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1967ref. 152491Paris: Pier Luigi 1967. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of director Roger Vadim actor Honey Autumm a crewmember and an extra from the set of the 1968 film. Shot by still photographer Emilio Lari with his stamp on the verso as well cropping annotations in holograph pencil and stamps reading "Noir & Blanc" "APIS-PARIS." Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest and published in the French magazine V in 1962 and 1964. Likely the campiest space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. Set in outer space and shot in Rome. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Pier Luigi unknown books
1968ref. 152013N.p.: Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Mario Bava John Phillip Law and Marisa Mell on the set of the 1968 film. "A.L.A. Fotocine" stamp on verso. Based on the popular Italian comic strip "Diabolik" created in 1962 by Italian sisters Angela and Luciana Giussani. Remade as the internationally produced animated television series "Diabolik" a huge hit in Europe which aired in 1997 and 1998. Set in Europe in the swinging 1960s the acrobatic leather-clad masked thief and killer Diabolik Law and his leggy wig-wearing girlfriend Eva Kant Mell swindle and murder millionaires and billionaires for their own financial gain and amusement. 10.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica unknown books
1966ref. 151104N.p.: N.p. 1966. Two vintage reference photographs of Monica Vitti from the 1966 film. One with cropping annotations in holograph red and graphite pencil and "Modesty Blasie" stamp on verso. Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Italy Netherlands and England. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and some creasing to far corners else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 151220N.p.: N.p. 1966. Collection of eight vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage studio still photograph from the 1966 film. Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location throughout Italy the Netherlands and England. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned to the edges. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 150474N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vntage borderless double weight reference photograph of Jane Fonda and Roger Vadim on the set of the 1968 film. Photographer Alfonso Avincola stamp on verso. Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest and published in the French magazine V in 1962 and 1964. Jane Fonda's classic role in "Barbarella" an adult SciFi Alice in an out-of-this-world Wonderland remains likely the most campy space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and is now so iconic that it has taken Fonda decades to live down the role. "Barbarella" has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. Set in outer space and shot in Rome. 8 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 147630Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1982. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. Based on the popular Broadway musical which was based on Harold Gray's popular comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" with music by Charles Stouse lyrics by Martin Charnin and book by Thomas Meehan. Directed by John Huston the only musical in his 40-year directing career and featuring a blockbuster cast including Albert Finney Carol Burnett Tim Curry Bernadette Peters Edward Hermann and Ann Reinking "Annie" received mixed reviews and only grossed $57 million on a $50 million budget. A television sequel "Annie: A Royal Adventure!" was released in 1995 Disney and Columbia Pictures made a television version in 1999 and Columbia would release another film adaptation in 2014. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1965ref. UBEDHIS00HMRPenguin 1965. Good. Bede. A History of the English Church and People. Baltimore: Penguin 1965. 341pp. Small 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with stains and bumped corners. Penguin paperback books
2002ref. UGRIRET00CGMTemplegate 2002. Very Good. Griffiths Bede. Return to the Center. Springfield Illinois: Templegate 2002. 154pp. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with small ink spot on top edge that has bled into pages. Text unaffected. Templegate paperback books
1965ref. 144421Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage borderless press photograph of Monica Vitti from the 1966 film. With holograph annotations and agency stamps on the verso. Based on an original comic strip by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway. O'Donnell wrote an original screenplay for the film although much of it was never used and he novelized the film the same year it was released. One of the key "mod London" films of the 1960s directed in blazing saturated color by Joseph Losey the closest he would come to popular entertainment starring Monica Vitti in the sexy title role her first English-speaking role joined by Dirk Bogarde and Terence Stamp. Shot on location in Italy Netherlands and England. