Circus Vorstellung 12. Februar 1919. Leopold, Freiherr Popper von Podhragy, 'Soufleur' Max Blau, 'Capellmeister' Meller. by Original photographs - [Circus - Popper von Podhragy] Ludwig, Gutmann (Photographer) - 1919

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover, Very Good - . Navy cloth boards with silver printing. Some bumping and wear on top and bottom of spine. Binding tight with a little give. Pages clean. 369 pages. Photo section with many B&W photos in center of book. SIGNED BY AUTHOR DAVID NIVEN on front free endpaper in black marker "For Bill Morrison - Best wishes! David Niven". To noted film director William Morrison. Dust jacket is in Good condition in protective mylar cover, a few tears on top and some chips on spine and worn wrinkles on the edges, front and back. Very Good, solid signed Third Impression..

Melbourne: Hoyts Theatres Ltd . A broken run of 120 various issues of this film magazine from Volume 5, No. 3 (January 5, 1951) to Volume 16, No. 9 (April 27, 1962). In 1951, New Screen News was published weekly by the Australian chain Hoyts Theatres. At that time it was edited by Ken Brumley and boasted a weekly circulation of 50,000 copies. It became fortnightly from about July 1951. Many of the magazines in this fascinating collection are in fine condition. Overall the condition is good, with some of the older magazines having creases, small tears and wear. Profusely illustrated with b/w, sepia and coloured photos. A full-page advertisement on the back cover of each issue. A wealth of information for film buffs with many articles on the Hollywood films and stars of the day. 24cm x 18cm stapled pictorial paper wraps. Pagination varies from 24 to 32 pages. This rare and beautiful collection comprises 26 issues from 1951, 17 from 1952, 1953 (19 issues), 1954 (8), 1955 (9), 1956 (3), 1957 (8),… Read More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. RARE Review Copy of this groundbreaking behind-the-scenes look into the New York art scene of the 1960s. With four 8" x 10" B&W glossy photos from the book laid in; George Segal's "Couple at the Stairs"; Andy Warhol in his studio; Marcel Duchamp in his Manhattan apartment; and Lee Bontecon, relaxing in her studio ( first 3 photos Fine, last photo small faint spot bottom margin and faint bottom corner crease). The book is Near Fine, small prior owner name 2nd front end page, slight bowing to boards. In a Very Good dust jacket, 1/4" chip across head and 1 1/2" chip base of spine, narrow chip at top edge front flap fold, several small closed edge tears. Original photographs from this New York collection are uncommon at auction.(RBH). While these four are not originals, they would be striking framed as a set. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Tall 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Review Copy.

1te. - (4te.) Lieferung. 4 instalments (= all published). Basel und Genf, H. Georg's Buch- und Kunsthandlung (1864 ?). 20 original photographs (albumen – various sizes ca 110 x 180 mm to 225 x 280 mm) mounted onto white cardboards. Loosely contained in publisher's lithographed wrappers, with calligraphed title on front cover and contents on back cover. Folio (450 x 310 mm). Spine of fourth instalment restored, wrappers lightly dust-soiled and with a few short tears in margins. Cf. ADB XL, 460-465 (for Wackernagel) ; not in Heidtmann. Bibliographie der Photographie. Jakob Hoeflinger (1819-1892), was a native from the Black Forest region who emigrated to Swiss and became a photographer around 1853. He established his very successful business in Bale in 1857. His son Albert (1855-1936) took over the company in 1885. In 1896 he sold it to his cousin August Höflinger (1867-1939), who had joined the management the same year as he. From then on, August himself devoted himself to portrait painting. Until… Read More

