Press Photographs from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: United Press International, 1981. Vintage press photograph of "The Showdown," the professional boxing match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns on September 16, 1981. Printed mimeo snipe and United Press International stamp on the verso. Leonard would emerge the world welterweight champion after 14 rounds. The duo would meet again in a rematch eight years… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1982. Vintage press photograph of prolific serial killer David Berkowitz, better known as "the Son of Sam," taken on the day of his arrest, August 10, 1977, and struck circa 1982. Xerographically duplicated snipe on the verso, copyright stamp, and date stamp on the verso. Berkowitz was indicted for eight shootings in New York City between… Read more about this item

London: Planet News, 1947. Vintage press photograph of famed heavyweight boxer Joe Louis jumping over his luggage after arriving at Grand Central Terminal in New York on November 4, 1947. Printed mimeo snipe and "Daily Mirror" and "Planet News" stamps on the verso. Louis would begin training at Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, in preparation for his fight… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1963. Vintage borderless press photograph of the Detours, the band that eventually evolved to become the Who. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso relating to cropping. Photograph shows Roger Daltrey on lead guitar, John Entwistle on bass, Pete Townshend on rhythm guitar, and Colin Dawson on vocals. Dawson would be fired by Daltrey in 1963,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1959. Vintage press photograph of Cuban revolutionary and politician Fidel Castro on December 20, 1959, holding a bundle of checks collected from sugar workers to fund a national industrial development drive. Date stamp and reference library stamp on the verso. 8 x 10 inches, archivally matted in a 11 x 14 inch 8-ply white mat. Very… Read more about this item

Paris: L'Aurore, 1970. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre with political dissident Alain Geismar at Geismar's trial on October 20, 1970. Stamp of L'Aurore on the verso, along with annotations in manuscript ink crediting photographer Michel Clément. Alain Geismar was one of the leaders of May 68, alongside Jacques Sauvageot and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, and was… Read more about this item

New York: United Press International, 1963. Vintage press photograph from the three-day state funeral of John F. Kennedy, showing widow Jackie Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, John's youngest brother, kneeling beside John's casket in the Capitol Rotunda on November 25, 1963. Date stamps and newspaper clippings on the verso. A day after the November 22 assassination, Kennedy's body… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1923. Vintage borderless press photograph of boxing champion Jack Dempsey-in 1923 at the peak of his powers-training at his training camp in Saratoga Lake, New York, in 1923. Newspaper clipping, file stamp, and annotations in manuscript pencil, noting a date of September 7, 1923, on the verso. Dempsey would fight in his legendary match against Argentinean… Read more about this item

New York: Unipix, 1968. Vintage press photograph of actress Mia Farrow with her then spiritual guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, on January 23, 1968, shortly prior to departing together with Farrow's sister Prudence for a trip to the guru's retreat in Rishikesh, India. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Mia and Prudence would be joined at the retreat by… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1961. Vintage press photograph of Che Guevara drinking a Coke, 1961. Newspaper clipping affixed to the verso, with a date stamp reading August 12, 1961. Guevara was at that time in Punta del Este, Uruguay, for the Economic and Social Inter-American Conference. The Cuban leader gave a speech opposing US President Kennedy's "Alliance for Progress"… Read more about this item

New York: Acme News Pictures, 1935. Vintage press photograph of novelist, poet, and playwright Gertrude Stein preparing to return to Paris by ocean liner on May 4, 1935. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamps of the "Philadelphia Inquirer" and its library. Stein arrived in America in October of 1934 after a 30-year… Read more about this item

New York: Kadel and Herbert, 1921. Vintage press photograph of Jack Dempsey training in the ring with his friend, Luigi "Bull" Montana, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1921. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso, along with a small newspaper clipping and the stamp of Kadel and Herbert News Service. 9 x 7.5 inches. Very… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Vintage press photograph of the mug shot of Namon O'Neal Hoggle in 1965. Printed mimeo snipe, "Daily Mirror" library stamp, and "Associated Press" stamp on the verso. Hoggle and three other men attacked Reverend James Reeb and two other ministers in Selma, Alabama, seeking retribution for the ministers' involvement in civil rights activism. Although the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1975. Vintage press photograph of artists Marisol Escobar and Robert Rauschenberg with New York art dealers Leo and Toiny Castelli, 1975. Annotations, newspaper clipping, date stamps, and stamp of photographer Cosmos on the verso. Rauschenberg was at that time represented by the Castelli Gallery. 10 x 8 inches, with wide margins, image measuring… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage borderless press photograph of Albert Einstein walking with an unidentified man, circa 1940s. Agency stamp on the verso. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Vintage borderless satin finish photograph of Senator Robert Kennedy in New York on October 4, 1965. Mimeo snipe and PIX agency stamp on the verso, with an annotation in manuscript ink crediting photographer Harry Amdur. Kennedy was in New York at that time to hear the speech given by Pope Paul VI, delivered to… Read more about this item

New York: International News Photos, 1953. Vintage press photograph of actor John Wayne and his admirers celebrating outside of a courtroom on June 12, 1953. Two press stamps on the verso. Wayne's marriage to his second wife, Esperanza Diaz Ceballos Morrison, was turbulent, with allegations of abuse and infidelity on both sides. The couple separated in May… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1946. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1946 film, showing actors Chester Morris and Jeff Donnell. The eleventh Boston Blackie film produced by Columbia between 1941 and 1949, following Blackie as he tracks down a phony occultist and blackmailer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light foxing on the verso. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1990. Collection of 140 vintage silver gelatin and resin-coated press and reference photographs relating to computers and computer history. Every photograph with a dated Reference Library stamp on the verso, and many with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Dates span from the 1960s through the 1990s, although the balance date from the 1980s and 1990s. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Vintage black and white portrait photograph of actor Sean Connery, circa 1960s. 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus, with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout to the right margin of the recto.