1940s (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. TRANSPORTATION. 204pp. Color photos thru-out.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 148 pages. Illustrated. Agatha Christie and 'Hercule Poirot', Iris Murdoch, the 'Girl's Own Paper' from the 1930s and 1940s, Collectable mountaineering books, Alison Uttley's children's books and AJ Cronin.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 2016-18. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 215 pages. Carlo Ginzburg "Morelli, Freud and Sherlock Holmes" / Logie Barrow "Plebeian Spiritualists" / Toshio Kusamitsu "Great Exhibitions before 1851" / Arthur Exell "Morris Motors in the 1940s" / Len Crome "Walter: A Soldier" / Stanley Mitchell "Alexander Medvedkin"s Happiness"(SL#113).

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 12 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Comics & Graphic Novels; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 36 pages. Illustrated. Brenda Moon "Working with Philip Larkin" / J Douglas Porteous "Nowhereman" / Joseph Bailey "Larkin and the 1940s" (SL#81).

Ephemera. Condition: Good. Circa 45 items, including 29 photographs, one of which is a view of Longford on a Christmas card.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. An original 9" x 12" presskit that contains fourteen supplements as well as nineteen 8 x 10 stills! Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 100 pages. Illustrated with over 100 1940s colour advertisements. F Maurice Speed "London's Stage Shows" / 11 pages of "London Lovelies" / cartoons & jokes / theatre and film reviews, many photos of film stars. Marvelous !! (SL#126).

In black ink on 5 x 8 cm card, with rounded edges. In very good condition, lightly aged, with evidence of previous mounting on the marbled reverse. Reads 'Alicia Markova | 1933.'.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Die Begleittexte in deutscher, englischer u. französischer Sprache.

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. An original colour advert, undated, but probably early 1940s, image measuring 14.5 x 22.5 cms, in a thick card mount measuring 25 x 32.5 cms ready for framing. This richly illustrated advertisement from General Motors' Electro-Motive Division contrasts the discomforts of early rail travel with the modern luxury of diesel-powered sleeping cars. The triptych layout moves from past to present: at the top, a nostalgic scene of men in nightshirts navigating cramped bunks lit by oil lamps; in the centre, a sleek Missouri Pacific diesel locomotive speeds across the landscape; and at the bottom, a serene bedroom scene aboard the Missouri Pacific Eagle, where a couple enjoys the quiet comfort of a private compartment. The copy is both technical and emotive. It dismisses the jerky sleep-destroying stops and startsââ  of old trains and celebrates the deep, refreshing sleepââ  made possible by GM's smooth diesel propulsion. The ad positions General Motors not just as an engine manufacturer, but as a guarantor of restful, modern travel ; better trains follow General Motors locomotives.ââ  The Missouri Pacific Eagle, with its private sleeping quarters and streamlined design, becomes the embodiment of post-war American progress: fast, clean, and quietly luxurious. This piece is emblematic of late 1940s rail advertising, where technological innovation was paired with domestic comfort, and the journey itself was reimagined as an extension of home. Size: 27 x 35 cms. Category: PRINTS : Adverts; Prints of Historic Adverts; Prints Mixed Selection. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Condition: Good. Third edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in gilt and black. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains (xvi), 224 pp with over 150 monochrome illustrations and archive photographs by the author throughout. Illustrated bookplate from the private library of Alexandra Haig and SIGNED by her to the front free end paper 'Alexandra Haig', corners and spine ends bumped and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NATURAL HISTORY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. All mounted in their original card presentation folders, with tissue guards. Some foxing to the tissue guards, the photographs are bright and clean, and the folders have minimal age wear. Undated, but likely 1940s-70s. Various sizes of photographs; 13 x 19 cms, 10 x 15 cms, 14 x 19 Category: Japan Photos; Featured Items; Hardback Books; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. All mounted in their original card presentation folders, with tissue guards. Some foxing to the tissue guards, the photographs are bright and clean, and the folders have minimal age wear. Undated, but likely 1940s-70s. Various sizes of photographs around 13 x 19 cms. One picture has a small crease to one corner. Category: Japan Photos; Featured Items; Hardback Books; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condition: Very Good. Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].

Condition: Good. Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. The author was exiled from Russia from 1911 to 1917 and from the Revolution to 1921, an opposition member of the Moscow Soviet. Contains (x), 230 pp. Damp stain to the fore edges of the boards, contents not affected. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with chips to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, $2.75. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. RUSSIAN & SOVIET HISTORY.

4'' x 5'' back to back double SIGNED card. One side is SIGNED 'Jessie Matthews' Whitby Spa, June 28th 1947', the reverse is SIGNED 'Best Wishes Eric Portman' Whitby Spa, March 27th 1948. With two small corner mounted period monochrome photographs of Jessie Matthews and Eric Portman. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

FOTOPORTRÄTPOSTKARTE mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift signiert (dito : Schönes GF,4° mit Unterschrift für Euro 65,-; Reprofoto,8° mit BOB HOPE (1903-2003), beide U. für Euro 65,-).

