1963Best.-Nr. 17598ENew York: The New York Times 1963. First Edition. Laid in is a 5” x 3” card signed by the author / actor Zero Mostel. Printed in a limited quantity by the New York Times on the occasion of the 1963 New York Book Fair with “Published by The New York Times for the fun of it and dedicated to the American Bookseller June l963." as part of the text. Illustrated with black & white photographs by Robert Frank. With decorative endpapers and a small black & white photo of Zero Mostel on the front free endpaper. Faint hint of dust soiling to the cloth else fine. A delightful book of black and white photographs of the comic genius actor and entertainer Zero Mostel reading various books. From the introductory text: “Well anyway what Zero Mostel has to say about books Robert Frank has caught with his camera. The result we think is eloquent and amusing. We hope you like it.” A sweet portrayal of Zero Mostel best known for his films The Producers and A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum and for his legendary award winning portrayal on Broadway in the role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Rare autograph. The New York Times hardcover

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Original Signed Black & White Photograph of Zero Mostel from His Film ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’

Best.-Nr. 18543E8” x 10”. Original signed black & white photograph of Zero Mostel as his character Pseudolus from the film ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ adapted from the Stephen Sondheim Tony Award winning Broadway musical play for which Mr. Mostel won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Fine condition. The photo is a candid portrait of Mr. Mostel in his toga and headband with a delightful smiling expression on his face. Zero Mostel is best known for his films ‘The Producers’ ‘A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum’ and for his legendary award winning portrayal on Broadway in the role of Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ Rare autograph. 8” x 10” unknown

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Ode to King Arthur

1908Best.-Nr. 509035Dublin: The University Press 1908. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 15pp. Tan pictorial wrappers printed in red. Moderate soiling and light creasing on covers else a very good copy of a scarce pamphlet. OCLC locates two copies. In his preface the anonymous poet states: "I offer you this little book having first received your sixpence in the hope that the soulful pathos of its lines may touch your conscience and lead you to own up. The joke has gone quite far enough: and as some one must have the Slipper it would be a much better game to hand out and stop the hunt-- a game at which Irishmen are au fait to which so-called Irishment submit Yours gently Zero. Badly-Had Street Dublin. (The University Press) unknown

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CAPTAIN ZERO November, 1949 (Volume 1, No 1)Biblio.com

CAPTAIN ZERO

1949Best.-Nr. 19458Kokomo IN: Recreational Reading Inc. 1949. A fine copy. 19458. Octavo single issue cover by DeSoto pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. First issue of this short lived magazine. From midnight to dawn Captain Zero becomes invisible. This magazine ".was the final new single-character publication to feature a mystery figure battling for justice." - Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 83-87. "City of Deadly Sleep" by G.T. Fleming-Roberts. Recreational Reading, Inc. unknown

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zero alla galleria appia antica 24 October-4 November 1959

Best.-Nr. 11131Nine black & white full-page illus. 24 pp. 8vo screen-printed wrappers staple-bound. Rome: Galleria Appia Antica 1959. Rare catalogue for one of the earliest ZERO group exhibitions organized by gallerist Hans Sonnenberg 1928-2017. Three shows took place under his direction this one in Rome and the others in Rotterdam and Antwerp. The Düsseldorf ZERO artists Heinz Mack Otto Piene and Günther Uecker demanded Sonnenberg give up the name and he cheekily acquiesced by changing the name of his gallery in The Hague from ZERO to Orez. In Rome Sonnenberg presented drawings silkscreens collages and lithographs by Kees van Bohemen Karl Fred Dahmen Piero Manzoni Wim Motz Ian J. Pieters Joop Sanders Jan Schoonhoven Emil Schumacher Shinkichi Tajiri and Jaap Wagemaker. Each artist is provided two pages in the catalogue one with a full-page illustration of their work and the facing page information on where they were born and currently live. Sonnenberg is recorded as the “manager” on the final page. Near fine; small scuffs to the wrappers. WorldCat records two copies in North American libraries as of October 2025. unknown

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Portrait photograph of Zero Mostel as Leopold Bloom in "Ulysses in Nightown

1958Best.-Nr. 219094New York 1958. Full length. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.7 x 23 cm. Approximately 13-1/4 x 9 inches. Fine. Atelier stamp on verso and docketed by Van Vechten in ink giving the subject of the photograph "Zero Mostel as Leopold Bloom in Ulysses in Nightown" the date and the number of negative and print "IV qq 15". Full length. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.7 x 23 cm. Approximately 13-1/4 x 9 inches. Burgess Meredith's production in 1958 marked a comeback for one of America's greatest comedians. Mostel whose career had been stalled by his McArthur-era blacklisting made a triumphant return to the stage as Bloom. unknown

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Portrait photograph of Zero Mostel as Leopold Bloom in "Ulysses in Nightown

1958Best.-Nr. 219095New York 1958. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half length portrait of the comedian in costume. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.5 x 23.7 cm. Approximately 13-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches. Fine.Atelier stamp on verso and docketed in ink giving the subject of the photograph "Zero Mostel as Leopold Bloom in Ulysses in Nightown" the date and the number of negative and print "IV qq 7". Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half length portrait of the comedian in costume. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.5 x 23.7 cm. Approximately 13-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches. Burgess Meredith's production in 1958 marked a comeback for one of America's greatest comedians. Mostel whose career had been stalled by his McArthur-era blacklisting made a triumphant return to the stage as Bloom. unknown

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children's book

Best.-Nr. 2081502111907647Culture publishing company N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: Hardcover Culture publishing company paperback

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Motion in Vision / Vision in Motion.

1959Best.-Nr. 48782Antwerp.: Hessenhuis Anvers. 1959. Original stapled paper covers half-sized front cover showing the aluminated plate by Heinz Mack as published. Slight creasing to cover otherwise a very good copy. Square 4to. 212 x 214 mm. Introduction in Dutch and French by Marc Cammewaert curator of the show. Text in French by Bathazar on Bury. The very early and rare document on the Zero Group and New Realism together with the invitation to the vernissage. This legendary exhibition was held at the Hessenhuis Antwerp March 21 - May 3 1959 the vernissage was on 21st March.Contributing artists were Breer Pol Bury Yves Klein Heinz Mack Mari Bruno Munari Necker Dieter Rot Soto Daniel Spoerri Jean Tinguely and Van Hoeydonck.The catalogue contains 2 black and white reproductions of works by Mack; Otto Piene - text in German French English and 1 reproduction of the work 'reines Licht' Pure Light; Pol Bury - two lacerated blank plates; Dieter Rot - 'Carré dépliable' Unfoldable Square originally published in No.2 of the Spoerri's artist magazine 'Material'; Emmett Williams - 'Progression' folding sheet poem to be published in the forthcoming issue No.3 of 'Material'; P. Van Hoeydonck - a text by Maurits Blicke. Tinguely's contribution is the reproduction of his manifesto 'Für Statik' For Statics which he had dropped just a week before the opening of this show March 14th from an airplane on Düsseldorf Germany. Hessenhuis Anvers. unknown