Playbill program from the original Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, signed to cover by four members of the cast, including leads Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza, Myron McCormick, and Betta St. John. 48 pp. In fine condition. 6.5 x 9 inches (16.5 x 22.9 cm.). Together with a signed candid photograph of Juanita Hall, who won a Tony Award for her performance as Bloody Mary. Hall has inscribed "To Paul / from / Juanita Hall." In very fine condition. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (8.9 x 14 cm.). Read More...
Signed Alfredo Valente portrait photograph of the actress and singer who found much success replacing Mary Martin in the Broadway productions of South Pacific and The Sound of Music. Wright has neatly penned her name in blue ink. Horizontal crease to lower portion of image, overall in fine condition. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.). Read More...
Boston: The Cassino Art Co.. 1891. [First]. 16mo. Our Favorite Actors. Collection of cards with window inset portraits on silk, bound with cord, silk star design to front card. 10 pp. Featuring portraits on silk of Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, Henry Irving, John T. Raymond, and Salvini. Part of "The Favorite Series" from the publisher, "embracing Poets, Authors, Preachers, Actors, Actresses (Two Series), Singers, Comedians, Noble Women, Etc." Cover with facsimile signature of Joseph Jefferson, what is presumed to have once been his portrait above fully tattered and no longer visible; contact discoloration to first page from fabric star threaded to cover, else in fine condition. Very rare. We have located no copies of this volume in Worldcat, no copies in the trade and no copies ever having appeared at auction!
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New York: Avon Books. 1974. First. 12mo. Softcover. 64 pp. Signed and inscribed "For Paul" to half-title by the American actor and author best known for his role as John-boy on the long-running television program The Waltons. In fine condition. Read More...
Paperback, boldly signed "Good wishes / Orson Welles" to the title page by the American film director, writer, actor and producer widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the 20th century. 195 pages. 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 ". No dj (as issued), cover edges a bit scuffed, else fine. "Editions Seghers' Cinema d'Aujourd ' hui In English," in which "Maurice Bessy, a distinguished French film critic and close friend of Welles, sees clearly through the Wellesian dazzle to the anguish at the heart of al Welles's work from Citizen Kane through Falstaff to the present. Mr Bessy's perceptive study is supplemented by selections from Welles's own comments on filmmaking and society, by a broad spectrum of critical and personal opinion, and by a long except from Salome, an unpublished screenplay." Read More...
Collection of 19 signatures from actors and actresses of the early 20th century, including several cast members from the Mercury Theatre's national touring production of Orson Welles' legendary Caesar. Many of the signatures are directly to autograph album leaves, though several were written on pieces of paper or program clippings that were later mounted to the leaves. In fine condition. Leaves measure 6.75 x 5 inches (17.1 x 12.7 cm.). Read More...
Signed doubleweight textured photograph of the Welsh writer and actor, who has inscribed "To Paul / best wishes / Emlyn Williams" in black ink. In very fine condition. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.). Read More...
Leningrad, USSR: Izdatel’stvo “Atenei" [Atheneum]. 1925. Sbornik pod redaktsiei Viktora Shklovskogo. Chaplin o sebe. Novoe v fil’makh Chaplina. Chaplin i “Kid.” Chaplin-Mnimyi graf. Chaplin; politseiskii. Linder o Chapline. Kak rabotaet Chaplin. Paperback. 18 cm. 102, (2)pp. Texts by K. Tereshkovich, P. Bogatyrev, Viktor Shklovskii, Maks Linder. Original decorative wraps printed in black and green with a stylized caricature portrait of Chaplin. Frontis with mounted halftone photograph of the actor. Edges somewhat chipped, covers reinforced archivally on interiors, small ink notation dated 1927 to lower rear cover, overall in very good condition. No copies recorded in OCLC. Read More...
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London: n.p.. 1924. Irving Thalberg's personal copy of this splendid Limited production, Grigoriev’s artwork beautifully presented in the form of 30 color and black and white plates tipped to embossed mat pages, separated by vellum leaves. The title page is inscribed and signed by the publisher, “To Irving Thalberg with kindest regards and best wishes, Morris Gest”. Original half vellum over paper-covered boards, the upper side illustrated and titled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt. With minor soiling and handling to cover, light toning on backing paper pages, else fine condition. From the estate of Norma Shearer, whom Thalberg married in 1927. 100 pp. 11 x 14 .5 in. Read More...