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966ref. 144371Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage photograph of a modest Monica Vitti from the 1966 film. With holograph annotations in pencil on the verso. Based on an original comic strip by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway. O'Donnell wrote an original screenplay for the film although much of it was never used and he novelized the film the same year it was released. One of the key "mod London" films of the 1960s directed in blazing saturated color by Joseph Losey the closest he would come to popular entertainment starring Monica Vitti in the sexy title role her first English-speaking role joined by Dirk Bogarde and Terence Stamp. Shot on location in Italy Netherlands and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965ref. USANNEP00AFAsia Publishing House 1965. Very Good. Sanwal B.D. Nepal and the East India Company. Bombay: Asia Publishing House 1965. 347pp. Indexed. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on backstrip. Book condition: Very good with faint soiling of the covers. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with slightly chipped and rubbed edges. A few short closed tears and tiny losses. Price clipped. Asia Publishing House hardcover books
1961ref. 143998Paris: Gaumont 1961. Original program for the 1961 French film here under the original French title. Illustrated in red black and white and stills from the film with laid-in synopsis sheets featuring the "Fenouillard" family and oversize umbrella illustration on the rectos. Based on the 19th century French comic by Marie Louis Georges Colomb Christophe one of the earliest in the country's history. Leocadie Fenouillard Desmarets and her family travel to France to visit the Eiffel Tower but end up on a boat headed for Brazil. They escape being eating by cannibals and sail to somewhere in the Arctic where they take refuge in an igloo. Their adventures take them to Japan where they imitate geishas and finally through Africa's riverbanks until they return home all without once seeing the Eiffel Tower. Program 9.25 x 12 inches saddle-stapled 4 leaves with 2 loose sheets slightly smaller. Very Good plus with light foxing and a few short creases. Gaumont unknown books
1855ref. 1448131855. BEDE Cuthbert. Photographic Pleasures: Popularly Portrayed with Pen and Pencil. 52 pp. Illustrated with 23 etched plates. 8vo. 160 x 100 mm bound in original illustrated cloth-backed boards. London: Day and Son 1863. Cuthbert Bede was the pen name of Edward Bradley. This is a reissue of the first humorous treatment of the new art and craft of photography to be published in England. To the readers of its day it offered an up-to-the-minute commentary on the fads and foibles trials and tribulations of the photographic enthusiast. Piece missing from illustration on rear cover a repeat of the front cover. Some internal staining but still an exceptional copy of this fascinating book. hardcover books
1835ref. WRCAM41291Boston: Published by Charles Ellms 1835. 48pp. including numerous illustrations. Stitched as issued. Tanning light foxing. Very good. Untrimmed and partially unopened. A collection of numerous witticisms anecdotes and a comical tale taking place in London. Very heavily illustrated with woodcuts of a humorous nature. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 31085. DRAKE 4102. Published by Charles Ellms unknown books
1993ref. 140239Hong Kong: Golden Harvest 1993. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1993 film. Jackie Chan is a goofy self-indulgent private investigator in Wong Jing's 1993 film based on a Japanese manga of the same name. Shot on location in Hong Kong. 20 x 30 inches. Near Fine. Golden Harvest unknown books
1973ref. 25630Garden City: Amphoto. 1973. Facsimile; First Printing. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of this 1855 work illustrated with humorous engravings. Fine in very good dust jacket with wear at head of spine.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 83 pp . Amphoto hardcover books
1824ref. 007948Printed for Thomas Tegg 73 Cheapside 1824. Four volumes bound in contemporary vellum backs with gilt tooled decorations in four compartments morocco labels lettered in gilt gray end papers. Frontispiece of the author in Volume I. Very Good bookplate of Tobias Smollett scholar Lewis Mansfield Knapp Vol. I paste down and name in ink front end page dated 1861 vellum soiled small notation in ink title page Vol. I labels Vols. I - III rubbed. A handsome and quite sturdily bound set. . New Edition Carefully Revised . Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73 Cheapside Hardcover books
1938ref. 47740New York: Harper. Very Good. 1938. Hardcover. NY: Harper 1938. Stated first printing. 236 pages hardbound. VG with one small ex-owner stamp and light wear to the top of the front board. . Harper hardcover books
1985ref. 101128DC Comics Inc 1985. 16 x 10 inches. Fine. 16 x 10 inches. Comic Synopsis: Amazo escapes from Superman's Arctic Fortress of Solitude and appears in the Yukon town of St. Jude where he absorbs the being and personality of a bitter former prospector named "Slick" Jake MacGregor. The man's hatred for the town whose inhabitants he holds responsible for his lack of success causes him to use his new powers to wipe out all but six of its people. Meanwhile Aquaman has left Detroit to find Mera while Hank finally asks Paco if he can date his sister. Vibe adopts a new costume and J'onn J'onzz brings news of Amazo's northern rampage whereupon the team departs for the Yukon timberland to seek out the android menace. The Martian Manhunter takes charge in Aquaman's absence and sends the team searching in different directions. He and Dale Gunn are then the first to be attacked by Amazo. "Justice League Vol 1 Issue 241." DC Database. N.p. n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Page Synopsis: Aquaman witnessed romance in the town of New Venice. He more determined than ever plunges into the ocean in search of his love Mera. DC Comics Inc unknown books
