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rif. 44944Wildly popular pioneering early children's program 1947-1960 that established the genre and became a cultural phenomenon: Kean wrote more than 2000 episodes and invented the show's many colorful characters 1947-55 coming up also with its famed "Cowabunga!" tagline its theme song and every other song sung on the show 97 of them while Smith was its long-time beloved host. Archive of letters and documents relating to copyright infringement issues against those creating unauthorized children's products using the characters in the 1990s and '00s as pursued by the "Howdy Doody" chief writer and host. This fascinating and complex archive contains many hundreds of items -- dozens of original letters ranging from lengthy and meaty legal topics to personal matters to brief notes transmitting newspaper articles and countless photocopied book and other excerpts containing "Howdy Doody" content the majority with handwritten addenda from Kean. Only a few letters and an inscribed 8" X 10" photograph hail from "Buffalo Bob" Smith who died shortly after he and Kean retained a law firm to protect their interests. The vast majority originate with Kean who developed a close personal relationship with his attorney -- who grew up watching "Howdy Doody" and was a fan. This portion includes dozens of letters postcards and notes on personal matters chatting about public appearances and other public recognitions and also including numerous Christmas and greeting cards the occasional "Howdy Doody" product such as bumper stickers booklets etc. Many concern use of Kean's tagline "Cowabunga!" and their efforts to protect its usage. Many of Kean's gossipy irreverent always-amusing letters contain enlightening comments about script writing music composing and other aspects of the "Howdy Doody" show and early television. On August 6 1998 for instance he writes: "The fact is. my job & what I was paid for was to write a script a day exc. Saturday Sunday and when a Balinese new moon and earthquake on Saturn occurred simultaneously for 7½ years. "At some early point just to get away from the typewriter for a while I went to the piano. and wrote a song to fit in with the script -- just for a break in the action. It was an unsolicited extra. Fitting 'em in the storyline was -- on a juvenile Eddie-amateurish level but equivalent to when Richard Rodgers and Oscar H. did same with their songs for OKLAHOMA et al. "Anyway as the years flew or crawled I ended writing 97 songs. I tried to reach 100 but fell 3 short. The 3 I didn't write were: 'Tea for Two' 'Night and Day' and 'Pagliacci.' "The payoff came tho with the RCA albums. "To explain: I always abhorred the cloying namby-pamby typical kind of children's song such as 'Mary Had a Little Clone' or 'Jack and Bill' or 'Hillary Dickory Dock.' So -- I tried to write kids' lyrics of course but not too cloying and importantly music that sounded like pop tunes instead of nursery rhyme stuff." Among the important original legal documents is a December 21 2001 "Transfer of Rights Agreement" in which Smith's executor gives rights to all "Howdy Doody" songs exclusively to Kean as well as much related paperwork and letters from Kean and others on this issue. Another file includes a sheaf of Kean letters and related paperwork concerning issues regarding protecting rights to specific "Howdy Doody" songs. There are retained copies of residual payments and other income statements. This archive also contains numerous retained photocopies of important and confidential legal documents such as a May 12 1987 four-page letter of agreement from NBC Enterprises to Smith spelling out in detail which "Howdy Doody" rights Smith retains and which NBC retains and how much each pays the other and a hefty January 23 2001 U.S. District Court ruling about the ownership of Smith's original "Howdy Doody" marionette after his death. A great many of these miscellaneous photocopies bear original notes and attached notes from Kean to his attorney. This extensive archive sheds much light on "Howdy Doody" creators' efforts to protect their rights to the show long after it had gone off the air but while use of its characters and music in the popular media without due credit proliferated. In a larger sense the archive highlights the continuing broad cultural impact of this landmark show on American society. It's a rich archive that scholars and historians of the television history will find well worth researching. unknown
1913rif. 368143New York: Association of American Painters and Sculptors 1913. Matted and framed. 21 x 21 inches. Some yellowing to postcards one spot to formal invitation otherwise near fine. Matted and framed. 21 x 21 inches. Rare set of ephemera from the International Exhibition of Modern Art better known as The Armory Show of 1913 including: - Stationary from the organizers of the show: The American Painters and Sculptors New York with Arthur B. Davies Gutzon Borglum Walt Kuhn Elmer L. MacRae listed on the masthead - Invitation to the Formal Opening of the International Exhibition of Modern Art at the Lexington Avenue Armory on February 17 1913 - Invitation to the Press Preview of the International Exhibition of Modern Art on February 16 1913 "Please present this card." - Two lapel buttons using the image of the uprooted pine tree traken from the Massachusetts Revolutionary War era battle flag with the text "The New Spirit" created by Walter Kuhn - Postcard advertising the exhibition with the flag with uprooted tree - Postcard Battleships 1913 by Elmer L. MacRae treasurer of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. Association of American Painters and Sculptors unknown
