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— Oscar Wilde

London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. [Classic man-hunt adventure] FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY, with an original 4-page advert/order form. Octavo, pp.[vii]; 271; [1], imprint. Publisher's brown card softcovers, with printed label to upper, handwritten details to spine. Contents clean, some wrinkling and lean to spine, covers lightly handled. A very good..... More
New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1932. [Gorilla adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 249;[1], advertisement. Publisher's green cloth blocked in dark brown, photographic endpapers, coloured top edge. Contents very clean, spine sunned, frayed at tips. A used yet respectable copy. The ultimate monster story, giant apes, dinosaurs..... More
Litho in USA, 1964. [Film promotion] U.S. style 'A' one-sheet poster for the 1964 United Artists film starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Harry Salzman and Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions. Design by David Chasman. Approximate dimensions 27 x 40 inches. Folded. National Screen Service stamp..... More
Litho in USA, 1967. [Film promotion] U.S. one-sheet poster for the 1967 Columbia Pictures film starring Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress and David Niven, produced by Charles K Feldman and Jerry Bresler. NSS no. 67/72. Artwork by Robert McGinnis. Approximate dimensions 27 x 40 inches. Folded. National Screen Service stamp to..... More
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1961. [Cinema-Novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm). pp.[xii]; 132. Publisher's oatmeal cloth lettered in black and red to spine, black endpapers, striking dust-wrapper designed by Don Ervin, with printed price of $3.95. Signed by author to title page. Binding lightly handled. Wrapper..... More
New York, NY: Chalmers Publishing Co., 1916. [Early Film-Making] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.151; [1]. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Simple typographic dust-jacket with titles and testimonials from well-wishing readers. Fore-edge untrimmed. Toned and a little dusty to edges. Light wear to..... More
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1918. [Filmmaking] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 283; [11]. With 10 photogravure plates, including a frontispiece of the Venus de Milo. Publisher's brown cloth. gilt titles to spine and in dark brown to upper board, dust-jacket title with printed price of $2.00..... More
Beverley Hills, CA: United Artists, 1971. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'Diamonds Are Forever', directed by Guy Hamilton, and starring Sean Connery, Jill St. John, and Charles Gray. Colour lithographic images on thin stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits..... More
New York, NY: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1931. [Film and Theatre] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.385; [3]. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of $2.40 to spine. Very light spotting and browning. Jacket browned with some small chips to edges. A remarkably well-preserved..... More
Paris: Les Productions Artistes Associés, 1977. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of twelve lobby cards from the film 'L'Espion Qui M'Aimait' (the French version of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'), directed by Lewis Gilbert, and starring Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, and Richard Kiel. Colour lithographic images on thin..... More
Paris: Les Productions Artistes Associés, 1979. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of twenty-four lobby cards from the French version of the film 'Moonraker', directed by Lewis Gilbert, and starring Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, and Richard Kiel. Colour lithographic images on thin stock measuring 22 x 28cm..... More
London: Blink, 2018. [Rock] SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 346. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red and blue endpapers, photographic dust-jacket designed by Richard Evans with printed price of £20. Signed by Roger Daltrey directly to title page (most were signed via a...... More
New York, NY: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1925. [Early film] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; [2]; 256; [6]. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, textured paper covered boards, paper title labels to spine and upper, fore and tail edge untrimmed. With a photographic frontispiece and fifteen further double sided..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. [Film] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY KEN RUSSELL. Octavo (22 x cm), pp; 314; [2]. Illustrated throughout. Beautifully bound for Asprey, likely by Zaehnsdorf, in green half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and raised bands to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Inscribed..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1967. [Photography/Sixties Culture] FIRST EDITION. Folio (35 x 27cm), unpaginated. With black and white photographs throughout. Bound in crimson half morocco over red cloth sides, gilt-lettered title panel to spine, black endpapers. Leaves had a tidemark (reducing throughout) to top corner else contents fine, in a...... More
London: Eyre Methuen, 1976. [Comedy]. SIGNED COPY, the third impression, paperback. Quarto (31 x 24cm), unpaginated. SIGNED by Eric Idle and Neil Innes in blue and black ink to verso of front cover. Full of mad witty nonsense, as expected. Publisher's card covers with false title, 'The Wonderful World of..... More
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2008. [Hollywood memoir] The UK COLLECTOR'S EDITION, One of 1000 copies in the publisher's de luxe cloth, in matching slipcase. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.336. Black cloth blocked in silver. Titled 'Limited Edition' on half title, not to be confused with the trade or American..... More
Frankfurt: United International Pictures, 1967. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'Man Lebt Nur Zweimal' (the German version of 'You Only Live Twice'), directed by Lewis Gilbert, and starring Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Karin Dor, Akiko Wakabayashi, and Tetsuro Tamba. Colour half-tone..... More
Beverley Hills, CA: United Artists, 1969. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', directed by Peter Hunt, and starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, and Telly Savalas. Colour lithographic images on thin stock measuring 21 x 25cm, with production..... More
Paris: Les Productions Artistes Associés, 1977. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of twelve lobby cards from the film 'L'Espion Qui M'Aimait' (the French version of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'), directed by Lewis Gilbert, and starring Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, and Richard Kiel. Colour lithographic images on thin..... More
No place, no date. Original glossy colour print, Deco style, measuring 6 x 4.5 inches''. No date, but probably 1970's. INSCRIBED by subject to lower right hand corner To/ Michael/ from/ Mae West/ (flourish). The recipient is theatre/film mogul Michael J. Cooper of Michaelangelo Organisation Inc., 3571 Berry Drive, Studio..... More
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
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
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
New York: St Martin's Press 2003. FIRST US EDITION, SIGNED BY ERIC IDLE. Small folio, pp.340. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Bound in blue buckram with silver titles in glossy dust-wrapper. Minor wear; a near fine copy. More