Search Results: Entertainment from Mike Park Ltd

London: Greater London Council, 1975. Illustrated, large octavo, pp (4), 215, brown cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is a little worn stretched and faded. SCARCE. With the expansive signature of Carlo Curley covering the title page ! [Carlo James Curley was an American classical concert organist who lived much of his later life in Great Britain. He was the resident organist at the Alexandra Palace in the 1970s. ]. First Edition. Cloth. Good/A little worn and stretched.

Oxford University Press, 1960. Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 396, extremely clean internally, purple cloth in very good condition, in a price-clipped dustwrapper which is just slightly worn. . First British edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Brighouse: E R Smith Publications, 2011. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xii, 252, clothbound, a very good copy in dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1936. Second impression. Illustrated, octavo, pp 377, lacking the rear endpaper, otherwise clean and bright internally, two-toned cloth slightly marked but otherwise good. . Cloth. Good.

London: Helter Skelter Publishing, 2017. Illustrated, octavo, pp 270, (ii), paperback, the covers very slightly curved, otherwise a very good copy.. . Paperback. Very Good.

First edition ? [Not dated, but 1938 from clues in the text]. Illustrated, large slender octavo, pp (4), a little age-toned internally, stapled paperback, the red covers rather faded and worn. From a slightly unlikely provenance - with the blindstamp of 'The Wakes' Selborne, and the stamp of Bibliotheca Oatesiana - Robert Washington Oates. A RARE SURVIVAL. [The cinema opened in 1931 and was built for local solicitor Thomas J Rowley. It was not unusual at the time to build cinemas as a speculative venture. Firstly, it provided employment for local people and secondly it could hopefully be sold on at a profit, to a cinema chain once completed. Rowley was also responsible for the construction of the Talbot and Victoria shopping parades in Winton, Bournemouth. The Victoria Parade incorporated the Victoria cinema later renamed the Ritz. It was closed in 1973 by the then owners Thorm/EMI Screen Entertainment, who by then owned the ABC circuit. The last film show consisted of a double bill namely… Read More

Paris: Flammarion, 1935. Well illustrated, large slender octavo, pp 64, slightly used and bruised internally, paperback, the covers a little rubbed. . Paperback. Good.

Cambridge University Press, 1979. A few illustrations, 8vo, pp xii, 321, very slight age-toning to the pages, otherwise a really excellent copy in a dustwrapper which has the slightest suggestion of fading to the spine and a very tiny crease at its spine head... First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Rank Organisation, 1958. Programme of a Concert at the Gaumont State, Kilburn, Lonon - Sunday 10th August 1958 - for seven days. Illustrated, slim octavo, pp 8 (including covers), slightly creased and worn. [Loosely inserted is a roughtly torn and folded upper cover of the Radio Times, August 17-23, 1958, with image of Harry Belafonte on his first British television appearance.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: BBC A LARGE COLLECTION OF 43 RADIO TIMES, ALL WITH DR WHO COVERS AND ARTICLES, (larger articles only are mentioned below): 2003 November 22-28; 2005 March 26 - Aprl 1 (with 16 page pull-out), December 17 - 30 (with ten page article) {two copies}; 2006 April 15 - 21 (with 16 page article), May 13 - 19 (with sticker book and 6 stickers), July 8 - 14, October 21 - 27. 2007 March 31 - April 6 (with 16 page article), April 21 - 27 (with stickers), June 30 - July 6, November 10 - 16, December 8 - 14; 2008 April 5 - 11 (14 page article), April 26 - May 2 (no CD), June 21 - 27, July 5 - 11 (8 pages on monsters), December 6 - 12. 2009 July 4 - 10 (Torchwood article), December 5 - 11. 2010. April 3 - 10, April 17 - 23, June 19 - 25. 2011 June 4 - 10. 2012 September 1 - 7. December 8 - 14. 2013. March 30 - April 5, May 18 - 25, November 23 - 29 (2 copies, one with William Hartnell, the other Patrick Troughton), December 7 - 13. 2014. May 17 - 23, August 23… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960. Very well illustrated throughout, quarto, pp 172, very slightly used internally, inscription on front endpaper, cloth blotched and slightly worn, in a dustwrapper which is rubbed and a bot worn and frayed.. Cloth. Good/Fair.

New York City: Galahad Books, 1973. Well illustrated, small octavo, pp 157, the front endpaper rather browned from some relevant newspaper clippings, otherwise very clean internally, red boards in very good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but is a bit worn and creased with a tear at the spine head.. First Hardback . Boards. Good/Slightly worn and creased.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1937. Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 120 + publishers' catalogue 30 pages, a slight mark to the fore-edge otherwise clean internally, green cloth in good condition, in a slightly worn dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which has been repaired with archival tape, and is now nicely protected in a protective cover. . Cloth. Good/A little worn and repaired.

London: Curtain Press Ltd, 1946. Slender 12mo, pp 16, illustrated, paperback, a very good copy. [The Old Vic Company at the New Theatre. Laurence Olivier was Lear and Alec Guinness played The Fool, with Margaret leighton as Regan.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: The Face Magazine, 2001. Two articles contained in The Face Magazine, number 55, August 2001. The first - 6 pages on the newly released film; the second - 5 pages charting the history of the 40-year cult success. Well illustrated, paperback, slightly worn, the upper corners curved slightly. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: John Calder, 1964. Reprinted 1974. Small octavo, pp 141, very clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition; the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it is very slightly rubbed and has one closed tear.. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

London: Gilbert Miller & Max Gordon, 1937. Not dated - c.1937. Small slender octavo, pp [20], including period advertisements, paperback, the upper cprner slightly bruised throughout, otherwise in good condition, the covers with a clear cellophane protection, slight markings from this on the endpapers. [The upper cover is by Rex Whistler, and the whole stage production was designed by him but not illustrated in the programme. SCARCE. . First Edition thus. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Rex Whistler.

London: The Bodley Head, 1984. Illustrated, large octavo, pp 367, a very good copy in a dustwrapper which is a little faded on the spine.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly faded..

London: National Publishers Inc., 1964. Well illustrated, slim quarto, pp (20), clean internally and only slightly used, paperback, covers a little worn, the spine fraying a little at the staples. [The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 American epic film directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Samuel Bronston, with a screenplay by Ben Barzman, Basilio Franchina and Philip Yordan. The film stars Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Mel Ferrer, and Omar Sharif. The film was a financial failure at the box-office. Despite this, it is considered unusually intelligent and thoughtful for a film of the contemporary sword and sandal genre and also enjoys a 100% "Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. It features the largest outdoor film set in the history of film, a 92,000 m2 replica of the Roman Forum. It deals extensively with the problem of imperial succession, and examines both the relationship between father and son on the background of imperial politics as… Read More

London: Classics Illustrated, 1959. Well illustrated, small slim quarto, pp (20), a little age-toned but otherwise very good, paperback, covers very slightly worn. [The film starred Sydney Poiter.Dorothy Dandridge. Sammy Davis Jr. Pearl Bailey. Diahann Carroll.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.