Search Results: Titles starting with B from 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera

London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1942. Very good. Postcard size paper with propaganda messages in multiple languages. Has some light creasing to edges.

Washington, D.C.: BCTGM/AFL-CIO, 2012. Softcover. Fine. One-sided 12" x 24" oblong 2012 Obama/Biden campaign sign. Dark blue and red lettering on a black and white background and with a union logo. Made of blue plastic. New old stock.

Softcover. Fine in pictorial wraps. 4to. With black and white photographs.

Amsterdam: BUTT, 2007. Softcover. Near Fine in color stapled wrappers.. 8vo, 80 pp. in color stapled wraps. 2007 copy of the seminal indie magazine with its signature soft pink paper and erotic portraits of gay men. Includes feature on Joe Gage. Butt broke ground for pushing against the mainstream and well-groomed aesthetic for something dirtier, raunchier and authentic. The magazine premiered in 2001, when anxieties about the commodification of gay culture were still running high. This 19th issue published in Spring 2007 features contributions by Walter Pfeiffer, Luis Venegas, Daniel Riera and Derek Jackson among others.

Century City: 20th Century Fox, 1985. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 10" b&w press photo of star Patrick Swayze and four skater-dancers. "Skatetown, U.S.A." is a 1979 American comedy musical film produced to capitalize on the short-lived fad of roller disco. Directed by William A. Levey, the film features many television stars from the 1960s and 1970s, among them Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo and Ruth Buzzi. Patrick Swayze's leading role as the skater "Ace" was his first movie performance. Also in the cast are Sydney Lassick, Billy Barty and Playboy centerfold model Dorothy Stratten. Aside from some praise for Swayze's skating and screen presence, the movie was neither a critical nor a box office success. However, by the early 21st century, a writer for oddculture.com called the film "a true cult item and one of the best 70s time capsules around. [...] There's just something magical about a slutty Marsha [sic] eating drugged pizza with a bearded Horshack." The film was later… Read More

Washington: Public Broadcasting Company [PBS], 1974. Softcover. Very Good. A single 8.5" x 11" promotional piece with two B&W photos of 1970s and '80s soul superstars Ashford & Simpson and a description of their PBS television special special. Very Good with some slight curling to the edges.

TriStar, 1987. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 10" b&w press photo of stars Martin Short, Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid. "Innerspace" is a 1987 American science fiction comedy film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Michael Finnell. Steven Spielberg served as executive producer. It was inspired by the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage. It stars Quaid, Short and Ryan, with Robert Picardo and Kevin McCarthy, with music composed by Jerry Goldsmith. It won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, the only film directed by Dante to do so. It was also nominated for Best Director, Best Science Fiction Film and Best Special Effects for the 1988 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Near Fine with two tiny staple holes in the upper right hand corner. With production notes and a clipped newspaper advertisement taped on verso.

New York: CBS, 1972. Softbound. Near Fine. Approx. 6" x 8." Contains release and broadcast dates.

Culver City: Columbia, 1984. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 11" b&w glossy press photo of Howard Lee Rollins and a company of African American soldiers. "A Soldier's Story" is a 1984 American mystery drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison, adapted by Charles Fuller from his Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Soldier's Play." It is a story about racism in a segregated regiment of the U.S Army commanded by White officers and training in the Jim Crow South, in a time and place where a Black officer is unprecedented and bitterly resented by nearly everyone, and follows a Black JAG officer sent to investigate the murder of a Black sergeant in Louisiana near the end of World War II. The cast, composed primarily of Black actors, is led by Howard E. Rollins Jr. and Adolph Caesar, whose performance was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Denzel Washington, still at the beginning of his career, appears in a supporting role. Several actors reprise their roles from the stage version. Near Fine with two… Read More

Culver City: Columbia, 1987. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 11" b&w glossy press photo of John Lone and Joyce Chen. "The Last Emperor" is a 1987 epic biographical drama film about the life of Puyi, the final Emperor of China. It is directed by Bernardo Bertolucci from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Peploe, which was adapted from Puyi's 1964 autobiography, and independently produced by Jeremy Thomas. Near Fine with two tiny staple holes in the lower left hand corner. Contains production notes and clipped newspaper advertisement taped to verso.