Scarce. Oblong album binding. Black cloth boards with screw fasteners at spine. 60 gelatin silver prints, 8" x 10.25" mounted on beige pages with printed captions.Introduction written "by M. Charles Preston, New York City, ex-enlisted man, former CBI'er and co-worker with the author on Phoenix Magazine in Calcutta, India". Photos taken by Clyde Waddell, "who was Chief Photographer for the Houston Press before entering the army, was flown to the India-Burma Theater in November 1943...". Waddell acted as personal press photographer for Supreme Commander Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten from 1943-1945. After that assignment, he resumed his work as a news photographer. The images for this book were captured by Waddell during his leave, "primarily at the behest of many friends who had been constantly asking him for photos of Calcutta scenes." He then received so many requests for copies of his photos, that this book was created. The book is in Near Fine condition, with very light edgewear, very light… Read More

1980. Autograph. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This is an ORIGINAL hand signed glossy 11 x 14 borderless COLOR photo of the great Fred Astaire with his very own autograph It's been in my collection for a number of years and comes with a certificate of authenticity from Todd Mueller of Colorado Aprings, CO. You are not likely to see something this spectacular again anytime soon!.

1980. Autograph. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is an ORIGINAL hand signed glossy COLOR photo of the great Jimmy Stewart with his very own autograph It's been trimmed to a size of approximately 8 x 12, borderless, and has been in my collection for a number of years and comes with a certificate of authenticity from Todd Mueller of Colorado Springs, CO. You are not likely to see something this spectacular again anytime soon!.

1970. Photo. Illus. by Jean-Michel Folon. Très bon. Aucune reliure. Deux tirages gélatino-argentiques d'époque, tous deux avec cachets et mentions variées de l'hebdomadaire "L'Express". 27 x 20,5 cm pour le premier, 29,5 cm x 24 cm pour le second, celui-ci avec des trais au crayon rouge pour son recadrage dans "L'Express". Les deux portraits ont été publiés, comme en attestent les divers tampons, dans "L'Express" du 4 décembre 1972 (n° 1117), le premier p. 154, le second p. 155, recadré. Dans le même numéro figurait également un troisième portrait de Pound par Folon, debout et tête levée, dont nous n'avons pas trouvé de tirage (mais connaissons le négatif). Ces trois photos, qui à notre connaissance n'ont pas été publiées ailleurs, étaient accompagnées d'un joli texte de Folon… Read More

1985. Photo. Très bon. Couverture rigide. Signé par l'auteur. Maquette. 1 album de format 33 x 28 cm, contenant, après un titre composé au letraset, 76 photographies originales (12 en couleurs) en tirage argentique d'époque au format 18 x 24 cm (environ) contrecollées, dont : François Huguier : 48 tirages dont 5 en couleurs ; Georges Tourdjman : 24 tirages dont 7 en couleurs ; Claude Bricage : 4 tirages. La plupart des photographies portent au dos le cachet de l'artiste, parfois sa signature. La première est signée par Françoise Huguier sous le tirage, les autres tirages de Françoise Huguier portent son monogramme. Les photographies de Georges Tourdjman sont monogrammées, datées et parfois légendées de sa main (sauf pour 7 d'entre elles, monogrammées de la main de Françoise Huguier). Françoise Huguier a écrit en toutes lettres le nom de Claude Bricage… Read More

Benois, Alexandre 1870-1960. Watercolour and pencil on laid paper with partial watermark "MBM." 320 x 240 mm. Signed by the artist with initials and dated 1932 in pencil at lower left. With pencilled notes in Benois's hand. Very slightly soiled; 35 mm. tear to blank right margin repaired; remnants of mounting paper to upper corners of verso. Possibly a preparatory drawing for the Tsaritsa's costume. Rimsky-Korsakov's last opera, Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel) was first performed in Moscow at the Solodovnikov Theatre (Sergey Ivanovich Zimin's private opera company), on September 24/October 7, 1909. It is in a prologue, three acts, and an epilogue by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov to a libretto by Vladimir Nikolayevich Bel'sky after the eponymous imitation folk tale in verse by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, based in turn on 'The House of the Weathercock' and 'Legend of the Arabian Astrologer' from The Alhambra by Washington Irving. "The Golden Cockerel is the only one of Rimsky- Korsakov's 15… Read More