Original keybook photograph of Wynne Gibson, circa 1930s
by Wynne Gibson (subject)
N.p.: N.p., 1930. Vintage keybook photograph of theatre and pre-Code film actress Wynne Gibson, circa 1930s. 11.25 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine, linen-backed.
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Original photograph of Walt Disney riding a toy horse at a party, 1941
by Walt Disney (subject)
Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1941. Vintage borderless photograph of filmmaker Walt Disney playfully riding a toy horse during a party at the house of Argentine illustrator and painter Florencio Molina Campos. Printed mimeo snipe and RKO Radio stamp on the verso. Molina Campos was engaged as a creative consultant by Disney from the late 1940s through... Read More
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Original publicity photograph of Walter Pidgeon, circa 1960s
by Walter Pidgeon (subject)
N.p.: N.p., 1960. Vintage publicity photograph of Canadian-American actor Walter Pidgeon sitting outdoors, circa 1960s. Walter Pidgeon was one of the leading men of Hollywood's Golden Age, and was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actor, for "Mrs. Miniver" (1942) and "Madame Curie" (1943). 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine, with a short closed... Read More
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Original photograph of Werner Herzog in Vienna, circa 1982
by Werner Herzog (subject)
N.p.: Svenskt Pressfoto, 1982. Vintage photograph of director Werner Herzog in Vienna, standing in front of a movie theatre advertising his 1982 film "Fitzcarraldo." Mimeo snipe on the verso, along with the stamp of Svenskt Pressfoto. Herzog's astonishing, outrageous, and notorious masterpiece, "Fitzcarraldo" was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and was the... Read More
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Original photograph of William Holden, inscribed by Holden, circa 1940s
by William Holden (subject)
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage photograph of actor William Holden, circa 1940s. INSCRIBED by Holden at the bottom left corner: "New Year Greeting / William Holden." Holden is best known for his film roles in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), "Stalag 17" (1953), "Sabrina" (1954), and "The Wild Bunch" (1969). He received an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance... Read More
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Three original color negatives relating to Walt Disney, circa 1967
by Walt Disney (subject)
N.p.: N.p., 1967. Three vintage large format negatives, showing Walt Disney, a cel from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), and a cel from "The Jungle Book" (1967) respectively. "The Jungle Book" was the final animated feature to be produced by Walt Disney, who died in December of 1966, after a brief battle with lung cancer. ... Read More
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Original photograph of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, circa 1963
by Yevgeny Yevtushenko (subject)
N.p.: N.p., 1963. Vintage borderless press photograph of Soviet poet and novelist Yevgeny Yevtushenko, circa 1963. Printed mimeo snipes and Dalmas and PIX agency stamps on the verso. Yevtushenko embarked upon a tour of West Germany and France in 1963. From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary... Read More
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Collection of ten original publicity photographs of Yvonne De Carlo
by Yvonne De Carlo (subject)
Universal City: Universal-International, 1950. Collection of ten vintage publicity photographs of Canadian-American actress and singer Yvonne De Carlo, dated variously between 1944 and 1950. Two with printed mimeo snipes on the versos, and several with provenance stamps on the same. De Carlo signed with Universal in the mid-1940s. The studio largely cast her in singing parts in musicals,... Read More
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Original photograph of Zachary Scott, 1944
by Zachary Scott (subject)
N.p.: Associated Press, 1944. Vintage press photograph with bottom margin, of Zachary Scott studying a script, early in his film career. Mimeo snipe on verso dated 1944, with "NOTICE Wide World Photo" stamp, "Drama" stamp and a much later "Spokesman-Review" stamp below snipe on verso. Photograph release was to accompany a "Rosalind Shaffer Hollywood AP NEWSFEATURES story on" Scott,... Read More
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Three original photographs of ZaSu Pitts, circa 1925-1950
by ZaSu Pitts (subject)
N.p.: N.p.. Three vintage photographs of actress ZaSu Pitts at different periods of her career, silent era Universal photograph, circa 1925, early talkie period, circa 1935 and a later photograph circa 1950. ZaSu Pitts, born Eliza Susan Pitts, began working in Hollywood in the late teens and starred in her first feature length film, King Vidor's "Better Times,"... Read More
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Original oversize portrait photograph of fashion designer Halston, circa 1976
by Halston (subject)
N.p.: N.p., 1976. Vintage oversize portrait photograph of fashion designer Halston, circa 1976. Stamps of the "Plain Dealer" library and a date stamp on the verso. Born Roy Halston Frowick in Des Moines, Iowa, Halston moved to Chicago in 1952, starting a millinery business the following year, and opening his first shop, the Boulevard Salon, in 1957. He... Read More
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Hara Documents 6: Tree of Calm Mountain: Works by Yoshihiro Suda (First Japanese Edition)
by Yoshihiro Suda
Tokyo: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999. Trade softcover. First Japanese Edition. Text in Japanese and English. Booklet published in conjunction with an exhibition of Yoshihiro Suda's work held at the Hara Museum from September 11 to November 7, 1999. Very Good plus in saddle stapled wrappers.
