Rare & Collectible Posters

Hollywood, CA: Wolper Pictures, 1971. SCARCE. Original folded one sheet movie poster, 27" x 41" from this cult classic, winner of the 1972 Oscar for Best Documentary. Fine. Produced and directed by Walon Green, starring Lawrence Pressman. This film was the inspiration for Frank Herbert's 1973 novel "Hellstrom's Hive". "Shocking. Beautiful. Brilliant. Sensual. Deadly... and in the end, only they will survive." Great graphic poster on black background. . First Printing. Folded One Sheet Movie Poster. Fine. 27" x 41".

Abbeville Press, 1990. SCARCE promotional poster for the 1990 book "The Merchant of Dennis", 18 3/4" w x 25" h, distributed at the ABA trade show in 1990. Near Fine, faint creases. A wonderfully colorful image of Dennis, would be great for a kid's bedroom. Well suited for framing, all posters shipped loosely folded in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18 3/4" x 25".

New York: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1983. SCARCE. Original publisher's promotional poster, 22"w x 28"" h, for the book published 1983, featuring Wyeth's wonderful illustration. Fine, as issued. An uncommon poster, well suited for framing, distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1983. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. h. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 22" x 28".

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. Publisher's promotional poster featuring the eerie Michael Kenna photograph seen on the front of the dust jacket of the book. Near Fine, small bottom corner crease, small speck of soil at bottom edge, 18" w x 24"h. Well suited for framing, a poster distibuted in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1986. Will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18" w x 24"h.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux/ The Noonday Press, 1992. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster,18" w x 27"h, featuring an image of the original poster for Bill Pickett, World's Colored Champion in "The Bull-Dogger". Near Fine, faint creases, small rub upper right in margin, published in limited numbers for the ABA trade show in 1992. A poster well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18" w x 27"h.

Abbeville Press, 1980. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, 19"w x 26"h, featuring Botero's 1973 painting "House of the Arias Twins". The poster was printed in Japan, and is Fine, as issued. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube.. First Printing. Poster. Fine. 19" w x 26" h.

Natick, MA: Lance Hidy/ The Alphaber Press, 1981. 5 color silkscreen printed in Austria. Signed in the silkscreen, not pencil signed or numbered, 19 3/4"w x 29 1/2"h. Near Fine, faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Thus. Poster. Near Fine. 19 3/4" x 29 1/2".

Santa Cruz, CA: Smart Art / Andazia International Rare advertising banner for company's M.C. Escher product line. Printed on vinyl with 4 grommets for hanging and featuring vignettes of Escher designs. No Date, circa 1980's. Fine, as issued. Will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Banner . Fine. 15 3/4" x 35 3/4".

New York: Doubleday/ Dolphin, 1983. SCARCE. Publisher's promotional poster, 17"w x 22"h, featuring Mickey Mouse over a target with a bright yellow background. Apparently before publication the book being promoted by the poster was re-titled as "Cartoon Collectibles : 50 Years of Dime Store Memorabilia" Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1983. Near Fine, faint small creases. Well suited for framing. All posters shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube.. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17"w x 22"h.

Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Public Library, 2000. SCARCE exhibition poster, SIGNED by pop-up book artists Robert Sabuda, Carla Dijs, Biruta Hansen, Ken Wilson-Max, Kees Moerbeek, and Bruce Foster. An exhibition curated by The Movable Book Society and presented at the Central Library Sept. 23 - Dec. 30, 2000, and touring neighborhood linraries Jan. - Dec., 2001. Printed on stiff paper, Fine, as issued, will be shipped flat. Well suited for framing. First Printing. Poster. Fine. 20" x 12".

Berkshire House Publishers Inc./ The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, 1994. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, 26 "h x 20"w, featuring Norman Rockwell's illustration for the book. Near Fine, faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 26 "h x 20"w.

New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Publisher's promotional poster, 22 1/2" h x 16" W, featuring the cover art for the book. Near Fine, faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 22 1/2" h x 16" W.

Finland, 1950. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. An original and extremely scarce Finnish A2 film poster for the Roy Rogers movie THE GAY RANCHERO. This poster is not a modern reproduction and nor is it Video/DVD-related The film was screened for the first time in Finland in May 1950 and there were no further theatrical releases. A very rare treasure of movie memorabilia. Printed in Finland by Piiropaino Oy, the legendary Finnish printers. Signed at lower right corner by the designer (in the plate or stone) Measures 24.50" x just under 17.50" approx. A truly remarkable example - thin paper stock as you would expect from the era, it has been stored flat for decades but even so retains its original fold lines to centre in both directions. No pin holes and no tape residues to verso, however. Despite its fragility there are no nicks or tears to the edges but there is one very small chip (with loss, therefore) to the top edge towards the left. Fine or very near it. For best appreciation of… Read More

Finland: United Artists, 1953. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. A fabulous-condition Finnish A2 cinema poster for the 1953 movie, VICE SQUAD starring Edward G. Robinson & Paulette Godard. The movie is also known as The Girl from Room 17 and it is this less "salacious" title which is referred to in the poster. The actual Finnish title translates as "Flying Squad". The film was first screened in cinemas in Finland in 1953 with no subsequent theatrical screenings. This poster is not a modern reproduction and nor is it Video/DVD-related. Standard size 23.5" x slightly under 16" approx. It is in fantastic condition - unfolded and with no chips or tears to the edges - one or two small handling creases. At the top - in the brim of the hat - there is a puncture or split to the paper although there is not actual loss. There are no pinholes - it may be an unused poster. Really Fine condition - would be Mint if not for the puncture, difficult though it may be to grade a 70… Read More

Lithographic poster on thin clay stock. Small tears to edges, repairable, generally very good appearance belied here, in this description, by difficulty in reproducing photographically. [35 x 23 inches]. The Foreign Agents Series, "established in 1983, [a] series of subversive French cultural theory, [that] infiltrated American shores and an unsuspecting academe, originally in the form of their now-iconic little black pocket-sized books. This was the series that helped introduce into English such characters as Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, Paul Virilio, Michel Foucault, and most famously in the Semiotext(e) lineage, Jean Baudrillard."—MIT Press. "It was strangers in the night. People I met would be strangers, and I would get to know them. Like foreigners—the Foreign Agents series, which we created with Semiotext(e). A 'foreign agent' is the administrative phrase for a spy. And those spies are the people I wanted to be with. It was the person I was. I wanted to have a sort of covert action. Even… Read More