Hollywood: Paramount, 1986. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 11" borderless glossy b&w press photo of Eddie Murphy and Charlotte Lewis. "The Golden Child" is Michael Ritchie's 1986 American dark fantasy comedy film starring Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, who is informed that he is "The Chosen One" and is destined to save "The Golden Child", a kidnapped Tibetan boy said to be the savior of all humankind. Near Fine condition with two tiny staple holes in the lower left hand corner. With production notes and a clipped newspaper advertisement taped to verso.

New York: ABC, 1971. Softbound. Near Fine. 6" x 8" glossy press photograph featuring four scenes from the film. "The Point" is a full length animated film fantasy narrated by Dustin Hoffman with original songs written and performed by Harry Nilsson. It originally aired on February 2, 1971 on ABC. With press summary taped on verso.

Los Angeles: Orion, 1987. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 11" b&w glossy press photo of Burt Reynolds and Cliff Robertson. "Malone" is a 1987 American action thriller film starring Burt Reynolds in the eponymous role alongside Cliff Robertson, Cynthia Gibb, Lauren Hutton, Scott Wilson, and Kenneth McMillan. It is an adaptation of William P. Wingate's novel Shotgun, written by Christopher Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer, and directed by Harley Cokeliss [credited under his birth name Harley Cokliss]. Near Fine with two tiny staple holes in the lower left hand corner. Contains production notes and clipped newspaper advertisement taped to verso.

Hollywood: Columbia, 1984. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 10" b&w press photo of star Dudley Moore and Ann Reinking. "Micki & Maude" is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Dudley Moore. It co-stars Tony Award-winning actress and dancer Ann Reinking as Micki and Amy Irving as Maude. With the exception of appearances as herself, as in the documentary Mad Hot Ballroom in 2005, this was Reinking's last acting role in a film. In 1985, Moore won the Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical. The film was also Golden Globe-nominated for Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical.

Hollywood: 20th Century Fox, 1985. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 10" borderless b&w press photo of Michal Caine and Rex Harrison "Ashanti" [also called "Ashanti, Land of No Mercy"] is a 1979 action adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Beverly Johnson, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison, and William Holden. It is based on the 1974 novel "Æ’bano" by Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa, with a screenplay written by Stephen Geller and an uncredited George MacDonald Fraser. The story is set against the background of modern-day slave trading, with a man who determinedly takes on a perilous journey in order to find his beautiful wife, who has been kidnapped by brutal slave traders. Near Fine with two tiny staple holes in the lower left hand corner. Contains production notes and clipped newspaper advertisement taped to verso.

Hollywood: Paramount, 1980. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 11" b&w glossy press photo of Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon. "Atlantic City" is a 1980 romantic crime film directed by Louis Malle and starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Robert Joy, Hollis McLaren, Michel Piccoli, and Al Waxman. The film was released in France and Germany in September 1980 and in the United States later that year by Paramount Pictures. The script was written by John Guare. The film opened to critical acclaim and was nominated for the Big Five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor [for Lancaster], Best Actress [for Sarandon] and Best Original Screenplay. In 2003, Atlantic City was among the 25 motion pictures added annually to the United States National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation. Near Fine with two tiny staple holes in the upper right hand corner. Contains production notes… Read More

C: TriStar, 1987. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 10" b&w press photo of stars Michael Moriarty and Shelly Hack. "Troll" a 1986 American horror comedy film directed by John Carl Buechler and produced by Charles Band of Empire Pictures, starring Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck, and Sonny Bono. Near Fine with two tiny staple holes in the upper right hand corner. Production notes and clipped newspaper advertisement taped on rear.

Los Angeles: Orion, 1987. Softbound. Near Fine. 8" x 11" b&w press photo of John Malkovich and Ann Magnuson. "Making Mr. Right" is a 1987 American science fiction romantic comedy film directed by Susan Seidelman; starring John Malkovich as Jeff Peters/Ulysses and Ann Magnuson as Frankie Stone. The film is primarily about the misadventures between an android and a woman. Near Fine with two tiny staple holes in the upper right hand corner. Contains production notes and clipped newspaper advertisement taped to verso.

TriStar, 1987. Softbound. Near Fine. 6" x 8" b&w press photo of stars Mary Grover and Linda Howe. "Carousel" is a 1967 television movie, produced as an Armstrong Circle Theatre special. It is based on the stage musical Carousel. It was produced by Norman Rosemont.

New York: ABC, No Date. Softbound. Very Good. 8" x 10" glossy b&w press photograph promoting the B.F. Goodrich animated special on the search for intelligent life on other worlds. Very good with a very slight curl.