rif. 02853London: Camden Theater April 30 1972. The Last of the Goon Shows Specially Written by Spike Milligan for the 50th Anniversary of the BBC Three Goons in the Fountain Each One Seeking Fame Sellers Milligan and Secombe Which One Will the Fountain Blame GOON SHOW. SELLERS Peter. MILLIGAN Spike. SECOMBE Harry. The Goon Show One Night Special Reunion. A Collection of Goony Ephemera. London: Camden Theater April 30 1972. "These autographs from The Goons and a number of guest artists were signed for me in my presence at the recording of 'The Last of The Goon Shows' at The Camden Theatre London on Sunday 30th April 1972 at which I was one of the BBC Studio Managers. Signed Michael W. Cowles 1st December 2013." Thus introduced this collection includes an original ticket to the show printed on orange card; the Daily Mail's original story published the following day on May 1 1972; promotional flyer typed on yellow paper; the original BBC Radio 4 Program signed by Peter Sellers Spike Milligan Harry Seacombe writer Eric Sykes performers Max Geldray Ray Ellington Graham Stark film star Michael Caine and two other indecipherable signatures; and significantly a copy of the show's thirty-one page script with rehearsal and recording schedule on blue paper marked up in red and black ink by Michael W. Cowles. The collection beautifully housed in a fleece-lined full black morocco clamshell case spine lettered in gilt. "The Goon Show was a radio comedy show broadcast by the BBC. It changed the face of British comedy and influenced later comedy including Monty Python Eddie Izzard and many more. It was broadcast in the the UK between May 1951 and January 1960. The dignified 'stiff upper lip' attitude still prevailed in the post WWII age but many who lived through the war were more inclined to question the rules and authorities that controlled their lives. Onto this scene burst The Goons with a quick fire irreverent brand of humour that mocked those in establishment and offered a different farcical view of the world. What made The Goon Show different was its attitude. The comedy was edgier than it contemporaries and it used mad characters satire and ground breaking sound effects in a surreal way unlike anything had done before. "The Last Goon Show of All broadcast on 5 October 1972 was a special edition of the famous BBC Radio show The Goon Show commissioned as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the BBC. It was simulcast on radio and television and later released as an audio recording on long-playing record. This in turn has been re-issued in other formats such as compact disc. A video of the television broadcast was also released on VHS and later on DVD although with some omissions. In early October 2007 35 years after the original broadcast a full unedited version was broadcast on BBC 7 the digital radio channel dedicated to re-runs of classic shows." Wikipedia. "Spike Milligan was the creative force and main writer of The Goon Show however he was often assisted by a co-writers such as Larry Stephens or Eric Sykes. Occasionally if Milligan was unable to writer the show others would script entire show. There were originally four main cast members: Spike Milligan Peter Sellers Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine. Spike Milligan would later be considered by many to be "The grandfather of modern British comedy" due to his work on The Goon Show and subsequent comedies. Peter Sellers would go on to become a world famous comic actor best known for playing Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies. Harry Secombe remained a well loved singer and entertainer throughout his career. Michael Bentine left the group after only a few series and before the show reached it's peak of success" Goon Show website. London: Camden Theater, April 30, 1972 unknown books
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1851rif. 69591London: William Spooner 1851. PEEP SHOW. London: William Spooner 9 August 1851. Ten hand-colored lithograph panels including the front and back panel. Eight panels with cut outs 6 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches; 155 x 190 mm. Joined together by cloth bellows. The first panel with a peep hole. Measures approximately 27 inches when opened. In the original decorated paper board slipcase with hand-colored lithographed label pasted on front. Some soiling to front and back panels and slipcase. Minor discoloration to cloth. Light foxing to margins of panels. Overall a very good example in the rare original slipcase. The back of the final panel reads "This faithful and interesting View is taken from the Transept near the "Crystal Fountain" and embraces the whole length of the Foreign Nave or Eastern end of the Exhibition. The most striking objects which present themselves to the spectator along the centre nave are: 1. THE PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY painted on Sèvres China. 