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Original photograph of Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, 1981
by Sugar" Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Dave Pearl (subjects); Richard Lipski (photographer)
New York: United Press International, 1981. Vintage press photograph of "The Showdown," the professional boxing match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns on September 16, 1981. Printed mimeo snipe and United Press International stamp on the verso. Leonard would emerge the world welterweight champion after 14 rounds. The duo would meet again in a rematch eight years... Read More
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L'Histoire de l'Histoire [The History of History] (Signed First Edition)
by Hiroshi Sugimoto
Tokyo: Rikuyosha, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED by Hiroshi Sugimoto on the front endpaper. Text in Japanese and English. Produced in conjunction with an exhibition held from October 20 through December 28, 2003, at Maison Hermès. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto (First Japanese Edition)
by Hiroshi Sugimoto
Tokyo: Chiba City Museum of Art, 1996. Hardcover. First Japanese Edition. Text in Japanese and English. Fine with no dust jacket as issued.
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In Praise of Shadows (First Edition)
by [Hiroshi Sugimoto]
Kyoto, Japan: CCA Kitakyushu / Korinsha Press Kitakyushu, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in paper covered boards housing an internal spiral binding with leaves variously on thin coated stock and card stock. In the publisher's slipcase as issued with silver titles. Book and slipcase lightly rubbed as usually found due to the sensitive paper used, still... Read More
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Hiroshi Sugimoto: Conceptual Forms (First French Edition)
by [Hiroshi Sugimoto]
Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, 2004. Hardcover. First French Edition. Text in French. As New. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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Jean Prouvé: Oeuvre complète / Complete Works, 1917-1984 (First Edition, complete in four volumes)
by [Jean Prouvé] Peter Sulzer
Basel: Birkhauser, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, complete in four volumes. Text in French and English. All volumes Fine in Near Fine to Fine dust jackets. Oversize item, shipping billed at cost.
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The Marijuana Consumer's and Dealer's Guide (First Edition)
by Mary Jane Superweed
San Rafael, CA: Stone Kingdom Syndicate, 1968. First Edition. Presumed First Edition. Contains instructions for converting marijuana to hashish, as well as the extraction of lysergic acid from Morning Glory seeds and mescaline from peyote buttons. Very Good plus in side-stapled wrappers.
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Desperately Seeking Susan (Original photograph of director Susan Seidelman on the set of the 1985 film)
by Susan Seidelman (director); Leora Barish (screenwriter); Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, Madonna (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1985 film, showing director Susan Seidelman reviewing the script on location. A bored New Jersey housewife gets involved in the life of a free spirited New Yorker through a series of events involving farcical elements such as amnesia and mistaken identity. Madonna's first major screen... Read More
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Psych-Out [Psychout] (Original photograph from the 1968 film)
by Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson (starring); Richard Rush (director); E. Hunter Willett, Betty Ulius (screenwriters)
Santa Monica: Dick Clark Productions, 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. A deaf runaway hides out with a gang of hippies as she searches for her long-lost brother is 1960s San Francisco. With a relatively early appearance from Jack Nicholson, who plays the aptly named hippie, "Stoney." Shot on location in California.... Read More
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Evermore: The Persistence of Poe | The Edgar Allan Poe Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane (First Edition, inscribed by the author to Marilynne Robinson)
by Susan Jaffe Tane (introduction, essays); Marilynne Robinson (author)
New York: The Grolier Club, 2014. First Edition. First Edition. Association copy, inscribed by author Susan Jaffe Tane to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson on the titled page: "October 31, 2014 / For Marilynne Robinson / My very best wishes, from a major fan / Susan Tane." The book was inscribed on the occasion of an event... Read More
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Stage Struck (Eight original British front-of-house cards from the 1958 film)
by Susan Strasberg, Henry Fonda (starring); Sidney Lumet (director); Zoe Akins (play); Augustus Goetz and Ruth Goetz (screenwriters); Joan Greenwood, Herbert Marshall (starring)
Culver City, CA: National Screen Service / RKO Radio Pictures, 1958. Eight vintage color still British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1958 US film. Based on a play by Zoe Akins, about a girl who comes to New York to become an actress. Henry Fonda stars as a seasoned producer and Christopher Plummer a... Read More
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Thunder in the Sun (Original photograph from the 1959 film)
by Susan Hayward, Jeff Chandler, Blanche Yurka, Jacques Bergerac (starring); Russell Rouse (director, screenwriter); Stewart Stern (screenwriter)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film, showing actors Blanche Yurka and Jacques Bergerac. In 1850, a group of French Basque immigrants travel to California, where they intend to plant vineyards and find romance. Set in the US west. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. ... Read More
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The American Parade (Original photograph from the 1974-1976 television mini-series)
by Susan B. Anthony (subject); Mary Tyler Moore (narrator); Vinnette Carroll, Leora Dana, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Maeve McGuire (starring); Jack Kuney (director); Eve Merriam (screenwriter)
Los Angeles: CBS, 1974. Vintage reference photograph of actress Geraldine Fitzgerald from, "We the Women," Episode 1, Season 1 of the 1974-1976 television mini-series. With mimeo snipe affixed to the verso promoting the broadcast of the episode on Sunday March, 17 1974. A documentary fiction series made to celebrate the 1976 bicentennial, and a photograph centered on... Read More
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