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1977réf. 421364Philadelphi: The Shubert Organization 1977. Softcover. Fine. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Touch of light wear else fine. Playbill for the first preview performance of Arnold Wesker's play The Merchant in Philadelphia at the Forrest Theatre in September 1977. The play director by Tony Award-winner John Dexter starred Zero Mostel in a reinterpretation of Shylock from Shakespeare. Tragically Mostel became ill and died after just one preview performance in Philadelphia. He was replaced by his understudy but the production struggled to recover and was canceled just a week after its New York premiere. Few playbill from this short-run production were produced and even less from the unfortunate Philadelphia preview. Rare. OCLC locates not copies. The Shubert Organization unknown
1965réf. 017148New York: Horizon Press 1965. This is a fine hardcover copy without dust jacket with a very good hardshell slipcase. This is the signed and limited edition of 250 signed and numbered copies. The signed lithograph is loose and laid in. Illustrated in black & white with Max Waldman's photographs of Zero Mostel. 12" high X 9" wide. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Artist. Limited Edition 250 Copies. Hard Cover. Fine. Horizon Press Hardcover
2004réf. 045230Tokyo: Codex Images. English language and Kanji Japanese language. A fine set in fine jackets but the official mathcing slipcase shows wear and looks used. Size: 4tos - over 9¾" - 12" Tall . Fine. Hardcovers. 2004. Codex Images hardcover
réf. GOR002647838Paperback. Very Good. paperback
1935réf. 543G1830London: George Newnes. Good. 1935. First Edition. Paperback. Pages 1-84 plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: Through the Shan States - part 2; The King's Ju-Ju; Phases of Life - Fire-Walking in Java Gomez the Killer The Queensland "Mounted"; A "Side-Show" in Borneo; The Queer Side of Things - What the Palmist Foretold; Our Japanese Burglar; The Pickle-Bottle; A Papuan Interlude; Seven Days' Bad Luck; Man and His Needs; Stamps of the World. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Men April 1935 No. 445 Vol. 75 Through the Shan States - part 2; The King's Ju-Ju; Phases of Life - Fire-Walking in Java Gomez the Killer The Queensland "Mounted"; A "Side-Show" in Borneo; The Queer Side of Things - . George Newnes paperback
1965réf. 014022Horizon Press 1965. Book. Fine. Cloth in Box. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Limited Edition 1/250 Signed Copies #46 Fine Copy In Like Fine Slipcase Beautiful Copy. Horizon Press Hardcover
1965réf. 313835NY: HORIZON. 1965. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Zero Mostel to Hollywood producer David Chasman in year of publication on the front endpaper. About fine in a very good or better dj. 2 small chips at head of spine & adjacent front panel of dj. Hint of shelf soiling to dj. Scarce inscribed by the versatile actor and notable victim of the Hollywood Black List. LR . HORIZON. unknown
1963réf. 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
1966réf. 158727London: Woodfall Films 1966. Shooting Script for the 1967 British short film. Two annotations in manuscript ink: one on the title page noting copy No. 11 and one on page eight noting a deletion. Clad in an ornate and eye-catching costume an opera singer must make his way through a succession of busy city streets in order to arrive on time for his performance. Originally commissioned by producer Oscar Lewenstein as one third of a planned anthology film titled "Red White and Zero." OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows no holdings. Tall red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 17.3.66 noted as Shooting Script with credit for director and screenwriter Peter Brook. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Woodfall Films unknown
réf. 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
1908réf. 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
1949réf. 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
1969réf. 152375N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1969 film showing Kim Novak topless mid-costume change aided by two wardrobe ladies. Based on the 1961 novel. A genre-bending film combining heist comedy and Western genres in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
réf. 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
1958réf. 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
1958réf. 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