2. THE KOH-I-NOOR DIAMOND in its Gilt Cage. 3. THE COLOSSAL STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA cast in Zine. 4. THE BRONZE FOUNTAIN by André Val of d'Osne. 5. THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL OVERTHROWING SATAN. 6. THE COLOSSAL STATUE OF GODFREY DE BOUILLON. 7. KISS'S AMAZON AND TIGER. 8. THE BAVARIAN LION. 9. THE GREEK SLAVE. The View is terminated by the United States' Compartment with the trophy of articles in vulcanized indian-rubber erected upon the model of a suspension-truss-bridge. Under the Star-spangled banner and Eagle of America which float on high at the extreme end of the building is placed Gray and Davison's splendid organ." HBS 69591. $2250. William Spooner unknown
1920rif. 48854Newport Ky.: The Donaldson Litho. Co. ca. 1920. Swain's Wild West Show An attractive poster advertising one of W.I. Swain's popular touring western shows this one featuring Jesse James who in this portrayal has an African-American as a member of his gang. The illustration shows three men on the right edge with their hands held high while a fourth man next to them weakly drops his gun. On the left side a cocky man in a white shirt presumably James points a six shooter at the men across the room while a blonde woman in a red dress stands with one foot on a chair and the other on a desk also pointing guns at the men. Anomalously in the center of the image through a window a Black man in a red shirt also points two guns at the men on the right while inside the room a Black woman kneels and pleads with the man in the window. Colonel W.I. Swain was one of the most successful tent showmen in the South. He often toured a minstrel show putting on a different performance every night for a week. The shows were continued by Swain's son Kennedy well into the 1940s. Several tears at edges two of them significantly affecting the image. Some chipping and loss along top left and lower right edges also a bit in top right corner. Still a striking image. Good plus. unknown
1984rif. 3117320Hollywood: Sid and Marty Kroft Productions. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Bradbound sheets. First edition. Original script SIGNED by Richard Pryor on front cover. Near fine in bradbound blue and white colored sheets with pink covers. Sticker ghost at head of front cover. 61pp. 8 1/2" X 11" An episode from Pryor's television seriea "Pryor's Place." Due largely to his style and content Pryor's work ranks at the top of Black humorists of his era. Scripts signed from his short lived series are scarce. ; 8 1/2" x 11"; 61 pages . Sid and Marty Kroft Productions unknown
2006rif. 50302Carefree AZ: Cody Old West Show & Auction. New. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - 585 lots many color illustrations. Among the items offered: Western-themed posters Molesworth furniture & the Douglas & Mary Kenyon collection of L. A. Huffman photography and art. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2006. Cody Old West Show & Auction unknown
1920rif. WRCAM48854Newport Ky.: The Donaldson Litho. Co. 1920. Chromolithographic poster 27 1/2 x 41 3/4 inches. Several tears at edges two of them significantly affecting the image. Some chipping and loss along top left and lower right edges also a bit in top right corner. Still a striking image. Good plus. An attractive poster advertising one of W.I. Swain's popular touring western shows this one featuring Jesse James who in this portrayal has an African-American as a member of his gang. The illustration shows three men on the right edge with their hands held high while a fourth man next to them weakly drops his gun. On the left side a cocky man in a white shirt presumably James points a six shooter at the men across the room while a blonde woman in a red dress stands with one foot on a chair and the other on a desk also pointing guns at the men. Anomalously in the center of the image through a window a black man in a red shirt also points two guns at the men on the right while inside the room a black woman kneels and pleads with the man in the window. Colonel W.I. Swain was one of the most successful tent showmen in the South. He often toured a minstrel show putting on a different performance every night for a week. The shows were continued by Swain's son Kennedy well into the 1940s. The Donaldson Litho. Co. unknown books
1896rif. 69596Germany 1896. PEEP SHOW. Germany: 1896. Six lithograph panels including front and back panel. All panels with cut outs. The front pictorial panel with peep hole and back board with cut-out covered by orange tissue paper. 6 x 4 3/4 inches; 154 x 120 mm. Joined together by onion-skin bellows. Measures approximately 16 inches when opened. Some minor soiling and rubbing to boards. Paper bellows with some toning and dampstaining. A few small tears to bellows. Images very bright. Overall a very nice example. This peepshow features the interior of the main building of the Berlin Trade Exhibition showcasing foods and luxury goods statues home furnishings artworks and clothing. On the outside of back board images of various buildings in Berlin including the Department of Fisheries Department of Gas and Water Department for Food and Luxury Goods Department of Chemistry Main Restaurant and School Building. HBS 69596. $1500. Germany unknown
