Entertainment History from Rare Books Honolulu

New York: Long Player Publications, 1959. very good. 21 issues of Jazz 'N Pops, Long Player Publications, 1957-1959 21 volumes: March-June, July-August (single issue), September-December, 1957; January-May, June-July (single issue), October, December, 1958; February-April, Summer, 1959. Illustrated from photographs, artwork, & ads. (8vo) pictorial wrappers. First Editions. ---- A scarce run of this music publication, being "A… Read more about this item

New York: D. Harrison, 1936. 1st edition. in shiny, golden wrappers. Full title: Paul H. Stoes presents The Great International Dancer NIMURA with Lisan Kay in their First American Tour - Season 1936-1937.  12x9", 20 pages, unpaginated, golden wrapper with cut-out in front.  With repertoire presented during the tour and two articles by Nimura: "The Dance in Japan -… Read more about this item

New York: Esquire Inc, 1946. 1st. edition. Loose plates in printed folder. very good/no dj as issued. VARGAS, ALBERTO. New York, Esquire, 1945, Loose plates in printed folder VARGA Portfolio. Folio, publisher's 1/4 cloth over pictorial boards, a few insignificant scratches to edges; with 12 pin-up Vargas 1946 calendar prints for each month with glossy front finish,… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Hinoki Book Store, 1972. First edition. oblong Hardcover. Book of Noh costume patterns, Noh-Shozoku Monyoshu Vol. II, by Tomoyuki Yamanobe, published by Hinoki Book Store, Tokyo, 1972, with fifty tipped-in photos of patterns in color, each with a b/w photo of the entire garment, as well as descriptions in Japanese and English, All pattern photos have tissue guards.… Read more about this item

Seoul, Korea: Minumsa, 2011. First Korean Edition. Hardcover. NEW/NEW. Steve Jobs (Korean Edition), 2011, 928 pages, 8.9 x 6.42 x 2.09 inches. Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and… Read more about this item

Houston: Blake Wright Press, 2022. 2nd edition. oblong Hardcover. NEW/NEW. NEW, still in publisher's shrink wrap!! @nd edition, 2st was published in 2019 -- Toys That Time Forgot Volume 1 by Blake Wright, 235 pages, 12.5" x 9.5", A first-of-its-kind art book highlighting a series of "lost" toy projects, mainly action figures, spanning three-plus decades. Written… Read more about this item

Houston: Blake Wright Press, 2022. !st edition. oblong Hardcover. NEW, still in publisher's shrink wrap!! -- Toys That Time Forgot Volume 3 by Blake Wright, 235 pages, 12.5" x 9.5", A first-of-its-kind art book highlighting a series of "lost" toy projects, mainly action figures, spanning three-plus decades. Written by journalist Blake Wright. Stories are supplemented… Read more about this item

Chicago: Frederik J. Drake & Company, 1902. acceptable. Frederik J. Drake & Company, 1902 [5]-129 pp. Wrappers. First Edition. Title continues: "A complete guide to negro minstrelsy, containing recitations, jokes, cross-fires, conundrums, riddles, stump speeches, ragtime and sentimental songs, etc., including hints on organizing and successfully presenting a performance." Seemingly without the first 2 leaves. Wrappers perishing,… Read more about this item

Woodstock / Milwaukee: Backbeat Books, 2015. 1st edition. Hardcover. very good/good. A Landy Vision Book, Backbeat Books, 2015 Hardcover, 12.5" x 12.5", 160 pp. Very good condition, dj has some shelf wear to the edges and some creasing and a small 1/2" repair on the top of the front cover. Pages are all very clean. THE BAND… Read more about this item

Vodka Distillers, 1990. About 40 pp. Labels pasted onto sheets. 36x26 cm (14¼x10¼"), green boards with string scrapbook binding. Scrapbook of about 175 color lithographed vodka labels, some elaborately spiked by gold and silver elements. Similar books were used as reference tools by customs agents to detect fraud. No dates, but likely all between 1935-1990, bulk c. 1940s… Read more about this item

Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. NEW, still in publisher's shrink wrap/no dj as issued. NEW, still in publisher's shrink wrap, ships from Hawaii with Priority Mail within US, not slow media mail. In 1981, Joe Dante directed and released The Howling, arguably one of the greatest werewolf films of all time, and a movie… Read more about this item

Freiburg: Syrinx Presse, 1968. Edition litd. to 90 signed copies. Hardcover. very good/very good. Mit Linoldrucken von Chiron (= Peter Richter). Syrinx Presse, 1968 Asi se toca. Portrait des Manitas de Plata.Traditionelle Flamencotexte. -- Block book, not paginated, with 5 linocuts. 22.5x22.5cm. boxed. *No 2 of 90 copies signed by the artist on the title page.… Read more about this item

Paris: M. de Brunoff, 1922. 1st. Wrappers with cord binding. very good. M. Larionow and N. Goncharova. Programme Official Des Ballets Et Opéras Russes De Serge Diaghilew. Quinzième Saison. -- M. de Brunoff, Paris, 1922. Large 4to. 34pages, Including 14 pages with interesting advertising (with several by the publisher de Brunoff). 12.5 x 9.5 inches ( 24.5 x… Read more about this item

London: centrecentre, 2019. 1st edition. Flexible Hardcover. NEW. NEW, in publisher's shrink wrap. centrecentre, London, 2019, 192 pages 175x245mm, Limited to 500 copies. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. ---. To Evelyn is a collection of local entertainers posters from a working mens club in a small Yorkshire pit village. Originally collected in the… Read more about this item

Comedian Inc Enterprise, 2022. Limited Hardcover Edition of 300. Hardcover. NEW/no dj as issued. NEW, ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade. As a dancer, singer, comedian and filmmaker, Rudy Ray Moore teetered on obscurity his entire life. Finally, with the creation of his "Dolemite" character and the release of several controversial and groundbreaking hit comedy albums… Read more about this item

Skybound, 2021. Limited DeLuxe Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. New/New. EXCELLENCE is the story of Spencer Dales, born into a world of magic, and yet to reach his full potential, despite his family's powerful bloodline. His father Raymond is a high-ranking member of The Aegis, a magical Illuminati-like faction who work to better the lives of others-those with "greater potential"-but… Read more about this item

Glassport, PA: Movie Emporium, 2012. Paperback. New. Dead Filmbook (a paperback) signed by Russo.

Colorado Springs: Gauntlet Press, 2017. A signed limited numbered copy. Hardcover. New/New. A signed limited numbered copy of Night of the Living Dead: The Novel. No. 219 of 500. Colorado Springs: Gauntlet Press, 2017. Book. Signed by Author.. In 1968 John A. Russo and George Romero changed horror films forever with their chilling, allegorical tale of the… Read more about this item

Gauntlet Press, 2011. Limited, numbered and signed Edition. Hardcover. NEW/no dj as issued. NEW, in publisher's shrink wrap. The Anubis by Jack Russo (John Russo) The Original Screenplay that became Night of the Living Dead Hardcover, 11.5 x 8.5 inches. One of 1000 limited edition copies. Signed by John Russo and George Romero on the… Read more about this item

Bubikon: Edition Skylight, 2021. Enlarged and revised third edition. Softcover. Sorayama's erotic, futuristic, hyper-realistic illustrations create a visual landscape that would be impossible to achieve in photography alone. Only the masterful Sorayama, equipped with boundless imagination, is able to achieve this, using pencil and brush, acrylic paint, and airbrush. This thick tome is a reference catalogue to Sorayama's rich… Read more about this item