New York: Chrysalis Records, 1978. Original pressbook for the tour supporting Blondie's third album, "Parallel Lines," released by Chrysalist Records in 1978. Named after an unfinished song, a record that saw Blondie at the peak of its powers, containing the lion's share of the band's most famous singles, including "Hanging on the Telephone," "One Way or Another," and "Heart of.....
New York: Fred Baker Films, 1972. Original one sheet poster for the little-seen 1972 documentary. The second documentary to be produced on Bruce after his death in 1966, though the first, "Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce' (1967), was basically a film of a single performance. Baker's film combines footage of Bruce from "The Steve Allen Show," audio-only clips, an interview.....
New York: Max's Kansas City, 1977. Original flier for a performance by Alex Chilton at the legendary Max's Kansas City on Thursday, April 21, 1977. Max's Kansas City was nightclub and restaurant at 213 Park Avenue South in New York City. A gathering place for musicians, poets, artists, and politicians in the 1960s and 1970s, the brainchild of New York.....
Los Angeles: New World Pictures, 1972-1976. Collection of 6 pressbooks for the US releases of some of the most important foreign films of the 1970s, all released via Roger Corman's New World Pictures to the arthouse market that was emerging at the time. Included are striking color pressbooks for Bergman's "Cries and Whispers" (1972) and "Autumn Sonata" (1978), Truffaut's "The.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. First Edition. Association copy, inscribed by Houseman to legendary screenwriter Anita Loos: "For Anita Loos, who set me right about certain facts / Gratefully / John Houseman." Loos' tiny red ownership stamp also appears at the bottom of the second blank. The first volume of the legendary producer-actor Houseman's memoirs, covering the years 1902-1942.....
London: DJM, 1970. Original UK promotional poster for the 1970 album. Elton John's third album, a breakthrough on every level. A concept album by a Brit based on American country and western and Americana themes—not something anyone would have expected to be a classic, and an album that didn't produce any of Elton's big singles. But it was the album.....
London: Don Letts, 1979. Original handbill for the London premiere of the 1977 film documentary, held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Cinema Club, preceding the New York premiere of the film by nearly 10 months. The definitive London punk documentary. Shot by Don Letts on 8mm film almost exclusively at The Roxy in Covent Garden, London, during the club's.....
New York: Carnegie Hall, 1979. Original poster for a WKCR Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring Philip Glass, Steve Reich, John Cale, Leroy Jenkins, The Model Citizens, and others. April 1, 1979. Fine condition, on archival linen. In the 1970s and 1980s, Carnegie Hall—as well as forward-looking radio stations such as WKCR and WNYC—hosted a number of important performances by.....
London: Rolling Stones Records, 1971. Vintage lithograph promotional poster for the classic 1971 album, playfully and conceptually utilizing the original album design by Andy Warhol. A scarce item, made on the London side of the Atlantic to promote the British release, though presumably never released. Printed on an unusually thick, textured stock and machine-folded as issued. Rather than licking their.....
New York: Sire Records, 1977. Vintage UK tour poster for "Talking Heads 77," promoting Talking Heads' first tour outside US borders in—you guessed it—1977. Any vintage posters from the first year of the band's existence are uncommon; this is one we have never encountered before. 27.5 x 19 inches, rolled. In a custom archival frame. Near Fine, with a few.....
London and New York: Track / MCA, 1974. Original promotional poster for the 1974 album. In the autumn of 1973, while members of The Who were preparing for the film version of "Tommy," John Entwistle was put in charge of compiling an album to counter the widespread bootlegging of the band's concerts. "I tried to arrange it like a parallel.....
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Paris: Mercure de France, 1970. First French Edition, preceding all others. Warmly INSCRIBED by Truffaut to French cinema historian and writer Maurice Bessy on the half-title page. Bessy is best known for various associations with Orson Welles, most notably his work with the director on "Mr. Arkadin." Truffaut's second book, containing his screenplays for the first four Antoine Doinel films.....
New York: Ballantine Books, 1973. First Edition, a paperback original. SIGNED by the author (as Jack Vance) on the title page. Uncommon to find in this condition, and quite scarce signed. Basis for the classic 1974 made for television horror film, directed by Buzz Kulik and starring Scott Jacoby, Dabney Coleman, and Kim Hunter. A shy teenager accidentally kills a......