Karloff, Signed (10 results)

First Edition. One of only 100 numbered hardbound copies signed by Forrest J. Ackerman, the publisher, and two others who were the bookÕs researchers and contributors. Only this limited edition was issued hardbound, with the regular copies issued paperbound. The shooting script of the 1931 James Whale directed horror film classic that introduced Boris Karloff as the monster and made him a star. Fine without dust jacket as issued. Extensively illustrated and supplemented with much behind the scenes material.

paperback. 49 pages, 9 x 6.5 inches, performed at the Longacre Theatre, New York, December 5, 1955. Signed in full on the cover by both stars of "The Lark." Chip on the lower right corner of the front cover. Very good(-) condition.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Signed by the author on loose plate in a protective plastic slip. Quarter black cloth over decorative green, blue and black printed cloth boards with gilt titling and decorative edges in blue compartment to spine. Light foxing to first few pages before introduction page and small hole to center of page ix, but pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Text block is foxed with spots of light soiling and rubbing to lower edge and top edge. Top edge is sprayed blue, but is moderately faded. Boards are clean and bright with light bumping to top corners and ends of spine. Binding is tight, front board is cocked. Dust jacket has light soiling, scuffing and sunning to edges of rear cover, creasing and rubbing to edges, corners and ends of spine, and closed tear at headcap; light chipping to corners and tail. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.

Movie Tie-In Edition. This was author Philip MacdonaldÕs personal copy and is signed by him and the cast of the 1934 RKO film. Signed by the great film director John Ford who has written the word ÒdirectorÓ under his signature, and is signed by Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, J.M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan, Brandon Hurst, Douglas Walton, Paul Hanson, Sammy Stein, Howard Wilson, and Cliff Reid, the filmÕs producer. Fifteen signatures in all. The Lost Patrol tells the tale of a small British military unit attempting to fight off attacking Arabs and is highly rated among John FordÕs films. The movie tie-in dust jacket depicts an action drawing of Victor McLaglen holding a pistol and sword with the lettering ÒTHE LOST PATROL is the photoplay title of Philip MacdonaldÕs great novel, Patrol. The jacket illustration is from the RKO Radio Picture with Victor McLaglen and an all-star cast.Ó Moisture ring stain to the front cloth cover otherwise very good in a dust jacket with some chipping at top and bottom of spine and a chip in the upper right hand corner of the front panel. With a letter of provenance laid in. Enclosed in a custom cloth slipcase.

Original mimeographed continuity and dialogue script prepared towards the end of production for the classic Universal horror film. This script is signed and inscribed by the beautiful and very talented Latina actress Elena Verdugo, who co-starred in the film: ÒJohn, Thanks, Elena Verdugo, Has signed here 1995.Ó In addition, the film stars Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., (as the Wolfman), John Carradine, J. Carrol Nash, Lionel Atwell, Anne Gwynne, George Zucco, Peter Coe, Bradbound. Very good. Enclosed in a handsome custom cloth clamshell box.

234 [12, ads] pp. 8vo, publisher's orange cloth. Reprint. Cloth a little hand-soiled with some light rubbing at extremities. Boris Karloff's copy, inscribed to him on the half-title by associate producer of the 1934 film, Cliff Reid, "In appreciation of a marvelous performance." Also signed on the front free endpaper by cast members Victor McLaglen, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, J.M. Kerrigan, Brandon Hurst, Douglas Watson, Paul Hanson, and Sammy Stein.

First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); patterned paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, blocked and titled in grayish-blue and gilt on spine; light blue topstain; dustjacket; ix,3-631,[1]pp. Inscribed by Karloff in green pen on the front endpaper: "Best wishes / Boris Karloff." Subtle fading to topstain, with one small stain to right edge of textblock, else clean internally; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.75), gently spine-sunned, lightly edgeworn, with some toning to rear panel and flap edges, and two small rectangular areas of surface loss to upper spine panel and upper right corner of front panel; Very Good+. The second of two horror anthologies published during the 1940s, edited by English actor Boris Karloff (1887-1969), best known for his roles in Frankenstein, The Mummy, House of Dracula, and The Raven. Karloff selected and introduced 72 stories, including contributions by Lafcadio Hearn, Ambrose Bierce, John Buchan, Arthur Conan Doyle, Algernon Blackwood, August Derleth, H.R. Wakefield, Dorothy Sayers, Edgar Allan Poe, William Irish, Lord Dunsany, H.P. Lovecraft, W. Somerset Maugham, and others. Uncommon inscribed. 8615.

