1972 Munich Olympics Poster: Artists Series by Adami, Valerio - 1972

New York: American Lawn Tennis 1922, 2nd edition. (Hardcover) 399pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Gilt decorated green cloth. Top edge gilt, frontispiece with facsimile signatures of William T. Tilden, 2nd and Wm.W. Johnston, numerous illustrations and plates. The head and foot of the spine and corners are lightly worn. With Opinions on Disputed Points of Technique from Many Expert Players. Edited by S. Wallis Merrihew. (Sports, Lawn Tennis, Tennis).

Printed for F. Style. London.,1739. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. 8vo. Front wrapper, ii,28pp. Lacking the half title but with the rare printed front wrapper (showing the price of Six Pence) laid down and bound in. Text complete. Top edge of pages have been cut and gilded, the others are untrimmed. Pages a bit marked and rubbed but overall a very good example. The original front wrapper has some small areas of loss to the edges and corners and has been professionally laid down. Bound in modern half red crushed morocco by C. Walters. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments lettered in gilt. Boards with dark red cloth. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owners bookplate (Douglas Peter Crossman, Earl Stonham) on front pastedown endpaper. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon political satire, mocking the supporters of George II and Prince James Stuart, the Old pretender. Not in Halkett & Laing.:

Australia, 1952. Card Menu (4 sides). Farewell Dinner to Members of the Rowing Section of the Australian Rowing Team at The Hermitage Sydney, Friday May 30, 1952. Given by Members of earlier Crews to have rowed at Henley on Thames. 27 handwritten signatures on Menu, including those of previous Australian Rowing crews. Menu also contains the signatures of 13 members of the Australian Olympic Rowing Team for the Helsinki Games. Notable signatures include Mervyn Wood, who was the flagbearer for Australia at the Games and who also won a Silver medal in the Mens Single Skulls Event. Also, signatures of David Anderson, Philip Cayzer, Ernest Chapman, Thomas Chessel, Mervyn Finlay, Robert Tinning and Geoffrey Williamson who were part of the Bronze medal winning Australian eights. Front of menu features handwritten name of W. J. Dixon (Bill) who was one of the hosts, having competed for Australia at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Card. Very… Read More

Birmingham, AL: New Life Art. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780967596303 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edgewear; Signed and inscribed by Chris Fowler and Payne Stewart ; Color Illustrations; 200 pages .

Finland: Compagnie Lyonnaise de Cinéma/Metheus Film/Rapid Film, 1966. 1st Edition . No Binding. Near Fine. Cinema-used Finnish one-sheet for the movie AGENT 505: DEATH TRAP IN BEIRUT. Agent 505, played by Frederick Stafford, was a German/Italian/French co-production aiming to capitalize on the success of the 60's spy-genre and in particular the James Bond franchise. He was the Common Market's 007. The film was first screened in Finnish cinemas in 1966 with no subsequent theatrical runs. This particular poster is a standard size 60cm x 40cm approx. It is fabulous and I was going to describe it as Mint Unused but then at the last second I noticed a pinhole and small tear at the centre top between the "V" and "E" in "Genevieve. Appears as though a tack was used to fix the poster and then it was just pulled through at dismounting. It really is difficult to spot. Otherwise, apart from very minor handling crease the poster is in beautiful condition with a… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall. Very Good. 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebacked with the original slightly age darkened spine over embossed red cloth. Pictorial frontispiece. Engraved illustrations. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. (xvi) 334pp +16 page list of publishers ads. Western Europe; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 334 pages .

London: John Mitchell, Sporting Review Office. Very Good. 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Half brown leather spine & corners over brown silk boards. 4 bands with lightly faded gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Marbled endpapers. VOLUME #5: [1 (title) , 483, 1]; engraved title, 6 engraved plates, 6 maps and several partial page engravings and drawings. VOLUME #6: [1 (title) , 484]; engraved title, 11 engraved plates (one hand-colored) ; 4 maps; 2 drawings of trophy cups and several partial page engravings and drawings. Text tight, clean & intact with tissue guarded plates, hinges just starting: covers firm. Light shelf wear. Both volumes have two prior owner's ink stamps on front endpaper: one belonging to industrialist "William K. Dick" of Islip, Long Island, NY. Sports, Hunting, Horses. ; B/W Engravings; 8vo; 967 pages .

WILLIAM FAULKNER! Stated Second Issue, 2nd Printing Thus. NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. Faulkner, William: PYLON. Stated 2nd Issue, 2nd Printing 1935, Smith & Haas, NY. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL BLUE DUST JACKET. RARE SASCHA MAURER COVER ART. ART DECO. Used. Very Good-/ Very Good- Blue cloth, \ The second printing (stated). In second issue dust jacket (blank rear panel and flap. Faulkner's tale of the exciting, dangerous, and short-lived, sport of airplane "barnstorming". Set in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Original source material for the 1958 film "Tarnished Angels" Starring Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone, Robert Stack, and Jack Carson and directed by Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987)."

Finland: Independent International Picture Corp, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Fine. A very striking and uncommon, standard Finnish A2 cinema-used poster for the 1954 big-game hunting documentary, Africa Adventure, which follows a safari in East Africa led by famous hunter Robert Ruark. The film was released in Finland in 1956 with no subsequent theatrical runs. This poster is not a re-issue or a modern reproduction and nor is it Video/DVD-related. This particular poster measures 61cm x 40cm and was printed by Fotopaino Oy. The poster is in Near Fine condition with one small tear (less than half-inch) to the right edge and a short nick to the bottom edge. Minor creasing to the white border. There are neat single pinholes to the corners - quite difficult to detect. Appears to be a rolled poster with no definite folding creases. A very striking image - almost lithographic quality - in fantastic condition for a cinema-used poster.

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