réf. 22098Near Fine. THE ZERO MOSTEL CONDOLENCE ARCHIVE SEPTEMBER 1977-APRIL 1978 THE DEATH OF TEVYE: THE PRIVATE CONDOLENCE ARCHIVE OF HORIZON PRESS PUBLISHER BEN RAEBURN. A profoundly intimate self-contained manuscript and ephemera archive documenting the immediate shock private grief and permanent institutional legacy following the sudden death of theatrical legend Zero Mostel on September 8 1977. PRESERVED BY A FRIEND. Comprising 10 pieces of correspondence/legal papers plus a memorial program preserved in the private files of Mostel's closest friend and publisher Ben Raeburn of Horizon Press the collection bridges the gap between the post-war New York artistic avant-garde and the formal establishment of Mostel's public memory. A COMMUNITY IN MOURNING. The archive features deeply personal correspondence from photography titan Aaron Siskind poets and publishers Coburn Britton and Stanley Moss philosopher James K. Feibleman intellectual critic Manny Geltman author Morris Lurie and music editor Rose N. Rubin. Crucially the collection includes the private legal files of Mostel's personal attorney Harold Cande mapping out the behind-the-scenes funding and design of the permanent Zero Mostel Study Carrels at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Library. FROM LOSS TO LEGACY. The archive culminates in the rare unmailed official program for the first-anniversary retrospective at Lincoln Center featuring cover art by Al Hirschfeld. An irreplaceable primary research assemblage documenting the final earthly footprint of a mid-century cultural icon. KEY FEATURES GRIEF FROM PARIS: Original postcard sent from Paris by legendary photographer Aaron Siskind signed 'Aan' dated September 11 1977 balancing professional obligations with heavy personal grief. VOICES OF A CREATIVE CIRCLE: Highly expressive urgent condolence letters from major independent publishing and literary figures including Coburn Britton on 'PROSE' letterhead philosopher James K. Feibleman poet Stanley Moss Australian author Morris Lurie and 'Dissent' editor Manny Geltman. AN INTIMATE VOICE: A rare emotionally raw handwritten note from prominent music editor and folk song authority Rose N. Rubin speaking directly to the internal family dynamic of the estate. FROM PRIVATE LOSS TO PUBLIC MEMORY: Three detailed legal documents from Brooklyn Counselor Harold Cande and Yeshiva University outlining a $10000 memorial library tribute funded in Mostel's honor. THE CULMINATION The official four-page Lincoln Center exhibition invitation from September 1978 complete with Al Hirschfeld's definitive caricature of Mostel as Tevye. SPECS: 11 distinct archival items including 1 postcard 6 letters handwritten and typed 1 legal carbon copy and 1 exhibition program. Sizes vary from standard postcard dimensions to 8.5 x 11 inches. Provenance: Retained intact within the private estate files of Horizon Press founder Ben Raeburn and Pat Pearcy. CONDITION Memorial Announcement: The card block is crisp structurally sound and entirely free of postal cancellations or addresses. Shows light uniform hand-soiling throughout the pale-green cardstock. While typically a detraction within the context of this specific provenance this gentle patination strongly suggests intimate repeated handling by Raeburn in the years following his friend's passing-a moving physical testament to a lifelong association. Letters and Notes: Some were folded for mailing. All remain in fine to near fine condition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE : THE PRIVATE RECORD - While the public record documents Zero Mostel as a towering mercurial force of the American stage this private archive captures the immediate unvarnished shock of his sudden passing within the elite nucleus of the post-war New York avant-garde. Horizon Press under the visionary direction of publisher Ben Raeburn served as a vital sanctuary for mid-century modernism fostering deep cross-disciplinary alliances between theatrical icons abstract photographers independent poets and political critics. MEMORY BECOMES LEGACY. This collection is far more than a repository of grief; it is a primary document charting how a close-knit artistic community mobilized to transform raw loss into permanent legacy-moving from intimate private condolences to formal legal advocacy and ultimately to public institutional commemoration at Lincoln Center. Preserved intact within Raeburn's estate files it stands as an irreplaceable testament to the profound unspoken bonds that underwrote twentieth-century American cultural history. SCHOLARLY FEATURES PRIVATE VOICES: Offers unedited raw insights into how the post-war Manhattan intellectual crowd experienced a sudden monumental loss. AN INTACT PUBLISHER'S FILE: Represents a cohesive unculled sub-file from an elite independent publisher's estate guaranteeing authentic historical context. SUBJECTS: Zero Mostel Ben Raeburn Horizon Press Aaron Siskind Al Hirschfeld Performing Arts History New York Publishing History Mid-Century Intellectuals. GENRES: Archival Collections Correspondence Ephemera Memorial Programs. FULL ANALYTICAL OVERVIEW TRANSCRIPTIONS with IMAGES Available via PDF HERE unknown
réf. 2081502111907647Culture publishing company N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: Hardcover Culture publishing company paperback
1959réf. 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