rif. 3284721974. framed. near fine. Signed and framed color publicity photograph from the cast of M.A.S.H of the of one of the most popular shows in American television history. Signatures include Alan Alda Loretta Swit Larry Linville McLean Stevenson Wayne Rogers William Christopher Gary Burghoff and Jamie Farr. MASH was an American war comedy drama television series that aired on CBS from September 17 1972 to February 28 1983. It was developed by Larry Gelbart as the first original spin-off series adapted from the 1970 film of the same name which in turn was based on Richard Hooker's 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The series produced by 20th Century-Fox Television follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" in Uijeongbu South Korea during the Korean War 1950 - 1953. unknown
1851rif. 69592London: Published by C. Lane 1851. PEEP SHOW. Lane's Telescopic View of the Great Exhibition 1851.C. Lane: London June 3rd. 1851. Ten hand-colored lithograph panels nine with cut outs by T.J. Rawlins 6 1/4 x 7 inches; 160 x 175 mm. Joined together by linen bellows. The first panel with a magnifying glass peep hole. Measures approximately 25 inches when opened. In the original decorated paper board slipcase with hand-colored lithographed label pasted on front. Some soiling to first panel and slipcase minor discoloration to cloth. Toy seller sticker on slipcase. Overall a very good example in the rare original slipcase. HBS 69592. $1250. Published by C. Lane unknown
1894rif. 69595Germany 1894. PEEP SHOW. repeated in French and German. Germany: n.d.c.a.1854. Six hand-colored lithograph panels including front and back panel. Four panels with cut outs. The front pictorial panel with peep hole. 7 x 8 3/4 inches; 180 x 223 mm. Joined together by paper bellows. Measures approximately 21 inches when opened. Front panel with hand-colored lithographed label pasted on front. Some minor soiling and rubbing to boards. Paper bellows with some foxing. A few small repair to bellows. Hand-coloring very bright. Overall a very nice example. This peepshow features the interior of the Crystal Palace in London showcasing tapestries vases statues and the crystal fountain. HBS 69595. $1100. Germany unknown
1914rif. 48868San Francisco: Francis-Valentine Co. Show Printers n. d. ca 1914. 1914. Broadside/Poster 21" x 28" boldy printed in black on thin tanned paper. Some rippling and creasing from poor storage a few chips at margins and one corner two small archival repairs to closed tears on verso but overall still a very good example of this delicate item. A rare poster promoting a screening of early documentary film footage of the Mexican Revolution in progress. No filmmaker or production company is credited. The reference to "Mexico's new ruler General Carranza" suggests a date of 1914 and indeed we located a newspaper reference to a screening in Bakersfield California in September of that year as well as one in Tucson in 1915. American interest in the political upheavals of its southern neighbor was considerable. Although no battle footage is promised recent moving pictures of warships in Vera Cruz harbor and soldiers moving artillery in the field would have offered a novel opportunity for Americans to go beyond the newspaper page to understand historic events as they unfolded. The Tucson showing of this film was even accompanied by a "free exhibit of saddles rifles and sombreros and relics from the battle field." Very good bright broadside. Francis-Valentine Co., Show Printers, n. d. [ca 1914]. unknown
rif. 8606DBo.J. Johann Georg Bergmüller, geboren 1688 in Turkheim, gestorben 1762 in Augsburg.
1998rif. 13896JNew York: St. Martin’s Press 1998. First Edition. Signed by the author Chris Mann to actor Don Knotts one of the stars of the classic television comedy “Three’s Company.” With Don Knott’s ownership signature and inscribed by Mann: “For Don Knotts My sincere thanks to you for interviewing for this book. You gave me so many laughs in playing ‘Mr. Furley’ and it was a big honor to get to meet you and include your happy memories & great stories for all the world’s ‘Three’s Company’ fans to enjoy. ‘Mr. Furley” was a one-of-a-kind classic - just like Don Knotts! Best Chris Mann.” Oversize paperbound. The terrific 312 page history and guide to the show extensively illustrated illustrated and with excellent interviews. Very fine fresh copy. St. Martin’s Press unknown books
2023rif. CBS-9781032064116Taylor & Francis Np ExclusiveCbs 2023. New. Taylor & Francis Np Exclusive(Cbs) unknown
2023rif. CBS-9781032064116Taylor & Francis Np ExclusiveCbs 2023. New. Taylor & Francis Np Exclusive(Cbs) unknown