1983ref. 101104DC Comics Inc 1983. 16 x 10 inches. Fine. 16 x 10 inches. Comic Synopsis: Krista wants to turn in her ring to protest the Guardians' treatment of Hal Jordan. In reply the Guardians tell her of a Green Lantern who died in a war and his son who took his place but was forbidden to take vengeance. "Green Lantern Vol 2 170." DC Database. N.p. n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Page Synopsis: The Green Lantern council gives Krista a reflective stone that allows her to see retained memories. They believe this stone will inspire her. DC Comics Inc unknown books
1981ref. 101267DC Comics Inc 1981. 16 x 10 inches. Fine. 16 x 10 inches. Handsome Science Fiction Splash Page. This issue is from the revival period of Mystery in Space in which the series was only around for seven issues. All the comics in this series were short one-off sci-fi tales by various writers and artists. This is a handsome splash page showing the tale of Noah and his ship the Ark. DC Comics Inc unknown books
1983ref. 101111DC Comics Inc 1983. 16 x 10 inches. Fine. 16 x 10 inches. Comic Synopsis: Having acquired an Oan Power Ring the irate Galius Zed turns against his comrade Hal Jordan and decides to show him what a true ring-bearer can now accomplish. Hal has little chance against a foe armed with such a superior weapon but Galius Zed quickly learns that the ring taxes his own life energies draining him of power and vitality. A withering Zed collapses before Hal Jordan. Hal calls to mind how this whole business got started. It began with Green Lanterns Eddore and Kaylark. Both of them had come into conflict with a trio of space pirates called the Free Lancers. The Free Lancers showed them how their masters the Guardians of the Universe had crafted a ring that was not inhibited by materials colored yellow. This enraged Eddore and Kaylark and drove them to renounces the Guardians. Kaylark came into possession of her own Oan ring and returned to her home planet D'xe where she crowned herself Empress. Eddore acquired an Oan Power Ring as well and returned to his native world of Tront. With the power of the ring he forced hundreds of Trontians to fuse their essences with his own creating an over-sized being of great power. Hal Jordan came to Tront and fought against the Eddore/Trontian entity. Channeling all of his ring's energy into the being he overloaded it with power causing it to collapse to the ground. "Green Lantern Vol 2 167." DC Database. N.p. n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Page Synopsis: The pirates who go by the collective name The Free Lancers confront Eddore and Kaylark. They are gunrunners who have a special interest in the Green Lanterns. DC Comics Inc unknown books
1983ref. 101099DC Comics Inc 1983. 16 x 10 inches. Fine. 16 x 10 inches. Comic Synopsis: Krista wants to turn in her ring to protest the Guardians' treatment of Hal Jordan. In reply the Guardians tell her of a Green Lantern who died in a war and his son who took his place but was forbidden to take vengeance. "Green Lantern Vol 2 170." DC Database. N.p. n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Page Synopsis: Monak sees his family and his farm are being attacked by the Z'Nang's robots. As he races to his family's side the robots plan phase two of their attack and it is focused on Monak. DC Comics Inc unknown books
1986ref. 101080DC Comics Inc 1986. 16 x 10 1/2 inches. Fine. 16 x 10 1/2 inches. Page Synopsis: Martin Stein recalls the days when he drank to numb the pain and forget the past and no matter how much he triumphed he always felt defeated. "Firestorm Vol. 2 18." DC Database. Web. 17 March 2015. DC Comics Inc unknown books
1985ref. 101127DC Comics Inc 1985. 16 x 10 inches. Fine. 16 x 10 inches. Comic Synopsis: Amazo escapes from Superman's Arctic Fortress of Solitude and appears in the Yukon town of St. Jude where he absorbs the being and personality of a bitter former prospector named "Slick" Jake MacGregor. The man's hatred for the town whose inhabitants he holds responsible for his lack of success causes him to use his new powers to wipe out all but six of its people. Meanwhile Aquaman has left Detroit to find Mera while Hank finally asks Paco if he can date his sister. Vibe adopts a new costume and J'onn J'onzz brings news of Amazo's northern rampage whereupon the team departs for the Yukon timberland to seek out the android menace. The Martian Manhunter takes charge in Aquaman's absence and sends the team searching in different directions. He and Dale Gunn are then the first to be attacked by Amazo. "Justice League Vol 1 Issue 241." DC Database. N.p. n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Page Synopsis: The Justice League has landed in the wilderness in search for Amazo. The gang is split up to the northwest east and south. DC Comics Inc unknown books
