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Film & Entertainment
Bond On Bond. The Ultimate Book on 50 Years of Bond Movies.
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.224. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's black cloth blocked in silver to spine, with colour-illustrated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £25. Jacket shows some handling; near fine. More
Signed Roger Moore Still from the film 'Gold of the Seven Saints' (1961).
[Film] SIGNED STILL. One black and white film still from Gordon Douglas' 1961 film, showing Moore as 'Shaun Garrett', SIGNED in blue marker. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 31 x 26cm. More
The Shadow of the Cat
Germany (n.p.) [1961]. German A1 (one-sheet) poster for the 1961 supernatural horror movie 'Schatten Einer Katze' from Universal International. Folded, (almost always issued folded!), condition A- (with a couple of discreet tears). 23x 33 inches approx. (Will be despatched rolled, in tube). This continental poster features alternative artwork to the..... More
The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
UK, Charles and Read, London. [1957]. FIRST PRINTING. An original UK quad for Rank Organisation's 1957 movie adaptation of Victor Hugo's famous novel, starring Gina Lollobrigida and Anthony Quinn. Folded, condition A (small Film board ink stamp to image otherwise fresh). Approx dimensions 40x30 inches, landscape format (will be despatched..... More
The War of the Worlds
UK; United International Pictures 2005. Movie teaser print /mini poster for the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, starring Tom Cruise and Tim Robbins. Poster is landscape format, with title and globe image, promotional version showing release date july 1 [2005]. Overall dimensions approx. 11 x 16 inches, portrait. Fine condition, archivally..... More
Complete Diaries: The Python Years, 1968-1979: Halfway to Hollywood, 1980-1988; Travelling to Work, 1988-98.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2006, 2009, 2014. [Comedy/travel] FIRST EDITION, three volumes, octavo (24 x 16 x 15cm), SIGNED by the author to final volume. First book includes a talking CD. Publisher's cloth hardcovers titled to spines, in pictorial dust-jackets. Each with photographic sections. A lovely fine, unread set... More
Spectacles: a Memoir.
London: Michael Joseph, 2015. [Memoir] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[14] 377 [11]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to 'Exclusive Signed Edition' preliminary leaf. Publisher's black cloth with titles in blind to spine, and pink bespectacled endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Kate Barsby, priced at..... More
Jazz 1955-1959. 61
Amsterdam: Fragment Uitgeverij, 1991. First Dutch Edition, having previously published in Japan. Square octavo, with 190 photographic plates. Bound in publisher's printed softcovers with striking pictorial jacket. A clean, fine copy, with a signature to half-title 'Joost Divend'. Ed van der Elsken was a prolific Dutch artist, photographer, and filmmaker..... More
Signed Jonathan Pryce Film Still.
[Film] SIGNED STILL. One colour film still showing Pryce in an early role, SIGNED in blue marker. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 26 x 31cm. More
Shooting Stars.
London: BBC Books, 1996. [Game Show] MULTI-SIGNED COPY, the second printing. Tall octavo (29 x 15cm), pp.120. Illustrated in colour throughout, with audio CD attached to clear plastic pouch on front cover. SIGNED by all five members of the cast in blue marker to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper..... More
All About Bond.
London: Evans Mitchell Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.185 [7]. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs by Terry O'Neill. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, gold endpapers, photographic dust-jacket, priced at £29.95. A fine, as-new copy. More
Herb Ritts Calendar 1994.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. INSCRIBED TO MEMBER OF LED ZEPPELIN. Small Quarto, unpaginated. With 28 black and white photographic images, subjects including Dizzy Gillespie, Madonna, Mel Gibson and David Bowie. Warmly INSCRIBED TO JOHN PAUL JONES by the artist in gold ink/paint to front free endpaper: 'To..... More
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Papillon [Film Brochure].
London: Sackville Publishing, 1973. [Prison-Break Film Brochure] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (28 x 22cm), pp.[24]. A general introduction to the 1973 film based on the book by Henri Charrière, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, and starring Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon and Anthony Zerbe, including..... More
Ronnie.
London: Macmillan, 2007. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 358. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £20. Signed "Love Ronnie.07" to title page. Illustrated with four photographic suites. Textblock very lightly toned, binding and wrapper lightly handled with a...... More
James Dean: photographed by his friend Sanford Roth.
Corte Madera, CA: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1983. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Folio (41 x 27cm), pp.116. Black and white photographs, with several central leaves of commentary by Beulah. Publisher's plain glossy white soft covers with black titles to spine, silver titles to upper, and a price of $24.00 Rubbing, marks and some..... More
The Wedding of Zein and Other Stories.
London: Heinemann, 1968. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Translated from the Arabic by Denys Johnson-Davies, illustrated by Ibrahim Salahi. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to the flyleaf by both Salih and Johnson-Davies. Octavo, pp.120. Publisher's original blue cloth binding in pictorial dustwrapper. Book is fine. Some toning to white areas of jacket; price-clipped. Near..... More
The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide.
London: Harper Collins, 2001. [Film Reference]. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.120. With photographic illustrations throughout. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers in dust-jacket priced at £16.99. A fine, as new copy, carefully dark-stored by ourselves since publication. Advertised as the 'Collector's Hardback Edition', this book was simultaneously issued as a trade..... More
Signed Film Still from 'Casino Royale' (2006).
[James Bond Films] SIGNED STILL. One colour film still from Martin Campbell's 2006 film, showing So as 'Fukutu' sitting next to Infante, played by Ade. SIGNED by Tom So in Silver marker. Mounted on black card ready to frame. Total dimensions 28 x 36cm. More
Rebecca's Daughters.
London: Triton Publishing Company, 1965. [Film Concept] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.144. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and red titled dust-jacket, priced at 25s. Light bumping to corners, with some light rubbing to jacket edges and chipping to spine head. Near fine..... More
The Turbulent Thirties. A Further Decade of the Theatre.
London: Macdonald, 1960. [Theatre] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 20cm), pp. 144. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, dust-wrapper designed by Sherriffs with printed price of 35s. net to flap. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates throughout. Internally fine, some spotting to endpapers. Wrapper and cloth lightly..... More
Signed Francesca Tu Still from the film 'You Only Live Twice' (1967).
[James Bond Films] SIGNED STILL. One colour still from Lewis Gilbert's 1967 film, SIGNED by Francesca Tu (Osato's Secretary) in blue marker. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 26 x 31cm. More
Portrait photos of film stars 1930s-2000s.
no place, [Cinema and television promotion] A group of 44 press-type / staged studio photographs, in black and white and colour, each measuring 8 x 10 inches. All are quality prints, circa 1990s-2000s, some with the subject's name on a label to the rear, likely for retail, or some possibly..... More
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Sphinx [LOBBY CARDS].
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1981. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'Sphinx' directed by Franklin J. Schaffer, and starring Lesley-Anne Down. Colour lithographic images on heavy stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits to left and lower quadrants. Some light handling..... More
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Terminator 2: Judgement Day [Tag der Abrechnung] [LOBBY CARDS].
Berlin: Tri-Star Pictures, 1991. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of 16 lobby cards from the German version of the film 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day' written, directed and produced by James Cameron, and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton. Colour lithographic images on light stock measuring 21 x 30cm..... More
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"She" [LOBBY CARDS].
Beverley Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film "She", directed by Robert Day, and starring Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, and Christopher Lee. Colour lithographic images on thin stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits to lower..... More