Remarkable collection of autographs from important figures in early twentieth century Russian theatre, including Olga Knipper, wife of Anton Chekhov, and Ivan Moskvin, future director of the Moscow Art Theatre, on a single sheet of Russian Consulate Chicago stationary. In fine condition. 6.5 x 8.5 inches (16.5 x 21.6 cm.). Read More...
Signed A. Gubtschewsky postcard photograph of the Russian stage actress and wife of Anton Chekhov. Knipper has inscribed "For remembrance / Olga Chekhova Knipper / Chicago April 16th 1923." A printed label beneath the photograph reads "O.L. Knipper-Tchekhowa / Théâtre Artistique de Moscou." Two surface creases, else in fine condition. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (8.9 x 14 cm.).
Knipper was one of the 39 original members of the Moscow Art Theatre when it opened in 1898.
Uncommon signed A. Gubtschewsky postcard photograph of the great Russian actor ca. 1920. Moskvin has signed his name to the lower margin next to a printed label reading "J.M. Moskvine / Théâtre Artistique de Moscou." In very fine condition. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (8.9 x 14 cm.).
A People's Artist of the USSR, Moskvin would go on to become director of the Moscow Art Theatre in 1943.
New York: Random House . 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Upright sumo. 287 pp. Signed and dated by the eminent American photographer on the front free endpaper, "Avedon, 9.27.93," from the collection of Adolph Green and Phyllis Newman. A visual autobiography that includes an assemblage of 284 photographs, this three-part book encompasses the faces, events and places that were critical in defining the life and career of Richard Avedon. In fine condition. Read More...
New York: Fraenkel Gallery [Distributed Art Publishers]. 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Upright folio (12 x 14.25 in). 56 pp, 40 quadratone reproductions. Limited edition of 5000 copies, this copy signed and inscribed by the eminent American photographer, "For Phyllis and Adolph / with love, / Dick / 2001" to the limitation page opposite inside back cover. In fine condition. Read More...
New York: Random House . 1999. First. Upright folio. 235 pp. Unsigned first edition, from the collection of Adolph Green and Phyllis Newman. This work offers Avedon's comprehensive portrait of the sixties, including an impressive assortment of photographs and interviews with figures that defined the decade. Mild tears and creasing to dustjacket, else fine. Read More...
New York: Random House. 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Large 4to. 183 pp. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the eminent American photographer on the illustrated frontispiece, "For Phyllis and Adolph / with love / Dick / 1994". The companion to Avedon's spectacular An Autobiography, this definitive account of the life and work of photographer Richard Avedon features over 500 photographs documenting 50 years of Avedon's work, and was published to coincide with a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Mild wear to dustjacket, overall in fine condition. Read More...
Set of three original silver gelatin photographs by the American photographer, who has captured the actress and playwright in high spirits on their wedding day in New York, January 1960. Each of the three images is signed "Avedon" to the lower right, and backed on card. Mild wear along edges with some toning and stray marks, overall in fine condition. Two 9 x 6.5 inches (22.9 x 16.6 cm.), one 10 x 6.5 inches (25.4 x 16.6 cm.). Read More...
New York: Rizzoli. 1989. First. 4to. 144 pp. Hardcover with green cloth, original dust jacket present. The artist has inscribed "with many good wishes to / Paul McMahon / Paul Cadmus / July 1992" in black ink to the title page. Small tear to upper spine on the dust jacket, overall in fine condition. Read More...
New York: Random House. 1980. Special Edition. First Edition. . 8vo. 262 pp. Cloth bound with slip cover. First edition special limited separate printing of the great American novelist's collection of short fiction and non-fiction, signed and inscribed on the first free endpage to the legendary American fashion designer and close friend: "This is one of fifty copies printed for friends of the author / Dear Halston / Love Truman / October, 1980". Read More...
Lithograph in colors, 1977, pencil signed and numbered 8/150 bottom edge, depicting a nude female figure with scales and sword, matted and framed. Sight 18.5 x 26.75 inches (47 x 67.9 cm.), framed to an overall size of 25.25 x 33.25 inches (64 x 84.5 cm.).