashes" by Arch Whitehouse. Stories and features include: "Kilt in Action" by Joe Archibald; "Blue Flare Below" by James Perley Hughes; "The Kite-Conqueror" (about WWI RAF pilot Richard Bernard Munday); "Spandau Snare" by F.E. Rechnitzer; "'Plane Dope" by Arch Whitehouse (about WWI German pilot Bruno Loerzer). [Note the inverted swastika ...
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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

Edition: (Issue 58)

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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The Journal of the University Film Association (Spring 1979) [special issue: Economic and Industry History of the American Film]

By: (Allen, Jeanne Thomas, guest editor)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Houston TX, University Film Association : 1979

Edition: (Vol. XXXI, No. 2)

Seller ID: 23360

Binding: Journal

Condition: Very Good+

[light external soiling, soft vertical crease in front cover (unobtrusive), a little dog-earing at top edge of rear cover, subscription mailing label on rear cover]. An exceptionally rich selection of scholarly articles on various aspects of American film history. Contents: "Copyright and Early Theater, Vaudeville and Film Competition" (Jeanne Thomas Allen); "Vitascope/Cinematographe: Initial Patterns of American Film Industrial Practice" (Robert C. Allen); "The Role of the Western Film Genre in Industry Competition, 1907-1911" (Robert Anderson); "Hollywood's Conv...
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"Property Protected" [story] (in Esquire, March 1937)

By: (Appel, Benjamin)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Chicago, Esquire, Inc. : (March 1937)

Edition: (Vol. VII, No. 3; whole No. 40)

Seller ID: 17930

ISBN: NO

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

[nice clean copy, binding (staples) firm, a bit of wear at spine ends, bumping and slight crinkling at upper right corner, one-time owner's name discreetly rubber-stamped in "q" of title on front cover]. (photographs, cartoons, ads, etc.) One of the harder-to-find 1930s issues of "The Magazine for Men," despite its general lack of household-name contributors (which is to say no Fitzgerald or Hemingway), due in large measure to its inclusion of the first appearance of Pietro di Donato's "Christ in Concrete," his story of Italian-American construction workers. It's acco...
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The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly (June 1954) [cover: Helen Hunt Jackson]

By: (Arlt, Gustave O., ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Historical Society of Southern California : 1954

Edition: (Vol. XXXVI, No. 2)

Seller ID: 25417

Binding: Journal

Condition: Very Good+

[minimal handling wear, old price sticker (with information blacked-out) on front cover]. (B&W photographs) Contents: "California's Literary Women," by Gustave O. Arlt; "Daily Life in Early Los Angeles," by Mayme R. Krythe; "The Redondo Railroad," by Franklyn Hoyt; "Ozro William Childs," by Hortense Childs Reynolds; "California Volunteers," by A. Hunt; "Rancho Boca de Santa Monica," by Mary Boyce Kennedy; "Antonio Franco Coronel," by Marco R. Newmark.
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The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly (June 1960) [cover: Edward Fitzgerald Beale]

By: (Arlt, Gustave O., ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Historical Society of Southern California : 1960

Edition: (Vol. XLII, No. 2)

Seller ID: 25416

Binding: Journal

Condition: Very Good+

[minimal handling wear, old price sticker (with information blacked-out) on front cover]. (B&W photographs) Contents include: "Edward Fitzgerald Beale and the Indian Peace Commissioners in California, 1851-1854," by Richard E. Crouter and Andrew F. Rolle; "Military Posts of the Old Frontier: Arizona-New Mexico," by Frank A. Schilling; "The Great Debate in California: 1859," by Donald E. Hargis; "Lantern in the Western Sky, Part II (Conclusion)," by Paul M. De Falla (about anti-Chinese riots in Los Angeles in 1871); and "The Church by the Plaza: A History of...
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The Film Journal (January-March 1973) [special issue: The Art of the Horror Film]

By: (Atkins, Thomas R., ed.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Hollins College VA, The Film Journal : 1973

Edition: (Vol. 2, No. 2; whole No. 5)

Seller ID: 27936

Binding: Periodical

Condition: Very Good+

[nice clean copy, moderate edgewear, light surface wear to covers, slight bumping at top right]. (B&W photographs) A special issue, devoted to horror films, of this well-produced large-format critical film journal. The issue is dedicated to Rouben Mamoulian, who is interviewed herein about his 1931 film DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. Other articles: "Drawing the Circle: A Devolution of Values in Three Horror Films," a long piece by R.H.W. Dillard (the three films under discussion being the FRANKENSTEIN (1931), THE WOLF MAN (1941) and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1969)); analyses of THE MUMMY (1932), b...
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Edward Bond Letters, Volume I

By: (Bond, Edward) Stuart, Ian, ed.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Langhorne PA, Harwood Academic Publishers : (c.1994)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22658

ISBN-13: 9783718655038

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

(laminated boards; no dust jacket) [moderate rubbing/scuffing to covers, top corners very slightly bumped]. (Contemporary Theatre Studies, Volume 5) Series "Beginning in the 1980s Edward Bond's dissociation with the established theatre was inevitable as many leading theatre, such as the RSC and the Royal National Theatre, produced plays antithetical to his belief in a new and useful theatre. Consequently, most of Bond's latest plays were not staged in London but given performances in the regions or abroad. This separation from the London theatre as a venue for his latest work along with ...
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Film Quarterly (Winter 1962-63) [cover: THE BIRDS]

By: (Callenbach, Ernest, ed.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press : 1962

Edition: (Vol. XVI, No. 2)

Seller ID: 27678

Binding: Periodical

Condition: Very Good+

[nice clean copy, a bit of wear along spine, minor surface wear to covers]. (B&W photographs) The primary feature of this issue is a 20-page survey of "Special Features on Film Scholarship," including brief surveys of the resources of the major U.S. repositories of archival film history materials. Articles: "Hitchcock's World," by Charles Higham; "The Craft of Norman McLaren," by Ernest Callenbach; and "'Marienbadism' and the New Italian Directors," by Fernaldo di Giammatteo. Books reviewed include Gordon Hendricks's groundbreaking "The Edison Motion Picture Myth."
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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

Edition: (No. 22)

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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Condition: Very Good+