Mostel Zero, Signed (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Madeline Gilford on front free end page in black pen, "Feb 27, 1997 To dear Red Buttons- So much a part of the first 170 years- Here's to the next 170! Love, Madeline Lee Gilford" First edition stated with complete Random House number line. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 Book; binding tight with modest lean to spine, straight boards have minor bumping to bottom edges and corners with thin band of fading to top and bottom edges; mild soil spot to top edge else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($10.00) has mild bumping to mostly spine ends with moderate chipping to top spine, 1/4", 1/2" and 3/4" closed tears to top front cover and 1/2" close tear to top rear cover with lengthy crease and fold to front flap. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Several photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 175pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Foxing on the page edges and fading on the board edges thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with some curling on the edges and a crease on the front flap. Inscribed by Jack Gilford.

1/4 Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Very Good+ first Printing of the First Edition, Presentation Copy, that has some sunning to the boards and other wera that is age related in a Fine dust-jacket. Volume is signed and inscribed by authors Jack and Madeline Gilford on the front flyleaf; 170 Years of Show Business is a book about the history of show business. It is written by Kate Mostel, Madeline Gilford, and Jack Gilfrod, and Zero Mostel.; 8vo; 175 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. "First edition" statement and Random House's first printing number code sequence to the copyright page. SIGNED by three authors to the front end-paper: In red ink: SIGNED by Madeline Gilford, dated "Christmas Dec, 25, 1978" and inscribed "To Anne, Happy Reading". In black ink: SIGNED by Kate Mostel with the salutation "And Happy New Year!" In purple ink: SIGNED by Jack Gilford with the salutation "And Happy Happy". Illustrated with eighty-eight photographs on glossy black-and-white plates. A delightful personal memoir, with fun behind-the-scenes stories. Great Triple-SIGNED first printing collectible gift. Inner hinge areas slightly age-toned as usual, else fine, square, and firm in chestnut linen over blue boards with metallic-violet embossed titles and decorations to the front cover and with gilt and metallic-violet titles and decorations to the spine, blue-and-white headband and tail-band; in a price-clipped near fine dust jacket with a minuscule tear to the rear panel's lower edge, and a tiny crimped tear to the upper spine edge. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear, protective, removable sleeve after photographing for this entry. Octavo; 175 pages; plus introduction. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Photos by Max Waldman; illus. by author, 11.75 x 8.75", gilt-lettered black cloth, unpaginated, cover rubbed and sunned, extremities bumped and fraying, typed lyrics to the song "When Messiah Comes" (cut from Fiddler) affixed inside front cover, pp edge toned with some soiling to edges, someone has added ink captions below photos of Mostel in Fiddler; a rather well used copy, but INSCRIBED ".to my admirer, regards." AND SIGNED BY ZERO MOSTEL (the inscription is partly abraded or covered in old paper label; below Mostel's signature is ".and Melinda, Christmas 1966" by some unknown Melinda. Sorry it's not better.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Black & white illustrations, 8vo, tan cloth backed blue boards. New York: Random House, (1978). A near fine copy. Inscribed on the fly leaf to Lyn and Bert Lane by Kate Mostel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to, cloth, slipcase, unpaginated. #69 or 250 copies, signed. However, our copy lacks the lithograph. Laid in is a playbill for a Broadway production of Arnold Wesker's "The Merchant" (starring ZM) and a b/w photograph of ZM in performance. A VG/G copy: the book is solid and internally clean, but the cloth is soiled; the slipcase is stained one one side, sunned on the other; its cardboard sides are solid enough but separating between their layers. Extra postage may be asked. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to.very good.NO D.J.nicely INSCRIBED to the theatrical producer Alexander Cohen by Waldman.(VV6/3. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First edition. 4to (11.5"x9"). Unpaginated. Black cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title. Very lightly soiled upper cover. Spine slant. Inscribed "To Dick Duhaime--In appreciation for all your kind help and assistance--", dated 6/16/66 & signed by Waldman to ffep. Pages toned. B&W photo plates. Typographic dust jacket covered in protective mylar: edgewear, chips missing to top edge, toned.

First Edition. 4to, pages not numbered. Presentation on flyleaf by Waldman. Many photographs of Mostel in pantomime and a section on his role as Tevye in Fiddler On the Roof. Includes drawings by Mosel, and an interview. VG in chipped and soiled dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: acceptable. Signed and dedicated by the photographer Max Waldman and includes a typed letter (affixed to inside d/w flap) explaining publishing difficulties to the actor Morgan Sheppard. signed by photographer.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, limited issue. Quarto. Photographs by Waldman. Drawings by Mostel. Gilt spine lettering a little rubbed, near fine in very good slipcase split at one seam. Copy 111 of 250 numbered copies Signed by Zero Mostel. This copy lacks the signed lithograph by Mostel that was intended to accompany the book. Laid in is a large slip of paper Signed by Max Waldman.

Paperback. Condition: Very good condition. First Edition. Stagebill for May, 1968. Signed in ink on interior page by Zero Mostel, Jules Munshin, Alan Oppenheimer, Alvin Epstein, and additionally inscribed "To Otto, Best Always" and signed Gwyda Donhowe. Overall slight shelfwear and soiling. Size: Octavo (8vo). Signed by Author(s). Autograph.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition 250 Copies. This is a fine hardcover copy, without dust jacket, with a very good hardshell slipcase. This is the signed and limited edition of 250 signed and numbered copies. The signed lithograph is loose and laid in. Illustrated in black & white with Max Waldman's photographs of Zero Mostel. 12" high X 9" wide. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Signed by Artist.