First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); dark sage green paper-covered boards, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-317,[3]pp. Inscribed by Karloff on the front endpaper: "To Don / with every good wish / Boris Karloff / Jan 5/44." Some external wear, shallow chipping to crown, hint of sunning to spine, with some mild bubbling to paper and lower front cover, offsetting and some mild discoloration to endpapers, and the usual tanning to the text edges; Very Good. Dustjacket is edgeworn, with corresponding tears and creasing to upper spine panel, a few tiny nick and tears, and a small splash mark to upper front flap; Very Good or better. Offered together with a three-page ALS from Karloff to Dr. E.M. Sheare (the publisher of this volume), composed in black pen on three sheets of Arsenic and Old Lace letterhead (measuring ca.8.5" x 11") and dated about five months prior to publication (May 20, 1943); 49 lines (280 words), signed "as ever, Boris." Two old folds from mailing smoothed out, some very subtle toning to extremities, else Fine, together with the original mailing envelope. All housed in a custom quarter-morocco drop-backed clamshell case. Scarce first printing of this cheaply-manufactured wartime anthology of "terror stories," all selected by Karloff, who has written a generous six-page introduction. The contents include contributions by Bram Stoker ("The Judge's House"), Ambrose Bierce ("The Damned Thing"), William Faulkner ("The Hound"), Edgar Allan Poe ("The Tell-Tale Heart"), Algernon Blackwood ("The Willows"), and Oliver Onions ("The Beckoning Fair One"), among others. The letter to his editor is particularly insightful, showing Karloff's strong opinions regarding what merited inclusion: "I am quite firm against Dunsany's "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow." It is beautiful and imaginative and all that but it no in [sic] sense fits our patterns.For reasons of space I think we could omit (I) Dunsany, (II) Woman at Seven Brothers (III) Shipment or Mute Fate or (IV) Breakdown / which is interesting but not terror. Hugh Binson's tale I consider a must, also The Waxwork - I've had three invitations to dinner without points on the telling of that one! I am enclosing the amended list for your consideration. By all means "The Beckoning Fair One" should be in last place in the book, on the score of length and excellence." Uncommon inscribed, with a lengthy contemporary ALS. 8614.

Original Three Page Typed Letter Signed by Boris Karloff to his agent. Signed three times ÒBorisÓ at two postscripts and at the close. With several annotations and corrections in KarloffÕs hand on all three pages. Dated ÒJuly 5/57Ó at the center top edge. Three pages, light blue onionskin typing paper, 8Ó x 10Ó. With three punch holes at the left margins and minor staple holes to the up left corners, else fine. Most of the letter concerns various filming timelines, scheduling issues, and concerns about tax complications. There is mention of a film he has been cast for which he refers to as ÒStrangleholdÓ, but which was made and later released in 1958 as The Haunted Strangler. The film was directed by Robert Day and co-starred Jean Kent, Anthony Dawson, Vera Day, Elizabeth Allan, and Tim Turner who is best remembered for his title role in The Invisible Man television series. Also mentioned is a Dracula film which, as it turned out, was never produced. This letter provides a window into the professional issues and concerns of the life and work of one of the most famous actors of all time, and whose work in James WhaleÕs Frankenstein (1931) has come to be the gold standard for the the role. He later went on to establish himself in that field with such iconic films as The Mummy, The Ghoul, The Bride of Frankenstein, and more.

Frühes Großfoto (Brustbild, 25 x 20 cm, Fo. Paralin, Hollywood, kl. Alters- u. Gebrauchsspuren), eigenhändig signiert m.E,J. "dean souvenir BORIS 6/29" - wohl in einer Horror-Rolle.