1937rif. 43507Pariz Paris: Komitet tsu fareybikn dem ondenk fun Yissakhar-Ber Ribak 1937. with no dust jacket. 1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrapper dust jacket 4to large 93 pages 1 large frontis photo of Rybak 32 unnumbered leaves of plates 1 in color. 34 cm. "This edition is printed in 350 numbered copies from number 101 to 450 on Navar Paper." This copy is stamped "Copy No. blank" This suggests that it is either a - Publisher's Copy kept by the publisher for archives legal registration or promotional use. - Author's or Editor's Copy given to the creator editor or major contributors of the book. - Review Copy handed out to reviewers or VIPs before or during launch. or - Replacement or Proof Copy sed to replace a damaged copy from the main numbered stack during production. In Yiddish. Title translates as "Issachar Ber Rybak: His Life and Creativity." Published by the Committee for the Commemoration of the Memory of Issachar Ber Ribak A retrospective catalog featuring 32 reproductions of his works from the Wildenstein exhibition released shortly after the untimely death of Issachar Ryback and dedicated to the life and work of the artist. Born in 1897 Ryback emerged as a central figure within the Russian Jewish modernist movement.Born in Elisavetgrad he studied at the Kyiv Art College and the studio of A. Murashko from 1911 to 1916. There he worked alongside other notable artists like Nisson Shifrin Baruch Boris Aronson Alexander Tyshler and Mark Epstein. Ryback's early work focused on documenting Jewish heritage including painting wooden synagogues carved tombstones and objects from Jewish folk culture. His association with Jewish traditions remained central to his art throughout his life. In the late teens Ryback studied cubo-futurism at the studios of Alexandra Exter and Alexander Bogomazov. By 1918-1919 he was teaching at the Jewish Cultural League in Kyiv. He also worked with its Kaunas branch a few years later. In 1921 Ryback moved to Berlin where he joined the expressionist group 'Novembergruppe' and exhibited with the Berlin Secession. There he worked alongside artists like Natan Altman and Joseph Chaikov collaborating with Jewish writers. He designed children's books in Yiddish for Jewish publishers using a neo-primitivist style inspired by Jewish folk art. In 1926 he moved to Paris but died there just one day before the opening of his first major retrospective in 1935. Curated by Daniel Leopold Wildenstein the renowned art dealer collector and scholar this exhibition was to have marked the artist's long-awaited moment of recognition on the international stage. Instead Ryback passed away at the height of his artistic promise as a leader in the cultural resurgence of Jewish art. This paperbound version includes the dramatic cover art lacking on the simple cloth-bound edition. OCLC: 28076612 Dampstains to outer margins of first 18 leaves or so Jewish institutional bookplate and blindstamps with number stamped on margins of 2 pages. Edge tear to frontis and one plate extending just to the edge of the image. Spine rebacked dust jacket repaired at spine but nice Good Condition in clamshell case. Attractive B YID-47-8A-FLEXV-'ccgg. Pariz [Paris]: Komitet tsu fareybikn dem ondenk fun Yissakhar-Ber Ribak unknown
rif. 12871JThis 8” x 10” photograph shows Jackie Gleason Art Carney Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph dressed in their roles from The Honeymooners television series leaning out from the windows of a bus with Jackie Gleason in his Ralph Kramden bus uniform driving the bus. Each of the the four stars has signed the photograph. Fine condition. unknown
1961rif. 31011New York: Leo Castelli Gallery 1961. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good . Large folded single sheet. A poster for the 8 December 1961 - 10 January 1962 group exhibition at Castelli Gallery. Folded twice for mailing else a bright clean very good or better example. Couple of small age blemishes to paper but very nice overall. The poster measures 20 1/4" tall x 17" wide. Postal date stamp of December 16 1961 on verso along with typed recipient's name. Leo Castelli Gallery unknown books
rif. 12871JThis 8” x 10” photograph shows Jackie Gleason Art Carney Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph dressed in their roles from The Honeymooners television series leaning out from the windows of a bus with Jackie Gleason in his Ralph Kramden bus uniform driving the bus. Each of the the four stars has signed the photograph. Fine condition. unknown books
19717 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and facsimiles throughout, and pictorial endpapers; original cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean extended set in dustwrapper. The Goon's extended autobiography comprises Vol. I: Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall (1971); Vol. II: Rommel. Gunner Who? A Confrontation in the Desert. Edited by Jack Hobbs (1974); Vol. III: Monty. His Part in my Victory. Edited by Jack Hobbs (1976); Vol. IV: Mussolini. His Part in my Downfall. Edited by Jack Hobbs (1978); Vol. V: Where have all the Bullets gone? (1985); Vol. VI: Goodbye Soldier (1986); Peace Work (1991). The original WWII autobiography was extended with the addition of the final volume in 1991. COMPLETE SETS OF FIRST EDITIONS ARE SCARCE.
rif. 2082402113501747Shio bun-sha N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: books Shio bun-sha paperback
rif. 3773Boonton NJ: Frank Wendt. Original Photograph. Lot X 5 Original early 20th Century Cabinet Cards. Cards feature Rip Van Winkle and daughter Meenie Little Margurite the "Baton Girls" Anna Eising & Pearl Irving SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON BACK. Some spotting and wear. An attractive lot overall. Frank Wendt unknown