Cloth in Box. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Limited Edition 1/250 Signed Copies #46 Fine Copy In Like Fine Slipcase Beautiful Copy. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Laid in is a 5Ó x 3Ó card signed by the author / actor Zero Mostel. Printed in a limited quantity by the New York Times on the occasion of the 1963 New York Book Fair, with ÒPublished by The New York Times for the fun of it and dedicated to the American Bookseller June, l963." as part of the text. Illustrated with black & white photographs by Robert Frank. With decorative endpapers and a small black & white photo of Zero Mostel on the front free endpaper. Faint hint of dust soiling to the cloth, else fine. A delightful book of black and white photographs of the comic genius actor and entertainer Zero Mostel reading various books. From the introductory text: ÒWell, anyway, what Zero Mostel has to say about books Robert Frank has caught with his camera. The result, we think, is eloquent and amusing. We hope you like it.Ó A sweet portrayal of Zero Mostel, best known for his films The Producers and A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum and for his legendary award winning portrayal on Broadway in the role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Rare autograph.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to, Pictorial Boards as issued w/o D.J.a good copy.a bit bent and with some soiling.but INSCRIBED by Mostel to the publisher Leon Amiel and his wife.with another indecipherable inscription which may be of one of the principals.(L1/7). Inscribed by Author(s).

Original signed black & white photograph of Zero Mostel as his character Pseudolus from the film ÔA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumÕ adapted from the Stephen Sondheim Tony Award winning Broadway musical play for which Mr. Mostel won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Fine condition. The photo is a candid portrait of Mr. Mostel in his toga and headband with a delightful smiling expression on his face. Zero Mostel is best known for his films ÔThe Producers,Õ ÔA Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum,Õ and for his legendary award winning portrayal on Broadway in the role of Tevye in ÔFiddler on the Roof.Õ Rare autograph.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A towering association copy of Zero Mostel's visual and verbal self-portrait, inscribed to the man who published it. This copy, number 2 of only 250, captures the raw, kinetic energy of Mostel through Max Waldman's photography and Mostel's own idiosyncratic drawings. The deeply personal inscription to Ben Raeburn-the 'oldest flame' in Mostel's life-transforms this from a standard limited edition into a primary archival artifact of the Horizon Press legacy. KEY FEATURES +++ Visuals: Lavishly illustrated with high-contrast photographs by Max Waldman and original drawings by Zero Mostel. +++ Binding: Full cloth with gilt-stamped spine; housed in the original coordinate slipcase. +++ Imprint: Horizon Press, New York, 1965. +++ Specs: 11.5 inches tall (4to); unpaginated. +++ Provenance: From the estate of Horizon Press publisher Ben Raeburn. LIMITATION & SIGNATURES +++ Number 2 of 250 numbered copies, signed by Zero Mostel on the limitation page. +++ Association Inscription: Inscribed in a different ink by Mostel to his publisher: 'To Ben Raeburn / The oldest flame in my life - with / my love and esteem - whatever that / means. - Regards to Pearl & Ricky too. / Zero Mostel'. Note: 'Pearl' refers to Ben's wife, Pearl Raeburn, and 'Ricky' likely refers to their son. CONDITION: Near Fine. +++ The Book: The bindings are tight and square. The internal text is clean and free of markings, displaying only light, even age-toning. The spine shows light, uniform sun-darkening, common to this cloth. +++ The Slipcase: The original slipcase is present and structurally sound, showing only minor shelf handling wear. SCHOLARLY FEATURES +++ Artistic Merit: Max Waldman's photography captures Mostel not just as a performer, but as a physical sculpture of emotion, documenting the 'Theater of the Body' that made Mostel a mid-century icon. +++ Design: Reflects Ben Raeburn's commitment to 'Total Book Design,' prioritizing the tactile relationship between the unvarnished cloth and the heavy, art-grade paper stock. +++ Scholarship: Serves as a primary document of Mostel's polymathic nature, proving that his artistic output was as vital as his stage presence in 'Fiddler on the Roof' or 'Ulysses in Nighttown'. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - Zero Mostel was more than a comedic force; he was a blacklisted artist who resurrected his career to become a pillar of the American stage. His relationship with Ben Raeburn and Horizon Press was foundational, as Raeburn provided a sophisticated literary platform for Mostel's graphic and prose experiments. This volume is a landmark of 1960s independent publishing. Horizon Press, under Raeburn, was a sanctuary for high-level modernism, and this collaboration between Mostel and Waldman represents the press at its most avant-garde. ASSOCIATION COPY This is a definitive Association Copy. As copy #2-likely the first copy Mostel presented to his publisher-it documents the intimate bond between artist and editor. The mention of 'Pearl & Ricky' (Raeburn's family) in the inscription underscores a decades-long personal friendship that transcended the professional contract. SUBJECTS: Zero Mostel, Max Waldman, Horizon Press, Photography, Performing Arts, Jewish-American Artists, Association Copy, Signed Limited Edition, Art Monograph. Signed.