An interesting agglomeration of ephemera London cinematic information. The author is working-class or lower-middle-class. Two sturdy ruled small 4to exercise books, with black covers of ribbed watered cloth and spine of red cloth. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. ONE: 150pp. Ownership inscription on inside of front cover: 'Miss Renee Fish, / 112, Allerford Road / Catford, / S.E.6.' The first page is headed: '31. 12. 29. Films I have seen during 1930.' Each of the volume' The entries are numbered from 1 to 272, with an additional numeration for each year from the second year onwards. Each entry gives details of a visit, with one or two films, with the date, venue, whether afternoon or evening performance, and whether silent or 'All Taking', and names of stars and roles played by them. Four entries give details of musical accompaniment to films (see below). Venues: Brixton Astoria; Brockley Palladium; Capitol; Central Hall; Gaumont Palace; Lewisham Hippodrome; New Cross Kinema; Old Kent Road Astoria; Plaza; Prince of Wales; Queen's Hall; Regal; Rivoli; Splendid. To give an example of the arrangement, the final entry in the book - which has the marginal entry '(46th time [in 1934]' / (272nd time [in total]) / (A[fternoo]N.) (Saturday)') - reads: 'On October 27th at the "Plaza" we saw / Carl Brisson [ERIC LANDER], Jack Oakie [JACK ELLERY], Victor McLaglen [BILL MURDOCH] & Gertrude Michael [RITA ROSS] in "Murder at The Vanities (All Talking P[ictu]re) / also / Johnny Weissmuller [TARZAN]; Maureen O'Sullivan [JANE PARKER], Neil Hamilton [HARRY HOLT] & Paul Cavanaugh [MARTIN ARLINGTON] in "Tarzan and His Mate" (All Talking P[ictu]re)'. Additional notes beside entries: 'Return of the Capitol Orchestra directed by Mr. Jack Gold', 'Reginald Foort at the organ', 'Fred Kitchen and his orchestra on the stage', 'ALBERT SANDLER TRIO ON THE STAGE'. A couple of entries have 'NOVELTY NIGHT' beside them, another has 'variety night', and a another has 'PIANIST'. In addition to the film entries, the inside back cover gives details of a visit to the Lewisham Hippodrom on 20 October (year not stated), with five acts from 'Tiny Mite & George Welford in "Contrasts"' to 'Lucille Binstead Variety's greatest singer in coloured song characterisation featuring her famous song "Chloe".' Loosely inserted is an additional leaf, apparently a draft for entries 222 to 225, but with No. 222 'The Imposter' instead of 'I was a Spy'. In the margin: 'Renee Fish / is up the pole' and 'Ide Alice Fish / 146. Tons / Tonsborough Cresent / Catford / S.E.6'. TWO: 58pp. Entries laid out in the same way as One, giving clear indication of wartime disruption, with cinema attendance cut in half from 1940, and what appear to be more reruns seen. Venues: Capitol; Gaumont, Lewisham; Gaumont, London; King's Hall; Odeon, Bromley; Plaza: Queen's Hall; Rialto; Rink, Sydenham; State, Sydenham; Stoll, London. The last entry reads - with marginal note '(6th time [in 1943]) / (A[fternoo]N.) (Saturday) / (624th time [in total])': 'On March 20th at the "Rialto" we saw: - / Ronald Colman [CHARLES RAINIER], Greer Garson [PAULA], Philip Dorn [DR. JONATHAN BENET], Susan Peters [KITTY], Reginald Owen ["BIFFER"] & Una O'Connor [TOBACCONIST] in "Random Harvest" / also / Guy Kibbee in "Scattergood Rides High."' Loosely inserted are eleven cuttings of 'Quiet Corner' newspaper thoughts by Patience Strong, with two cuttings relating to Arthur Askey.

Black and white photograph, 18 x 20.5 cms, stamped on the verso "Sport & General Press Agency, London", with the Agency's typescript paper strip affixed "Japan Declares War on U.S. and Britain in Pacific. The Palace from Wat Arun, Thailand F. 3570. S & G." and in manuscript red pencil "Siam"; longitudinal crease at the foot , but the image sharply defined in very good condition. World War II era photograph of the Grand Palace taken from across the Chao Phraya River at the Wat Arun temple in Thailand. A rare survival from the London Sport and General Agency's archive of the time as much of it was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1941.

E.Postkarte (British Museum, London) in Tinte mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Poststempel : London, Dec. 12, 1935 - an MARY HALL, Dear Mary. I Teo enjoyed seeing you, and do wish you can come again soon. Fondly GERTRUDE NIESEN.

8vo. 1 page. Sending a humorous illustrated autograph letter by the Parisian painter Georges Cain (1856-1919): "C'est tout à fait aimable à vous d'avoir répondu à mon imprimé annuel [.] Bayeux ne sera pas, hélas! la seule des villes dans laquelle s'érigera un nouveau monument digné des plus mauvais de la période de l'autre après guerre [.] une plaisante lettre illustrée du peintre et écrivain Georges Cain [.]". - With printed letterhead. Cain's letter is no longer present.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched light cream card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8'' x 6½''. The early part of Tiger's first commission was spent, under Captain R. E. Washbourn, on trials of her new armament. After workup, now under Captain R. Hutchins, Tiger went on a round of autumn flag-showing visits to Gdynia, Stockholm, Kiel and Antwerp. At the end of 1959 she deployed to the Mediterranean for a year as the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. Contains 44 pp with archive monochrome photographs throughout, one full-page cartoon (and cover illustration) by Able Seaman Goodrige. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MALTA (Maltese History).

Autogrammkarte (Postkartenformat blanko) mit eigenhändiger Widmung To Henry, Jahr 90, kleiner ORIGINAL-ZEICHNUNG (Selbstporträt mit Cowboyhut), Unterschrift signiert.

GROSSFOTO, EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERT mit Jahr - als Cowboy, mit 2 Colts !

GROSSFOTO (s/w-Porträt mit Pistole) , EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERT - SELTEN !